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  1. Re:Not far enough on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah but I don't include we in that. We, the human species, have only been to Luna and around Earth, at varied heights, a bunch of times. I've sent an email to lots of places - it doesn't mean I've been there. Even if I send a robot, it's not me going there. Right now, we've only been on this one - so far as I know.

  2. Re:Being old: everything hurts on Futuristic Suit Lets You Feel What It's Like To Be An Old Man · · Score: 1

    Actually, I started programming anew and have even been doing some web-related stuff. Why? I swear it feels like I can feel my brain plasticize. I want to avoid that as much as I can so I work on learning things daily.

  3. Re:Farrrrrm livin' is the life for me! on Berlin Gets First Taste of In-Store Vertical Micro-Farms (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    I opened it in a background tab. I'll look at it later. I'm gonna remember who sent me there... So, it'd better not be too awesome and I end up with yet another hobby with too much spent on it and never finished projects scattered across both State and country borders. :/ *sighs* I need to finish my robot before I go back to Maine.

  4. Re:It is inevitable on Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I've owned a couple of 90s BMWs - and I have the habit of locking the doors while inside and then just pulling the handle to get unlocked but it does appear that one model did do that. Thanks. That's fucking stupid of them. Fortunately, it looks like they learned their lesson - and broken/worn doesn't really count, though we can agree they should be designed better.

    Strange too, I own a few BMWs still - one is out in my garage down here, I drove it from Maine. They all unlock when I pull the handle. Every time. :/

    Thanks.

  5. Re:Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    How... How are you unfamiliar with my posts?

    Did you really just call me part of an in-group? Oh my... I continually express my own views, which are not mirrored by people here. In fact, I work to change other's views by showing them alternatives.

    I usually ignore ACs as of late but I figure this one needs a response. Hell, I'm the guy who, "learned a few new commands" and "doesn't mind" systemd. Yup. I voice that opinion because I hold that opinion. If, by coincidence, my views mirror someone else's then I am surprised, more often than not. An in-group? Hmm... I don't argue that such exists - but I suspect it's not as large as you're expecting. I'm just not sure why you'd think I'm in that group - especially with that for a reply.

    At any rate, we've got checks and balances that kind of still work. We'll be okay. Trump's not Hitler, really.

  6. Re:In unrelated news on Oklahoma Video Vigilante Uses Drone To Wage War Against Prostitutes and Johns (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Blue laws seldom stand up in court. I have been in South Carolina many, many times. I have been there with a female who was not my spouse many times. I have stayed in a hotel lots of times with a female not my spouse. I have never been hassled and I'm kind of brown, on top of that. The ladies in question are usually white.

  7. It looks like they've updated a few things.
    http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/di...

    By the way -- I almost missed your reply. I also came across this while making sure that one can donate - you made me wonder if it had changed.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/space...

  8. > You have used this resource too much; please try again later.

    That's what it said when I got to about 50 - but that's not the normal message. ;-) So, it might mean something broke - I didn't do it. I'll keep better count when I go on comment rampage and let ya know.

  9. LOL That would be true IF I was using that as an argument. Read the whole thing there, guy. I know it is long but it kind of helps pull the whole thing together.

    Also, I was stoned as all hell when I wrote that.

  10. Re: The software is getting worse, though. on Tech Jobs Are Replacing Tech Jobs in Silicon Valley · · Score: 2

    Ever generation starts out blaming the elders. Elders finish it by complaining about the youth.

    Seriously, even Plato figured this out.

  11. Re:Tech fail on Tech Jobs Are Replacing Tech Jobs in Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Yay... I am not alone. They'd been doing fairly well lately, for the most part... So, I actually sat there wondering what it was that I was missing. I read the summary twice and still figured it was an editorial mistake.

  12. Re:Nah on Panama Papers: Data Leak Exposes Massive Official Corruption (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Consult a legal professional.

    However, filing an application to incorporate isn't hard. You generally need three people. One will be president, the VP, and the third will be the treasurer. Or, COO, COE, or COO. Or whatever, really. You just need to fill in those parts of the document.

    You basically use your SSN as your tax ID number - they work just fine for that purpose. If the asset's primary use is for the business (in this case, you doing your job) then you can write it off. You can't write off lunch with your wife - necessarily. If she's in sales and you're entertaining a prospective customer then you can write it off. You probably won't be able to write off your whole car but you might get some depreciation. (Don't forget to claim it when you sold it or traded it in.)

    There are lots of things to do. Incorporate AND hire an accountant and keep the lawyer on retainer. Depending on how much you make, it'll probably save you money in the first year. You can incorporate and get the protections associated with it. Your boss might need to be amicable to this.

