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  1. Just wait until they discover that people pay money to run 5km.

  2. Party on, old dudes. on All Disk Galaxies Rotate Once Every Billion Years (astronomy.com) · · Score: 1

    "But instead, they discovered a significant population of much older stars mingling with the young stars and gas."

    Sounds like an Oscars after-party.

  3. Re:Siri solved hard problems, then bungled easy st on Siri Co-founder is Surprised By How Much Siri Still Can't Do (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I listen to one album on my daily motorbike ride. Morning and evening, it's the same. I ask Siri to play it.

    "Siri, play Beach House"
    I get one of these responses:

    >>> "Hmmm. I'm having trouble finding that. If you're not on wi-fi or 4G please connect." (You'd think Siri would know my network status, and it *is always* connected when she says this).

    >>> Plays Led Zeppelin

    >>> Nothing

    >>> Starts playing from where the album left off.

    >>> Plays the album from the beginning. YAY!

  4. Re:Worse than dial-up? on Australia Considers Making It Illegal For ISPs To Advertise Inflated Speeds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    He probably meant ADSL.

  5. Re:Crapping up somebody else's living space on German Cities Can Ban Diesel Cars, Court Rules (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They should ban Nissans, too. Every single Nissan diesel is a steaming heap of smoke-spewing junk. I swear those things even blast black smoke while going downhill.

    Reference: me on my motorbike.

  6. Unlimited photo storage! on Apple Confirms It Uses Google's Cloud For iCloud Services (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So unlimited photo storage and complete cloud backups for everything from my iPhone can't be too far away.

  7. FTFA:
    "A Google employee allegedly responded to the post by noting that asking for ID was just part of the job, Gizmodo reported. Chevalier then made a privilege-denying dude meme using Google’s internal meme generator with the caption, “I have opinions about forms of oppression that don’t affect me.” "

    Google has an internal meme generator. I'm sure it provides hours of laughter and cohesive working.

  8. Re:Market saturation on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So the Civic has become kind of obese as it reached mid-life.

  9. Impressive restraint? on Uber CEO: We Could Be Profitable -- We Just Don't Want To Be (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd be more impressed if he said he could take home a wage if he wanted to, but chooses no to.

  10. From the country that brought you "The sound of one hand clapping" comes a twist on the "there is no spoon" meme.

  11. It's just like when Wayne Campbell sold out to television producer Benjamin Oliver. His show was never the same after that. Noah's Arcade sucks anyway.

  12. Re:The only downside I see to this ... on An AI-Powered App Has Resulted in an Explosion of Convincing Face-Swap Porn (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Although the opposite seems to be the case:
    http://thehill.com/opinion/whi...

  13. It begins. on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the frequency, Kenneth?

  14. Who owns them? on Google Loses Up to 250 Bikes a Week (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When everyone owns them, no-one owns them.

  15. Re:The IT crowds on What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    There's a US version?

  16. I'm putting all my money into tulips!

  17. Quentin Tarantino totally looks like... on Quentin Tarantino and JJ Abrams Team Up For 'Star Trek' Movie (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Quentin Tarantino seems to be morphing into Jim Broadbent.

  18. Maccas is a franchise, so the franchisees take risks. Also, sticking with Maccas for the moment, they have a lot of competition in the fast food sector. They mightn't be going broke any time soon, but people still have to work at making money.

  19. My accountant's advice has always been to pay the mortgage down as quickly as you can. No point in "saving" money if you have big debt (unless it's your rainy day savings and you can deposit them in a mortgage offset account). Interest rates are low, pay it now.

  20. Re:gigaBITS on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't Gibibits the funny gray things inside turkeys?

  21. The lessons... on An Ethereum Startup Just Vanished After People Invested $374K (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This is beyond gambling, beyond speculation. This is into "wishing well" territory.

    For some it may be a good lesson cheaply purchased. Some... not so cheaply.

    Maybe they should take a look at something like this.

  22. Re:Because it is implied ... on Scientists Save Child's Life By Growing Him New Skin (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    In the series "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever", the author had a nearly-omnipotent evil force on 'earth' who the protagonist battled. The evil force's motivation was to gain control of the magic talisman from the protagonist in order to (a) lay waste to the planet (as evil forces are wont to do) and (b) escape virtual imprisonment to take on the creator.

    The omnipotent god of the story had created this universe and cast down the evil force but was unable to directly influence his creation without destroying it, as one might a soap bubble.

    To me, it seemed like reasonable explanation of how things might be. Omnipotence might be relative.

    Great series, btw. High school me loved it.

  23. Re:Don't worry, it's not real on NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon, Pilot of Gemini and Apollo 12, Dies At 88 (astronautscholarship.org) · · Score: 1

    Loved that movie. A rare Finnish-German-Australian co-production. I knew someone in it, so I watched, and waited. Three seconds he was on-screen for. Acting's a tough gig.

  24. When that happens, we'll still have Moon Unit.

  25. Bet behind on The Inside Story of Venture Capital's Messiest Breakup (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    " in order to protect capital, investors are more likely to place their bets on people they know and trust."

    That's just like the whole 'bet behind' strategy in blackjack. It's almost like this VC investment malarkey was a gamble...