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  1. Re:Public Transportation on MIT Team's School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, as soon as we are able to make public bus systems work purely on bus pass fares.
    (Hint: if you think bus fares pay for even half of the cost of running the bus, you're.. wrong.)

  2. Re:Corrected headline on James Damore Explains Why He Was Fired By Google (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Heh. His claimed intention-mind-reading skills actually do sufficiently explain why someone would fire him.

  3. Re:$120 million on MIT Team's School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The local bus pass is heavily subsidized by other revenue streams, to the tune of... $120 million a year (this year's proposal ups that to $190M for next year). Without considering that funding source, it is nonsensical to compare that number to the _total_ funding for the school buses.

  4. Re point 2: The minimum salary should be tied to the industry average, not some arbitrary high-sounding number. The bond serves what purpose other than blocking all but the largest (FAANG) from the H1-B program? This sounds like the billionaire's wet dream.

  5. When influence can be bought with money, it gives more influence to those with money. AKA "elite".

  6. It's faster than

  7. Re:3D... on Sony Unveils Smartphone With 4K Screen · · Score: 1

    Would like to see how well a pairing of this and Google Cardboard works. I think that would beat all other current VR offerings in terms of display resolution, at least.

  8. Light - Laser on Scientists Arm Cells With Tiny Lasers · · Score: 1

    The new part of this research is forcing cells to produce a resonance chamber to produce the laser from light. I'm not sure how useful this is -- GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) tagging has been used to track the movements (and reproduction) of cells for decades.

  9. Re:Am I Missing Something? on Microsoft Finally Allows Customers To Legally Download Windows 7 ISOs · · Score: 0

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+i... I've used the digitalriver ISOs several times. The earliest I remember using it was about 4 years ago, no key or login or anything required.

  10. Re:Physics violation on Free-As-In-Beer Electricity In Greece? · · Score: 1

    Not the best, although that depends on what your evaluation criteria is. Look at heat pump heaters, they basically run the AC on backwards. You end up blasting out even colder air through the outside radiator but end up getting more thermal energy out than you put electricity in.

  11. Re:next for NoSQL on New PostgreSQL Guns For NoSQL Market · · Score: 4, Informative

    "NoSQL" doesn't mean "No SQL". At least, not all the time. I've heard it pronounced "Not Only SQL" more than once. RDF triple stores can also be considered NoSQL databases, and they can provide ACID. (They use SPARQL instead of SQL as a query language - hence being something other than a SQL DB.)

  12. Re:suddenly on S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables · · Score: 1

    It's been about 2 years since South Korea started using the standardized chargers. It's now expected that most internet cafes (PC bangs we call them here) supply chargers at each terminal. As the parent said, convenience stores have booths for paid charging.

    The charging booths in convenience stores have been around for a long time, actually. The three major cell phone companies here (LG, SK, and KTF) have used unified chargers for their own brands for a much longer time, so it wasn't uncommon even 5 years ago to see 3-6 charging booths in stores.