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  1. Re:Online Go tournaments? on Facebook's Open-Source Go Bot Can Now Beat Professional Players (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    only if they're changing the move to what the computer would have done, if they are not then this is an excellent example of using machine learning to augment human learning. if they are changing the move, then HAAAAAX

  2. reminds me a bit of this: http://abstrusegoose.com/533

  3. you fool! if this hadn't been AC you'd have another mod point going your way.

  4. proposed corollary: Betteridge's law of clickbait: For any headline that contains 'what happens next', what happens next will be underwhelmed disinterest.

  5. give it to an end user on Google Quadruples Top Reward For Hacking Android To $200,000 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    i think all you need to do is make sure the carrier doesn't properly push updates and then give it to a consumer who will proceed to download/click on anything until it's hosed. am i rich yet?

  6. Re:New senses? on One in Five of Us May 'Hear' Flashes of Light (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    dunno about the rest of youse but i turn down the stereo when trying to find an address because i'm about to be looking around at everything but the road and i want to hear any changes in my environment, which is sort of the same thing, but includes the substantial interactions between my car and the rest of the world. i do get changes in audio from visual stimulation but i think some of that is also related to microadjustments of muscles in my ears, which i would guess are related to how the optic and audio systems have trained together over the years to know where to look when you hear a sound and know how best to focus on the sounds of what you're looking at

  7. Re:Professional level audio experience on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    A bit off-topic and yes I need to do more googling of my own on this but is there a centralized community for Linux Audio? I'm trying to get things moving in Ubuntu Studio but always run into yet another brick wall. I have been on the Ubuntu/Ubuntu Studio forums but I didn't find a good "Read Me First" overview on audio. Currently I'm trying to get an M-Audio Axiom 49 to respond to any of the various synth apps and although I think I have it patched in through Jack I don't have any luck getting it to actually make any noises. Since Jack is recognizing it, I'm sure it's my lack of understanding how the various applications connect to each other as well as how to actually get started in a synth app. Are there any walkthrough sites or youtube tutorials or any other good resources you're aware of? Most of what I find focuses on a single component (e.g. Jack) but doesn't give me a good overview on how I'm linking the various applications so I can figure out exactly where I'm screwing this all up.

  8. Re:Since no one's reading his actual statements: on Volvo Engineer Calls Out Tesla For Dangerous 'Wannabe' Autopilot System (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    can you make this into a car analogy?

  9. Automatically good? on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    "a USB stick given away at a trade show is automatically good." the hell ever gave you that idea? a USB stick in original packaging could have malware all up ins for all you know.

  10. Re:The Disinformation Age and Foolage on The Spread of Ignorance (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    even though that sound very much like Twain I still had to google to doublecheck because that would have been basically the most perfect time to misattribute a quote

  11. Just because an argument is idiotic doesn't mean someone hasn't posed it. He saying he's heard the arguments in conversation, not stating that anyone in particular in this conversation are accused of holding them. "If all dumb arguments are strawmen, then only dumb strawmen will have arguments." yup pretty sure that's how that quote goes

  12. Logged in to make this same point but saw your comment. No mod points today unfortunately.

  13. Re:A Constitutional Rat's Nest on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    That was fantastic.

  14. Re:Rocket Surgery on The Weird History of the Microsoft Windows Start Button · · Score: 1

    still haven't found the 'any' key, but i have located the 'every' key, which is pressing on the back of your keyboard, provided you have turned it upside-down on a flat surface.

  15. Re:No it doesn't on YouTube Algorithm Can Decide Your Channel URL Now Belongs To Someone Else · · Score: 5, Funny

    is that the rule of no thumbs?

  16. Mass-market appeal on Sharp Develops Triple Directional Viewing LCD · · Score: 1

    So here's the idea I had since first hearing about their bi-directional screens. I probably should have patented it, but I've no money and I'd get torn to bits in court anyways, so if Sharp's reading this, just cut me a nice fat check and we're even! Anyhoo, this is what you do with this tech: 1. Make a box 1/3 the size of a widescreen T.V. horizontally. 2. Stick one of these bad boys of said size into it. 3. Stick it into a corner, slap mirrors on the walls that come right up to the edge of the screen, and hey presto! It's a massive single wide-screen T.V. that fits into any room, as it's 1/3 smaller than a T.V. of equivalent screen size. 4. Profit. 5. Where's my check??? Made a /. account finally, just for this post, so y'all better give up some karma love for this, or else you won't get any of my fat check.