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  1. Re:This is a great idea - looking to buy such a tr on Tesla Truck 'Quite Likely,' Says Elon Musk (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the truck is to hold the snowmobile and the cross country skis. I'm looking at regions that have 30 meters of snowdrifts across highways that don't get cleared for weeks. If that happens, you leave the truck. And all the sites are - by definition - on the grid.

    Seriously you city boys sure are whiners.

  2. This is a great idea - looking to buy such a truck on Tesla Truck 'Quite Likely,' Says Elon Musk (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    At some point, I'm going to have to buy a truck to get to remote sites for wind/solar/hydro power generation, so something like this is very interesting.

    I'd like it if it had a "spare battery", not just a spare tire, too.

  3. Share?

    Um, no. You inefficient non-investing non-renewable states can freeze in the dark.

    Stop being corporate welfare queens and do like the growing US states which invest 10-50 percent of all new energy in alternative energies like solar and wind.

    Babies.

    Ain't no free ride for you Red sponges.

  4. Heil Amazon! on German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Jawohl, mein herr!

    Fun fact: Amazon doesn't pay any taxes in Germany, they're all "profits" "realized" in Ireland.

    Where it pays no taxes too.

  5. The first child killed = first billion $ lawsuit on Insurance Companies Looking For Fallback Plans To Survive Driverless Cars (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    The net earnings of a toddler of American parents will be in the tens of millions of dollars.

    The first child killed by a driverless car will lead to an immediate lawsuit by the parents.

    Parents of children killed by "accident" never give up. Ever.

    And almost any jury will back the parents.

    No matter what "protections" the driverless car industry "creates" to avoid responsibility for murdering a child.

    No matter that killing the child saved twenty people from dying.

    That is how it works.

  6. Re:A lot of us are buying S&P 500 minus fossil on Mainstream Scientists Cashing In On Climate Wagers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, whale oil and kerosene will always power America!

  7. The real risk is physical on At How Much Risk Is the US's Critical Infrastructure? (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd go into more detail, but that would be unwise.

    Hackers can only attack things which morons put online.

    Or those things which were made accessible or are supplied by an online component.

    The real risk is the physical method. If you don't understand that ... good.

  8. A lot of us are buying S&P 500 minus fossil fu on Mainstream Scientists Cashing In On Climate Wagers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of the scientists I know are buying the S&P 500 index minus fossil fuels ETF. It's a bet that people will continue to deny reality and it makes it so you take out the overvalued fossil fuels and replace them with the higher performing Near Dogs Of The Dow.

    Is that a bet? Nah, it's our retirement.

  9. Re:Governmentally-mandated backdoored gun on Surprising Support Among Americans For Purchasing Smart Guns (jhsph.edu) · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's already in use. We just didn't tell you.

    That said, your highest risk factor is from a. handguns b. suicide c. family with a.

    Choose wisely. Buy a shotgun and lock up the shells. You can always bash them on the head with it.

  10. 2 1/2 ton is old army lingo from deuce and half trucks, the first trucks we sent lend lease to Russia when the Germans attacked them during WW II and our lines were about to collapse.

    So, people like to use it for things.

  11. Probably civ use of mil bands on More Air Force Drones Are Crashing Than Ever As Mysterious New Problems Emerge (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess (ok, it's an informed experience) is that it probably has to do with civilian use, permitted and non-permitted, of bandwidth near or at the military drone frequencies, which tend to skip in and out of civilian frequencies.

    It could also be intentional, but I'm going to doubt that. Unless DOD was stupid enough to outsource the comm packages to China or the EU, in which case it's a hack, since they know we have more drone packages worldwide than they do.

  12. Re:Amazon will ship them by NJ drone on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I know, I lived in NYC when I was 1 yo. If you have an encrypted NJ cell with a national data plan, NYC can't do shite about it when it's "visiting" NYC.

  13. Amazon will ship them by NJ drone on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Buy your cell phones from Amazon and have them shipped by drone from NJ to NY.

    Problem solved.

  14. Re:Studies have shown computers distract doctors on Major Health Organization Stops Forcing Doctors To Adopt New Technology (internalmedicinenews.com) · · Score: 1

    I made an observation. You jumped to a diagnosis without considering the totality of patient care.

    See why computerized systems can be bad for patients?

    The capture points vary, depending on the situations. Think about the total process. A checklist is useful, but we tend to code things that are too restrictive. Restrictive code can distract from observation.

    But then, I work with one of the top research hospitals in the world, so obviously my viewpoint is suspect. Who do you think came up with the checklists in the first place ...

  15. I see you have a hamburger from Dick's with fries on ATF Puts Up Surveillance Cameras Around Seattle ... To Catch Illegal Grease Dump (muckrock.com) · · Score: 1

    I see you have a greasy hamburger from Dick's and some fries.

    The computer is your friend. We are watching you. Don't smear grease on terminals, friend!

  16. Studies have shown computers distract doctors on Major Health Organization Stops Forcing Doctors To Adopt New Technology (internalmedicinenews.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One of the major problems is people think doctors are just doing checklists, but most of what they do is observe. You're not observing while you're fiddling with your tablet and looking away from the patient. Strangely, having paper is less of a distraction.

    Also, it can create HIPPA security issues.

  17. Welcome, Citizen on Police Agencies Using Software To Generate "Threat Scores" of Suspects (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much do you love the Computer?

    The Computer is your Friend.

  18. I missed the part about Jail for the Execs on Uber To Pay $20,000 In Settlement On Privacy Issues (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    where was that mentioned in the article, again?

  19. Re:Uber will be welcome in Germany... on Uber In Retreat Across Europe · · Score: 1

    No, it means "Over". Always has. And it rhymes with Ubermensch, or the mythic Aryan Superhero crushing all lesser peoples beneath his boot, his copy of Mein Kampf in hand.

    The ones to whom laws do not apply, for they are "over" the rest.

  20. And here I thought it was Uber lawbreaking on Uber In Retreat Across Europe · · Score: 1

    That's why Europeans hate Uber, IMHO.

    Easy fix: jail the Uber execs.

  21. Re: no one cares, or do they? on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    In some countries the EULA would be thrown out and burned if ever tried in court.

    It's a direct violation of the Canadian Constitutional Right of Privacy, which cannot be amended or rescinded by treaty, that's for sure.

  22. This will all end badly on Your Car: Aerial Drone Launcher? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Does nobody remember the Bond films?

    Everything's fine until some wacko uses a drone launched by car to attack America.

  23. This is really sad on EFF: T-Mobile "Binge On" Is Just Throttling of All Data (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, any first tier university has 40 Gbps campuswide and 100 Gbps ports too.

    Yes, 100,000 Mbps.

    Suckers!

  24. Ultimately lost? on Gene Roddenberry's Floppy Disks Recovered (pcworld.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I see you have no idea how our ICBMs are run.

    CP/M.

    Try again, n00b.

    I was coding before you were in diapers.

  25. Just because it's an AI "male" robot on Zuckerberg To Build Personal AI For Help At Home and Work (facebook.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because he's building "male" AI robots doesn't mean they won't be Ex Machina.

    This is the beginning of the end.

    At some point, one of these will murder a small child, and you'll act all outraged, but it will be too late.