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  1. And that's all there is to it.

  2. Re: What does the NRA have to do with the FCC? on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I understand their urge.

    Democrats are seeking to widen their support among most vocal, most politically active minorities in increasingly fast changing world of Western ethics.

    The acceleration of this progress could only increase blow back from people who 50 years ago hardly could be called "old conservative" farts.

    If in older times only 60 year olds hold their now conservative views from the times of their youth, nowadays it shifted to 35-40 years old.

    Liberal acceleration of social ethics change recruits younger and younger people to the ranks of conservatives by the mere fact of the social inertia.

    Suddenly the views that majority held just 10 years ago, when you were 30, are suddenly a bigoted minority view now, when you are 40.

    Part of Trump's success is this factor: conservatives are becoming younger.

  3. Re:Always been fucky. on Airlines Won't Dare Use the Fastest Way to Board Planes (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    First class has never been a problem in my life. By the time they allow economy in, first class is already seated and enjoy their Safeway zinfandel.

    Actually I never had a problem boarding except in some routes where the shit countries are.

  4. Why the hell would they even bother to CGI that, y on Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem (screenrant.com) · · Score: 1

    Originally it was an actor who eye-raped somebody in post production stage

  5. Re: Douchebag manoeuvre on IBM Sues Microsoft's New Chief Diversity Officer To Protect Diversity Trade Secrets (geekwire.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Exactly. I hate it when people "helping" minorities trying to represent as a good business model.

    It's a good business model because if you do not follow it either government will crack down on you or liberal media will scare off all your advertisement or customers.

  6. How about a third emotional option? on Would You Fear Alien Life or Welcome It? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Kill it with fire.

  7. Re:Why do his politics matter? on Most Cities Would Welcome a Tech Billionaire, But Peter Thiel? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    >bankrolled the anti-Gawker lawsuit

    WHy suddenly people saying that like it was a bad thing to do?

    Gawker, that piece of shit tabloid sleezy crapball yellow crap deserved to die.

  8. Re: SO... if we're going to pretend on Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    In other words, Russian bots amplify our intrinisic idiocy.

  9. Re: We're Number 7! We're Number 7! on Countries that Are Most Highly Invested in Automation (ifr.org) · · Score: 1

    I do not understand. 3D printing of details and assembly of any number of complex details is very close. It does not matter how innovative your Next N3xt Generation Sequencer is.

  10. Re: Facial recognition on Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You're a White Guy (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    >Darker colors provide less contrast. Less contrast means features are more difficult to make out

    That's all there is to this. Let's go home. Seriously.

  11. UNless the corporation is a utility company, heavily regulated.

  12. Grammar Nazi on Maine Dairy Company Settles Lawsuit Over Oxford Comma (bostonmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    This is as close you can get to the seriousness of "Nazi" in this expression.

  13. Re: An interesting prospect, but also an edge case on 'Sinking' Pacific Nation Tuvalu Is Actually Getting Bigger (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    "This" does not assume anything but a particular study. It's you who are presuming assumption.

  14. Re: Not setting a precedent? on Cloudflare Terminates Service To Sci-Hub Domain Names (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe we need to do something with courts. Or laws. Or lawmakers. Or people who pay lawmakers to make laws. Or courts that allow people to pay lawmakers to make laws.

  15. Re:Terrified to use Master and Slave on Rust Creator Graydon Hoare Says Current Software Development Practices Terrify Him (twitter.com) · · Score: 2

    >No, I'm not kidding, though I wish I were

    Master/slave term has been on its way out for 15 years now.

  16. Irony on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    Vinyl will outlive CDs

  17. Re: Not good, even if I believe their numbers on Uber Study Says Self-Driving Trucks Will Result In More Truck Drivers, Not Less (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    High wage and unions. Two reasons for ubers to get rid of you ASAP, right there.

  18. split screen on Chrome OS Is Almost Ready To Replace Android On Tablets (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    there is nothing to split.

  19. Re: What can you do to help? on Insect Die-off: Even Common Species Are Becoming Rare (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Food is not happiness

  20. Re: Multiple execs had to agree to this on Tinder Must Stop Charging Its Older Users More For 'Plus' Features, Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This problem is easily resolved by personal preferences: just set a default setting that the person wants to see others only in his age range.

  21. Re: Multiple execs had to agree to this on Tinder Must Stop Charging Its Older Users More For 'Plus' Features, Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I have very little knowledge of Tinder and my perception is that it is an application of finding casual sex partners, mostly.

    If that is not the reason to immediately realize how antisocial the whole idea is, I do not know what is.

    Following un-ethical behavior of salesmen is just a logical continuation.

  22. Nobidy condemned anybody to anything. They did not give billshit award to him. Big deal.

    Slander that men ar3 exposed to under the #metoo hashtag - that's the real oitrage.

  23. Assembly and errors on Pocket-Sized DNA Reader Used To Scan Entire Human Genome Sequence (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There are two plagues in current WGS: errors in sequence: frameshifts on monomer runs, flaky stop codons in the middle of ORFs etc, and problem of assmbly of short reads in repeated sequences.

    This method helps the second problem.

    Errors in sequence can be minimized by doing things several times.

  24. So, the only bad thing is that the troll factory was in St Petersburg, Russia, not in St Petersburg, Fla.

  25. Re:I didn't make a television channel... on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Build a Private TV Channel For My Kids? · · Score: 1

    This is the best way: minimum work for parents, best workout for kids.