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Check the single-threaded performance - AMD is 50% faster than Intel.

(Not often you get to say that these days....)

Freedom of speech is the freedom to offend. Speech that offends no-one needs no protection.

It may be illegal to lie for gain, particularly for a corporation, depending on the precise details of the case. They're opening themselves up to criminal charges, not to mention civil lawsuits.

Like how people weren't bothered by Y2K bugs? Let's not repeat that every century.

Right. A more accurate headline would be .Scientists Discover That Exercise Doesn't Change Your DNA, Which We Already Knew.

This exactly. Its not that the actress doesn't have rights here, it's that the court affirmed the wrong rights. If the filmmaker materially misrepresented the film or the role in writing, that should be a fairly straightforward lawsuit.

Yes. Of all the plans floated so far (by either of the major parties over the past decade or more) this is the least worst.

There's a huge divide between you're wrong and you're not allowed to hold that opinion.

And you're on the wrong side.

True. But bad Node.js code is faster than bad Ruby code. Will probably have even more bugs in it, though, because of the limitations present in both Javascript and Node.js.

Aha! The real reason why <> has been deprecated in favour of !=

I think a technical debunking of her claims of being hacked is ideal Slashdot material.

We don't have enough information yet. to properly analyse those claims. What I've seen written so far has been sensationalised and technically incoherent. That's reason enough to dismiss it, but not reason enough to consider it proven false.

Enough electricity to run 37 bowling alleys.

My solution is to not make up nonsensical claims in the first place.

It's not much of a solution, but it's mine.

No. More people are employed now than ever before, but most definitely not in the same jobs.