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  1. Re:With great power comes great responsibility! on The Internet Has a Huge C/C++ Problem and Developers Don't Want to Deal With It (vice.com) · · Score: 2
  2. Re: How much do you want to stay in the neighborho on New Yorkers Protest Amazon HQ2: 'We Should Be Investing in Housing ... Not in Helicopters' (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    There's no need to convert parks to condo towers in order to achieve Barcelona's level of density (about 2x Queens').

  3. How much do you want to stay in the neighborhood? on New Yorkers Protest Amazon HQ2: 'We Should Be Investing in Housing ... Not in Helicopters' (geekwire.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We're worried about our ability to stay in the neighborhood," Dixon said.

    Then maybe you should allow more density. Restricting supply is a great way to make things unaffordable!

  4. Re:Read the license agreement... on Nasty Adobe Bug Deleted $250,000 Worth of Man's Files, Lawsuit Claims (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The cache folder was not _inside_ his video folder. The video folder _was_ his cache folder.

    Read the summary again:

    Premiere creates redundant video files that are stored in a "Media Cache" folder...Cooper instructed the video editing suite to place the folder inside a "Videos" directory on an external hard drive, according to court documents.

    (Emphasis added.)

  5. Re:Read the license agreement... on Nasty Adobe Bug Deleted $250,000 Worth of Man's Files, Lawsuit Claims (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    No, his cache folder was inside his videos folder, and when he cleared his cache, it deleted the entire contents of his videos folder.

  6. Re:Should apply a federal tax to this kind of thin on Amazon Is Getting More Than $2 Billion For NYC, Virginia Expansions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    these subsidies...are popular

    [citation needed]

  7. Re:The poor get screwed on Israel Aims To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles By 2030 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they can't afford to get to work, who's going to clean toilets and flip burgers? Will toilets go uncleaned and burgers unflipped, or will employers be forced to pay more for low wage jobs?

  8. Re:As if this will stop anything? on Amazon Is Kicking All Unauthorized Apple Refurbishers Off the Site (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Tomorrow:

    "You are receiving this message because you are currently selling, or have previously sold, Apple or Beats products. Your existing auctions for those products will soon be removed from eBay in the United States. Please contact Apple if you would like to apply to become an authorized reseller on eBay."

  9. A moving car has thousands of times as much kinetic (destructive) energy as a person walking, there's a few orders of magnitude difference between the two.

  10. Driving is a public activity, for example. Governments are now starting to track license plate data with cameras. (It is bad enough to collect such information in the first place, but that is a different topic).

    Every car on the road is a hazard, so from a safety perspective, it makes sense to collect license plate information from passing cars. The real issue is the data retention policy.

    Not that it even matters. The roads are still filled with cars, so it seems the convenience of driving outweighs the loss of our vehicle's privacy. So maybe we should reconsider the way we force developers to build more parking than the market wants, and business owners to provide more of it than their customers want, and the way we pay people to drive everywhere by transferring wealth from people who don't drive to those who do. The loss of freedom and property rights preceded the loss of privacy by over half a century!

  11. They leave to reduce their costs.

    Exactly! When the hard work that requires the best talent is done, they move away to someplace where labor and other resources are cheaper.

  12. California is where great companies are born. Other states is where they go to die. It's been like this for decades.

  13. Re:Freedom means content you don't like on US Declines in Internet Freedom Rankings (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Is censorship the opposite of free speech?

    Is shouting down your opponent a form of censorship?

    Does censoring such shouting down make speech more free or less free?

  14. Re:False dichotomy on The Battle for Solar Energy in the Country's Sunniest State (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Non industrial demand for electricity is very inelastic, you'd have to hit people very hard in their expenses to convince them otherwise

    Great, that would pay for more solar panels! Then muggy, cloudy days wouldn't be so hard on the wallet.

  15. Re:False dichotomy on The Battle for Solar Energy in the Country's Sunniest State (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    When there is a freak cloudy but humid day people still want to run their air-conditioners.

    Solar is to save fuel, you still need the gas plants for backup.

    Which is it, want or need?

    Also, why can't variable pricing be used in place of gas plants to prevent electrical shortages? Is demand for electricity perfectly inelastic?

  16. Re:There isn't a global solution on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone who actually cares about the environment would be in favor of basically ending immigration.

    Ok but how do we keep our own country's citizens from filling up all the empty space? Ending immigration only changes who fill those spaces.

  17. I want one in a little robot that goes out into the wild, identifies every plant it sees and if it's a non-native species it pulls it out or otherwise kills it.

    And another robot that finds beehives and if it's populated by Africanized honeybees, it turns on a noisy propellor and lets them shred themselves on it.

    Maybe some more robots that roam the local garbage dump and separates everything like Wall-E.

    Also a bunch of little battlefield robots that, after an explosion, they rush out to collect and identify all the people parts and quickly stitches them back together and starts the heart back up before cerebral hypoxia sets in.

  18. Re:Theoretical not actual issues. on In a Crash, Should Self-Driving Cars Save Passengers or Pedestrians? 2 Million People Weigh In (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    I agree, whether you should swerve left or swerve right is a silly question. Just brake and maintain control of the vehicle. Reducing your kinetic energy helps everyone. If someone hits you from behind, it's their own fault for tailgating, and anyway you and they are both well protected by your steel cages and airbags.

  19. Re:California expats flush with cash on High Housing Prices In Tech Cities Are Now Raising Home Prices In Other States (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. See the discussion above on land value taxes for a better solution.

  20. Re:We need to BUILD MORE HOUSING on High Housing Prices In Tech Cities Are Now Raising Home Prices In Other States (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    Families don't want to live in high rise blocks.

    Actually they do. Proof of the fact is that city governments must transfer a lot of wealth from high rises to single-family homes just to get people to live in the suburbs.

  21. Re:No net neutrality = Internet 2014 on California Delays Net Neutrality Law's Enforcement Until After Court Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, the FCC started adopting net neutrality principles in 2005. This was after ISPs tried to block VOIP and video services that competed with the ISP's offerings.

    But you're correct, the Internet will function just as it did back then before the FCC put an end to those practices. At least until ISPs start running their own news services and blocking their competitors...

  22. Re:Little thought experiment here on Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    To my knowledge, "food grade" means that, when used appropriately, the plastic does not leach chemicals into the food.

    Another aspect of food grade plastic is matching the appropriate type of plastic to the food in question. Foods that are highly acidic or that contain alcohol or fats can leach plastic additives from the packaging or container into the food. As a result, you should only use plastic containers that are FDA approved for the particular type of food the plastic will come into contact with.

    This suggests that stomach acid could cause certain food-grade plastics to leach chemicals into your stomach and possibly into your bloodstream. If you have information to the contrary, it would be good to know!

  23. Re:Little thought experiment here on Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    food grade plastics are indigestible

    [Citation needed]

  24. Re:"Detroit's" Real Challenge on Will Tech Leave Detroit In the Dust? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't taxis replaced more often than other cars?

  25. Why did you post that as AC? It was excellent.