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  1. Society suffer from a lack of logic and reasoning on Tech Suffers From Lack of Humanities, Says Mozilla Head (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Society suffer from a lack of logic and reasoning.

  2. Re: The Humanities are OVERWHELMINGLY left on Tech Suffers From Lack of Humanities, Says Mozilla Head (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I would like your broken mind to try to set up and show the logical evidence for that.

  3. Re: Laughing out loud on Huge Reduction in Meat-Eating 'Essential' To Avoid Climate Breakdown (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "The chicken population would get out of control!"
    "A cow would eat you if it could!"

  4. Re: AI really can't replace everything. on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't need correction.

    If anything women need to be corrected to pick useful educations and to strive for getting useful jobs. Correct the womens behaviour and the rest will follow automatically.

  5. Sounds like it didn't showed bias towards men on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But rather even when they had made sure it didn't it still thought the men were better and they didn't liked that.

    Also I'd believe all these fake-equality people when they talk about men being crushed at their job, men dying of prostate cancer, man suiciding the most, male grades in schools, males without a sex partner or life companion so on so on.
    They are feminists - not for equality.
    Injustice activists.

  6. Why use the ice as fuel? on Lockheed Martin Unveils Plans For Huge Reusable Moon Lander For Astronauts (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure I understand there may be quite a bit of it and oxidizing the hydrogen generates new water but I don't know how much of that will reach the surface again and when.

    I'd feel like if one wanna terrarform and shit one want to keep it?

    Then again I guess you could argue without being there that won't happen.

    Regardless we should had saved and not destroyed earth first.

  7. Re: Portable Docked Mode on Nintendo Plans New Version of Switch Next Year (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah because Nvidia can't release a new one and Nintendo as their major buyer can't know about it / even have asked for it.

  8. Yeah.
    And considering the last time that happened for each subject was 9 and 51 years since for the odds of 2% and 10% if it was the same still (odds of both happening at the same time 0.2%?) my question become whatever it was just a lucky coincidence or whatever they have put effort into finding some women who actually mattered.

  9. There's been lots of whining about the lack of fem on Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Trio of Evolutionary Scientists (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Here in Sweden.

    Considering both this prize and the previous on yesterday include a female one gotta ask whatever they went with merits and it's just a coincidence it happened now or whatever these are kinda forced political choices due to media/political pressure.

  10. If I ever hear a song playing right then chances are very high it will be digital and and on demand and that I have good chances of figuring out what it's called anyway =P

  11. I used SoundHound. It worked.

    I then removed it to save space on the phone, wanted to use something again and found Shazam and it didn't work.

    I then checked for other solutions and found SoundHound again and it worked.

    Free and no ads is good but ... functionality matter.

    Try with "du dut dut dut dut dut dut dut dudu du dutt .." from https://www.youtube.com/watch?... and see for yourself!

  12. Re: No not really on Slashdot Asks: Anyone Considering an Apple Watch 4? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    So you have a smartphone remote.

  13. Re: Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    I definitely like winter time better because it's the right time.

    As for how to schedule my day that become theoretical. Theoretically I think it make sense to maximize the sun hours but in reality I definitely don't and may not even go to bed before the sun has started to show and sleep through a large part of the show. Obviously I like the night a bit too. Or maybe I just need the darkness to get tired? Maybe by theoretical idea of what I "want" is completely wrong and it's darkness before going to bed I actually want.

    As for countries and 12 when the sun is above your head I guess is explain a bit by where I live. Since Sweden has the shape it have. I can understand things are different in the wider countries.

  14. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    But closer than 13 and 11 for most?

    You don't get to choose work hours whatever one go with DST or not so .. nothing changes there.
    If the majority want things like on DST though then just deciding "let's adjust all schedules one hour this one time" would be doable.

    Over here they changed from left hand to right hand traffic once in 1969. Sure that involved some work that one time but it was done and now people drive on the right side of the road instead.

    If companies didn't got more directives and rule by governments than changing their schedules one hour one time I assume they would had been very happy.

  15. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    How is it nonsense?

    Also I as someone often missing out on a lot of sun time but also being awake in summer mornings definitely use it as a measure for figuring out how much I've missed or how long it will be dark and what not.

    Maybe living here where days and nights can be both so very short and so very long make it more important whatever it is and how than living close to the equator and having a bit of both all the time.

    If you'd ask me new year should start at the darkest day of the year and our midsummer at the longest and in the middle of the calendar year too. It would make more sense and be more symmetrical.

  16. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, as someone on a somehwat voluntarily (though actually likely TV controller) 14-06 schedule I understand part of that.

    Then again here the shortest days will almost only be like 10-14 and the longest 02-22 if they didn't fucked up the time plus you get some light also at other times so regardless of when the day start as long as it's consistent along the year some days you'd get the sun light in the mirror, some days it would be dark, some days the sun would be very high. So to adopt for what you want the time of the day would have to change a lot here =P

  17. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it's about a coordinated effort across society. Kids may show up to school an hour earlier, but unless the teachers are there, it won't do them any good.

