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  1. the actual researchers do not claim ay such thing on SETI Has Observed a 'Strong' Signal That May Originate From a Sun-like Star (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and this being Russians means they did not follow proper protocol. But putting all other things aside - this has been observed once so either the bastards 94lya nuked themselves into pieces or this was a just a electromagnetic fart or some other one off disturbance.

  2. Re:How women are portrayed in movies on Google Tests A Software That Judges Hollywood's Portrayal of Women · · Score: 1

    They court martial female soldiers getting pregnant to get out of the difficult duty, do they not?

  3. Re:Jobs Are Jails on Google Tests A Software That Judges Hollywood's Portrayal of Women · · Score: 1

    Seems my job description and I am successfully tossing SW for a quarter of a century.

  4. Re: Morons on Google Tests A Software That Judges Hollywood's Portrayal of Women · · Score: 2

    I question this 'mostly for the men' part - there was a research done in Germany about that - they found out that most men actually do not watch the lesbian pr0n. They also hardly ever watch the movie till the end (and consequently never find out whether the cable guy actually fixed the cable). Lesbian pr0n may be watch predominantly be women and by a small group of men who are significantly different than the rest of the male population - some nerds would fall into the category I suppose.

  5. Re: Idiots Rule The World on Google Tests A Software That Judges Hollywood's Portrayal of Women · · Score: 1

    Your claim the GP's post is a fallacy, a middle ground one.
    That is I am afraid BS especially as in this particular case no middle ground has been shown (whatever this could be), both sides of the divide in their extremes are obviously committing a rape on common sense. That is what the GP tried to say. But you can claim fallacy on any statement - there are plenty of fallacies and as long as you do not provide argument for your claim it is in fact no argument but pointless blathering about nothing.

  6. Re:Powershell on Linux???? NOOOOOOOOO on Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks PowerShell (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If not MS then Lennart will finish Bash off.

  7. are waiting for those that these new algorithms deem unsuitable to lead a fruitful and socially useful life.

  8. Surely Travis Kalanick.and Uber's managers will disagree with you.

  9. Re:What DDOS? on Internal 'Set Of Blunders' Crashed Australia's Census Site (cso.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Is it not criminal to destroy government property? If so then all these evil Aussies that hushed to fill in the forms after work should be fined or maybe even put in jail for their criminal attack on government property.

  10. Re:I have my own facebook workaround on Facebook Rolls Out Code To Nullify Adblock Plus' Workaround (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You stop moving you fall.

  11. Re:Bye-bye, Facebook! on Facebook Rolls Out Code To Nullify Adblock Plus' Workaround (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    quite frankly I do not care if FB will die or not. As soon as local authorities where I live started to use FB for communication I consider FB to be utility and such not allowed to gather my data without oversight and share it without my permission. If the services that the local authorities provide trough FB need be paid so be it. But then the services should be under control of these authorities and I should not be worried about what they do with my data. So this is my objection. Other than that FB can do whatever they want with data of others.

  12. Re:I wish they could do that for news... on Cracking The Code On Trump Tweets (time.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Press is indeed dishonest or at least misinforming (for whatever reason other than dishonesty). This has nothing to do with the fact that the baboon should not get access to the case with the codes. Or maybe it does because thanx to continuous dishonesty (or other reasons for misinformation) people tend to believe what they want even more than they would have done if the media, including press, were more reliable in providing objective and fact checked information. The best would be if somebody else than any of the candidates were there fighting to be Ceasar. We are not going to get that, neither we are going to get a honest press I am afraid.

  13. Re:Apparently it's the sun's fault on Venus May Have Been Habitable, Says NASA (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    I think mf in question does not produce heat trough splitting of damned molecules but rather their joining. But I am with you on extinguishing the mf.

  14. Re:Two more problems with Venus on Venus May Have Been Habitable, Says NASA (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe iIt did not get a proper kick the way Earth apparently got from Thea.

