barrywalker - Slashdot User

Comment Fuck them back (Score 2, Insightful) 153

by barrywalker on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:26PM (#57227886) Attached to: Silicon Valley Has Been Treating Workers 'Miserably' Since the 1970s, Economic Historian Says

You either learn how to gain the upper hand in negotiation, or you become some employer's bitch. It's that simple.

If you have an in-demand skill, I recommend you learn how to use the word "no" until the people you're negotiating with tack on enough zeros. As sad as it is, it's a dog-eat-dog world, and you definitely want to be the dog with a full belly.

If you don't have in-demand skills, you'd better get on it or you'll continue to get shit on.

Comment Re:"pseudoscience"? (Score 1) 119

by barrywalker on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:06PM (#57190520) Attached to: Massive Recall of Homeopathic Kids' Products Spotlights Dubious Health Claims

Maybe you should look up what pseudoscience is? Quite literally, it means "false science."

I get that. I'm quite familiar with the definition. I worry about dumbasses who don't know how to use a dictionary. We also have this word, "theory" that causes a bit of a problem, too. I'm just advocating for clarity, that's all.

Comment "pseudoscience"? (Score 5, Informative) 119

by barrywalker on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:20PM (#57190288) Attached to: Massive Recall of Homeopathic Kids' Products Spotlights Dubious Health Claims

Can we please cut the bullshit and call it what it is - "non-science". It's not "pseudo" anything. It's complete horseshit backed by no science. Stop giving these dumb motherfuckers credibility.

Comment So done with Crapple (Score -1, Troll) 93

by barrywalker on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:14PM (#57134218) Attached to: The Next Flagship iPhone Will Support Apple Pencil and 512GB Flash Storage, Says Report

Fucking clowns

I've been a fanboi since 2009. I have owned several top-of-the-motherfucking-line MBPs, an Apple display, several Apple TVs, several iPhones, several iPads.

Done. Fucking done. Jobs was an asshole, but he knew how to make useful products. Tim Cook is fucking bean counting idiot. On to a Pixel 2 and a System 76 laptop.

Comment You'll get this 2014 MBP (Score 1) 114

by barrywalker on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:15PM (#56937588) Attached to: Apple Stops Selling 2015 MacBook Pro With Old-Style Keyboard, Legacy Ports

from my dead, cold fucking hands.

When this one dies, if Apple hasn't fixed their fuckup, I'm moving to a System76 Linux laptop.

Comment Re:10 days??? (Score 5, Insightful) 455

by barrywalker on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:47PM (#56466375) Attached to: The Higher Your Salary, the More Time Your Employer Will Pay You Not To Work

Here in Europe we get 120 paid days off per year! What a country!

Europe isn't a country. You must be an American.

Comment Re:Raises hand (Score 4, Insightful) 105

by barrywalker on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:36PM (#55480031) Attached to: Another Million Subscribers Cut the Pay TV Cord Last Quarter

Fuck. Television. You don't need it. Cut the cord and don't look back. I don't remember when I last had cable and don't miss that shit a bit. When I want to watch something, I use Apple TV, Netflix or Amazon, but honestly, I don't watch TV much anymore. It's all shit anyway.

Comment Re:I guess... (Score 4, Funny) 174

by barrywalker on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @12:05PM (#55463857) Attached to: Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome During Presentation After Edge Freezes

he is sooo fired. and in the inevitable reference to windows 95 crashing on the live demo, at least in that case the presenter had Bill himself on stage to save him.. Presenter: "And watch as we plug in this.... (BSoD) whoa...." Bill: " and that's why we're not shipping it just yet..."

Not to be a pedantic prick, but it was Windows 98. Yea, yea, I know - there wasn't much difference at that point.

Comment Duh (Score 4, Informative) 184

by barrywalker on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @03:37PM (#55351735) Attached to: Pirate Bay is Mining Cryptocurrency Again, No Opt Out

Turn Javascript off, dummies.

Comment Wayne's World was ahead of its time (Score 3, Interesting) 142

by barrywalker on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:51PM (#55323847) Attached to: A Small But Growing Group Of Silicon Valley Heretics Are Disconnecting Themselves From the Internet

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c...

Comment Re:Fun Fact: Juice isn't good for you (Score 1) 200

by barrywalker on Friday September 01, 2017 @03:46PM (#55125223) Attached to: Juicero, Maker of the Infamous $400 Juicer, Is Shutting Down

So I can milk a cat?

You can milk anything with nipples.

Comment No shit (Score 5, Insightful) 477

by barrywalker on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:08AM (#55109335) Attached to: Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad

Anybody with an IQ over room temperature has known this for years. Funny that the obesity epidemic started in earnest right around the time they started taking fat out of everything and replacing it with sugar.

Comment In my neck of the woods (Score 5, Insightful) 67

by barrywalker on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:24PM (#55060193) Attached to: Energy Firm Slapped With $65,000 Fine For Making 1.5 Million Nuisance Calls

We call that, "the cost of doing business"

Comment Re:Meh... (Score 4, Insightful) 235

by barrywalker on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:02PM (#54887577) Attached to: The Quitting Economy

Right. The never-ending race to the bottom.

You're all just human resources to be used, abused and shitcanned when you no longer add value. Either keep your skills up-to-date and grow some balls or be perpetually treated like shit. Your choice.

Comment Re:Looking at calendar. (Score 1) 335

by barrywalker on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:11AM (#54881155) Attached to: US Is Slipping Toward Measles Being Endemic Once Again, Says Study

Medically - politically - I have to look at the calendar everyday because it feels like I'm in a time warp and it's really 1917.

We, the USA, are getting dumber.

And just think, we haven't even hit peak stupidity yet.

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