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  1. weight and height, race, and eye and hair color.

    Why the hell is that on the application?

  2. Re:This won't solve the problem... on The UN Will Consider Banning Killer Robots (hrw.org) · · Score: 1

    Speaking of things there aren't bans on...

    There are no laws or regulations regarding automated vehicles in my and most other US states. Almost every law regarding automobiles is tied to the "Driver" which doesn't exist with an automated vehicle.

  3. "Disorientation" is the actual medical terminology for a state of mental confusion as to time, place, or identity. "Disoriented" has a much more broad and generic usage.

    Next time take a half second to research shit before you make yourself look like an idiot trying to be "edgy."

  4. Re:Will this apply to slashdot as well? on EU Threatens Twitter And Facebook With Possible 'Hate Speech' Laws (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not unless they or whoever owns them now has a presence in an EU territory.

  5. Re:Why not just use Splenda? on Nestle Discovers 'Breakthrough' Method To Cut Sugar In Chocolate By 40% Without Affecting Taste (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because the goal is to not make the chocolate taste like shit.

  6. So.. on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    hate speech is "speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or other traits.

    Everything is hate speech? Awesome.

  7. Re:It's not silly. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    Silly man, those trucks won't program themselves. Those 3.5 million drivers will just have to enroll in some Automated Truck Programming night school classes and they'll be fine!

  8. Confirmation? on 'Radioactive Boy Scout' Reportedly Passes Away At Age 39 (harpers.org) · · Score: 1

    All I see is the short obituary on Tributes.com that anyone could have posted. No links to a news story or anything.

  9. Unless you did some heavy gerrymandering you might end up with a few hard left states and a bunch of new "battleground" states. California and a bunch of other states have an agreement that all of their electoral votes go to the state's overall popular vote and it's the larger cities that swing California so far to the left. What you're proposing could very well make things worse overall.

  10. It actually depends on the state. In Colorado if you don't choose from one of the official write-in candidates your vote gets tossed out.

  11. How is this guy somehow vindicated by not being the first carrier? He still did every single irresponsible act he did when we believed he was the first. I would say this actually makes him look worse because due to the revision of the timeline there's a bigger chance that he might have heard about some mysterious new illness and should have been more careful. I mean, it's not like STDs were unheard of before the 80s

  12. But on Microsoft Is Redesigning the Paint App For Windows 10 (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they make Paint better then I can't blame my bad drawings on my refusal to buy or download a decent program.

  13. Confirmed: Bigfoot works for Apple. He's what they test their new revisions of the the reality distortion device on.

  14. That's Cool on Verizon Says It Knows You Don't Need Unlimited Data (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll settle for Kbps x 2.6 Gb per month.

  15. They blocked .001% of the available porn! What shall those poor Russians do!?

  16. They don't need to ask the internet. The internet will let them know regardless.

  17. Are we talking just friendly requests or court orders that went through the full legal process? If it's just a request the response should be "Screw off, go get a warrant." I'm of the opinion that anyone that stores data for you in a professional capacity is acting as an agent on your behalf and should enjoy the same legal protections that you yourself would have if you had the data yourself.

  18. The thing is we can already infringe the hell out of their copyrights the way things are right now. There is no shortage of websites available to stream or download anything we want for free. The only thing the FCC ruling would change is make things better for legitimate consumers and cut the cable companies out of their precious set-top box rental fees.

  19. Fifth Amendment Hinders Prosecution of Criminals on 'Tor and Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts' (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Also Eighth Amendment proves our country is soft on crime!

  20. Re:He is lucky he did not get shot on the spot on Carrying A Gun-Shaped iPhone 'Makes It Much Less Likely You'll Catch Your Plane' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not roads aren't the only way to travel from one state to the next. I've been camping near a state border before and there was no indication of where one state ended and the other one began. Hunting/Camping trips are a very good example of situation where someone might have a firearm and end up unknowingly cross a state line. Sure you should try to be aware of your surroundings but when the only thing around you for miles are nondescript trees and rocks shit happens.

  21. Re:loyalty is a two-way street on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sometimes you just have to burn a bridge, you want to hold it long enough for your friends to make it across but you have to burn it before the disease ridden husk of a functioning company makes it across and infects the rest of society.

  22. Google Hangouts works on Android, IOS, Mac OS, Windows, Linux and whatever else you can run desktop Chrome on. The only odd man out is Windows Phone due to lack of cooperation from Microsoft.

  23. Liability vs Sales on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    From a Liability perspective you're safer prioritizing overall minimization of loss of life.
    From a Sales perspective, who's going to buy a car that's programmed to purposefully kill you under certain circumstances?

  24. What does 700 million more pixels mean? on Google's Satellite Map Gets a 700-Trillion-Pixel Makeover (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    How many Libraries of Congress is that?

  25. Re:of course it will burn.... IF on Burning All Fossil Fuels Would Scorch Earth, Says Study (phys.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't worry, I'm sure all your answers will be answered if you $32 to access the full text of the article. Then again maybe it won't and the study is complete bullshit and you'll have spent that money for nothing.

    We seriously need a shift in the way we share scientific data with each other. The system we have now is broken.