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  1. Solved? on The Mystery of the Cars Abandoned in a Robot Car Park (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You use that word, but I don't think it means what you think it means.

  2. Re:What about other benefits? on New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    How about counterflip. If games can't influence us by what we see, neither can TV. That means they should get rid of all ads on TV and have us just watch the shows. IAnd why stop there? It would mean that no ad is effective in achieving their goal, selling.

  3. Re:What about other links? on New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I presume you''re American. We Europeans are free to see that stuff on TV.

    I am not. In Europe nudity is allowed after 21:00 when the kids are not watching anymore. Porn still is allowed only when you are older than 18.

    To me it is either people are influenced by what they see, or they are not. And that goes as well for violence as for ads or anything else.

    When I see an ad for Coca Cola, does that mean I immediately run to the store and spend all my money on it? No, it does not. I even do not like it, so I never drink it. But why did I pick that brand as an ecxample and not something like XS4All or any other brand you might or might not have heard of? Because we ARE influenced by what we hear and see.

    Is it as bad as people make it out to be? No, but it isn't non-existing either. Seeing things a lot and hearing things a lot, makes people think that that is the standard. I have seen people who thought they had the right to remain silence and the right to an attorney in countries that are not the US. That is because they are influenced by what they have seen.

    If that were not the case, we would not see any ads, because they would not work. And ads sell image and a lifestyle more than they sell a product.

    If they put product placement in a violent movie, I am to believe that I will be influence by the product placement, but not by the depiction of violence, but it will be when it is sex?

    That sounds a lot like wanting to have the cake and eat it too and we all know the cake is a lie.

  4. Re:Good luck with that. on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like how the age of drinking is a state law and yet all decided to go along with it somehow? Nice law you have there. Would be a shame if something happens to it.

  5. Re:Hail trump!!!! USA USA USA!!!! on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    So does that mean that Europeans should not buy anything from the US, because the US workers rights are lacking compared to the EU?
    Do you only buy products from the EU as the US workers standard is not up to par to the best? Or are you just conveniently say that the standards where you are a good enough?

    Just a question, what device do you type this on and how much did you pay for it?

  6. Re:Remember kids: Tarrifs and subsidies are evil! on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because Obama did it does not make it ok for Trump doing it. It does not make it a wise decision by default. It just shows there is not really a bi-party system.

  7. But a frame is not on/of per frame. It is per pixel on a line. So as I see it "frame" is just a group from the moment the first pixel is activated till the moment the pixel right before it (the last pixel on the screen) is activated.
    That first pixel is nice, but not essential. You could do it with a pixel in the middle or any other random pixel.

    Becsue if you take two pixels next to each other, the framerate will be the same. Just one lights up a bit sooner than the other one.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  8. Re:Time it takes light to travel 42 centimeters on Facebook Announces That It Has Invented a New Unit of Time (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So the answer was correct all this time, without needing to go to base 13.

  9. Re:Ask the legislators, lawyers, and judges. on Tesla Owner Attempts Autopilot Defense During DUI Stop (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Talking about full autonomous cars here.
    It basically comes down to asking if the person is the driver or the car and if the person can influence the behavior of the car. Will it allow Dave to open the doors while driving or not?
    Can the person take over control, or not?

    i.e. I get in the car sober for a 5 hour drive to some place. I am in the car with my SO and we open a bottle of whiskey and start drinking and open a second bottle. So now we are well beyond able to drive. We get in an accident. Who is responsible?

    So are you seen as a passenger or a driver? If you are a passenger, that means you should not be able to influence the driving directly. Not a simple button that you press to go "Human Mode". It will most likely be a long while before we are there. Till then: don't drink and drive. I have and I am lucky that the worst I hit was a front door of a house.

  10. Those are rookie numbers on You Spend Nearly a Whole Day Each Week On the Internet (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You gotta pump those numbers up those are rookie numbers - matthew mcconaughey wolf of wall street

  11. What about other links? on New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    OK, if there is no link between violent games and violence. How come we are not allowed to see female nipples on tv? Or cursing?
    Is that different somehow? And if it is not, how come ads are effective?

