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  1. Re:Well Fuck on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    As a functioning alcoholic I can tell you that I'm here for neither

  2. Since when GPS navigation is AI? on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    it's a simple routing algorithm with an impressive infrastructure that maintains maps and traffic up to date. UberFreight is AI, otoh - they allow to book freight based on predictions of available supply, taking some losses on mistakes, and maintaining overall profitability.

    Also Waze didn't replace any human service. The old days AAA trip cards don't count.

  3. If it's greasy and dirty on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    maybe we should better have a robot who eats this crap.

  4. Wrong way to look at it on Learning To Program Is Getting Harder (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    The only difference is that today you can do with programming immeasurably more than you could in the past when pac-man was state of the art. Building the same level of software has to be simpler today using modern tools.

  5. You need to feed it and it constantly distracts you. Grow up.

  6. Re:Should have started with on How Harvard Teaches CS Students How To Code (kqed.org) · · Score: 1

    sorry my mistake

  7. Re:Should have started with on How Harvard Teaches CS Students How To Code (kqed.org) · · Score: 1

    that was probably Stanford

  8. Should have started with on How Harvard Teaches CS Students How To Code (kqed.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Guest lecturers have even included Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Ballmer.

    and some wouldn't have to waste the time on reading the whole thing

  9. quick and dirty on Why Do Web Developers Keep Making The Same Mistakes? (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    can it be that often times "Beware SQL injection! ..." is followed by "and I need it yesterday"?

  10. Re:$1500 may sound like a lot? on TAG Heuer Launches "Connected" Android Wear Smartwatch With Intel Inside (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    $1500 IS a lot for a watch. Especially one which will be bitrotten or obsolete within 2 years. It'll just be some worthless piece of crap gathering dust at the bottom of a drawer after that.

    First go read TFA, then:
    1. $1,500 is a competitive price for a Swiss-made luxury watch.
    2. They offer to replace it for free by a regular mechanical watch that looks exactly the same as Connect.

  11. Re:Counter-productive on Google Donates €1 Million To Help Refugees In Need · · Score: 1

    Education = propaganda? Really?

  12. Counter-productive on Google Donates €1 Million To Help Refugees In Need · · Score: 2

    Solve the root of the problem, spend this money on education in the ME instead. Given a limited budget, spending it on the current refugee problem, knowing full well that bigger suffering is just around the corner, is counter-productive.

  13. They do it because of VR on HEVC Advance Announces H.265 Royalty Rates, Raises Some Hackles · · Score: 1

    VR popularity grows substantially.
    VR market is going to explode with tons of new products in Q1 2016 (an assumption based on actual product announcements) .
    VR movies (360 x 180) take at least x6 more than regular ones (less than 120 x 90 ).

    Some VR products and solutions will have to use 265, without major improvements of the infrastructures.
    Hence 265 becomes an enabler, and the license price vs. storage volume & network price begins to sound like a reasonable trade-off.

    Hence the draconian licensing terms.
    Just because they can.

  14. Re:Who makes these decisions? on Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory · · Score: 1

    The users. They can vote with their wallets, and refuse to use Microsoft software if they don't like it.

    Not quite so, at least not for me. I'm using Windows because my clients are using it and I can't risk sending a document/spreadsheet/presentation that will not look the same in their Office as it looks in my LibreOffice. Hence I suck it up and use Windows. My partner uses Mac with MS Office on it, and I have to correct every document on Windows before she sends out. Especially because some of them are in Hebrew.

  15. Don't know how thin the TV makers' margins are but on Why Apple Ditched Its Plan To Build a Television · · Score: 2

    ... If Apple would make a relatively affordable TV on which I could buy and play movies via iTunes, I'd buy it.

    I'm sick and tired of all the existing smart TV's; the last thing they are it's smart

    -- Samsung 65" smart TV owner

  16. Why concentrate on Canada on 25 Percent of Cars Cause 90 Percent of Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    ... when the most populated countries have probably the highest percentage of badly tuned cars?

    We share the same atmosphere.

  17. Why an extension? on Google Announces "Password Alert" To Protect Against Phishing Attacks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Users who are savvy enough to find and install this extension are less likely to fall for phishing.
    Users who may fall for phishing may not hear about the extension or do not know how to install it.
    Why not build it in the browser itself?

  18. Re:HTTP.SYS? on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 5, Informative

    WHY is there a kernel mode driver for HTTP? That's literally begging for security holes.

    The reasons are clearly described here

  19. Re:Finally, a decent April Fool's Day article from on Amazon Moves "Buy Now" Into the Physical World, With the Dash Button · · Score: 1

    Or it could be a real product: https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button

  20. Re:Sad For My Gender on Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages · · Score: 1

    This is probably the most useless response here, but I had to say it - I completely agree with you.

  21. And their #1 selling point is... on Your Entire PC In a Mouse · · Score: 1

    ... hiding FB from a boss? (the first use case shown in the video).
    A smartphone is already a much better tool for that

  22. Re: Don't worry guys... on Apparent Islamic Terrorism Strikes Sydney · · Score: 1

    If you don't live in the Middle East and do not depend on supply of rotten dinosaurs in barrels, then it's not so much of a problem for you

    Corrected it for you.

  23. Re:Except... on British 'Porn Filter' Blocks Access To Chaos Computer Club · · Score: 1

    Maybe the selection algorithm is nondeterministic or its input includes user's location, history and some other personal shit.

  24. Britain doesn't choose their battles wisely on British 'Porn Filter' Blocks Access To Chaos Computer Club · · Score: 1

    Given the demand, there'll always be supply, one way or another.
    And I hope it will not take the form of rape and harassment.

  25. You can offer a new option... on Google Hopes To One Day Replace Gmail With Inbox · · Score: 1

    ... and see which one works better.

    Before you force users looking for alternatives just because someone made a bad decision