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  1. Re:Something missing in the head on Measles Cases Top Last Year's Total · · Score: 0

    Well,
    I'm 52 ... I _had_ all those diseases kids in our days get vaccinated against. Perhaps if child doctors don't insist hard enough, young parents (20, 30 years old) who never had those diseases (probably never saw/met one having them) simply underestimate the risks?
    The true risks are for pregnant women getting a disease like rubella, which cause malformations for the child.

  2. Re:Tres Fucked. on Boeing Delays 737 Max Software Fix (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind, changing the instruments in a cockpit will take years to get approved by the authorities.

  3. Re:Gotta have I first on Can We Stop AI Outsmarting Humanity? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately your parent is right, and you have no clue :D
    Hint: stick to the definitions of the experts. Don't invent your own.

  4. Re:Gotta have I first on Can We Stop AI Outsmarting Humanity? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A self aware car would be slavery or torture or both, don't you think so?

  5. You also find DRM free books in Apples iBooks store or on gutenberg.org or obooko.com etc.

  6. Re: For an immediate cheering up on Linux Mint 19.2 'Tina' is On the Way, But the Developers Seem Defeated and Depressed (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    With a kernel and an image of the software ... why would he need to interfere with systemd? Oh, you mean that single line of text he would need to write in any init system that starts his software, if it is not embedded in the kerner?

  7. Re:I think fuel cells + recycling CO2 is greener. on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You gave the numbers ...
    No idea why you suddenly drop them to 75% and 50% ... why would a fuel cell only be 50% efficient?

  8. Re: For an immediate cheering up on Linux Mint 19.2 'Tina' is On the Way, But the Developers Seem Defeated and Depressed (betanews.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    On an embedded system you should not care how/what the init system is.
    You flash the device and thats it ... your uphill battle sounds rather stupid to me.

  9. Re:Norway is the perfect place for EVs on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It is still wrong, but how is that relevant anyway?

    Or "arguable" wrong. 1/3rd lives in Oslo ... which is rather warm. But still easily hits -10C every year and occasionally -30C or close to -40C (arctic vortex, you know? Can hit any place. Or typical winter high pressure zone over Siberia. It extends 5000km to the west and 5000km to the east. All of north Europe is below -10C reaching -30C easily, even south of Spain has -10C or Greece for that matter ... yes, been there when it happend)

  10. Re:Proof of viability on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    When it goes to -30C in Norway HOW MANY CONSECUTIVE DAYS is it -30C?
    About a month, or two.

    One or two days would just be an inconvenience with an EV.
    No? Cars are parked in Garages in our days ... And Teslas in particular have an heating algorithm to keep the battery warm ... I wonder how a "pro EV guy" can know nothing about the topic.

  11. Re:I think fuel cells + recycling CO2 is greener. on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    82% * 75% is already 64% ...

    I think no further comment is needed ....

  12. Re:Norway is the perfect place for EVs on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Average temperature is completely irrelevant ...
    Norway has hot summers and cold winters.
    At the coast there are many towns, especially on the islands, that indeed are always above 0C ... because the golf stream hits there the coast.
    However Norway also has "mountains" ... so height comes into play, and it stretches up far north, like Alaska.
    If you had looked on a map, then you had no problem judging its temperature.

  13. Re:Proof of viability on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So, you have been there often enough to know that for sure?
    Sorry, you are an idiot.

    Even Germany has bad winter nights when we have -30C ...

    Oslo never goes below an average low of 4C.
    -10 versus +20 is an average of +15 ... perhaps you should check your math skills.
    Obviously half the numbers are below the average and the other half is above ...

    Frankly: no idea why you ride on the temperature meme anyway, it is completely irrelevant for your other arguments.

  14. Re:I think fuel cells + recycling CO2 is greener. on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Even just electrolysis+fuel cell with pure hydrogen has a 40% round trip efficiency,
    No, depending how you do it it is between 65% and 70% ... high end systems obviously reaching over 90%.

    No idea where this misconception that fuel cells or electrolysis is inefficient comes from. Must be a 1970s school myth which hold up till today.

    If you do it at home with a simple battery and two cables going into water you already are around 70% efficiency ...

  15. Re:They make a few kinds of sense though: on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    get around corners better, Erm, no? Why would they?
    break faster. Erm, no? Why would they?

  16. Re:Norway is the perfect place for EVs on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    - Norway never goes below -3C
    If you would write:
    - Norway never goes below -30C it still would be wrong ... on what planet do yo live?

  17. Re:Proof of viability on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No idea what your -3C meme is about.
    Norway is big, there are plenty of places where it goes below -30C.

    Perhaps Oslo only was -3C last winter?

  18. Re:Proof of viability on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah,
    but what are they going to do when the "Dunkelflaute" comes? No sun in winter, no wind anymore, and all the water power plants frozen??

    I expect a drastic increase of birth rate next winter!

  19. Re:Urban heat? on Canada Warming At Twice the Global Rate, Report Finds (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    Most data is collected by satellites ...

