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  1. Oh, no wonder! I thought it was just me on Apple Releases iOS 12.0.1 With Fixes For Wi-Fi 2.4GHz Bug, Lightning Charging Issue (macrumors.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I couldn't figure out why I kept accidentally opening the emoji panel, didn't think they would have done something as stupid as move it. I guess they did. Idiots. (yeah, I guess that includes me for not realizing they swapped the buttons)

  2. Anyone else reminded of MTV? on Scientists Connect the Brains of Three People, Allowing Thought-Sharing (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Specifically 1994's "Dead at 21"?

  3. Re:There's only one way to find out what to regula on Fully Driverless Waymo Taxis Are Due Out This Year, Alarming Critics (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    First off, thank you for running with my point, it was a bit too early in the morning for me to provide as much detail as you did. And you're right, I should have gone with commercial flights, I just didn't have the time or energy (I'm not entirely awake) to look it up.

    That said, you already answered your last question. There was a 12 year gap between the first commercial flight and the passage of the Air Commerce Act, which means it could have taken the industry 10 years to start thinking that regulation would be to their benefit. In other words, the industry likely started off not wanting regulations, developed in their absence, and only over time discovered where regulation was needed and how it was beneficial.

    So the reason Waymo isn't pushing for regulations is that it's a new industry and that neither it nor the government know what or how to regulate. After a few years, that will become clear and the industry will start asking for rules.

  4. Re:Yeah, I've been to Greygarden on New Autonomous Farm Wants To Produce Food Without Human Workers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice.

  5. Re:"short supply" of labor.. on New Autonomous Farm Wants To Produce Food Without Human Workers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1
    So?

    And doesn't that make this exactly the sort of thing automation is for?

  6. Re:Profit-based, or non-criminal? on New Autonomous Farm Wants To Produce Food Without Human Workers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Who taught you economics, a fish?

  7. Somebody is going to be embarrassed. on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one of those lawsuits that should have been dismissed the instant it was filed. There's nothing to litigate! It's an answered political question - the legislature debated the idea and passed a bill that Obama signed. There's no Constitutional question, there's no injury, no nothing. The plaintiffs are asking the court to litigate political bias.

  8. There's only one way to find out what to regulate on Fully Driverless Waymo Taxis Are Due Out This Year, Alarming Critics (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    and that's to put the tech into widespread use.

    What came first, the automobile or traffic laws? The airplane or the FAA?

    The nature of safety regulations is such that they must be reactive. Some issues can be predicted, like liability in case of a crash, but most will only be revealed after implementation.

  9. Election interference is one thing, but this on 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Negative Buzz Amplified By Russian Trolls, Study Finds (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1
    is going WAY too far!

    And yes, it does now mean that Star Wars is a matter of patriotism, and that not liking the movies approaches treason.

  10. Oops, that wasn't for you, it was for astroturfer.

  11. The "healthy" rate of core inflation (what the Fed aims for) is about 2%. So far this year, we're at 1.8%. Last two years were 2.1%.

    Here's a table for you. https://www.thebalance.com/u-s...

  12. You don't "persuade [...] from [...]" on Australian Industry and Tech Groups Unite To Fight Encryption-Busting Bill (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    That was the wrong word. Should have read, "to dissuade the country from passing the bill" , or, " to persuade the country to not pass the bill". Since strings of infinitives can be a bit ugly, "to dissuade" would have been the better choice.

  13. It could mean things are getting more expensive in America, but doesn't. Inflation has been very low.

    Also, I'm pretty sure that the percent of a population earning less than the average wage can never be greater than 50%.

  14. Re:I find myself wondering... on Tech Giants Spend $80 Billion To Make Sure No One Else Can Compete (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Same here, but it turned out just to be tons of great news about the economy!

    I'm left with the impression that the author was trying to make good news look bad.

  15. I doubt they would be, but it isn't theft.

  16. Re:Suicides? on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
    That's not a cause though, is it. That's a shot of "liquid courage" to help you pull the trigger to a gun you already decided to point at your head.

    You don't kill yourself because you got drunk, you get drunk because you decided to kill yourself.

  17. Suicides? on Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Since when does alcohol cause suicide?

  18. It comes down to this - "or keep the package in their truck and return it to an Amazon warehouse at the end of their shift". The problem there is that a delivery driver might have had a long day and a family they'd very much like to go home to at the end of their shift instead of driving over to an Amazon warehouse. So they just throw the damn thing away and go home.

  19. Re:Octopuses gone wild! on What Ecstasy Does To Octopuses (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, I tend to expose things people normally wouldn't when I'm on MDMA.

  20. The summary seems to indicate that part of those changes are in documentation, which is not code.

  21. 2,004,759

  22. Do they not sell albums anymore? on Fans Are Spoofing Spotify With 'Fake Plays', And That's A Problem For Music Charts (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    What's with all the spotify nonsense? Why not just buy as many of their albums as the "superfans" can to spam Billboard the old fashioned way? Unless Billboard has gone completely retarded, it shouldn't matter how many times one account streams a song, after a certain number of plays it should just count as one record sale and stop registering.

  23. Evidence is irrelevant - this isn't traumatic, just difficult. The desensitization regime you're recommending is what you do for someone with severe anxiety issues, the vast majority of students are starting small enough to deal with normal public speaking anxiety by starting with their class.

    Keep in mind that this has been normal practice for generations and generations, and nobody's traumatized by it. It's just a learning experience.

  24. Hear hear! You can't overcome anxiety by giving in to it.

  25. Sigh, these kids today just don't know how good they have it.