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  1. Re:The UK broke their colleges too? on Computer Science Degrees Aren't Returning On Investment For Coders, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I'm Scottish but have spent my life in London and other EU countries after my child years in Scotland, I regret not moving back up to Scotland to do something in applied sciences and to take advantage of having zero tuition fees for higher education. People in England / Wales have to fork out a debt that will take them 20 years to pay off. Personally I skipped it and paid privately myself whilst working, it's been a lot of work and I don't think I really learnt anything more than I've learnt from pure work experience in my field. I think it would have been quicker to develop my experience in my field with that initial degree though but I don't think that applies to everyone.

  2. Re:The UK broke their colleges too? on Computer Science Degrees Aren't Returning On Investment For Coders, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the cost of tuition fees going up is the reason the system hasn't broken, yet; it inevitably will though because the nature of the student loan system and the way that it works in this country is ridiculous an unsustainable.

    I don't particularly care though, the UK is killing itself with Brexit and a host of other stupid things at the moment.

  3. ...and this is the case with most professions, degrees open doors, doesn't mean you're going to be good at the job.

  4. Re:The UK broke their colleges too? on Computer Science Degrees Aren't Returning On Investment For Coders, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No, we didn't, the article is complete and utter tripe in every sense from the use of BP to refer to 'G'BP currency right the way through to the alleged devaluation of a degree here.

    Several of the top 10 universities in the world have and will always remain here, Oxford / Cambridge / Imperial / UCL et al.

    Also, I don't know a single software engineer here that doesn't earn over £100k+, so that's another bullshit argument.

  5. FFS it's GBP, not BP. Who wrote this?

  6. Re:Well if the NFL can't stand them why should we? on Consumer Reports Pulls Microsoft Laptop Recommendation (go.com) · · Score: 1

    They still make the natural keyboard.

  7. Re:Comparison on A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Fox news...? ...really?

  8. Re:Meanwhile, somewhere in Europe.. on You Can't Change the Default Browser or Switch To Google Search In Windows 10 S (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple does not sell more smartphones than any other company, Samsung does.

  9. Yay on Physicist Declassifies Rescued Nuclear Test Films (llnl.gov) · · Score: 1

    Atom bomb baby baby, atom bomb...

  10. Nipple.

  11. Actually, I have to agree; the entire personal storage table system is a fucking joke.

    I would still argue that exchange has even more short comings though.

  12. Re:Chip cards on Coin Teams With MasterCard In Wearable Payments Push (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    What? You've only just got chip and pin?

    Jesus christ we've had that for decades.

  13. Really? on Javier Soltero: The Outsider Microsoft Tapped To Reinvent Outlook (windowsitpro.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Outlook isn't the fucking problem, exchange and its bastardised architecture is.

    To this day I cannot fathom why companies would ever roll out a proprietary exchange setup when there are better solutions available, at a significantly lower cost. Solutions that are more reliable, more secure and better supported cross platform.

  14. I have to ask though on LG Announces "Super UHD" TV Lineup (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Why?

  15. Obligatory on LG Announces "Super UHD" TV Lineup (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    But can it run crysis?

  16. Re:My nose on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A series of.

  17. Re:My nose on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Or 7 & 1/2 tonners as we call them in the UK and Europe.

  18. Hmm on Four Elements Added To Periodic Table (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Been telling people this for years.

  19. Re:what on IPv6 Turns 20, Reaches 10 Percent Deployment (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    lol

  20. Simple on Ask Slashdot: Jamming UK Metadata Collection? · · Score: 1

    Get a router supporting DD-WRT and add custom route configurations to put all non VoD / Gaming traffic or anything requiring all of your bandwidth through a VPN like Vyper or something. That sufficiently covers most browsing / text communications. TBH I wouldn't bet that the security services don't have the power to snoop into encrypted / VPN connections on our national infrastructure anyway, but why would you care as long as you're not a terrorist or kiddie fiddler? You just want to prevent Theresa May and her bullshit short sighted policies from snooping on you for no justified / legal reason (like they probably already have been, anyway).

  21. Re:Safari really is the new IE on Firefox Will Support Non-Standard CSS For WebKit Compatibility (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    +++ and a lot later than you would expect from the so called pioneers of recent web browser technologies. They've only just caught up with other vendors, I have no idea what the fuck Apple's management are doing bearing in mind that Safari is literally WebKit with some additional integrations.

    Don't believe me? Look at the revision history and release cycle, it's insulting.

  22. Re:Safari really is the new IE on Firefox Will Support Non-Standard CSS For WebKit Compatibility (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Umm, no.

    WebKit team while initially extremely revolutionary have decided to take a massive shit and sit on it for a few years

    Credit where it's due, they drove the web forward, but the recent investment in WebKit / Safari nightly's is, pathetic, at best.

  23. Re:Fuck me on Database Leak Exposes 3.3 Million Hello Kitty Fans (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Please, really?

  24. Re: "user engagement has gone up" on Facebook Replaces Flash With HTML5 For Videos (facebook.com) · · Score: 1

    lolirl

  25. Fuck me on Database Leak Exposes 3.3 Million Hello Kitty Fans (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Just imagine, all the possibilities, with this information.

    For fucks sakes how did this submission get accepted?