  15. Re:Autopilot is a glorified cruise control on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Autopilots in all other devices do not really pilot anything unattended. From wiki on autopilot: "Autopilots do not replace a human operator, but assist them in controlling the vehicle, allowing them to focus on broader aspects of operation". That humans are stupid is clear. You cannot even fix it with proper naming - no naming in he world would stop people fucking around while this thing is apparently driving on its own 'all the time'. We have now airports that allow properly equipped airplanes to land autonomously - these planes still have pilots. They may be occupied 4 times during the flight (of which tow are to say welcome and bye) but they are still there. Technology progress is still on and we will surely see these things going alone ever more but not just yet. Till all humans get outsourced by automata they are obliged to watch what these automata do and take over in case they are about to fail. The guy is bound to get reckless driving charge in any normal country. Whether this is a dumper on Tesla's business model is another matter.

  16. Re:Autopilot is a glorified cruise control on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there are two good things here. One is that nobody got hurt. The other thing is that we are establishing (the hard way) at what stage the self driving software is. All the hype would tell you that it can drive and better than human. Well it does not do it just yet. Seems it is good for the highway in good conditions this means not only weather but no sudden hurdles ahead. The question of course is - how fast these things can get fixed. I guess it will take time to get these things to drive alone on the well marked road in good conditions. Much more time it will take to get these autonomous systems to drive anywhere. IN certain sense flying an airplane is easier - no road with bad marking of a lane etc but we still have pilots sitting there even if they do actual flying 10% of the flight time.

  17. Re:We were hacked, honest on Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex Says It Was Hacked, Roughly $60M Stolen (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    and then imagine keeping all these places in sync.

  18. Re: CoffeE and Nicotine on Dental Floss May Have No Medical Benefits, Says AP Report (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Possibly Clinton Hilary was not involved in negligent homicide and other losses were not significant enough to judge prosecution.

  19. Re:You win some, you lose some on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you know that abstainers would vote for remain?
    How do you know that abstainers did not make a conscious decision not to vote because for instance both options were considered bad?

  20. Re:Every intelligent person on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    hey comrade - the current policy is that it is Putin that invades. The whole cold war of which you may be aware was about the Ruskis (who possibly were as scared shitless about the West as the West was about the Ruskis). Besides - the lack of wars in Europe was not only because of suppressing German militarism by binding it to the bigger powers but also because of oppression in the Balkans and because of ethnic cleansing after the war in the east. The ethnic cleansing is not rally recoverable but as soon as oppression in Balkans was lifted they started killing each other. Our economic war with Russia resulted in hot war in Ukraine. Lots of things that you did not care to consider or? The Germans have indeed were bound to France and the rest with Common Market but also with massive propaganda work at schools and trough media. Besides quite some young Germans migrated to US after the war so the population pressure decreased making Germans less likely to go to war now. If we get few more million citizens from Maghreb tho we may see how that changes. No war with Germans was part of cold war scheme and part hard work on the side of Germans to subdue the militarism. Gosh Germans did not dare to sing their anthem at the international football matches till lately. Not all of it is then your holy EU. Besides common market as it was in the 50ties has changed and became a political institution without transparency and legitimacy. There is a reason why previous referendum in UK went the other way - don't you think?
    In other words both camps lie like hell and bend the facts. That makes me think that not all is good in the EU camp.

  21. Re:Old People on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    As for my reduced standard of living when I get to pension (btw you will get there too and sooner than you think) - it is getting reduced every year anyway by the virtue of governments arranging for policies that make my savings working less and spending my taxes on nonsense.
    As for more kids and more imports from elsewhere - this is most likely not sustainable - all countries where population grows above certain level end up with massive problems up to civil war. The immigration is a mixed blessing too - you migrate to a country that have criteria system in place you increase its pool of skilled people. You also decrease the pool of skilled people in the place you left behind. That actually makes a difference in certain countries (West Africa comes to mind but there are more). You have open borders policy of Germany you break your social systems eventually. US had a relatively good immigration system in which they did not sponsor the newcomers all that much so they had to work - that kind of worked. This does not work in Europe. There are also other problems with migration that one has to address or else you have riots and burning homes all over the place. Immigration is positive mostly but by no mean always and everywhere.

  22. Re:Every intelligent person on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The northern Europe tolerant values are I think just an illusion - there is a sizable minority in each of the countries you may mean that has strong views especially about uncontrolled immigration of millions especially of young men who coming mostly from certain places have shown to be less than willing to incorporate Western culture because they consider it perverse and corrupt.

