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  1. Re:What are the benefits over electric? on Toyota Unveils Plan For Hydrogen Powered Semi Truck (rdmag.com) · · Score: 1

    - Charging will take only five minutes or so
    - Hydrogen can be stored in huge containers, which scales better than batteries
    - Hydrogen can relatively easily be transported
    - Production and/or disposal of the storage device may be more ecologically friendly (not sure about this)

    Toyota is the technology leader in hybrid engines so they know a lot about electric cars. They may have their reasons why they think hydrogen is the future.

  2. Re:Good job guys! on Newest Firefox Browser Bashes Crashes (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Very funny.

  3. Re:Good job guys! on Newest Firefox Browser Bashes Crashes (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately there are bugs in Firefox that make us recommend using another browser to our users. Here is an example:

    In some situations Indexeddb in Firefox gets broken beyond repair. As a consequence, people who encounter this error will not be able to visit pages that used Indexeddb anymore. Not only once of for some days, but never again. The error is permanent and cannot be fixed by a normal user. Users only have the option to switch to another browser or delete the storage folder in the used profile (which requires a bit of technical knowledge). This is a total show stopper and I have the feeling that Firefox developers are not really aware how severe this is. Here is the bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/s...

    Hell, we would even donate money to get this bug fixed. But all we can do is cast a single vote, sit on the sidelines, hope and pray.

  4. Re:Hey, it kinda looks like a... on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Aerodynamic drag is proportional to the square of the velocity. This means that at lower speed steamlining becomes much less important. Not unimportant, just much less important.

  5. Re:Madoff is small time compared to Musk on Tesla Tops GM by Market Value as Investors See Musk as Future (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple: No, huge margin and profit Facebook: Maybe

  6. Re:Madoff is small time compared to Musk on Tesla Tops GM by Market Value as Investors See Musk as Future (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Not sure if I fully agree with your statement, but I will stay away from Tesla stocks, too. Too much of the stock price is hope and emotion, and I suspect there will be a lot of tears at some point in the future.

    Oh, and if I had the money for a Tesla X P90D I would buy this car instead: http://www.porsche.com/interna...

  7. How much do 32 ounces cost at your cinema? on A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I really want to know. Here in Berlin/Germany cinemas charge about 5€ (US$ 5.33) for one liter (I think that's the equivalent of 32 ounces) Coca Cola or Pepsi.

  8. Re:Hope he has really strong arms. on Jetpack Entrepreneur Creates Iron Man-Style Human Flying Suit (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you watch the video? There is a short scene of him doing exercises in a gym. And yes, hes has strong arms, really strong in relation to his body weight.

  9. Re:Pointless until Safari catches up on Chrome 57 Arrives With CSS Grid Layout and API Improvements (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, Safari has been the new InternetExplorer for a while. The finally fixed the IndexedDB issues, but it's still behind in many other parts. I really wish the would catch up, because you cannot ignore that market share of Apple customers who are too lazy to install Chrome.

  10. Very nice, but still no OpenType SVG support on Chrome 57 Arrives With CSS Grid Layout and API Improvements (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    In case you didn't know, Chrome is the only main browser left that does not support colored fonts. Actually there are several proposed standards for colored fonts, and Chrome supports exactly none of them. The most promising standard is OpenType SVG. Edge fully supports this and Firefox supports it, too, although they forgot to implement the SVG compression.

    Here is more information on this feature: https://helpx.adobe.com/typeki...

    And here is an example (looks nicer on Firefox and Edge): https://people-mozilla.org/~jk...

    Let's hope we will see this in the not too distant future.

  11. I imagine this is the training program on Quantum Computer Learns To 'See' Trees (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "How to recognize trees from quite a long way away". A bit dated, but still unmatched: https://youtu.be/Tzmp8T2xX2A?t...

  12. After Sweden-Finland, Dubai-Abu Dhabi now Jakarta on Hyperloop Firm Eyes Indonesia For Ultra-Fast Transport System (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Man, that sounds like a massive success-story. But first let's do the Mars colonization real quick to free resources for building those vacuum tubes.

  13. Re:x/2^n == xn (for unsigned integers) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    I think this is still pretty standard. I just copy-pasted a binary search snipplet in Javascript from stackoverflow a few days ago and the mid-value was calculated using the '>>' operator.

  14. Re:Floppy disks drilling & punching holes on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    Not sure a double sided disk drive existed for the Commodore 64. For us cash strapped kids, cutting holes into single sided floppy disks was the only option, shortsighted or not.

  15. Realigning the head of a datasette on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    using a screwdriver. Here is how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  16. If companies do weird stuff like that on The Brief, Bumbling Tech Careers of Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, and Will.i.am (backchannel.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    their end is near, because it is done out of sheer desperation. This was true in the past and will be in the future. Keep that in mind, my young friends.

  17. I fully agree. There have not been too many inventions during the past few years that looked like they would make life easier for many (I still do not own a smartphone), but this is one of them. If they somehow manage to create a descent looking version of them with at least 15 hours battery life there will be a huge market. And by huge I mean in the tens or hundreds of billion Dollars.

  18. How about a swap? on Mark Zuckerberg 'Reconsidering' Lawsuits To Force Property Sales in Hawaii (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If their properties is surrounded by Zuckerberg's property, why not offer them a swap? Offer them part of the outer part of his property for theirs, same size, same quality (or of course money if they prefer). That feels like sensible way to solve this without being evil.

  19. Re:All Trumpists and Americanisms aside... on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the name of a musician from New Zealand. Randy Marsh impersonated her in South Park's episode "Gluten Free Ebola".

















    :)

  20. Re:Hands on Wheel? on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as the so-called "Autopilot" ist simply an assistant, that's how it should be done properly and it should be a requirement.

  21. That would be a Casio game watch on Ask Slashdot: What's The Most Useful 'Nerd Watch' Today? · · Score: 1

    But they don't make them anymore. Here are some of these awe inspiring pieces of technological achievement:

    http://forum.pocketcalculators...

    Seriosly, Casio, if you are reading this: Please, please, please produce another batch of stainless steel game watches. People are already paying $500 for a second hand watch like this one:

    http://www.mywatchmart.com/lis...

  22. If you missed the hilarous fake interview on Apple's New MacBook Pro Requires a $25 Dongle To Charge Your iOS Device (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    with an "apple engineer", this fits so well here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  23. A lice little country you have there on China To UK: 'Golden' Ties At Crucial Juncture Over Nuclear Delay (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Liu: Well suppose some of your power plants was to get broken and power lines start getting cut, er, power outages could occur during general inspection, like.
    Xi: It wouldn't be good for business would it, Ma'am?
    May: Are you threatening me?
    Xi: Oh, no, no, no.
    Liu: Whatever made you think that, Ma'am?
    Xi: The Prime Minister doesn't think we're nice people, Liu.
    Liu: We're your buddies, Ma'am.
    Xi: We want to look after you.
    May: Look after me?
    https://youtu.be/pm5mtpPtW1Q?t...

  24. ...people with heart disease are far more likely to become cosmonauts who reach deep space.

  25. You mean like the buses in Italy? on Google Working On Wireless Charging For Self-Driving Cars (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Google should send some of their engineers to Italy. They have been doing this for more than ten years with buses in Turin and Genoa. Seems to work. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.co...