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  1. Did it work?

  2. Re:A new generation of users on Python Developer Survey Shows Data Analysis More Popular Than Web Development (jetbrains.com) · · Score: 2

    There's not really a reason to use Python on the web. It's fine for smaller websites (but then just use RoR) but when the website gets bigger, the lack of types will hurt a lot.

  3. Re:Event stop on Please Stop Using Internet Explorer, Microsoft Says (mashable.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I blame Microsoft for creating ActiveX in the first place.

  4. Re:Wow, well I'm shocked! on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't believe in an afterlife so you're born, you live, you die. The only thing that makes much sense during that period is

    There's not really anything that makes sense, then. It's all senseless.

  5. Re:Wow, well I'm shocked! on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You also don't suddenly have to deal with all the new "friends" that show up wanting a piece of the pie.

    Believe it or not, that still happens. I've seen homeless people blow $2000 in a week by spending it on their friends.

  6. Re:Wow, well I'm shocked! on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What we can't give everyone is a job.

    We can do that too, although it might not be a particularly productive job.

  7. Re: Hard to take that seriously on Google Fiber Abandoning Louisville Residents With Two Months Notice (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Should have named it alphaOmega. Or is that taken?

  8. Re: Hard to take that seriously on Google Fiber Abandoning Louisville Residents With Two Months Notice (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Has anyone taken a ride in the driverless taxi yet?

  9. Re: "We don't know" on Can DeepMind's AI Really Beat Human Starcraft II Champions? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Bigotry? What bigotry are you referring to? I will say you have rather strong opinions, considering how little you know about StarCraft.

  10. Hard to take that seriously on Google Fiber Abandoning Louisville Residents With Two Months Notice (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's hard to believe that they thought they could get away with leaving the fiber two inches under the ground.

  11. If the Dems want to win _meaningful_ victories she's the future of the party.

    I would disagree with you, but hey, Trump won, so why not her?

    I expect to see her caught in some kind of scandal, though, trying to enrich herself in some way or another.

  12. Re:No no, we need 79 ACA repeals on Green New Deal Bill Aims To Move US To 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Net-Zero Emissions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Lawyers (or judges, same thing in this context) can always find a reason to justify what they want. They don't get a syntax error when the logic isn't right, they get their way.

  13. Re:Root cause of fraud on Scammer Groups Are Exploiting Gmail 'Dot Accounts' For Online Fraud (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel sorry for no one involved here. No need for a law.

  14. Re:Slashdot is Garbage on Internet is Getting More Civil, a Study by Microsoft Says (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Firefox on phones comes with an ad blocker. Super useful for a lot of reasons.

  15. Re:Nations will do anything to stop global warming on Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers By 2100 (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, rant on about nuclear, I don't care. Whine as much as you want about baseload. Can you even point to one place in the world where solar has replaced baseload? That is the question that matters.

  16. Re:Nations will do anything to stop global warming on Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers By 2100 (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1
  17. Re: RTS is the worst genre... on Can DeepMind's AI Really Beat Human Starcraft II Champions? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I look forward to the inevitable series of rematches,

    I absolutely agree, I enjoyed these.

    The thing I'm really looking to see is an improvement in object permanence: can it remember things that have gone out of its vision? I'd bet that's where the big improvement will come from.

  18. Re: Yes, use US gear so only the US spies on you! on 'You Need To Be Very, Very Cautious': US Warns European Allies Not To Use Chinese Gear For 5G Networks (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Write your own wireshark. With lasers and blackjack. It's not hard (the hookers are hard, but only because they're T. Hey, I don't judge)

  19. Re:"We don't know" on Can DeepMind's AI Really Beat Human Starcraft II Champions? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they limited it's actions per minute. MaNa typically had a higher APM. But dont' take my word for it, they released the whole histrogram [deepmind.com] Poor TLO peaked at 2000 APM! Like... DUDE, chill. Or at least cut back on the meth.

    You're either dumb or ignorant, but TLO wasn't clicking 2000 times a second.

    If you don't want to be ignorant anymore, you could start by looking at the difference between APM and EAPM. There's more to micro than speed.

  20. Re:Finally something the FCC should enforce on DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting (spreadprivacy.com) · · Score: 1

    If you live in California in 2020 (or Europe now), you can legally force them to delete all information about you.

  21. Re:That's a lot of people involved on Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers By 2100 (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    I would even argue you aren't correct at all, if you consider science to be a branch of knowledge and study, not just the set of tools used in the field.

    Indeed, science has many definitions. Science as a tool is often useful. Science as an institution is often problematic.

  22. Re:Corporate America's way... on The World's Biggest Spice Company is Using AI To Find New Flavors (cnn.com) · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Que my mom wondering why the internets broke on Google Tests 'Never-Slow Mode' for Speedier Browsing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They need to create an ad-blocker. That solves 95% of slowness problems.

  24. Re:Nations will do anything to stop global warming on Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers By 2100 (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if you have fat power lines going to the mines where fuel is mined. Have all the mining equipment and transportation electrified ... etc. p.p.

    You seem to be trying to make a point, but I have no idea what you are trying to say.

  25. Re:Nations will do anything to stop global warming on Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers By 2100 (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Solar can only provide intermittent electricity, nuclear can provide it around the clock. There is no place that solar (or wind) supplies 100% of the electricity.