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  1. Re:16gb is not imminent on In Defense of the Popular Framework Electron (dev.to) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    [thing] which uses a LOT of [constrained resource] works just fine on my [device] which has [unusually large amount of constrained resource], maybe your [device] is too old? - Said every fucking developer ever.

    Followed by; "What do you mean lag makes the game unplayable? It works just FINE on my LAN, asshole!".

  2. Re:Less Business Leaders Influencing Government? on After Losing Support, Trump's Business and Manufacturing Councils Are Shutting Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When true, A is indeed less than B.

    If they are representative of "things" then there are fewer of A than B, when true.

    If they are representative of salaries, then A is less than B, when true.

    There is no counter-example for English pedantry.

  3. I love the smell of bullshit in the morning.

  4. Re:While these guys are nutters.. on Cloudflare Stops Supporting Neo-Nazi Site The Daily Stormer (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Sadly we can chalk up another 'win' to groupthink

    Or as those monsters at Wikipedia call it, "Society".

  5. Re: They're liberal when it suits them on Silicon Valley Billionaire Fails To Prevent Access To Public Beach (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The purchaser did know about the easement prior to purchase according to the ruling....?

  6. Re:This is on Study Finds Vaccine Science Outreach Only Reinforced Myths (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I've researched this" is the most common lie I hear from idiots.

  7. Re:Why now? on Bitcoin Just Surged Past $4,000. TechCrunch Explains Why (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The world ends every day, it's just the number of people for whom it ends that varies.

  8. Or Project Gutenburg
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebook...

  9. Re:time and distance scaling on Astrophysicist Believes Technologically-Advanced Species Extinguish Themselves (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    And if they did arrive they'd probably be encrypted and look like background radiation.

  10. Are they like liberal tears? Are the Russians really big on crying or something?

  11. At least it's not Apple.

  12. Re:Some people got rich overnight on Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some people, like the owner of this address https://bitinfocharts.com/bitc... got $43million richer overnight, if they could cash out all of their bitcoin cash holdings right now.

    FTFY

  13. Hackers can turn your laptop camera into a surveillance device, this has been foiled by smart people with tape.

    Echo and Google Home users should submerse their devices in a bucket of oil when not in use; please don't use water as this may cause a power short.

  14. Re:Apple is ahead, yes. How much does it matter? on Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    The iPhone is also years ahead of Android as a butter knife, it's clearly thinner so soon will be the go to cutting utensil for everyone. Why would you get a purpose built object when you can just use the phone you already have?

    By 2035 all surgery will be performed with the edge of an iPhone.

  15. Re:For once use the microsoft shit on Ask Slashdot: Should Average Consumers Install More Than One Antivirus Program On Their System? · · Score: 1

    Do you mean AVG or Alien Vs Predator...?

  16. Re:What is needed is a hardware mute button. on Google Is Testing Autoplay Videos Directly In Search Results (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    My Samsung tablet still plays an alert through the speakers when I get an email and have headphones in, so...

  17. Re:South Park Warcraft episode? on One Man's Two-Year Quest Not to Finish Final Fantasy VII (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1
  18. Re: "simply be held a data-hostage" on Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data? · · Score: 1

    Is your next question how you can save money on coke and not be held hostage by your dealer?

    What about the increasing cost of hookers willing to do the whole band?

    I think you're confusing need and want.

  19. 70% according to the coal lobby https://www.worldcoal.org/coal...

    And even if you total "all other industrial" use of coal other than power, that's only 15% of the total coal being used in the US: https://www.eia.gov/totalenerg...

    The other 85% was to produce 1/3 of US power, and that use is on the slide.

    If you lose the power production, it won't even be economically viable to mine the 15%, it would be cheaper to buy it in from China.

  20. Re:what would anyone do with 1691 tabs? on The New Firefox and Ridiculous Numbers of Tabs (metafluff.com) · · Score: 1

    What is "ads"?

    Anyone that has more than a few tabs open was driven like dogs before the lash to install flash/adblocking years ago.

  21. Re:It makes sense. on Oregon Passes First Statewide Bicycle Tax In Nation (washingtontimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like I said, pro-cycling paths.

    As to 50-60MPH, most places I've been in the US that are limited access highways are 70MPH these days, there's plenty of roads where people are doing 50MPH that have cyclists on them.

  22. Re:It makes sense. on Oregon Passes First Statewide Bicycle Tax In Nation (washingtontimes.com) · · Score: 1

    On the other hand taking the bus is significantly safer than riding on the road.

    I'm all for pumping money into cycling paths, but lycra is scant defense against a car. I would also approve limiting CBD areas to bicycles and public transport, you don't /need/ to drive in those areas.

    At no point however would I suggest riding a bicycle when the surrounding traffic is doing 50-60MPH is a healthy alternative.

  23. Re:It might be too late to stop this process on Crypto-Bashing Prime Minister Argues The Laws Of Mathematics Don't Apply In Australia (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Replacing Part A with a spare Part A is technician work.

    Replacing Part A with a series of objects cobbled together to perform the task of Part A is engineering.

    Engineering a solution to a problem you have /now/ is still engineering, there's no requirement at all for it to be something in the future.

  24. Re:How good is image recognition? on Is Homeland Security's Face-Scanning At Airports An Unreasonable Search? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    It's more like the false match rates from humans are so bad that it's likely image recognition software is better.

    I'm pretty decent at recognizing people, I dashed off a fast attempt at this and got top 20% https://www.testmybrain.org/Su...
    and I tend to be the one that recognizes heavily made-up people in movies first, or when they're 20 years younger in a small role in an old movie, etc. But most people are pretty bad at it, and it's the primary job the people at the border passport checks are doing, and failing at.

    That's part of the reason Australia was OK with putting in the arrivals SmartGates, though they have a lot easier task than random faces in a crowd recognition.

    There's a reason you hear about people flying on their relative's passports, and it's not image recognition.

  25. Re:It might be too late to stop this process on Crypto-Bashing Prime Minister Argues The Laws Of Mathematics Don't Apply In Australia (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    So the idea was to get the engineers (who are really technicians and troubleshooters in the show; the real engineers are back at Mars designing the next-generation starships)

    This is so off-topic, but astronauts are often engineers. Do you think you're too valuable to strap to a rocket?