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  1. ... the UK is flooded with other requests to drop arrest warrants because, "... and I broke a nail ..."

  2. Went through this ... on 'No Drones or Driverless Trucks', Demands Teamsters Labor Union (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, ca. 1980.

    "We are all going to lose our jobs to computers!"

    The union had a major cow and the company really, really wanted to decrease the costly, annoying workforce.

    Didn't happen.

    The fucking automation was crappy in a harsh hydrocarbon-rich environment; only the manufacturers understood their product and knew nothing about cooking crude.

    We had triple the workforce for years -- new construction, trained operators, analysts from the vendors, engineers from Texaco and the instrument suppliers ...

    Automation speeds up the work that humans do, but automation is unintelligent.

  3. Re:Teamsters originally drove teams of animals on 'No Drones or Driverless Trucks', Demands Teamsters Labor Union (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I agree with this.

    And, moving forward, there will still be drivers.

    The mode of transportation has changed, but the problem still exists whereby stuff has to be transported from one place to another.

    I predict that, like the advent of computers in the workplace, the shakeout will result in increased demand for humans to keep all that smart shit running.

  4. Re:The end is near! REBOOT! on 'No Drones or Driverless Trucks', Demands Teamsters Labor Union (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The FAA would disagree.

  5. Fight the tide ... on 'No Drones or Driverless Trucks', Demands Teamsters Labor Union (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and lose.

    The largest expense in delivery is people.

    Workers have lost out to automation before and yet we're still here.

    This, too, shall pass.

  6. Yes, and her full name ... on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    ... is Dolly Particles and she has a theme park and big tits and stuff.

  7. ... has a lot of followers and massive, embarrassing leaks could surface if someone pisses him off.

    What's the status of the Insurance Torrent that was so dominant in 2013?

    Wikileaks insurance files, just in case the worst happens

  8. Re:How is that supposed to work? on Is It Time For Zero-Trust Corporate Networks? (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a lot easier than that.

    In the old days, admin jockeys had to manually allow/disallow all kinds of access for all kinds of entities all over the network.

    I was there.

    Time to deploy ML and AI the vendors are pushing.

  9. Re:How is that supposed to work? on Is It Time For Zero-Trust Corporate Networks? (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    Oops.

    Deanonymizing Tor: Your Bitcoin Transactions May Come Back To Haunt You

  10. .. vigilante justice ...

    Like swatting?

  11. Re:How is that supposed to work? on Is It Time For Zero-Trust Corporate Networks? (csoonline.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the zero-trust approach is all wrong.

    The real answer is to deploy all that "machine learning" and "AI" bullshit to anticipate, and prevent, problems.

  12. Re:the (actual) shooter on Two More Gamers May Be Charged in Fatal Kansas 'SWAT' Shooting (kansas.com) · · Score: 0

    You failed to remain within the boundaries I set.

    Don't do that.

    You get a redo.

    This time, work with the theory that everything that SWAT was told was true .

    The perp did not comply and did assume a threatening posture.

    Discuss.

  13. Re: I thought on Scientists Discover the Oldest Human Fossils Outside Africa (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    That "dating" is via match.com.

  14. Re:I thought on Scientists Discover the Oldest Human Fossils Outside Africa (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You believe in witchcraft, by your own admission ...

  15. Re:the (actual) shooter on Two More Gamers May Be Charged in Fatal Kansas 'SWAT' Shooting (kansas.com) · · Score: -1

    This, and, also, let's remove all but the 3 seconds of video that show the actual shooting.

    Forget all that preceded and all that followed those 3 seconds.

    The man on the porch not only failed to comply, but struck a pose of imminent threat.

    NOW let's add back in what was in the mind of the shooter as relayed by dispatch.

    The shooting was justified, for those reasons, during that 3 seconds.

  16. Re: Ad Blockers motherfucker! DO YOU GROK IT? on Now Even YouTube Serves Ads With CPU-draining Cryptocurrency Miners (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But you paid for Chrome, right?

  17. Because there's a huge ... on Walmart Teams Up With Kobo To Sell EBooks and Audiobooks (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    ... empty space in that market.

  18. Re: Ad Blockers motherfucker! DO YOU GROK IT? on Now Even YouTube Serves Ads With CPU-draining Cryptocurrency Miners (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Stick with it, OK?

    You'll get it after you've been on the Internet a while.

  19. Re:Ad Blockers motherfucker! DO YOU GROK IT? on Now Even YouTube Serves Ads With CPU-draining Cryptocurrency Miners (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ... browser vendor ...

    Google doesn't sell a browser.

  20. Re:Where do you people go, anyway? on Now Even YouTube Serves Ads With CPU-draining Cryptocurrency Miners (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You have to enable AdBlock first, OK?

  21. Re:Spiraling retaliation ... on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Works for me and you.

    Thanks.

  22. Re:The only downside I see to this ... on An AI-Powered App Has Resulted in an Explosion of Convincing Face-Swap Porn (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Of assistance, would be studying the law.

    A lot of child porn legislation mentions "depiction," as a crime.

    So, whether real or fake, if it looks like child porn, it is.

  23. Re:Spiraling retaliation ... on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    So you included the impetus ... non-domestic issues.

  24. Re:Spiraling retaliation ... on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    And when you "globalize" your thinking, what does your brain tell you?

    Tariffs are not a domestic issue.

  25. Re:Spiraling retaliation ... on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Nationalization and anti-globalization, and anti-importation of skilled and unskilled labour trump treaties.