Vuil - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Meritocracy only when all else is equal (Score 1) 342

by Vuil on Monday May 11, 2020 @02:37PM (#60048924) Attached to: Should Colleges Preserve the Idea of Meritocracy?

I want the dumbest guy in the class who was just pushed into college and who did a BA in one or other asshole subject designing the bridge over the river or piloting the plane I am flying in or best of all doing my heart surgery. Then I can be a hero and die for inclusivity or one of the other idiot things the lefties dream up to fuck up society.

Comment Correction. They have been rising for centuries (Score 2) 280

by Vuil on Saturday November 09, 2019 @02:53PM (#59397754) Attached to: Sea Levels Will Rise For Centuries Even If Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals Are Met

Off Italy and Greece there are coastal ruins now submerged. Massive ruins that were on dry land just 2,000 years ago. Off Cornwall there are the remnants of Stone Age settlements now deep under sea water. Obviously stating these facts is not click baity enough for the average semi educated millennial so they ignored.

Comment Re:... Says the Frenchman (Score 1) 711

by Vuil on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:00PM (#54371561) Attached to: EU Leader Says English Is Losing Importance

Of course someone who speaks French thinks English is "losing importance." They've been asserting that for decades now, because they are delusional. Anybody who ever has needed to deal with software written in France by French companies knows just how arrogant they are about speaking and writing French and only French, even if it means inconveniencing literally everyone else around them.

Same nonsense in Quebec. I worked with Quebec software people. They thought their software was better, they were better educated, they were more intelligent, they had more understanding of technology, they had better software methodologies, French was better at capturing requirements, they were - well - just better .........it is a Gallic quirk. Not to be taken seriously.

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