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  1. So, the previous lineup Kaby Lake was also produced in low volumes, and this before the Spectre and Meltdown were revealed to the public, while Intel was aware... It seems 2018 is not the year they're gonna fix these two issues.

  2. Please download it on Ubuntu 18.04 Focuses On Security and AI Improvements (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    and use that brand new release, then let me know when most of the early bugs are fixed.

  3. Re:I have no mouth and I must scream? on Researchers Are Keeping Pig Brains Alive Outside the Body (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    Hawking's brain was working pretty well.

  4. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

  5. Re:LOL! on Hacking a Satellite is Surprisingly Easy (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe windows 95 means windows 2095?

  6. Re:Predictive power on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    Jeanne CALMENT

  7. Re:B. . .umm. . .S. Yeah, S. on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    Women's equality.

    And this non-technical achievement is likely to be the last from the list.

  8. +1. Have been using a newer "jackless" iPhone, it's not pleasant! 1) "Where is this lightning to jack adapter, again?", 2) Hey, how do I listen AND charge at the same time? 3) Using BT: one more thing to charge, 4) BT: lower quality etc...

  9. Regarding this Human Level Intelligence AI on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 2

    That's funny because he talks about that HLI AI like "everybody will have Internet", or, further past, "everybody will have electricity". HLI AI is different. That's the holy grail of computer science, and, probably, humanity. If an organization knows how to reach HLI, they will reach HLI++, an "HAL", soon after that (none of the brain limits, and, that HAL "himself" can help improve himself, like Alpha Go did, playing against itself, but HAL would do that in a more "intelligent" way). Is there an upper limit to intelligence? We won't be able to assess it ourselves.

    It is hard to imagine what could be an HLI++ intelligence, the same difference as a cat vs human being IQ, but we could assume it'll be able to process logically and generically much more parameters that a human brain, meaning deeper abstraction. Meaning invaluable progress in science and, well, in everything.

    Anyway, once an organization reaches HLI++, what will they do? Put that in an Alexa, or Siri? Put that in enterprises to relieve human workers? Doubt it. This is such a big step, that "program" will either be co-opted by an army, or its pricey (closely controlled) services be sold to selected people.

  10. Re:Are we sure it’s genetic on 'Sea Nomads' Are First Known Humans Genetically Adapted To Diving (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if National Geographic will one day be apologising for how racist they were to print this?

    As long as the comment refers only to a minority, that's fine, they won't be sued, however it's true (or false).

  11. Are we sure it’s genetic on 'Sea Nomads' Are First Known Humans Genetically Adapted To Diving (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    and not heavy training from a young age?

  12. Re:Gonna be so much butthurt. on North Korean Leader Says He Will Suspend Arms Tests, Shut Nuclear Test Site (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    *z

  13. Re:Gonna be so much butthurt. on North Korean Leader Says He Will Suspend Arms Tests, Shut Nuclear Test Site (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait for the peace Nobel price, shared by the two.

  14. Re:Only if it learns COBOL on AI Will Wipe Out Half the Banking Jobs In a Decade, Experts Say · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately AI will be fluent in C++ long before being able to accomodate with Cobol phrasing. These bankers thought of everything!

  15. Re:They do their job on Audit Approved of Facebook Policies, Even After Cambridge Analytica Leak (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the most interesting and insightful testimony on /..

  16. Re:Great news! on North Korean Leader Says He Will Suspend Arms Tests, Shut Nuclear Test Site (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    While you read /. from the comfort of your office chair, things might have happened over there. Pressure from China (a meeting at the highest level took place weeks ago + maybe new economic measures), and probably from the US (there are ways to show the guy, KJU, he's not as strong as he thinks he is, a drone throwing an harmless object on his head would induce some stress...). Besides, let's not forget KJU studied in Switzerland and is impregnated with Western culture, he is not as crazy as many think. The whole nuclear mess, killings and other insults might just have been preliminaries for installing a stable situation in NK.

  17. They do their job on Audit Approved of Facebook Policies, Even After Cambridge Analytica Leak (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Problems: 1) auditors are paid by the auditees, 2) they do their job, what they were asked for, and not more. Why do you think these audit / consultancy firms are that expensive? An audit, done to reveal the kind of recent leaks, would only truly work if done by a public institution.

  18. Re:Okay! Let's stand around wringing hands! on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    CAN anything REALISTICALLY be done in a time-frame that would help save ANY of the remainder?

    Slashdot does not exist to provide solutions, but to criticize the proposed ones. You must be new here.

  19. Re:And yet, it's been reported... on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So which news source do you believe

    The one given with the article ; where is yours?

  20. Re:Human Caused Global Warming? on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Given the "ups and downs" of long term cyclical temperature shifts over the last 10-15,000 years, how can that conclusion be justified?

    You just clarified that yourself. Because the changes we observe now happened within the course of a few years, not thousand years.

  21. Europe isn't a country. You must be an American.

    An American citizen is a person from the American continent. You must be from the USA.

  22. Easy to calculate on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Easy to calculate Coral half-life.

  23. Re:Is Windows 7 supported? on AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Processors Launched and Benchmarked (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Are you seriously thinking MS didn't inject any new spying or similar code into one of their numerous W7 updates since 2009?

  24. Or "Turn right after the Mac Donald's - nope sorry - Taco Bell - nope sorry again - Burger King, I meant".

  25. Re:Burger King signs are larger than street signs on Turn Right at the Burger King: Google Maps Begins Using Landmarks To Help With Guidance (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    it said I should go past Taco Bell

    That's the beginning. Then it'll say "Stop first at Taco Bell, that's almost lunch time!".