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  1. Re: RF? on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Suicidal thoughts can come and go - most other methods of suicide require a lot of work, are painful, or are slow enough that the suicidal person can change their mind and get help. Guns are different in that they're fast (no time to stop once the pain hits) and potentially available.

    Aside from the suicides, there are lots of gun accidents every year - if there were razor blade accidents, you can bet we'd be implementing better safety standards for them.

  2. Re:A License to Sell Firearms? on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's novel because while such a license exists, small sellers haven't been given them because they don't sell enough guns.

  3. Re: RF? on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Unfortunately it's more likely for a gun to shoot someone in an accident or a kid getting a hold of it than for it to be fired "when needed". A good number of the times it's "needed" is for suicide too.

    This is like the people that are afraid of seat belts because if they fall in a river they won't be able to get out of their car fast enough when the reality is they are more likely to be in a crash where the seat belt will save them.

  4. Re:Wrong, I don't on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 1

    You could say the colon is similar to the open-curly bracket, but it has a fixed location as the end of the phrase opening the block and it's a fairly commonly used punctuation mark in English. The only time you'd need to put something at the end would be if the block would be otherwise empty, so it's helpful from a readability point of view to have the "pass" keyword there.

  5. Re:They're called architects on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 1

    If I _had_ to write python, for some reason, I'd probably write a little pre-compiler to take something maintainable that I'd write and output whitespace-tokenized python.

    Python is a tricky language for some people. New and versatile programmers seem to pick it up because it's makes logical sense and doesn't bog the programmer down with syntax. Older programmers more used to C/C++ tend to run into problems because they don't understand whitespace as syntax or don't have editors configured for it correctly. I wouldn't try to port the whitespace to another language, because it only works in python due to the simplicity of the syntax in genera. Trying to mix whitespace syntax with perl style syntax would be a disaster.

  6. Re:Wrong, I don't on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 0

    No, I am not. That's why I have a computer, to do tedious things for me - like correctly indenting code.

    But you're going to be doing the tedious things like adding curly brackets in - Python is great because it avoids that. Sounds like you've been programming in notepad or some editor that doesn't have a proper python mode.

  7. Re: People actually *like* Python whitespace? on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 2

    If you accidentally get curly brackets and semi-colons stripped out your C program probably won't work as expected though

  8. Re:Better quality video on Giant Squid Filmed At Japanese Marina (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you check the "Additional footage" link? It's 30 seconds of intro effects, some squid video, then 30 more seconds of outro effects.

  9. Moving to hosted images is probably more of a security/privacy thing since external images would let you track every person that viewed them. It also helps weak servers that might not be able to handle the load.

  10. Nobody seems to commit mass murders at police stations or NRA headquarters.

    I just did a quick google search for "Police station shooting" and it appears you are mistaken. It's amazing how gun nuts will twist the facts to make it seem like it's actually safer to have a gun rather than the truth which is the opposite.

  11. But the new algorithm means you'll be getting BETTER quality for your cartoon using LESS bandwidth than the noise-filled action movie.

  12. Niemann said the only sunlight the panels use to generate power is that which hits them directly.

    “The panels don’t draw additional sunlight,” Niemann noted.

    That's gotta be painful to have to explain...

  13. Slashdot will remain accessible on SHA-1 Cutoff Could Block Millions of Users From Encrypted Websites (csoonline.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fortunately, slashdot will remain accessible as it still hasn't entered the 2010's and added encryption yet!

  14. Re:Is C.H.I.P. really sub-10$? on C.H.I.P. vs Pi Zero: Which Sub-$10 Computer Is Better? (makezine.com) · · Score: 1

    Think you jumped the gun a bit - there's a countdown showing when you will be able to actual purchase them (on "cyber monday"),

  15. Re:I'm going for the Pi... on C.H.I.P. vs Pi Zero: Which Sub-$10 Computer Is Better? (makezine.com) · · Score: 1

    It really depends on the project. If I'm aiming for something small/light/mobile, I'll probably go with a Pi zero so I don't get extra stuff. On the other hand, for something that needs wifi and space constraints aren't as tight, the Chip is a better deal

  16. Re:Is C.H.I.P. really sub-10$? on C.H.I.P. vs Pi Zero: Which Sub-$10 Computer Is Better? (makezine.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks like they're selling it for only $8 now. The $8 price sounds more like a loss/break even deal so I'd guess it's costing them under $9.

  17. Re:"a group of state university professors" on Texas Narrowly Rejects Allowing Academics To Fact-Check Public School Textbooks (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Rape is legally defined and arm touching does not constitute "first degree rape"
    2. They would be asking professors relevant to their fields of study and multiple professors would be reviewing the textbooks, so it's unlikely a particular ideology (such as "uber-feminism") would control the narrative.
    3. The point about drunk college boys seems unlikely to come up in a high school textbook.
    4. The same thing could happen now since it's controlled by the textbook makers

  18. Re:Often a small number of users /do/ use a ton .. on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    An extra fun thing that comcast does it flag ALL packets as low priority (except of course their services), so they're pretty much already implemented that, but with everyone.

  19. Re:Empty Containers on The Box That Built the Modern World · · Score: 1

    Presumably the ship also needs to go back so getting rid of the shipping containers doesn't save all that much since you'll still need the containers at the other side.

  20. Re:Yes and HNo on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    To clarify - when I said "Google" I meant the android system in the car, not that the data should go to the Google cloud (though that would also be a good option if you could select which data).

  21. Re:It's not what Google wants.... on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    Personally I'd be interested in seeing some of that data. I'm not saying it should automatically post my fuel economy to twitter, but I find it interesting to see how my car is performing in different situations.

  22. Re:It's not what Google wants.... on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 2

    Exactly - people want to see all this data and have Google log/display it. It's already plugged into the car so it might as well be aware of its surroundings.

  23. Re:Why? For the PR i guess? on Thanks To Valve, More Than 1,500 Games Are Now On Linux · · Score: 2

    Partially because the tools are getting much better. Unity (a popular game engine) works in Windows and Linux, and even had better support for 64bit in linux (the most recent version should even that out). When a game developer can easily make their game for multiple platforms, then easily deploy to multiple platforms through Steam, they can easily access that extra 1% of the market.

  24. Re:I can't see how this will work on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    That's exactly right. Among other programs we would also be able to eliminate the minimum wage and let market forces take care of wages. If someone wants to make an extra few bucks a day, they can take that easy $1/hour job, but if the employer can't fill spots, they may need to raise their offerings to something more people would be interested in.

  25. Re:Not Free. on Miami Installs Free Public Sunscreen Dispensers In Fight Against Cancer · · Score: 1

    But why would you do that? It's no secret where it comes from - It's not like you're in on some special knowledge that most people don't understand. Maybe it's just trying to push some crazy libertarian ideal that we don't need the government?