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  1. Re:Bullshit patents on Bank of America Tops IBM, Payments Firms With Most Blockchain Patents (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Back in high school, the saying was:

    "Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym."

    In the high tech Blockchain Mixed Martial Arts Arena the saying is:

    "Those who can't do, patent."

  2. They all _look_ like almost identical buses to me.

    Why, that's a very racist thing to say!

    And that on MLK day, to boot!

  3. Fleeting popularity . . . on Which JavaScript Framework is the Most Popular? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which JavaScript Framework is the Most Popular . . . ?

    What day of the week is it . . . ?

    This is more of a question for a celebrity poll on tmz.com.

    We live in a throwaway society. We begin each day by tossing out yesterday's JavaScript Framework, and replacing it with something new that promise to taste better, and last longer!

  4. Re:Jules Vernes next blockbuster on Scientists Think They've Discovered Lava Tubes Leading To the Moon's Polar Ice (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw the other movie, and know what is really at the other end of this "series of tube": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Of course, I could be wrong, and the skylights could lead to these lovely critters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    So . . . future wannabe Moon astronauts will hope for the first, but might get stuck with the second.

    Elon Musk seems to have good luck with everything, so maybe he'll have the courage to go first.

  5. Re:Same old warning. on Is There a Warning in 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the warning is new, and reads:

    "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL"

    The message gets a wee bit tiring after the third or fourth episode.

  6. . . . and the other buttons . . . ? on Fake 'Inbound Missile' Alert Sent To Every Cellphone in Hawaii (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, they have a button programmed to broadcast a missile attack, and the operator "hit it by mistake."

    So what other alert buttons are pre-programmed on the board . . . ?

    "GIANT TUNA DEVOURING BEACH VISITORS!"

    "AI POWERED SLINKY ARMY ATTACKING PASSENGER CARS!"

    And, of course, worst of all:

    "HAWAII DECLARED TO BE A SHITHOLE!"

  7. Re:And maintainability? on Stack Overflow Stats Reveal 'the Brutal Lifecycle of JavaScript Frameworks' (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 4, Informative

    What happens if you need to patch or upgrade in a few years?

    In this nude gig based economy, no one stays at a job long enough to do maintenance. Once the gig is shipped, you'd best already have moved to a new job.

    It's kinda sorta like a combination of Bitcoin pin the tail on the donkey. The last one holding Bitcoin before the crash loses, as does the donkey last original developer to leave the company, who gets all the defects pinned on him.

    Maintenance will be outsourced to India or China.

  8. Re:Most Interesting Coder on Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Suddenly Goes Dark For Two Days (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't often test my code; but when I do, I do it on production server.

    That's the whole idea behind DevOps.

  9. Re:How do some people use so much? on Will Cape Town be the First City To Run Out of Water? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't figure out how they can possibly use so much; wtf people?

    Home illegal drug production lab or farm in the basement . . . ?

  10. Be careful . . . it might not work out as you plan . . .

    "Death! Death by Snu-snu!"

  11. Re:Grunthos the Flatulent on New Ingestible Pill Can Track Your Farts In Real Time (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    My wife has been detecting my farts in real time for YEARS now.

    This "Fantastic Voyage" Flatulence Nano Submarine may help scientists to develop medicines that will make your farts smell Tutti Fruitti.

    And also add a gas to our farts that will capture carbon dioxide in the air. Thus, curing Global Warming.

    Eat beans! It's good for the planet climate!

  12. Re:Political tax on NYC Sues Oil Companies Over Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Unless the armies of attorneys are doing the work for free out of the goodness of their hearts.

    The attorneys hired by de Blasio gave him campaign contributions . . . out of the goodness of their hearts.

    Now de Blasio is kicking some of that back . . . out of the goodness of his heart.

    The whole thing is political posing, just like the folks in Congress with their Net Neutrality impotent proposals.

    "Let's have a vote to call the repeal of Net Neutrality, dirty, dirty, dirty, nasty, nasty, nasty!"

