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  1. Re:How deep is the rabbit hole? on FTC Tells ISPs To Disclose Exactly What Information They Collect On Users and What It's For · · Score: 1

    And maybe that's even more scary. In China such systems are already used for a social scoring that limits what people are allowed to do. In the west, this kind of algorithm merely determines your credit worthiness and maybe how much you have to pay for your insurance. If a potential employer can't already purchase your employability score from a data mining company, that's only a matter of time.

  2. Re:So long and thanks for all the fish on Europe Passes Controversial Online Copyright Reforms (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    And ContentID is a horrible failure. Blackmailing Youtube channels with the threat of illegitimate copyright claims against them has become a valid business model.

  3. It's all about the delta-v.

  4. The chip nobody was able to find?

  5. German car makers have been doing this since the nineties. BMW was the first to limit their cars to 250km/h (155mp/h). Mercedes, Audi and all the other brands followed voluntarily. Even for motorcycles, there is an international gentlemens agreement. While they are not limited, the maximum speed is only given as 300+ km/h for any bike that could exceed that speed.

  6. Re:What are they going to do if people refuse? on Proposed Bill Would Force Arizonians To Pay $250 To Have Their DNA Added To a Database (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Same as with mandatory drug tests.

  7. Because the ice is a heat sink. Melting ice needs a massive amount of energy. Once its gone, temperatures will rise sharply.

  8. Re:Brutal on SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SpaceX isn't struggling to stay afloat. They have a very profitable launch business. However, they're struggling to finance the development of the new Starship with its Ultraheavy booster and the Starlink system, which will consist of several thousand satellites, all at once.

  9. Re:Constant job changes are needed on Even More Americans Have Stopped Biking To Work (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    And then I see a significant number of cyclists not even in the bike lanes or who are staying right on that painted white line.

    Probably because the bike lane is so narrow that you'd be in the dooring zone otherwise.

  10. Re:Prius drivers in good company on Anti-Tesla Pickup Truck Drivers Take Over a Supercharger Station -- Again (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    As are bicyclists.

  11. And around the same time Facebook prohibits even the slightest sexual innuendo. Is this all coincidence or is it a response to the SESTA?

  12. Re:And Mozilla helped with that. on 'Google Isn't the Company That We Should Have Handed the Web Over To' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There was no way to make the old extension system secure and it also blocked process separation between tabs. Removing it was necessary from a security standpoint.

  13. The current Falcon 9 rockets are the fifth generation. A lot of experience has gone into them, they are reliable and will have performed numerous flights before the crewed program begins.

    The SLS is a completely new system. It's currently discussed to scrap the demo flight and put crew on the very first flight of an unproven rocket.

  14. These cyclic population adaptions only appear up to a certain growth rate. Above that, these systems become chaotic. In chaotic or very strong cyclic systems, the population of a species can hit the number zero, from which there is no recovery. This has been observed for many species in the wild.

  15. Try out a modern headset with roomscale support and hand-tracking. You don't really know what you're talking about.

  16. When I read Apple Repair Fraud, I thought of another video about Apple employees pushing unneeded repairs.

  17. Re:VR for the Masses on Facebook Announces $399 Oculus Quest Standalone VR Headset (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You haven't tried it, have you? That's why it's important to have a standalone device with all the basic features. You can easily show it around.

  18. They're making space suits.

    Let's call them flight suits.

  19. Re: Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    To be clear, those people remove extremist content from social media based on the existing Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz. I expect them to also make decisions on blocking content according to any new laws.

  20. Re: Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    It will be the same judges that make every decision for Googles content id system.

  21. Re: Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    From what I've read, the judges are mostly minimum wage earners living in Ireland. Given the massive fines that now threaten, we also know what side they will have to err on.

  22. Re:Sigh. on How Facebook's WhatsApp Destroyed A Village (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    Sadly, this seems to happen in many societies. There are examples from England, Ireland and Germany.

  23. Re:Rock and hard place on Trump Tells Apple To Make Products In the US To Avoid China Tariffs (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple could import phone components and assemble them in the US to avoid tariffs. Things like "Component A: iPhone without back cover" and "Component B: iPhone back cover". Final assembly like that is sometimes done in Turkey to avoid EU tariffs.

  24. Re:When you steal money from inmates on $11M Worth of Legally-Purchased Music Will Be Confiscated From Florida's Prisoners (tampabay.com) · · Score: 1

    If you take something with force or the threat of force, isn't it robbery?

  25. Re:Walt Disney's dream on Waymo Self-driving Cars Are Having Problems Turning Around Corners (siliconangle.com) · · Score: 2

    If you're building new infrastructure anyway, it would be much more easy to use elevated light rails. I really liked the concept of the Taxi2000 system.