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  1. Re: It's not the content, it's how you say it on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Except tepublucans don't need Democrats to do any of that. They control everything, and still can't get shit done.

    For 8 years they were the party of NO. Now they have No ideas.

  2. Re: Here's a thought: on The US is Facing a Serious Shortage of Airline Pilots (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Near most of the major cities $60k is just above poverty level.

    Minimum wage up poverty lelvel up inflation up. Average wage is down massively

    30 years ago my father earning 60k a year could get a house, two cars, a boat and his wife didn't have to work but made things easier.

    To reach that same level now requires 120k and all college debt being paid.

    My wife will being paying her college debt off right about the time our yet to be born kids go to college. Nursing school sucked and since she is already employed they won't do tution reimbursement. That's only for new hires.

  3. Re: Not immune from public ostracism... on TSA Screeners Win Immunity From Abuse Claims, Court Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The concept is good, though you need to match circumstance. Match political motive with opposite political motive.

    If Hillary Clinton showed up and was hounded out of the restraunt.

    Which she has been. Though she generally avoids those areas.

  4. Re: Hereâ(TM)s the Translation: on Microsoft Could Move Some Jobs Abroad Because of US Immigration Policies, Top Exec Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Except you can never live on your own.

    You will need someone else to make your bullets, make your knives, make your guns, to make the roads you travel on to get those things. To make your farm gear.

    You want running water, flushing toliets, showers a soft bed? You need other people.

  5. That wasn't illegal in 2010. That was made illegal following Clinton leaving secertary of state position.

    It is currently illegal and yet Trump has not just one but multiple private data channels sitting on top of classified data daily. My favorite was a photo with the media that showed classified docents sitting underneath an unsecured phone in the room with reporters.

    That makes Clinton look sane. And that takes quite a bit

  6. Also wages are not rising. A healthy job market the wages should be jumping up a lot. But are at best medicore increases

    The tax cuts are doing more to harm economic growth as the money corporations got are going to shareholders and not bieng used to expand and growth.

  7. You need both. Computers need more information since they can't make choices based on fuzzy logic. The best you can do is use fuzzy logic to rank choices for a binary choice.

    All current ai tech uses fuzzy logic to rank possiblity.

  8. Rough estimates of the waymo
    System is 100-125k for the system plus 50k for the van.

    That is why it is being targeted to taxis first. To get the tech and volume levels up for mass market.

    Camera only systems are what is behind every single crash that has been in the news. Tesla, Uber, etc are camera only systems

  9. Re: Amazing on People Are Losing Faith In Self-Driving Cars Following Recent Fatal Crashes (mashable.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The issue is the various tech. Camera only models will have drastically reduced abilities compared to lidar,radar,camera models.

    Self driving cars can't go the cheap route like Tesla autopilot. You need the $125,000 package of equipment.

  10. Re: Rather well on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump has spent more money and time on vacations and golf in 18 months than Obama did in 8 years

    Trump's tax cuts are tripling the defiect and making the devt sky rocket.

    The fiscally conservative thing you be a slight tax exapantion, aimed at debt and a balanced budget.

    That is the opposite of trump

  11. Re: funny when Trumpies try deflecting from Muelle on Trump Personally Pushed Postmaster General To Double Rates on Amazon, Other Firms: Report (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    20 years and billions of dollars and the most Hillary was found guilty of was bieng a bitch. Which isn't a crime.

    Goldwater, bengahzi. Private email server which every congressman has too. She never broke a law, but she wasn't moral, or likeable.

    Trump dealt with foriegn powers to get dirt on his opponents. Which is dirty and a gray area in law too. He routinely skirted and abused laws. Whether he broke laws I don't know. Don't care. Trump will be Trump. When he is done the USA will be broken, the GOP will be broken. And a year or two later, the democrat party will break.

    It will be his gift to the USA, not to make America great but to humble it.

    I expect the world's reserve currency to drift away from the dollar in the next 10 years due to his trade negotations destroying American ability and economic growth.

  12. They have 25% of the world's population and are lift those people out of abject poverty. 10% annual growth is not only reasonable but low.

    When china is done they should have 2-3 times the GDP and economic output of the USA. That is how much more growth they have yet to go.

  13. Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X on Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router? · · Score: 1

    Go usg, switch and access points and cloud controller That's all unifi, and is easy to setup and configure. Edgerouter has more options but less user friendly.

    Unifis real advantage is the access points, and configuration. They are slowly updating usg to edge level of options.

    Owner of edge router, usb8 150 w 1 indoor and 1. Outdoor AP.

