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  1. Re:All this from playing Warcraft? on UK Military Fears Robots Learning War From Video Games (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They saw that documentary "Hackers" and realised that hacking over an acoustically coupled public phone is pretty much just like playing a video game.

  2. Re:Upgrade Fatigue on Next PlayStation Is Three Years Off, Sony Says (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    There used to be huge improvements between generations, but now you can get many of the same games for PS3, PS4 and PS4 Pro and they mostly look the same. The Pro in particular isn't really worth it if you don't have a 4k TV or VR.

  3. Re:Do you remember the good old days on Uber Shutting Down Self-Driving Operations In Arizona After Fatal Crash (azcentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Volunteering for a dangerous mission to Mars is fine, but random cyclists on public roads didn't volunteer to be part of Uber's SDC testing.

    There has to be a balance between progress and killing members of the pubic.

  4. Re:Disingenuous Citation is Disingenuous on Facebook Asks British Users To Submit Their Nudes as Protection Against Revenge Porn (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    His basic idea is that we go back to 50s style social pressure to be monogamous, even to the detriment of women. Women's freedom to leave abusive partners or to have causal relationships would be removed.

    He is deliberately vague about what this means in practice, but since it happened before and he hasn't offered any alternatives we can only imagine that's what he wants. He does talk about the 50s in a positive light, along with some bizarre misinformation about lobsters.

    In fact he has created a new logical fallacy: argument ad nephropidae.

  5. Re:So the public rates their credibility? on Elon Musk To Fight Fake News, Rate Journalists' Credibility Via a Site Called 'Pravda' · · Score: 2

    Great example of the problem. We have a simple lie repeated until it becomes truth, and a campaign of harassment justified by it.

    The only thing worse than bad journalism is bad crowd sourced "journalism". Let's not have and Pizzagate.

  6. Re:Sharing Deep-Fake porn should be Sexual Assult on The US Military is Funding an Effort To Catch Deepfakes and Other AI Trickery (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    What name do you prefer? "Involuntary pornography" perhaps?

  7. Back in the 50s there was immense pressure for women to find a husband, have children and stay with him no matter how abusive he turned out to be.

    Women's lib changed that. It's a good thing. Men have to actually be good people and good husbands now, instead of relying on social stigma to force a woman to accept them.

    Peterson wants to go back to the social pressure model. Maybe even legal enforcement, he is a bit vague on the details.

    A better solution is to start teaching boys how to behave better. Better role models, frank discussions about these issues. Then they can at least see that if they sort themselves out women will be interested, and can accept that some women might just not like them and they have to deal with that themselves instead of blaming others.

  8. That guy who recently drove a vehicle into a crowd posted "the incel revolution has begun" on Facebook shortly before. He is in fact being prosecuted.

  9. That definitely wouldn't fly in a UK court.

  10. What are the chances that this crowd sourced truth ends up promoting Brietbart and RT as the most trustworthy sources?

  11. Re:So the public rates their credibility? on Elon Musk To Fight Fake News, Rate Journalists' Credibility Via a Site Called 'Pravda' · · Score: 2

    I hope it's a joke, because it sounds like he invented GamerGate.

  12. Re: time to start my own suit on President Trump Can't Block People On Twitter, Court Rules (knightcolumbia.org) · · Score: 2

    It only applies if they use Twitter in some kind of official government capacity. Trump's tweets are clearly part of his presidency and are archived on the official record.

    Random people talking about politics are unaffected.

  13. Re:Just like the days of old... on Apple Signs Deal With Volkswagen For Driverless Cars (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Volkswagen must be desperate if they are doing deals with Apple. I guess they need to catch up fast.

  14. Alibaba is the business to business site. Try AliExpress instead for consumer purchases.

    AliExpress gives you at least two months to contest. It's a slow and crappy process but it does work.

  15. Amazon really needs to take note when stuff is found to be fake. At the moment they seem to ignore it.

  16. That's the next best option, yeah. Maybe a plug in hybrid.

    I really hate pumping gas so I'd like to be able to at least do work and back on battery, but most seem to engage the ICE at higher speeds.

    Might end up with a used Leaf and renting an ICE for long distance for a year or two.

  17. Not available in Europe.

    I didn't like the Ioniq, but the Kona might be okay. Zoe was a bit naff.

  18. I try to as well, but you can't do much with blister packs and the like.

  19. Re:Leaf isn't your only option on Tesla's Promised $35,000 Model 3 Is Still a Long Way Off (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither are available here.

  20. Q3, if we are lucky, they start fulfilling the pre orders...

  21. Re:Tesla needs to hurry up on Tesla's Promised $35,000 Model 3 Is Still a Long Way Off (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Leaked Nissan price lists suggest that 25kWh is around â5k now.

  22. Re:Margin on Tesla's Promised $35,000 Model 3 Is Still a Long Way Off (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's just frustrating. I don't want to go back to fossil, but I need more range. The Leaf 40 is a disaster, and who knows if the 60 will be any better. CPO prices on Teslas are silly here and the new no-refurb CPO is a joke.

    And we are looking at late 2020, maybe 2021 to actually get an M3 of any kind. I'd get an LR if one was available.

  23. Re:Orkut, aSmallWorld, ... on European Lawmakers Asked Mark Zuckerberg Why They Shouldn't Break Up Facebook (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The issue is that if you don't like Facebook it's not like you can just go to another social network. Without your friends it won't be much fun.

    There is some competition, but it either gets bought by Facebook anyway or is niche like LinkedIn.

    The usual solution is to require Facebook to open up. You can have your Tumblr posts appear on your Facebook wall, along side your tweets.

  24. Sucks if you pre-ordered though. Rather than doing pre-orders first, anyone willing to pay more gets theirs years earlier.

    As someone in a RHD country I'll be the last to get one.

  25. Re: Good on Amazon Is Banning People For Making Too Many Returns (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is actually enshrined in EU law. When buying things at a distance (mail order, internet) you have no opportunity to inspect the goods before they arrive. Thus you can return them for any reason within a couple of weeks of receipt.

    No need to include the original packaging either, which is handy because it often requires destroying to get the product out anyway.

    If the item isn't defective or different to the description you have to pay return postage, otherwise the seller picks up the tab.