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  1. Re:No control group. on Gig Economy Pressures Make Drivers 'More Likely To Crash' (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    I agree completely. It could very easily be that people who choose to do this form of employment are inherently different from average, so the control group would need to take that into account some how at least.

  2. The title is unsubstantiated. on Gig Economy Pressures Make Drivers 'More Likely To Crash' (bbc.com) · · Score: -1

    The title is unsubstantiated. The study does not have a 'control group'. There is no way to say if the risk is heightened or lowered. It could easily be true that the increased experience of these drivers is making them safer than average. The headline should be disregarded.

  3. Re:We kinda knews this already, right? on NASA Finally Admits It Doesn't Have the Funding To Land Humans on Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    The numbers have always been off. Like CRAZY off. I mean, send humans to Mars AND back for less than what it costs to send a hunk of metal the size of a minivan on a one way mission to Saturn??? We all knew this was NUTS, right?

  4. Re:The real question here: on Petya Ransomware Authors Demand $250,000 In First Public Statement Since Attack (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Hookers and Blow! It's always Hookers and Blow! LOL!

  5. I'm sure this will hurt my Karma even more. on Petya Ransomware Authors Demand $250,000 In First Public Statement Since Attack (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    I would prefer to address this problem with bullets. Or at the very least HAND-CUFFS! We need to find these people, and arrest them! PRISON is the solution to theft.

  6. Working long hours is only good if you own a significant amount of the company. Otherwise, you are burning up your precious time on earth for almost no reward.

  7. Tech can make us better people. on Is Social Media Making Us Hate Each Other? (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 0

    From the article:
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    The article concludes by opposing the idea that "If we get the engineering right, our better angels will triumph. It's a pleasant thought, but it's a fantasy... Technology is an amplifier. It magnifies our best traits, and it magnifies our worst. What it doesn't do is make us better people. That's a job we can't offload on machines."
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    False. The tech could predict if we will agree with a piece of information, and use that in considering, which pieces of information to show us.
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  8. Fire The Prison Staff. on Investigation Finds Inmates Built Computers, Hid Them In Prison Ceiling (cbs6albany.com) · · Score: 0

    Fire The Prison Staff. The Prisoners are already in charge, leave them in-charge and continue to not pay them. Problem solved.

  9. Insufficient Analysis Yields Unusable Result on Sorry America, Your Taxes Aren't High (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Property Taxes, and Vat Taxes, are a sizable part of the overall burden. I would say they amount to 1/4 of the taxes I pay. And I live in a place with low property Taxes. High Property Tax Areas, like most cities in the U.S., It could be half the tax you pay.

  10. Don't run WebDAV on IIS 6.0. If you have not stopped already, stop now. Ok, all fixed, now, back to security.

  11. Re:"WILL fly more than twice the speed of sound" on Aerospace Startup Will Build A Supersonic Mach 2.2 Aircraft (fortune.com) · · Score: 0

    I doubt one could build a list of defects in Concorde for $33 million. If the world really wanted mach2+ altlantic travel enough to pay for putting it back in the air, the short path would be to fix the problems with the concord. Fly-by-wire, better canards, etc.

  12. Re:until it is reproducible, it is not science on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Somewhat, but not entirely. The theory of how life formed makes predictions of forensic evidence that would be left behind. The searching for, and the finding of said evidence is a reproducible activity. Overall the findings have been limited and weak, and there are several competing theories.

  13. until it is reproducible, it is not science on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Predictability is a basic rule of science. Until it is reproducible, it is not science

  14. INAL, but the rule of ambiguities should hold here on Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    This should be easy. It is reasonable for a person to read that language as meaning either of the two asserted meanings. So, borrowing from contract law, if a clause is ambiguous, the ambiguity goes to the party NOT responsible for writing the clause. So, simply said, whomever is responsible for writing that language should lose. Presumably, it is the lobbyists who by proxy wrote it for the trucking company.

  15. My Sin.Sloth,I dont try todo these silly things! on Programmers Are Confessing Their Coding Sins To Protest a Broken Job Interview Process (theoutline.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't know proper variable naming rules. (_, Ucase, camel?). I have a tool for that. I don't remember how to spell the names of properties, fields, or functions I use. I have a tool for that. I don't know how to write elegant linq queries. ... I have a tool for that! I don't code without checking example code for how to do things. (I don't have the time to learn off of my mistakes, I'll use yours). I have tools for that. Blogs, Stack, Vendor Documentation. Stop! Hassling me with your insipid questions that only serve as a demonstration of memorization of facts that are easily accessed in real time.

  16. Probably Just a bug. on Mobile Search Engine Baidu Goes Dark For Nearly 20 Minutes (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Probably Just a bug. It sucks. It happens. Don't let it distract you from innovating new technologies to control your populace. :-?

  17. Quidich on Scientists Teach Bees How To Play Soccer (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 0

    Do I even have to say it? Bees clearly play Quidich!

  18. NASCAR on Most DVR Owners Are Recording Live Sports, Survey Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    To me, the commercials are so infuriating, I just CANNOT watch NASCAR live. Football is ok, baseball is a pain, but nascar is impossible. Also, with a DVR, I can join the game/race an hour late and catch-up before the end anyway.

  19. This Sport is not for people with normal minds. on Microsoft Hopes To Hire More Coders With Autism (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 0

    I have always said that this sport (Computer Programming) is NOT for people with normal minds. OCD is helpful. Asperger's is super helpful. Autism is better than nothing.

    OCD is effectively institutionalized in the Art of Computer Programming through the concept of unit tests.
    People with Autism just focus better than people without.
    People with Asperger's are the best. If you want to write computer programs, and you have Asperger's, you should list it on your resume. Those guys make you spell out your grey B.S. specifications. They want to be communicated with in clear unambiguous terms. They want to make you EXACTLY what you asked for.

  20. Wouldn't that be an illegal agreement? on Samsung, LG Sued Over US Employee Recruiting Policies (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    INAL, but,

    I would think it would be illegal for companies to decide to not hire eachother's active employees.

  21. You'll be against 'augmentation' until... on We Risk Programming Inequality into Our DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    You'll be against 'augmentation' until an augmented kid beats your kid in a math contest.(i.e. getting into college)
    You'll be against 'augmentation' until you get a preventable cancer.
    You'll be against it until you see it hurts -YOUR- outcome.
    This will pass.

  22. sometimes violence is the answer. Find out who is responsible. kill them. make it known to the world what happened. robo calls will stop.

  23. All you own in IT is your SECOND best copy. on Google Deletes Artist's Blog and a Decade Of His Work Along With It (fusion.net) · · Score: 0

    If I have said it once, I've said it a thousand times. All you own in IT is your SECOND best copy. You need to always backup everything. You will eventually lose the main/stubb/whatever. I feel so sorry for this guy. He must be heartbroken. Don't be hearbroken. Backup your stuff. :)

    Jerry

  24. The problem is passwords. on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't have passwords with anyone who knows me. They know me. Here is a $10,000,000,000 Idea. Figure out how to get rid of passwords. These insipid things must go!

  25. Biology is crazy sometimes. on Repurposing Drugs To Tackle Cancer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Lymphoma is treated & cured with a form of mustard gas. Interestingly enough, actual mustad gas can cause lymphoma. Biology is crazy sometimes.