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  1. Re:Treasury 'Foreign Accounts' form on No One Should Have To Use Proprietary Software To Communicate With Their Government (fsf.org) · · Score: 2

    I convert the PDF form to PNG using ImageMagick, then I draw my content into the PNG using Gimp, finally converting the PNG back to PDF via Gimp's print to file.

  2. Re:Tornadoes? on UAE To Build Artificial Mountain To Improve Rainfall (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Ocean? I said terrain.

  3. Tornadoes? on UAE To Build Artificial Mountain To Improve Rainfall (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    How about shaping terrain to guide tornadoes on a specific path?

  4. a new Gimp filter? on Computer Created A 'New Rembrandt' After Analyzing Paintings (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Filters->Artistic->Rembrandt ???

  5. Re:Is this treason? on Apple Is Said To Be Working On an iPhone Even It Can't Hack (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This should then also apply to, let's say, manufacturers of cars used by enemies, right? After all, cars usually do give "aid and comfort".

  6. why no similar argument against weapon technology? on Paris Attacks Would Not Have Happened Without Crypto (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If encryption technology is to blame to hide the planning of such an attack, then the other technologies used to execute the attack deserves a similar blame.

  7. celnav skills on Satellite Failure Behind GPS Timing Anomaly (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Time to service your sextant and brush up on your celestial navigation skills.

  8. It's impossible to know what the ultimate observer is.

  9. Re:Color me shocked on Google DeepMind's AI Beats Humans At Even More Computer Games · · Score: 2

    ...and no money.

  10. data structures first / control flow second on Ask Slashdot: What Makes Some Code Particularly Good? · · Score: 1

    Code is good when the data structures clearly model the problem domain. The algorithmic code / control flow then follows naturally and is easier understandable.

  11. Re:i don't get it..... on 3D Audio Standard Released · · Score: 1

    Let me fully understand it... What happens when I'm listening via headphones and I turn my head? Will the sound stay in the same absolute direction?

  12. directional headphones? on 3D Audio Standard Released · · Score: 1

    Does this mean when I'm listening via headphones and I turn my head that an accoustical source will stay in the same absolute direction, or does it stay in the same direction relative to my (turning) head which is today's headphone experience?

  13. compression approach for video chats on Algorithm Clones Facial Expressions And Pastes Them Onto Other Faces · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This approach should be used to reduce the necessary bandwidth in video conferencing situations!

  14. As long as I don't have to listen to it... on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 3, Insightful

    from the outside, I don't care.

  15. It will empower the few on AI Expert: AI Won't Exterminate Us -- It Will Empower Us · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...to keep the many in check.

  16. different tactile experience on Do Readers Absorb Less On Kindles Than On Paper? Not Necessarily · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if the more idiosyncratic tactile experience of reading a physical book positively affects the reader's ability to memorize the content.

  17. Re:I wonder on B-52 Gets First Full IT Upgrade Since 1961 · · Score: -1

    Just as a thought experiment, imagine your parents (or whatever "loved ones" you value) being in one of these 20 cities...

  18. It's not about *forgetting*... on EU Court of Justice Paves Way For "Right To Be Forgotten" Online · · Score: 1

    ...it's about remembering to not serve out this piece of information.

  19. Re:My PC cannot be conscious the way I am on Mathematical Model Suggests That Human Consciousness Is Noncomputable · · Score: 1

    Even if machines eventually acquire a form of consciousness, how would *we* know?
    Who would believe a machine's claim to be conscious?

  20. diminished placebo effect on Australia Declares Homeopathy Nonsense, Urges Doctors to Inform Patients · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But won't telling the patient "the facts" diminish the placebo effect?
    What would maximize the placebo effect?
    Is using the placebo effect always bad practice?

  21. social dimension on Toward Better Programming · · Score: 1

    Typically no two software engineers agree on a solution.
    Business introduces additional constraints and decisions.
    Younger folks want to reinvent the wheel.
    Etc.

  22. muscle memory on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    With text you can develop muscle memory (muscle macros) which can be applied without concious thinking while expressing abstract ideas.

  23. crowd-sourcing of traffic enforcement on Rome Police Use Twitter To Battle Illegal Parking · · Score: 1

    ...is the future.
    It's more just: No observers of an infraction, no problem, regardless of the letter of the law.
    I'd just add a reputation based moderation system to supress malice.

  24. it has to get worse before it gets better on UK Gov't Plans To Censor "Extremist" Websites Via Orders To ISPs · · Score: 1

    Why not let them conduct this "experiment"?
    The results will be useful as a negative example.
    And just make sure the people responsible are not forgotten.

  25. non-technical issues on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Hardest Things Programmers Have To Do? · · Score: 2

    Dealing with established cultures working with outdated technologies and trying to drive change.