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  1. Re:fit explosives on Fifty 'Connected Cows' Already Have 5G (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The 5G collars, from Amazon, have explosives fitted, but they are not enabled.

  2. Could this effort be a record?!

  3. I was surprised to see Assembly in the top 10.

    I'm wondering if it's growth in WebAssembly?

  4. Re:Reports of My (desktop's) Demise are Premature on The End of the Desktop? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely Microsoft haven't changed their mind!
    https://www.tested.com/tech/pc...

  5. You've been (effectively) spammed!

  6. Re:Still cheaper than an Apple Lisa on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ....256 GB ram will be in celeron laptops a few decades from now.

    A few decades? If Celerons can ever access all of 256GB, I'd predict just 5 years.

  7. ... so put 'em on the cloud...

    Put them in two clouds.

  8. Get used it it.

    Indeed; and who can forget The Big One from 2007?
    https://www.theonion.com/break...

  9. Re:LOL, 25-100 years of data on 3-5 Degree Rise in Arctic Temperatures Called 'Inevitable' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    It's irrelevant as to whether the Earth has ever been warmer or colder (no-one is denying that). It's whether we can save (most) of our current lifestyles by making significant, but not too uncomfortable changes to them. And quickly. When the Earth was previously hotter or colder, and Man was either not here, was not causing the changes, or didn't have the capacity to change them, is not really an important point of discussion. Man is here now, (likely) causing the changes, and (hopefully) has the ability and willingness to do something about it.

  10. Re:Interviews with a dozen pilots, you say? on A Worry For Some Pilots: Their Hands-On Flying Skills Are Lacking (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    What are you smoking AC? Perhaps remove your own hand to let the smoke out.

  11. Interviews with a dozen pilots, you say? on A Worry For Some Pilots: Their Hands-On Flying Skills Are Lacking (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds representative, particularly if they volunteered because this wished to express their concerns.

  12. Re:It doesn't matter anymore on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And, of course, you have proof of this?

  13. Re:It all depends on what you measure on A 60 Minutes Story on Gender Equality Accidentally Proved the Persistence of Patriarchy (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It's quite a reasonable position to be against the writing of progressives, feminists, leftists... without having to push a barrow for "the other side".

  14. It all depends on what you measure on A 60 Minutes Story on Gender Equality Accidentally Proved the Persistence of Patriarchy (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    ...and the number of minutes on television or column inches in the print media is not a valid metric.
    There's many articles demonstrating that if we include health sciences in STEM, that the tables are turned:
    http://www.aei.org/publication...

  15. Re:Induction powered on Samsung Patents Wireless TV With No Power Cable (techradar.com) · · Score: 2

    Aesthetics are not just for hipsters.
    Using this technology for TVs does not prevent it being used for anything else.

  16. Re:Wrong problem on What Happens When Police License Plate Readers Make Mistakes? (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    According to the summary:

    In Hofer's case, he was driving a rental car which had previously been reported as stolen but then later recovered

    So, the licence plate reader was working perfectly, it was the database behind it that was in error, because humans had not updated the information. This article's title is unrelated to the story.

  17. It is like living in the future.

    Yes, the very distant future, when I can afford $2000 for a phone.

  18. An obvious parallel on Programming Interview Questions Are Too Hard and Too Short (triplebyte.com) · · Score: 2

    A similar situation is seen in final college exams, where students are asked to answer/solve a difficult programming question against the clock. A too frequent outcome is that few students fully answer the question, while many very poor answers have to be opaquely scaled to meet an external requirement. Not the best mechanism to separate the sheep from the goats.

  19. All of which would be true is screens were square.

  20. I believe that a 16inch screen, with almost no bezels, would easily fit "on" the form-factor of my 15.4inch 2013 MBP. Backpack problem easily addressed.

  21. The culture of fear-mongering on Free Software Foundation: Dating Is a Free Software Issue (fsf.org) · · Score: 1

    Had to check my calendar that it isn't already an election year.

  22. Re:The Powerbook G5 is in there somewhere on What It's Like To Work Inside Apple's 'Black Site' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm reminded of the black NeXt cube.

  23. Re:Misused words on 2018 Was Earth's Fourth-Hottest Year on Record: NOAA and NASA Report (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks Tool; sorry, O'Toole. I made no statement that GW was not true; but we need to seek proof that humans are causing it. Difficult for you?

  24. Re:Misused words on 2018 Was Earth's Fourth-Hottest Year on Record: NOAA and NASA Report (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Posted like a true coward. Excellent work.

  25. Re:Model supported by evidence [Re:Misused words] on 2018 Was Earth's Fourth-Hottest Year on Record: NOAA and NASA Report (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's far from the only way science is done - try repeatable experiment, or control group (obviously difficult). Someone not believing the model does not have to provide an alternative. Those providing the model need to prove that it's true. In this case, the increased human contribution to greenhouse gases is minuscule compare to other sources, so the model is really assuming that we;'re at an (unproven) tipping point. Starting with a false hypothesis or set of assumptions can only lead to a false outcome.