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Comment Re:Knee-Jerk reaction. (Score 1) 69

why don't we require huge buffer zones around an airport?

It's cheap land. But often not owned by the port authority that builds the airport. If the PA had to acquire buffer zones, nothing would ever get built. So the land remains in private hands. And the uses it is put to are often low rent. Like warehouses, scrap metal yards, dive bars, etc.

Comment Re:Neurodiversity in the Workplace (Score 3, Funny) 7

To paraphrase: Bureaucrats conduct meetings both because they appear to be busy when they are meeting

I've worked on projects where maybe 5 people were actually contributed to the effort. But 100 people would show up for progress meetings. And those 95 people would have no input other than not liking the font I had used on my presentation.

Comment Re:What? how long can that possibly take? (Score 1) 126

Oh aren't you clever. No Windows boots in seconds.

Recent versions of Windows can indeed get you to the login screen pretty quickly, much of the time. But, after that, the time it takes for you to go from the login screen to a functional, usable desktop can be several minutes. Perhaps not on a home computer, I don't know... but I've seen this happen quite a bit on our work machines on those unfortunate occasions I've needed to log into a Windows computer for whatever reason (which fortunately is not a daily occurrence).

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