"EFF files injunction against NASA for AGPL violations in Mars Rover firmware"

Why, yes, a 6% reduction in tuition fees would be significant. I live in Texas, and if I were going to UT I would want the university to take advantage of it.

I approve of these cuts. It's good to know that Bill Nye is behind them as well.

Yes, I do think that, but I am also an atheist and think religion is kinda stupid in general. Personally I say let the market figure it out; if the parent poster is truly more valuable than other workers, then his employer may keep him on regardless of his issues. Bear in mind that the cost of medical insurance and any inconvenience to other employees is likely to be factored into this.

Well, actually, they do if they're the ones giving you the job. If you are so addicted to cigarettes that you can't go for two hours without them, that's a problem, and they might well do better getting someone who can function without them.

Right. What relevance does it have as "news for nerds" otherwise?

They included the entire series as a PDF in the voter packet, so I imagine attendees had the chance to read it on the plane.

They were still showing ads on the free tier. It''s not like they weren't making money off of it (though probably not a lot).

The App is a glorified downloader/installer. You need to use it for updates if they're distributed through GameStop, but you do not need to have it running in order to play the game. If it is responsible for activation for a particular game, it does it once and then you're done on that machine. I suspect for Guild Wars 2, they handle both activation and updates, though I could be wrong.

Here's some links for the GameStop option: Digital Deluxe edition - regular edition

We have community tagging now, so even if they don't, others can. (Of course, if they're persistent, you might have to block the artist instead.)

I was actually awarded "Most Geeky" by my university computer science society (as well as "Worst Dressed" and "Most Likely to Become a Serial Killer"). I think it's the hair.

Sounds like you were lucky; you got to do the job for a whole year without having the right qualifications! You can't dodge the college tax forever . . .

I'm a moderator for furry art community Inkbunny in my spare time, and I've seen depictions of everything mentioned in the article and much more besides. However, most of it is permitted under our terms of service - instead, we don't allow human in sexual situations/showing genitals (which are what the laws are targeted at), or general photography (which thankfully avoids most realistic and graphic shock pictures). So the diaper porn stays.

Does it change you? Yeah, I guess. Some of the fetishes are pretty crazy. Rape followed (or preceded) by torture, impalement, or beheadings. People being turning into dirty diapers. Art for those who like to fantasize about eating others - or being eaten. Tentacles galore. Over time you start to blank it out; most just gets a glance as I check it off for humans or other policy violations. All in a day's work. Of course, I can stop any time I like, since I'm not being paid.

(This isn't the experience of every Inkbunny user. We have great tag-based blocking features, but of course as a moderator I can't use them while doing my job.)

I think we are both dancing around the core issue: time vs. money. How much is your time worth? If you can take the bus, it may be "worth" it even if it takes twice as long, if your time is not worth $20/hr - especially for trips such as your daily commute which can be planned. For those with no assets even the cost of a car plus insurance may be too much, but a weekly or monthly travel-pass may be an option.