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  1. The games will obviously be made by Martians, duh.

  2. Re:And atheists have empathy... on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We are wired for empathy. Well, most of us.

    And those that aren't just go into politics.

  3. Don't call it a study.

    Call it robot testing.

  4. If this ever becomes a standardized test to find out sociopaths and psychopaths, they need to filter out if the person being tested is a programmer or not.

  5. It depends. Does it finish that sentence with "meatbag"?

  6. Re:The only good purpose on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Lasers. You forgot about lasers.

    I'm guessing artificial ones would be better for that since AFAIK they usually have less impurities.

  7. Re:Won't be rare for long on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The bizarre thing is that people actually want these shiny chunks of carbon.

    If Hollywood taught me anything, it's that diamonds are necessary to cut windows when you're doing burglary.

  8. Re: Won't be rare for long on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    And have less imperfections than mined ones.
    And aren't mined by slaves.
    And should be less expensive.

  9. Re:Now all they have to solve... on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Rule of acquisition #102: Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.

  10. Re:Now all they have to solve... on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    We're in big trouble if Coke and DeBeers ever team up.

  11. Re:Easy peezy on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    There are also huge savings from avoiding all the safety measures, shift changes, and even gem theft.

    Alright, but don't send Bender otherwise that last part won't be true.

  12. Re:Easy peezy on Rare Blue Diamonds Lurk Deep In Earth's Core (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If you like to have things built with a mix of measurement systems, come live in Canada!

  13. Re:Broadband Push by the Luminati on How AT&T and Verizon Rip Off DSL Customers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Steam is awesome, they always have games on sale!

  14. Re:How about gold mining? on Cryptocurrency Miners Are Building Their Own Electricity Infrastructure (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Correction: with gold mining at least something of material value may be produced. There's no guarantee on the quantity of gold that will be produced.

  15. Re:The power of speculation on Cryptocurrency Miners Are Building Their Own Electricity Infrastructure (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I can't wait until the bitcoin bubble implodes on itself after the reward halving in 2020.

    You don't seem to understand what happens when rewards halve. Hint: it usually pushes the value of a coin to near double its value, sometimes more.

  16. I'm not your buddy, pal.

    My post above was to prove the point you just made. If I had to post under my real name, I couldn't post stupid shit like "SHITCOCK!".

    Share and enjoy!

  17. Different headline than I expected on Tesla Is Building Its Own AI Chips For Self-Driving Cars (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From the previous thread about Tesla, I expected this headline to read "Tesla is now building their own arcade cabinets".

  18. Re:Congratulations, Apple! on Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion US Company in History (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Searching for "imac pro repair" gives 14.1 million results and the first few have these titles:
    Popular YouTuber Says Apple Won't Fix His iMac Pro Damaged While Disassembled (he's not saying they won't repair it for free, he's saying they won't repair it even if he's paying for the repair).
    Is Apple's behavior ILLEGAL?? - iMac Pro Repair Pt. 2
    Apple refuses to fix iMac Pro damaged in YouTube teardown
    Canadian YouTuber Denied iMac Pro Repair By Apple Over ‘Policy’ Issues [VIDEO]
    The Apple Store Genius Bar Broke My $5,000 iMac Pro

  19. Re:Renaming Neighborhood is bad? on As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is like if Google just suddenly started calling Hell's Kitchen something else.

    Gordon Ramsay would not be amused.

  20. The Internet is full of crazy

    The world is full of crazy.

    Fixed that for you.

  21. Tables are already turning.

    I'd agree with you, but let's remember that tables should only be used to represent tabular data. For presentation, use CSS.

  22. The worst part is when you have to explain to your wife what "3dFurryFutanariTentacles.com" means.

  23. It's still a lot better than Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;

  24. SHITCOCK!