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  1. Re:Russian newspaper? on Elon Musk To Fight Fake News, Rate Journalists' Credibility Via a Site Called 'Pravda' · · Score: 1

    Grimes is blowing up Elon's brain. (That is probably a very enjoyable experience)

  2. Not quite memories on Scientists Transfer Memory Between Snails (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    The paper discusses RNA influencing "Epigenetic Engram for Long-Term Sensitization", it isn't like RNA injection is going to give you complex sensory memories.

    You know what else might influence your epigenetic engram for long-term sensitization? Cocaine!

  3. Re:Ship U separate from reactor in hardened contai on NASA Successfully Tests New Nuclear Reactor For Future Space Travelers (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It should be noted that a block of U235 represents a tremendously reduced radiation risk than an RTG (which inherently has crazy "hot" isotopes on launch, because that is how it works).

    Once the reactor has been running for a while, you will get crazy "hot" isotopes, but the theory is not to run the reactor until the probe is far enough away from earth.

    On the other hand, should the U235 survive a launch failure but end up in the wrong hands, say someone working on a weapon...well that is another issue.

  4. AWS Cert on Ask Slashdot: What Should I Study? · · Score: 2

    Get an AWS Cert, best study material is Udemy A Cloud Guru (Ryan Kroonenburg). I spent a few weeks on it, and passed my AWS cert, plus have a great introductory understanding of AWS cloud.

  5. Re:Chinese are good researchers on White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    China has 10x the population as the US, its area is roughly the same size and has nearly the same access to similar resources. In theory China should be able to be the #1 Economy in the world, but it isn't.

    China started doing better once Mao died. Starving tens of millions of people to death for communist political reasons and outlawing private business was not good for growth.

    Now given current growth rates, Chinaâ(TM)s economy will be larger than Americaâ(TM)s before 2030.

    China is already the worldâ(TM)s largest trading nation, with trade over $3.8 billion in 2016 (compare with $3.5 billion for the US).

    On a personal basis, China is about where the US was in 1950 based on GDP per capita and percent urbanized population. But it is moving fast.

  6. Re:It's already started on Net Neutrality Is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait To Screw Us (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is called Netflix Open Connect, where ISP's with a substantial amount of Netflix traffic can host Netflix Open Connect caches.

  7. Re:Expect higher peering fees on Net Neutrality Is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait To Screw Us (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not called "peering" when you are dumping terabits per second onto someone else's network and have basically zero traffic back into your network in a completely non-asymetrical fashion.

    You call that "paid transport"...

  8. They will benefit more if you give them money to buy books, notebooks, pencils, pen, chalk, dusters, musical instruments and so on.

    They will benefit EVEN MORE if poor country governments allowed enough economic freedom that the economies could effectively and productively employ educated children when they become adults.

    If there is no industry, and no skilled jobs, there is little reason to spend much time in school, thus children become only loosely attached to school (pulled out whenever harvest or other child labor financial opportunity presents itself to the family), and teachers are mainly sitting around earning a paycheck for time served because no one is motivated to ensure that they are motivated, and no one is going to fire a public employee.

    Alternatively, take Botswana, which has transformed itself from one of the world's poorest countries to a middle-income country. The regulatory environment encourages growth, and openness to foreign investment and trade promotes competitiveness and resilience, and it remains the least corrupt country on the African continent. GDP is $17,042 per capita and has 4.2% 5-year CAGR.

    And though Cote d'Ivoire is starting from a lower level (GDP per capita $3,609), it has 8.9% 5-year CAGR. To maintain Cote d'Ivoire's enviable record of economic expansion, the government plans additional pro-market reforms, including streamlining of bureaucratic procedures to cut business costs and support small and medium-size enterprises.

  9. Re:The actual cross-walk rules on California Police Ticket A Self-Driving Car (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    The actual California law is here.

    The key wording is "The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection...The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian within any marked or unmarked crosswalk shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian."

    There is no explicit requirement to stop if someone is just "in the crosswalk", but of course if they are in the crosswalk and walking towards your car, you better stop to "yield right of way", "exercise all due care", and "safeguard the safety of the pedestrian".

  10. Re:Take your lumps for Trump on Wage Growth Slows Across the Country (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What you really need to look at is real compensation per hour because of all the non-wage compensation going on (health insurance, etc.). It is pretty flat since 2015.

    The civillian labor force flatlined from 2008-2012, then start to a weak climb. Labor force participation rate only stopped falling in 2015 (the same time that total compensation flatlined).

    My thought is that despite the low and flatlining unemployment rate, there are still people who are being sucked back into the labor force by availability of jobs. Many people marginally attached to the labor force are not high-productivity workers, so they can actually bring down average wages when they are hired.

    Existing workers who are highly productive are seeing compensation increases so companies don't lose them, but new/inexperienced/less productive workers may be being hired at lower compensation levels.

  11. People die with normal cruise control as well on Tesla Says Autopilot Was Engaged During Fatal Model X Crash (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of examples of people crashing with normal cruise control for example see this.

  12. News images show debris investigation about 400 feet south of the intersection with Curry. There, the median had a lot of tall bushes (and of course "no pedestrians/use crosswalk" signs). Tempe PD say the victim was crossing from west to east when she was struct by the northbound Uber. See street view.

  13. Looking at news images where they were investigating the southernmost debris, I believe the victim was struct 400 feet south of the crosswalk at E Curry Rd. The news images of the Uber & bicycle were taken about 200 feet north of that. I believe she was struck near the southeast leg of the "Big X" in the Median, see Google Map.

