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  1. I Tried Explaining Simultaneity to a Millenial on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Explain Einstein's Theories To a Nine-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    Was literally a case where he had to be forced to unlearn what he knew that was wrong. It was funny in many ways I had trotted out animations showing reference frames shifting but he was thoroughly stuck on a Newtonian space time but could accept time dilation without realizing it's just another dimension.

    Probably would have had an easier time with a 9 year old. If they could grasp the concept of the Lorenz Transformation the rest follows easily.

  2. Hey why have 3 branches of government on Lawsuit Filed By 22 State Attorneys General Seeks To Block Net Neutrality Repeal (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When you can rule by fiat with just one.

  3. Re:Goody we can stop subsidies and Tax Credits on Renewable Energy Set To Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2020, Says Report (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Net metering is no giveaway, anyone that claims as such has no idea about the matter.

    I suggest you try going to Fry's, a McDonalds or any other store and see if they are willing to offer you net metering.

  4. Goody we can stop subsidies and Tax Credits on Renewable Energy Set To Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2020, Says Report (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We can also get rid of giveaways like net metering while at it.

  5. Yeah I mean it couldn't be something like Estrogen Analogs in the water from decaying plastics could it ?

    https://www.newscientist.com/a...

  6. Re:Shocker Clinton Appointee on North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh you're right it was a 3 judge panel. 2 out of 3 Democrats go figure, Obama and Carter Appointees.

    Tell me did you bother to check before you made your comment ? Or were you acting on blind faith ?

  7. Shocker Clinton Appointee on North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered (nytimes.com) · · Score: -1, Troll
  8. Re:We all know the reason why on Why Twitter Hasn't Banned President Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey you know the drill

    If the product is free, it's because you are the product.

    Which is more valuable to guy selling crap, media that informs people or media that manipulates people ?

  9. Re: We all know the reason why on Why Twitter Hasn't Banned President Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The author of the explosive new book about Donald Trump's presidency acknowledged in an author's note that he wasn't certain all of its content was true.

    Michael Wolff, the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the specifics contained in the rest of its pages.

    Several of his sources, he says, were definitely lying to him, while some offered accounts that flatly contradicted those of others.

    http://www.businessinsider.com...
     

    Maybe I'll get to it, after I read Von Daniken's latest best seller.

  10. But Myles Allen, a climate expert at the University of Oxford, believes scientists can blame individual natural disasters on climate change.

    When is the world gonna smarten up and start listening to Slashdot posters and not Oxford scientists when it comes to climate change?

    Clearly, it's all gotta be a hoax because it's cold as fuck here right now. And, the smartest man in America told us it was a hoax, so there's that, too.

    Yeah it's not like he gets paid to say these things or has any conflict of interest on the issue.

    It's nice that they can "NOW" blame disasters on climate change but it isn't like they haven't been doing that for years and even blaming disasters that never happen on climate change.

    Al Gore batting a 1000 here
    https://wattsupwiththat.com/20...

    Oh he isn't a scientist ? Well what about Dr. Hansen
    https://wattsupwiththat.com/20...

    I don't recall NYC sinking under the waves of a tropical climate New Years.

  11. Re:APL Still A Write Only Language on Which Programming Languages Are Most Prone to Bugs? (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    Actually thinking about it, it was always easier to just code a new function than try to read someone else's old stuff.

  12. APL Still A Write Only Language on Which Programming Languages Are Most Prone to Bugs? (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    source http://wiki.c2.com/?AplLanguag...

    [6] L(L':')L,L drop To:
      [7] LLJUST VTOM',',L mat with one entry per row
      [8] S1++/\L'(' length of address
      [9] X0/S
      [10] LS((L)+0,X)L align the (names)
      [11] A((1L),X)L address
      [12] N0 1DLTB(0,X)L names)
      [13] N,'',N
      [14] N[(N='_')/N]' ' change _ to blank
      [15] N0 1RJUST VTOM N names
      [16] S+/\' 'N length of last word in name

    As mangled as the above if you look at source link with it properly formatted with the correct characters it isn't any better.

  13. Re:SJW Marvel on In a Declining Comics Market, DC Beats Marvel (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    I kind of enjoyed NAZI Captain America. Can't imagine how that would turn people off the character.

  14. Re:Really Fake News From Climate Deniers ? on How Climate Change Deniers Rise To the Top in Google Searches (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Liar it does claim it was cheap

    The cost of electricity in Germany has decreased so dramatically in the past few days that major consumers have actually been paid to use power from the grid.

    My error on MsMash but it's 6 of one half a dozen of the other.

    What's your excuse for deliberately misreading that ?

  15. Re:Really Fake News From Climate Deniers ? on How Climate Change Deniers Rise To the Top in Google Searches (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    From the story

    The cost of electricity in Germany has decreased so dramatically in the past few days that major consumers have actually been paid to use power from the grid.

    https://hardware.slashdot.org/...

    Also if you are going to point out electricity is taxed you need to point out renewables are heavily subsidized

    http://fortune.com/2017/03/14/...

    There is a difference between fake news and incomplete news.

    Ill go with

    Half the truth is often a great lie

    –Benjamin Franklin

  16. Really Fake News From Climate Deniers ? on How Climate Change Deniers Rise To the Top in Google Searches (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Last Week MsMash posted a story about how cheap Green Electricity was in Germany all the while never bothering to mention the cost to the consumer was $0.30/KWH

    Seems there's plenty of shit to go around but as usual some people don't think their shit stinks.

  17. And you can buy a full replacement battery kit for $25 from third parties.

    Apple isn't doing their customers any kind of favor with this.

  18. Well I found it impressive he was able to throw together a Turing Test capable chatbot in an evening and have operating as production software by the end of the week.

  19. The above should be labeled informative on Russia Is Accusing the US of 'Direct Interference' In Its Elections (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately the chances of that with Slashdot's oh so sensitive population is about nil these days.

  20. At 30 cents per Killowatt Hour for electricity on Consumers In Germany Were Paid To Use Electricity This Holiday Season (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems the story is missing a vital statistic.

  21. Re:Man, I'm in the wrong industry! on People Still Aren't Buying Smartwatches -- and It's Only Going To Get Worse (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    You and your KA band. HF is enough for for anyone.

  22. 10% light speed does not = 44 years on NASA Begins Planning For An Interstellar Mission In 2069 (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless the probe is able to withstand one hell of an acceleration outbound and isn't going to be in the Alpha Centauri system more than a few days.

  23. Seems like a Crvette would be more appropriate on Elon Musk Shows Off the Tesla Roadster That SpaceX Will Send Beyond Mars (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It is rather iconic after all

    http://agentpalmer.com/wp-cont...

  24. Re:it is known why on Bitcoin's Value Plummeted Overnight and No One Knows Why (slate.com) · · Score: 2

    Oh you mean like Theranos ?
    Homejoy ?
    Quirky ?
    MySpace ?

  25. Makes me happy i'm not a French Citizen on France Passes Law To Ban All Oil, Gas Production By 2040 (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 0

    There's nothing like knowing your livelihood can be sacrificed to the whims of a mob.