5 seconds is pretty shitty when a human can identify some songs with less than 5 notes.
Sure, but a human can only identify the relatively few songs that he/she knows (well) compared to Shazam, which can nominally identify ALL songs, TV shows, movies, commercials, etc.
Perhaps she and those who did it should have tried to experiment with a magnifying glass before any attempt to stare at the sun. You might have tried this before when you were little.
If the magnifying glass started showing smoke on whatever it is focused in 6 seconds, staring at the sun at the time for the same duration could surely do the same to the eye.
What?!?!
You're saying that a 100-mm-diameter high-magnification lens has the same light gathering power as a 2-mm-diameter pupil?
I read the list of major infectious diseases in Cuba and see several that attack brain/nervous system and some of which can even cause "brain alteration"
could this "attack" be a natural pathogen? It's the first thing that came to my mind reading the mass media hysteria over it, and after looking at all the interesting nasties that are in Cuba....
Only if you believe that it could trick the person into hearing the noise while in a very specific location in their room (like their bed), but then have the noise stop as soon as they moved away from their bed.
And it only applies to US embassy workers in Cuba.
I am going to go with the infectious disease called "Terrorism."
Based on my limited understanding, the block size is fixed at 1MB and each transaction is around 226 bytes. A block occurs every 20 minutes, so bitcoin can only have about 232 transactions per minute, and transactions are (some how) prioritized by age and fee. It is well known the miners will flood the transaction back log to increase the fees, because the miners claim the additional fees.
SegWit, which went into effect in August (?), I think was supposed to reduce the transaction size, but keep the block size the same. SegWit also allows some sort of Lightning Network, which is basically a service that will confirm transaction off of the block chain faster for a higher fee. The Bitcoin Cash people rejected this as being too proprietary and hence their fork.
The fork Bitcoin2X a.k.a. SegWit2X increased the block size to 2MB.
I am not sure what Bitcoin Cash did, but as stated they rejected SegWit, and must have increased the block size, but they are handling the increased transaction volume fine.
AFAIK, all otherhttps://slashdot.org/story/17/12/06/2058224/steam-ends-support-for-bitcoin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29# Bitcoin forks (Gold, Platinum) are money grabbing schemes.
As someone who doesn't follow Bitcoin Cash closely, I initially wondered why this post wasn't modded "Funny".
Then I realized that it wasn't a joke and that all the jargon in there was real!
Then I realized what is preventing Bitcoin from actually going mainstream.
I think wind turbines are beautiful machines.Highly engineered and efficient devices that (mostly) silently turn 24/7 generating power and displacing carbon producing sources contributing to human flourishing. They are a statement that says intelligent creatures live here.
I suspect most medical professionals would find this deeply insulting.
Why?
Patients are treated like cattle from the moment they call for an appointment in the US, so it's not unusual for them to expect to have their meat sold like cattle too.
The HMOs own the doctors, patient insurance payouts are the product. The HMOs run the doctors so lean that they have to treat us like cattle.
It used to be different 20 years ago and people weren't as skeptical of organ donation then.
"It's harmless, so don't worry about it. Take a shower, wash your clothes if you don't really like it. It will eventually disperse enough as to be unnoticeable."
We got here by you dolts continuing to use those products.
I quit Facebook. I don't use Twitter. I don't use Google Docs.
You quit Facebook and you're calling others dolts? You should have never signed up!
Keep in mind that the search engines track all your searches. Your internet provider tracks, well, all your internet traffic. So unless you are using a VPN, you're not really showing anyone anything.
The key is just to keep in mind that your online information is online, for all to see. So use it appropriately... but still use it!
So he builds a rocket expected to reach 1,500 feet.... When there is an 11,500 foot mountain 50 miles from Amboy with a trail right to the tippy top.and a 360 degree view of the horizon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Call me crazy but I really don't think this has anything to do with 'flat earth', science or rockets. He got his picture in the paper. End of story.
All governments are "bad", they just use different methods.
That said, if any government gets to spy on me, I'd rather it be a foreign one, simply because they don't have as many opportunities to mess up my life, or terminate it.
Really?
You don't think that a foreign government can: 1. Leak sensitive data online and make it look like it came from your computer? 2. Tell the US that you are a mole for them? 3. Send a foreign operative into your house to kill you?
Your own country is tasked to protect you. At the very least, it wants your taxes.
A foreign government doesn't give a hoot about you, your life, or your family.
> "inciting or engaging in harassment of others," "promoting hate and/or violence against, or directly attacking or threatening other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease
Fuck those 3 white supremacist dudes, but it's ok for tens of thousands ANTIFA and similar to spew hate, insult and otherwise promote hate and violence ?
