User: DontBeAMoran

Re:Won't matter

On: Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com)

You prefer coal batteries?

â"big flawsâ"

On: Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com)

"Our testers also found flawsâ"big flawsâ"

I see another flaw right there, but this one is not Tesla's fault.

Re:9th planet = Pluto

On: A New World's Extraordinary Orbit Points to Planet Nine (wired.com)

So the name of the ship should have been Planet Xpress?

Re:I think you meant

On: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Wants Justice Department To Scrutinize Big Tech (cnbc.com)

His tiny babies are for sale.

Re:Wrong

On: Advocacy Groups Call for the FTC To Break Up Facebook (bleepingcomputer.com)

No, people choose to use FB as their news source rather than going to real news organizations.

Even if you go to "real news organizations" for your news, you're going to get biaised opinions and "facts" aligned with the parent company's CEO political choice.

Re:Good

On: No Fossil Fuel-Based Generation Was Added To US Grid Last Month (arstechnica.com)

Not all crypto-currencies require a lot of power. Proof of work like Bitcoin, sure. But there are a lot of different types out there.

Re:so how do you prevent from scanning your plate

On: Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com)

Why does it always have to be serial numbers, though? I want parallel numbers!

Re: so how do you prevent from scanning your plate

On: Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com)

That, or clown make-up.

Re:so how do you prevent from scanning your plate

On: Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com)

Just park sideways.

Duh.

Re: so how do you prevent from scanning your plat

On: Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com)

What if we implemented Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics from the 1950's into the systems?

Re: money laundering

On: First Government Office in the US To Accept Bitcoin As Payment (orlandosentinel.com)

Joke's on them, I'm going to pay everything in Dogecoins. Let's see them haul five million dogecoins for tax payment.

Re:VR, but not great?

On: Google Is Making An AR Headset With New Qualcomm Chips (theverge.com)

In AR, you don't try to fill the field of view, you're adding things to the real world. That requires a lot less pixels.

Re:Good!

On: US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org)

You know what else is a good thing to drop birthrates? Nuking from orbit. That's the only way to be sure. That, or Godzilla.

Re:Feminism at work

On: US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org)

Of course you can't keep population growing when you have one child and one cripple.

Re:But how much energy is used by traditional fiat

On: Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com)

Employees, contractors, buildings, associated services and materials require energy too.

Re:"As seen on TV"

On: Investors Have Placed $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Offerings Rampant With Red Flags For Fraud (cnbc.com)

How about a piece of toast with an image of Darth Vader on it?

Oh yeah?

On: Investors Have Placed $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Offerings Rampant With Red Flags For Fraud (cnbc.com)

Well I'll make my own scam coin! With blackjack and hookers!

Damn

On: First Measurement of Distribution of Pressure Inside a Proton (phys.org)

I always knew I was under constant pressure, but this is ridiculous.

Re:proof of stake

On: Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com)

I'm running the ReddCoin Core wallet on my main computer, an old Core 2 Duo. I barely notice it's running except when trying to optimize PNGs and shit.

Re:Worser and worser

On: Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using (vice.com)

I agree, jQuery really sucks.

Re:Monopolies, yay!

On: Comcast Charges $90 Install Fee At Homes That Already Have Comcast Installed (arstechnica.com)

What you said sounds like a Family Guy bit. I'd see Peter doing the bit.

Re:Actually, about $200MM USD if 400MM pesos.....

On: Hackers Steal Millions From Mexican Banks In Transfer Heist (reuters.com)

Don't listen to these crooks. I'm willing to sell you 10 million Dogecoins at the low, low price of only 10 million Dogecoins.

Re:Guess I should get a construction job

On: A Quarter of Americans Spend All Day Inside, Survey Finds (washingtontimes.com)

PETER - This isn't so bad, huh? Making bucks, getting exercise, working outside.
LAWRENCE - Fuckin' A.
PETER - Fuckin' A...

Re:As opposed to outdoor air?

On: A Quarter of Americans Spend All Day Inside, Survey Finds (washingtontimes.com)

From outer space, obviously.

Smarter people don't have better passwords

On: Smarter People Don't Have Better Passwords, Study Finds (bleepingcomputer.com)

What's wrong with "54321EGAGGUL"?