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  1. Re:Clean up your own shit on Mark Zuckerberg Wants The Government To Help Police Internet Content (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Do not be cowered into posting anonymously.

    I'm not. You, however, apparently are.

  2. Of course he does on Mark Zuckerberg Wants The Government To Help Police Internet Content (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    That way, he doesn't have to pay for any of it and totally absolved of any responsibility.

  3. You have redefined "peer review" to suit yourself. Getting a few selected "peers" to evaluate and critique the paper is exactly what peer review is. You don't get to make up your own definitions for existing words.

  4. Re:"My recent documentary" on Paywalls Block Scientific Progress. Research Should Be Open To Everyone (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they are. Palpable bitch tears are the best kind!

  5. If it's behind a paywall, it's not really science. The scientific method requires peer review.

    Er, peer-reviewed articles can be and often are behind paywalls.

  6. "My recent documentary" on Paywalls Block Scientific Progress. Research Should Be Open To Everyone (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Gee, msmash, thanks for the slashvertisement.

  7. Re:False news on Apple Cancels Long-delayed AirPower Charging Mat (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a direct quote from an Apple senior vice president, Dan Riccio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  8. Re:False news on Apple Cancels Long-delayed AirPower Charging Mat (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    This is false. The mat is NOT cancelled and the media should be ASHAMED of itself for reporting only what Apple's competitors tell them to report.

    âoeAfter much effort, weâ(TM)ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project,â Those are Apple's own words.

  9. Duh.

  10. I'll be impressed on Three Pioneers in Artificial Intelligence Win Turing Award (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    when the AI wins the Turing Award. I imagine it'll need to pass the Turing Test first.

  11. This happens on Apple Still Hasn't Fixed Its MacBook Keyboard Problem (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    when appearance is prioritized over function. When it came out, all the reviewers went into paroxysms of ecstacy about how thin it was. Now we see what happens when it''s not as thick as it needs to be.

  12. Re:Yay but nay on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    We are just so habitual.

    Yes, we are. And this habit is so ingrained, and so baked into all our systems, that it's not going to be changed. The majority of people's work days are going to start at 9 AM, even when that means that 9 AM can't be the same moment in time across the globe.

  13. Re:Yay but nay on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet those Swedes and Finns living high up in the north would find that highly unusual.

    Not much you can do about it when daylight is only a couple of hours long.

    Only a handful of people live where such conditions apply. There's a reason for that. Good luck imposing those conditions on people who never agreed to live under them.

  14. Re:Permanent DST is a mistake as well. on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Timezones are pointless, let's all just use UTC.

    Fine. In San Diego at this time of year, it would make sunrise at 1:40 PM and sunset at 4 AM. Good luck talking them into that schedule.

  15. Re: Permanent DST is a mistake as well. on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    3 am or 4 am sunrise hardly makes a difference if you want to sleep until 7 or 8 am. Get some good curtains if the light bothers you.

    The problem isn't so much that the sunlight interfers with your sleep, as you waste daylight hours asleep and then are active after sunset in the dark. It's better if you get up earlier and have more daylight at the end of the day, hence, daylight savings time. I've particularly noticed this advantage as I've gotten older and my night vision has deteriorated; I very much appreciate having daylight to see by in the evenings.

  16. Re:Yay but nay on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Earth Standard Time. One time zone.

    Can't make that work. Unless you can persuade some people to be fine with the fact that it will be twelve noon and pitch black outside for them.

  17. Re: Anybody remember freedom of speech? on Australia Threatens Social Media Laws That Could Jail Tech Execs (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Pepperidge Farm remembers!

    But Pepperidge Farm ain't just gonna keep to Pepperidge Farm's self free of charge. Maybe you go out and buy yourself some of these distinctive Milano cookies, maybe this whole thing disappears.

  18. Re:I don't think its the game guys... on Cities In India Ban 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Over Fears It Turns Children Into 'Psychopaths' (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm guessing it is safe to say you never played sports.

    How about chess?

    Competition draws psychopaths? Ok.

    Well, how about chess? Have you read about some of the greatest chess masters? Alekhine, Fischer...

  19. *Raises hand.*

    48, incidentally.

  20. Confusing title on MIT Develops Algorithm To Accelerate Neural Networks By 200x (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    I though it was saying the algorithm would work before 2010.

  21. Yes on Is Statistical Significance Significant? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    If you understand what it means and how to apply it. If you blindly slap on the formula and use the resulting number to say, "Look, it's significant!", then, no, it isn't.

  22. Re:World's biggest incel faggot Kendall matters ze on Many People Think AI Could Make Better Policy Decisions Than Politicians (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Yep, it's a bot. Not a particularly smart one, either.

  23. Re: World's biggest incel faggot Kendall matters z on Many People Think AI Could Make Better Policy Decisions Than Politicians (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    I've got to say, the posts are giving me a strong yen to start moderating up every Kendall post I can find, just because they're so irritating.

  24. Re:Not going to happen on Many People Think AI Could Make Better Policy Decisions Than Politicians (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't bribe or influence an AI the way you can humans;

    Sure you can. Machines don't magically appear by immaculate conception. You can bribe or influence the AIs by bribing or influencing the engineers who design them.

  25. Re:So, pilot error? on Pilot Who Hitched a Ride Saved Lion Air 737 Day Before Deadly Crash (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this a 737 Max 8 problem or a training problem?

    Both. The pilots need more training in how and when to override the MCAS, and the MCAS shouldn't have a single point of failure in the angle-of-attack sensor.