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  1. Another cogent department name on Ethereum Startup Vanishes After Seemingly Making $11, Leaves Message: 'Penis' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Who at /. comes up with... I mean thinks up... those things? I have great, ongoing appreciation for them.

  2. Okay, I'll admit it... on Some Sonos and Bose Speakers Are Being Hijacked To Play Ghostly Sounds (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I read the first two sentences of the story excerpt aloud to my husband. Our kitchen-table-top Echo Dot then cheerily announced through its external speakers: "Shuffling songs by Rick Astley!" So thanks to Amazon Prime I now know that Astley recorded more than just THE song...

  3. Re:This is a shame - he should not excuse his lett on 'I See Things Differently': James Damore on his Autism and the Google Memo (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    An official diagnosis (which I got 23 years ago at age 46) can provide the excuses you mention - but it doesn't have to. An individual's awareness of their own profile of cognitive strengths and weaknesses can lead them to seek workarounds for, or make extra effort in, problem areas. Other people's informed awareness can lead them to try meeting an autistic individual halfway in reaching understanding; a useful strategy in general. Neither of those sound anything like a retreat...

  4. Re:Just Take Ownership Of Being A God Damn Man on 'I See Things Differently': James Damore on his Autism and the Google Memo (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ironic that this directive comes from someone posting as an AC...

  5. Re:Conclusion: on Amazon Adds 'Instant Pickup Points' In US Brick-And-Mortar Push (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Amazon just recreated the Automat! Anyone else remember them from New York City?

  6. The "FE" refers to the onboard Fire Extinguisher.

  7. First saw this at work, in the thermal paper days on ESR Announces The Open Sourcing Of The World's First Text Adventure (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    It was run in a TI portable terminal with a 300-baud acoustic coupler, dialed into the PDP-11. Caused considerable loss of productivity...

  8. And for those still running batch systems... on Should Banks Let Ancient Programming Language COBOL Die? (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    ...there's JCL.

  9. Processor Technology SOL-20 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    Bought in the fall of 1977 IIRC. Had an 8080A running at 1MHz. With 48K of RAM, the thing cost $1850 at a time when low-end cars were like $1995. Used to like playing Target, but the Star Trek game was impressive too. Getting game sound through an AM radio placed near the motherboard was cool! (Yes, that was by design.) Also got a Computalker speech synthesizer board and turned the SOL into a text-to-speech talking terminal with software I wrote in 8080 Assembler. Followed by an Amiga 500, then an Amiga 1200, then an Amiga 600. Then finally in 1995, a Packard-Bell running the brand-new Windows 95... and so on.

  10. Anchors away! on How the IBM 1403 Printer Hammered Out 1,100 Lines Per Minute (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    That was the song I heard on a 1403. Stirring!

  11. What's old is new again on Curated Advertising Is Coming To Highway Billboards (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Digital Burma Shave signs.

  12. Re:Lots of Sunshine there on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hope so - that'd provide a bunch of jobs quickly, and the transmission infrastructure is already there...

  13. Re:The takeaway message: don't buy an EV on Electric Car Battery Prices Fell By 80% In the Last 7 Years, Says Study (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of leasing?

  14. i5 Optiplex 790 from Goodwill on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Computer Set-Up Look Like? · · Score: 1

    With upgraded RAM and (of course) graphics, and SSDs. Works for me...

  15. "Scyclone/Typhoon" version of a production EV? on Ask GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher a Question · · Score: 1

    In the early '90s GM produced high-performance versions of the GMC Sonoma and Jimmy called the Scyclone and Typhoon. Could we hope for similar, limited-production variants of EVs (of whatever body style)?

  16. Distinction without a difference on Smoking Is Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought · · Score: 0

    I'd say the risk of setting one's crotch on fire counts as an "influence", wouldn't you? Or you might even run over your own head!

  17. Re:it isn't the best thing for your health, but... on Smoking Is Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1
    "Nobody killed people by driving and smoking, for example."

    Sorry, but that's not true.

  18. The ultrasonic nozzles in the TFA... on Deep-Frying Graphene Microspheres For Energy Storage · · Score: 1

    ...seem like they might enhance fuel injection for IC engines as well. Hope somebody is looking into that...

  19. Proof by assertion? on Study: Red Light Cameras Don't Improve Safety · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, in rear-end collisions both parties are somewhat guilty.

    Your reasoning to reach this conclusion?

  20. Citation for that "50% capacity loss in one year"? on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 2

    There is a very active LEAF owners' group at mynissanleaf.com and folks have developed a battery-aging model based on formal tests and lots of user data. No one has reported anything like what you posit. How about some proof of that data?

  21. Re:Thanks for straightening that out! on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 1

    Fine. Try this instead: at just over 4 miles/kwh, my retail cost for electricity would've run three cents per mile, or about $70 so far. That better? :-)

  22. Re:Thanks for straightening that out! on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest looking elsewhere than the right-leaning Wall Street Journal for an objective analysis of costs and benefits. And I've owned entry-level cars over the years ('76 Rabbit, '79 Mazda GLC) but to compare their level of features to a LEAF is simply bogus.

  23. Re:Generalizing your situation on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 1

    A little more information... the LEAF is my daily driver, but when I leased it I kept my paid-for Corolla for longer trips only. My annual driving comes to something over 15000 miles, and the annual mileage cap on the LEAF is 12000. I expect to put about 5000 miles/year on the Corolla including vacation driving. At that rate it'll last a good long while. Other EV owners have been known to rent cars for their occasional longer trips, and some lease deals even include rental credits.

  24. Thanks for straightening that out! on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 5, Informative

    Now I'll be sure to remember how impractical my LEAF is as I drive to a morning meeting, then the mall for some mallwalking, then the free charging station near the gym for half a "tank" while I work out, then... Silly me, driving 2300+ around-town miles over the past three months for a total fuel cost of $9 (because one of my city's free charging stations is inside a parking deck) without ONCE realizing how impractical it was! :-)

  25. Well, who better to... on Google Looked Into Space Elevator, Hoverboards, and Teleportation · · Score: 1

    ...maintain an AI system of "waiting on better materials" projects while keeping abreast of materials research? Seems like they'd then know which startups to fund/acquire.