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  1. Means to an End on Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT? · · Score: 1

    As workers in the information technology field, we sometimes lose site of the fact that information technology is a means to an end. Businesses invest accordingly.

  2. ExtJS? on Which JavaScript Framework is the Most Popular? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It is expensive, but really gets the jobs done. (No, I do not work for them, I just work for a company that uses it)

  3. Re:What if the physics of our alien was alien too? on Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence? (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    And what if the physicis of the physics-alien of our physics-alien was an alien intelligence also?

    Mind... blown!

    Are we in the Miniverse or Teenyverse?

  4. Re:Most stuff have been plug and play for 15+ year on Apple is Really Bad At Design (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    "What now?" is what Steve Jobs was particularly good at.

  5. LTT on Core i9 & X299 on Intel Announces X299, Skylake-X, and Kaby Lake-X Release Schedule (anandtech.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Linus from Linus Tech Tips isn't too happy with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  6. Linus did this already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  7. Re:Kotlin on Ask Slashdot: Should I Move From Java To Scala? · · Score: 1

    Kotlin is an important language and deserves consideration. As the parent stated, it is very much like what Java 2.0 should be.

  8. The question isn't, "why do we sleep?" on The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The real question is, "why are we conscious?"

  9. Theft on Rolling Drone Delivery Robots Have Arrived (starship.xyz) · · Score: 1

    How will they deal with theft?

  10. Humans need not apply on California's $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage May Spur Automation (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    For people that think automating people out of work creates jobs, I strongly suggest watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  11. Jar Jar Binks on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He lost all credibility with Jar Jar Binks

  12. Re:We need more Manhattan projects on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1

    There are: the War on Cancer "National Cancer Act of 1971 by then U.S. President Richard Nixon is generally viewed as the beginning of the war on cancer, though it was not described as a "war" in the legislation itself", War on Drugs "War on Drugs is an American term commonly applied to a campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade"

  13. Mutlibay chassis on Kingston HyperX Predator SSD Takes Gumstick M.2 PCIe Drives To 1.4GB/sec · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of a mutlibay drive chassis for this form factor? It would be interesting to make an array of these.

  14. I tried Start-Up NY on New York State Spent Millions On Program For Startups That Created 76 Jobs · · Score: 5, Informative

    I tired to use Start-Up NY. We called and were told that it was only for out of state businesses opening in New York. They referred me to a small business consulting group at Stony Brook University. They referred me back to Start-Up NY. I had the impression that no one I spoke with knew what they were talking about, and really weren't interested in helping at all. I have even considered writing to Governor Cuomo. I think that Governor Cuomo's concept here is very well intentioned and could be a great benefit to the state. But, from my experience the administrative staff are not executing the Governor's program as intended.

  15. Re:it's a great idea with one major flaw on Tox, a Skype Replacement Built On 'Privacy First' · · Score: 1

    Only problem with that is the phones as always connected (unless off or in airplane mode), and ready to be hacked themselves.

  16. Does fasting omit the consumption of water?

  17. Big Bang Theory on Meet the Voice Behind Siri · · Score: 1

    Not what I was expecting. Raj meets Siri

  18. Relavent TED video on Google Acquires Kite-Power Generator · · Score: 1

    In this brief talk, Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.

  19. TED Talk: Understanding cancer through proteomics on International Challenge To Computationally Interpret Protein Function · · Score: 1

    This TED.com talk by Danny Hillis is informative on this topic, http://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_two_frontiers_of_cancer_treatment.html "Danny Hills makes a case for the next frontier of cancer research: proteomics, the study of proteins in the body. As Hillis explains it, genomics shows us a list of the ingredients of the body -- while proteomics shows us what those ingredients produce. Understanding what's going on in your body at the protein level may lead to a new understanding of how cancer happens."

  20. Ad Revenue on Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly Optimized Sites · · Score: 1

    This is not the first time Google has made such efforts. I believe in the SEO industry this is referred to as "Google Dance". I think this is an effort to protect their pay-per-click advertising revenue.

  21. ZFS on OpenIndiana? on Ask Slashdot: Free/Open Deduplication Software? · · Score: 1

    OpenSolaris is Dead. Long live http://openindiana.org//

  22. Windows 8 on Could Apple Kill Off Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    Is this not similar to what Microsoft is doing with Windows 8?

  23. Calculus Made Easy on Help Me Get My Math Back? · · Score: 1

    What about Calculus Made Easy? "What one fool can do, another can". It was good enought to get Richard Feynman started.

  24. Obligatory on Mythbusters to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth · · Score: 0, Troll

    I, for one, welcome our irradiated cockroach overlords.