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  1. Manipulation on Google Employees Discussed Tweaking Search Results To Counter Trump's Travel Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I’m sure they’ll be tweaking results this upcoming election.

  2. Re: Thanks Rei on Tesla Model 3 Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From NHTSA (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn! Dropped the gun from my hand. What I thought was a woman was nuthin but a man.

  3. Faster or closer?

  4. Our IT department forces engineering to run Cadence ($$$ IC design software) on a Linux VM on Windows sever “in the cloud”. Because you can’t have Linux on the network. Fucking morons. Back in the day we had real Unix workstations. Now it’s windows for the lowest common denominator of morons.

  5. Every time I install Fedora, I have to go through the ritual of removing “rhgb quiet” from the kernel parameters, and putting it in runlevel 3. At least 1080p terminals are supported by default drivers, which is a reason I won’t use Nvidia drivers.

  6. I would not say a Pi is close to the metal. It’s got all the same bloat. It may allow you to control I/O pins with python, but that’s it. The Arduino is using C++, which is also not close to the metal. At one time, only assembly was close to the metal, but I suppose C on an 8-bit processor is an exception, for these times.

  7. Just listened to this talk today at the GNU Radio Conference. Lots of presentations on ML for RF, mostly on modulation recognition.

  8. Re:This highlights a critical issue within Apple. on Apple's AirPower Wireless Charger Is Facing Overheating Issues, Says Reports (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    RF engineer here. Apple doesn’t seem to be very good at RF engineering, which usually dictates function over form. The antenna gate was a mess, they have lousy antenna placement in their laptops, and now this.

  9. Re:First? Texas has had these for 100 years on San Francisco Gets Its First Cashierless Store (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Prostitute vending machine next.

  10. Robotic pooper scooper on San Francisco Gets Its First Cashierless Store (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Does it have a robot to clean up after the vagrants shit on the floor?

  11. Re: Microsoft seen this threat before on Is Chrome OS Threatening Windows? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Roblox is more popular with the kids these days.

  12. You are one of those that believe that government grants rights. Sick.

  13. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nope, he had plenty of ammo left and was going for another spree.

  14. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Meh, you probably live in Europe. You’ll soon be living in a caliphate anyway. I’ll keep my guns.

  15. Re:YAAWG on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yet another asshole with guns. A bunch a dozen in the land of the second amendment

    Better to be an asshole with guns than a disarmed pussy hole.

  16. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There was one a couple of years ago in TX, but a good guy with an “assault rifle” stopped it. The media does not like to remember that one.

  17. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We need more mass run-overings, to bring us in line with Europe.

  18. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Nothings wrong with me. I just got back from the gun range.

  19. Re: Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yep. We should get rid of the 1st and 2nd Amendments, and move straight to socialism.

  20. I experienced the same thing when I was in EE grad school.

  21. Make the exams open book and tough on Should Online Courses Film Students Taking Tests? (mypalmbeachpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Just make the tests really hard, and make it open book and take home. Hell, that’s the way my electromagnetics final was in grad school. Take it home for three days, and team up with a partner. It was only 4 problems, and they were TOUGH.

  22. Re:We are like children ... on US Scientist Who Edited Human Embryos With CRISPR Responds To Critics (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, lawn grass is a pain to maintain. My lawn is taken over by that weed that grows even in concrete cracks. Put it in a true weed and it will replicate like crazy.

  23. Computer schools have been around a long time. I remember seeing TV ads from Control Data Institute back the the 70s. Why is it so expensive now that you need loans, or these schemes, to pay it off?

  24. Chrysler minivan on Fiat Chrysler Is Being Sued Over a Software Flaw (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Who the hell would buy a Chrysler minivan to begin with? I know three guys who had those things. They were constantly in the shop. Total pieces of shit. Buy a Honda or Toyota.

  25. Mine does not, and it has 100k employees. Hell, I don’t even have dental insurance.