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  1. Re:Good idea, actually on Now Even YouTube Serves Ads With CPU-draining Cryptocurrency Miners (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's probably less than 25% in that a single page's javascript operates on a single logical core and a dual-core processor w/hyperthreading has four logical cores.

  2. There's nothing in TFA about the status of the driver while this was happening. If the driver were unconscious (e.g.: heart attack, etc.) during the warnings (which were apparently being shouted at him), of course he wouldn't be able to respond. (Seems like a good way to assassinate somebody without leaving a trace. Give them a poison that's difficult to detect after the trauma of a car accident, stick them in a Tesla, and hit the autopilot. Guess they died of their own malfeasance.)

  3. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/c...

    A chart comparing price vs performance. Note that it's mostly AMD on the "good" side of the graph.

  4. Re:New math on Student Loan Debt Has Nearly Tripled (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't consider a 1.27 multiplier the same as "nearly tripled".

  5. Re:New math on Student Loan Debt Has Nearly Tripled (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It's not 34/(34-20), it's (34-20)/20. The amount of increase (difference between new and old amount) over the old amount gives you the percentage increase.

    (34-20)/20 = 0.7 = 70%

    Further, taking into account inflation: $20K in 2007 dollars is $23,497.70 in 2017 dollars. So recalculating:

    (30000 - 23497) / 23497 = ~0.277 = ~27.7%

  6. Re:AI is just software on Who's Liable For Decisions AI and Robotics Make? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    AI is just software in that same way a human is just a sack of neurons.

    We have certifications for programming. Some of them are even meaningful. Those certified programmers can and do still produce buggy code. All that the certifications and training really do is make the bugs more difficult to find and fix.

  7. Nanogratings on Ask Slashdot: Best File System For the Ages? · · Score: 1
  8. No, it's just 90 FPS on Ask Slashdot: Why Don't Graphics Cards For VR Use Real-Time Motion Compensation? · · Score: 1

    FPS isn't cumulative like that. 90 FPS "per eye" is just 90 FPS overall. It's the draw area (number of pixels) that increases. And, with what we currently have, it doesn't actually increase. Both Oculus and Vive are 2160 x 1200, 25% more than the usual 1920 x 1080.

  9. Unreasonable? on PC Gaming Is Still Way Too Hard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The cost of a high-end smart phone and a weekend are unreasonable?

  10. "Unlike a wiki, the information will be much more granular with lots more metadata and organization."
    Pretty sure the ideals behind a semantic web were supposed to cover this part. Never really took off though because, I think, people are to lazy to sort data to that degree of detail and the algorithms necessary to process and categorize human text with that level of granularity seem to be very hard to make.

  11. Lucky me on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Fortunately I made the switch (to Qwest) a little over a month ago. The installation was extremely painful, but now that it's done, it works great. I have about 1.5x the upstream which helps torrents greatly.

    In addition, I can now see what the actual symptoms of Comcast's anti-torrent behavior is. When seeding via Comcast, I'd have fewer and fewer connections until after a few hours, I'd have none. With Qwest, this doesn't happen. Instead, I periodically (from a week to a day) get a new IP. This is better for me as my client seems to handle this better since it's easier to detect.

    I would've gone with Verizon but there seems be some agreement between Verizon and Qwest to not serve the same areas. I suppose it's not surprising as Verizon is now handling Qwest's wireless services in my area.

  12. Re:Expect abortion opponents to jump on this. on 'Predecessor' Neurons to Human Brain Discovered · · Score: 1

    Oh, that's easy. It's not what you do to your body that's important, it's what you might do (to who and what) while under the influance that is of concern. Which makes me wonder why alcohol and possibly nicotine are seperated legally from drugs such as marijuana.

  13. Re:Tax payer money at work on Virtual Reality Gaming System Tests for Telepathy · · Score: 1
    The quantum particles in the phenomena you speak of do not communicate at a distance. Entanglement just means that a particle has a kind of "twin", but there is no information exchanged between the two locations. But telepathy implies that you are communicating over a distance.
    There are quite a number of documents available on the web concerning the possibility of using quantum entanglement for the purpose communication. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/Quan tum Entanglement and Information covers a number of useful effects that can be obtained via quantum entanglement. Of primary interest is that the collapse of a quantum state can be influenced. Entanglement means that that influence can be detected "at the other end". While entanglement is not directly being used for communication, it is a primary enabler in such a situation. However, while entanglement may enable communication, this doesn't explain how the particles got entangled or placed.
  14. Re:Tax payer money at work on Virtual Reality Gaming System Tests for Telepathy · · Score: 1
    If it existed, had a physical channel, and spent energy - we would see it. Or at least some artifacts of "it".
    On the face of it, this is true. It would help though if we knew what to look for or how to look for it. For instance, in the case of quantum entanglement, we still haven't determined the medium by which the apparent communication takes place. Until we're able to determine a likely means of information transfer (in, for instance, telepathy, assuming it even exists) and thereby a likely means to screen against interference, it seems that we'll be unable to perform valid testing.
  15. Recording laws on NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    This link:

    http://www.rtnda.org/resources/hiddencamera/allsta tes.html

    seems to cover the various recording laws.

  16. Dictatorships... on Blizzard Made Me Change My Name · · Score: 1

    I've come to the conclusion that all online rpgs are, at their core and despite any appearances, dictatorships.

  17. Making Money Using Open Source Software? on Making Money Using Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Counterfitting
    Spam

    Both of these can make money using OSS. ;P

  18. Vulnerability? on Open Source Vulnerability Database Goes Live · · Score: 1

    How long 'til the sophistication of the database and the sophistication of a virus merge at a point where we have a virus that can consult the database and implement the vulnerabilities documented within?

    Or, more likely, how long 'til they publish a vulnerability that they have failed to protect against?