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  1. Re: God Blasph America, Land that I Lube... on Uber Wins Key Ruling In Its Fight Against Treating Drivers As Employees (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    People who voted for Trump by and large do own it, and don't have a problem with his administration. They have no issue with it being their "fault".

    But the fact of the matter is that they didn't have a majority of votes, so the the real fault is that too many of the Democrats (of whom there are many more registered than Republicans) didn't vote. And many of them didn't vote specifically because of Hillary.

  2. Probably just meant to be interesting, as there is a belief that most large contributions to mathematics are made earlier in one's life (obviously there are exceptions).

  3. Re:Why do tech-bros love antisocial behavior? on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Replying to undo accidental negative moderation. I agree with your points.

  4. Re:I don't think it matters on Ajit Pai Calls California's Net Neutrality Rules 'Illegal' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if big telecom has Pai in it's pocket or not. What matters is can the States preempt the authority of the FCC here. And I'm pretty sure they cannot.
     

    So you weren't able to make it through even the entire summary before chiming in?

    The argument isn't whether or not a state can preempt federal authority, it's whether a federal agency that has claimed they specifically DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY can somehow also enjoin a State from exercising that authority. Completely opposite issue.

  5. Re:GANs for data augmentation? on Nvidia Researchers Generate Synthetic Brain MRI Images For AI Research (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    My thought is similar. This is fine if you want to train an AI to be "as good" as a classically trained person, or to produce lots of images for helping some trained in the normal process do so more easily.

    What it doesn't do is take advantage of the primary benefit of applying AI to these sorts of problems, recognizing patterns that have not been recognized before (and therefore wouldn't be identified in the "rules for identifying tumors" or likely included in producing synthetic imagery).

  6. You tell 'em boss.

    There's no way they spent any time analyzing what channels (apps?) were most often used in the millions of devices they already sold to determine that there is a significant market for add supported free TV. And they definitely shouldn't follow in the financially successful footsteps of the most popular device manufacturer in their industry (Roku).

    They should spend 100% of their time and budget marketing to people who buy Amazon Fires to root them and turn them into Kodi boxes/sticks.

  7. There's an old addage, don't throw good money after bad.

    Sometimes the smart move is to cut your losses and move on, even if you are 90% of the way there (especially if that last 10% cost more than the first 90%)

  8. Re:Were you called a freak on the playground? on 'The Big Bang Theory' Is Finally Ending (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Your going to find a lot of similar experiences here, this is Slashdot after all. But you left a trait out of your list that is relates directly to this show.

    Many (not all, not most, but many) nerds have thin skin or a persecution complex. They react to light ribbing as if it were an attack. This show is a perfect example.

    I also see a million examples at my work, that forces former Jocks/Athletes/Prom Queens into the same confined spaces as Nerds/Geeks/Dorks. Once you are accepted, and the the former high school quarterback starts giving you a hard time (the same as he does with his drinking buddies) you don't take it as the good natured sign of friendship intended, instead you believe you are being singled out and picked on. Is this his fault for being a "jerk", or yours for not having the emotional range to recognize when have made it as one of the guys.

  9. I sure wish they would discover a hidden save-file-backup mode, or a way to lock access to an account. It takes exactly 5 clicks for my toddler to delete my Zelda save game (home-zelda-dad profile-new game-yes) and as far as I can tell there is zero recourse other than not letting the child ever touch the system.

  10. I agree with the point you are making, but the plural of anecdote absolutely could be considered data. Do polls contain data? Is a scientists observations of his experiments data?

    Maybe you are confused about the definition of anecdote or somehow believe that someone's direct observation of an event does not qualify as data (and if it did not, Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest would be invalid as his observations about finches is just a collection of anecdotal observations).

  11. Re:Shrink-wrap on Bethesda Blocks Resale of a Secondhand Game (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention new games don't come in shrink wrap, they come with a shinier plastic that is folded and heat sealed, but not shrunk.

    Shrink wrap is thinner (easier to damage), less slippery, and has a characteristic seam where sealed.

  12. It will likely result in buying shared of public companies that hold shares in private companies (like a mutual fund). Means extra overhead/management fees, but also may mean better returns if the hypothesis that all the best companies are private is true.

  13. Re:All due to MS Innovation on AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just going to pretend you didn't say that newer Nintendos have a better interface. I bought my son a switch for his birthday and it took an hour or more to sign up and link and create accounts and setup parental controls. It also required two other devices (computer to create nintendo account and phone to run parental control app).