  23. Re:Every intelligent person on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The bad losers are then brexiters who (at least some of them) being pissed of about being losers added 'bad' to that and voted brexit. You have two folks in your country - you may have much in common besides the flag and royal family but not much that you would agree upon. The solutions tried before also in other countries are: civil unrest up to civil war or separation movements but also political discourse that allows both sides to understand each other and fix divisions, fix the problems and go on about the business. Throwing verbal abuse at each other is rather childish and a sign of 'bad losers'. The fact is that huge part of the living population in UK voted for a drastic measure which you claim would be a disaster. So you claim these people are morons. How about trying to understand the reasons of that decision a one that goes a little further than claiming they were morons or they were lied to as both sides are full of morons and lied like hell at least the way I could see from the continent.

  24. Re:But they pay more to the EU than they get back. on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    The part of the argument i.e. about lost opportunities if trade war ensues is true. Al will lose - some more than the others.
    The point is - better to avoid trade war and try to make an arrangement. This will not be easy with current climate in EU corridors of power. Then there is the UK side - the people that felt disadvantaged may get the UK chunk of corrupt elite stay with them and suck on their blood. There is a bit more work to be done than to say 'brexit'. There was also hope on the some continental quarters that EU shocked with Brexit will look at itself and tries to correct its ways. I do not see it happening - instead I see typical infighting between commission and council about Brexit negotiations for instance. We need to throw the old commission out and modify few things if EU is to survive and we all are to prosper. If we let the elites suck all the benefits and leave the rest alone to rot than we deserve another run of middle ages.

  25. Re:But they pay more to the EU than they get back. on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Not sure if all people that vote for Brexit were what you alleged i.e. uneducated, old racists. But I am sure there are surely solutions to this problem - some of them have been tried in the past - you can start with reeducation camps and see what you do next if that does not work.
    In other words by calling all Brexiters old uneducated xenophobes you slur at educated tolerant people that did not believe all the lies, think there are ways around problems and value democracy more than the undemocratic bunch in Brussels. Now I do not live in UK but in Germany and in German press there was a lot of calls for ignoring referendum results - to save democracy not less. With such a bunch it is maybe better to keep out, I do not know. In any case I have uneasy feeling when I look, for instance, at how we were all forced in an alliance with Turkey - something that has not been discussed with anybody besides some head of states i.e. something that lacked legitimacy while at the same time some alternative solutions were at hand (which Austria used together with Macedonia). Then there are other arguments - the policies of EU left huge groups of people in each country without benefits - the local governments helped of course and Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have much to blame there too but EU stance was not ideal to say the least. Then take any of the common policies - common agricultural or fisheries policies - they are failures and there is no sign of improvement there. The list of negatives is long, at least as long as the least of positives. EU HQ refuses to address any of these problems and I do not mean curvature of cucumbers and banana and other some nonsense which by the way would not be possible if EU regulations did not provoke blatant exaggeration and the EU authorities bothered to explain these things to dumb folk of EU.
    There is unfortunate part of Brexiters that are xenophobes are uneducated and have generally problems with the rest of the society. If you are going to single out a small London minority as the only Brits than I am afraid you are on a good way to political area where most of us do not want to be. The same process is seen in almost any other country. In Germany the propaganda machine works efficiently and people still believe what they are fed. Not sure if that is all that good. Sometimes you have to give up few good things together with the ones you cannot tolerate. Maybe that is what Brits did. Calling the Brexiters od uneducated and xenophobic means that you gave up quite big chunk of population - what are you going to do with them?
    Btw - I personally profited greatly from open borders in EU. I did live better when the borders existed tho. I accepted the decrease of life quality but only because I considered it worthwhile. When I look at likes of Juncker or Merkel or great democrats in Spain that cannot calm down their own separatism movements but are already salivating at the possibility for continental blockade to get the Rock back, when I look at all this, I start to have justified doubts. Maybe UK will suffer short term. In long term they will be as good as others. And as for EU - if we have problems because of brexit we can always let Turkey in - that will surely strengthen our democracy.