Everybody is aware of this.. just making sure it's pointed out, as it should be, every time they do something like this where they decide who gets to have a voice and who doesn't.
Good point. I think we should just do away with Twitter entirely to fix this issue!
Can we get rid of FaceBook too?
The core problem of these types of social networking sites is not that they exist, it's that the public is largely beginning to use them in place of actual news sites.
I would rather have foreign government propaganda than have American government censorship.
Let's not forget that the major influence of the Russians on the American presidential election was their leaking of Hillary's collusion with the DNC... which was the truth.
Sure, Hillary might have won if the DNC collusion had remained secret... but she also might have won if she had been more ethical and there had been no dirt to leak.
Was there really collusion between the DNC and Clinton? Or was foreign influence involved to make it look that way?
Does Putin really have Trump over a barrel for peeing on a bed with prostitutes in Russia? Or is it all just fake news?
Good thing we got a honest and respectful president in the White House after all that! I would have hated to just get someone who wanted to grab the world by the pussy!
Slashdot Mirror
(Heartbreaker) by the Rolling Stones?
5 seconds is pretty shitty when a human can identify some songs with less than 5 notes.
Sure, but a human can only identify the relatively few songs that he/she knows (well) compared to Shazam, which can nominally identify ALL songs, TV shows, movies, commercials, etc.
Perhaps she and those who did it should have tried to experiment with a magnifying glass before any attempt to stare at the sun. You might have tried this before when you were little.
If the magnifying glass started showing smoke on whatever it is focused in 6 seconds, staring at the sun at the time for the same duration could surely do the same to the eye.
What?!?!
You're saying that a 100-mm-diameter high-magnification lens has the same light gathering power as a 2-mm-diameter pupil?
Is this a new form of science?
I read the list of major infectious diseases in Cuba and see several that attack brain/nervous system and some of which can even cause "brain alteration"
could this "attack" be a natural pathogen? It's the first thing that came to my mind reading the mass media hysteria over it, and after looking at all the interesting nasties that are in Cuba....
Only if you believe that it could trick the person into hearing the noise while in a very specific location in their room (like their bed), but then have the noise stop as soon as they moved away from their bed.
And it only applies to US embassy workers in Cuba.
I am going to go with the infectious disease called "Terrorism."
Based on my limited understanding, the block size is fixed at 1MB and each transaction is around 226 bytes. A block occurs every 20 minutes, so bitcoin can only have about 232 transactions per minute, and transactions are (some how) prioritized by age and fee. It is well known the miners will flood the transaction back log to increase the fees, because the miners claim the additional fees.
SegWit, which went into effect in August (?), I think was supposed to reduce the transaction size, but keep the block size the same. SegWit also allows some sort of Lightning Network, which is basically a service that will confirm transaction off of the block chain faster for a higher fee. The Bitcoin Cash people rejected this as being too proprietary and hence their fork.
The fork Bitcoin2X a.k.a. SegWit2X increased the block size to 2MB.
I am not sure what Bitcoin Cash did, but as stated they rejected SegWit, and must have increased the block size, but they are handling the increased transaction volume fine.
AFAIK, all otherhttps://slashdot.org/story/17/12/06/2058224/steam-ends-support-for-bitcoin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29# Bitcoin forks (Gold, Platinum) are money grabbing schemes.
As someone who doesn't follow Bitcoin Cash closely, I initially wondered why this post wasn't modded "Funny".
Then I realized that it wasn't a joke and that all the jargon in there was real!
Then I realized what is preventing Bitcoin from actually going mainstream.
I think wind turbines are beautiful machines.Highly engineered and efficient devices that (mostly) silently turn 24/7 generating power and displacing carbon producing sources contributing to human flourishing. They are a statement that says intelligent creatures live here.
Funny. That's how I feel about nuclear power!
I have no idea what a "Barbie Dreamhouse" is or why it could possibly be worth $1000 to somebody
These things are matters of basic economics, and have simple solutions.
Those two sentences alone indicate that you have never had children. Or possibly a wife.
And if you like the rational world that you currently exist in, you might want to avoid both.
1. Let the BRICS states have their own government-controlled internet.
2. Let the rest of the world have the current internet.
3. Do not allow the two systems to be connected.
See how that works out for the BRICS.
This problem has been brewing since certain governments started limiting internet access. It might be a good time to bring it to a head.
If there's one thing 2017 has taught me, it's that national and international news is not essential information.
2017 taught me that it's all FAKE NEWS, so why bother paying for it?
I suspect most medical professionals would find this deeply insulting.
Why?
Patients are treated like cattle from the moment they call for an appointment in the US, so it's not unusual for them to expect to have their meat sold like cattle too.
