Comment Trade Wars 2002 (Score 1) 23
Man I loved Trade Wars 2002. I played the heck out of that, with {COMMO} macros and a series of BBSes I'd call into every day to manage my empires. It now amuses me that it was set 24 years ago.
Comment Re: Radiological sabotage? (Score 1) 22
What if you goal was just disable them for a bit? Steam pipes and transformers are probably less hardened.
Comment Lame duck (Score 1) 22
The timing to have half while we have a lame duck president is kinda interesting. It could be a coincidence, but if you were gonna do something to a country, doing it during a government transition would probably be more effective.
Comment Huh (Score 1) 119
Is "slop" officially the new word for "stuff I don't like"?
(And I ask that as a very long confirmed non-fan of Apple)
Comment "Billionaire oligarchs" (Score 1) 198
Um, who's whipping up hate of what now again? Who's complaining of "rage bait", lol?
Comment Why not ... (Score 1) 90
... just call them "Your Royal Highnesses" and be done with it, if you are just going to adopt whatever terminology they give you about themselves, lol
Here, I found the missing scare quotes.
The "transparency nonprofit" Distributed Denial of Secrets
Comment Re:Coding interview is dead (Score 1) 151
So this is what the skillset interview should evaluate. Can you use the modern tools to generate good product, and do it pretty quick. Do you seem mentally stable enough to work well with people remotely, and conscientious enough to spend the time on it you are being paid for.
That's way too logical and clearly though out.
I mean, I don't see how it helps me rant against either Republicans or tech bros, so, really now
Comment Snark aside ... (Score 1) 151
Our most impactful builders are successful regardless of how good they are at these tests.
That's really the key, isn't it?
Take the current employees you'd want more of, and see how they do on your interview tests. Seems pretty logical.
Comment Re:Do we know the geographical source? (Score 0) 69
Do we know if these are mainly developing in the USA or elsewhere in the world? The USA actually restricts antibiotics by requiring prescriptions. Other countries that seem to have a greater variety of pathogens don't always apply the same restrictions, which can lead to more widespread use, which could increase pathogen resistance. Maybe some of these resistant strains are imported. I guess there's no way to know.
Uh oh, you said something logical and true. Prepare for the downvoting
Comment But ... but ... (Score 1) 69
The report also offers some good news: The CDC determined that the bacteria Clostridioides difficile, or "C. diff," which causes diarrhea and inflammation of the colon and can be deadly, is causing fewer cases year over year. The agency downgraded it to a serious threat, whereas it was categorized as urgent in the prior version of the report, which came out in 2019.
But
Comment Re: Better name (Score 1) 42
If your enemy doesn't play by the rules you follow then you will always lose. Make new technology! Simple! Now that the easy part is out of the way, try not to get the technology stolen or copied.
Comment Re:If only.... (Score 1) 101
An upstart company would make a "dumb TV" that simply displays high quality video.
Like a
Comment Re:Cuckcoding (Score 1) 101
I saw someone call it cuckcoding because you just sit there and watch and I think that's a much better name.
Cute, but a more accurate metaphor would be that one guy is using Cialis, and the other guy is whining on Slashdot.
Comment But ... but ... (Score 0, Troll) 89
... orange something something??
Cognitive dissonance must be painful
Comment In short ... (Score 1) 27
... birds are really smart ... at being birds.
