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You would be concerned about the truth if your historical parentage used to publicly torture to death anyone who disagreed with them and now their descendent want to be showered with adulation for being related to those homicidal maniacs.

So Prince, when will you denounce the ancestors and the thrown they provided, for being a bunch of murderous cunts of the worst sort. This moron should be ashamed of his family line not pouncing about like it has worth, where is the shame.

They are tearing down statues of war mongers et al, of bad history, when is the ultimate of perverted sickness going to be torn down, the monarchy, the worship of the worst humanity ever had. Power achieved and sustain by mass murder of the worst sort, these are disgusting people who should live in hiding ashamed of who their ancestor were and how this current generation of arse holes got their money, off the blood of their fellow citizens ancestors, the ones who survived those depredations.

It's not so bad. ol' Harry isn't a royal by blood, It's well known Di was fucking both these guys

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None of this woosy pushing and shoving they do today.

We remember.

Are you an Old Economy Steve who's engaging in a case of "a noun, a verb, and millenials?"

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All sorts of surprises await the fools that buy lie-detecting robots! https://i.pinimg.com/originals...

GP: is this what you refer to?

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(Not the same AC)

They make it sound like that's the easy part.

Indeed.

Question: What do you call specified parameters of what you want to build?
Answer: Source code.

Commitstrip.com

Reminds me of this Far Side cartoon...

Really? So there's just one of them? -- one data? I guess I really WOULDN'T download a car, then.

Don't worry: it's not the ACTUAL people, it's only some data about them -- y'know, METAdata. No big.

Or is that metapeople? Nope. Datapeople? Maybe. Peopledata? Again, maybe.

Just like all NICs have a unique MAC address*, let's just wait until an evil Russian spy corrupting FaceBook** appears in two different places at once. It should be easy to detect, I'm sure the NSA's computers will all immediately crash since it's never had to process data that way before. (New code path, dont-cha-know?)

* I've heard a decade ago that Compaq? issued some NICs with burned-in duplicate MACs which made for a fine mess. And then supposedly, this.

** an evil Russian spy corrupting FaceBook. Y'know, I'm not sure who'd be corrupting whom.

A picture is worth 1000 words.

It depends on what you think UBI is, whether it's a Wall-E style leisure cruise or a system where you unconditionally get the absolute basics but the vast majority of the population work for more. The first is obviously a pipe dream generations away as vast amounts of work can't be automated in the foreseeable future, but a few set it up as a straw man only to cut it down to show UBI is impossible. As for the latter you can define the basics to be anywhere from the conditions of a third world refugee camp to non-fancy first world living. That's going to have huge effect on both the income and expense side of the equation.

I mean we've pretty much done this already with world hunger, outright starvation and famine now only happen in active conflict zones where we're unable to provide humanitarian relief. That wasn't the case 30 years ago, then you had people starving to death for no other reason than being poor. As long as you're aiming for a sack of rice and not a moving target it's pretty easy to see that automation can catch up to the point where we're just handing it out regardless of whether you're earned it. If you move the goal posts to say that it means more than mere survival but also no stunted growth, vitamin deficiencies or other malnutrition that's a different and harder goal. Particularly relative measures or appeals to what is normal are forever moving goal posts.

I'd say a good starting point for a UBI discussion would be something like a high functioning WoW addict. And by high functioning I mean that he maintains normal hygiene and such but has essentially no social expenses and cares very little about location. While sharing bathroom/kitchen facilities with others may be acceptable for a while I think since we're talking permanent residence for an adult I'd say a tiny studio apartment is where I'll draw a somewhat arbitrary line. Let's assume maintenance is part of the deal, you get a basic TV, computer and smartphone with basic Internet service. You get enough to buy the basics for food, clothes and hygiene. You have access to healthcare and dental care. I'll throw in a local public transportation pass so you're not totally stuck.

Apart from that, nothing. You want entertainment? Watch YouTube. Play Fortnite. Take a walk in the park. Hit Tinder, hopefully your date likes homemade mac & cheese. No coffee shops, no restaurants, no pubs, no cinema, no concerts, no trips or hotels, no hobbies or interests with more than negligible cost. I think that's a fairly non-moving target, we've automated parts (food and clothes production), we're working on many others (transport, stores, construction) but will probably be stuck with some manual labor (maintenance, healthcare, dental care). It really depends on how many would want that, it sounds very minimalist but if you could NOT spend 40 hours a week scrubbing toilets or flipping burgers is it worth it? If 5% quit, we'll manage. If 50% quit, it doesn't work.

... that worked out so well in the past

I use this keyboard because it is indestructible, still "just works" and has "rad" features like multimedia keys - I can play a CD with a button on my keyboard!

Look at this baby -> https://i.pinimg.com/originals...

That's like a good woman that always done right by you, worth holding on to. Just cause she got old and needs a USB adapter doesn't make it right to abandone her...and I know her so well I always push the right buttons.

Not a big deal. You already have to look up the time for remote locations. Keeping track of who changes to/from DST and on what date is too much work to handle manually. Calendar apps will do that for you. And on top of all that, you need to account for businesses that keep different hours.

