User: haliburns

Re: It also needs weight verification.

On: Tinder Announces New 'Height Verification' Feature. But They May Be Lying (gotinder.com)

I suppose it has escaped you that this is illegal in our supposedly free country.

Re: You don't need to *stay next to the car*

On: Tesla Acquires Ultracapacitor Manufacturer For Over $200 Million, Reaches Deal With Electrify America To Deploy Powerpacks At Over 100 Charging Stations (electrek.co)

Learn to code.

Re: I'd rather Google fixes their consumer produc

On: Google Memo On Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company (bloomberg.com)

How about, after god know how many years, I still can't use my gmail mailing lists from the damn iPhone, neither at the web site or in the app.

Re: Savings? Really no.

On: Tesla Will Be First Automaker To Lose the Federal Tax Credit For Electric Cars (theverge.com)

That was a shitty reply

Re: More room for manual assembly?

On: New 'Tent' Assembly Line Is 'Way Better' Than Conventional Factory, Says Tesla CEO (arstechnica.com)

Eat your shorts - Elon Simpson

Re: Tesla Batteries

On: Tesla Batteries Retain Over 90 Percent Charging Power After 160,000 Miles, Survey Finds (engadget.com)

Yes , this sounds like one of those things computers will never automate.

A meme, and a stupid one

On: Why Hiring the 'Best' People Produces the Least Creative Results (qz.com)

I heard almost the same drivel in a separate news story not two days ago. Coincidence? Where I work, the very best software engineers make contributions worth tens of millions, consistently, whether as part of a team or not. The absolute worst ones make contributions of a similar magnitude, only that they are negative.

Re: Clickbait headline

On: Church Elder/'Jeopardy' Champion Charged With Computer Crimes (mlive.com)

If you have trouble distinguishing between what you imagine to be real and what is actually real, you could look to repeatable physical observations and experiments, ... you know... like science does

Re: Why?

On: China Closes More Than 13,000 Websites in Past Three Years (reuters.com)

We won't run out of homeless until we run out of meth and re-institutionalize the schizophrenic.

Re: Don't Roll Your Own Crypto

On: A Cryptocurrency Without a Blockchain Has Been Built To Outperform Bitcoin (technologyreview.com)

Do they measure it like we do, where we don't count all the things that are inflating quickly? Sure, inflation is only 2% but it now takes 14 billion dollars to buy mobile app like WhatsApp.

Re: Thank Goodness

On: Security, Privacy Focused Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Successfully Crowdfunded (softpedia.com)

Weak

Re: I wonder...

On: Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms (gizmodo.com)

Why aren't we funding this?

Re: Testosterone levels

On: Japan's Population Falls At Fastest Rate Since 1968

Please move to Cuba

Re: Communism

On: Venezuelans Flock To Cryptocoins Amid Spiralling Inflation (bloomberg.com)

Losing an argument? No problem, just change the subject.

Re: Think of it this way

On: Cook Says Apple Is Focusing on Making an Autonomous Car System (bloomberg.com)

Incorrect. They are waiting to have a system that is reliable enough to trust with your life. Not there yet for general driving.

Re: 64GB STORAGE, not MEMORY

On: Apple Announces New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro With Narrower Side Bezels, 120Hz Refresh Rate Display (9to5mac.com)

Yes, but why do you have to be a dick?

Re: Don't think Uber will be alone with this

On: Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com)

Eventually companies will know so much about you that everything will be priced as a percentage of your wealth and we will all be exactly equal in the perfect socialist dystopia.