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  1. Re: Coming To an American Statup Near You? on China's Tech Work Culture Is So Intense People Sleep and Bathe In Their Offices (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    Says the kid that has yet to sample real life. Take a taste and you'll be hooked.

  2. Plus the spreadsheet could have cornered the market overnight by allowing infinite rows, but someone in the "M$ compatibility team" whined.

  3. Re:Jacob's Ladder on Meet The Company That Poached The FBI's Entire Silk Road Investigation Team (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You've obviously never worked in any government office or with police. Rather than spew misinfotainment myths, try a ride along with a peace officer on a Friday night. It'll open your eyes.

  4. Only by Wall Street. In this case it was a mugging, which is a serious violent crime. Not sure if stealing cell phone data is the correct response to that though... more like pepper spray and a beating is deserved.

  5. Re: Bullshit conclusion on Study Suggests Free Will Is An Illusion (iflscience.com) · · Score: 1

    People are programmed. Just ask any trial lawyer - how they cherry pick juries and manipulate them from start to finish.

    Sales people know the same thing. Watch how they push buttons when doing a personal sale with time pressure.

  6. Or the worst case scenario - and evil competent one.

  7. Re:T.his S.ucks A.lot on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You hit it on the head - the real reason for TSA is to increase airline profits. 90% of their "security" is theater.

  8. Re:the War on Cash on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's why I switched to a Credit Union. They are happy to see me, everything is updated in real time, and open when I need them.

  9. Re: Suzie can vote. Suzie can get a pitchfork. on Fast-Food CEO Invests In Machines Because Regulation Makes Them Cheaper Than Employees (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    That was added to Tay yesterday. AIs can learn!

    (Not that Tay isn't anything more than a rehashed 30 year old Eliza program. M$ sucks.)

  10. Re:Interesting idea on Why Buses Need To Be More Dangerous · · Score: 0

    Exactly. Loose civil law combined with liability makes this a non-starter. Laws would need to be changed first to eliminate lawsuits and I don't see that happening given that most politicians are lawyers.

  11. Re:Reliability? on There's No End In Sight For Data Storage Capacity (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It doesn't seem like you're counting bit rot in your failures.

  12. Re:Training? on A New Reality For IT: the 18-Month Org Chart · · Score: 1

    Ditto. Where can I find one of these jobs?

  13. I'm still waiting for an M16/M4 rifle that doesn't jam often. Maybe they should create military armaments that actually work before trying to make them purposely disintegrate.

  14. Re:The duck quacked on DoJ Wants Apple To Decrypt 12 More iPhones (macrumors.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DOJ actively works against citizen's interests. In this case, they are demanding a WMD that will be used by governments and criminals against hundreds of millions of people.

    The FBI already has tremendous search capability and that is increasing given how corporations track people then sell that data.

  15. Re:They want no cash on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 2

    Good for government, good for corporations, bad for citizens. My response is "oh hell no!". I commonly carry $100 bills for travel and they beat plastic hands down for incidental expenses.

  16. Re:OK, China, pull the plug. on China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "Favored trading status" needs suspended. Free Trade = Unfair Trade

  17. Re:Technology Paradox on Why Some Cities Get All the Good Jobs (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Remote does not offer the communication bandwidth that being on site does. An experienced person can get around this because a lot of context has already been built up and they often don't require as much chit chat. Newbies though? Another story.

  18. New companies are constantly formed so what Saudi buys today doesn't lock much in.

    As for this 12% efficiency gain... did they calculate the extra cycles on the battery and it's increased expense?

  19. Re:More interesting is Age Adjusted Funds on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Excellent post.

    Also keep in mind that many people are "retired" for 20 to 40 years. Most advice from "wealth managers" is what people want to hear rather than what will help them. Diversify, Active Managed, Wealth Preservation - it really only amounts to them skimming more money off. Fees and real inflation reduce the value of your money faster than you spending it.

  20. Re:legalism is a crap philosophy. on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 1

    Curves and obstacles do not slow people down. Instead, people have more problems staying in their own lane.

    Police are not enforcing laws because they are being assaulted by the media and obnoxious part of the public. Why do your job when you're going to get prosecuted? Doubling of murders and other crimes hasn't turned things around - it'll take something big like Baltimore completely burning down before people wake up and reject anarchy.

  21. Re:Open Waters.. on Microsoft Serves Cloud From the Sea Bed (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Modern data center modules no longer require physical maintenance. You load up on redundancy based on MTTF, turn it on, administer remotely, then replace the entire thing in 5 or so years. Redundancy and replacement is cheaper than maintenance.

  22. Re:What could go wrong on France To Pave 1000km of Road With Solar Panels (solarcrunch.org) · · Score: 0

    How about not at all? With solar 6x the cost of standard electricity, you're just shifting (and increasing) pollution further down the supply chain.

    expensive green = brown

  23. Re:This is my shocked face. on EFF: License Plate Scanner Deal Turns Texas Cops Into Debt Collectors (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    The police are not for sale. The politicians are for sale. I can guarantee that police officers despise something like this.

    If you want a better solution then vote better. And bring 3 friends.

  24. Re:The "Floor" was always a kludge on High-Speed Firms Now Oversee Almost All Stocks At NYSE Floor (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Because governmental financial regulations make it next to impossible to create new markets in securities (or any other kinds of financial services).

    Wall Street has over a hundred years of history producing melt downs just 6 years after deregulation. It's as regular and predictable as clockwork.

  25. Re:I guess it's easier... on Why the Calorie Is Broken (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The calorie works great. Weight is calories in vs calories out. It's simple, effective, and efficient.

    Health, otoh, is complicated. Eating balanced meals, exercise, etc. People keep confusing the two.