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  1. can't wait for China's dominance in healthcare on Trump Team Considers Nationalizing America's 5G Network (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    yes!

  2. additive property of consciousness? on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    So particles have "small amount of consciousness" and by putting them together you get more organized forms?

    The same way multiple noise generators would produce a coherent music?

    And rules of entropy?

    This is so wrong on some many levels.

  3. aether of the mind, eh? on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    All these articles and discussions have a feeling of attempts to explain how electromagnetic waves propagate. We do not know so there must be Luminiferous Aether!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. the moment he leaves all will be restarted on WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Asks UK Judge to Drop His Arrest Warrant (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    from the Sweedish note about invastigation dropping:

    https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...

    – If he, at a later date, makes himself available, I will be able to decide to resume the investigation immediately, says Marianne Ny.

    So the moment he steps out all will be restarted. Pretty sure the extradition papers are ready to be filed immediately (first Sweden then US).
    And likely the UK charges of breaking the bail and avoiding arrest will never be dropped.

    If it was me I would decide to step out and let the legal storm start and yes, likely ending up in US. Otherwise he is stuck in the embassy forever.

    What penalty is he facing in US being now citizen of Ecuador and Australia?

  5. Re:This really only indicates where jobs are now.. on C Programming Language 'Has Completed a Comeback' (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    You are right in general...but wrong here.
    This report is not a beauty context or any other comparison of tools but rather statistics of web searches. As such it got reported and misinterpreted as "popularity" as if it was a preference.

  6. Re:Honestly, I just don't get it on Do More People Use Firefox Than Edge and IE Combined? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I support GP. Your answer did not explain what advantages a browser developer has over his competitors.

    I thought back then who controlled the browser controlled the definition of HTML/JS and hence had advantage in of providing tools and server software, which is where the money was. Is it still true provided better open standards exist nowadays?

  7. other CPUs/archs are missing on Avast Launches Open-Source Decompiler For Machine Code (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    AVR, MSP and L106 (Tensilica/ESP8266) missing...

    Especially for MSP, there seem to be a lot of products using it (Honeywell thermostats, Ikea lighting)...

  8. double-edged? on Avast Launches Open-Source Decompiler For Machine Code (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably also helpful when searching for vulnerabilities?

  9. Windows on Arm? Again? on Qualcomm Announces Latest Snapdragon 845 Processor (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    WinRT anyone? Or is WinCE? (no, that's dead, and was never truly Windows) Or WP (windows phone)? Or Win IoT (on Rpi3)?

    Are the CPUs finally getting there to run the full windows desktop?
    Not that will be very useful without all the Windows app ecosystem to most peoples...

  10. Re:Medicine is too broad a subject to leave to hum on Stanford Trains AI To Diagnose Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist In Just Two Months (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    False positive and false negatives are both dangerous and hence need to be reviewed. I do not see how the AI can be used to reduce cost. It can increase accuracy and speed of positive detection when used in parallel with trained processionals. It's like having a second opinion.

  11. False negatives are dangerous if this was to be used to minimize human's effort (ie first line of analysis). ...and this is likely of how it was trained as they used known database of Xrays and correlate it with known positives.

    Can they tell the probability of false negatives (ie missing a problem) given the training set?

    So likely it could only be used in addition to human's analysis.

  12. "We develop an algorithm..."

    What does "develop" and "algorithm" mean in context of deep learning?

    Is it an "algorithm" or a process of optimizing the depth of the net?

    And by "develop" do they mean they selected the best performing NNs structure as I suppose the process of "training" it is automatic?

  13. Re:I'm Shocked, Shocked I Tell You! on Munich Council: To Hell With Linux, We're Going Full Windows in 2020 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Cloud was there before PCs....terminals anyone (or CICS?)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. Re:Pet Windows Programs on Munich Council: To Hell With Linux, We're Going Full Windows in 2020 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Soooo...no Office365? This would happily "run" on Linux (via browsers). No?

  15. Agree but...that's different from digging gold how? (ok, gold has quite a good practical use but it's value is another thing)

  16. fix humans or fix design? on Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton To Lessen Worker Fatigue (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    Well could not they turn the car sideways (design for it) for better ergonomics?

  17. by design on SpaceX Rocket Engine Explodes During Test (space.com) · · Score: 1

    it is an EXTERNAL combustion engine is it not?

  18. test on SpaceX Rocket Engine Explodes During Test (space.com) · · Score: 2

    the nature of test is to find faults
    if everything was perfect by design the test people would be flipping burgers or work as perfect-design engineers

  19. Re:Reasons for ISS low earth orbit on The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility: Where Spacecraft Go To Die (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thanks, that explains LEO and constant falling down. But since it costs so much to bring anything up, would it still be very valuable to keep it flying with fueling it?

    I suspect the maintenance is more than just fuel. The heat/cool, air, seals, power all require machinery that breaks so there is a constant need of attention. I used to have a sailboat, it too kept dissolving even if not used.

  20. why - good question - what are the costs? on The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility: Where Spacecraft Go To Die (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There is definitely a constant recurring cost of keeping it up there (it keeps falling down so it needs fuel)...but it costs millions to bring up anything to even this LEO...
    So is it not worth maintaining even the structure of ISS? For storage space, lab space, food cultivation?
    Is it perhaps the effort of maintaining it cooled, heated, aired and sealed?

  21. need another monolith on US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers On 24-Hour Alert (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    The first monolith must have malfunctioned, need another correction, please? Before it's too late.

  22. The way to pass Turing test would be to convert it into creationism as only human would believe it?

    Oh wait, this should be easy, it was created...

  23. Re:Autonomous Level 5 C-Level Positions on Nvidia Introduces a Computer For Level 5 Autonomous Cars (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a prototype running on Arduino...It can can flip power point slides very well.

  24. Re:I know, let's call it... on Nvidia Introduces a Computer For Level 5 Autonomous Cars (engadget.com) · · Score: 3

    Highly Autonomous Limousine?

  25. Humans are subjected to the driving tests, whether it is a good standard could be disputed. Perhaps have the cars pass the same test?

    So...a Turing test for cars?

    Granted, the DMV test a good driver does not make...We do expect more from humans than there is rules in the regulations.