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  1. Re:Just wait for the future to arrive. on Mysterious, Ice-Buried Cold War Military Base May Be Unearthed By Climate Change (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Then we can assume at least the same level of advancement from now until 2216

    Says who? The rate of scientific progress has slowed significantly over the last few decades. Almost everything you see is WWII/cold war tech, refined.

  2. And crayons are the most popular painting tiool. on C Isn't The Most Popular Programming Language, JavaScript Is (networkworld.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder why.

  3. Re:The Republicans want to make everyone work on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    So, free and equal education and meals for all kids?

  4. Re: The Republicans want to make everyone work on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a very progressive income tax and steep property/wealth/inheritance taxes, something those evil "socialist" European countries have been doing for a long time but which was rolled back due to the neolib trend over the last few decades.

  5. Yup, many big cores do that today. It's called speculative execution.

  6. That's normal on Drivers Prefer Autonomous Cars That Don't Kill Them (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Save the environment, reduce carbon emissions, save water, reduce debt... unless it affects me financially.

  7. Re:What is the point? on Google Launches Android Programming Course For Absolute Beginners (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup. There are so many different styles in C++ that they amount to different dialects or even different domain specific languages. Unless you understand the underpinnings you don't know what's going on so you just copypasta. That's why I really prefer C, but you have to know what you're doing.

  8. And people don't take the money, they just look at it. Is that theft? Unauthorized access?

  9. Energy cost/consumption on After 150 Years, the American Productivity Miracle Is 'Over' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It was powered by cheap energy: https://gailtheactuary.files.w...

  10. Re:Problems, problems.... on Consensus On Consensus: Climate Experts Agree On Human-Caused Global Warming (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    4. Collapse of civilization and population.

    That's where I am, given the other major trends like resource depletion, environmental degradation and a still exploding population.
    Right on schedule according to Limits to Growth.

  11. Backups? on Kentucky Hospital Calls State of Emergency In Hack Attack (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Do they have any?

  12. Re:I never get this. on Transmission BitTorrent App Contained Malware (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How can it? They're offline or on a backup system, ideally offsite. Right?

  13. I never get this. on Transmission BitTorrent App Contained Malware (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How is an encrypted drive different from a failed drive, other than that if it's only encrypted you don't even have to buy a new one - just wipe it and restore your backup, maybe reinstall your OS first.

  14. I wish I had mod points. This paper summarizes all the hype and bad research in one big gish gallop.

  15. Re:In all honesty... on The Performance of Ubuntu Linux Over the Past 10 Years (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    I run KDE on Banana Pi and Raspberry Pi and it works fine. Just sayin'.

  16. Re:and of course on Low-Cost EEG Head-Sets Promise Virtual Reality Feedback Loops (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Porn always makes you feel better so there should be porn in everything. Problem solved.

  17. Not in the professional/server space on In Memoriam: VGA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    I was just in a meeting with Dell about their next generation. There's no demand for anything but VGA because all infrastructure is VGA based. There isn't even IPMI for anything but VGA.

  18. Re:Offshore wind on Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power (thinkprogress.org) · · Score: 1

    The ones on the drawing board that nobody has built yet?

  19. Re:Offshore wind on Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power (thinkprogress.org) · · Score: 1

    So the answer is no, right?

  20. Re:What the fuck has happened to Slashdot?! on How We Know North Korea Didn't Detonate a Hydrogen Bomb · · Score: 1

    It's called monetization. Looks like Slashdot tries to become MSM, not news for nerds.

  21. Re:Offshore wind on Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power (thinkprogress.org) · · Score: 2

    Higher cost than nuclear?

  22. Moore's Law on Interviews: Ask Ray Kurzweil a question · · Score: 2

    How do you figure the singularity will happen with Moore's law coming to end, where the exponential growth has been bending into a S shaped curve for years, with 5% performance improvement per generation now?

  23. Re:Ashley led the way on On the Coming Chatbot Revolution (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Can I have something like that on my phone to bring to the bar? Just hold it up to the ear of a hot woman.

  24. My Outlook 2003 isn't affected, yay!

  25. Re:And another shallow, cynical "push" on White House Expected To Announce Big Computer Science Push · · Score: 1

    But more CS grads means lower salaries and more taxi (err, Uber) drivers. That's good, isn't it?