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  1. Re:Good for everyone. on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    probably a couple thousand the world over... stop looking at just the US, you insensitive clod

  2. Re:What benefit to Michigan? on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    you seem to not being able to understand the basics of economy... go learn.
    having 0.1% of the population sticking it to the 99.9% remaining that actually produce actual shit it not the way to go forward.

  3. Re:Who is responsible when on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    insurance companies are identical to that mafia that controls casinos, all odds are stacked in their favor, and you're the one that pays anyhow...
    we forked too much money due to last year's floods, there, your premiums go up, and GFY

  4. Re:I didn't know Michigan roads had drivers... on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    technically, michigan has drivers which are its politicians... obviously corrupt, crony captitalists ones

  5. guess who's already testing there ? on Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver (go.com) · · Score: 1

    right... tesla ;-) which are banned from selling cars in that state just because of crony capitalism on the part of the politicians

  6. Re: Block everyone or the driver? on US Regulators Seek To Reduce Road Deaths With Smartphone 'Driving Mode' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    what about the passengers ?

  7. stupid and too late on US Regulators Seek To Reduce Road Deaths With Smartphone 'Driving Mode' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    better put money in making autonomous vehicles more affordable...

  8. Re:pump and dump, again on Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    depending on the area, say you have an historic building closeby, you may not be able to use regular panels. those tuscany tiles however would easily be allowed...

  9. same goes for any roof, depending on the size of the hail...
    I have seen asphalt shingles roof with huge 4 inches holes in them...

  10. Re:They should make a movie about this on IT Workers Facing Layoffs Jolted By CEO's Message (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    the current workers must walk out and tell their current boss to fuck off !

  11. just walk out on IT Workers Facing Layoffs Jolted By CEO's Message (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    the people being replaced should walk out, by whatever means (pretending you're depressed is a good way) on the day the replacements are supposed to arrive, and never come back, period !

  12. Re:hardware fix on Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    the core to do ECC in the memory controller bits of the processor is really small... and doesn't consume much anymore compared to the billions of transistors required for ever bigger cache and logic in those processors... the issue is rather moot

  13. Re:hardware fix on Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    good news !
    hope these are not locked to winblows 10

  14. hardware fix on Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    time to implement ECC everywhere, period !
    it's not like ram is expensive anymore

  15. Re:What about snow? on All Tesla Vehicles Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    that's called "fleet learning", as in, the map is updated whenever a car sees a new road sign with the presence of said road sign. if the sign is blocked, the next car will assume the presence of said sign, but maybe lower the statistical significance of said sign

  16. what a load of shit

    * costs 4 times as much (157$)
    * runs an x86 (fuck the monoculture)
    * no gpio whatsoever
    * who cares about windows 10 on embedded systems ??
    * no info on power consumption...

  17. easy on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Techies Improving The World? · · Score: 1

    because the useless short term gain finance people control the whole mess for now !

  18. do they employ any developers there ?

    how in hell are they going to be able to do the work they're paid for ? printing thousands of pages of paper documentation ?

  19. eating at your desk is forbidden by the labor code here in France

  20. there's a big problem with that logic...

    so, you don't have employees that you pay 15$ / hour... means you have no customers to eat the junk food coming out the robots.
    it's as simple as that...

    unless, you end up paying way more taxes for the state to give to all those people that you fired, so that they can come in your mickeyD and eat the burgers.

    think a little bit more, and it's similar to giving those burgers away, and stop using money altogether...

  21. this bill doesn't address the most important issue on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 1

    how are they going to get the info on who bought dozens of cheap phones from the grey market in shenzen ?

  22. Re:Government should not pick winners and losers. on Gambling State Says the Solar Gamble Is Over · · Score: 1

    agreed, the companies making profits on the tobacco and alcohol the person consumes should be made responsible for that person's health issues contracted from having consumed those products...

  23. Re:Government should not pick winners and losers. on Gambling State Says the Solar Gamble Is Over · · Score: 1

    you mean, fool cells ?
    batteries are actually much more efficient that what you propose

  24. Re:Government should not pick winners and losers. on Gambling State Says the Solar Gamble Is Over · · Score: 1

    they only used part of the available ground there, and have plans on expanding the factory at least 5-fold

  25. Re:Government should not pick winners and losers. on Gambling State Says the Solar Gamble Is Over · · Score: 1

    I guess the Co-op is buying the electricity as the exact same rate as anyone from the generator...
    looks like the company serving the city is making 350% profit selling the electricity... question is, what do they do with all that money that the co-op doesn't seem to really need ?