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  1. Nothing good comes from visiting the Urban dictionary.

    Before hitting that link, drink yourself just short of blackout drunk and pour a tumbler of liquor. So you can 'unread'.

    Alternatively, 'blow the head'.

    You have to do it before the thing read gets committed to long term memory.

  2. Re:AI really can't replace everything. on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You first!

  3. People pay for music? on More Than One Third of Music Consumers Still Pirate Music (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Pay for music? WTF?

  4. Re:Not gonna happen on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What? Thermal efficiency is based on hot and cold side temperatures.

    Which are based on operating pressures and the type of working fluid. New ACs run higher pressure.

  5. Re:Shocked! Shocked I say on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you really think Amazon hired a statistically significant number of 'Vassar girls'?

    The one they did, likely didn't make it out of probation. Hence the 'AI' gave that trait a negative score. It could be right.

  6. Narrow your focus. There is an argument about the language part of the SAT.

    The math part _can't_ have a cultural bias.

  7. Wouldn't work that way unless the men had better 'outcome metrics'. Simply having more of them wouldn't make their traits get a positive score.

    Sounds like the algorithm found proxies for sex, but it _wouldn't_ have done that if the women had equal 'outcome metrics'.

    They likely have a problem with small datasets. For example, the AI assigned a couple of 'women's colleges' a negative score, likely because they had hired an airthief or two from those schools. But you have to accept the possibility that the score is fair and will only get worse as they hire more 'Vassar girls', given the state of liberal arts 'education' these days.

  8. Re:The cost of operating a coal fired power plant on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Can we get something like that, but from a credible source?

  9. Re:Don't believe everything you read on /. on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    New Chinese plants are also on the mine, like western ones. Electricity is much easier to transport than coal. Also puts the pollution away from the cities.

    10-15 years ago China had days long traffic jams of medium size coal trucks on their highways. That was just insane.

  10. Re:Yeah, no on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    My German extended family covered their roofs with solar.

    Not only because it is subsidized and it sort of makes financial sense, but because Russia was holding them hostage via their gas supply.

    Some of them also converted their home heat to _wood_ for the same reason.

  11. Re: Subsidies and War on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not that complicated. It's just a lie.

  12. Re:No this is the result of no nuclear dumb policy on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In practice, nukes that follow load have unreasonably high operation and maintenance costs.

    It has been tried, but isn't at all desirable. Costs are already high, you want to divide them by the maximum total, not raise them by throttling the equipment.

    Nukes are going to be priced out of the market soon enough.

  13. Re: No this is the result of no nuclear dumb polic on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's cheaper, because coal is cheaper. They are designed to run all night, because their is demand all night and it's cheaper to build the plant that way.

    You have no understanding. Just clueless. I've spent decades modeling the grid for a living. My software runs on dispatch floors, giving the grid operator short term forecasts.

  14. Re:Not gonna happen on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The larger the fan the more efficient?

    Damn, I wasted a lot of time studying thermo. Who knew it was so simple? / sarc

  15. Re: Not gonna happen on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Traditionally English plumbing had open topped hot water tanks mounted high in the building.

    Which is why British hot water is often not potable, just for washing.

    I think they've fixed that in new construction, not sure. Brit /.ers?

  16. Re:The data set was flawed on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They just have to train it with data that shows only success from women and failure from men.

    Easy: Just make it against the rules to review women employees with anything other than 'perfect'.

    Their dataset might be 'just fine', could be their assumptions and goals are broken.

  17. Re:A win for sustainability on Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces To Fight Killer Lice (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    How much does wild atlantic salmon cost? They're effectively gone.

  18. Re:Not the right well to poison. on German Art Activists Get Passport Using Digitally Altered Photo of Two Women Merged Together (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Never poison any well under your own identity. Make up a new name, every time.

    Use as much cash as possible. Stay under the radar. Don't go to Defcon.

    Regularly post disinformation, even to pseudo anon accounts like /.

    Lie a lot, just for practice.

  19. Re:A win for sustainability on Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces To Fight Killer Lice (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    There are basically 3 wild atlantic salmon left.

    It's not that bad, but it's pretty much gone.

  20. Re:A win for sustainability on Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces To Fight Killer Lice (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Happened many times by now. No worries, they'll die out.

  21. Seriously, I'm all for well poisoning. But your passport?

    It's not like that's the only, or definitive, picture the government has of you.

    You want to poison government and corporate data wells, but not in a way that flags your record for extra attention.

  22. Re:Gee thanks you quad copter morons on FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes As Equals (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    An _empty_ football practice field is a perfect place to fly a slow stick.

  23. Re:Gee thanks you quad copter morons on FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes As Equals (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless they've converted to UHF radios (that call for a FCC license), the DJI is still low and close.

    Balloon released FPV that lets you see the horizon's curvature is where 'traditional RC people' are.

  24. Re:The last good video game was released in early on Microsoft Announces Project Xcloud For Streaming Games To PCs, Consoles, and Mobile Devices (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The last game I'd call art was: 'Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time.'

    That was brilliant, the purpose of the game was to find the game.

  25. Now it's in the senate. It will never leave.

    Just accept that every future SC nominee will be confirmed despite an unprovable 11th hour alligation.