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  1. Re:How their buttons work... on New Bill Would Allow Employers To Demand Genetic Testing From Workers (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    It's nice that you were here to flesh it out.

  2. Re:AI does what AI is programmed to do on Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won't Threaten Humanity (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I see that it was my mistake to assume that we would be able to have any kind of civilized debate. If you prefer to think that anyone that disagrees with you is part of a conspiracy then you should get your paranoia checked with a doctor.

  3. Re:AI does what AI is programmed to do on Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won't Threaten Humanity (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    AI doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be better than humans in the cases that it is applied. As someone that rides bikes and has a Master's degree in AI, I would feel safer sharing roads with self-driving cars such as those from Google than with human drivers. I've had accidents because some careless driver decided to stop on the bike lane out of nowhere. That driver was either hateful or careless in a way that state of the art self driving cars already aren't. Using your own arguments, just because you are a scared little rabbit fearing self-driving cars shouldn't stop other people from having getting them.

  4. Re:You can't let these get into the on Israel Thwarts Attempt To Smuggle Commercial Drones Into Gaza · · Score: 1

    Look, I just want to thank you two for keeping a civil and informed conversation on such a hot topic. It makes me glad for not having left Slashdot behind.

  5. Re: That's exactly what Slashdot should NOT do! on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    As Socrates's life teaches us, that's not really new.

  6. Re:Take back Slashdot on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    I don't see that really helping, it would be trivial to get the "logged off AC" if they wanted to spam.

  7. Re:Given a choice in the 70's on Gene Roddenberry's Floppy Disks Recovered (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I found a thread on HackerNews about playing "Eye of the Tiger" on a dot matrix. A comment seems to direct to the file you mention.

  8. Re:Sincere longstanding question (meta, going OT) on B-52s: The Plane That Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    I think they find funny that they can draw a relation between the captcha word and the topic.

  9. Re:Why do cats live longer than dogs? That's easy on Scientists Working To Extend Lifespan of Pets (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Are we talking about the pet or the owner?

  10. And here for a moment I thought that Bennet Hasselton had moved to video.

  11. Re:movie ending ... on A Real-Life Space Botanist Comments On the Potato Garden In 'The Martian' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Similar, but without the ironmanning. I think that in the book they only discussed the idea.

  12. Re:If I just need that one app in Wine on InFocus's New Kangaroo: a Screenless $99 Windows 10 Portable PC (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, there is an open source port for Descent, so maybe? I guess it depends on which libraries it needs.

  13. Re:If, for what I wish was the last time on Is Too Much Choice Stressing Us Out? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you remember which side of the wall he was? That influences the meaning heavily. A Google search suggests this is some Russian joke.

  14. Re:Half mast? on Playboy Drops Nudity As Internet Fills Demand · · Score: 1

    Do you mean the guy that always explain the joke in the way that everyone else had already understood, and that is the reason that he is called Obvious? The Captain part would then imply a superhero persona that comes out of nowhere to do this duty of explaining.

  15. Re:Official Unreal Engine support on Thanks To Valve, More Than 1,500 Games Are Now On Linux · · Score: 1

    I find this one funny since I was playing UT2004 in Linux long before Steam was on Mac. It came with a Linux installer in the CD before I even had a Steam account.

  16. Re:sea land on Ask Slashdot: Best Country To Avoid Government Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    That was a though one to swallow.

  17. Re:quantum-resistant on Cryptographers Brace For Quantum Revolution · · Score: 1

    But if I look won't I possibly kill the cat?

  18. Re:What's the point of cloning a pet? on EU Parliament Votes To Ban Cloning of Farm Animals · · Score: 1

    I'd just like to point that the Agent Smith example might not really relate to cloning, since he was the representation of a program on a very complex interface (the Matrix). We can't say for sure whether his clones were copies of the same program, or one program expanding - why wouldn't a program be able to control two entities at the same time?

  19. Re:For starters... on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 1

    Sometimes it isn't about money, it's just about showing that you care. For example, I have this friend that has a complicated financial situation. When we go out with her, she tries to spend as little as possible, or even openly transfer the cost to people that she considers that have a better situation. But she spends more with her roommate. I don't really care about the money, but if you say that you can't go out because you need money, or expect me to foot most of the bill, and at the same time spend more with other people, I feel that my friendship is worth less.

  20. Re:So everyone is rude... on Most People Use Their Phones During Social Events, Despite Thinking It Harms Conversation · · Score: 1

    Those aren't exclusive.

  21. Re:Frogs on Amid Agony, Scientists Discover World's First Venomous Frog · · Score: 1

    The snake didn't deserve that comparison.

  22. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. on Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting a Film Franchise · · Score: 1

    He was confused by the visual representation of THAC0.

  23. Re:Obligatory on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    You have waited your whole life for this, haven't you?

  24. Re:Not the best summary... on Study: Certain Vaccines Could Make Diseases More Deadly · · Score: 1

    You need to learn about "hurd immunity".

    Can I use Linux immunity instead? That one is taking too long.

  25. Re:We're a tech company... on Uber Faces $410 Million Canadian Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    If a Uber driver uses the GPS as I do he will driver either slowly or miss the correct turn because he didn't notice it was right over there. And cash register operators barely have to enter any numbers now, they just have to swipe the product in front of a laser and get as much money as the machine tells them to. And they still get that wrong from time to time.