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  1. Re: Why should JPEG be replaced? on Can A New Open Photo File Format Replace JPEGs? (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Other places use paper of a slightly different arbitrary size.

    Other places use paper that makes sense. One sheet of A0 is 1 square meter with an aspect ratio of sqrt(2). Keep cutting it in half to get A1, A2, A3, and so on, all with the same aspect ratio. A4 is close to 8.5x11, and is used for the same things. Metric paper really shines when you want to shrink/enlarge to the next paper size, thanks to the common aspect ratio.

  2. Re: Where's the edge of the earth? on Flat Earther Plans New Rocket Launch, Predicts Super Bowl-Sized Ratings (phillyvoice.com) · · Score: 1

    Why doesn't Mike Hughes walk to the edge of the earth, point to it, and say, "There's the edge of the flat earth"?

    Because there's a giant ice wall around the edge of the known world. The government no doubt knows what lies beyond, but they don't tell us. Frost giants, perhaps? After all, Magellan met giants while rounding Cape Horn through his eponymous Straits.

  3. No need to go to Colorado to get high - Old California's got you covered, even if Mount Whitney seceded.

  4. Re: No maple in "pancake syrup" on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Karo's not HFCS. It's just corn syrup.

  5. Re: Thanks... on France Says 'Au Revoir' to the Word 'Smartphone' (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Growing up we called them Ãoeegg bunniesÃ.

    Icelandic is such a beautiful language.

  6. The system works through greenhouses covering about half the size of a soccer field around the base of the tower.

    How many football fields is that?

  7. Re: In related news... on Why You Shouldn't Stifle Your Sneeze (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The party host was Oda Nobunaga, and the fart-holder was Ieyasu Tokugawa. It's a well-known Japanese story.

  8. Re: I didn't know DDR was still popular on Japanese Console Market Grows For the First Time In 11 Years (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    I still have Butterfly stuck in my head two decades later. Also, there's a quadcopter in the original music video from 1998.

  9. Re: Only 2 words?? on Why the World Only Has Two Words For Tea (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Zulu: itiye Lithuanian: arbata Samoan: lauti Malagasy: dite Polish: herbata Maltese: corto

    Five of those end in t+vowel. The other has t+diphthong.

  10. Re: "Your state is a shithole" on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Use Computers To Make Elections Better? · · Score: 1

    There's also plenty of prosperous countries in Africa.

    No, there aren't. Wikipedia has an entire article on the subject. Do note that the five least unprosperous nations are either a thousand miles away from the mainland, or formerly part of the Roman Empire. Sub-Saharan Africa is a hellhole.

  11. Re: Esperanto... no on The Invented Language That Found a Second Life Online (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Indonesia is a shithole country. Fascists murdered all the liberals (with the help of the CIA), and now it's a conservative Muslim state where people want you dead for the slightest hint of blasphemy or apostasy.

  12. This is dominos. "Delicious" does not apply.

  13. Re: no longer a threat on Hackers Could Blow Up Factories Using Smartphone Apps (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, diesel. Maybe if it was old enough.

  14. Re: no longer a threat on Hackers Could Blow Up Factories Using Smartphone Apps (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the first EMP disable the vehicle? It's like a serial suicide bomber.

  15. P.S. if you're ever in doubt about the sanity, stability, mental health, trustworthiness, or capability of later lying of someone you're about to sleep with - probably best not to sleep with them, consensually or not. Just saying.

    My god, your life must be dull. What's the point of living if you don't live a little?

  16. Re: So AMD processors were faster all along? on Intel Says Chip-Security Fixes Leave PCs No More Than 10% Slower (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The NSA publicly warned Intel about this flaw back in 1995?? Nothing makes sense anymore

  17. Re: Methinks thou dost protest too much on FBI Calls Apple 'Jerks' and 'Evil Geniuses' For Making iPhone Cracks Difficult (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    The FBI is just crooked national law enforcement. The NSA has a bigger budget and is in the business of breaking encryption. Likely it can crack an iPhone, but the FBI probably can't.

  18. Re: Self driving car ethics on When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The car will break, that is all, it wont turn away from 5 people in front of it to hit one to the left or one to the right. And you can damn be assured, it does not even check if what is in front of it is a human, an other obstacle or two cows. It sees an obstacle and breaks, thats it.

    What good is a car that needs to be fixed whenever it encounters an obstacle?

  19. Re: How does that work in practice? on When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Even with a bad photo, a human can tell it's not a primate from other clues.

    Are you implying that black people are not primates? Dehumanization's bad enough; do you want to kick them out of an entire order?

  20. Re: Methinks thou dost protest too much on FBI Calls Apple 'Jerks' and 'Evil Geniuses' For Making iPhone Cracks Difficult (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    The FBI already did crack an iPhone. They bought the crack from some Israeli firm if I remember right.

    The phone cracked was a 5c, which was new in 2013. Supposedly the 5s (also 2013) and up are uncrackable. No idea if it's relevant, but the 5c was the last 32 bit iPhone.

  21. Re: KKK Moderation Team ACTIVATE on James Damore Sues Google For Allegedly Discriminating Against Conservative White Men (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Say it's all white, say it's all right, Say it's all white, have a good time 'Cause it's all right, it's all white.

  22. Humans have similar problems. Instead of stop sign, they sometimes concentrate on areas with the most detail, like a smartphone

    Stop sign and traffic light notifications are the way forward.

  23. Re: First Sale Doctrine on Nvidia Wants To Prohibit Consumer GPU Use In Datacenters (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Gun makers also don't want people to use their product to murder people, but it happens anyway.

    Of course gun makers want their guns to be used to kill people. Gun murders increase gun sales.

  24. Re: God bless America!! on Intel Hit With Three Class-Action Lawsuits Over Meltdown and Spectre Bugs (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Jesus warmly advocated for generosity and support of the poor; but Paul offered the "no working, no eating" clarity to make it clear that contributions are expected from everyone (which is nicely handled in a free market system).

    Paul was a conman who hijacked the nascent communal Jesus social movement. This is why New Testament doctrinal inconsistencies are generally between Jesus and Paul. Apologists try to harmonize them, but too many are flat-out contradictions.

  25. Re: Why all the hate against Bill? on Bill Gates Is First Guest Editor In Time Magazine's 94-Year History (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Now if Microsoft is anywhere close to the top of your list of evil organizations then you have a serious lack of world knoledge.

    It sounds like you're trying to say that Microsoft isn't as bad as ISIS.