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Comment: Re:Steve WHO? (Score 1) 205

No, this is wrong, but you are answering to a post that was also a wrong explanation
This is a second/third degree thing, and because of that, it does not go well in written form
The idea is to say "well, I could care less" ("now that I think about it" heavily implied by a breathing pause and a funny 'I am really thinking about it" stance)
If you just say "this is so stupid, so irrelevant, there is absoluteley no way I could care less about it"
Well, you made your point, but it was a cheap one, because it is always easy, and therefore ignored/unnoticed when you use absolutes ("this is the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life", "the expression [could care less] is the least interesting thing I have ever had to argue about", ... (you get the point))
Now, when you say "I could care less", you are supposed to imply that you actually thought about it, not just giving a robotic meaningless answer, and it makes the point stronger, beacuse, of course, there are things you can, and do care less about, the fact that you are talking about it is the first proof that you actually can care less, otherwise, you wouldn't bother posting/replying at all, now would you ?
It's a matter of style
I usually use this kind of formula/pattern which is based on the same idea/effect:
"I think I saw something ugglier than this once or twice... (pretend to think hard...) hmmm.. yes, err.. hmmm no.. no in fact no, this is actually ugglier"
I just said this is the uggliest thing I have ever seen, but actually giving the feeling I was really thinking about it instead of using a cheap superlative, it makes the point stronger, and at the same time it is funny enough that it is not supposed to offend anyone.

Comment: Re:filter based on user? (Score 1) 94

by Guignol (#39925589) Attached to: Low Oxygen Cellular Protein Synthesis Mechanism Discovered
I slightly modified a userscript from Brad Cable that removes (removed some time ago I suppose) bullshit posts
It's a very simple ten liner that now removes the whole tree of comments whenever a post contains whichever regular expression you want (you modify the script to your needs, and currently my regex is simply /gamemaker/ig
works like a charm (for now) though it is very much optimizable I guess
If anyone is interested just let me know :)
Cheers...

Comment: Re:Video Transitions Annoying (Score 1) 121

by Guignol (#39915059) Attached to: Biochemist Creates CO2-Eating Light That Runs On Algae
Why is this modded funny ?
It is completely insightful, this pinpoints exactly the amateurism madness that crawls everywhere when 'special effects' overtake everything else
It happens in movies, it happens in music...
It happens in slashdot ! (oops I forgot to answer with *THIS* (But I did remember to complain about the moderation ;)))

Comment: What are you going to do ? (Score 1) 530

You want to focus on coding for personal reasons. what does that mean ?
For personal reasons you want as a hobby to make robots with your kid ? have a look at lego mindstorms
For personal reasons you have to let your previous venture and come back on the scene as a consultant ?
If so, to do what ?
Actually, I think there is in fact one language that you would benefit from having a serious look at whichever is your actual goal, and that would be LISP, unless you are in a hurry to be very effective at something specific in which case you would have to be more precise about it
Cheers and welcome back ;)

Comment: Re:What a load of muddled energy unit drivel. (Score 2) 110

I suspect they meant kWh instead of kW/h, and I suppose this is how much energy the boat would harvest on a good day (?).
Not terribly well reported, but I don't think the kW/h mistake is really due to complete stupidity, it looks more like a slip to me
In french, there are two very common units in your every day life that are pronounced almost identically: km/h and kWh (french don't say kilometer per hour, but shorten it as kilometre-heure so it is pronounced almost the same as killoWatt-heure, except in one case a multiplication is implied, and in the other it's a division)

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