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Comment YT should nuke those accounts (Score 1) 183

They said they were going to remove content that violated WHO recommendations.... Well, conspiracy-theory crap is definitely something that I'm sure the WHO is against. So, YT should just delete the channels spreading this junk and be done with it. Problem solved.

Comment sequester from atmosphere (Score 2) 471

We have the technological capability RIGHT NOW to suck the CO2 right out of the atmosphere and sequester it. Every continent, every nation, needs to build these atmosphere processors to do just that. Imagine, Russia with a thousands of them. Imagine the US and Canada with an equal number. Think the same for Australia (hello to my down-under friends), and Africa with so many it would be hard to count. The building of these processors will take time, yes, and resources--a lot--but the truth of the matter is clear: Do nothing, we all die; do something we all might live. Get them designed, get them built. Do it now and power the things up. There are jobs there--countless jobs--we can make "Saving the planet for human habitation" as the start of the next several centuries' economy of the world.

Comment The rules (Score 1) 224

I'd be happy if Twitter and all social-media companies simply enforced their rules universally. If I post something incendiary, a flagrant violation of the rules, I get suspended/banned--as it should be. Donald Trump or Alex Jones or any "celeb" does it, and it is just A-OK with them--because ad revenue. No, I'm sorry, but screw that. The rules apply to all, or they should apply to none. Hell, look at that moron Logan Paul and what he did on Youtube...he was given a slap on the wrist and that was it. But other accounts were whole-sale deleted by them for doing far less...again because of ad revenue. Enforce the rules or do not have any. That is the only way. Nobody should be above the law. Not me, not my mother, not the President, not Kim Kardashian, ... nobody.

Comment This is Tokenism (Score 1) 782

There will, following this absurd law, be women on boards, which is the goal; but they will have zero say and power. Their presence will be purely for the so-called "optics" of it: Feel good reactionism. This is tokenism at its finest, boys and girls. If California chooses to be so stupid as to embrace this ideological idiocy, then California will shortly discover themselves to be in possession of female board members that are there for the photo op, and nothing more. Then these ladies, and the feminist organizations, will cry foul. Place in positions of power those that are qualified, not those that meet a societal requirement. Only then will you have real success. If women want to be on a board, that's fine, but you must first prove that you belong through your merits, not because you happen to be the proud bearer of a uterus.

Comment 4th Amendment violation (Score 1) 506

"Montanez was stopped for failing to yield properly. After being pulled over, the officer asked to search his car; Montanez refused, so the officer held him until a drug dog was brought in to give the officer enough probable cause to search the vehicle." https://www.oyez.org/cases/201... From the SCOTUS decision: "Absent reasonable suspicion, police extension of a traffic stop in order to conduct a dog sniff violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures." Cop dun screwed tha' pooch.

Comment Defamation of character, anyone? (Score 2) 258

How can this tactic not qualify as defamation? With the huge number of screwed up lawsuits over bittorrent piracy going on, it would only be a short while before they "outed" the wrong person...and then they would be liable. What then? They apologize and hope that they don't get sued? Screw that. They start this mess, they mess with the wrong person, the first thing would be "lawyer up!" and counter file against them--and make them eat their words.

Comment yeah....right (Score 1) 514

You know, I'd take the claim a hell of a lot more seriously if they hadn't waited so damn long since the first appearance of the character in Episode VI. This whole thing just smacks of BS to me. I don't recall any other "asian" group complaining about Jabba. No, this is all about "appease us or we'll throw a fit!"

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: DVD VOB files larger than 1GB... Anyone else seeing this?

fudgefactor7 writes: Recently, I've seen this on three new DVDs. In each case, the actual movie itself (not the extras) is the only one where this occurs: the VOB files of the movie are each 1.1GB in size, which violates the industry standard for VOB file specifications. Has anyone else seen this? The movies to-date that I've noticed this on are: The anniversary edition of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter," and latest "Prometheus."

Comment FLSA? (Score 1) 848

You need to tell the bosses that because you just saved the company mucho moolah by doing this haphazardly, you deserve a raise; otherwise you no longer feel comfortable supporting the code since that's really not your job. Sure, it works *now*, but later you can't really expect. Who knows what bugs crept in when you weren't looking--after all, this is way above your pay grade. Also, look into being able to write off your personal time/equipment on your taxes, since that's where the development was taking place. Additionally, see if FLSA kicks in, since you pretty much volunteered time/effort to the company without compensation.

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