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  1. Re:Subscriptions are going to kill my business.. on Microsoft Office 2019 Will Only Work on Windows 10 (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    My assumption is that not everyone needs the $15k package, or that it could be rotated among the users.

  2. Re:There's more to it than that. on Facebook Really Wants You To Come Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I completely agree and appreciate your exploration, especially the part regarding the right to not incriminate yourself.

  3. Re:There's more to it than that. on Facebook Really Wants You To Come Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    MySpace data and images would likely hold a great amount of value, if someone was able to correlate offensive content generated by teens, to adults and professionals, these 20ish years later.This sound like something our spy community would have interest in, to you?

  4. Re:Donald Trump collaborated the Russians on Dutch Intelligence Agents Watched Russia Hack the DNC (volkskrant.nl) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but if Trump said, "hell yeah, let me see," that's a severe issue as it not only indebts himself, a future sitting president, to a foreign power, but provides potential leverage in the form of blackmail to like, anyone on the planet. Because he can't help but say what comes to his mind.

    I would state that this is something like murder, where actions prior and not directly involved in, equivalate to the act.

  5. Re:Missing Option on ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US · · Score: 1

    I encountered this, while traveling to Az in a U-Haul filled with my family and all belongings.

    I had recently, within the previous 30 minutes, had a vehicular incident that elevated my anxiety, and was already having a rough time. It was something like hour 13 on day 3 of a 2000 mile drive.

    Anyway, I crest a hill and once I do, I see that the highway has been modified to include a 'checkpoint.' Now, this thing was impressive. I noted radiation and many other sensors arranged about the entrance to the inspection areas. The entire highway, both sides, is forced through this thing!

    I was terrified. My wife was in the cab with me, along with my 3 cats. The dog instantly 'alerted,' barking and jumping on the cab, inches from my face. The officers stared at me nearby, some with rifles, all in heavy armor.

    Keep in mind, this military installation is within the US, separating two US states.

    To further my fear, I was armed and had a weapon within sight of the officers.

    The officers directed us to the 'extended investigation' area, under rifle aim. We sat within the vehicle for maybe 5 minutes, and were allowed to leave.

    I thanked the officers! So much fear. Stockholm syndrome is real.

  6. Relevant on ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US · · Score: 2

    I spent an uncomfortable day in court, because a seller had placed a license plate on a truck that did not belong to it, and I did not remove it prior to driving it home post purchase. I was 16. I was stopped by an officer, and given tickets for a 'stolen license plate, stolen license tags,' and hilariously, a fine for the 'stolen' registrations being expired. I was also given a ticket for failing to have registered the vehicle and providing insurance.

    During court, the judge determined that yes, I was guilty of the driving a vehicle under the above conditions. However, the judge determined that the law allows one to drive a vehicle home post purchase, and this conflicts with the requirement of having posted registration information.

    The critical error on my part, had been to leave the old markings on the vehicle. Therefore, I was fined $1 for each transgression. These did not add 'points' to my license.

    I do not suggest putting any false information on your vehicle, to further the parent's message.

  7. "The Potassium-40 in bananas is a particularly poor model isotope to use, Meggitt says, because the potassium content of our bodies seems to be under homeostatic control. When you eat a banana, your body's level of Potassium-40 doesn't increase. You just get rid of some excess Potassium-40. The net dose of a banana is zero."

    Meggit hasn't considered that the rate constants for physiological reactions are often influenced by the relative mass of the constituents. Meaning, all other things constant, a molecular reaction where one constituent has an extra neutron will exhibit a higher rate constant. This means, food grown in isotopic-matched (like, to your body composition) soil will sometimes result in food that has a higher concentration of radioactive material. Banana is a good example because it contains a nutritionally significant amount of an element with a radioactive species and a favorable rate enhancement.

    If one ate only this food (bananas), eventually the relative abundancies within your body would approach that of the banana. Within constraints and such.

    This is basically the foundation of sourcing organic material via the relative abundancies of various isotopes. The soil in each region produces a 'fingerprint' of the abundancies and is an investigative tool. One can even identify where the material for a particular fabric in a particular piece of clothing was grown. Multivariate analysis to the max.

    Regarding food enrichment -- this isn't particularly problematic. 'We' evolved in the presence of background radiation and can tolerate some radiation, via repair or duplication. But then again, cancer.

  8. Re:Values on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Retrain Old IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    This helped me understand people a little better. Thank you.

  9. Re:Related to ADHD? on Your Brain 'Blinks' When Your Attention Shifts, Researchers Discover (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 1

    Oh. Interesting.

    ADHD subjects fail to suppress eye blinks and microsaccades while anticipating visual stimuli but recover with medication https://www.sciencedirect.com/...

    Highlights
    Blink and saccade rates were higher in ADHD subjects in a continuous performance task.
    Medication reduced the saccade rate to control levels, and lowered the blink rate.
    ADHD subjects fail to suppress saccades and blinks while anticipating stimuli.

  10. Saccadic masking describes the mental time cost of processing moving images. Think of watching a single fan blade spin. Your eyes must first match the velocity of the fan blade movement, to create a sort of reference frame. The brain interprets/assumes the acquisition and processing times to be 0, and as such, perception of 'real' time, skips.

