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  1. According to her site she's a she. Do you have contrary evidence?

  2. Iron Sky - Götterdämmerung muss fliegen

    Works for me.

  3. Yeah, but taking selfies and tits/ass shots requires some initiative.

  4. Now we can be stupid on the go.

  5. In Soviet Russia, AI entertains us!

  6. Re:Can't patent this on Mission Possible: Self-Destructing Phones Are Now a Reality (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    But what about controlled self-destruction?

  7. Who else used holograms? on French Politician Uses Hologram To Hold Meetings In Two Cities At the Same Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has anyone ever seen this guy and Palpatine in the same room together?

  8. Re:Recursion is dead! on Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe not better than return, but goto might be better for breaking out of deeply nested code.

  9. They can't consent, either, so it is rape.

  10. Re:Wrong on CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    iPhone is iOS, not OS X/MacOS.

  11. The US Consumes ~ 5,000 mwh of power a year

    Except that Wh are units of energy, not power, and 5,000 mwh is only 5 Wh. Geez..

  12. Re:All life will become a target on DragonflEye Project Wants To Turn Insects Into Cyborg Drones · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because the US military is so scared of the EPA.

  13. Typical Apple on Apple Is Releasing a Find My AirPods Feature (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    It will use the last place seen rather than have them emit a sound. Yup.

  14. A battery capable of running a laptop for 10 hours is - if the energy is applied as heat, or even just sheer unrestricted electrical discharge - the same as powering 600 laptops for a minute. Or 3600 laptops for a second. Imagine the energy you need to do that - to just turn on 3600 laptops simultaneously, even for a second.

    Answer: 36,000, not 3600.

  15. Why would I trust Best Buy? on Why You Shouldn't Trust Geek Squad (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They might screw up my Linux partitions.

  16. Re: Why "I" shouldn't trust Geek Squad? on Why You Shouldn't Trust Geek Squad (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    So the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to the Second?

  17. Carly Fiorina is an SJW liberal? I thought she was a Republican.

  18. Re:No more working till last train but with life e on Japanese White-Collar Workers Are Already Being Replaced by Artificial Intelligence (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    No, but will each robot count as 3/5 of a person for apportionment purposes, i.e. will 1,000 robots count as 600 people in a congressional district?

  19. Take the bus on Changing Other People's Flight Bookings Is Too Easy (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Take the bus? But that might be limiting.

  20. Re:Only in America... on NASA Designs 'Ice Dome' For Astronauts On Mars (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Water isn't an element.

  21. Re:Go to Slashdot on Checking Email as Soon as You Wake up Could be Ruining Your Day (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I had been up for a while.

  22. Weird characters? on Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At Slashdot, we also avoid curly quotes -- and when we miss, you see them as weird characters on the site!

    I thought the weird characters on this site were the editors! :)

  23. Go to Slashdot on Checking Email as Soon as You Wake up Could be Ruining Your Day (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Starting a day with a first post really helps.

  24. Or a lot of helium.

  25. Re:FAA TFRs on Amazon Patents Floating Airship Warehouse For Its Delivery Drones (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Flight restrictions around sporting events? Is it even legal to have an outdoor NFL game without a flyover?