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Comment: The autoplay video ads are causing brain damage (Score 1) 206

by Wrexs0ul (#41810933) Attached to: Brain Scans Show the Impact of Neglect On a Child's Brain Size

On the other hand, the child with the smaller brain on the right will be more likely to become addicted to drugs, be involved in violent crimes, be unemployed and dependent on government benefits in the future.

Also, really? Phrenology much? This dumps credibility down the toilet pretty quick.

Mr. Burns: Of course you'd say that. You have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter.

Comment: Probably just recycle, but check value first (Score 3, Interesting) 291

by Wrexs0ul (#41807839) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Over 500 Used DIMMs?

RAM has a history of starting expensive for cutting-edge, getting dirt cheap as it becomes mainstream, then the old stuff gets expensive again when the market moves-on and it's in limited use. If an EBay search doesn't offer good value then most parts can be recycled these days, check with your local recycling center to see if they have a program to reclaim component materials.

Or, if you're looking for a laugh, ehow says you should consider making a sculpture. With the amount of RAM coming out of companies I bet you could do something person-sized :)

Comment: Re:Respect the First Amendment! (Score 2) 109

If he'd stopped at saying: "I own 50% of Facebook" it'd probably be protected speech. Crazy, pitied, ridiculous speech, but free and protected nonetheless.

Once opinion becomes action (like the lawsuit) you're damaging someone. The harm those actions commit should never be considered free speech because even damage on paper has a real effect on someone's life.

-Matt

(Billionaire's problems, I know, but the biggest downside of democracy is you spend most of your time defending scoundrels)

Comment: Re:Let me be the first to say (Score 4, Funny) 63

by Wrexs0ul (#41781131) Attached to: Inside Social Media's Fake Fan Industry

"A vote for anyone but the tooth fairy and you're just throwing it away"

"I will donate $5 million to charity if Ms. Fairy can prove she's a dentist"

"This election is not about teeth, but the people whose mouths use them!"

I like where this could go. Cracked had great coverage on Brazil's elections that probably have someone running as the tooth fairy :)

-Matt

Comment: Re:You Tell Me If You're Too Old; What Is Your Goa (Score 3, Insightful) 418

by Wrexs0ul (#41562999) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Am I Too Old To Retrain?

Parent poster basically won the internet award for the day, heed his words.

Programming at it's core is creative work, and if that's what you love you need to stick with it a form that fulfills your passion and talents. For example, with your time in the field consider if you have what it takes to do more senior development work:

- it's not management though you will be responsible for code review and progress meetings
- you're less code-monkey and more architect which lessens the burden of bringing peak knowledge of new languages to the table

Q/A is also a relatively good side of things to consider. You need a functional understanding of code, but the work focus is shifted to your analysis skills on how real-world scenarios will beat the living tar out of someone's project :)

At this stage you're going to want to recognize your experience with software and the environments they run in as much as being able to make f(x)=y. It's very honest to recognize that you're not a people person, but that doesn't mean well-paying specialist jobs like what's above are out of your reach.

-Matt

Comment: Re:The toilet water guy?!? (Score 5, Insightful) 238

"And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again!"

Change we can believe in.

Comment: Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 418

by Wrexs0ul (#40795437) Attached to: Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake

Pretty good chance he is relaxing and enjoying his wealth... by running Facebook :)

Really, how many people took a college project and made a billion dollars with it? I'll bet like Jobs or Bezos that Zuckerberg is exactly where he wants to be: keeping his hands on the steering wheel of a project that excites him. ...Except now he can afford a couple more sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads.

-Matt

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