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  1. Re:That's pretty impressive. on New LG Gram is the Lightest 17-inch Laptop Ever at Just 3 Pounds (laptopmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of us buy used computers, $250 for a used 17" "gram" sounds about right. Only problem is the lack of Thunderbolt as the integrated graphics isn't too impressive.

  2. Re:Have they fixed Spectre & Meltdown yet? on Intel Reveals 10nm Sunny Cove CPU Cores That Go Deeper, Wider, and Faster (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    X86 have nothing to do with the problem so what do you mean?

  3. Re:Have they fixed Spectre & Meltdown yet? on Intel Reveals 10nm Sunny Cove CPU Cores That Go Deeper, Wider, and Faster (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Caching isn't the problem - speculative execution is. Or actually leaking speculative data into microarchitectural resources like caches. But yeah, hard to fix completely.

  4. Re:There's one downside about the houses... on Japan is Giving Away Free Houses (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    They are not - one must have special permission to even enter the inner zone. You may have a different definition of "near"?

  5. Bullshit. Gold is naturally rare and useful. Bitcoins are artificially rare and (in themselves) useless.

  6. Re:Money is just an idea backed by confidence on Cryptocurrencies Tumble Even More, While One Asset Manager Proclaims 'Bitcoin is Dead' (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    What point would that be? The value of gold and silver (also other metals, gems etc.) were established long before taxation became a thing.

  7. Re:Unlimited consumption without consequence on Mice Given an Experimental Gene Therapy Don't Get Fat (boingboing.net) · · Score: 0

    Well, some people doesn't need brains to succeed and some others want their dicks to fall off. ;P

  8. Re:Wrong way on Mice Given an Experimental Gene Therapy Don't Get Fat (boingboing.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Reduce intake to somewhat below that required to maintain current body weight and then start exercising to burn more. No starvation mode, more calories are used to build muscle. Gradually step down intake as the stomach get accustomed to less food, step up exercise as the body get accustomed to being used for what it was evolved for. But it isn't a quick fix - which is what most people want.

  9. Re:What powers the rover? on China's Chang'e-4 Launches On Mission To the Moon's Far Side (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    RTG using plutonium most likely, high (relatively) power output in a compact package.

  10. Monocultures are inherently bad for several reasons with the most obvious being security related ones. Whether the source is closed or open doesn't matter as proven by history. Compare to nature where a whole population can be wiped out if not diversified.

    People used to joke about MS products being bloated (they were) but now we have a very bloated heap of code as the defacto web standard. I for one find that not only sad but scary, it's not like Google haven't been effectively controlling the Internet already.

  11. Re:oddities about gender pronouns on Google Translate Learns To Reduce Gender Bias (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem confused on several levels. Are you referring to transvestites and crossdressers in general? Or do you think transsexuals want to "play dress up" (some think that)? And do you really think "they" is the preferred pronoun for these groups? I'd say all these things are very wrong.

  12. Re:Gender neurtral? FAIL on Google Translate Learns To Reduce Gender Bias (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Think of this as a quick fix until AI have progressed enough to translate well.... Any year now...

  13. Re:Languages on Google Translate Learns To Reduce Gender Bias (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They are perhaps doing the easy ones first?

  14. Re:Pronouns are hard to translate on Google Translate Learns To Reduce Gender Bias (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    But you don't have to specify: "bror" is simply a "brother" and "søster" is simply a "sister".
    (OB Windows complaint: why doesn't the old ALT+#number shortcuts work in Windows 10? "Had" to install Norsk to be able to write the Ø)

  15. Re:Australia has the most stupid tech laws... on Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Laws [Update] (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    No. Source: history. There have been many examples of people gaining freedom without using weapons including in the recent past.

  16. I agree

    Yes but you are an idiot.

    . The whole thing is both useful idiots and "scientists" without ethics that want to profit from the hype a bit longer.

    If one want to profit and have no ethics there are easier ways. But again you are an idiot.

    The best supporting evidence for your citation is that QCs have almost not scaled at all in now something like 40 years of research.

    Going from proof of concept systems to something that can be used to solve small problems.
    Longer coherency times, more qubits and actually demonstrating that it works as predicted. No, nothing happening.
    Starting to look how to program a realistic future quantum computer - nothing.

    It's a hard problem to crack. But those that attempt to do it aren't idiots and know their stuff.

  17. Re:Prediction for 4096-bit RSA? How about EC? on Quantum Computers Pose a Security Threat That We're Still Totally Unprepared For (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah the NSA defines the mathematics behind elliptic curves, changing reality as they go.