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Just another example of people using higher math to back up some crackpot idea, like claiming a Prius pollutes more than a Hummer.

Like this?

Kinky Negro wool demands Dixie Peach Pomade.

Why is Snowden — who we know to have given numerous secrets to Russia, and who is currently living in Russia — a hero to the same people, who denounce Trump as traitor because his son once met with a Russian lawyer?

Why is not Snowden ever portrayed performing oral sex on Putin?

a few years ago they did a big media splash about a 'design project' wanting public input, mostly on what colour and fashion style...if they had spent just a little more time designing an actual space suit, and less time on PR/Public Image...

Shhhh, Dude, you are ruining a good thing.

apple hasn't innovated... like ever.
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I know that job's mob, just like hilary's mob, will troll-mod me, but hey, here's the truth.
Deal with it.

That's a terrible example of a nobody who never built a notable SV company.

This is a much a better example

Steve "Abdulfattah Jandali" Jobs, telling reporter he doesn't know any Lisa. Who's Lisa?

Steve Abdulfattah Jabs looking like a 70s porn star

This wont impact IE or Edge users as they prefer to shop in person for the most flavorful brand of crayon.

Or the tastiest glue.

People used to make clothing out of AOL CDs. Crooks can just make them out of thumb drives now.

I can appreciate your concern, since the recent history with Skype and some other acquisitions left a bit of a bad taste, but this article from ArsTechnica suggests that Microsoft might have been the best option:

I understand that, but in the 90's Windows 3.1 was considered "the best option" for an operating system. Fortunately a lot of people didn't consider it an adequate option and chose not to settle.

The Microsoft of today is not the same Microsoft as in the days of Ballmer and Gates.

There are a few running memes over the history of Microsoft. One I never not tired of is someone popping up to assure the world that today's Microsoft is not same Microsoft that did all the bad things that earned them their unpleasant reputation. I don't pay enough attention to know if they are the same people who stick up for Microsoft when it's been discovered that they've added some new underhanded practice to their repertoire.

In many ways pigs are flying.

Of course they are.

but but i want a fancy looking 3D printed house that is rounded corners and looks like Fred Flintstone's House like it was made out of a pile of large boulders
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Getting on the cover of popular science or popular mechanics is usually the kiss of death.

Still waiting for the NUTCRACKER VTOL that they claimed would be all the rage

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or the Helicopter RV
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Getting on the cover of popular science or popular mechanics is usually the kiss of death.

Still waiting for the NUTCRACKER VTOL that they claimed would be all the rage

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or the Helicopter RV
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But seriously, I don't answer calls from unknown sources. They get sent to voicemail. Next, I check the voice mail and if it is indeed someone I never want to talk to I add the number to my contact called Shit List. There are about 300 numbers in that contact. I chose an excellent image to use for the "Shit List" caller: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9f/6...

Your comment reminds me of this old meme:

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Anyway, anyone have anything to say about cybersecurity policy?

Anyone who worked in networking had one of these posters on their cubicle walls:

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A big issue is this: Coal has been steadily automating its mining systems. In 1950 underground mining was at the rate of 0.68 tons per man hour and surface mining was at the rate of 1.9 tons/manhour. By 2011 underground mining was at the rate of 2.76 tons/man hour and surface mining was at 8.8 tons/man hour. There were productivity peaks in 2003 of 4.04 and 10.75 tons/man hour.

Pretty much this. It is nothing short of amazing how quickly a few men can tear a mountain apart to extract the coal in it. I had a lot of relatives that worked in coal back in the day. Now, not one. Even jobs you would think were safe have been eliminated by just making the machines bigger. Like this http://www.mining.com/belaz-la...

A mere 450 tonne payload, twin turbo diesels, and 65 Km/Hr speed. These trucks can be filled by the likes of "Big Muskie" (no longer in service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... which could do 220 cubic yards per scoop. We can build 'em as big as you want - in fact bigger than most mines will ever need

The only way that the Trumpian/Miner coal jobs wet dream will ever materialize is by returning to the good old days of this: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/2... , this, https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DAHJ... and this https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

Gains in employment will be obtained by using mules in the mines, making the use of steam drills and jumbos and road headers illegal, just human and mule power, picks and shovels.

Otherwise, as you point out, coal mining is pretty darn automated. This is yet another "jerbs, Jerbs, JERBS! event, where people who might not think out the whole situation are promised jerbs, and are pursuaded to vote for people who have no intention of making jobs for them, or perhaps aren't thinking either.

The math is simply not there.

late-to-bed tax

We don't have to go that far. Just make sure that all electronic devices display this after 11:00 PM.

Regardless of his involvement or not, it's hard to argue that Trump and Brexit have not done that. And it appears Russia was involved in trying to get the far right elected in France too, which would have had a similar effect.

So now Putin is not only responsible for Trump, but Brexit as well? Don't forget the poop in the hallway. As for France, their own intelligence agency debunked that conspiracy theory as soon as it happened, but that doesn't stop it from lumbering on with the rest of the Russiagate zombies.

Doesn't matter if you think Trump and/or Brexit are good things, what is undeniable is that they have created great turmoil and weakened relations between former allies.

