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  1. Re:Easy to build things with: Lego, Python, PHP on Lego Education's Newest Spike Prime Programmable Robots Aim For the Classroom (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Warning: If she learns exceptionally fast she'll likely have problems later in life.

    She'll likely get bored in school when the class uses a lot of time on things she already knows. Her grades may belie her talent if she's bad at doing homework but great at learning in class.

    She might not learn the benefits and necessity of studying hard/smart. This won't be a problem until she's attending education where it's necessarily to have good studying routines (university or earlier?).

    What can you do?
    I don't know, sorry. I can only recommend searching for "gifted child" and similar and seek counsil.

  2. Skrillex's "music" kills my sex drive too! =,^ )

  3. Probably more costly than gold :)

    (per weight. For even printer ink is more costly than gold, isn't it?)

  4. Re:Anyone else getting sick of all the game stores on Epic Games, the Creator of Fortnite, Banked a $3 Billion Profit in 2018: Report (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    And now Discord is trying to compete with Steam.

    I beleive I read that they'll charge just 10% of sales price compared to Steam's 30%. If that is true, and if their shop will be as well made as Discord app is, then I can foresee it becomming popular, perhaps even a rival to Steam, at least for the "hard core" if not for the casuat gamer.

  5. Would that be avoided by using two pairs, one for each direction?

    Thus you'd "send"* your data with one pair and receive acknowledge on the other.

    So it'd not be full duplex. You might need 4 pairs for that?

    *Technically you don't send any particles so it feels a bit wrong to use that verb. Perhaps 'flip' as in "I'll flip the document over to you later"?

  6. Re:I don't get it... on Prank Calls Brought ICE Hotline To a Standstill, Internal Emails Show (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    > "If countries, such as in South America are having such problems,.....we can't bring everyone here, those people need to fix things at HOME and stay there....."

    Just wait a few decades for when the climate change hits. U.S. will be a VERY popular place to be! :)

  7. > And why would Google have bought duck.com for ANY other reason than to screw with DuckDuckGo?

    I advice going to duck.com and read.

    Though, I may copy&paste for you:

    _____________________________________

      Google
    On2 Technologies

    Google acquired On2 Technologies and its video products and technology in February 2010.

    The On2 products Flix Pro, Flix Standard, Flix Exporter, Flix PowerPlayers, Flix Live, Flix DirectShow SDK, Flix Publisher and Flix Engine are no longer for sale.

    Please note that On2 was previously called the Duck Corporation. So if you typed Duck.com, you are redirected to On2.com:

            If you meant to visit ducks.com, click here. Note that it redirects to Bass Pro Shops.
            If you meant to visit the search engine DuckDuckGo, click here.
            If you want to learn more about ducks on Wikipedia, click here.

  8. "an Achievement earned by 0.012782207690179348 percent of players on his game translates precisely to 8 players out of 62,587 "

    8 players out of 62,587

    Or 16 players out of 125,174

    Or 32 players out of 250,348

    Etc.

    Unless I'm missing something (I'm no mathgician) you can not tell which, if any, common factors in player base and players with an achievement have been truncated?

  9. Re:Hotel Influenca on University Seeks Volunteers For 'Hotel Influenza' (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I was trying to make a reference to https://www.google.com/search?...

    I don't know how "U.S.ians" handle money. I knew they used to use checks a lot, but I half assumed they'd use "plastic" (credit/debit cards like VISA etc.) now.

  10. Hotel Influenca on University Seeks Volunteers For 'Hotel Influenza' (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    You can cash out the 3.500$ check any time you like,
    But you can no leave for ten days (or more)!

  11. Actually, there's North American and South America. :)

  12. That's insufficient.

    There's the need for the letters "DON'T PANIC!" to appear.

    The rest should be pitch black, yes.

  13. Re:That 0.02 TB made the difference. on Samsung Starts Mass Producing an SSD With Monstrous 30.72TB Capacity (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Wooooâ"haa!

    Why stop at 11 digits? You need to think of the neglected digits after the dot!

  14. Re:This is incendiary on Facebook Is Testing a Dislike Button (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    > See: Reddit. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than a social networking site with this kind of unlimited feedback system.

    Err.. this may vary wildly between the different subreddits.

  15. I thought one dollar equaled 100 cents? :)

    1kr ~= 10 cents.

  16. Re:Stupid on IBM's Quest To Design The 'New Helvetica' (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    That's just fontastic! =-/

  17. ..."left him with raw, blistering sores over 80 percent of his body."...

    Well, that's a link I won't click. Thanks for the warning! =-]

  18. TV vs. computer monitor on Ask Slashdot: Best Non-Smart TV Sets? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Somewhat on topic, as several people are recommending buying a computer monitor instead; How does TV and computer monitors compare:

    * Prise-wise and quality-wise?

    * HD and 4K?

    * For the several sizes segments? (e.g. 30", 40", 50+" or whatnot)

    With my floppy search-fu I find:

    Monitors are most common in the size range 30"-35", but TVs can be much larger.
    Most monitors are 50-60 fps, but some offer far greater fps. (only needed for games?!)

    But quality, and the different types of monitors (LED/LCD: IPS, TN, VA etc.. Q-LED, O-LED ...) ?

    If I'm looking for a monitor/TV with great colour & black (movies, picture editing) I'll look for ... ?

    For Shoot 'em up it's monitors with high fps, but what kind of screen?

    Etc. Educate me/us, if you please.

  19. Re:Net neutrality anyone? on Verizon To Start Throttling All Smartphone Videos To 480p or 720p (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ã" ??? I meant -

  20. Re:Net neutrality anyone? on Verizon To Start Throttling All Smartphone Videos To 480p or 720p (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The neutral internet is really, really great â" for ....

  21. Re:Bailing? on Ask Slashdot: Are We Living In the Golden Age of Bailing? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry for the (type?) error.

    ⦠== ...

  22. Re:Bailing? on Ask Slashdot: Are We Living In the Golden Age of Bailing? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    > "⦠you get a phone call from your bra, â¦"

    Wow, I didn't know that Smart Wear was that far developed already.

    Also, I didn't know that I had any bras! TIL â¦

  23. I think the standard procedure it to repeat the request for money if they pay your first ransom.

    For what's better than a lot of money? MORE lots of money! If they were willing to pay e.g. 68.000$ or whatever in the first place, then perhaps they're willing to pay... let's say... the same sum again?

    Thus no one can trust a blackmailer, especially when it's digital wares.

  24. Re:mcdonalds to get sued? on WHO: Drinking Extremely Hot Coffee, Tea 'Probably' Causes Cancer (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if I recall correctly: Did they not pay their workers as low as 7$ per hour?

    If so; That is in a sense slavery.

  25. Re:More serious problem on Price Dispute Means 800k Customers Lose TV Channels In Sweden (telecompaper.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you referring to the state's TV license?
    If so: You don't have to pay that, less you do have equipment for decoding the TV signals.