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Comment Re:I'll play Devil's Advocate (Score 2) 167

Yeah, but would that employee work better if you sat next down to them and looked over their shoulder ALL THE TIME? That workers are 100% productive during every second of their workday is a MYTH. The whole "time theft" thing based on automated surveillance is just a way to create an atmosphere of distrust and fear that is completely disjuct from the actual work results. An employee that works 8 hours on a spreadsheet is worth exactly as much as an employee that looks out of the window for 4 hours, and then finishing the work in the remaining 4. The typical workforce has both types of workers, and they're paid the same money for the same job.

Comment Re:Here we go again (Score 1) 139

That's how it already works. You want google as the default search engine? Well, just pay $450 Million to Mozilla, and there you go. You want Mozilla to become a reseller for your VPN service? Sure, a few million $ will do that. You want advertisements on all newly opened tabs? Again, a few million $, and there we go.

Comment Don't blame the tools. Blame yourselves. (Score 5, Insightful) 73

No, dual-use tools are not the primary threat, dear cisco. FUCKING EXPLOITS IN YOUR FUCKING GEAR ARE. Blaming the tools for exploits is like saying that screwdrivers are the number one primary threat in home burglary cases, because that's how most unsafe windows are opened.

Comment Re:They include methane from cows (Score 1) 445

Cattle produced around 54300000 metric tons of CH4 in the year 1983.
Human farts only made it to about 50000 in the same year :)

(Source: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellus...)

So the answer is: Yes, human farts do contribute to global warming, and in the end it's the sum of all things that matters right?

*clenches buttcheeks tightly*

Comment All you need to know. (Score 2) 156

The species is physarum polycephalum. Google for it, it's super fascinating. It's a slime mold, which is neither a plant, nor an animal, nor a fungus. It's its very own kind of lifeform, and it's been known and studied for decades. These kind of slime molds are very common, and you can find them on old tree trunks and decaying leaves.

Comment Re:If you didn’t get motion sickness you wil (Score 1) 94

The opposite is the case. I've used my Oculus Go on a plane, and it's actually LESS nausea inducing, since the VR headset tracks your movement relative to the ground, and not to the plane. So if the plane banks and turns, the horizon in VR stays parallel to the REAL horizon, actually eliminating one of the causes of motion sickness on planes.

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