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  1. Re:I'm not sure this is progress. on Stylebooks Finally Embrace the Single 'They' (cjr.org) · · Score: 1

    This is because Carly's sexuality is ambiguous and awkward, right?

  2. Re:none of the examples work on Stylebooks Finally Embrace the Single 'They' (cjr.org) · · Score: 1

    Everyone needs to be sure to tighten they safety belt before approaching the cliff

    In modern Ebonics, this appears to be acceptable.

  3. Re: Rough edges visible miles away on Southwest Airlines Is Doing Away With Pneumatic Tubes, Paper Tickets (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    When you use those dumb wallet apps or even the airlines own app you are holding up the line, you are THAT GUY and I hate you!

    Yes... hurry up and scan all those boarding passes quickly so everyone can stand in line inside the jetway with their thumbs in their asses.

  4. Re:Why the heck do all those blue collar jobs on Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    You can't just leave some milk or fish out in the warehouse just because your shift is done.

    I'm not going to look up Maine labor regulations, but in California, an employer can compel an employee to work overtime.

    https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FA... (see #7).

  5. Re:clearly the truckers are right on Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    The problem here is that this is a company document, not Maine Legislation. So he coding style likely doesn't apply.

    Comprehension fail.

    Note the lack of Oxford comma -- also known as the serial comma -- in the following state law, which says overtime rules do not apply to: "The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of: (1) Agricultural produce; (2) Meat and fish products; and (3) Perishable foods.

  6. Re:Loyalty is for suckers on Seattle Tech Engineers Are More Loyal Than Those in San Francisco, Data Shows (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I'm not starving at $50K+ per year.

    In the Bay Area you are...unless you live with your mom.

  7. Re:Yeah, this got me as well on Amazon's Cloud Service Has Outage, Disrupting Sites (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Your and idiot.

  8. Re: Mandatory on Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? · · Score: 2

    It's whatever the installer sets it to. The installers around here typically set it to your street address - the added bonus is a dumb robber might try that to disarm your alarm and it'll appear to work until the cops show up.

    Huh? If you're using an alarm system with codes that aren't end-user defined, then you're doing it WAY fucking wrong.

  9. An accident? on Science Fiction Actor Bill Paxton Dies At Age 61 (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    An accident? An accident? Do you realize it's snowing in my room goddammit!

  10. Re:I moved it on Ask Slashdot: How Are You Responding To Cloudbleed? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That works well with floods, burglaries and fires.

    Local storage! I live in a cloud, you insensitive clod!

  11. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    A right wing terrorists shot somebody to death, there are two underlying issues. The fact that right wing extremism is being enabled at the highest ranks of the US Government, and that the US is so infested with guns that it's really easy for unstable individuals to get guns. You can try to fix both.

    It's not that simple.

    If right wing extremism is being enabled at the highest ranks of US government, then presumably this sort of thing is acceptable at the root of the US government as well, meaning it is deeply rooted with the fabric of American sub-culture. You don't just elect a new government to get rid of this problem.

    Gun infestation isn't the problem. It is a problem, sure, but it isn't *the* problem. The real problem lives above -- at the root: in any number of American sub-cultures where it is becoming more acceptable to hate. Taking away guns doesn't fix that. It might make it worse. If it's not a gun, then its a Ryder truck with a bomb in it. Its poison gas.

    Your proposed solution to elect a new government and take away guns through policy-making is insufficient. I am not saying I have the solution, but so far, policy-making and official electing have done nothing but manifest more problems on top of problems -- in my opinion.

  12. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    No he isn't.

    Your co-worker is dead because some fucking asshole shot him.

    Taking away guns does nothing to fix the underlying issues in a situation like this. That fucking asshole who shot your co-worker is going to hate your co-worker and do violence to him, guns or not.

    There is no silver bullet. These are complex times with complex social issues that take insightful determination to solve. Knee-jerk reactions like "take away guns", "kick out the Muslims", "build a wall", "get a gun" and the like do not go very far in terms of a solution. Bigotry, hatred, sexism aren't going to be fixed like that.

    "Doing something" for the sake of reacting may not be the best choice.

  13. Re:ads on youtube on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Who the fuck uses YouTube on their phone for music while driving?

  14. Re:Ransomware locks hotel guests out of their Room on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yea, that's it, a hotel would try and drum up business by advertising that its electronic door locks can be compromised.

    Woosh.

  15. Re: This will never happen, even if I want it to. on Petition With Over 1 Million Signatures Urges President Obama To Pardon Snowden (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Doesn't one need to be convicted before they can be pardoned?

  16. Re: Trump didn't win, landslide or otherwise on TV News Broadcast Accidentally Activates Alexa, Initiates Orders (cw6sandiego.com) · · Score: 1

    Anybody in California can show up at the polls with a drivers license and vote.

    Sorry, but no.

    You're entitled to your opinion, but not your own set of facts.

  17. Re:Apple is no longer a computer company on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 0

    GP didn't say that Woz and Jobs "created the personal computer". He said that "Woz and Jobs fucking CREATED the individual computer movement."

    Incidentally, the Apple II was released in June of 1976 -- a few months before the Commodore PET.

  18. Re:Wembley Stadium???? on Vast New Tomb Now Covers The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Nah... Football Fields.

  19. Ahead of CES 2016...

    Excellent job, editors. If you didn't get the memo, it's 2017.

  20. Re:for all you apple fanboys and fangirls on Apple Patent Hints At Magnetic Ear Hooks To Keep Future AirPods In Your Ears (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 2

    4 core 6502?

  21. Re:Why even bother, your edits get reverted anyway on The Project To Revive Abandoned Wikipedia Pages Has Been Abandoned (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    So you must be the only contributor that isn't trying to change everything to "Baba Booey! Baba Booey! Howard Stern's Penis"?

  22. Re:What do Reno neighbourhoods look like? on 7-Eleven Beats Google, Amazon To First Commercial Drone Delivery Service In US (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Google Street View FTW.

    https://goo.gl/maps/s4ZytioW14...

    Hint: It looks just like everywhere else.

  23. Re:Time to outlaw the IoT on Massive Mirai Botnet Hides Its Control Servers On Tor (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    p0wned

    It's "pwned," you idiot! You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.