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  1. Re:Put the money in an escrow account on Climate Modeller Wins $10,000 Wager Against Solar Physicists, Fails To Collect (blogspot.com) · · Score: 2

    "independent, trust worthy, banker"
    You can only pick 2 of those, the third eliminates all of the prospects.

  2. "Blind faith" is a virtue during the hypothesis step of the scientific method. After that all bets are off.

  3. How quick people are to forget Sony, AOL, Comcast, and Real Networks on privacy (list cut short because I'm both lazy and don't care enough to keep listing). Google and Facebook aren't even early enough into the game to be 10.0 . 1st and 2nd place currently, perhaps.

  4. Re:It's not "bias" if it just reports the facts on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    True bias is the AI not letting anyone named Dave do things.

  5. Which company again? on Microsoft Now Has the Best Device Lineup in the Industry (char.gd) · · Score: 1

    Sitting in the audience, I saw the most coherent device strategy in the industry, from a company that's slowly built a hardware business from the ground up.

    Anonymous Marketer can't be talking about viewing Microsoft's offerings then. The writer has a clear misunderstanding of the internals of computers/phone/tablets/etc. if they think Microsoft has done anything hardware related "from the ground up".

    The peripherals work across every machine, and Microsoft has clearly gone to lengths with Timeline and Your Phone to make the software as seamless as you'd expect in 2018.

    I'd say that's setting the bar really low in 2018. Since they've done this slowly, they've had ample time and opportunity to ensure that peripherals software work seamlessly with existing Microsoft kit, and does it work for migrating from competing kit? *sample bias sensing tingling* Those of us who still recall the likes of Microsoft Works, Millennium Edition, Vista, and the Windows Phone (list cut short due to dead horse being beaten yet again) take a bit more convincing that anything "seamless" is occurring.

  6. I'm sorry sir, but we're all out of milk. Would you like it without cream instead?

  7. “In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.” Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  8. Re:So what is the problem? on Facebook's Plan To Let Companies It Buys Live Independently is Over (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you think the inside is any nicer than the outside?

    You're right, facebook is toxic on the outside as well.

  9. Hotel does something dumb, with a computer.
    Student checks to see whether hotel has done something dumb, with a computer.
    Student discovers the hotel has indeed done something dumb, with a computer.
    Student uses computer to mention the discovery to other people with computers.
    Hotel decides to shift blame for their mistake to student, probably the good old fashioned way with a phone call to the authorities. Just a hunch though.

  10. Re:uninformed point of view on We Hold People With Power To Account. Why Not Algorithms? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    uninformed point of view

    Guardian tech story

    Pick two.

    uninformed Guardian?

  11. supported models on Chrome OS Revamp Delivers a New Look and Linux App Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Chromebooks using Intel’s BayTrail do not include VT-x. Yes, normally this CPU includes VMX, but the variant in Chromebooks does not. Thus, unfortunately, they'll never be supported.

    Currently running GalliumOS on a Gnawty BayTrail. It does include VT-x. I can enable and use the features in virtualbox. I'm curious who wrote that bit of the page listing currently supported chromebook models.

  12. You're one of those people that compiles kernels with every available option enabled, regardless of the use case, aren't you?

  13. Re:Who do you trust? on Google Temporarily Brings Back the www In Chrome URLs -- But Should They? (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A missed opportunity for a ".m" tld or ".www" tld

  14. Re:As I say on all these stories ... on 'Seven Dirty Words' Restriction Policy Lifted from .US Domain Name Registrations (circleid.com) · · Score: 1

    Semprini?

    OUT!

  15. Headline contains unnecessary words on FCC Data Exaggerates Broadband Access On Tribal Lands (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    FCC Data Exaggerates Broadband Access

    The lobbyists just forgot to do something about that particular group being allowed to complain.

  16. Re:more pc stupidity on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Fuck it, lets just burn all the computers and the vegans and go back to using bows and arrows, and hunting in the woods.....

    If you insist.

  17. Re:commas on Mozilla Enables WebRender By Default On Firefox Nightly · · Score: 2

    Shatner commas?

  18. Re:60 FPS is great; any plans for ... on Mozilla Enables WebRender By Default On Firefox Nightly · · Score: 1

    I'm sure marketing has plans. 120 FPS is snake oil until either improved input methods exist, or the increased cost in bandwidth for the minimal visible benefit is solved. It can be done, but it's not worth customers paying for... for now.

  19. Japan probably demands a recount, as you username would suggest.

  20. Congratulations, you've invented partial reserve banking.

  21. Re:Née? on Creator of TempleOS, Terry Davis, Has Passed Away (osnews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's French for "born", and specifically the female form. Why would you write that? That's to indicate the maiden name of a person, or more rarely when a pseudonym is used.... I don't think a OS is birthed.

    Don't anthropomorphize computers, they hate it when you do that.

  22. By decentralizing the summit, people could pick a location that offers teleconferencing and join the summit from wherever. Just take time off concurrently and the location really doesn't matter. You could choose to attend from anywhere that can connect. You could even effectively fork the conference if the standard meeting place doesn't suit your requirements or desires.

  23. Re:Just charge a $5K "listing fee" on Valve Explains How It Decides Who's a 'Straight Up Troll' Publishing Video Games On Steam (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So adjust the bar, make the median quality game EA produces the "troll" standard. EA producing crap should not be exempted.

  24. Yes, but it was George Clinton. P-Funk was behind it all along.