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  1. It's lascivious, salacious, outrageous! on Senator Warns YouTube Algorithm May Be Open To Manipulation By 'Bad Actors' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing to add besides the title.

  2. Doing a lot of illegal reading, eh? on Spanish Police Arrest Their First Ever eBook Pirate (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, we can't have that.

  3. PC, where is your iMac? on PC Industry Is Now On a Two-Year Downslide (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't get good headphones. I got decent bluetooth headphones that look good too. And finally no more cable mess!

    I didn't get a big TV. I got a modest one with a good screen that you don't really see when I'm not using it. It's not the trophy possession of my household.

    I don't care so much about iWatches, but I'm not getting one until they stop looking so dorky.

    Walkmans were pig disgusting to look at, but they embodied a freedom to listen to you own music. It's selling point was functionality. That's what made them beautiful!

    For the first time in history a 5 year PC old still performs really well in everyday things. For computing at home, I just want something quiet and neat-looking.

  4. If your algorithm is unstable at single precision floating point, it's going to be unstable at double precision as well.

    I think there's only very small niche of applications for GPGPU cards where double precision is absolutely necessary.

  5. This won't help on Ask Slashdot: Version Control For Non-Developers? · · Score: 1

    You see that string of 16 digits? Yeah, that's not going to happen. Also, one mistake, and that version is lost.

  6. How is this a surprise? on The Gap Between What The Public Thinks And What Scientists Know · · Score: 1

    "The public" has a fixed amount of scientific knowledge when there's a fixed amount of time dedicated to it during our education. Total human knowledge, however, steadily increases. Hence, the gap widens. End of story.

  7. Re:When I see that [literaly] textbook mistake.... on Steam For Linux Bug Wipes Out All of a User's Files · · Score: 1

    ...said the guy who's obviously never worked in a production environment.

  8. Why would we? on Should We Be Content With Our Paltry Space Program? · · Score: 1

    In the mid-60s, we were in the middle of the Cold War, so there was an enormous amount of prestige at stake.

    Nowadays, there are no obvious returns on investment. And past results are no guarantee, mind you, before everyone starts pointing towards Teflon, navigation and pens that write upside-down.

    The next space wave will start when we find a definite candidate for habitable planet.

  9. Had access to Glass for an afternoon... on Intel Processor Could Be In Next-Gen Google Glass · · Score: 1

    ...and I don't think processing power wasn't a problem, at all.

  10. Re:Store Returns on Landfill Copies of Atari's 'E.T.' End Up On eBay · · Score: 2

    Where does it say that citing sources is required for credibility on internet fora?

  11. This is peanuts on Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove Review Under "Right To Be Forgotten" · · Score: 1

    This is such small potatoes. Russian olicharchs are paying millions to mostly American law firms to scourge the internet and write cease and dissist letters to any sites hosting negative articles about themselves and their allies.
    Really, a single pianist is *not* the issue here.

  12. Re:Ads on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I too believe I can make a better estimation of the value of Mojang in 3 seconds than an entire specialized Microsoft department over the course of a few months.

  13. Re:I PC game, and have zero reason to upgrade on AMD Releases New Tonga GPU, Lowers 8-core CPU To $229 · · Score: 1

    Why in a year or two, and not a decade? What you suggest sounds like the technology push of TV manufacturers with their 3D, curved screens, 4k resolution TVs that nobody seems to be waiting for.
    Maybe we've arrived at a situation where the technology to do anything you could reasonably want is simply here, and gaming is going back to providing a unique experience and captivating story lines.

  14. Re:Touristy places will be in for a surprise.. on European Parliament Votes For Net Neutrality, Forbids Mobile Roaming Costs · · Score: 1

    Would you go to a tourist place where your internet that you intend to use to keep in touch with home sucks? Maybe you will, but how many like you?

  15. It still my dream... on App Developers, It's Time For a Reality Check · · Score: 2

    I know the statistics, but I also know the apps out there. And I can say that even most of the 5 star apps just simply suck; they do one or two just wrong or not at all.

    My motto is going to be "We did it just right", and I believe achieving that to be a seriously underappreciated and especially in IT underdeveloped skill. I like my chances.

  16. Sounds like... on Python 3.4 Released · · Score: 1

    ...a fanboi talking.

  17. Reality in the world on The Poor Neglected Gifted Child · · Score: 0

    What use is a above-average brain if the person lacks the social skills to apply their intelligence? No, they are not single-handedly going to invent the cure for cancer.

    On the other hand, the NFL star leads by example, unites us in support for our team and might very well have a much larger beneficial effect on society than the nerd in the back of the class room could hope to have.

    Of course, this idea, that intelligence is not as important as some might want it to be, might be lost on a forum that ironically calls itself 'news for nerds, stuff that matters'.

  18. Re:Seem Negligible on New Mozilla Encoder Improves JPEG Compression · · Score: 2

    Would be interesting to calculate how much Wikipedia will save because of the delayed purchase of storage, and the slightly less bandwidth use.

  19. Re:Does that make me sociopathic? on Reporting From the Web's Underbelly · · Score: 1

    No, it just makes you a not so smart person if you think that. Government doesn't have to research accusations against high-profile people; society will do that for them, including trial and sentence.

  20. Not much longer? on Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution Flaw Exploited In the Wild · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How far away are we from gaining a critical mass of website who don't necessarily need flash anymore, with the arrival of HTML 5? How long before the scale tips?

  21. Re:Colonialism??? on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    Just imagine the kind of management this would attract, if employers face the choice between being abused and deportation.

  22. Re:Give Us Opportunity, Not More Mouths to Feed on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    Please, do tell us how the region of Detroit is going to attract money, thereby lifting the longterm level of wealth, when your plan is to just poor some money into it for a couple of year. Detroit got poor because they were no longer attracting money via the car industry. Tell us how your plan deals with the source of the problems, not the symptoms of their results.

  23. Re:Just have to ask... on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Fallace of composition, look it up. Just because they are also glasses, does not mean they are only glasses.

  24. Re:Just have to ask... on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 2

    He *chooses* to integrate a camera with his glasses. There's a number of things I can imagine integrating with my glasses that would make wearing them problematic where simple glasses would be just fine. And how about he wore them in the swimming pool changing rooms during your sister's daughter's birthday party...?

  25. Re:Just have to ask... on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    No freedom is unlimited, fortunately. Your freedom to wear glasses in a movie theater ends when you choose to integrate a camera.