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  1. Re:Election year on Tinder Embraces Encryption (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Who will threaten to blow up our computers if we download music without Orin Hatch?

  2. Re:Oh Noes ! on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    the expensive version isn't exactly a bowl of peaches either, having much higher insurance claims, severity, and totals http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/st...

  3. Right, but if you can only see two lane markers ahead that's basically whiteout conditions. I'd be going 15 MPH tops. It's also possible that the video is a million times darker than normal vision. Then it's not very informative.

  4. Re:Convinces me Uber is at fault because of 1/R^4 on Police Release First Video From Inside the Uber Self-Driving Car That Killed a Pedestrian (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    yeah, the video only shows two white stripes ahead of the driver on the left but much more on the right.

    You also have to notice that Uber's plan for driver attentiveness appears to have allowed quite a bit of inattention.

  5. Re:Convinces me Uber is at fault because of 1/R^4 on Police Release First Video From Inside the Uber Self-Driving Car That Killed a Pedestrian (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or not. http://www.ncsl.org/research/t... in Arizona "Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection."

  6. Re:Still killed though on Police Chief: Uber Self-Driving Car 'Likely' Not At Fault In Fatal Crash (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Read, humans agree with humans in the trolley problem.

  7. It's not a very powerful setup. They had 30 people in each group and 6 dropped out of two groups.

    To see how lousy it is, consider that "Delay-discounting task delay" Was lowered in the control group from 0.76 before the study to 0.03 at the end of the study while the GTA group saw their level rise from 5.22 to 25.34 (see Table 1). The conclusion their methodology came to was that there was no difference between the two groups (p=0.26).

    So, the authors conclude 0.03 is about equal to 25.34.

    if you're seeing differences that large and concluding there is no difference the design makes it junk science. The conclusion was a result of the design.

    That doesn't mean that these games cause problems, only that this study isn't very informative.

  8. Re:Yes it's a scam, but it does have a purpose on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, you might want to google a term before you use it. try wikipedia for a definition of commodity currency, "A commodity currency is a name given to currencies of countries which depend heavily on the export of certain raw materials for income."

    My point is that gold has value because people agree it has value, not because of anything intrinsic in gold. Basically, without the agreement that gold has value it would have a value higher than copper. Silver is even more so, I doubt it would rise much past the price of copper.

  9. Re:last war won by a Republican on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You got me there.

  10. Re:Obligatory Gandhi on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Yeah, remember how that Democratic president declared war on Hitler and then mopped the floor with him? When's the last time a Republican actually won a War? 1865?

  11. Re:Yes it's a scam, but it does have a purpose on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Industrial use of rare metals is a distraction. Only 10% of the mined gold goes to industry. The rest is hoarded. Gold is also not accepted by most legitimate business establishments.

    ding ding ding! Gold is also a fiat currency.

  12. Re:Now THAT is amazing on Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, those are nasty too

  13. Re:Corrects its own headline in the third sentence on Electric Cars Are Already Cheaper To Own and Run Than Petrol Or Diesel, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Nevertheless, it's a good point. I mean, one is syphoning money out of someone else's pocket and the other is making the planet warmer, with unknown consequences. But they both cost others.

  14. Re: Corrects its own headline in the third sentenc on Electric Cars Are Already Cheaper To Own and Run Than Petrol Or Diesel, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Might have been before, but now electrics are getting CO2 emissions similar to 50-150 MGP cars, depending on your local electric company's mix.

  15. Re:Now THAT is amazing on Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years (nasa.gov) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The radiation is mostly cosmic and, if you've ever priced a chip that is hardened for space travel, you'll know it isn't a minor price difference. It's nasty.

  16. Re:Why would the right bother supporting that? on Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 0

    Change D to R and you've basically got Fox News and Rush talking points, which are basically marching orders for the Rs.

  17. Re:5 year prison sentences... on Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow, the Russian AC crowd is out in force here.

  18. Re:market forces on Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yikes, a phone book would cost millions!

  19. Thinking while on slashdot has gone from optional to rare.

  20. Re:I thought.. on Uber Drivers In Lagos Are Using a Fake GPS App To Inflate Rider Fares (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    No need to be fair. Just consensual. Sometimes the free market gives you a good that the seller knows is worthless. Free marketers have to say that there is a correction that prevents or surpasses this, or acknowledge that it's just a cost of the free market.

  21. Re: Mining vs Transaction on Bitcoin Mining Heats Home For Free In Siberia (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Has this happened in the last 100 years in the US?

  22. Re:Mining vs Transaction on Bitcoin Mining Heats Home For Free In Siberia (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, aren't people losing their bitcoins on exchanges all the time? Are there stories like that about banks?

  23. Re:Broken stuff on Shoppers More Likely To Return Items Bought Online Than in Store (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the problem, exactly?

  24. Re:Mining vs Transaction on Bitcoin Mining Heats Home For Free In Siberia (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean, it's kind of doing something. My bank doesn't need someone to burn tons of coal to keep track of my bank account. So it's also kind of doing nothing.

  25. Re:Should be expired on CBS Sues Man For Copyright Over Screenshots of 59-year-old TV Show (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Their loss is recent. They successfully argued the case e.g. against TNG which later licensed Sherlock several seasons later.