    Meaning the parents and the teachers wouldn't be told when the day start or what?

    Here in Sweden summer time is 25th March - 28th October this year or 7 months.
    Seem like in DST it's 11th March - 4th November so almost 8 months.
    Because of that DST seem to be a larger part of the year than standard time and considering more people seem to favor it my suggestion would be to make standard / winter time what's used at all times but that society decided to adjust all schedules one hour back once and for all everywhere resulting in the same effect as always being on DST but with more work but with the hours of the day defined just as they are.

    I'm pretty sure a school can deal with "after this date we start at 07 instead."

    I'd vote against DST personally, but if we are going to do it, changing everyone's clock (especially since many digital clocks perform this automagically) is an efficient way of coordinating it.

    Yeah I understand the convenience factor but it's not like it's totally impossible to change opening hours otherwise. I've seen stores do it with stickers on the door .. And if you feel like it's too much work you can keep your current hours too.

  18. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if the sun doesn't settle it still moves.
    Your point is wrong and it's not what I said.
    Also I live in Sweden so I'm well aware of the phenomena.

  19. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Waking up at 07 and going to bed at 23 doesn't interfere with anything though.

    It's totally possible to use those times rather than 20 and 04 if you want to while using winter time.

    It's not a problem. But if you think it is then it's fine to wake up and go to bed at some other hours too.

    Let the clock be and do whatever at whatever time just as people already do.

    The clock doesn't have to be moved forward three hours to make it like 20-04, you could adjust the clock so that most people would go to bed at 00 too if you wanted.

    I do have problems with the clock but my problem is the two lapses per day on an analog clock and the 24 hours but to some extent also 60 minutes and seconds which make it harder to do calculations than if we used something based on 10.

    10 hours, 10 minutes, 10 seconds per day = only 1000 time units = the smallest one would be 1 minute and 26.4 seconds long which would make it easier to come in time since it's so imprecise but .. it would also be very imprecise =P

    1000 hours and 1000 minutes and 1000 seconds though would make 1 minute 0.0864 seconds long so would be far more accurate than what we have now, even just using minutes.

    08:00:00 would be 333:333:333.
    But yeah, waking up at 300 hours would be accurate enough I guess ..

    (Yeah I'm European..)

  20. Re:Giant survey no one knows about on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    I heard about it earlier and had an idea for how I wanted to vote but then I forgot about it until they revealed the result.

    With 80% German votes clearly coverage has been bigger in Germany than elsewhere.

    4(?) million people, 80% Germans = 3.2 million Germans.
    3.9% of German population voted if that's the case.
    0.2% of the rest of the EU population.
    Yay...

  21. Re:Maybe not all of europe on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I hate people saying "I prefer day light savings time because <reasons>."

    Why?

    Because the clock already have a definition which make sense.
    12 is the middle of the day. Sun as near zenith as it can be.
    00 is the complete opposite. Sun as far away as possible.
    As soon as the clock pass 00:00:00 you're moving towards the brighter part instead of the darker part.

    It's symmetrical and make logical sense.

    I totally understand if some people wish they had more light hours after work or if current schedules are setup so that they are more awake in the evening than in the morning for whatever reason and as such prefer it that way. But that's all changeable without messing with the clock and how that the earths rotation around the sun. Let 00 be when you are turned away from the sun and 12 be when you are turned against it still. As for all that other crap change that if you want too. If you want to maximize sun hours why aren't people going to bed at 20 and up at 04 instead for instance? Totally achievable. You don't have to screw up the clock for that!

    "But it's so much work! It's easier to just change the clock!"
    I guess that could be argued vs the current setup where we move the clock twice per year. It's likely less work to change those things once and then stop doing those changes than doing those changes all the time but not changing opening hours and what not.
    But yeah. It would be a bit of work. But definitely not something which can be done. And yeah, if we stuck with winter time all the time it likely would make sense to change things around one hour because as is summer time run for a longer time than winter time so that's the more common hours for things, so what we are used to and it's fine keeping it like those in the winter too. ... but change the times/schedules/opening hours/.. not the definitions for how a freaking clock work.

    And if you are going to change the clock anyway then change it to 1000 hours, 1000 minutes and 1000 seconds ir 10 of each while at it because that would make more sense than especially the analog clock which do two rotations in one day and the am and pm crap you people got in some societies.

  22. Re: Re on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Slavery and our social-liberal welfare state is very similar.

    Where freedom isn't defined as doing what you want without someone else putting restrictions on you but rather by whatever you're being granted even though it comes with freedom interfering demands and restrictions.

    In our state we're slaves under both state and companies / capitalism.

  23. I don't need any.

    I'm fine with both master-slave and parent-child. I don't need any excuse or explaination for it.

  24. Re: It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapter on Someone With an iMac, iPhone, and iPad Might Soon Need Three Different Headphone Adapters (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    No loss on the ignorant.

  25. Re:Trump would like that on Apple Says New China Tariffs Would Boost Prices On Some Products (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Without doing anything they will unlikely change things.