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  1. Ok Zippy. If you read the article it had to do with IMPORT TARIFFS WILL RISE. So they are claiming their costs to build data centers in the UK MIGHT increase.

    Try reading sometime moron.

  2. Amazon Fire on Do Android Users Still Use Custom Roms? (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    Enough said....

  3. Re:Not so fast. on Three States Propose DMCA-Countering 'Right To Repair' Laws (ifixit.org) · · Score: 1

    Nothing in your post has anything approaching reality. Do automotive repair then come back and post how more complex self-driving cars are....

  4. Re:How on Uber Will Pay $20 Million For Exaggerating Drivers' Earnings (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Really Potsy....

    "Uber told new drivers they would be able to lease a new car for around $119 per week, the actual lease rates never dipped below $200 from late 2013 to April 2015"

    "despite its promise of delivering "the best financing options available," it turns out that Uber's rates were actually worse than consumers with similar credit scores could have gotten elsewhere."

    You might want to try reading sometime. It will help you look less like an ass.

  5. Good God Stop on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Computer people commenting on neuroscience like they're experts. Yikes. Move along nothing to see here other than a profound lack of knowledge a great ignorance.

  6. Re:Massive failure from all involved on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    RTFA. No they don't argue it is true. They just argue that the methods should be able to deduce how the micro chip works because they have all this extra data.

    More to the point: "Gaël Varoquaux, a machine-learning specialist at the Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, in France, says that the 6502 in particular is about as different from a brain as it could be."

    You knowledge and understanding of brain research is very primitive.

  7. Re:Massive failure from all involved on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    No the point of the article was "questions whether more information is the same thing as more understanding."

    Using computer chips as test subjects does not validate or invalidate research methods used in neuroscience. What validates or invalidates the methods and the results of the methods is how well it predicts human behavior. That's all that counts. Do these results provide insights or not. Studying a different subject matter does not get you any closer to understanding how the human brain functions.

    If you studied neuroscience you would understand that.

  8. Re:Massive failure from all involved on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    RTFA. A brain and a cpu are nothing a like.

  9. Re:Massive failure from all involved on Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    It's done more for explanation but not for actual comparison.

    FTA: "Gaël Varoquaux, a machine-learning specialist at the Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, in France, says that the 6502 in particular is about as different from a brain as it could be. Such primitive chips process information sequentially. Brains (and modern microprocessors) juggle many computations at once. And he points out that, for all its limitations, neuroscience has made real progress. The ins-and-outs of parts of the visual system, for instance, such as how it categorises features like lines and shapes, are reasonably well understood." http://www.economist.com/news/...

    It's also widely understood that large data sets and analytics will not necessary reveal great insights simply because of the size of the data set. Which is why I thought the article was a fluff piece that provided no insights.

  10. LMOL on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a fad. Everyone knew it. It wasn't a matter of if but when 3D would die. Good riddance. 3D debacle delayed work on OLED and better picture technology.

  11. Re:3d costs zero $ on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not what the guy was talking about sparky.

  12. Re:Original content on Netflix's Subscriber Boom Shows the World is Accepting Internet TV (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Programming costs money, which puts them in the same bind as the Networks: Programming is not cheap.

    "Investors brought up concerns over increasing costs. For fiscal 2017, Netflix said its free cash flow deficit will be about $2 billion in 2017, compared to $1.7 billion in 2016, which is because the company wants to own "more content and more content categories," said chief financial officer David Wells." http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18...

    So it won't be long before commercials show up on Netflix or see your subscription cost go up again.

  13. Re:Advertising and greed on Netflix's Subscriber Boom Shows the World is Accepting Internet TV (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The article does not say that. The article said that "Almost half of the most searched for shows this year were Netflix originals.." Searched not watched. It would be easy to say watched. But they said searched. BIG DIFFERENCE.

    Netflix is not going to drop network programming. Hate to break it to you Potsy, ALL programming is designed for viewers. It's designed to get the most eye balls. Even Netflix needs viewers.

