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Comment Re:Their technical credentials and aspirations are (Score 1) 155

Free coffee/soda/food/t-shirts/sponsor swag. I did a hackathon a few weeks back and came away from it like I'd gone to re:Invent. All the food was free. I showed up at 9am and left around 5 both days, which is my usual schedule. Some people stayed late; it was their choice.

Comment Re:"The carbon cost of..." (Score 1) 64

I run a pair of Wordpress sites on a Raspberry Pi 2. 5W of power draw. I do need some of the dynamic features of Wordpress for one of the sites, but for both of them, it's mostly just a glorified CMS.

I'm pretty sure my carbon footprint for those sites is less than my total amount of flatulence in a year.

Comment KDE Plasma? (Score 2) 228

Saying KDE Plasma is the most popular app is like saying that Explorer is the most popular app on Windows. While technically true, it's also the default, and you can't really use the OS without it. Could you use other window managers? Sure, but I'm not sure a window manager counts as an app.

Comment Re:Sticker price? (Score 1) 107

"..In case you're curious, the estimated sticker price for attending Harvard College during the 2017-2018 school year is $69,600-$73,600 ..."

Let's be clear, the sticker price ..really only applies to white and Asian hetero males.

Is it more expensive for Asian homo males? Asking for a friend.

Comment It's very trendy to hate on Pandora, but... (Score 1) 64

...they're growing 5% in listener hours year-to-year, and had 9.3+ BILLION (with a B) $USD in ad revenue, FY 2015. You can complain all you want about them, but they are a huge force in the advertising industry and for listeners alike.

Adding a pay service is going to be a revenue generator, but only a fraction of users will opt for it. Few people really care about a commercial every 15 minutes.

Yes, yes, it's very edgy and trendy to hate on the service, but facts are facts.

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