  20. Re: Wow, a Gorilla killed because of a 3 year old? on Elon Musk Continues To Amuse Himself On Twitter, Sharing Song, Duck Emoji (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    Ha ha, I already assumed it is only a 1st april joke ...

  21. The problem with such standards is manyfold.

    People who don't meet that standard are striving for it (but most likely never reach it)
    Some even go for operations, my GF wants her "nose fixed". But I like her nose.
    My ex GF wanted her labiums fixed. And wanted me to pay for it. I left her ... not because of the money, but I found the idea horrifying ... and she insisted (and her lower parts looked extremely nice and sexy anyway).

    I find people who lived a while and arranged with their body and their live, aka being confident, having fun, smile a lot, look back on achievements and look forward for more/other achievements etc. are usually very pleasant and happy and hence: look good! And that means woman around 40 - 50, or 60 depending on way of living, are actually much more attractive than a 20 year old cheer leader.

    The way to go is to do a little bit of sports, Yoga would be a start. A martial art or dancing would be better. (Because they are mixed courses, men + women). Or some other work, like gardening.

    Point is, you don't need to be super slim to look attractive. You should be in a state, mental state, that you don't worry about your "looks". E.g. about men in the gym. You find any kind of man with muscles like this or more muscles or even more muscles. If I was a girl I would prefer guys who look like ballet dancers. Defined muscles, but not super heavy build up (most likely because that is how I looked from 25 - 30, but it was always my goal to look like that.) I still look like that, but my muscles are less defined (just in case you wondered).

    Martial arts as well as dancing automatically bring you together ... no dating site needed it the club is big enough. And obviously you pair up with the other sex automatically often enough. (Well, martial arts as in traditional martial arts ... or Tai Chi/Chi Gong etc. If you only do Muay Thai or kick boxing and only spar with same sex partners ... bad luck)

    Both ways of doing sports, build up a basic body constitution ... obviously gardening or farming goes same direction. If you have a basic body constitution, the exact shape does not matter. The grace comes from moving and body posture. A cheer leader who looks good on a photo simply looks ugly if she can not dance, same for a football player. They look ugly if they can not walk, not stand appropriated for a photo etc. The face is irrelevant. You smile: you look good. Obviously YMMV if you have no front teeth.

    Point is: it does not matter if you have a bit of a belly, if you have esprie and attitude (insert french pronounciation) you look great. Look at this video: https://www.facebook.com/briti... the guy in question would not look attractive to most people. But in his club and amoung his friends (that includes girls) he is well reputated. (Sorry, can not find the relevant youtube video)

    My GF finds herself ugly. I don't know why. She wants the nose changed (from an asian nose with a deep ditch at the brow, to an european one). She has some (few) grey hair and paints it black (that is ok, but with the little bit grey she would look just awesome).
    She is very tiny, as in only 5 feet (less actually, 150cm) tall. But besides a little bit of belly, the only fat she has, she is pure muscles. Legs like a weight lifter, broad shoulders, strong arms. I guess she even could beet me at arm wrestling :D I find that extremely attractive ... and she is heavy. I guess about 60kg ...

    Slim girls are not automatically attractive. Thin legs which are thin because of hunger are not sexy. Well formed legs of a person who runs, dances, does anything using them, that is sexy. The worst are thin girls with big titts, they are at the edge to be ugly in my eyes, but that is just me.

    Anyway, what I want to say: beauty

  22. Five feet, eleven and 5/8 inches.
    The only correct answer :D

    The rest of your post shows how ridiculous women are, right?

  23. Re:Stuff like this is silly ... on Tinder Announces New 'Height Verification' Feature. But They May Be Lying (gotinder.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, depending on my shaving status, I look like 35. But I'm 52.
    As I live in Asia mostly now, my age does not matter anyway.
    About 5 years ago and from there 5 years back I mostly lived in Paris, and my 10 year younger GF at that time was congratulated that she got a guy who was younger than her ... rofl.

  24. After the date, you can leave a review, rating the other person on a scale of 1 to 5 stars for different criteria, as well as a text description.

    Would not work.
    a) why would anyone post whom he actually dated on a mere "dating side" ? (I mean if it was a sex club and only sex was the goal to be on the site, perhaps some exhibitionists would do it)
    b) how you get some reasonable feedback from both parties?
    c) if she is not my "taste" for what ever reason, why should I give her a bad review?
    d) if she is my taste and I like to hook up, I sure as hell don't make a positive review - because I want her for me
        d1) so if I made a bad one, to scare other boys away and she realizes, I would be in trouble
        d2) if she asks, why I make none, I know she is not interested in me (perhaps I should look if she already made one about me?)
    e) and so on ...

    I don't know tinder, but if you look for someone go to okcupid.com (before they ruin the site completely - got bought by match.com a few years ago, it is most likely still the best dating site on the planet)

  25. Re:Not sure what this really means on Elon Musk Continues To Amuse Himself On Twitter, Sharing Song, Duck Emoji (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    You made a typo, it is supposed to be 1Q84!!