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  1. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you struggle as much with context as you do with sentence formation? I’ll guess that your first language is german from the way that you put that tangle together in your first reply to me.

    My issue is the women that don't know the law on consent, with the women that react negatively to a perfectly fine interaction, that do find engaging with the opposite sex difficult to understand

    This does not make sense, there is no way that those three clauses combine to form a valid sentence in English. I would guess that you have translated a different type of construct from your native tongue into “that do”, but it does not work like that in English.

    In the face of ambiguity most language falls back on context: read the post that my reply was aimed at. In a context where another poster has expressed that all sexual harassment claims are a form of man-hating what do you think you have actually expressed?

  2. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    The reply was not addressed to you. Dismissing all allegations as man-hating suggests that you need to watch it though. It may also suggest that you are a fucking retard. These are nit mutually exclusive options.

  3. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Well....

    A quick google suggests 288 calories per hour for sex. If those 4.59 billion hours were people having sex instead of watching it: 4.59B * 288 = 1322 * 10^9 calories, using a conversion factor of 1.163*10^-6 is about 1.5 million kwh. So engineers who care about efficiency should get out there and get laid.

    (I left out the factor of two because I don't judge people's sexual preferences).

  4. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    No.

    Many interactions are fine. It's just that you find it difficult to understand, try to watch this video and see if you can deal with it.

  5. Re:Unclear Story on Bitcoin Fees Are Skyrocketing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There is already a consortium of banks looking at blockchain technology for that purpose. It was a while ago so I can't remember the details, but JP Morgan might be involved? A custom blockchain would solve a lot of issues that they have, and it would still be a very closed system avoiding many of the issues that bitcoin must have. Interesting area. Doing it via BTC is indeed a totally separate issue.

  6. Re:Unclear Story on Bitcoin Fees Are Skyrocketing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you tried critical thought?

    How would shifting inter-bank transfers onto the blockchain prevent banks from "manipulating money"?

  7. Re:Unclear Story on Bitcoin Fees Are Skyrocketing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ha ha ha. The “government free” libertarian dream? Sure kid, sure it will. Because this time it really is different. Shit, we don’t even have to talk about tulips - remember the last bitcoin bubble / crash? It was only four years ago...

  8. Re:Unclear Story on Bitcoin Fees Are Skyrocketing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would banks using bitcoin for interbank transfers be a good thing?

    They have a much faster, more efficient, centralized network. It does not use matic internet money - instead the transfers they make have the same value when they arrive. Bitcoin takes 1-6 hours to make a transfer andbit is not unusual for its values to change by 10-20% in a day.

  9. Re:Apparently that's insignificant now on NiceHash Hacked, $62 Million of Bitcoin May Be Stolen (reddit.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting signs:

    1. A bunch of friends who have no interest in bitcoin were debating the energy costs last night.
    2. It's mainstream new this morning that it has spiked another $2000 dollars.
    3. Browser adverts this morning are "make $1,241 in a single day trading bitcoin!".

    So, yeah we are approaching fever pitch. Looking back at the price graph over the past year shows a dramatic acceleration in growth bursts: 2-3 months, 1.5 months, now about a single month. Higher speed of growth each time. I reckon it will pop within a month - and there is normally a dip in trading over christmas.

  10. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It is laughable that you believe what you wrote is valid. You need something like a second grade education yourself.

  11. Re:Pedeantics Day on Cryptocurrencies Aren't 'Crypto' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So where is the error?

  12. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It is disturbing that you believe that is a valid sentence.

  13. Re:Pedeantics Day on Cryptocurrencies Aren't 'Crypto' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Try to complete the whole thought inside your head before you write it down. What do you think “breaking codes” refers to?

  14. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you need some kind of remedial writing course instead?

    What makes you think that HDMI (
    which because it has mandatory monetary licensing is better than DisplayPort,
      which is technically superior and because it doesn't have the mandatory licensing is also cheaper?

    The newlines are added to help you see the disaster that is your attempt to write a coherent sentence. I serious;y doubt there is a reading course anywhere in the world that could overcome your disability.

    Users of hdmi2.1 within 5 years: gamers, as previously stated, you retard. 120hz 4k.

  15. Re:Pedeantics Day on Cryptocurrencies Aren't 'Crypto' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't know it was that time already! The story wasn't really pedantic enough for me to realise...

    The term "crypto" is not short for cryptography as many people (incorrectly) believe. The term cryptography only refers to the making of codes. The correct term is cryptology - which means both making and breaking codes. This is the actual meaning that people are using when they refer to crypto - cryptology. The common usage of the term cyptography is slightly incorrect.

  16. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I don’t see how what you have written makes any sense as it is a bit garbled. I don’t see any connection between a relative comparison between displayport / hdmi and whether or not improvements in hdmi would only apply to cable tv (your earlier argument). What are you trying to say?

  17. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are you assuming a TV is the only device on the end of a HDMI cable? I’m looking forward to 4k / 120hz monitors.

  18. Re:Enough already! on Bitcoin Hits $10,000 Because Ceilings Are Just a Construct, Man (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The speed with which these stories appear, and the average number of suckers in the comments is fantastic information for people who are closing out their positions before the bubble pops. And for everyone else... grab the popcorn and enjoy.

  19. Re: San Bernadino all over again on Apple Is Served A Search Warrant To Unlock Texas Church Gunman's iPhone (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 0

    Nah, there is a whole divison in St Petersburg dedicated to pretending to be British on the web. They are pretty good at judging by the number of people that followed them on twitter in the run-up to the brexit vote.

  20. Certainly that is an precedented (and partially unwarranted) level of detail.

  21. Have you explained that to the legion of fans that love the Galaxy Note? They will be so bitterly disappointed...

    Personally I use an ipad-pro / pencil combination and it is exactly what I need about 50% of the time: loose division between written notes and diagrams. The other 50% of the time I have a laptop for a real shell/vi combo.

    Hopefully microsoft do *something* with the courier concept because I want a cheap clone that runs linux...

  22. Re:ubuntu on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark Released · · Score: 1

    We understand that you are hurting, but this is not how the support group works.

  23. Re:WTF on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark Released · · Score: 1

    Whåt the sweet fuck is this? The end of däys? when did this happen and did anyöne notice??!

  24. Re:Debian? on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark Released · · Score: 1

    Or your point is irrelevant. Read what two people have explained to you:

    Constants.
    Not code.

  25. Re:With friends like this, who needs enemies on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well yeah, if you prefer data as an analogy for data. Sheesh, just make it really obvious....