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Comment Re:Ground down (Score 1) 1198

Take a look at construction workers or the military. I have close friends working in these sector, I'm being told women there have it a lot worse. I'd say IT is generally kinder for women, compared with other men-dominated sectors. So misogyny exists in IT, sure, but you have other horses to beat first. This outrage is misguided and deserves the cause.

Comment Re:Waste? (Score 1) 218

So you prefer certain atmosphere and aquifer contamination to a little bit of radioactivity. I suggest you document yourself on nuclear waste storage and fly ash storage. The first is a fear-driven, over regulated and technologically advanced process (see Areva), the latter is the kind of self contamination garbage humanity has been doing for centuries.

Comment Re:I always thought Auction house is what make Dia (Score 2) 219

They fixed that in the console version. Good loot actually dropping when playing the game, instead of Auction House requirement for everyone. The console version is, for this very reason, the superior version of the game. Apparently, they want to shift the PC loot system to something similar to console version with their "Loot 2.0" system.

Comment Re:Hate labor laws? (Score 3, Informative) 293

No, it's not impossible to fire people in Italy nor in France. Companies just have to pay adequate compensation for breaking employment contracts. The keyword here is contract, binding both parties (employee not getting unemployment benefits if they are the ones breaking it). Of course most are too cheap to pay.

Comment Comprehension fail (Score 1) 85

Most posters don't seem to grasp the fact these are local wild monkeys. Not captured monkeys from elswhere released in the irradiated area. And now I bet the next suggestion will be deporting all wildlife from the irradiated area or forcing an anti-radiation suit on them...

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