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Comment Bullshit (Score 0) 185

I simply call bullshit on those numbers...
Cement is not a daily used item. Even if all it's mass was converted to CO2, every 2 people will build a house over a lifetime. I can see lots of things that will release more CO2 over a lifetime:
Ppl breading
Ppl opening Coca-Cola
Ppl burning wood on Winter
No way cement can be 8%...

Comment Re: Shortwave Trading (Score 3, Insightful) 130

Well, one of the ways to profit from fast trading is by predicting the behavior of one stock on one exchange by the behavior of the same stock on another.
For example: Gold price in New York has a relation with gold price in London. If you see Gold price diving in London. You may want to fast sell gold in New York before it dives too.
Who ever places this order 1st gets the best result
This cannot be done without distant trade links where latency matters.

Comment Re: I'm surprised they're using outside product (Score 2) 160

I don't think windows existence and usage is great for Linux to stay on the right track.
But I would definitely would like to see a open source alternative to Linux having a good share of market.
Linus runs Linux development with a iron fist. And because Linus has a good moral understanding about how Linux should proceed it stays on the track of being a good open source kernel.
But Linus won't live forever. One day his "dictatorship" will end.
Who will replace him? Who will say "No" when huge corporations try to commit crap into the mainstream?
If you are thinking about "democracy" and every contributer having a "vote" system, then all a "evil" corporation needs to do is place a huge number of contributers on the system. Where. They reach 51% they "own" the kernel.
"Yea, but we can fork it, being open source" -- Linux power future has little to do with the code and allot to do with controlling the standard. Companies like Intel or AMD or Realtek Will gladly follow a MS taken over kernel instead of changing to a forked release.

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