  13. Re:It also plays Blu-rays! on Wireless Charging Nears Unification As Powermat Cedes To Qi (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Before Emacs has finished loading . . . the battery will be empty.

  14. Re:Wayne Industries on Pentagon Seeks Laser-Powered Bat Drones (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    How can you get more nerdy than that?

    Simple: Mount the laser on a shark.

    So the shark powers and controls the bat drone . . . but who or what is powering and controlling the shark . . . ?

  15. Re:Sure, that's easy on Can We Replace Intel x86 With an Open Source Chip? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Didnt take much engineering effort or money to develop modern intel processors - this should be easy to do.

    Oh, this will all be designed and engineered using advanced AI technologies. Hiring humans will not be necessary. Hey, AI kicked chip designers out of their jobs. Talk about the revolution eating their children!

    This will all be financed by mega-giga high yield cryptocurrencies, so it won't cost any real money, either.

  16. The Beringians were then later swamped or absorbed by immigration waves coming back up into Canada and Alaska from the south out of North America.

    So . . . can we build a time machine, and travel back to that time and build a great big wall, to keep out the illegal immigrants?

    Then the Beringians will not get swamped and their descendants will be living next door to us, ready for some pleasant chat about hunting seals and walrus.

  17. Re:There's another name for this on SpaceX's Latest Advantage? Blowing Up Its Own Rocket, Automatically (qz.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think I actually like the idea of the Air Force guy with the destruct button better.

    No Air Force guy . . . the bigger button is going to be place on Donald Trump's desk.

    Or maybe he will have a cell phone app to "press the button". Then if he looks up while golfing in Florida, and sees a rocket going haywire, he can destroy it, and continue on safely with his game.

    I wonder how Cuba is going to react to US rockets flying over them. Won't they claim that we are pulling a North Korea on them?

  18. Re:Bullshit, chemistry says thatâ(TM)s not po on Oceans Suffocating as Huge Dead Zones Quadruple Since 1950, Scientists Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I much prefer drinking H2O2.

    Ah, yes . . . this must be that "raw water" that is all the rage now.

    But isn't "raw water" difficult to swallow, with all those rough edges, and all . . . ?

  19. 6. Asus, HP, Dell, IBM, Lenovo send out BIOS updates to consumers and business' to upgrade their BIOS with new microcode given to them by Intel which then assists in the patching done prior.

    So are IBM Power and System z processors also affected by this bug . . . ?

    Hey, this is almost like real hardware bugs we had in the good old days, when flies would short out the wiring in room sized computers.

  20. Re:Did they eat one? on Construction Workers Find 30 Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Eggs (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    They need to dig deeper! Maybe they will find some dinosaur bacon.

    A hearty Cretaceous breakfast!

  21. Re:Q# is kinda cool on 2017: The Year in Programming Languages (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect the notation is meant to be |0>

    Programming with emoticons . . . and interesting concept . . . kinda sorta like APL, with its cockamamie characters.

  22. You don't have white guys of german descendant in Nigeria?

    No, you'll have to go to Namibia for those folks . . . just down the road from Nigeria . . . a ways.

  23. Re:Just Use a Tesla Coil on FCC Approves First Wireless 'Power-At-A-Distance' Charging System (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    He was a fucking lunatic who had some good ideas and some absolutely horrible ones.

    That more or less describes the content of Slashdot, as well.

  24. Re:As opposed to its money-losing ride hire busine on Uber Is Selling Its Money-Losing Car Lease Business (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder if Uber is making money on anything

    Their mission is not to make money.

    Their mission is to keep drawing in investment money from venture capitalists.

    The investment money eventually gets converted into juicy salaries for the Über executives. If Über finally does go bust, they will still have made fortunes for themselves during the run.

  25. Re:Humans on Researchers Fooled a Google AI Into Thinking a Rifle Was a Helicopter (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Some can even mistake their wife for a hat!

    Which actually raises an interesting question: Can advanced AI systems develop rare and bizarre neurological disorders as those described by Dr. Oliver Sachs . . . ?

    That's something we might want to think about avoiding if it is a military AI system . . .