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  1. Re:As far as I know on America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's correct. Russia stopped a number of years ago. I think they cited health concerns, but I could be wrong.

  2. But to problem is going to Standard Time, no ? on America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    But it's going to Standard Time that's the problem, no ? Daylight Saving Time ends today, Standard Time begins.

  3. Re:Fill 'er up? on With Fuel Exhausted, NASA Retires Kepler Telescope (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, unmanned vehicles are not normally designed to be refueled, especially when they are 94 million miles away. Manned vehicles, however, present a different problem. You really can't leave a person out in space without attempting a refuel, can you ?

  4. Certainly impressive hacking skills, but how can anyone know that the "replica" of the Florida election site is identical to the real site. They need to be able to hack into the real site.

  5. AI warfare: 3 laws violation ? on Military Documents Reveal How the US Army Plans To Deploy AI In Future Wars (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously. AI warfare would violate the 3 laws of robotics. "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." But that is assuming that the AI is programmed to attack humans. What if it is only programmed to attack another AI ? Then we have no conflict. Then all we have to worry about is AI putting all of us out of jobs, etc. Not killing some of us (the enemy). A pleasant thought.

  6. IMHO, the MTA could care less about how the subway runs. They are only concerned with 20 and out (twenty years service, then pension). It's a real problem here..

  7. I don't see how class warfare benefits a country on Few Countries Will Benefit From the AI Revolution (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    From what I've been reading lately about the perceived effects of the widespread application of AI, class warfare is a very real possibility. Now, if this is the case, I don't see how any country ... the US, China, et al really benefits. Some individuals and corporations may benefit, but the country as a whole does not (imho).

  8. Pretty impressive.

  9. Re:Why is our media... on Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working With Russian Intelligence (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess I am. What invasion ? According to international law it was illegal, but still, Crimea has always wanted to be part of Russia again. But Russia went about it the wrong way. Anyway, not a shot was fired when Russia "took" Crimea. I read that somebody fell and was killed but that was it. Afghanistan ? You mean when the USSR invaded Afghanistan. Russia is not the USSR.

  10. When will they cancel current plans ? on Virgin Mobile Becomes World's First iPhone-Exclusive Carrier, Offers Year of Service For $1 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone know when they will cancel the current android service ?

  11. Tech PC IBM-AT clone on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    Tech PC IBM-AT (80286) clone. Can't remember the details. But great for Lotus, early C compilers (Eco-c), Pascal, etc.

  12. Re: Undefined behavior on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Post increment or pre increment, you're still comparing C to itself.

  13. Re:They both suck! on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, with great power comes great responsibility :)

  14. Re:Actually what the guy wrote was on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, did you know that Linux in some form powers 99.99 % of the super computers in the world. Plus Android. Plus most of the web servers in the world. What does Windows power ? Desktops and a few web servers. I agree that Windows is a nice looking front end. But anything mission critical I'd use Unix or Linux (maybe BSD too). Not Windows.

  15. Re:Actually what the guy wrote was on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 0

    Ah, no. Case in point. The Windows file system vs the Linux file system. The Windows file system normally requires de-fragmentation, whereas the Linux file system normally does not. Why ? Because the Windows engineers placed new files directly after older ones. When the older files grew, they got extra space by fragmenting. The Linux engineers (actually Unix engineers) placed files scattered all over the disk. When they grew, there was space for growth.

  16. Re:Undefined behavior on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    And you could do : #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { int i = 1; if (++i > i) printf("++i is greater than i\n"); else if ( ++i == i ) printf("++i == i\n"); }

  17. Re:Undefined behavior on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're actually comparing C to itself. If I use a simpler example, with a pre-increment even, you still don't get the first branch : #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { int i = 1; if ( ++i > i ) printf("++i is greater than i\n"); else printf("++i is not greater than i\n"); }

  18. Re:How many light years is that? on Supermassive Black Hole Rocketing Out of Distant Galaxy At 5 Million MPH (blastr.com) · · Score: 1

    8 billion.

  19. 4 billion years before the earth existed ... on Supermassive Black Hole Rocketing Out of Distant Galaxy At 5 Million MPH (blastr.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, so 4 billion years before the earth existed, we're finally seeing what happened. But it's cool that we can see that far :)

  20. The weird thing is ... on How Cable Monopolies Hurt ISP Customers (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    the internet is free. We're really just paying for the connection (the last mile ?).

  21. Re:My big complaint ... on How Cable Monopolies Hurt ISP Customers (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, well, I hope you're getting a good rate for the money that you're loaning them.

  22. Re:My big complaint ... on How Cable Monopolies Hurt ISP Customers (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you pay for something that has not been delivered ?

  23. My big complaint ... on How Cable Monopolies Hurt ISP Customers (backchannel.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    is that they bill a month in advance for services that they haven't provided yet. Then a month goes by, and they say I'm late in payment. When I mentioned this to them, they said "everybody does this". Anyway, I'm not in the habit of making loans to multi-billion dollar corporations.

  24. Re:Okay - that was quick. on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, sure. The same polls that showed Hillary would win in a landslide.

  25. For a decade, almost 2 billon years ago ... on A Supermassive Black Hole Has Been Devouring a Star For a Decade (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a decade, almost 2 billon years ago ... pretty heady stuff. I wonder what's happening now ?