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  1. Re:"Neuroscience" on The Neuroscience of Happiness · · Score: 1

    Among psychology, all theories are technology. Dismiss it if you must, but it is all technology. In the '70s so much was discovered, but it is not provable...

  2. There shall be no happiness!!! on The Neuroscience of Happiness · · Score: 1

    We shall disapprove! This is our purpose!

  3. Could one of us Slashdotters please on Ask Slashdot: As a Programmer/Geek, Should I Learn Business? · · Score: 1

    write a script (not even worth real code) to replace MBAs once and for all?

  4. Slashdot comment bullying to begin in on Facebook Comment Prompts Arrests In Cyberbullying Suicide Case · · Score: 0

    3... 2... 1....

  5. So... on Neil Gaiman On Why Libraries Are the Gates to the Future · · Score: 1

    Be all Wickersham Brothers about it, why don't you. The guy's a decent writer.

  6. Re:A little thin on tech detail on Qualcomm to Build Neuro-Inspired Chips · · Score: 1

    I hope it isn't branchy either, because that would imply that I was completely ignorant of all modern neural algorithms. How'd you get modded up to three?

  7. Re:A little thin on tech detail on Qualcomm to Build Neuro-Inspired Chips · · Score: 1

    A the math for a neural network accelerator chip is indistinguishable from the math for graphics. It's all the same multiplying vectors and matrices. And most of the work is done up front in training the neural network, the results of which can be distributed to computers with processors of lesser power. If qualcomm is going to get a couple of teraflops on a single core then power to them.

  8. Re:A little thin on tech detail on Qualcomm to Build Neuro-Inspired Chips · · Score: 1

    Not a helpful answer. There is no information anywhere on the web on whether these are continuous or discrete neural networks. As far as putting it on the chip, if it is a discrete neural network, then there is no advantage over a cuda enabled neural network running on an nvidia tesla. It is just Malibu Stacy with a new hat.

  9. Re:HAhahHahahaha on 8 Users of Silk Road Arrested, 'Many More To Come' · · Score: 2

    Yes, prison spreads HIV, Hep B&C, Tuberculosis, etc. And it causes non-violent offenders to be subjected to sexual violence. Thanks for pointing that out.

  10. Re:I remember working at the VLA on Another Science Facility Bites the Dust, Temporarily · · Score: 1

    Hey fellow Socorroan. Literally across the street at TERA (now EMRTC) they were having happier times poisoning the town with their depleted uranium research.

  11. Harrison Bergeron on Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature For Feature Parity With Windows · · Score: 1

    Harrison Bergeron should be the name of this new chip version. Can they introduce periodic crashes, too?

  12. Re:Wrong objective. on Mozilla Plan Seeks To Debug Scientific Code · · Score: 1

    Making bugs visible does affect whether the code actually works. So does making the components testable.

  13. Re:Wrong objective. on Mozilla Plan Seeks To Debug Scientific Code · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is easier to find bugs in code where all of the objects, variables, methods, etc. are named according to their actual purpose. It is easier for other researchers to integrate their own ideas if the code is self documenting. It is easier to integrate with other software if the interfaces are cleanly defined. It is easier to verify the results of intermediate steps if there is proper encapsulation. Also, proper encapsulation reduces the chances of unintended side-effects when data is modified outside of scope.

  14. My brothers used to drug me... on Naps Nurture Growing Brains · · Score: 2

    My brothers (aged 6 and 8 while I was 3) used to drug me with a NyQuil laced ice cream shake they'd call a "Shamrock Shake" so they could go out to play. Worked wonders, but I won't leave a drink unattended til this day.

  15. Re:Stupid is as stupid does... on Russian Government Takes Over Country's 289-year Old Scientific Academy · · Score: 1

    Yeah in Star Trek we were waste deep in a post WWIII shithole right now. God reality sucks.

    Working on it, please be patient...

  16. Re:America is a genetics experiment on a grand sca on Why Are Some Hell-Bent On Teaching Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    The very founders, maybe. Many of us are descendants of dreamers who dreamed of a better life, gamblers who took the risk of leaving their homeland, and maybe a smidgen of serial killers who fled before they were caught.

  17. Except Marshall, TX on One Man's Battle With Patent Trolls · · Score: 2

    We should draw up versions of all the popular software licenses, (MIT, BSD, GPL, etc.) that specifically exclude the patent troll town of Marshall, TX or even Harrison county, where many of the patent trolls file because of their "plaintiff friendly" juries. The town has benefited from all of the trolling, and they've set themselves up a little local industry for it. Let them do it without software. Maybe name it the Yee-Haw(R) license.

  18. This would be an automatic F on Intel's Wine-Powered Microprocessor · · Score: 0

    in a 1950's junior high science-fair.

  19. Yes on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Rock Star' Developers a Necessity? · · Score: 1

    Low end developers will not get their head around the whole codebase. They will add to it in ways that increase complexity unnecessarily. Eventually they will have diminishing returns. High end developers will create paradigm shifts on a routine basis that create simplicity out of complexity and thus create increasing returns. But these rules apply: Inscrutable code != rockstar: If the code is not self-documenting, or if it doesn't follow the established naming conventions, it is crap. Ego != rockstar: the motivation of other developers is also a factor of productivity and one of the best things you can optimize. Gold plating != rockstar: And not just feature gold plating, there is abstraction gold plating and design gold plating, which many alleged rockstars suffer from. But given the choice, I'd wade through 10,000 resumes to find a rockstar.

  20. Oracle will have the patch when they buy MariaDB on A Tale of Two MySQL Bugs · · Score: 2

    Do all the dedicated volunteers think their work won't be sold to Oracle? Also, they wouldn't want to break compatibility with this: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/migration/mysql-093223.html

  21. Re:Screen Real Estate on Samsung's Smart Watch Coming September 4th, Without Flexible OLED Screen · · Score: 1

    Probably more like bluetooth headsets than calculator watches. It'll be "spot the douche".

  22. Makes me want to cry... on Mobiserv Robot Designed To Keep Tabs On Seniors · · Score: 1

    I want to volunteer for the elderly, now. I just can't stand Fox News. Is there a match.com for elderly volunteers yet? The only thing worse than dying alone is having a robot reminder that you are alone. I'd visit my mom if I didn't think my ex-brother would show up. :-(

  23. Re:Wasn't there some sort of virus? on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 2

    Not a dream. It is adenovirus 36. Mentioned in the article too. Every girlfriend I've ever had must have exposed me to this, lol.

  24. I make you fat... on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    Now snout down in the trough, piggy, or else it gets the hose again...

  25. Re:WHOOSH! on Time Reporter "Can't Wait" To Justify Drone Strike On Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    After checking some of Grunwald's generally left-leaning articles (I didn't recognize the name), I think his comment proves you can't write satire anymore; you can not image a nut-fringe idea that is stupid or absurd enough that people won't believe it's real. E.g., Westover Baptist, TX Gov. Perry, ...

    from TFA: "my main problem with this is it gives Assange supporters a nice safe persecution complex to hide in"

    There goes your satire theory.