  13. Re:Not far enough on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not entirely sure that you can take off with just 6 months of food, get to Mars, and live there in perpetuity. We might, of course, just want to go and spend a short time there. We've visited a moon. That's it. We've only been on one planet.

  14. Re:I hope they all move to Canada on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I have it on good authority that it'll be warming up.

  15. Re:Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I really don't think Trump will be as bad as people seem to think. That's not a terribly high barrier to cross, however. I don't think he's quite the monster that everyone wants to claim he is.

    No, I'm not voting for Trump. I just don't think he's Hitler.

  16. Re:Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It's almost aways nothing but pure talk. Talk is cheap.

    Otis Redding said it best, "Actions speak louder than words..."

    It's the same thing we see every time Microsoft releases a new OS, a bunch of people storm around saying they're going to run Linux. The traffic stats revet to normal in about a month. Nah, people will tolerate a whole lot to be where they're acclimated. Many that live in things like war zones could have escaped and sought refuge. However, they stick it out because it is their home.

    Either way, I kind of disagree with the sentiment. If your country is having issues, it's your job to help fix it.

  17. Re: Let's consider then on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's start with the easy stuff. Okay?

    There's a difference from doing bad stuff while belonging to that group and doing bad stuff *for* their religion.

    If you can get past that, you might see he's trying to make some sense. This post should not be misconstrued to mean that I like the guy or will vote for him.

  18. Re:Let's consider then on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not so sure about that. Party politics is still essential - after all, he may run for a second term if he wins his first.

  19. Re:Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is true and also a concern - it's one of the reasons I opened the thread - I'm off to bed soon. But, yes...

    Or, rather, no... No, I don't think that this poll is accurate. Trump actually has a number of proponents in the IT industry. They're in that camp for varied reasons but they exist and I'm pretty sure that the numbers are higher than this poll would have you believe. I'm also a bit squirrelly about the number that they have come up with.

    In this thread, we'll find more than 14 people who SUPPORT Trump, never mind being willing to move to Canada. I'm too lazy to look but I bet this survey was written to get one type of response, to be manipulated, or to get partial results.

    "How likely are you to be willing to emigrate to Canada if Trump is elected president:

    0 --- 1 --- 2 --- 3 --- 4 --- 5
    With zero meaning that there's no possible way they're going to move to Canada to 5 being very likely to seek a visa.

    Now, anybody who answered a number greater than zero is counted in this poll and that's where they got the 84% from - I suspect. It's standard practice. It's also a trick question - few people want to answer in a negative fashion. People are gullible and swallow it all the time. They may also take results from one question and add them in with the first - again being careful about verbiage.

    If you give me a few days and a bunch of resources, I could poll the average American and come back with "Stalin was a great man - according to 87% of people in the garments industry."

  20. Re:Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    How very Grecian an idea... Are we going to use the money they give us to make statues of gods or are we going to build a navy with the money?

  21. Re: Consider on Canadian Startup Uses Trump to Lure Tech Workers (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm part black, I can say this, right?

    Dude, just because they're eating bagged lunches don't mean it's really a picnic. They only reason they were in the park was to pick up the trash. I'm really positive that shackles are no picnic.

  22. Re:Not on Slashdot... on Mass Surveillance Silences Minority Opinions: Study · · Score: 1

    I'm inclined to agree. There's the Law of Diminishing Returns and it's really so applicable to so many things.

  23. Re:It is inevitable on Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't say that I've actually seen any that can lock that way. I'm pretty sure it's illegal, or so I thought.

    Can you name a couple of makes and models? I've got a decent collection of automobiles but I don't have any like that in my car. I think all car doors must open from the inside, without any mechanism required, an every vehicle since 1978 - with regards to the US.

    An example is the default escape button in the trunk. There's a glow-in the dark ring, knob, or hoop that you can pull to manually unlock the trunk.

  24. Re:Native clients on Skype For Linux: Dead? Or Just Resting? · · Score: 1

    I purposely went back in your profile to find a post that was still active. The other was archived.

    This is regarding:
    https://slashdot.org/comments....

    Hmm... Would you like to take this to email? I have NO problems with you emailing me. The address is right near the username for a reason.

  25. Yeah, I've just got to spin it up in the VM and I'm golden - I think.

    I'll be VERY interested in using this again. Yes, I know Fedora and CentOS exist. However, RedHat's the biggest. Maybe not in distros installed but certainly the biggest in revenue for a distro. I've not used it since way back when. It was actually a paid version back then. Who'd have guessed? ;-)