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  1. Re: And.. on More Gig Economy Workers Can Now Get Paid On Demand (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Regarding the Lyft example you cited: a $50 payment for a $0.50 fee is 1% - Which on average gets you your money say 4 days sooner than usual (I don't know the details of the Lyft pay model). So 1% for a 4 day loan equivalent is...90% annual rate?

  2. What is the fee? Is this the online equivalent of paycheck cashing services or payday loans? Is there any regulation of this fee?

  3. What means this? on 4K UHD TVs Are Being Adopted Faster Than HDTVs (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    "It's faster and more robust than HDTV."

    The adoption rate or is there some purported technical advantage?

  4. Absolutely! There is no way SpaceX can get their rocket into orbit yet, not to speak of actually landing the first stage. They should just wait until someone else can show them how to do it.

  5. Re:Instruction Book on Should We Seed Life On Alien Worlds? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Nothing at all led to what we have now - clearly not the optimal solution.

  6. Instruction Book on Should We Seed Life On Alien Worlds? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Can we leave an instruction book - stone tablets perhaps - explaining we are not gods, and that they should adopt a rational moral code that does not require our approval, or approbation.

  7. Re:Arm chair scientist. on Elon Musk Asks Twitter For Help In Finding Cause of SpaceX Explosion (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    The 'arm char' scientists may have been a tad too close to the explosion...

  8. Re:Double standard...??? on Google's DeepMind Develops New Speech Synthesis AI Algorithm Called WaveNet (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    You reference 3 different nationalities - how is that a double standard?

  9. The Headline is Derogatory on Walmart Is Cutting 7,000 Jobs Due To Automation (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    It should read "Walmart is Cutting 7000 Jobs THANKS to Automation"

  10. Re:The pain train is coming on Walmart Is Cutting 7,000 Jobs Due To Automation (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    DAMN THE ABACUS!

  11. Does this mean I have to talk faster?

  12. Like , whatever...?

  13. Re:Circular? on Astronauts Successfully Install Parking Spot At ISS (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    That's a stretch

  14. Re:Don't make him into a Saint on How Richard Feynman's Diagrams Almost Saved Space (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This clearly falls into the 'not even wrong' category

  15. Re:I am so sick of hearing about this guy on Elon Musk's Open Source OpenAI: We're Working On a Robot For Your Household Chores (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Rockets? Paypal? Electric cars? Residential solar systems?

  16. Once they make it illegal to clean your own house (and hide whatever you are trying to hide from the NSA/FBI) you will have no choice but to own a (backdoored) Certified House Inspection (I meant cleaning) Robot

  17. I am not sure that this fits neatly with the goal of colonization...

  18. Only the people near the walls of the ship will be badly exposed - those nearer the interior will be much better shielded.

  19. Perhaps he should have tried... on Student Exposes Bad Police Encryption, Gets Suspended Sentence (podcrto.si) · · Score: 1

    Hey, I heard some guys talking in a bar and they said......................so maybe someone should look into this.

  20. traffic jams are a'comin on Slashdot Asks: How Long Before Self-Driving Cars Become Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    I accept the imminent reality of self driving cars, and I am looking forward to the theater district as the show lets out and everyone pings their car to show up at the entrance, instead of walking to their parking spot...

  21. Re:Can't Stump The Trump on Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter how big it is! They'll pay for it!

  22. Re:Can't Stump The Trump on Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Build a wall?

  23. Re:Inheritance taxation in Danger on Biotech Company To Attempt Revitalizing Nervous Systems of Brain-Dead Patients (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I am many things, none of which is anonymous or a coward.

  24. Inheritance taxation in Danger on Biotech Company To Attempt Revitalizing Nervous Systems of Brain-Dead Patients (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Republicans stumble around while rejoicing, and repeatedly banging into walls.

  25. No one is denying the existence of religions, just lamenting.