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  1. Re:Critical thinking on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    Smart enough to do the job, dumb enough to keep doing it.

  2. Re:Inequality isn't harmful on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 1

    No, but they have to power to CONVINCE you to hand over stuff to them. That is a lot more insidious.

  3. Re:Traffic Shaper? on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 2

    Well those baristas aren't bimbos right? I mean, they got a degree for something :P

  4. Re:The Nobel Prize Committee blew it on No Nobel For Nick Holonyak Jr, Father of the LED · · Score: 1

    Bandgap engineering is amazing stuff. I fondly remember sneaking into a device physics class as a sophomore and being bowled over by it.

  5. Re:iPod Classic on Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments · · Score: 1

    Y'all are missing an important point. Most automotive headunits are designed to work best with Apple devices (eg. my Pioneer Z140BH - full voice recognition, album art, etc. only for iPod/iPhone sources). Out of no choice, I shelled out $189 back in 2009 for a 160GB iPod classic to essentially use it as a USB HDD in the car.

  6. Re:Sorry guys, but you are full of shit on AT&T Says 10Mbps Is Too Fast For "Broadband," 4Mbps Is Enough · · Score: 1

    20Mbps is stupid excessive even for a 1920x1080 1.78 aspect ratio MKV video. That's approaching commercial BluRay datarates (~28Mbps on a lot of releases). 10Mbps for video (less if the aspect ratio is 2.4) + 0.625-1.5Mbps for audio (5.1 AC3 / DTS) is plenty.

  7. Re:Same reason blu-ray didn't take off on Dell Demos 5K Display · · Score: 1

    There's a discernible difference between say a BluRay 25+Mb stream vs. a 10Mb encode, let alone a crappy Netflix 3Mb 1080p stream. And that's not even getting into audio (640Kb AC3 / 1.5Mb DTS / 1.5Mb DTS-HD vs. streaming)

  8. Re:DPI Scaling on Dell Demos 5K Display · · Score: 1

    Not trying to argue the pros/cons of each OS. Just so happens that a lot of folks need Windows to run particular apps. No, please don't trot out the tired out "But GIMP instead of Photoshop, etc." arguments. Just assume a "I want to use app X, and it only runs / runs best on Windows" scenario. While I like Linux and OSX, Windows does have it's place.

  9. DPI Scaling on Dell Demos 5K Display · · Score: 2

    Sorry, until Windows fixes it's DPI scaling, there's not much point in having retina-like desktop displays.

  10. Re:Where are these photos? on Reported iCloud Hack Leaks Hundreds of Private Celebrity Photos · · Score: 5, Informative

    Reddit : /r/TheFappening http://www.reddit.com/r/TheFap...

  11. Re:Read that statement as follows: on Tech Looks To Obama To Save Them From 'Just Sort of OK' US Workers · · Score: 1

    Don't speak the truth here. You might get lynched by a xenophobic mob.

  12. Re:Cheaper drives on Solid State Drives Break the 50 Cents Per GiB Barrier, OCZ ARC 100 Launched · · Score: 1

    Crucial was late to the party. PNY already broke the $0.50/GB barrier using Silicon Motion's controller in their Optima line. Hell, even Samsung came close. I bought my 500GB 840 for $260 years ago.

  13. Re:Lets cut the H1B's! on Microsoft CEO To Slash 18,000 Jobs, 12,500 From Nokia To Go · · Score: 1

    Fuck this xenophobic bullshit. Curb H1B abuse, leaving only the genuine cases, and you solve the problem.

  14. Re:Over simplification on Chimpanzee Intelligence Largely Determined By Genetics · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, that would be balanced out by Murica ala Idiocracy.

  15. Re:Another big problem on Employees Staying Away From Internal Corporate Social Networks · · Score: 2

    An LCD privacy filter works wonders. That and my boss is short and can't really peek at my monitors without a ladder :)

  16. Re:Monitoring on Employees Staying Away From Internal Corporate Social Networks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I assume anything at work is recorded/stored and can be retrieved on request. This is problematic if you have asshole coworkers and/or bosses. Better not to leave any trace. Anything I access at work is on a personal laptop tethered to my cell, or failing which, an SSH tunnel back home.

  17. Re:Yes, Perl is indeed dead and rotting on Perl Is Undead · · Score: 2

    I worked in EDA/physical design and use Perl on the job everyday, with a smattering of Tcl and SCALA on the side.

  18. Re:Wow! .6 GHz Faster Than 3 Year Old 2600k! on Intel Announces Devil's Canyon Core I7-4790K: 4GHz Base Clock, 4.4GHz Turbo · · Score: 1

    C2 45nm -> Nehalem (+10%) -> SandyBridge (+10%) -> IvyBridge (+3%) -> Haswell (+10%)

  19. Crappy TIM Application for IVB and HW on Intel Announces Devil's Canyon Core I7-4790K: 4GHz Base Clock, 4.4GHz Turbo · · Score: 1

    Thanks Intel for shafting your early adopters and denying that there is a problem with the IHS assembly process for IvyBridge and Haswell. The TIM that they used is actually quite good, it's just the spacing inconsistency between the die and IHS during manufacturing that is the issue.

  20. Re:Down time can be a goal. on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Job Need To Exist? · · Score: 1

    You know what they say, hard work only begets more hard work ;)

  21. Overpriced Fluff on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    I'd rather (and did) spend money on genuinely good stuff like MrSpeakers Mad Dogs and Sennheiser Momentums (over ears). For $50, a timeless favorite is still the Koss KSC-75 and PortaPro.

  22. Re:seems like a back door on Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House · · Score: 1

    You're right. I'm actually being paid MORE than locals.

  23. Re:And battery life suffers. on The Feature Phone Is Dead: Long Live the 'Basic Smartphone' · · Score: 1

    Data doesn't have to be expensive. I bought a retail Galaxy S3 in Asia (so 2GB RAM + quad core, unlike the crappy US version) and am on AT&T's $35 GoPhone plan with 500 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data.

  24. Re:interesting paradox on Michael Bloomberg: You Can't Teach a Coal Miner To Code · · Score: 1

    That's why people look at me like I'm weird for not liking chess / Sudoku / etc. I've spent enough of my day puzzle-solving already (Scala, Perl, Tcl), thanks very much.

  25. Re:13 deaths? on Department of Transportation Makes Rear View Cameras Mandatory · · Score: 1

    Actually, launching on ice _with_ traction control sucks.