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  1. Re:It's not silly. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    Regulated truck driver overseers to monitor the equipment and get out to handle emergencies.

  2. Re:Can we please stop on Internet of Things Set To Change the Face of Dementia Care (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Those are called Weasel Words

    words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that a specific or meaningful statement has been made, when instead only a vague or ambiguous claim has actually been communicated. This can enable the speaker to then deny the specific meaning if the statement is challenged.

    It's part of the Dumbing down process.

  3. Re:Reports of it being hacked in 5...4...3... on Antivirus Firm Kaspersky Launches Its Own Hackproof OS, Based On Microkernel (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1
    Porting is relatively easy.

    I used to write ASPs and BSPs for new CPUs coming out. This was almost twenty years ago and fairly easy do do once you've done a few. If it's afairly standard processor, I could have something up in running usually in a day or so.

  4. If it were not for slashdot, I would not know what homeopathy is. Never heard of it, never had anyone recommend it to me, don't know anyone who ever used it.

  5. And basically every animal that has ever lived.

  6. Re:That's about right, actually. on Stephen Hawking: We Might Have 1,000 Years Left on Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Growth has only been exponential for the last 100 to 150 years

    What do you mean, growth is always exponential even a million years ago.

  7. Re:Cleaning the swamp? on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
    Will: He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the table. Just say, "Choose."

    Sean: Well I gotta go with the belt there.
    Will: I used to go with the wrench.
    Sean: Why the wrench?
    Will: Cause fuck him, that's why.

  8. Re:First Amendment what? on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    What was Lando's choice, die on the spot? In the end he blew up the death star and everything worked out for the best so apparently he made the right choice.

  9. Re:It's the transition team, people. on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    All presidents are arguably the worst president in history.

  10. Re:It's the transition team, people. on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Obama had a supermajority congress when he was first elected.

  11. Re:The truth is that it does not matter. on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1
    No it's not. USA is 7th on the list behind Luxembourg and Australia and barely ahead of Canada.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  12. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    According to wikipedia we are still coming out of the last ice age

  13. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1
    According to wikipedia we are still in an ice age.

    An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Maybe we need a new term

  14. Re: And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Does this include the gap between 1st and 3rd worlds, or only within the first world?

  15. Everything is linear for small enough increments.

  16. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    We don't. AFAIK, I pay no federal property taxes. It's all local and most of it goes to the school.

  17. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's almost trivial to make your own alcohol. Cup of sugar, can of frozen apple juice and a package of yeast. If I really needed to drink and didn't have any money, that's what I'd be doing. When I traveled to eastern europe and russia, every person that I met had a fermentor running in a back bedroom.

  18. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If it reduces the demolition costs for the cleanup. Easier to sweep up the ashes than to have to rent a bulldozer to pull down the remaining 3/4 burnt structure.

  19. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe he'll outlaw fossil fuels and put everyone back to work farming again. Automatic 55% increase.

  20. I seceded from reality over 30 years ago.

    Have never been better

  21. And artichokes. I once stopped at the artichoke capital of the world while driving to Oregon.

  22. Re:yes they should on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1
    40 states have a total population smaller than NYC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    http://www.wolframalpha.com/in...

  23. Re:yes they should on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 2
    There are 40 states, yes, complete states with a population smaller than NYC. Think about that concentration of power and narrow world perspective. You'd end up with alaska completely controlled by a few square blocks half a world away with completely different needs and wants

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    http://www.wolframalpha.com/in...

  24. Re:Is Space X any more stable than Tesla? on SpaceX Plan To Fuel Rockets With People Aboard Raises Alarm Bells (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    That's also an advantage and why we don't still have computers running at 500khz taking up football fields of area.

  25. Re:Fueling is risky? on SpaceX Plan To Fuel Rockets With People Aboard Raises Alarm Bells (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I've sat on planes as they've been refueled.