Exactly. I'd love to see a name and shame thing too - so we have a list of companies that tend to layoff and hire people. Those are the kinds of companies you either try not to work for, or if you need the job, prepare to quit without any notice.

Like it or not, Facebook is used to share stories and opinions. So of course the political and religious will factor in. Its a bit ridiculous to say they don't belong on a social network.

Instead you'll get atheist or "the wrong religion(tm)" posts being flagged as false. Plus, not all political messages are such that "false will probably do". Which of the following political statements should be marked false?

"The economy was hit hard by the housing crisis"

"Unchecked human industry is negatively impacting the environment"

"Medical expenses are the number 1 cause of bankruptcy in America"

"The US constitution prohibits establishment of religion by congress"



I think all of them are true, but not everyone will agree.

Second this, kdenlive is decent for quick edit jobs. I can line up multiple videos and substitute or augment audio when I need to. So shooting some footage and adding a soundtrack is doable. Its been super stable for me for a while now - but as with all software your mileage may vary significantly there. It does lack the easy and polish if iMovie and more professional options. I hope it gets there.

Can confirm, my SIII has annoying daily bugs they refuse to fix.

Curious how whether or not one person who has not seen complaints factors in here. Do you monitor bugs/user feedback for KDE? Is your personal experience of complaints relevant?

From the article, it uses hardware acceleration to achieve its look and feel. This is potentially awesome, but I wonder if that takes a toll on gaming, say via steam.

"the ponytail wearing Google generation" - that is a hell of a lazy shot in the dark. But such reporting is all too frequently the norm among the latest generation of journalists. "We need to give serious consideration to how the Press could combine the technical expertise of the "Facebook" generation with its more traditional journalistic skills" - said Worthington Alfredingtonshite, god-king of journalists.

If we get truly universal human rights, yes. But is that a given? In some parts of the world what you say can get you killed by the state, or by the church. Some parts of the world will pay for you to have that expensive medical treatment, others will watch you die. In some parts of the world you can have that life saving abortion, and in others you are doomed to die. The list goes ever on. So if we ever evolve to a point where human rights are truly universal, it sounds great.

Because if we do, we need to help more people use technical solutions (like the excellent ghostery) and work to put regulations on an industry that will do everything it can to weasel out of them. What we do not need is to blame users for not knowing enough to install tech solutions, say "this surprises no one", or "companies can do whatever they want" or "everything on the internet is public" or "if you are being tracked it is because you choose to be". Here's a thought - if you let companies get away with whatever they want it is because you are choosing not to be part of the solution. So change that. We can work to subvert tracking online and campaign against tracking (and for regulation) at the same time. Unless we don't really want privacy. But I hope that is not the case.

I'm honored! I came up with it from this thread (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/11/12/1251213/man-arrested-for-photo-of-burning-poppy-on-facebook) in response to:

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

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and elitist snobs who dismiss it can not understand a whole panoply of human motivations

I feel like there's more you want to say here. Who are these "elitist snobs" you're railing against?

The UK is really reigning in on the content of speech. That's worrying enough for their citizens, but also troubling for how they may impact the rest of the world. What caught my eye is he turned himself in. Was he getting death threats? Or does it say something a bit scary about the UK that someone would tweet an offensive joke, erase it, and then turn themselves into the police?

As mentioned by Greyfox - low quality recruiters are a pain. Some who struggle to communicate, others who can't function without incessant phone calls. On the company side, there's an unwillingness to pay for experience (I've seen job postings for "senior" positions that pay junior rates). I've had plenty of phone screens with someone who has no idea what they are talking about, but even with skilled engineers who know how to code, but not how to ask technical questions relevant to the job they are hiring for!

One of the more frustrating things is the "full stack" creep. Full stack used to mean someone who could write server code and front end code. Now it also means being a sysadmin, a dba, an architect, a ux guy, and in some cases even a designer. I've seen companies hiring an entire tech department in one job description.

There's also where the office is located. Allow remote workers! If you're in Boston, hire people in New York, New Hampshire, etc. They can come in every so often for essential "face time", but code like crazy for you and in the same timezone.

If you're going to put words in your opponent's mouth, make sure they are coherent. I don't believe suffering is limited by economic class. If you are going to claim liberals are elitist (nice parroting of a GOP talking point), say *why* you believe that. Seriously learn to read. I didn't say it's wrong to call someone black, or jewish, or anything at all as a description. Just that some people like to *complain* (how did you miss that word?) about others, and hide behind "you guys are too PC" as a cover. Though more likely they just use PC as either a dog whistle, or as an alarm to raise a panic about liberals.