Lead is but one of the heavy metals that coal fired plants spew into the environment, in massive amounts. Compared to them, nuclear plants are decidedly clean.
Except the 486 had over 1 million transistors, this has 100,000. That's more on par with a 286 from the early 80's
Number of transistors is not the only factor determining the performance of a CPU. The switching speed of a transistor is a determining factor as well, and the process size that is fabbed nowadays is in the few tens of nm in size (10-16 nm), while it was about 500 nm in mid 1990s. This implies much lower capacitances and therefore, much higher switching speed.
I am constantly aggravated by the amount of articles published without enough information to successfully reproduce the experiment. Even more often I find lies by omission, where a very important aspect of the experiments' protocol is not mentioned.
I just found that an experimental protocol used by a dozen papers, has a glaring problem that absolutely should have been mentioned in all of them, but at least the ones that first introduced it. I am thinking to publish a short article discussing just this glaring problem - I am only worried that it will be reviewed by one of the asshats who published the original articles.
How did anyone this incompetent rise to that level on such a critical position in the company?
The most important attribute to get to such CxO positions is to be manipulative and able to lie without the slightest pang of conscience. Competence is totally irrelevant.
Plus we seem to be getting to that stage where some people consider allegations to be enough that action simply has to be taken, screw the investigation and screw the evidence. An allegation has been made, so punishment must be enacted.
We're approaching Satanic Panic -levels of frenzy, and the consequences may be just as dire, if not worse.
I'd like some references about the tankers falling apart. I know some have been impounded because of unpaid debt, but I get nothing about their condition.
I am extremely saddened by the fact that my scientific discipline - materials science - is nowadays abused to design extremely precise engineering techniques for planned obsolescence. Limiting battery recharge cycles was a great method, but some far more sophisticated ones have emerged. These are based on:
- fatigue limit of components subjected to repetitive strain (including designing built-in vibrational modes - that's right, the vibrational modes are added on purpose, and affect parts with a defined fatigue limit (like copper, for instance). - oxidation of polymers, especially elastomers - polymer deterioration induced by "useful" additives, like some fire retardants and plasticizers (though fire retardants are much more effective).
These techniques are nowadays quite deeply developed, and their ONLY purpose is to bring the product to a very limited lifetime AFTER the warranty period. Therefore, for profit of the corporations and at direct odds with all consumers. As a scientist, this makes me actually quite sad. My only consolation is that I don't work in the industry, so at least I am not on the dark side.
StarCraft II works perfectly well on Linux, using WINE/PlayOnLinux. The exact same seems to be true for Diablo III, but I haven't tried because the only game on your list I give a shit about is StarCraft II.
I'll take the CIA, FBI, and NSA's word about spying
I'm sitting here in Finland, watching the news in the US and reading your comment, and can't help but wonder if you have any self-awareness of the stupidity you're spouting. You probably think James Clapper is a sincere man.
BTW, before you accuse me of being a russian troll account, please check my posting history.
Without AUX or any other input (not even bluetooth), the Homepod can only be used with iPhones or iPads and nothing else.
So three years from now, it will be useless, whereas my stereo speakers will be still useful and used 20 years from now, just like they were 20 years ago when I bought them.
I have to laugh at Apple fanbois (and sockpuppets) that claim Apple's ostensible green credentials. Truth is, there is no worse company in IT at the moment, than Apple. At least Microsoft doesn't explicitly order recycling companies to destroy their hardware - thought repairability of Surface and Surface laptops is abysmal and effectively nil. But at least they don't lay down the pretense as thickly as Apple does.
When someone writes an article like this, they should include facts or at least legitimate testable theories.
I agree with the spirit of what you're trying to say, but the word you're looking for is "hypotheses" not "theories". A hypothesis is what has to be tested before one can make a rule or a theory. In fact, tested multiple times by multiple labs/institutions/authorities. It takes a shedlod of experimental evidence before a hypothesis becomes a theory.
Because even with the Oxford comma there's still doubt in my mind that you can interpret it as general exceptions for activities a)-g) and "packaging for shipment and distribution of agricultural produce; meat and fish products; and perishable foods;"
Exactly - and this is what I was thinking as I was reading the summary of the article. That sentence would be a huge no-no in any research manuscript that I wold main-author.