Still not seeing any evidence for Russiagate or an explanation for any of its plot holes. People have been warning about the problems posed by the EU for decades and they don't have anything to do with a country that has a smaller economy than austerity-crushed Spain.

discourse in the US is now incredibly divisive and angry, far more so than before

Ah yes, the most amorphous pillar of Russiagate: they're "trying to sow discord". The problem with that little chestnut is: why would they need to? Did Russiagate come with some amnesia pills to make people forget about how the right wing completely lost their minds on the Clinton's the 90's? The Bush Administration running around smearing anyone who wasn't totally supportive of the Iraq invasion, or supporting gay marriage bans across the country? The Birthers who believe to this day that Obama is a muslim born in Kenya? The butthurt Democrats who call Trump a fascist who wants to be a dictator?

May as well accuse Russia of throwing a cup of gasoline on an already raging forest fire. You'd think people's bullshit detectors would go off when Russia is even accused of being behind Black Lives Matter protests, because black people didn't know they lived in a murderous police state before being told.

If the UK court wanted to really make a point about the UK's jurisdiction and sovereignty, it could do something about all the people being assassinated by Russia inside the UK

There's zero evidence so far tying Russia to the failed poisoning of a former spy long after he defected. The chemical cat has been out of that particular weapon bag for a couple of decades, so the poison could have been made by anyone. Come back to us when there's proof, Sparky.

Yes, just one detail

Just ignoring that most manufacturers are installing or already have installed solar roofs to power their operations..

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This has been studied extensively, yet the myth that "battery manufacturing energy means that EVs pollute more" just won't die. And even the current studies based on current data are way too pessimistic, as the energy used in manufacturing keeps dropping.

Geez, talk about using the wrong irrational number on fucking Pi Day.

Sorry, but /. doesn't like π I could rant about Unicode support, but... "Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win and never quit are idiots".

Norman Rockwell's The Golden Rule

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Some of the pavement art artists use perspective to make things look three-dimensional, but only from one angle:

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The size of a table in the Australian desert.

The size of a table in a typical Texas backyard.

Right. Cobalt, mainly produced today as a byproduct of copper and nickel mining, which gets virtually 100% recycled at end of life, is terrible, but everything that goes into gasoline cars and everything that they burn straight into the air we breathe comes from puppies and rainbows. No, there has never been exploitation over oil production, nosirree! Cobalt (16kg per long-range Tesla Model 3) is mined at quantities up to 1% in the ore, but hey let's forget that the precious metals in your spark plugs and catalytic converters is mined at ~1 part per million quantities. Let's ignore the fact that modern ICE drivetrains are a mix of high-alloy steel (nickel and chromium in particular) and alumium alloys, a lot more than 16kg of them in a typical car, and that these don't just magically pop out of thin air either (not like the steel itself does either). No, no, only batteries are evil! We must not forget this!

Sometimes people will say, "But hey, the EV is heavier! That means it's more resource intensive." Have you checked EV weights lately? Model 3 SR is the same size as, and as fast as, a BMW 330i. Model 3 SR: 1609kg. BMW 330: 1588kg. There's a little more difference between the LR and the 340, but not that much.

But even if we want to pretend that recycling doesn't exist, this is all dancing around the fact that the vast majority of the pollution of a vehicle accrues during its usage, not its production. The comparison isn't even close. And the higher the degree of mass production of EV components, the more efficient their production gets.

Try reading some "intellectual property" in the future!
Hidden away in some corporate basement. Encrypted, with the key servers shut down long ago...
Researchers complain that we already have the second dark ages[1], starting with the invention of "copyright"[2].

THIS is unreadable.

There was a time, where Germany started to be called "the land of poets and thinkers". It was the time when Germany didn't have such laws but the UK already had. Art thrived and flourished in Germany, and starved in the UK.[3]

(Let's just hope our systems become powerful enough, the corporations don't live on forever, and they don't use one-time pads.)

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Note 1: Which is a term referring to the lack of information from that era.
Note 2: Which should really be called "imaginary distribution monopoly privilege, for the purpose of leeching off of artists and fans without working for it in return".
Note 3: And Germany still doesn't really have it. They have something that is often confused with copyright, but differs in all key points: It is not a distributor's privilege, but that of the actual creator of the work. It is implicit and not explicit, depending only on the threshold of originality, making (c) marks unnecessary. And it can never be signed away to anyone else. (You can license it, of course. But you can never lose control.) So all the things that copyright states it would do ... i.e. grant a privilege to the actual creators ... but deliberately doesn't.

What, are you afraid that Disney will get ahold of the rights to Firefly or something? ;)

I say we name this AI, Denise.

Sure the AI has some flaws now, but it will eventually get better. Also, a lot of the problems are going to come from the quality of the picture. The lens usually distorts the image. I remember doing an AI project one and we had to account for the fish-eye effect of the lens. Also, our adjustments only worked for our camera and would have been broken for another camera.

Always reminds me of the Batman and Robin in the batcave.

your comment

- Either of the Olson twins

Why not? This would be roughly 2003 and legal where I live... if you don't want it I'll take both please.

How about this one ?

Calvin and Hobbes