  14. Re:Uber killed a BICYCLIST, not a pedestrian on Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Woman in First Fatal Crash Involving Pedestrian (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Tempe PD say she was walking her bike across the road from West to East.

  15. Re:I work at ASU, where Uber has cars running a LO on Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Woman in First Fatal Crash Involving Pedestrian (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was a jaywalker hurrying to catch the light rail. Despite the signage and engineering, people frequently jaywalk near light rail stops along the route.

    Tempe PD say she was going from the West side of Mill to the East side. Maybe just walking her bike over to the bike lane to go north?

    There is plenty of brush in median to obscure someone coming out onto the road. And yes, the "no pedestrians/use crosswalk signs" in the median, although there also is a trash can in the median, and for the life of me I can't figure out how you would get to the trash can without being a pedestrian unless you have a jet pack.

  16. Indeed, the is a "no pedestrians/use crosswalk" sign in the median of N. Mill Ave. directly across from where the crash investigation was going on.

  17. Re:For those of you wondering on The College Board Pushes To Make Computer Science a High School Graduation Requirement · · Score: 2

    More importantly, The College Board runs the Advanced Placement (AP) programs, which by the way includes AP Computer Science. Hmmm....

  18. Re:I know it's not popular but on President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There was an effect - a friend of mine bought a MAK-90 with a thumbhole stock after the "assault weapon" ban instead of some other kind of AK-47 semi-auto clone that had a pistol grip because of the ban.

  19. My pet peeves on Learning To Program Is Getting Harder (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    1) Git is horrible for introductory usability. Just today I saw a tweet from a veteran programmer who complained about not remembering how to roll back a commit and needing to Google it.

    2) Overly complex object libraries. No, you don't have to inherit 12 different levels. And "Hello World" should not be a hundred-line program.

  20. Re:Meanwhile in a civilized country.... on Foxconn Unit To Cut Over 10,000 Jobs As Robotics Take Over (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    Note that German car manufacturers have opened up many plants in the US such as Spartanburg [BMW] and Chattanooga [Volkswagen].

    28% of German-owned company vehicles sold in the US were built in the United States in the first 4 months of 2017.

    I suspect the percent will keep rising...

  21. I'm looking around, but I don't actually see any of today's nuclear.

    Unit 2 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has successfully completed pre-operational testing. Sanmen 1 is expected to be the first Westinghouse AP1000 to begin operating later this year, with Sanmen 2 also set to start up in 2018. (source)

    Construction of China's 600 MWe demonstration Fast neutron reactors at Xiapu, Fujian province, has officially begun. The reactor is scheduled to begin commercial operation by 2023. The Xiapu reactor will be a demonstration of that sodium-cooled pool-type fast reactor design. (Source)

  22. Regarding states with Republican governors:

    Nevada: Nevada Solar One & Copper Mountain Solar Facility.

    Arizona: Mesquite Solar project, Solana solar Generating Station, Agua Caliente Solar Project

    Florida: Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center

    Texas: Roscoe Wind Farm, Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center, Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm, Sweetwater Wind Farm, Buffalo Gap Wind Farm, Panther Creek Wind Farm, Peñascal Wind Power Project, Papalote Creek Wind Farm, Gulf Wind Farm, King Mountain Wind Farm, Bethel Wind Farm

    Iowa: Crystal Lake Wind Farm, Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm, Story County Wind Farm

    Illinois: Twin Groves Wind Farm, Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm

    Indiana: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, Meadow Lake Wind Farm

    Kansas: Smoky Hills Wind Farm

  23. Re:I'd do everything to avoid an IPO, too... on US Startups Don't Want To Go Public Anymore (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    When you sell out, good business decisions take a back seat to the constant pressure to increase profits - and thus the stock price - at all costs.

    There is no good evidence to support that publicly traded companies have worse long-term returns due to a concentration on short-term stock price.

    "a new study of more than 900 funds raised since 1986 finds...no significant return difference between private equity and an equivalent portfolio of publicly traded stocks." (source).

  24. The IPR laws are broken for standards on MPEG Founder Says the MPEG Business Model Is Broken (chiariglione.org) · · Score: 2

    The problem is that any technical standard that is reasonably complex may infringe on intellectual property both from those who participate in the standardization process (and are supposed to declare IPR) and unknowingly from those who do not participate.

    Just because AOM says AV1 it does not infringe on any IPR does not mean it does not. This is only truly discovered after no one sues the big pockets for years after deployment.

    I am almost never a government-solutions style person, but the problem is that government created patents, and the current patent system is not particularly useful in coordinating multiple patent claims to orchestrate into a licensable standard.

    For any significant standard (a "national standard" from ANSI, for example), all IPR claims on that standard should be required to be brought within one year of standard publication, and fit into a common sane licensing scheme (perhaps one worked out in the standardization body or ANSI before publication). If you don't speak up in one year after publication (i.e. submarine patents) then tough luck, you can not claim infringement on use of the standard.

    I'm totally for letting people get paid for their IPR. I'm also totally for allowing standards to work and be licensable.

  25. 5G Net Neutrality on FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry folks, with the government running the 5G network, your precious "Net Neutrality" will be protected. You don't want those horrible profit-loving companies running the 5G network and doing "non-net neutral" things, right? Only the government can protect us from capitalist evil!

    You'll love TrumpNet, it will be so Net Neutral, it will be Neutraller than Neutral!