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Under FDR and the conditions of the great depression, labor was able to get a seat at the table. 1940s onward the ruling class (corporate executives and corporate-aligned members o…

"group opposed to dictatorial Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro" Gee what great, totally-not-editorialized analysis from yet another military think tank pr writer.

This is actually a rather bad time to buy a high-end monitor because if you get one right now it will likely be outdated by the end of the year. If you want a monitor that can do a…

Similar thing happened to me. I've got an old gmail address with pop3 enabled that my main gmail account pulls emails out of. Hadn't logged into the old address in a couple years b…

Because uncoordinated individual action is ineffective against large scale problems, which should be obvious right now.

The researchers obviously have to keep the scope narrow in order to get numbers at all. That said, we should be aware that a tech nerd audience will find simple answers to complex …

There is a youtube channel that does detailed led bulb teardowns, for those who would like more of this sort of info. https://www.youtube.com/user/electronupdate

The Hitachi drives are Toshiba drives. The 3.5" desktop and server Hitachi drives are all manufactured by Toshiba. WD wanted to buy Hitachi's drive division so there would be a WD/…

This is very interesting. 128kbit is fast enough for Google Maps which is good enough for me. I know they said the free overseas data is only for contract customers but I wonder if…

I agree with the points he makes and have had a similar experience. I have worked desk jobs with minimal movement for the last 10 years and getting into resistance training plus ca…

"University of Phoenix...They are a company that makes it easy to get the same quality diploma that you would get at the local college." It damages the credibility of the author to…

Perspective from a stone-cold atheist/philosophical-materialist that started daily meditation in recent months: there's nothing magical to it, but there is something to it. There a…

Your pet hypothesis and mine are quite similar. Hey there pet hypothesis buddy. Once you get a good routine down, you figure out the best grocery stores for everything, find the be…

I like this post a lot. It perfectly sums up why I quit reading Slashdot. There was a time when reading Slashdot posts could expose you to new ideas, real world examples of technic…