Who the hell works on the 99% of open source software that isn't popular, and why do they care? Because they do.

To be fair, they know it's not going to replace the Linux kernel now, so it's merely an experimental project. Much like many of the Microsoft experimental kernels, except those eventually are put to death and the relevant guts are sucked into the next revision of Windows. (see Singularity OS--an OS that does away with hardware virtual memory and the translation lookaside buffer)

"Fuck Comcast."

Every time the weather gets bad, their connection goes to shit. It doesn't matter if I'm at home, or 30 miles away on their "Business Class" internet at work. It cuts out over and over and Comcast doesn't give two craps about fixing it.

Try working from home in IT on a connection that drops every couple minutes. It's incredibly frustrating--even moreso when I looked at the ridiculous prices they charge me every month.

"Rape culture" isn't really about solving any problems. It's about generating fear to generate money and votes.

Rape rates have been falling drastically since the 70's.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlRN...

Rape rates on colleges are LOWER than outside of college:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...

And rape rates in some other 1st-world countries are HUGELY higher--but nobody here cares apparently:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...

But none of these facts comply with the myth of the "oppressive white male" who thinks he can rape and take whatever he wants.

Nobody disagrees with the idea that rape is a bad thing. But people are willing to hijack that axiom to create hysteria and generate political power.

>Why sould a GPU manufacturer spend a lot of time supporting such a small user base

I don't know, maybe because most super computers on the fucking planet use GPUs? Why would scientists want a GPU manufacturer to support the operating system they do most of their work on? Oh, I can't think of a reason.

Meanwhile, we're trying to do some work in ROS. I certainly don't want CUDA cores to help speed up the processing and filtering of tens of thousands of LIDAR points. Nor could I possibly use shaders for anything outside of gaming.

This much sarcasm is killing me. Please get better opinions before I die.

Anita isn't the problem. It's all of the morons who take her seriously. Why? Because people want to believe that we live in a world where all women are oppressed. And once you subscribe to that narrative, you're going to read anything that anyone says that supports that ideology of victimization.

And news companies know their audience is a bunch of suckers that will react to "oh no, poor cute princesses are being excluded?!" and be outraged, which makes them quite a bit of readership money.

This is not rocket science. It's yellow journalism. It's money. The news didn't care about ethics when we went into Iraq, or when we send the innocent Central Park Five black kids to jail for a rape they didn't commit. All that matters, is sensationalism to generate money.

And the people that believe it are just as guilty as the news corporations that exploit them.

You realize there are tons of movies with the same name, right?

http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms....

I think it's more important to note that Obama has done literally shit all to act on any of those "We the People" petitions. Any time they hit 100k, they just write some politically-correct bullshit... or with Snowden they literally wrote nothing at all.

I mean who honestly believes Obama really cares about your/our petitions?

I think you've completely missed the important facts.

Scientology is still a religion in Germany, but they don't qualify to be state recognized religious organization because they don't do anything to benefit he community. You can be believe Jimmy Buffet is your only ticket to paradise, but he's not gonna get a tax break unless he tells you to give back to the community.

Likewise, you can call whatever you want "a company" but it's not going to be a company--and entitled to the benefits therein--unless it gets a business license.

You can call yourself a cop all you want, but unless you pass the requirements to become a LEO, you're not a cop.

That's the difference.

Meanwhile, the other major religions you listed are all giving back to the community in great numbers. So they do qualify to be a state approved religion. So this is an entirely apples to oranges, reasonable contrast between major religions and Scientology. If Scientology wants to get tax breaks all they have to do (GASP) is start giving a shit about people and trying to help them. If that burden is too high for you to become a religion, I don't think I want you anywhere near a legislative job.

I don't think anyone is blaming Snowden? This is about Assange being a white-haired asshole.

It's common, really. Any time someone knows they have something to hide, they make sure not to leave a paper trial.

Why do you think there are "no statistics" on how many police shoot or kill civilians? Because they don't want to know.

Why aren't there ANY statistics for cruise ship deaths? Because they're in international waters and they don't give a shit. Go ahead, google "Cruise Ship Death Statistics." You'll find a couple websites run by a individuals. That's it. No news investigations. No research. Not a damn thing save for a couple of guys in their spare time trying to warn everyone.

It would be much better to have a system that HIDES users content by default, than to delete it. Then, people scrolling all posts (including hidden) would be able to report mistakes in the system.

Funny side note: I mentioned a similar system to Reddit because they have huge problems with mod abuse now. I said, "Hey, just make mod deletions pseudo-deletions, so they're hidden unless you want to see them, so people can check mods and report abuses to admins."

They didn't even reply back. No politically-correct, "we appreciate your input, but no thanks." Literally nothing. Ellen Pao, you sneaky bitch. Seems like they know there's a problem and they either don't want to admit it, or they want it that way.

I really wouldn't be surprised if Reddit explodes the same way Digg did--through over-commercialization of "sponsered content", and outright censorship.

Yeah, basically if you say something Slashdot doesn't agree with, you'll be called flamebait or troll pretty quickly.

Here's a list of topics to try:

- Literally anything related to women that isn't word-for-word copied from a feminist speaker.

I still think people would watch the crap out of that video if you want to make it.

It's kind of funny that Microsoft has also decided to move their Kernel from version 6.1.62.6.2.7.21.1.6.2.2.000.02.432.523.253.532 to 10.0 in Windows 10.

I wonder if some useless managers got wind of Linux changing theirs, and made their developers change the number.

"Dear busy senior developers: I just found out Linux made a bigger number. Why can't we? Why are you wasting our time fixing bugs? Add this feature I just heard about today! It's very important.

Sincerely,
--Scott Miller"