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  1. Re:Obcious on Is C++ a 'Really Terrible Language'? (gamesindustry.biz) · · Score: 1

    that does not actually falsify parent's statement...

    and arguably lacking multiple inheritance is a feature. (Though it's weakened a bit. At first you could only multiply inherit interface, then they added a way to multiply inherit implementation. At this point the only thing you can't multiply inherit is data storage.)

  2. Re:Way ahead of you... on How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning · · Score: 2

    not if Lyft is willing to accept a 3-4 dollar profit...

  3. Re:Way ahead of you... on How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning · · Score: 1

    perhaps (though double is a worst case; you're assuming that the people per car remains the same as self-driving), but note that they will only be driving empty in the less commonly-used direction. The number of cars on the road may increase, but the number of cars in the heavily trafficked direction will not.

  4. Re:Wonder if that will work the other way... on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    so you're going to cut out the top half or the bottom?

    Showing a still would be sufficient for "things to do in the area", so showing more would likely fail the test.

  5. Re:Every word of what you just said is wrong. on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Thanks for the pointer :)

  6. Re:Keys things to take from this... on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    It was in a "this is the neighborhood" section. Probably figured the odds of someone deciding to attend the festival based on something in the "what else is there to do in the area" was low.

  7. Re:Ignorance of the law? on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    depends. If you did it without being an attempt to duplicate the photo, then it's likely not an infringement. If you're deliberately trying to recreate that specific image of the subject, then you may have a derivative work.

  8. Re:About that... on Europe is Using Smartphone Data as a Weapon To Deport Refugees (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    yep. Which includes an SSN. And claiming that nothing needs to be withheld is looked at askance by the payroll department. I did that for a few months because I'd been overwithheld for the first 6 months of the year, and they were quite firm about stopping that once it had balanced out.

  9. Re:Wonder if that will work the other way... on Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use, Virginia Federal Court Rules (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    don't forget transformative, informative, and not the whole work. Which pieces are you going to cut, and how is what's left informing the neighborhood about your popcorn business?

  10. Re:About that... on Europe is Using Smartphone Data as a Weapon To Deport Refugees (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You're assuming the employer, who has that SSN, is not withholding taxes. Not true in all cases. I cannot speak to what percentage of cases, but it sounds like you can, so I look forward to seeing your sources.

  11. Re:Actually, we have dotation-level backdoors now. on Newer Diameter Telephony Protocol Just As Vulnerable As SS7 (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the human tendency to plug USB sticks into things, there's a non-zero chance that dropping a stick in the parking lot will do it. And for exfiltrating info, you have seen the stories about use of audio outside human hearing range, yes?

    I'm not saying it's likely at all. But it's not impossible.

  12. Re:Dative, and no there is no ambiguity on Words with Multiple Meanings Pose a Special Challenge To Algorithms (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Do they have a companion volume for American?

  13. Re:These two people can be on the same side in WWI on Words with Multiple Meanings Pose a Special Challenge To Algorithms (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    that was the point. This illustrates that for fighting, "with X" can mean who you're allied to or who you're opposing (admittedly, the opposition form is less common than "against" or no word at all "I'm fighting Hitler").

  14. Larry Niven came up with the idea of sticking a fusion drive on/in Neptune a while back. Could use that to nudge the orbits of venus and mars without breaking it up, if you're careful to ensure that closest approach doesn't generate too big a tide.

  15. Re:Here's the problem on Space is Full of Dirty, Toxic Grease, Scientists Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    no, it's just intended to help you realize that it's a lot.

  16. Re:Much too late... on The Rise of the Video-Game Gambler (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay, so it's the subscription and client-server model you have an issue with. Not seeing how it's fraud, though. Sure, games have had multiplayer without a central server before, but I don't recall one that could handle 100 people, much less several thousand.

  17. Ah, you're focused on this thread, not the story it's attached to. Fair enough, but I think the person you replied to was thinking of the "manipulative ex installed stuff, how to get rid of it" part.

  18. the problem is that the person who installed it is probably still considered an authorized party, and may be the one with the ability to reset passwords.

  19. Re:Much too late... on The Rise of the Video-Game Gambler (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm having difficulty equating something like EQ or WOW that's "15 dollars a month for all the gaming you can eat" with loot crates. Admittedly there's a dozen or two things you can buy in the blizzard store for nifty WOW cosmetic effects (different mount, pet, helmet) but they're not random. Could you please expand a bit on the connection you see? Or am I misreading it and you're not on about loot box type stuff and just focused on the subscription model itself?

  20. Re:train.set.destination - invalid parameter "null on The Rise of the Video-Game Gambler (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    OMG if I only had mod points

  21. Re:Kids are primed for this on The Rise of the Video-Game Gambler (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, but you can buy the thing you want... on the after-market, where someone else has already applied the brute force. The price will vary based on the item's rarity and the demand for it, but will at least be knowable up front.

  22. Re:Does this matter in Uber's case? on Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    my understanding is that the car had a warning system... which was also disabled. I have to wonder if the... "driver" isn't quite right... let's go with "designated monitor". I have to wonder if the designated monitor had been informed that the warning system and braking system were both disabled.

  23. Re:They still should have had 2 people on Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    As I recall, the vehicle had code that could stop automatically, but it was disabled. It also had code to warn the driver, but it was also disabled. Whoever decided that having both disabled should not be a fatal error should be fired, because if the driver knows the car can handle or warn, and expects the car to handle or warn, and is wrong, you get situations like this.

  24. Re:This isn't evolution. on Mature Fish Are Found In Deeper Water Because of Humans (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Evolution is the process, not the distance. Not being able to breed makes it a different species, but "the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth" (or "the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form") covers the intermediate generations too.

  25. As far as I can tell, the point of this is that it doesn't matter where the company is, it matters where the purchasers are. What does moving get the company?