  14. Re:Why change what's working? on Senate Rejects New Money For Election Security (apnews.com) · · Score: 0

    Except they aren't.

    They are voting to select state electors. Those electors then vote on president.

  15. Re:What is being protected? on Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably because this is a Federal Judge. .

  16. And more importantly, does it provide free food to the public sector employees. This isn't about banning food service at the workplace, it's about banning free/subsidized food service.

  17. Re:Honestly, this doesn't bother me... on American Airlines Is Using a CT Scanner To Screen Luggage At New York's JFK Airport (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Stripped of silver at the borders? Sounds like Deleware.

  18. Re:Here's a thought: on The US is Facing a Serious Shortage of Airline Pilots (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I live near a regional airport and work with many "hobby" pilots. While I don't know much about the industry, I know these guys only pay a couple grand to get certified, then belong to clubs or have group ownership/leasing deals such that they all seem to be able to fly every week (for I assume several hours) for a couple hundred bucks a month.

    It would take a while, but I imagine if you did this for a few years you would end up meeting the requirement just in time for a late-in-life career change.

  19. Re:The GOP always stands against the people. on GOP Congressman Introduces Bill To Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    You seem to have missed the parent poster's point entirely.

    While you only had access to one provider for your physical phone line, you almost certainly had access to many providers for internet access (local ISPs, Prodigy, AOL, etc).

    In the early 90s (and before) I lived in tiny town in Northern California (6k people, 20+ miles to the closest real city) and had Pac Bell as well. However within my "local" calling distance I could reach several small ISPs and all of the major national ones.

    Pac Bell only got paid for access to that physical line, a base charge for local calls and per-minute charges for long distance. Their rate didn't change depending on who you called, only where. And they had zero influence on which internet provider you went with.

    This resulted in lots of competition in my area and prices going from around $5 an hour for access in 1990 (Compuserve) to around $20/month in 1994 (Sonic.net) to practically free by 1998 (NetZero, AOL free trials for hundreds or even thousands of hours).

  20. Re:New Improved Summary on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    So why isn't the response "fix these abusive practices, or be denied access to our market" rather than "give us a bunch of money".

    Does that money go to entirely to a fund to help those disadvantaged by Google? Or does that money go into the same coffers of the people who levied the fine?

    All these arguments about the altruistic reasons for penalizing Google only make sense if the punishment adresses those concerns. In this case (and most of these high profile EU antitrust cases) it really just looks like a shakedown for more revenue. If that's the issue, fix your tax laws.

  21. Re:Just Another Big Business on Microsoft Could Move Some Jobs Abroad Because of US Immigration Policies, Top Exec Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Might be new-ish in white collar jobs. We have been importing migrant labor for farming for as long as we have been a country.

  22. And I seem to remember a couple of articles that indicated that MagicLeaps innovation wasn't so much the AR as the optics. Being able to project light into the eye, vs just putting up a see-through overlay.

    The advantage being solid looking virtual models, not ghostly. If they are ghostly, then might as well use a hololense or any of the other myriad crap AR glasses (and yes, they are crap. I have two hololense kits in my office that I can't even get the interns to play with).

  23. Re:Invading privacy? on Malls In California Are Sending License Plate Information To ICE (theweek.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's only boggling if you can't imagine more than a one step process. You can't start with disarming the police, but if they are ever sucessful in banning guns from the public they can then make the argument that police no longer need guns.

  24. Re:Your own garage only or random parking anywhere on Tesla Model 3 Now Offers 'Summon' Self-Parking Feature (autoblog.com) · · Score: 2

    There are already too many jack-wagons where I live that drop someone off in front of the store and then STAY PARKED IN THE FIRE LANE waiting for that person to come out.

    If I we also had people summoning their vehicles to constantly wait in front of the building it would be impossible to access.

    Parking lots work because they are spread out, if everyone were to get in/out of their vehicle directly in front of the store it would be a nightmare.

    You would end up having to summon your car to meet you 50-100 yards from the store entrance. In which case, you could just leave the damn thing parked. Feel free to turn it on remotely and let the climate control make it comfortable, that seems completely reasonable.

  25. Re:Active pharmaceutical component on Feds Ran a Bitcoin-Laundering Sting For Over a Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was all ready to mark your comment insightful until the end when you claim socialized medicine somehow prevents opiod addiction from prescription meds.

    Here's a recent BBC article claiming the exact opposite, that the NHS is creating drug addicts.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-en...

    So go ahead, pretend this is an American only issue.