User: jfdavis668

Re:better than a dead driver

On: A Sleeping Driver's Tesla Led Police On A 7-Minute Chase (sfchronicle.com)

If the driver dies, does the car just keep going?

Re:Such a good use of time

On: Developer Misinterprets Linux Code of Conduct, Suggests Replacing F-Word with 'Hug' (neowin.net)

I think you need a hug.

Dude...

On: Dell Says It Detected A Security Breach Earlier This Month, But Financial Data Was Not Exposed (zdnet.com)

You're getting a Dell

Re:Fake News

On: Dictionary.com Picks 'Misinformation' As Word of the Year (cbsnews.com)

I was hoping for "dictionary"

Re:Cars are dead

On: GM To Idle Five Factories In North America, Cut More Than 14,000 Jobs As It Focuses On Autonomous, Electric Vehicles (chicagotribune.com)

People are buying lots of cars, just not from US companies. Subaru, Toyota, Honda, BMW, Audi...

Re:Main Screen Turn on

On: Chinese Scientist Says He's First To Create Genetically Modified Babies Using CRISPR (npr.org)

You have no chance to survive make your time.

Re:Main Screen Turn on

On: Chinese Scientist Says He's First To Create Genetically Modified Babies Using CRISPR (npr.org)

It's you !!

Re:Giants

On: Scientists Discover Rare Giant Viruses Lurking In Harvard Forest Soil (sciencealert.com)

N.Y. Giants or S.F. Giants?

Re:Teach cows to swim

On: Seaweed Could Make Cows Burp Less Methane and Cut Their Carbon Hoofprint (technologyreview.com)

Or cows could learn to eat manatees.

Teach cows to swim

On: Seaweed Could Make Cows Burp Less Methane and Cut Their Carbon Hoofprint (technologyreview.com)

So they can get their own seaweed.

Domes

On: Rising Seas Give Island Nation a Stark Choice: Relocate or Elevate (nationalgeographic.com)

They need to start their undersea lifestyle sooner than later.

Re: The sulfates that fell to earth

On: Controversial Spraying, Sun-Dimming Method Aims To Curb Global Warming (cbsnews.com)

And it was Purple Rain

Re:Why does Europe have Black Friday?

On: Amazon Workers in Europe Stage 'We Are Not Robots' Protests on One of Its Busiest Shopping Days (techcrunch.com)

Never heard of White Day. It must not be much of a thing in the US yet.

Why does Europe have Black Friday?

On: Amazon Workers in Europe Stage 'We Are Not Robots' Protests on One of Its Busiest Shopping Days (techcrunch.com)

They don't have Thanksgiving on Thursday, so Friday is just a regular work day.

Re:Gap?

On: Gap Looking To Close Hundreds of Stores at Malls 'Quickly and Aggressively' (cnbc.com)

Clothing store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

What are you wearing, "Jake"?

On: Gap Looking To Close Hundreds of Stores at Malls 'Quickly and Aggressively' (cnbc.com)

Uh...khakis.

Jefferson Airplane

On: Elon Musk Renames Big Falcon Rocket To 'Starship' (theverge.com)

It was all downhill once they renamed themselves "Starship".

S3?

On: AWS Rolls Out New Security Feature To Prevent Accidental S3 Data Leaks (zdnet.com)

I didn't know my video card could leak. I'll have to open it up and check.

It's uncertain

On: Is Quantum Computing Impossible? (ieee.org)

We'll know when the wave equation collapses.

Re:why not use openjdk?

On: Amazon Releases A No-Cost Distribution of OpenJDK (sdtimes.com)

Because unlike the free OpenJDK, the Amazon one is a No-Cost distribution.

Is it plugged in?

On: Mars Opportunity Rover Appears To Contact Earth; Turns Out To Be a False Alarm (vice.com)

Have you tried turning it off and then on again?

Re:Ever watch the show Parking Wars?

On: EFF, MuckRock Partner To See How Local Police Are Trading Your Car's Location (eff.org)

You need to watch the show. The cities involved spend a lot of time and effort on tracking down people who owe a lot of parking violations.

Ever watch the show Parking Wars?

On: EFF, MuckRock Partner To See How Local Police Are Trading Your Car's Location (eff.org)

The police can't even find cars that owe thousands of dollars in tickets. And that is using plate recognition devices. I doubt if the data is very useful to identify individual car's travels.

Siri, Open the pod bay doors.

On: Apple's Siri May Soon Process Voice Locally On a Device, No Cloud Required (appleinsider.com)

Sorry, I didn't get that...

Re:Veritasium

On: Kilogram Gets a New Definition (bbc.com)

I'm upset that they redefined the Ampere.