    I wonder how this is related to ADHD, and the efficacy of 'finger spinners' in addressing symptoms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. Lost my nephew today to suicide on Facebook Rolls Out AI To Detect Suicidal Posts Before They're Reported (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    My nephew committed suicide today. Several hours before, he posted a link on FB to the music video for "Logic - 1-800-273-8255."
    I don't have any wisdom to share, just the sadness.

  12. 1984 Dune - Hunter-Seeker drone on Musk-Backed 'Slaughterbots' Video Will Warn the UN About Killer Microdrones (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the Hunter-Seeker drone from Dune: https://youtu.be/bIVzK-h6qao?t...

  13. Re: a guard problem, too on US Prisons Have a Cellphone Smuggling Problem (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I love this post and this guy.

  14. Re:Oh? on Apple is Really Bad At Design (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting thought! Agreed!

  15. Re:Flamebait-y, not flamebait on Apple is Really Bad At Design (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    A workaround is not a feature.

  16. Re:So.... why was /. down for so long? on Homeland Security Plans To Collect Immigrants' Social Media Information (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/... Someone linked to this yesterday

  17. Re:Some citizens are less equal than others... on Homeland Security Plans To Collect Immigrants' Social Media Information (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry for how the country is treating you, emag. I want you here and will fight for your rights as I would my own.

  18. Re:Old hat on The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hahahaha, you called it, Pascoea! I almost feel apologetic after posting, given that others have to look at the abomination.

    But I have trouble seeing numbers buried deep like that, and instead just assume that the thing is sequential. Which is weird, because 'I' know that it isn't. But it feels more comfortable seeing it as sequential, so that's how I see it.

    This is why I don't trust myself with numbers, without assistance from technology. I've done some stupid shit that way....

  19. Re:Old hat on The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Haha. Yes, we do tend to congregate in one place. Unfortunately, here you are as well.

  20. Re:Old hat on The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My IQ was recently estimated to be very high, and I can attest. Growing up, I was considered 'learning disabled,' and mostly sidelined intellectually - my parents figured I'd be a police officer or something else that doesn't require much education so they didn't push.

    I am autistic and have ADHD. Before I started taking ADHD medication (when diagnosed at 33 for autism and ADHD, a few months ago), OCD was life. But I handled the OCD in a different way -- rather than looping about a single topic, I was able to force myself around related issues in an OCD like cycle. This allowed some relief from the anxiety as I wasn't 'seeing' the same thoughts, over and over. And often, thoughts came to me so quickly that while I knew they were genesis of me, they felt to have come from someone else. I thought I might have been going crazy.

    Reading reference materials allowed me to push along that cycle, and the dullness soothed me -- finally mental freedom from other people's emotions. So I'd read books and books of reference materials, on just about anything. And because my mind records images and builds associations via images, I can re-access those references under controlled conditions.

    'Normal' people don't really have a chance to compete with me, scientifically. I see my thoughts visually. I can access thousands of images and overlay these upon my sight, and I do so while conducting research. I blend today's technology and my autistic 'minority report' type brain interface to create a research platform that is just....impressive.

    But I don't think of these things necessary as achievements for myself...I was born this way and this is just the way I handle my stress. I feel for others that I work with that don't have these advantages. However, I'm often looked at with suspicion, as I can solve problems that have been long standing for years, within a few minutes of hearing of them. It's freaky to others. But again, I don't feel anything special from it. It's just how I've developed over time, and really just more a symptom of me trying to deal with anxiety. The problem is, that further drives humanity away from me -- seeing me as something 'other.'

    I state this here while I haven't spoken of this elsewhere because some slashdotters may feel me.

  21. Re:Travelers want to buy a trip. on Hotels Now See Online Travel Sites as Rivals (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    "My current employer forces me to use one of these abominations, and each and every trip I book, I always forward along what I would have booked given my own choice. Invariably, what I could have booked myself is cheaper, more flexible, and better meets my own needs."

    Sorry bud but I doubt that's going to get you the reaction you want. For many reasons.

  22. Re:Their festival, their rules. on Going After Netflix, Cannes Bans Streaming-Only Movies From Competition Slots (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel that you should be apologetic for spreading misinformation, especially when the correct information abounded about you. It's worse because your misinformed comment is currently trending (sorry, I don't know a better term) at +5 Interesting. Sorry for the negative feedback.

  23. Haha, 'sponsored' content disguised as articles. Like there's a real difference anymore, haha.

  24. slashdot is going wild with this 'sponsored' content disguised as ads. I made it through beta and the general decline over the last few years, but this is a whole new level of annoyance.

  25. Re:How can they know? on Reddit To Crack Down On Abuse By Punishing Hundreds of 'Toxic Users' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    As an outsider to Reddit, it seems odd that it wasn't previously recognized that hosted content could be altered by the hosts. It's surprising and concerning that the CEO flubbed about like he did but the response seems...disproportionate.

    And with people like Xenographic talking about "investigations" and using other grand terms to describe what sounds like a bunch of twerds scoping for victims, it sounds like Reddit may be making a move in the right direction.