  18. Re:Hostage for negotiation on Canada Arrests Top Huawei Executive For Allegedly Violating Iran Sanctions (theglobeandmail.com) · · Score: 1

    That you don't like the system (neither do I) doesn't mean it isn't a democratic system: people vote and who they vote are to lead in the role the voters gave them.
    The quirk you are so upset about is there for good reasons.

  19. Re:Cheaper solar and wind on More Than 40 Percent of World Coal Plants Are Unprofitable, Says Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "Smart meters" are already installed in many areas, and people quickly find a way to change their usage patterns..

    Sure. I'm going to wear a sweater in my house in the winter. And I'll turn off the AC and be uncomfortable with just a fan in the summer.

    Fuck that. I actually like living in the First World.

    Your thinking skills are mirrored in your quoting ones.

  20. Re:Who is submitter Chris Reeve on Recent Quasar Observations Support Lots of Mini-Bangs Instead of One Big Bang (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Not believing the electric universe idea doesn't mean believing electricity and magnetism doesn't exist nor that they doesn't affect things. Those effects are important for some astronomical phenomenon and taken into account.
    Science isn't about making up ones mind, it's the exact opposite. It's adjusting ones mind whenever there are new proofs requiring changes of the current model.
    Your last sentence makes me think you may be trolling however if not you are quite a bit into crankdom, please reverse course before it's too late!

  21. So Hitler was right because a few of the 6* million was really shitty people? Really...
    (* I know...)

  22. Re:Simple solution on How Restaurants Got So Loud (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    How about you take care of your own business? I'm sadly not shocked that self-righteous shitheads like you are complaining online. Really...

  23. Re: Simple solution on How Restaurants Got So Loud (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    ... And history shows that border walls do work (unless you're a 1930's frenchman).

    France didn't have any walls where the Germans attacked so the lesson is not to trust allies. The Maginot line held as intended however it was a bit more complex than most border walls.
    Border walls doesn't work in the modern world.

  24. Re:Disease? on US Life Expectancy Falls Further (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    How many decades since the 1950's have top expert tried to work heart conditions out?

    Zero. It's happening now but with fever obvious advances given that the basics are known already.

    With all the worlds top epidemiologist , diet tracking, decades of long term health studies?

    So who is this top epidemiologist that have to be involved to make the ongoing effort valid in your eyes?

    How to make your nation not sick again.

    It'd be impossible but a good start would be actually following the advises on exercise and food. Exercise helps the whole body regenerate including the brain, even mental problems can be effectively treated with regular exercise. Eating more healthy is known to reduce cardiovascular problems and can potentially even help against some age-related health problems.

    Study the advanced nations that are not sick all the time.

    I don't understand... The study of nations with longer lifespan is already done but your characterization of them is very wrong - they are also "sick all the time".

    Stop letting people wonder around with known contagious conditions. Stop letting people into a nation with really expensive and untreatable contagious conditions.

    The first is a good one and one that is already done. The second, well, I don't understand how you think things work right now?
    Note that there is complexity here. There are societal and economical problems in stopping less serious diseases for instance the common cold, there are indications that doing that could actually worsen the spread of more serious diseases (by making the immune system less responsive) and potentially make autoimmune diseases more common. Similar effects are (last I read about it) assumed to be behind the increase in allergies.

    That should slow the random and unexpected spread of expensive medical conditions.

    Which you can provide several examples of I presume?

    Find out why the same medical problems keep on adding up every decade and every generation.

    And this isn't done?

    Free charity health care exists. Doctors are still graduating on merit with advanced skills so the medical care is still of good quality all over the USA.

    Free health care, lol. Not even in "socialist" Europe is that true, in the US? Nope. The care is generally good if one can have it, excellent for most cases with a few areas where Europe or Japan is currently leading.

    The academic side and treatment side is still good. Why the numbers of new random sick people wondering around?

    Genetics, lifestyle choices, random chance, environmental factors.

    The US still has the generations of experts who can track medical conditions and publish their findings. The real origins and spread of complex medical conditions should not be a total mystery per city/state/federally.
     

    And it isn't for simple cases. Most life-threatening diseases aren't transmittable and have complex factors.

    Create a kind of software map or GUI to zoom in on problem city and areas? List all the conditions and work out why?

    Should be a nice big grant and publication in that.

    If your ideas how things work would be close to reality, probably.

  25. Re:THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES NAZI FAGGOT KEN DOLL on China Halts Work by Team on Gene-Edited Babies (apnews.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ever thought that maybe you have a mental problem? Because you do. Perhaps reflected on wasting your life posting crap? Because you are.