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  1. Shame on you; that was low-hanging fruit.

  2. Re: Paternalistic government on We Will Regulate Bitcoin if Risks Are Not Tackled, EU Finance Head Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    we, as modern societies, have agreed on.

    Speak for yourself, schmuck.

  3. Re: Regulations ARE needed on We Will Regulate Bitcoin if Risks Are Not Tackled, EU Finance Head Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We DO need regulation surrounding cryptocurrencies to protect people.

    Or perhaps stupidity should still be painful.

  4. and lack of control

    I can't possibly imagine why that would bother the Eurocrats...

  5. It's truly awesome that the Euros are going to mitigate the risks of investing! "Benevolent government" at its finest; wish we had that here...

  6. Re: self driving cars will do the same in fleet mo on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    There is the non-trivial problem of how you and your ride identify each other in a tangle of 2000 pedestrians

    That's what the AR is for - well, besides smiley faces.

  7. Re: self driving cars will do the same in fleet m on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is that a trick question?

    "In reverse."

  8. Re: Another new standard on Vulkan Graphics is Coming To macOS and iOS, Will Enable Faster Games and Apps (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Did Apple ever try to portray metal as a standard?

    LOL, as a standard for what? Apples?? That would be a contradiction, unless "proprietary standard" means anything (it doesn't).

  9. Re: Can someone explain Vulkan? on Vulkan Graphics is Coming To macOS and iOS, Will Enable Faster Games and Apps (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    CryEngine/Unreal/Unity?

    Dude, those aren't API's; those are game engines/development kits.

  10. Re: Thy could call it Adobe Air on Vulkan Graphics is Coming To macOS and iOS, Will Enable Faster Games and Apps (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    No. Before DirectX, graphics and multimedia API's were proprietary; for example, I needed a special edition of Tomb Raider to watch Lara's ass twitch in 640Ã--480 on a Matrox Mystique when she walked; prior to that, I could barely make out the shape of her ass when it was rendered in software @320Ã--240...

  11. Re: This... is a joke right? on Scientists Say Space Aliens Could Hack Our Planet (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

  12. Re: This is dumb. on Scientists Say Space Aliens Could Hack Our Planet (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1
    Not only that, but...

    not to steal our passwords but to bring down our culture

    They state this as though:

    A) Aliens give two fucks about our culture

    B) As if that would even be a bad thing

  13. Re: Snapdragon 845 or Exynos 910? Why? on Samsung Announces the Galaxy S9 With a Dual Aperture Camera, AR Emojis (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They're required to ship US models with Qualcomm chips instead of their own. Licencing or regs, I don't recall...

  14. Snapdragon (Qualcomm) tends to have fewer cores but better single-threaded performance compared to Exynos (Samsung's in-house ARM chips; not used on U.S. models). Snapdragon tends to presents fewer issues with drivers than Exynos (for those developing custom ROM's) but in the case of several Samsung models that I know of, the international variants of the phones with Exynos can be bootloader-unlocked while the US models equipped with Snapdragon cannot.

  15. Re: They can take their locked bootloader... on Samsung Announces the Galaxy S9 With a Dual Aperture Camera, AR Emojis (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    KNOX, unfortunately, tends to be a bit more secure than that.

  16. You carry your phone in your hands all the time?

    That question is entirely orthogonal to the matter of whether the phone is adequately sized for one's hands.

  17. Re: And I though the US is a developed country... on Tesla Deploys Over 300 Powerwalls To Give Hawaiian School Kids AC (electrek.co) · · Score: 2

    in what is possibly one of the hottest parts of the country?

    I take it you've never been to Hawaii. FYI, it's generally very pleasant; tradewinds and all that.

  18. Re: $100 million for 2490 classrooms? on Tesla Deploys Over 300 Powerwalls To Give Hawaiian School Kids AC (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    and the earthquakes that come with them

    As those are shield volcanoes, the region should be fairly stable, seismically...

  19. Re: Of course we'll be careful with them. on Automated Cars Are Not Able To Use the Automated Car Wash (thetruthaboutcars.com) · · Score: 1

    should

    Should in one hand; shit in the other.

  20. Re: Overwrought Concern on Automated Cars Are Not Able To Use the Automated Car Wash (thetruthaboutcars.com) · · Score: 1

    Vaseline.

  21. I'm getting the impression that "self driving" is being pushed by morons who've never driven in the first place... which actually makes sense for multiple reasons.

  22. Re: So WTF happens in the rain? on Automated Cars Are Not Able To Use the Automated Car Wash (thetruthaboutcars.com) · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of situations these things won't be able to handle. No one tell the marketing drones and the MBA's; they don't deserve to know.

  23. Man-purses... for those without man-hands?

  24. They can take their locked bootloader... on Samsung Announces the Galaxy S9 With a Dual Aperture Camera, AR Emojis (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They can take their locked bootloader and stick it up their kimchee-reeking asses.

  25. literally invented the false-flag concept

    It doesn't take a genius to figure out that false flags are as old as tribal warfare. Oh, and you're a fucking moron.