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  1. Re: MS uses what works on Microsoft Has Built a Linux Distro · · Score: 1

    Oh, someone will distribute it.

  2. Killer GMO butterflies causing hurricanes on Wasps Have Injected New Genes Into Butterflies · · Score: 2, Funny

    Chaos and doom! Watch out for the butterfly effect.

  3. Re:Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1

    why are you changing the topic to a situation that has absolutely nothing to do with the case and what kind of retards are voting you up?

    Because some people are talking about plea bargains in general, rather than about this specific case.

  4. REAL activism occurs in meatspace.

    #GoOutside

    PS: take your own advice, or STFU.

  5. Re:Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And how do you feel when an innocent man accepts a plea bargain because he felt he had no choice but to give a false confession? That is, of course, on of the main dangers in coercing confessions.

  6. Re:Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1, Interesting
  7. Re:They are the pirates on One Day After iOS 9's Launch, Ad Blockers Top Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    If you don't allow us to invade and loot data from your computer, you're a pirate!

    How about no. If you're not taking personal responsibility for malware in your ads, including the cost to clear infected computers and compensate for lost data, you have no right to complain if we take security precautions in the form of blocking this attack vector.

  8. Re:What did the question even mean? on Microsoft's Satya Nadella Shown Up By Confused Cortana Assistant · · Score: 1

    From the video, it seems there was a list of specific opportunities and some numbers related to them.

  9. Re:Don't we (the US) already have that... on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    I get my news from comedians because comedians are more serious than journalists.

  10. Re:libertarian that supports a BIG on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Real libertarians are in favor of liberty. Which he clearly is.

    Some anti-government folks mascarade as libertarians; you can tell which those are because they oppose government more than they support liberty.

  11. No time to read on Book Review: Abusing the Internet of Things · · Score: 2

    Any chance this book is available for my IoT toaster, so I can read it while waiting for my toast?

  12. FAA router lockdown on D-Link Accidentally Publishes Private Code Signing Keys · · Score: 1

    It's surprisingly common for someone to accidentally publish their private signing key.

  13. Re:Where did this idea come from? on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Why do people think are entitled to other people's money?

    Does this mean you are demanding that companies pay their employees everything the company earned from the employee's labor?

  14. Re:Free money isn't free on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Nonetheless, giving away "free" money can still be free if it replaces and costs the same as the current system. If it's cheaper (than the sum total of food stamps, SS, welfare, obligatory medical emergency service, minimum wage, jail time for poverty-induced criminals, homeless shelters, food kitchens, ...), then giving away free money actually saves money.

  15. Re:Gross margins on Apple's 16GB IPhone 6S Is a Serious Strategic Mistake · · Score: 1

    One problem is not Apple offering a 16GB iPhone, it is that those who want more must pay 20 times Apple's cost.

    [...] Apple has gross profit margins around 40% and around 56% of their revenue comes from the iPhone. [...] even if everyone were to buy the more expensive product, Apple doesn't receive anywhere close to a 20X bump in gross margins. [...]

    I think what he meant was that (price of 64GB - price of 16GB)/(cost of 64GB - cost of 16GB) = 20. Or if you prefer, that 48GB don't cost anywhere close to $100.

    However, by my count a cost of $2/GB is not unreasonably high, especially if we're talking higher end solid state memory and include additional services.

  16. Re:Needs more statistics on Researcher Trying To Teach Computer What Women He's Attracted To · · Score: 2

    That's all well and good, but you're running the test backwards. Unless you think de Vries is looking at the rejected women to make sure that he finds them unattractive, as opposed to looking at the selected women to make sure he finds them attractive. The false positive rate only matters if it doesn't significantly cut down on unattractive candidates. And so long as he doesn't run out of candidates to look over, the false negative rate is a meaningless bug.

    Of course, good luck to him if his true love isn't in the habit of uploading her picture, or if lots of people upload photos of supermodels.

    Also, one thing that would be really useful is if the algorithm could counter the bad lighting effect.

  17. Re:Love is blind!!!! on Researcher Trying To Teach Computer What Women He's Attracted To · · Score: 1

    Also people trying to explain to some star-crossed lover that the target of their affections has all sorts of terrible flaws which they're totally ignoring because love is blind, and they will resent once the infatuation is over.

  18. Re:Dangerous Act Of Terror on AT&T Offers $250k Reward To Find the California Fiber-Optic Ripper · · Score: 1

    I have it on good authority that a group of terrorists is actively trying to discourage our children from building neat things. If you do, this group of terrorists is threatening to kidnap anyone who defies them and demand a ransom, or in their language, "bail". This terrorist group appears to be operating with impunity, any leads as to who was responsible would be appreciated.

  19. Terrorists everywhere on Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There were lots of terrorists involved in this incident. The terrified child vowed never to bring another invention to school.

  20. Re:I know who did it on AT&T Offers $250k Reward To Find the California Fiber-Optic Ripper · · Score: 1

    "Jackass the Fiber Optic Ripper"

  21. Re:will the tsa / SS let him take the device in? on Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School · · Score: 0

    "immediately report any suspicious items and / or suspicious behavior."

    From their behavior, I can tell that the school officials and Texas police department are incredibly suspicious (and also stupid pussies). Perhaps we could have them all sign up with a psychologist to test them for paranoia?

  22. Yes on Are Non-Technical Certifications Worth Earning? · · Score: 1

    I'm a certified Lobster Boiler.

  23. Anti-virus on Interviews: Ask John McAfee About His Presidential Run · · Score: 1

    Is there anything you can do about self-reproducing laws? Like how people repeatedly make it illegal to murder, to show they are "tough on crime"?

  24. What to say? on America's First Video Game Museum Is Trying To Level Up · · Score: 1

    Son, we used to pay money for this crap. Per play.

  25. Re:Open-source in cars on The Era of Open Source Cars · · Score: 1

    You sound pretty driven. But even if you run open source on the car, the real question is, "Are the drivers open source?"