The HMOs own the doctors, patient insurance payouts are the product. The HMOs run the doctors so lean that they have to treat us like cattle.
It used to be different 20 years ago and people weren't as skeptical of organ donation then.
What the hell, Apple?
Dear Peon,
We're sorry for your inconvenience. We are aware of these "features" and will address them as we feel like it.
In the meanwhile, please feel free to purchase 3rd party apps to solve your needs.
We will appreciate the profit that we make off of your purchases.
Sincerely,
Apple Customer Service
We need a Glitter Regulatory Administration, laying down the rules and protecting us from our own over-glitterousness.
No, we need to stop wasting materials on frivolous crap like glitter and gratuitous internet use like slas
"It's harmless, so don't worry about it. Take a shower, wash your clothes if you don't really like it. It will eventually disperse enough as to be unnoticeable."
Just like pollution, right?
Yes. And nuclear waste!
... as long as everyone can download that location info and the phone owner's name realtime.
They watch us, we watch them.
The law enforcement agencies will be OK with that, right? Because, I mean, they work for us, right?
We got here by you dolts continuing to use those products.
I quit Facebook. I don't use Twitter. I don't use Google Docs.
You quit Facebook and you're calling others dolts? You should have never signed up!
Keep in mind that the search engines track all your searches. Your internet provider tracks, well, all your internet traffic. So unless you are using a VPN, you're not really showing anyone anything.
The key is just to keep in mind that your online information is online, for all to see. So use it appropriately... but still use it!
Please?
Microsoft, people will love it! I promise.
It'll be innovative! You can even re-release all the old video games from that time period!
So he builds a rocket expected to reach 1,500 feet.... When there is an 11,500 foot mountain 50 miles from Amboy with a trail right to the tippy top.and a 360 degree view of the horizon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Call me crazy but I really don't think this has anything to do with 'flat earth', science or rockets. He got his picture in the paper. End of story.
Lies!
Did you not RTFA? The earth is flat!
That "mountain" is clearly an optical illusion!
. U.S. Patents expired in 2002, meaning right now it is one of the cheapest medications available. Over the counter aspirin costs more.
Exactly.
The profit margin went down after they lost their patent, so the only way to maintain their profit is to increase the volume.
And the only way to increase the volume dramatically is to lobby the doctors to lower the guidelines.
They did this with cholesterol a few years back too.
I'm so confused. I thought Russia was bad.
All governments are "bad", they just use different methods.
That said, if any government gets to spy on me, I'd rather it be a foreign one, simply because they don't have as many opportunities to mess up my life, or terminate it.
Really?
You don't think that a foreign government can:
1. Leak sensitive data online and make it look like it came from your computer?
2. Tell the US that you are a mole for them?
3. Send a foreign operative into your house to kill you?
Your own country is tasked to protect you. At the very least, it wants your taxes.
A foreign government doesn't give a hoot about you, your life, or your family.
> "inciting or engaging in harassment of others," "promoting hate and/or violence against, or directly attacking or threatening other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease
Fuck those 3 white supremacist dudes, but it's ok for tens of thousands ANTIFA and similar to spew hate, insult and otherwise promote hate and violence ?
Everybody is aware of this.. just making sure it's pointed out, as it should be, every time they do something like this where they decide who gets to have a voice and who doesn't.
Good point. I think we should just do away with Twitter entirely to fix this issue!
Can we get rid of FaceBook too?
The core problem of these types of social networking sites is not that they exist, it's that the public is largely beginning to use them in place of actual news sites.
Yes, and Microsoft wants to make sure it makes the front page of every news source, no doubt!
I have also had this problem. It was completely useless in any cold outdoor environment.
I would rather have foreign government propaganda than have American government censorship.
Let's not forget that the major influence of the Russians on the American presidential election was their leaking of Hillary's collusion with the DNC ... which was the truth.
Sure, Hillary might have won if the DNC collusion had remained secret ... but she also might have won if she had been more ethical and there had been no dirt to leak.
Was there really collusion between the DNC and Clinton? Or was foreign influence involved to make it look that way?
Does Putin really have Trump over a barrel for peeing on a bed with prostitutes in Russia? Or is it all just fake news?
Good thing we got a honest and respectful president in the White House after all that! I would have hated to just get someone who wanted to grab the world by the pussy!
Seriously, Facebook just wants more data to blackmail you with.
Either be OK with pictures of you naked not being private or don't take them at all.
How long until there is a documentable claim that this behavior killed somebody?
Next question that comes to mind: How long until I find out if my car was built with substandard materials?
Well, it took Takata about 10 years to fess up on their faulty airbag issues and that only happened after multiple people started dying.