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  1. Solar panel replaces LCD to let LEDs burn battery? on Solar Powered Smartwatch Successfully Crowdfunded on Kickstarter (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting compromise....do the analog hands auto synchronize to phone's time at least?

  2. 5k humans must be good in voice recognition! on 5,000 People Are Working On Amazon's Digital Assistant Alexa (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Biological assistants then? Not electronic.

  3. Re:For Immediate Release and Action on Equifax Has Been Sending Consumers To a Fake Phishing Site for Almost Two Weeks (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    What HR? You've just fired them too....

  4. No, water does not need to "splash" there, it's literally "in the air".

  5. Can somebody post what US laws pertain to storing, distributing and protecting of personal information in this case?

  6. That!
    Autopilots put biopilots to sleep.
    And...did it not happened first with the planes?

    Seems so obvious - why nobody in the industry is talking about it?

    So it appears the autonomous cars are all or nothing.

  7. Re: Miscreant-o-soft on ReactOS 0.4.6 Released (osnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Would that simply mean that current law is inadequate to cope with software (esp. APIs)?

    Somewhat similar to creating an official standard with a patented technology?

  8. free fall detection in hard drives on Jury Finds Nintendo Wii Infringes Dallas Inventor's Patent, Awards $10 Million (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Soo HW manufacturers will be sued next?

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

  9. Re: Miscreant-o-soft on ReactOS 0.4.6 Released (osnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    IMNAL but GvsO was "won" based on fair use, in fact the case sided with Oracle that APIs are work of art (some more than other ;-).

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

    "On May 26, 2016, the jury found that Android does not infringe Oracle-owned copyrights because its re-implementation of 37 Java APIs is protected by fair use. "

    And since fair use is solved case-by-case, it is rather very "sueable".

  10. pay with your face? on 'Pay With Your Face' Technology Tested in a KFC Store In China (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    so an arm and a leg no longer enough in China?

  11. IT what? on Could AI Transform Continuous Delivery Development? (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    IT in my company does network, Windows, Office and Virus etc. type of work. Is this what they talk about? Anyway, it's been long outsourced to IT (as in "Indian"
      technology)...

  12. Re:A patent? Seriously? on Waymo Patent Shows Plans To Replace Steering Wheel, Pedals With Push Button (driverless.id) · · Score: 1

    drill != car
    It's not the problem with the patent but with the patent law.

  13. so not in the cloud? on SpaceX Will Deliver The First Supercomputer To The ISS (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do they need a supercomputer up there?
    Could not they compute in the cloud like the rest of us?
    Or did they cut the cable and do not have internet anymore?
    Or simply are they just above it?
    Oh...wait...
    But seriously?

  14. Re:A good password on The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    And how do you remember 64 characters, symbols, letters, numbers, capitals and lower case passwords?

    You have a password generation system, don't you?

  15. Re:What kind of fuel? on SpaceX Is Now One of the World's Most Valuable Privately Held Companies (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I would think water vapor is less harmful than organic compounds produces by burning other kind of fuels.

  16. what caused it to fail? on The Inside Story of the Lily Drone's Collapse (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    There are drones galore everywhere produced en masse. With and without cameras. Not a new tech. I build a few myself with $100. The follower feature may be more technically challenging (2 GPSes and good comms between the subject and a drone) but nothing that could not be overcome.

    TLDR;

    What was so special about Lily?

    What really made Lily fail?

  17. Partially, PlayBoy and Internet continue to drain the resources?

  18. "The original dev says he gave them a high price, but the company agreed to pay right away, but only after the dev signed an non-disclosure agreement preventing him from talking about the company or the transaction. "

    Trouble?

  19. Re:It's not the bikes... on Hanoi Plan To Ban Motorbikes By 2030 To Combat Pollution (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This. And you can pack up to 5 people on one scooter. Frequently practiced in Thailand, saw with me own eyes. Also seem immune to car traffic jams.

  20. These cameras use Windows on their embedded hardware? I suppose a bit expensive but why not? Other than security issues...

  21. the end of burger flipping is near! on McDonald's Hits All-Time High As Wall Street Cheers Replacement of Cashiers With Kiosks (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The cashier kiosks could be extended to fully automated McDonalds restaurants. Only the cleaners would survive it a bit longer, perhaps. So be good and get to your nearest JC to train as robot fixer.

  22. IP providers restricted the traffic to FCC? on John Oliver Gets Fired Up Over Net Neutrality, Causes FCC's Site To Temporarily Crash (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps IP providers restricted the traffic to FCC site that made it crash...no? :-)

  23. Re:repelling gravity? on Why Elon Musk Doesn't Like Flying Cars (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, you're right but out of line as this is not what the quoted sentence says.

    >> downward force required to keep them in the air

    So according to you and the author the airplane wings pull down, towards the ground, hence the term 'lift', eh ? ;-)

    Never mind. I can even live with alternate physics...

  24. repelling gravity? on Why Elon Musk Doesn't Like Flying Cars (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    >> because of the downward force required to keep them in the air

    huh! Author must be living in alternate universe...

  25. law is sadly funny on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The letters from the board states that merely using "I am an engineer" in any form violates the quoted statute and hence necessitates the fine.

    Are we (humans) nuts?

    This case better end up in court and be judged be a H. Sapience person!

    Perhaps he should use "I am a doctor of physics, math and reason"?