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  1. i'd be curious to know.. on Electronics Are 'the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream in the World' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ..in absolute numbers how environmental footprint of all of electronics industry compares to the footprint of a single full size container cargo or tanker ship.

  2. material design is an abomination on Google Tests Curvy Chrome Tabs With Material Design Overhaul (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    this is probably off topic, forgive me for that if you can but why on god's green earth would we want to give up on the dimension of texture and gradient in UI? also sharp corners make UI feel very unfriendly and unnuanced.

    full on skeuomorphism was too much, but this is just as too much albeit in the opposite direction.

    go on, get off my lawn..

  3. 2020 is only 20 months away.. on BMW Says Electric Car Mass Production Not Viable Until 2020 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    ..wow, thats way sooner than i expected and i'm pretty optimistic on electric cars.

    (i thought we'll be lucky to see model 3 in full swing by then)

  4. video camera's dynamic range is much less than that of a human eye. meaning we can't judge what a human might/could have seen based on this video.

    that said, i'm not necessarily in agreement that a human could have avoided a collision is a similar scenario BUT sensors in my view should have noticed the pedestrian. if not that should be considered a fixable flaw.

  5. but half did get their data.. on Half of Ransomware Victims Didn't Recover Their Data After Paying the Ransom (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    ..and so the con will continue.

  6. Lotus has. And at least according to Doug DeMuro it's a good move

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  7. ..all roads lead to russia

    (about time we start a new meme dont you think?)

  8. in soviet russia.. on We'll Never Legalize Bitcoin, Says Russian Minister (siliconangle.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..the system games you

  9. if it does i say good riddance.. on Could Cryptocurrency Mining Kill Online Advertising? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    (eom)

  10. caps lock is by far the bigger evil on Bill Gates Says He's Sorry About Control-Alt-Delete (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    back in my dos/windows days (long ago) i didnt mind ctrl-alt-delete at all, frankly dont see why people make a big deal of it.

  11. sanctions against whole countries (particularly non-democratic) hurt way more innocent people than the perpetrators of whatever misdeeds sanctions aim to stop.

    target specific bad acting individuals.

  12. no backup? i've no sympathy at all.. on Developer Accidentally Deletes Production Database On Their First Day On The Job (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    none at all..

  13. Re:Hopefully they'll allow more RAM on Apple To Refresh Entire MacBook Lineup Next Month, Air and Pro To Feature Kaby Lake (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i wouldn't equate adding ram to innovation, however, fact is, the only reason i held off buying new mbp is 16gig ram ceiling.

    i want (almost need) 32gig in my next laptop.

  14. i call bullshit on US Law Allows Low H-1B Wages; Just Look At Apple (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    h1b visas are transferrable. if your skills are worth $2k/y more than you're paid (roughly cost of transfer, if that) you can find a better paying job within a couple of weeks.

  15. Elon rediscovered that when you do, shit gets done on Elon Musk Posts New Video of 'Boring' Equipment and Company's First Tunnel (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    and (might be a shock to some) not batting 1000 still gets shit done

  16. disposable/recyclable house? on MIT Creates 3D-Printing Robot That Can Construct a Home Off-Grid In 14 Hours (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    wouldn't it be great to be able to get some land, build a "starter house", make some kids, build a new bigger one with more bedrooms, kick kids out to college, demo and build a smaller house better suited for retirement..

    if you like your neighborhood you can keep it :)

  17. Where are all those shortsighted investors now.

    busy making dire predictions about tesla

  18. Re:It's all wasted time and money for almost every on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    > Instead of letting us build a profile of our own

    unfortunately thats simply not possible. what we want vs what we think we want are very different things.

    on some level its always going to be about observation (well, spying).

    best we can (and should) expect is transparency and a degree of control of our own profile.

    its a brave new world folks.

  19. Re:Good idea, bad name on Newest Tesla Autopilot Data Shows A 40% Drop in Crashes (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    name is fine. wont take too long before autopilot does exactly what name implies.

    however. we can't count on marketing to deliver information.

    time to start including basic autopilot skills in the driver ed & license exam.

  20. Re:They still haven't landed ONE by want to land 3 on SpaceX Details Its Plans For Landing Three Falcon Heavy Boosters At Once (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    it was actually more than ten years, von braun was blowing up V2s long before he started working on apollo.

  21. Re:The problem with society on Eavesdropping Uber Driver Helps Rescue 16-Year-Old From Her Pimps (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    whatever. nit pick if you want.

    bottom line uber guy did the right thing, namely he didn't look the other way.

  22. lets assume you're right.

    what is the difference then between what the russians (allegedly) have done vs what a whistle blower or a real journalist might have done to expose conspiracy to deny Sanders a nomination?

    should we say "thank you russia" and move on?

  23. Re:mr president, you're missing the point on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    > 2) Retaliation is a good course of action because as technological solutions are developed, more holes will be found.

    retaliation is fine, as long as its not the only course of action. to claim "i talked to putin and hacking stopped" is wrong in so many ways i dont know where to start.

    > 3) Don't like it? Don't be a member of the party

    now that people know about it, sure, that becomes an option.

  24. Re:mr president, you're missing the point on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    whooosh!..

  25. mr president, you're missing the point on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) it doesn't matter who's the hacker, if our infrastructure is vulnerable, its vulnerable to anyone. lets worry about fixing that first.

    2) fine, retaliate. why is this news? hacking happens every day. remember stuxnet? solution to hacking is better technology NOT better lawyering.

    3) nice job wagging-the-dog your way out of actually dealing with the contents of hillary emails. real threat is what happened with Sanders (i'm not his supporter _at all_). it was a scandalous perversion of democracy. Putin (if it was him) did us a great service. i mean us the people, not necessarily certain people in power.