  14. Better tell Nvidia that. GeForce GTX 1080 has drivers for Windows 7.....

  15. Re:It's about landmass on China, Europe Drive Shift To Electric Cars as US Lags (reuters.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because you can't recharge an electric car? Without defining your argument it's hard to put any stock in your comment. Come back when you put more thought into it.

  16. Re:It's a logical progression and not that big a d on Half the Work People Do Can Be Automated, Says McKinsey (techinasia.com) · · Score: 1

    Why. Just replace the workers with robots. No need to cut the work week.

  17. McKinsey & Company on Half the Work People Do Can Be Automated, Says McKinsey (techinasia.com) · · Score: 1

    Do we really need to read trash published by this company.

    "A 1997 article and a book it published in 2001 on "The War for Talent"...The authors found that the best-performing companies were "obsessed" with acquiring and managing the best talent. They advocated that companies rank employees by their performance and promote "stars", while targeting under-performers for improvement or layoffs. After the book was published, Enron, a company which followed many of its principles, was involved in a scandal that led to its bankruptcy."

    But hey just look at these insightful statements from the article:

    "Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide"

    "...machine learning have put us on the cusp of a new automation age"

    "Automation will change the daily work activities of everyone..."

    Hello the Industrial Revolution is calling, they want their insights back. Perhaps they have some pithy quotes from Eli Whitney. Jackasses...

  18. Re:I think this one can be tough to decide..... on Virginia 'Broadband Deployment Act' Would Kill Municipal Broadband Deployment (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    As opposed to Verizon stopping their roll out of fiber.....

  19. "“I just think government needs to be very cautious about investing taxpayer dollars in these networks that they not only have to be able to manage, but they also have to maintain them,” Byron told The Roanoke Times. "Maintaining this type of stuff is much better done by private business.”" http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...

    Really cock sucking whore. Do you have proof to support this assertion that does not come with wheel barrels full of cash....

  20. Re:I'm all for protecting the consumer on Amazon Just Got Slapped With a $1 Million Fine For Misleading Pricing (recode.net) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Really? Amazon wouldn't know if those prices were accurate. A company that use analytics and big data to analyze the buying behaviors of it's customers and the pricing of products wouldn't know whether or not the MSRP is accurate or not. Troll somewhere else ass-hole.

  21. Re:Canada extorts $1 Million from Amazon on Amazon Just Got Slapped With a $1 Million Fine For Misleading Pricing (recode.net) · · Score: 1, Troll

    FTA:

    "The investigation centered on the practice of Amazon displaying its prices compared to higher "list prices" -- suggested manufacturer prices (MSRPs) designed as marketing gimmicks to make people think they are getting a deal, even though it's often the case that no shopper ever pays that price."

    “The Bureau’s investigation concluded that these claims created the impression that prices for items offered on www.amazon.ca were lower than prevailing market prices,”

    So false advertising but hey I guess you like buying a floor cleaner than doubles as a dessert topping. Moron.

  22. Re:I wonder on Pentagon Successfully Tests Micro-Drone Swarm (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Or a fly swatter....

  23. Re:Not so fast on Apple Plans 'High-Tech Manufacturing' of Data-Center Gear in Arizona (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They already got it:

    "Foreign-trade zones are essentially outside US customs territory, which means companies can avoid duties when exporting or importing merchandise. The US government supports the zones to help create jobs through "the encouragement of operations in the United States which, for customs reasons, might otherwise have been carried on abroad."

    "On its domestic sales, Apple would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to finished server assembly cabinets (duty-free) for the foreign-status materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of authority," the notice continues.

  24. try uBlock Origin - it's better.

  25. Re:now, wait hold the heck on for a sec.. on Streaming Now Officially the Number One Way We Listen to Music in America (pitchfork.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    LMOL umm no you don't choose the music. The music is selected for you...jackass.