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  1. That war would last about a day.

    Unless Antifa learns what actual Nazis are...that might be a fair fight. It would be a no lose proposition for the rest of the population, neo Stalinists vs neo Nazis.

  2. Re:Autonomous Fun Zone on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Throw a child's toy ball onto the freeway. Watch all the autonomous cars panic stop.

  3. Yes, horses are _much_ smarter than current AIs.

    Much of learning to ride is learning how horses (and your particular horse) act and react. It's still much more dangerous (per passenger mile) than driving a car.

    Granting there's not much 'riding for transport' being done, so the 'passenger mile' metric is suspect. Compare riding horses to riding dirt bikes instead.

  4. Re:Angels on the Head of a Pin on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hasn't been the history. Particularly the 'supervision' part. See the marketing type claims made by Tesla and Google about their testing programs. Pure marketing bullshit.

  5. Re:New technology on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you account for Europe still having more cars with good transmissions?

  6. Re:If you live in Florida on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That just means everybody gets to pay for the terrible drivers. The theory is lower 'shyster tax' makes it cheaper, so fuck the justice of it.

    They are the worst drivers in the USA, except Boston. But massholes aren't accidental bad drivers, they're just massholes.

    The very worst are senile masshole snowbirds in Florida.

  7. Autonomous tow trucks...duh.

  8. Re:When did Musk get his MBA? on Elon Musk Rolled Out Autopilot Despite Engineers' Safety Concerns, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Engineer behavior outside of competence is indistinguishable from MBA behavior.

    But the engineers are supposed to know better. The MBAs are _trained_ that 'competence is irrelevant' they can manage anything.

  9. They have the rioters phones with at least half the plotting in the caches. That's how they got the subpoena.

    Examine your blind spots, they are making you stupid as a rock.

    Yes the rioters went out with malicious intent. They were so dumb they publically discussed some of the plans _before_ the event. Fucking morons that they are.

  10. Re:Still the same? on DC Judge Approves Government Warrant For Data From Anti-Trump Website (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Notice his phrasing. He isn't even claiming to have done it in the past, just promises to do so in the future. Expect him to forget his promise with the next turnover.

  11. Re:Still the same? on DC Judge Approves Government Warrant For Data From Anti-Trump Website (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Take it back to FDR, seriously. 'Echelon' started informally during WWII, formalized after. USA, UK and Australia are banned from spying on their own citizens. So they've been spying on each others citizens for 80 years now. And it has expanded to include other nations since.

    The spooks maintained a database of all the phone numbers you've ever repeatedly called (Metadata) for about the same length of time. Was once the world's largest database. They know who you know. They can tell you who your friends were in middle school.

  12. Re:Whoever wrote this is a clueless moron! on Fourth US Navy Collision This Year Raises Suspicion of Cyber-Attacks (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Never Google 'Shrimp Boat Captain Urban Dictionary'.

    Just don't.

  13. Re:This is great! on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1, Informative

    They try and 'burn him' every year or two. But 'they' don't code, hence rightfully ignored.

  14. Re:"Unresponsive Leadership" on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Define 'merit'.

    The people behind this fork have zero code contributions. We'll see if _anybody_ who codes follows them.

  15. Open a new overpriced grocery chain! on Amazon To Complete $13.7B Whole Foods Deal Monday, Promises Lower Prices and Prime Integration (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Amazon has blown this acquisition. 'Whole Paycheck' was for those people who like to impress each other with how much the overpay (for the same stuff).

    Cutting the price of 'pre distressed blue jeans' lowers sales, duh.

  16. Re: Ruby on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    Javascript has it's place...the browser, until something better is built.

    If you know a single other language and still seriously consider server side javascript, there is something wrong with you. The only argument (not a good one) for server side javascript is 'don't need to learn anything else'.

    Java also had a _bad_ case of 'good for everything'. I'd rate Javascript on the server as about as good as Java that involved Swing.

    C doesn't bring the massive volume of mess with it. It's simplicity is it's beauty. But the world's biggest C advocate wouldn't use it to implement server side web code, unless the only other choice was Javascript (then the smart move would be to quit your job).

  17. Re:Pointy-haired bosses love node.js on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    Nobody 'masters' Javascript until they swear it off. That's the sign of mastery of a pigfuck, running away.

    The people that have mastered Javascript are behind 'Web Assembly'. Nobody that's 'mastered' javascript, would ever use it on the server.

  18. Re:And then......... on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    DataFlex...from the dawn of microcomputers. It was like a basic (classic w line numbers) programmer got shitfaced with a COBOL programmer. DataFlex was the unholy spawn.

    Fast database engine (for it's day) though. Too bad it was stable like mySQL, routine reindex.

  19. Re:Ruby on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    How's that debugging working for you?

    Javascript is hardly the first interpreted language. When will Javascript catch up with pre .net VB?

  20. Re: Ruby on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 2

    Come here and see the Stockholm syndrome...

    What you are experiencing is 'my pigfuck', it's just human nature. Once you know a mess, it becomes your mess, you've invested the time.

  21. Re:JavaScript should replace C on JavaScript Is Eating The World (dev.to) · · Score: 0

    I don't think you understand the purpose of C.

    It's only one step up from assembler. It doesn't do the things you list because it isn't _supposed_ to.

    Languages can't be 'lean' without being a little 'mean', there are plenty that will hold your hand, C isn't one of them.

  22. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That will be a cool way for poor people to get a 'free' 3G connection on their phones.

  23. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wasn't my experience with VCRs. They were built for _shit_ for the last 10+ years they existed.

    Many compo units had one AV input, some had _none_.

    An example of a unit bought the week before everybody abandoned tapes is an edge case.

  24. Re:I've thought so for some time on America Wasted $160 Million Trying To Get Afghanistan To Use E-Payments (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Anybody else notice that when America was at war in SE asia they claimed that 80% of the world's opium came from there?

    Synthetic opioids make it academic. One Chinese lab can make enough to keep the world fucked up, forever.

    The last thing anybody in power wants is a way to truly track money flows. How would they get paid?

  25. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Which died first, the VCR or the TV? Did you learn anything from the experience?