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  1. Re:Who owns a bot's intellectual property? on Researchers Secretly Deployed A Bot That Submitted Bug-Fixing Pull Requests (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    One could argue that designer and/or programmer of the algorithm is providing the creative input. If the algorithm is based on machine learning it becomes a bit more difficult, can the selection of training data be considered creative?

  2. Re:Assange and Snowden... on WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Sues Ecuador For 'Violating His Rights' (sky.com) · · Score: 1

    You comparing those two says a lot about you.

  3. Re:My oh my on WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Sues Ecuador For 'Violating His Rights' (sky.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, he _claimed_ that's why he hid. Anybody with intelligence can do some research and find out how likely that scenario is compared to the scenario he didn't even mention - that the UK could extradite him to the US. Why he would choose to go to prison of his own choice? Mental illness? Wanting to become some kind of (living) martyr? Realizing that a guilty verdict for rape could be a problem?

    None of those makes sense, but him being afraid of extradition to (and sentenced to death in) the USA makes the least sense of them all. Absolute bullshit!

  4. No there were no such plans. Getting an extradition from Sweden would prove difficult anyway.

  5. Re:There goes Aliexpress... on US Announces Plans To Withdraw From 144-Year-Old Postal Treaty (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Then I hope at least an US - EU deal is made. My impression is that there are plenty of places in the EU that would want out of this skewed treaty: the postal services are overloaded with China shit, most imports aren't declared or declared incorrectly, import fees aren't paid, taxes aren't paid. That means the Chinese not only have the advantage of lower wages and worse working conditions but also of bypassing the fees EU companies have to pay. Another example is that electronics in the EU have to be taken care of at end-of-life and manufacturers are required to handle this - which the Chinese avoids. There have been cases where the Chinese products contain dangerous constructions, dangerous substances or other problems like not caring about radio interference. More costs that EU consumers, companies and countries have to take care of.

    So let's stop this bullshit.

  6. Re:Ginger smoothies & Yoga on Professional Videogamers Are Working Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Your jealousy is showing.

  7. Re:makes sense on Professional Videogamers Are Working Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    It also can improve your mood and alertness (dopamine release), reduce stress, reduce the risk of getting prostate problems. Just don't overdo it - or you'll get hairy palms!

  8. Re:Stephan Hawking was not ... on Stephen Hawking Warns That AI and 'Superhumans' Could Wipe Humanity; Says There's No God in Posthumous Book (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agnostics are Atheists and more common in places where the word Atheist is seen as something negative.
    Do you believe in a god or gods? Then you aren't an atheist.
    Do you believe gods don't exist? Then you are an atheist.
    Do you believe gods may exist but don't believe in one? Then you are an atheist of the agnostic kind.

    I can't prove that the world didn't start existing the moment I posted this. But believing that it is possible would be of no use - so I simply say I don't believe in it.

  9. Re:Uhmm... duh? on 'Hyperalarming' Study Shows Massive Insect Loss (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't see how increased sale of Soylent Colaâ(TM) would lead to deforestation. Besides scientists should deliver the (believed to be) facts with policy decided elsewhere.

  10. I understand that the tests may be useful even though my impression is that most tests are done without good reason. It's just that I don't understand exactly why there would be a need for something combining analysis and patient interaction. Perhaps it's due to the imprecision and uncertainty of the data and the interpretation of it?

  11. Now that's a nice non-sequitur.

  12. Bullshit. That would mean I could make a deal with someone and then ignore the deal.

  13. Believe me the alternative of trade secrets isn't better, remember that in many cases/locations reverse engineering something may be a criminal offense.
    Limiting technology patents to 10 years would IMHO be a better solution - less advantage to patent something trivial and allowing for a faster development of technology.

  14. That's as idiotic as some of the Microsoft patents.

  15. AFAIK Windows have never used the FreeBSD network stack. I've seen rumors that it does however no or very vague evidence for this, one example being the response to network probing.
    Windows have used BSD licenced code at least for some utilities, and it's not impossible that some parts of the network stack use or is inspired by BSD code. But where's the proof?

  16. Analyst I'd understand but why would genetic data need counseling? [/stupid]

  17. Re:It's the moderation that was funny, not the rep on Tech Suffers From Lack of Humanities, Says Mozilla Head (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My reply was of course an art-piece/collage about the quality of editing on /., if that (indirectly and not by my hand) inconvenience you I have done my job.
    *Tips Beret*

  18. Re:PIF is dangerous on Silicon Valley's Saudi Arabia Problem (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I sure hope you are joking.

  19. Re:Who murders more of its own? on Silicon Valley's Saudi Arabia Problem (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You really have to be ignorant if you think that is some recent invention. ... Oh, it's DNS-and-BIND. Yeah, as I wrote: really ignorant.

  20. Re: Who murders more of its own? on Silicon Valley's Saudi Arabia Problem (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This. Can't upvote.

  21. Re:Who murders more of its own? on Silicon Valley's Saudi Arabia Problem (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    *sigh* And this in a time when one doesn't even have to go outside to get information and learn things.
    USA have a variant of representative democracy where people elect leaders which in term can elect others (current example: supreme court judges). And that is one type of democracy. You may be thinking of direct democracy where people directly vote for different alternatives, or more likely of some variant of an anarchy (the political use of the word).

    But really spend some hours, search and learn. It's interesting.

  22. Re:So let me get this straight. on America Finally Abandons Plan To Convert Plutonium Bombs Into Nuclear Fuel (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Billions of energy? ...

  23. Re:"Vaccination campaign?" LOL! on Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried About Synthetic Smallpox (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Vaccination works but it's not 100% effective. Nothing real ever is. Vaccination becomes less efficient as time passes, the immune system "forgets" what should trigger it.

  24. Re:Can we just make more vaccine on Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried About Synthetic Smallpox (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Only something similar enough, AC below says cowpox.

  25. Re:statistics on Google AI Claims 99 Percent Accuracy In Metastatic Breast Cancer Detection · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that this is about the screening detecting metastatic spread of the breast cancer. Detect tumors, treat tumors (operation, radiation, chemotherapy), take biopsy samples of lymph nodes, analyze samples to detect cancer cells - if there are any further treatment is needed (chemo). Something like that.

    So the missed case is one of the people (men can get breast cancer too) that have cancer spreading through the lymphatic system.