    People will be influenced by what they pick up. I am sure that violent games will not cause violence, but it might raise the bar a little bit on a much wider scale,

    We think rape in prison is funny. Many believe that police violence is just a way to best solve things.

    So what it might do is change the norm about violence.

  12. Re:You don't get it right ? on Apple and Google Are Rerouting Their Employee Buses as Attacks Resume (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    If I make a million each time I have no issue with it.

  13. Re:You actually went too far on 'New California' Movement Wants To Create a 51st State (wqad.com) · · Score: 1

    Happens in the UK.

  14. Re:So what did the warrant application say? on iPhone X Purchase Leads To Police, Battering Ram, and Handcuffs (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    What might have happened is that the thieves opened the truck and took almost everything, leaving 1 or 2 boxes behind. The person who made the list with IMEI numbers likely was just asked to gove the list of the delivery and that was then send to a different person who send it to the police, thinking it was a list of stolen good, because somebody in their panic said "They took everything". Instead of calmly saying "They took everything, except for phone X that they dropped. It does not look damages, so we will be still selling it."

    Now even IF the person was the thief himself, I still think the action was way over the top. Where I live (Belgium) many police officers would get fired of this. And I am somebody where they broke down the door and was held a gun to my head as king where was.

    Seriously, a storming ram for an iPhone? With me it was just 3 uniformed agents and one that was not.

  15. Re: Thanks, $15 minimum wage! on Amazon Opens 'Surveillance-Powered, No-Checkout Convenience Store' (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we can get together and have a law that will allow people to work for free. The Social Labor Act of Voluntary Employment Law.
    We could start with the groups that are hit hardest with unemployment and with the highest crime rates,

  16. As long as it is a used standard. on Can A New Open Photo File Format Replace JPEGs? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Here is a default email reply to customers.
    Mail 1) Sorry, we are unable to open your format
    Mail 2) Sorry, we are unable to download from an external site
    Mail 3) Sorry, we are unable to open your format
    Mail 4) We are now able to see the image.

  17. Re:All in blue (or about to be blue) state shithol on Amazon Picks 20 Finalists For 'HQ2' Second Headquarters Location (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The way you reacted maked me think you live in a blue state and are one of them.

  18. Re:I Wouldn't. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Explain Einstein's Theories To a Nine-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    I would say he is famous for his hair.

  19. Re:They talk funny on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    That's actually a quality many leaders lack

    No, it is not. It is what makes the difference between a manager and a leader. If you lack it, you are not leader, you are a manager.

  20. Re:All french everywhere on France Says 'Au Revoir' to the Word 'Smartphone' (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Living in Belgium, it is not the French, but the Dutch speaking part who are anal about language. Like, seriously anal.
    Note: I live in that part. I have discussions with my friends about how anal they are about it.

  21. Bullshit Bingo? on Slack Now Available As a Snap For Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is written as if it was specifically to see who wins Busllshit Bingo. I just need one more buzzword and I win.

  22. Re:Red Herring app on Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    That looks like information that would be essential to the summery. The first thing I thought was : "Obviously YouTube will be slower. No need for them to be fast as and deliver the whole content to you in 3 seconds if you only watch 3 seconds and go to the next video."

    The summery and this give a total different view and therefore perception on the situation. Also a nice example how "Fake News" works and here they are even telling the truth.

  23. Sometimes people at the top are humans. Used to eork at a company and they closed shop.not only did we all get an ipad mini and a nice farewell bonus, they saw to it that we all had a new job. Selling the people was more important than selling the customer s.

    Next company had to yake us, with current pay and benefits and they would get the customers for free. One company wanted to pay for customers, but no staff. They did not get the deal.

  24. Re: Seems to me Yahoo is burning their seed corn on YouTube Toughens Advert Payment Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There are ads on YouTube? Since when?

  25. Re: The weakest security on A Photo Accidentally Revealed a Password For Hawaii's Emergency Agency (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it is basically blame shifting. And installing and maintaining a password manager is something that IT departments are not willing to do as it shifts the blame back to them and it causes extra work initially. Once calculated how much oassword resets coststed the company. If you do that, also calculate the time the other person is unable to work and add 5 minutes, because that is how long it takes from the moment they should have been able to log in to the time they contacted IT.