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  1. Don't worry, you'll get all tingly with your gorilla arm, from using the Surface's touch screen.

  2. Re:Still not "Pro" on Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro Lineup (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Who replaces a keyboard on a laptop?

  3. Redefining 'plethora' on Apple's New iPhones Will Come In a Plethora of New Colors, Says Report (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seems that the Reality Distortion Field will soon be redefining 'plethora'.

  4. Thunderbirds Are Go! on Elon Musk's Team Is Talking With Thai Officials for Cave Rescue (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Billionaire Elon Musk stars are billionaire Jeff Tracy, directing his sons' race to the rescue in Thunderbird 2 to deliver the Mole...

  5. Re:Quantas? on Sydney Airport Launches Face Scan Check-In Trials (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Can someone fix the spelling for Ariel? It's Aerial.

  6. Re:Not a blow to the critics on In a Blow To E-Voting Critics, Brazil Suspends Use of All Paper Ballots (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Further, it's not a blow to fans of eVoting, it's a blow to fans of paper-based voting. The word 'blow' is used with its completely opposite meaning. Or is this another "I could care less" situation?

  7. And just how to? on Richard Stallman Asks: Should Big Tech Be Taxed For Hurting Society? (stallman.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What are the SI units that we should use to measure the "magnitude of harm"?

  8. Correct the first PDF link please on People Are Losing Faith In Self-Driving Cars Following Recent Fatal Crashes (mashable.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The link is to a local file, not net-accessible....

  9. "hundreds of thousands of schools have begun teaching CS, tens of thousands of teachers have attended workshops to introduce CS in their classrooms"

    So, one suitably informed teacher for every 10 schools? Will the other schools still be relying on their PE teachers?

  10. In breaking news.... on City of Barcelona Dumps Windows For Linux and Open Source Software (europa.eu) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In breaking news, Microsoft has just announced that it will supply the City of Barcelona with free licences for all of its software needs.

  11. Grab some popcorn on NYC Sues Oil Companies Over Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Like cases against tobacco companies, this one will take 50 years or more.

  12. Re:Needs updating on C Programming Language 'Has Completed a Comeback' (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you believe that a programming language Standard needs to provide a standard for a specific CPU-level instruction? Can you name another standardised language that does so as part of the language?

  13. Re:age of code on Which Programming Languages Are Most Prone to Bugs? (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    True, but equally true that older code has been exercised for far longer, and may have been reviewed by many different people.

  14. Enough already? on Can We Get Global Broadband From Low-Earth Orbit Satellites? (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Hasn't Alaska suffered enough?

  15. Umm, you mean as Andrew Tanenbaum would have said? https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/...

  16. Instills trust, no? on ESR Sees Three Viable Alternatives To C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Claiming "I have a friend....trust me on this" instills so much trust, doesn't it?

  17. More social engineering? on Twitter Tests Doubling Character Limit For Tweets To 280 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If this is an attempt to reverse the decline in Mankind's attention span, then it's too late.

  18. systemd here we come! on With Android Oreo, Google Is Introducing Linux Kernel Requirements (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Whoooppeeee!

  19. Is testosterone all it would take? on Why AI Won't Take Over The Earth (ssrn.com) · · Score: 1

    Future AI may not be programmed for world domination but, then again, contemporary AI was not programmed to be racist, either.

  20. It's Google .vs. Apple on Google Is Testing Autoplay Videos Directly In Search Results (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And, fortunately, Apple is blocking the autoplaying of videos in its next release of macOS.

  21. It's not just about websites! on Google and Facebook Give Net Neutrality Campaign a Boost (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not just about websites!

  22. Re:Print quality has gone downhill on O'Reilly No Longer Selling Individual Books, Videos Online · · Score: 1
    > I tell you what though, as a ten-year Safari user, its a better deal than you may think.

    Agreed; and as a Professional Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), your annual subscription provides you with an included subscription to Safari.

  23. George Brandis is an embarrassment on Australian Officials Want Encryption Laws To Fight 'Terrorist Messaging' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Sadly, Australia's Attorney General George Brandis is an embarrassment, and now he wants to proselytize about the correct use of encryption. Sheeeesh! See his description of metadata here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  24. An opportunity lost on We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier (reason.com) · · Score: 0

    Do you mean that all of those social skills - being courteous, planning ahead, knowing how to make eye contact, respecting the rights of others to sit in silence - that have been holding Mankind back for decades, could have been eliminated already!? An opportunity lost.

  25. What can rules achieve? on A Power Outage In Silicon Valley Was Caused By A Drone Crash (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    "The FAA has rules and regulations in place to prevent this exact type of incident from happening,"
    Really? How did the FAA rules and regulations prevent this from happening?