For example a sentence like "buses, trucks and cars over 3500kg" is that "buses, trucks and (cars over 3500kg)" or "(buses, trucks and cars) over 3500kg". It doesn't get clearer by an Oxford comma.
And again, we're in full agreement: the oxford comma doesn't make things any more less ambiguous.
Just avoid that kind of craptacular sentence, and all will be fine, oxford comma or not.
And for the record, I am an oxford comma user, but not a worshiper.
but they're not going to pay you to do it. Given some of the crap I've seen folks do online (there's one guy who was basically abusing his kids for views) it's probably a good thing. Jerks like these brought the hammer down on a lot of stuff that was just good fun because they don't have the sense to know where the line should be drawn. Go to a spooky forest? Ok. Show a recent suicide? No, not Ok. If you can't tell why you need to step back from making videos (or watching them).
No, it's not a good thing. It is ripe for abuse and it already is abused arbitrarily: explain why Cody's Lab had to be sanctioned multiple times? it's one of the most sciency channels on YouTube, but because of that perverse censorship mentality like yours, the guy can't post new vdeos.
Fuck censors, fuck the YouTube cunt of a CEO and fuck you all all others like you, who condone censorship.
and we are left with a stillborn service that makes the Phantom console look like Steve Jobs christened it from Heaven.
Points of Reference: Gmail Hangouts G+ Whatever their Photo Service is Google Glasses ChromeOS etc etc etc
Are you kidding or being sarcastic in a strange way? Google is still very dedicated to many of the products in your list: Google Photos, ChomeOS, Gmail, Hangouts, G+. 5 out of 6 in your list.
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Lead is but one of the heavy metals that coal fired plants spew into the environment, in massive amounts. Compared to them, nuclear plants are decidedly clean.
Except the 486 had over 1 million transistors, this has 100,000. That's more on par with a 286 from the early 80's
Number of transistors is not the only factor determining the performance of a CPU. The switching speed of a transistor is a determining factor as well, and the process size that is fabbed nowadays is in the few tens of nm in size (10-16 nm), while it was about 500 nm in mid 1990s. This implies much lower capacitances and therefore, much higher switching speed.
I am constantly aggravated by the amount of articles published without enough information to successfully reproduce the experiment. Even more often I find lies by omission, where a very important aspect of the experiments' protocol is not mentioned.
I just found that an experimental protocol used by a dozen papers, has a glaring problem that absolutely should have been mentioned in all of them, but at least the ones that first introduced it. I am thinking to publish a short article discussing just this glaring problem - I am only worried that it will be reviewed by one of the asshats who published the original articles.
Thank you. As one who exclusively accesses Slashdot from the desktop, I am triggered!
Don't you see the genius in this? Write-only comments. It's the future. You can write absolutely anything you want and not get modded down.
HAHAHH.. you're on to something, you know?
I can't see anything even in Incognito mode.
How did anyone this incompetent rise to that level on such a critical position in the company?
The most important attribute to get to such CxO positions is to be manipulative and able to lie without the slightest pang of conscience. Competence is totally irrelevant.
Plus we seem to be getting to that stage where some people consider allegations to be enough that action simply has to be taken, screw the investigation and screw the evidence. An allegation has been made, so punishment must be enacted.
We're approaching Satanic Panic -levels of frenzy, and the consequences may be just as dire, if not worse.
Honestly, I am most shocked by the result that 40% of americans don't know who Mueller is. The fuck???
Thank you.
something that will become less useful than a toaster in 5 years.
I get your point, but my Galaxy S3 is still perfectly useful. It's the only phone I use, and i use it a lot. Calling, GPS, apps, it has it all.
I'd like some references about the tankers falling apart. I know some have been impounded because of unpaid debt, but I get nothing about their condition.
I am extremely saddened by the fact that my scientific discipline - materials science - is nowadays abused to design extremely precise engineering techniques for planned obsolescence. Limiting battery recharge cycles was a great method, but some far more sophisticated ones have emerged. These are based on:
- fatigue limit of components subjected to repetitive strain (including designing built-in vibrational modes - that's right, the vibrational modes are added on purpose, and affect parts with a defined fatigue limit (like copper, for instance).
- oxidation of polymers, especially elastomers
- polymer deterioration induced by "useful" additives, like some fire retardants and plasticizers (though fire retardants are much more effective).
