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  1. Most phones are big enough that people just press 'show me the desktop site' before the mobile page has loaded.

  2. "There are a few factors."

    There's only one.
    Trump allows them to pay only 8% taxes on the hundreds of billions they bunkered offshore and they'll distribute that as tax-free dividends to their shareholders.

  3. The Aztects too? on Salmonella Probably Killed the Aztecs (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That Salmonella bitch also killed a few residents of a local retirement home.
    It's about time they catch her.

  4. Re:So I have to walk out and not have it at the do on Within Next Five Years Your Pizzas Will Probably Be Delivered by Autonomous Cars, Domino's Pizza CEO Says (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    "If Domino's does not provide this, I'll order from someone else who does."

    Doesn't matter to me. If I want a Pizza I sure won't order one from Domino's not even if they'd drone it beside my lazyboy.

  5. "Ergo, they have Trump's toots and could hand them over."

    Are you saying they monitor all the stable geniuses only?

  6. That soon there will also be clueless robots calling the help-desk.

    So it won't be long until we will be asked as first question when we call:

    "Are you a human or a robot?"

    and the second one will be:

    "Are you sure?"

  7. Re:Essentially a human problem on Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "Trains are not pressurised ..."

    No? The Chinese railway has pressurized trains for very high altitudes and they have more than 2 doors.

    Also since planes have already perfectly good functioning pressure doors, they could just put more in, but they would have to put in less seats and they're too greedy for that.

  8. ...they told us in the 3rd millennium we would have robot servants, not that we would become a robot's servant.

  9. Re: Designed for the Left on Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "... had to change her Twitter account private because she called all of middle America a racist and uneducated shithole."

    The truth hurts.

  10. Designed by the same AI on Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We need a few additional AIs to write all this modern crap.

    And now get off my lawn with your boombox.

  11. Re:Essentially a human problem on Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "The problem they couldn't solve is how to load/unload all the passengers efficently. "

    Trains can unload a 1000 passengers in a minute or so.
    The solution is called 'doors'.

  12. "match their photographs with that stored in the data base for authentication in addition to fingerprints and iris scans"

    IOW you'll never get on a plane again or get your money from the bank.

  13. Re:Doug Lenat's Test on AI Beats Humans at Reading Comprehension (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two guys were watching a dog licking his balls.
    First guy says to the second: I'd like to do that too.
    The second guy replies: You'd better pet him first or he might bite you.

  14. Re:Because gubbermint! on Why Uber Can Find You but 911 Can't (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's because people don't want to pay taxes. And taxes pay for such improvements. Other countries have had this for years.

  15. We fear only the "Second Variety" on 'Don't Fear the Robopocalypse': the Case for Autonomous Weapons (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    Not the current crap.

  16. Re: Turn on your damn chip reader on Following Other Credit Cards, Visa Will Also Stop Requiring Signatures (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 2

    "No. The ones the rest of the world uses successfully and reliably."

    For several years now.

    Most of my acquaintances render the magnetic strip unusable with magnets, so that the cards can't be easily skimmed.

  17. Who cares? on Russian Military Base Attacked By Drones (bellingcat.com) · · Score: 1

    " Although the plastic sheeting, tape and simple design may belie the illusion of sophistication, "

    The only people who care about that are the Drone Design Fashion Police.
    The rest just doesn't want bombs to fall from the sky or worse, fly into building via doors and windows.

  18. Re:Jules Vernes next blockbuster on Scientists Think They've Discovered Lava Tubes Leading To the Moon's Polar Ice (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    "Journey to the Centre of the Moon" ...through a series of tubes.

  19. They are called iPads.

  20. Re: Simple on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Use Computers To Make Elections Better? · · Score: 1

    "How exactly is it too easy to rig? You realize the boxes are watched from empty through counting, right? The poll watchers check every ballot to make sure it isn't pre-marked."

    And then comes the old box-switcheroo before the counting.

  21. Re:And? on Why the World Only Has Two Words For Tea (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "I thought this was fascinating! My favorite article for this year thus far."

    Indeed, at least it's 'news for linguists' even if they can't get those for us nerds.

  22. ...the AI will sue him for a part of the money.

  23. Sea monsters occasionally do that.

  24. "Imagine being a part of THIS 1%.
    Women. Everywhere."

    That's exactly why they do it. The conditions are good and since one male can fertilize dozens of females, it's the way to go if you want to multiply your genes real fast.

  25. Re:How do some people use so much? on Will Cape Town be the First City To Run Out of Water? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "My water bill for a family of 4 is at the 2K gallon rate which is about 16 gallons each for a month and the bill is around $27. "

    That's pretty cheap for a civilized country.
    A shame that you can't drink it safely.