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  1. Re:I've heard this before... on Jason Bradbury Believes Coding Lessons In Schools Are a Waste of Time (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you just invented the STEAM CAB...

  2. How were you marked as a Troll. This "Study" followed only 27 participants for one month. This, at best, could be used to show that their hypothesis has potential merit and requires an actual study.

  3. Re:Nothing stopping them from giving more.. on Millionaires: Raise Our Taxes To Address Poverty, Fix Roads (go.com) · · Score: 1

    No sir, your argument is incredibly stupid.We as a country waist BILLIONS. Cracking the rich on the head some more and taking more doesn't fix anything. All evidence points to the contrary, that it would be wasted or end up in the hands of politicians. Fix the spending and I will gladly pay my taxes. Until then, I'll regard it as theft and fight to keep what's mine.

  4. Yeah, you'll have to wait for all the people like me to die off. I like driving and the feel of the road too much to give it up. It wont be a decade or two before all I'll hear is this:

    Wait... You drive a car... Manually?! Whats wrong with you! That's so dangerous!

  5. Re:Its true even on slashdot on 'Chilling Effect' of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Whoa, calm down there buddy. Violent outbursts like that will get you modded down...

  6. Re:speaking of black boxes... on Obama: Government Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the best conspiracy I've heard in some time //sarcasm. I want whatever you are smoking.

  7. Re:Milestone on Human Go Champion 'Speechless' After 2nd Loss To Machine (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Arguably, the simple collection of electronic neurons understands Go very well, but lacks any way of expressing it. Is it thinking Go thoughts?

  8. Re:Ohhhhhh yeahhhhh on Stretchy Squid-Inspired Skin Glows In Different Colors (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    But isn't it just natural instinct: don't stick your junk inside glowing orifices?

  9. Re:DARPA specs on U.S. Military Spending Millions To Make Cyborgs A Reality (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Completely doable. They already accomplished this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  10. Re: Johnny Mnemonic Anyone? on U.S. Military Spending Millions To Make Cyborgs A Reality (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Was it any better than Johnny Mnemonic?

  11. For starters, France does not have the economic pull of the United States or China. Secondly, businesses didn't leave China because of threats of jail time. The Chinese government propped up Chinese counterparts to most major web services. In the cases they didn't exist, China had them built. They then firewalled off the outside competition, leaving only the Chinese version accessible.

    My point is China intentionally cut out companies like Google and Facebook where in France's case it would be an unintended consequence.

  12. Re:Same goes for all other skills on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    I need to work on my \\sarcasm tags

  13. Re:Driving is a skill on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 0

    If it can be mastered it in an afternoon of hands on training, its not really a skill. Hacky sack takes more skill. One caveat, this is coming from someone who knows how to drive a stick. You couldn't take someone who hasn't driven stick and master that in an afternoon.

    Now you can come back and say, but think of the snow and ice and steep hills and turn radius and blah blah, but this is really no more involved than the fry cook manual at your local fast food restaurant.

  14. Re:I see the argument, but its deeper than just ma on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure you can argue a long-haul driver as skilled labor. I know some cooks, carpenters and mechanics and none of them live in utter poverty as you describe. They aren't millionaires but most have immense job satisfaction (its what they want to do) and a decent living. I'm not sure were you are coming up with this biblically underpaid nonsense.

    I'd argue the fever dream nowadays is these just graduated college students who think they can enter the work force at 6 figures and be a millionaire by age 30. But be damned if they have to work to get there. That woman from Yelp is a prime example.

  15. Re:Same goes for all other skills on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry. Next on the docket is English Comp I and II. People don't read and write anymore. A practical film education class would be more useful.

  16. Re:75% of American Horse Association riders say... on AAA: 75% Of Drivers Say They Wouldn't Feel Safe In An Autonomous Vehicle (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying their not buying cars, I'm saying given the choice between autonomous and normal, they'd take autonomous. Asking AAA members if they want autonomous cars is like asking them if they use Uber. Not likely.

  17. Re:The kryptonite of slashdot groupthink on Laid-Off Disney IT Workers Decry Offshoring At Trump Rally (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if I felt like living in Soviet Russia, I'd vote for Bernie Sanders.

  18. Re:The kryptonite of slashdot groupthink on Laid-Off Disney IT Workers Decry Offshoring At Trump Rally (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You must be a horrible IT worker to be unable to find work. I cant walk down the street without getting offered an interview. And most of the interviews I've been to in the past few years only require a pulse, the ability to write a for loop and explain what OOO is. Stop complaining and sharpen your skills.

  19. Re:75% of American Horse Association riders say... on AAA: 75% Of Drivers Say They Wouldn't Feel Safe In An Autonomous Vehicle (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    That sentiment, like most AAA members, is outdated. The freedom of the road era has passed. Its alive and well in some (myself included), but for most young drivers, they would rather be chauffeured around in an autonomous car and play on their smart phone. Because of the organization involved, I'd say this poll is slightly skewed by age group.

  20. Re: need new law. Comcast tried after 10,000 false on YouTube Promises Changes To Copyright Claim Policy (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The claims are generated by an automated web crawler. It finds anything that is even close to their copyrighted material and sends a claim. Because of the volume, it was easier to just comply. What google should do, is write a similar algorithm that compares the content to the copyrighted content and rejects the claims automatically.

    Or better yet they could just reject the claims without checking. Then we would have the first all out autonomous bot war from major players; one sending in claims, the other rejecting them in turn.

  21. Who decides whats 'fair'?

    Having been part of that system, its riddled with abuse. It caters to those that can file paperwork and just propagates communities to seek assistance instead of working. Those who still find themselves homeless are the ones who really need the benefits from this system because they tend to be the ones with mental deficiencies preventing them from being employed and even filing the paperwork to get government assistance. These programs (food stamps, section 8 housing, etc) are prime examples of the Cobra Effect.

  22. Then you have a homeless person. You keep asking what if questions and stretching and stretching, so how about one for you. What if we give everyone a hundred thousand dollars a year as the living wage?

  23. That is called a labor shortage, at which point the businesses have to raise base pay to ind people and then in turn increase the cost to the consumer (not really an issue in high income areas if you raise the price of a big mac from $5 to $6).

  24. Two common things that happen in this scenario are more housing gets built and people commute further.

  25. I was thinking the same thing. Here is the question:

    As you may know, RANDOMIZE: [the FBI has said that accessing the iPhone is an important part of their ongoing investigation into the San Bernardino attacks] while [Apple has said that unlocking the iPhone could compromise the security of other users’ information] do you think Apple [READ; RANDOMIZE]

    Should unlock the iPhone
    Should NOT unlock the iPhone
    Don’t know/Refused