  14. Re: I don't know why I bother, but ... on The SEC Created Its Own Scammy ICO To Teach Investors a Lesson (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually that's a scam. If you guarantee a return that is a scam. Real investors can only hope for actual return. Knowing that a percentage will lose them Money.

    That is why Wall Street isn't investment. When you buy a stock the company doesn't get any benefit. You are buying someone else's stake. Not supporting that company.

    However if that company goes under your shates are worth something.

    In crypto there is no support. They can't sell the office furniture to get you pennies on the dollar. So when it goes down you aren't even holding a paper to burn

  15. Since I met my wife, I have been teaching her the difference between fast cheap prepared foods, and fast cheap homemade foods. Homemade pancakes, breads, deserts. But also how to cook chicken, steak, and even burgers so you don't need condiments. A typical dinner is protien heavy (pick a meat) and veggies or a salad.

    My weight stays pretty constant but can vary,. Hers goes down when she hits the gym 3 days a week. (I work basically 12 hour days and don't get gym time).

  16. Which is why every home should have a 10kwh or so battery backup tied directly to the grid from inside their house. It can charge from mains or local solar/ wind options.

    If not that then every substation should get a couple of megwatts of batteries. That way as the grid fluctates power does and load balances itself nicely.

    No more lights going down because a drink hit atree 10 miles away

  17. Re: Funding vs outcomes on Wages Aren't the Only Reason Teachers Are Striking (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    Except rural area tend to vote Republican and also tend to home to single parents. Cities are expenisve to live in. You need 2 or more incomes per household yo live in the cities and immedaite areas. So while it may be a single parent it isn't a single income, which means there are more people around to help.

    Learn the difference. Wait that required education, and conservatives are againist socialized living.

  18. Chess and go have finite answers and play issues. You can beat them by forceing a draw instead of a win. The more random and strange moves you make in the early stages of the game the more likely you are to win or draw.

    Computers play percentages in moves being done. If you routinely pick the low percentage of chance of winning the learning system will recalculate the odds of any particular move. Thus leading the computer to pick wrong moves itself.

  19. Re: Anyone that doesn't understand why you'd want on 8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Does your cable company broadcast in 4k? Most of mine are in SD with the major ones in HD.

    I can't watch sports in HD due to licensing issues of my regional cable company.

    Why buy a 4K or 8K tv when my 1080P is barely getting used to spec.

  20. Re:European pricelist on Medicare To Require Hospitals To Post Prices Online (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    you do know fire dept, ambulances, and coast guard will bill you for rescue right. if you were in general emergency and didn't do something stupid for it then most don't. However if you cause the issue through shear stupidity then they will charge you back. the coast will save your ass. but if they save you multiple times the same way, they start billing you.

  21. Re: Not stop - using own owned platforms on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You went on vacation, so you weren't home, which is a great time to break in and steal stuff.

    You posted pictures of your home,probably move in dates. The location is somewhere in your history.

    Before social media so much knowledge was public, but hard to access. Now it is quick to access

  22. Nope. The same thing could happen to MasterCard or visa(see the target, home Depot, and a few other hacks)

    The exchange was hacked and they took the wallets and used the money in them.

    However MasterCard and visa run their own protection systems and revert charges back in the event of a stolen card number.

    Block chain has no undo button like that so your money is gone forever. Etheruem does do some roll backs, but still only in big cases and they are controversial every time.

    What this is simply don't realize what they pay for with MasterCard and visa. Basically insurance againist things out of their control. Bitcoin has no insurance, no backing, and no accountability. It is why you can make money in the short term but long term they all will fail or be limited to things like in store credits.

    Now block chain may go on to do unique stuff. But Bitcoin isn't blockchain. My personal favorite is companies using the ripple blockchain tech for things other than ripple but the price of ripple goes up.

  23. Slashdot is to old to collect data on you. Heck slashdot can't allow utf-8 characters yet and those are older then you are.

  24. Re: You probably don't want to think on 'Big Brother' In India Requires Fingerprint Scans For Food, Phones, Finances (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I. Keene NH you have homeless people on the street panhanding in the dead of winter too.

    I live there too. And I hadn't seen some many homeless until I came to NH.

    You call it good? I call it ineffectual. Keene ccould use two to three more homeless shelters because the one can't keep up with demand.

  25. Re: Also prices are down 25% on GPU Prices Soar as Bitcoin Miners Buy Up Hardware To Build Rigs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    True but the ethrum development community is planning an update to break the rig a few weeks/month after it has been released.

    Etherum takes an active role in breaking asic rigs.