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  1. Certain parts of the earth have population problems but that's because too many people are congregating in the same places. The earth itself isn't even close to capacity. This is just another groundless bit of bullshit from environmentalists who can't be bothered to get their facts straight.

  2. Meet the elephant in the room on 'We Need Robots To Take Our Jobs,' Veteran Tech Reporter John Markoff Explains Why (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The reason people aren't having larger families is because nobody can afford it any more due to putting increased financial pressure on the middle class. When you could have a family of 2 - 3 on a single income this wasn't a problem. Now many people are starting to stop at 1 if they have any at all. Robots won't solve this problem, they will accelerate it as the middle class is further phased out.

    The average number of children per family in the US has gone from 3.7 to 1.9 over the last 60 years. If you want people to have more kids, rescue the middle class already.

  3. If you're asking me a very final question like "do you want to live?" the machine better be right 100% of the time.

    70% is not good enough.

  4. Re:You couldn't make enough on It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com) · · Score: 1

    What functionality do you believe it's missing? You may have missed the recent changes to Android Wear that improve the experience for ios users.

  5. Re:You couldn't make enough on It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com) · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine has a Moto 360 which pairs with an iphone just fine. Perhaps you should make yourself more aware of what Android Wear is compatible with. If you want a smartwatch, you don't need an idevice simply because you have an iphone.

  6. They will shoot themselves in the food on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, because you're essentially initiating a prohibition without the prohibition. Remember how well that worked out for alcohol in the US?

    The entire thing is stupid and interferes with something that makes a subset of people happy. Yes it's bad for you, we know that and so do they. Yes it should be inappropriate in certain public spaces. However this has past the point of protecting people who don't want to smoke - it's now forcing other people's ideals on to them for the sake of doing it. That's wrong on every level. These people really aren't hurting you with their habit.

    If you want to head towards a demolition man-like police state where everything potentially bad for you is banned, this is how you do it.

  7. Re:It's over, but they didn't win on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    This makes sense to me, thank you for explaining your position. If we're being honest Americans did have poor options for their choices. I do think Trump was the better choice though. I'm not sure it will end in quite the doomsday scenario you're describing. Change is probably the scariest thing for people, but we've beaten the odds before. Then again, it's not like I can see the future.

    I just find it odd that Liberals keep trying to make it look like Conservatives are raving lunatics who use any excuse to be provocative. Their effort to do so speaks more about them than it does about anyone else.

  8. Re:It's over, but they didn't win on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Oddly that's not what I see. What I see are liberals who are getting angrier every day. You seem to be projecting.

  9. Re: Grow amazing crystals in minutes! on Scientist Investigate A Brand New Form of Matter: Time Crystals (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Hence the "didn't read anything".

  10. Re:No if so add 20-45k on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Future Employers Your Salary History? · · Score: 1

    There isn't any possible way for them to know how much you made on your last job unless you tell them. That's why they're asking you in the first place.

  11. Re: Grow amazing crystals in minutes! on Scientist Investigate A Brand New Form of Matter: Time Crystals (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    I didn't work myself up in to anything. You're just not reading the entirety of what is being said. Then again it never shocks me when someone from slashdot fails to read ... well, anything. If what they're saying is true, this is not anything like the matter we've been studying so far.

    Obviously this all falls in to the "too good to be true" category. Skepticism is the best course. Of course, you'd already know this if you had read my entire comment.

  12. Re: Grow amazing crystals in minutes! on Scientist Investigate A Brand New Form of Matter: Time Crystals (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    No. What time crystals seem to represent is a form of matter in motion that doesn't require energy expenditure to maintain its motion because in their ground state they continue to have motion we can't readily explain. They are heralding this as an entirely new phase of matter which if true might be the greatest discovery of the century, if not the millennium. If you can find a way to make these structures do work you essentially have unlimited energy.

    Given what this represents it's understandable that many have a healthy skepticism of the idea.

  13. Re: the lengths people will go to... on Scientist Investigate A Brand New Form of Matter: Time Crystals (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 0

    Yes, they really are. Everyone else has accepted the fact that this is the way it's going to be and is working towards creating a better future. Even for the whiny liberals.

  14. Re:dare I say... on First Human-Pig 'Chimera' Created in Milestone Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He sure is. Just watch this enlightening video on climate change! It'll explain everything!

  15. If you don't want to use Systemd, don't use it. It's not forced on anyone.

  16. Re:dare I say... on First Human-Pig 'Chimera' Created in Milestone Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I told you, we need to fill the cave with hot, molten lead, 'cause it's the only way to make sure Manbearpig never comes out. And I'm saying it and I'm totally cereal but everyone just keeps digging!
    - Al Gore

  17. Thanks NASA! on NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Let's inflate the egos of more sub-par "actors" that have long since passed from relevance.

  18. Re:No headphone jack ... on HTC's New Flagship Phone Has AI and a Second Screen, But No Headphone Jack (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    HTC wants to be Apple so bad. They try really hard - sometimes too hard.

  19. Re:Yeah, I'm sure that'll be a success on Apple Planning To Make Original TV Shows and Movies as Hardware Sales Soften (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Except Microsoft never stopped being relevant. Apple on the other hand is on the cusp of becoming irrelevant.

  20. Re:Netflix sort of has the right model... almost on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a fair argument, but Netfix is still much closer to an ideal than cable is. The amount of content you can get out of Netflix is still far greater than you'd get out of any one channel. Netflix is very easy to start and stop paying for. If you run out of content you want to see just keep doing what you're currently doing. Stop paying and start again when something you do want to see shows up.

  21. Article misses the point on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We don't want "channels" any more. We don't want to watch some program on your schedule. We want to stream specific things when we want to stream them. This is why netflix is cleaning house - it's on demand and doesn't force anyone to conform to their schedule.

    Cord cutting is a revolt against three things - unreasonable cost, fixed schedules, and commercials.

  22. People still take the uneducated eco-terrorists seriously? I thought they lost all their credibility years ago.

  23. Re:Watch Trump's Twitter feed on Apple Plans 'High-Tech Manufacturing' of Data-Center Gear in Arizona (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Mentioning trump isn't, but slurs like "Drumpfenfuhrer" is attempting to nazi up trump, which IS godwinning up a thread.

  24. Re:Lax Supervision on Choked By Smog, Beijing Creates A New Environmental Police Force (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 0

    s/looking for violators/collecting bribes/

  25. Except nobody buys a laptop to stop bullets.