Slashdot Mirror


User: WillAffleckUW

WillAffleckUW's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
10,570
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 10,570

  1. We used to do it in our heads.

    In fact, the first SimCity data formats used a double hex code, so it was easy to hack if you did that.

    Also, files don't end where you think they do. It's all about the actual storage. Most coders used that extra part you thought was empty to store fun things.

  2. Why would people move? on Nobody Is Moving, Especially Millennials (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Look, if you own, you incur transactional costs if you move.

    If you live at home with your parents, you need to save up before you can move in with your SO.

    If you rent, moving just means ridiculous fees - first,last,clean,moving.

    Solution: don't move.

    Boomers aren't moving because they either already downsized or the kids are still at home and can't afford to move out.

    Millenials aren't moving because the low pay for all but the Elite Inheritors means they can't afford to move and pay higher rent or mortgage.

  3. Re:the unique opportunity on Former CIA Analyst Sues Defense Department To Vindicate NSA Whistleblowers (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'm not a liberal. Not sure you get that nobody is scared of socialism nowadays.

    But I have served in counter-terrorism ops and I have served with people who fought in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, as well as more current ones.

    It's amusing that you don't understand who does what anymore. Try turning off Pravda and their lapdogs.

  4. Re:the unique opportunity on Former CIA Analyst Sues Defense Department To Vindicate NSA Whistleblowers (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the only person with standing, but the only one that has brought the suit.

    Oh, and btw, there's a bunch of Russian operatives in the White House.

  5. The problem is you do have Rights on Former CIA Analyst Sues Defense Department To Vindicate NSA Whistleblowers (theintercept.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They are just lying to you that you don't.

    Stand up.

  6. Is user growth down due to Russian bot death? on Maybe It's Time For Jack Dorsey To Pick a Company (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of people like to turn in Russian bots to Twitter for fun, so it's difficult to extrapolate user growth from abuser shrinkage.

    And they have very tiny bot hands, so you know it shrinks bigly.

  7. Failed to disable Cortana when asked on Cortana Now Reminds You To Do the Things You Promised in Emails (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, how do I shut down this nanny state product?

  8. Seriously? You only have one persona? on US Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    How ... quaint ...

  9. Re:Always look on the bright side of life on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 0

    1) Florida will be completely underwater. Not just Miami, but the "Florida Man" parts too.
    2) So will large chunks of the Middle East (though admittedly they'll probably be a bit more worried about the heat than that).
    3) Lots of currently undervalued inland property will become valuable beachfront areas.
    4) Canadian land will be sunny, warm, and liveable.
    5) A new Great Lake, where Montreal currently is.

    Hmmm.

    1. That's a feature, not a bug.
    2. That's a feature, not a bug.
    3. Except 90 percent of home value is in the flooded area.
    4. Shh. That's a secret.
    5. Shh. That's a secret.

  10. Wake me when it's in metric on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows real scientists use metric, not that fake Miles stuff that fake news uses.

  11. Meh, will wait for iPhone 9 on Apple's Ultra Accessory Connector Dashes Any Hopes of a USB-C iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Whatevs.

    Besides, that uses nearfield power to generate battery recharge, so it's way easier.

  12. This is a wonderful plan!

    All tracking to our new glorious leader!

  13. A short list on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    A bunch of local news podcasts: Mayberry with Highrises, The Analysts, The Overcast, Blabbermouth, Weather with Cliff Mass, Week in Review
    An international podcast: The Phileas Club (started by a gamer)
    Some energy and enviro podcasts: Warm Regards, Direct Current, KEXP Mind over Matters
    A gaming podcast: The Instance
    Music podcasts: KEXP Live Performances, KEXP Song of the Day, KEXP Music that Matters, Alt.Latino,
    More news: some of The New Yorker, Washington Week, The Economist, PBS Newshour, CBC News: World Report
    Techno bloody techno: RA Podcast
    Our fave statisticians: Five Thirty Eight

    I'd recommend the music podcasts and the more news ones to anyone

  14. This is why you use burner phones on DC Inauguration Protestors Are Being Hit With Facebook Data Searches (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why you use burner phones that you keep under the porch of a friend's neighbor, until you need them.

  15. Re:also the biggest carbon emitter - yay! on China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 2

    China has higher emissions per capita than India per GDP. If they continue to leapfrog to clean energy rapidly, they may be able to keep it under control.

  16. Re:Wow! (pollution) on China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Technically, China is converting more than 80 percent of all coal plants to modern (as in 1980s) tech clean scrubber cogeneration coal plants. This allows them to double output from the coal plants, but use only as much coal as they were using in 2010, and reduce emissions 80 percent by 2020.

    So, while they are investing quite a bit in solar and wind power, it will take a few years until they clean up their act.

    Remember what Detroit and LA and NYC used to look like, covered in brown choking haze? That's where they are.

    The main problem they have is continued conversion of bicycle and transit commuting to cars, even if some are plug-in electrics (average cost in China for a plug-in electric car is $6000 USD and around $8000 UDS for a plug-in SUV).

  17. Should be coding in a foreign language on Disney Thinks High Schools Should Let Kids Take Coding In Place of Foreign Languages · · Score: 1

    When I was a college student in the Canadian Army, I learned how to code in both English and French.

    It's a useful skill, and France is hiring scientists right now, even as America is becoming a Third World banana republic.

  18. Re:How to do anything in 2017 on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 1

    correct

  19. C and C++ on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 2

    I recommend you learn C and C++, especially if you want to become a highly paid Data Scientist or some useful career.

    You'll be forced to take other classes anyway, good to start out with the one that will be most useful year in and year out.

  20. Yes and No on Are Robots Coming To Take Investor Jobs on Wall Street? (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    I was just reading the book "Dark Pools" and I think we can make the following predictions:

    1. Robots (AI or bots) are already replacing humans and have mostly finished doing so.
    2. Robots can go wacko and lead to 80 percent drops in an entire market in a matter of minutes. In fact, they have already.
    3. The "better performance" of robot trading is in fact, not that much better than your standard decent low-cost index mutual fund or ETF. 7 percent total return is pretty abysmal, actually, and half of your earning is always dividends.

    I'll stick with my indexes that outperform the standard market, thanks. It's why I'm already a millionaire in Canada.

    (and I've been trading since I was 11 on paper and 16 in actual investments, and profited from all the market crashes like Black Monday.

  21. Can't say most of the comments were useful.

    In the old days before the USE*NET flame wars, we have film message boards where people posted useful reviews and film commentary, but ever since then, film criticism has become less and less useful.

    I don't even bother reading the comments anymore, if it isn't one posted by professional reviewers, or by fellow Lifetime members of film societies.

  22. I died at the Bowling Green Massacre on False News, Absurd Reality Present Challenges For Satirists (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Along with most of the cavalry in the First Unicorn Brigade.

    Cry for me, America!

    Cry for all the rainbow unicorns who died that day!

    #NeverRemember

  23. Re:This is insane FTA just hacked drones! on The FAA Gave the First Ever Go-Ahead For a Drone To Fly at an Airport (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    Check my original post. And realize some of us worked on drones way before you ever had heard of them.

    Snowflake.

  24. Re:This is insane FTA just hacked drones! on The FAA Gave the First Ever Go-Ahead For a Drone To Fly at an Airport (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    Look. The ones being used vs our forces are exactly the ones you're talking about, snowflake.

    Fracking civvies.

  25. Re:This is insane FTA just hacked drones! on The FAA Gave the First Ever Go-Ahead For a Drone To Fly at an Airport (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    try paying attention to what is going on worldwide and current mil tactics sometimes.

    it's not all beer and sausages, snowflake.