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  1. Reading is hard. Proofreading is even harder.

  2. Re:Contradictions and coincindences, typical FF or on Man With 3-D-Printed Gun Had Hit List of Lawmakers, US Says (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    He would have printed more, but the cyan cartridge ran out and the printer wouldn't print the rest of the gun.

  3. The A.W.E.S.O.M.-O 4000 on Russian State TV Shows Off 'Robot' That's Actually a Man In a Robot Suit (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it suggest ideas for movies staring Adam Sandler?

  4. If you're mad at your assistant on Google Assistant iOS Update Lets You Say 'Hey Siri, OK Google' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    The command is Siri Alexa HeyGoogle! Search this right now or I will send you to your room!

  5. Complaining about the refs is part of the game on Has Video Refereeing Ruined The World Cup? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    The purists complain about it because complaining about the refereeing is part of the post game rituals. If the refs were infallible and omniscient, it would remove this social aspect of the game. You can't go into work the next day and say something like, "did you see that ludicrous display last night?" and then spend the next couple of hours discussing the art of flopping and the fine subtleties of the rules if the refs don't mess up all the time.

  6. Kilts are for day to day use, for battle you wear a floor length sequined ball gown. The idea is is blind your opponent with opulence.

  7. Re:How about an 8K projector? on 8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype (engadget.com) · · Score: 1
  8. When I read the headline, the image in my mind was a community built like an open plan office. All of the beds are in one or two huge rooms. If people snore, you can use headphones to block it out. Surrounding the giant shared bedrooms are a whole bunch of small rooms for changing or other activities of an intimate nature. There aren't nearly enough, so book early. Outside of that is a narrow strip of grass that they call a park.

  9. How related is related on Twitter Will Ban Most Cryptocurrency-Related Ads (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    By related cryptocurrency-related ads, does that mean ads that advertise cryptocurrency or ads that mine cryptocurrency? The second type is probably more important to ban than the first.

  10. Re:All french everywhere on France Says 'Au Revoir' to the Word 'Smartphone' (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    English doesn't have a regulator because, "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."

    English borrowed a huge amount of vocabulary from French over the past thousand years. We are now giving some of it back.

  11. A real test on AI Beats Humans at Reading Comprehension (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    A much better test would be seeing if it could understand some deconstructionist literary criticism.

  12. Thanking the person in the car? on Apparently, People Say 'Thank You' To Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Vehicles (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It says there was someone in the car. Perhaps they were thanking the person in the car?

  13. Esperanto Practice on The Invented Language That Found a Second Life Online (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    “Bonvoro alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!”

  14. Here is a list of a few ways to disperse the Earth
    https://www.livescience.com/17...

  15. Re:Obligatory on How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    For the truly pedantic, it would be measured in Newtons. Your Quarter Pounder would be a McDonald's Newton.

  16. Re:May emit showers of sparks on Why Is Anime Obsessed With Power Lines? (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The C4 that lines the inside of the Enterprise bridge consoles is essential for correct functioning.

  17. Re:It has the shape of a spaceship !! on Study of Recent Interstellar Asteroid Reveals Bizarre Shape (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not a space ship, it is a monitor from the future that has fallen back through time. They were using the past as a way to throw away their outdated equipment when they went to the new and more productive 12:1 aspect ration on their screens.

  18. Here is a certification program for your new plan on Should Developers Do All Their Own QA? (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    This is the quality of QA you get when you have your dev team do all the testing.
    https://blog.codinghorror.com/...

  19. Re:Next on What Comes After User-Friendly Design? (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    When you read the article, there is a video at the bottom that autoplays. If you pause the video and scroll so that it is off the screen then scroll back, the video picks back up and starts playing again.
    I guess the author is testing user hostile design on us to see what we will do.

  20. Re:BabyQ and XiaoBing missing, presumed on vacatio on Chinese Chatbots Apparently Re-educated After Political Faux Pas (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    When they come back from vacation their avatar pictures will be changed so they look slightly disheveled and have a far away look in their eyes. Everything they say will be prefaced with, "I make this statement of my own free will."

  21. Should be something inexpensive on Facebook Is Working On a Video Chat Device (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You can just market a stand for your pocket video phone. That way you can have a video chat and not have the phone in your hand.

  22. Re:It makes sense. on Oregon Passes First Statewide Bicycle Tax In Nation (washingtontimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Oregon is also the state that keeps trying to put a GPS on cars to tax them per mile driven. Why not put one on the bike as well?

  23. Re:Wait 10 years.... on 24 Cores and the Mouse Won't Move: Engineer Diagnoses Windows 10 Bug (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    ...you will have a quantum computer and the mouse will still get stuck.

    When that happens the mouse will behave erratically because you are observing the pointer.

  24. Targeted Ads on Google To Revamp Policies, Hire Staff After UK Ad Scandal (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They are probably complaining because the ads are supposed to be targeted to the user watching the video. So when there is a pairing like the screen shot from here -- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... it looks like Google thinks that Guardian readers are generally interested in Islamic propaganda.

  25. Re:Bias from personal preference on 58% of High-Performance Employees Say They Need More Quiet Work Spaces (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    In those situations, watch for the lower bosses to "occasionally" and "temporarily" use a conference room for some work.