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  1. Doesn't matter if 4K TVs are outselling HD ones, most people aren't buying new TVs. It will take at least 5 years before they are common in people's homes.

  2. Re:I use a phone as a phone. on Half Of US Smartphone Users Download Zero Apps Per Month (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Actually they're just like computers as that's what they are.

  3. Re:More complex? on Dolphins Recorded Having a Conversation For The First Time (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Well, a larger brain has more neurons, and so more connections which makes it inherently more complex as well. The question is what are the additional neurons being used for, intelligence isn't the only possible answer.

  4. Re:Clickbait troll much? on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 1

    They have, but it doesn't get much attention.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

    I guess a part of the problem is that it's been common knowledge among informed people for years that Trump is a fraud, so yet more evidence of it doesn't seem very interesting. Clinton seems to get held to a much higher standard since people actually expect competence from her.

  5. Re:Clickbait troll much? on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Trump is a crook with a long history of lying, illegal activity, and corruption. Real corruption too, not just accusations flung repeatedly until something sticks. And he's the one with the well documented history of stealing people's money and leaving them with nothing. I can understand why Trump projects his flaws onto Clinton, but I'm not sure what other people get out of it.

  6. Re:Look harder on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Interesting, I'll read up on that

  7. Re:Good.jpg on FCC Chief To Unveil Revised Plan To Eliminate Cable Boxes (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    He just said the tv could handle it, but pretty much anything else could handle it too. I'd be surprised if at least Android, iOS, and Windows apps weren't made.

  8. Re:Good.jpg on FCC Chief To Unveil Revised Plan To Eliminate Cable Boxes (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Who said it needs to be in the TV? That's just an example. Use a Roku, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, or Windows box if you prefer.

  9. Re:Look harder on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    The difference with ether is that the behaviour of light would change depending on your motion relative to the ether. The CMB is a frame of reference that is visible to everyone, but it is no different from any other frame of reference you choose.

  10. Re:So, are they lying or stupid? on Google Rebuilt the Android Media Stack To Prevent Another Stagefright · · Score: 1

    I think a big part of the problem is that phones don't have standardized hardware interfaces the way PCs do. You can't just install Linux on a computer with completely proprietary hardware.

  11. Re:So, are they lying or stupid? on Google Rebuilt the Android Media Stack To Prevent Another Stagefright · · Score: 1

    TL;DR: The theory is that Google couldn't update their Nexus 5 to Android 7 because the hardware doesn't meet an arbitrary requirement for Vulkan support that Google set.

  12. Re:News reporting creates cognitive biases on Dutchman Dies in Tesla Crash; Firefighters Feared Electrocution (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, as long as you report on every fatality involving the cars they claim they are safer than too.

  13. Re: Great firefighters on Dutchman Dies in Tesla Crash; Firefighters Feared Electrocution (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    How are the risks from a Tesla greater than the risks from hybrid cars which are all over the place?

  14. Re:Or... on Second Irregularly Dimming Star Found (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    No "fully qualified expert" said we would die if we went faster than 35 mph. The people who said that had no evidence or observation to support the idea and there was in fact evidence to the contrary (cheetahs, lions, many types of birds) that they were ignoring.

    Don't conflate saying something is too hard (likely to be proven wrong eventually) with saying something is impossible based on known physics (less likely to be proven wrong).

  15. Re:Or... on Second Irregularly Dimming Star Found (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Good education and the capacity to take care of everyone's basic needs should make cults and terrorists a non-issue. We are talking about an advanced civilization, I think we can assume those things would exist on a starship.

  16. Re:A law is only a law until it's proven wrong on NASA's Impossible Propulsion EmDrive Is Heading to Space (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Laws of physics aren't usually found to be wrong, they are just improved when new cases that haven't been previously considered are discovered. For instance Einstein didn't show that Newton was wrong, he just found that Newton's laws didn't work well for extremely high speeds. You'll note that Newton's math still works just as well as Einstein's does for almost all terrestrial applications.

  17. Re:"could not recall" on FBI Releases Hillary Clinton Email Report (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    He "forgets" plenty of stuff when convenient.

    http://www.redstate.com/absent...

  18. Re:Yeah, because it's only Russia that benefits on The Unsettling Relationship Between Russia and Wikileaks (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The sheer transparency of Assange's bias against Clinton is also hilarious. He's admitted that he times releases so that they case the most harm, so transparency isn't his only goal. He's also made ridiculous insinuations against Clinton which have no merit.

    It's entirely reasonable to assume that if he had anything against Trump he would sit on it or time the release so that it causes the least harm (i.e. after the election).

  19. Re:"Dissapointed" on Google Fiber To Cut Staff In Half After User Totals Disappoint, Says Report (dslreports.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Easily, they know the number of potential customers in the areas covered by their limited rollout and set their expectations based on that.

  20. Re:Increased automation will harm minorities on 'We're Just Rentals': Uber Drivers Ask Where They Fit In a Self-Driving Future (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Hundreds of mechanics though? Doubtful.

  21. Car2Go seems to be doing fine letting people in their cars without supervision. It's not like anonymous people will be allowed in, if you destroy a vehicle you'll be charged for the damages because they know who's accessing them.

    It's too early to say what the safety record of automated cars will be, but there's no reason to believe they will be worse than human drivers. And unlike human drivers, automatic drivers will continuously improve over time.

  22. Re:If You're not rich, have a bright future! on 'We're Just Rentals': Uber Drivers Ask Where They Fit In a Self-Driving Future (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem isn't that there will be no jobs, we're obviously no where near that point. The problem is that there probably won't be enough jobs to employee all the people being displaced.

  23. Re:What? No "it's a trap" theories? on Assange Implies Murdered DNC Staffer Was WikiLeaks' Source (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt he really cares at all about Trump. He's not American.

  24. Re:What? No "it's a trap" theories? on Assange Implies Murdered DNC Staffer Was WikiLeaks' Source (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    That makes sense, except for the fact that Assange hates Hillary and will do anything to screw her campaign.

  25. Re:Does anybody really doubt it on Assange Implies Murdered DNC Staffer Was WikiLeaks' Source (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    This was clearly not done by real professionals as the attacker got into a fight with their victim and the victim was left wounded but alive.