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  1. Yeah, maybe. But...they could make it totally legit by calling it "Aging-Reversal Blockchains"!

  2. That's basically the same reason why North Korea wants a nuclear program. The behavior of NK in global matters differs substantially from that of Libya, but they still want to be a swaggering world power. Therefore, their fear is the same, i.e. that the U.S. will attack or destabilize you if you piss them off, and you don't have a nuclear deterrent.

    Interestingly, North Korea probably did not need a nuclear deterrent, because they have an effective deterrent already with South Korea within the reach of conventional weapons.

  3. Libya called, and told Kim Jong Un he should totally get onboard. Happy times.

  4. Re:300kW of microwave radiation, NOT dangerous? on The Pentagon's Ray Gun Can Stall Cars (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    To say nothing about the effect on bystanders, or someone behind the intended target.

  5. Re:One question on The Pentagon's Ray Gun Can Stall Cars (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what I was thinking, too, when I read this quote:

    "To deploy it, the driver would pull out in front of the attacker and turn it on."

    At that point, you could just drop the equipment in the path of the "attacker". Or just step on the brakes.

    Also, isn't "fugitive" more accurate here?

  6. Re: I wonder if authorities are being stupid on DIY Explosives Experimenter Blows Self Up, Contaminates Building (fdlreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    This other comment in this thread has a link to an article about the controlled burn: https://news.slashdot.org/comm...

    From that article, they only took down one building in a complex, so I have to guess that the 'eyesore' theory did not apply.

    I'm totally baffled at the fact that there was some chemical that was okay for them to burn like this, but not to clean up. Maybe the concussion impregnated it into the walls, drains, and HVAC systems.

  7. Re:I'm sorry to say, on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    I had to look that one up.

    ...the 39th annual Grammy Awards, since that’s when Hillary Rodham Clinton was awarded top honors in the Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album category by The Recording Academy. Clinton won for the audio version of “It Takes A Village...

  8. Re:And the others..? on A Single Line of Computer Code Put Thousands of Innocent Turks in Jail (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Remind you of someone in the west...

    Yes.

    Erdogan is a role model who the president of the USA has learned a lot from.

    This is incorrect. The president of the USA is entirely petulant, ignorant, and reactive to whatever he has seen in the last 24 hours. "Learning" would require a degree of retention that he does not seem to possess. At most, Trump may witness a tough-man action by Erdogan, send an admiring, disturbing, and disruptive Tweet, and then move on to the next hamburger.

  9. Look, this was settled already on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe this was settled already last year, when it was decided that we were almost certainly living in a simulation of a universe. Sheesh.

  10. Re:That's not how it works on Bill Gates Thinks AI Taking Everyone's Jobs Could be a Good Thing (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    ... because there is no other option.

    Make. Fewer. People.

  11. Re:Stupid American Responses on Researchers Ask: Are People Better Off Than 50 Years Ago? (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    1. I think I have to disagree. Young people were being sent off to die in a war of dubious morals and utility (Vietnam). Ever heard the term "Gold Star family"?
    7. Yeah. Even with less of an education. But racism was stronger, and an impediment.

  12. Re:Hmm, my own case... on Researchers Ask: Are People Better Off Than 50 Years Ago? (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    If GP's statement is taken in another context, then it is an affirmation that "claims of old age need not correlate with UID". I don't think GP meant it this way, but it's an interesting change based on interpretation. Weird.

  13. Re:Meanwhile, they keep their own bankers safe on Volkswagen Executive Sentenced To Maximum Prison Term For His Role In Dieselgate (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep. They only went after Bernie Madoff when he betrayed his own.

  14. Re:It's a free launch on SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Since it's a free launch, they could have proposed academics to send

    I honestly read that as "they could have proposed to send academics".

  15. Re:Lost my job at 51 on Almost Half of Tech Workers Worry About Losing Their Jobs Because of Ageism, Says Survey (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Can you get connected with a contract shop? Companies are often less critical about hiring contractors. Get in, make an impression, get hired. (Or get onto the next contract.)

  16. Re:The Shine is Off the Apple on "Maybe It's a Piece of Dust" (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, maybe it is a piece of dust?

  17. Re:Connectivity on This Company Is Crowdsourcing Maps For Self-Driving Cars (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Replying again with a different thought.

    For something this critical, the car will probably be provided with internet connectivity via the cellular data network. Heck, I used to have a Nook reader that included 3G, and the connectivity was paid for by Barnes and Noble bookseller. They used the connectivity to provide book offers and downloads. If they could do it for a little book reader, someone could certainly engineer it into a car.

  18. Re:Connectivity on This Company Is Crowdsourcing Maps For Self-Driving Cars (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Lawsuits, guaranteed.

  19. Re:Connectivity on This Company Is Crowdsourcing Maps For Self-Driving Cars (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    How does a GPS navigation system work without internet connectivity? Answer: it has the map in memory. Likewise, the self-driving cars won't need an internet connection, they will have the map in memory.

    Gathering the map is another matter. They definitely need to upload the mapping data from their app at some time, but that does not have to be done in real-time. The app could just store the data and then upload it when connectivity is available.

  20. Re:Good for Netflix on Netflix is Raising Its Prices, Again (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I had to look up 'EME'. Here is a reference, for other readers: Encrypted Media Extensions in the HTML5 standard

  21. Thanks for the offer, but I was just curious about the general date. I met someone on an airplane 15 years ago, who was doing a brisk business maintaining COBOL used for banking software. Even then, he did not know where it was being taught. He had learned it 20 years prior.

  22. My sister was in the last class to teach COBOL before they stopped the classes.

    Where and when was that, if you don't mind saying?

  23. Freebie for three-letter agencies on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can just hear the NSA drooling over this feature now. A phone that tries to facial-recognize everyone who gets in range? It must be one of their wildest dreams come true.

  24. Re:The sooner they go bankrupt... on Two Ex-Googlers Want To Make Bodegas And Mom-And-Pop Corner Stores Obsolete (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That. Was. Brilliant!