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  1. Re:This isn't good on California Becomes First State To Mandate Solar on New Homes (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What about parts of the roof that receive no direct sunlight?

  2. Re:The good replacement for a bad thing on Silicon Valley Investors Wants to Fund a 'Good For Society' Facebook Replacement (calacanis.com) · · Score: 1

    How does absence of a bad thing allow people to perform the same tasks as they did with the bad thing?

  3. Re:I woke up on MIT Researchers Developed a 'System For Dream Control' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think they are referring to lucid dreaming, but rather that state you pass through as you fall asleep. We used to call it the Alpha State and would enter it intentionally. In lucid dreaming you are fully asleep.

    "the palm sensors could only do two states—on or off—even though the onset of sleep occurs as a gradual transition."

    Why not have them squeeze a rubber bulb and measure the pressure?

  4. on the side on Are Widescreen Laptops Dumb? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When I ran Windows at work (I'm a Linux guy) I kept the start bar on the right side. This made the main part of screen more reasonable in aspect ratio, and let me see more of the tab text. If you can accept that then the wide screen is not so bad.

  5. Gee, were they running low on reasons for people to loathe them?

  6. Re:Payment received... on Coinbase Buys Earn.com For Reported $100 Million, Adds Key Executive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They pay in Bitcoin. The dollar value will fluctuate after that. If you want dollars then you need to cash-out frequently.

  7. Is there a way to use this to deal with microplastics? Bottles are easy since they're all in one place, but the micro stuff is all over the environment.

  8. Let's play a fun game: on Don't Give Away Historic Details About Yourself (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, let's play a fun game! Answer these questions and see your score:

    1. What is your mother's maiden name?

    2. What is your first pet's name?

    3. What street did you grow up on?

    4. What are the last 4 digits of your social security number?

    ...

  9. Re:Comp Sci on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 1

    In which package actually is the "Date" class?

    GADZOOKS! Is this what passes for CS education these days? Rote memorization of libraries? No more teaching engineers how to solve problems?

    OK, fine, just let the AI bots take over writing our code.

  10. Re:Comp Sci on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 1

    You must be able to express your ideas on paper, a white board, napkin, back of your hand, ....anywhere.

    All the compilers I've used require the code to be in a file on the computer. What kind of compiler are you using that accepts paper and cloth as input?

  11. The new 'Lie Detector' on Researchers Develop Device That Can 'Hear' Your Internal Voice (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Does anyone have any doubts that this will instantly be used by law enforcement and your government?

    I didn't think so.

  12. Re:Ahem on US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The government represents the rich and the corporations. That is who gave them their campaign funds and that is who they are aligned with. I don't know how you ever got the idea that they represent the citizens that voted for them. It hasn't been that way for a long time and never will be again until we get money out of politics.

  13. LOL! "Free forever" on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The Firebase website says "Dynamic Links are free forever,"

    IOW, it's free now and even in the future when Google dumps it and discontinues the service it's still free.

    HAHA, very funny Google,

  14. So if Alexa overhears you mutter to yourself, "Dang, I need to clean this place up" you suddenly get a prompt from Amazon about their house cleaning services? And I'm sure there's NO WAY that the Amazon employee is going to be feeding back your preferences and interests to the company, right? Right?

  15. Re:It really shouldn't be that hard on William Shatner Criticizes Facebook Hoax Ad Announcing His Death (people.com) · · Score: 1

    ... an army of meatrobots filtering content ...

    Wait a sec, is this something that AI can't do? Seems like an easy one to have the text scanned and if it determines that it is claiming someone is dead, then run through the list of all famous people, then verify if they really are dead, then flag it for the meatrobot to verify. I'd say we could give that brain-dead job to the siliconrobots.

  16. Re:USENET was pretty good on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    IRC?

  17. Re:Future insurance requirement. on Researchers Test Tooth-Mounted Sensor-Enabled Chips (go.com) · · Score: 1

    We both got it right. What they say and what they mean are 2 different things.

  18. Future insurance requirement. on Researchers Test Tooth-Mounted Sensor-Enabled Chips (go.com) · · Score: 2

    "We're not saying you HAVE to have this implant so we can monitor all of your intake, we're just saying that your health insurance will double if you don't"

  19. I don't think the problem is nearly so dire as these people are saying.....

    AI and robotics is not going to cause mass unemployment for at least a couple of decades I estimate.....

    I assume you don't have children.

  20. I have an ex who couldn't sleep without cartoons on...

    Your ex? Maybe the light led to the depression that led to the divorce. :)

  21. Re:Skynet now has eyes. on Google Lens Is Coming To All Android Phones Running Google Photos (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Seeing as his ID is 127863 yours is 752185 I'd say YOU must be new here. :)

  22. Electric usage on Thieves Steal 600 Powerful Bitcoin-Mining Computers In Iceland (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Will they also be looking out for people installing solar panels?

  23. Orwell was right, and wrong. on Amazon Wants To Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What he got right was that we would all have a telescreens in our homes.

    What he got wrong is not realizing that we would enthusiastically welcome it with open arms.

  24. What, are you nuts? We need to use MORE energy! Burn more coal. Create more coal mining jobs. No more of this job-killing energy conservation!

    </sarcasm>

  25. Re:Sold out on FCC Rescinds Claim That AT&T, Verizon Violated Net Neutrality (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trump will make America great again, as long as you accept the definition of "great" as maximizing corporate profits while screwing the citizens.