These techniques are nowadays quite deeply developed, and their ONLY purpose is to bring the product to a very limited lifetime AFTER the warranty period. Therefore, for profit of the corporations and at direct odds with all consumers. As a scientist, this makes me actually quite sad. My only consolation is that I don't work in the industry, so at least I am not on the dark side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
it significantly limits the ability to complain about all but the most egregious conduct.
I think.... I like it.
StarCraft II works perfectly well on Linux, using WINE/PlayOnLinux. The exact same seems to be true for Diablo III, but I haven't tried because the only game on your list I give a shit about is StarCraft II.
I'll take the CIA, FBI, and NSA's word about spying
I'm sitting here in Finland, watching the news in the US and reading your comment, and can't help but wonder if you have any self-awareness of the stupidity you're spouting. You probably think James Clapper is a sincere man.
BTW, before you accuse me of being a russian troll account, please check my posting history.
Parent is choke full of lies and misdirection. Apple sockpuppet?
Without AUX or any other input (not even bluetooth), the Homepod can only be used with iPhones or iPads and nothing else.
So three years from now, it will be useless, whereas my stereo speakers will be still useful and used 20 years from now, just like they were 20 years ago when I bought them.
Apple's overarching policy is to discourage recycling at all costs. They even mandate recycling companies to destroy perfectly fine iPhones Macbooks.
I have to laugh at Apple fanbois (and sockpuppets) that claim Apple's ostensible green credentials. Truth is, there is no worse company in IT at the moment, than Apple. At least Microsoft doesn't explicitly order recycling companies to destroy their hardware - thought repairability of Surface and Surface laptops is abysmal and effectively nil. But at least they don't lay down the pretense as thickly as Apple does.
When someone writes an article like this, they should include facts or at least legitimate testable theories.
I agree with the spirit of what you're trying to say, but the word you're looking for is "hypotheses" not "theories". A hypothesis is what has to be tested before one can make a rule or a theory. In fact, tested multiple times by multiple labs/institutions/authorities. It takes a shedlod of experimental evidence before a hypothesis becomes a theory.
Because even with the Oxford comma there's still doubt in my mind that you can interpret it as general exceptions for activities a)-g) and "packaging for shipment and distribution of agricultural produce; meat and fish products; and perishable foods;"
Exactly - and this is what I was thinking as I was reading the summary of the article. That sentence would be a huge no-no in any research manuscript that I wold main-author.
For example a sentence like "buses, trucks and cars over 3500kg" is that "buses, trucks and (cars over 3500kg)" or "(buses, trucks and cars) over 3500kg". It doesn't get clearer by an Oxford comma.
And again, we're in full agreement: the oxford comma doesn't make things any more less ambiguous.
Just avoid that kind of craptacular sentence, and all will be fine, oxford comma or not.
And for the record, I am an oxford comma user, but not a worshiper.
It's still not bloody censorship and all this dog-whistling does nothing but cheapen the word. He is not being stopped from speaking.
He cannot upload new videos ----> he cannot speak. Just how stupid do you have to be to deny that?
but they're not going to pay you to do it. Given some of the crap I've seen folks do online (there's one guy who was basically abusing his kids for views) it's probably a good thing. Jerks like these brought the hammer down on a lot of stuff that was just good fun because they don't have the sense to know where the line should be drawn. Go to a spooky forest? Ok. Show a recent suicide? No, not Ok. If you can't tell why you need to step back from making videos (or watching them).
No, it's not a good thing. It is ripe for abuse and it already is abused arbitrarily: explain why Cody's Lab had to be sanctioned multiple times? it's one of the most sciency channels on YouTube, but because of that perverse censorship mentality like yours, the guy can't post new vdeos.
Fuck censors, fuck the YouTube cunt of a CEO and fuck you all all others like you, who condone censorship.
and we are left with a stillborn service that makes the Phantom console look like Steve Jobs christened it from Heaven.
Points of Reference:
Gmail
Hangouts
G+
Whatever their Photo Service is
Google Glasses
ChromeOS
etc
etc
etc
Are you kidding or being sarcastic in a strange way? Google is still very dedicated to many of the products in your list: Google Photos, ChomeOS, Gmail, Hangouts, G+. 5 out of 6 in your list.