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  1. Re:meh fuck em on Late To Bed, Early To Die? Night Owls May Die Sooner (livescience.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fuck... shit.... it's fuck'n 2:48am...

    FUUUUUCK

    going to BED NOW!!!

    see you all tomorrow

    FUUUUCK!!!!!

  2. Patents are broken. on Apple Must Pay Patent Troll More Than $500 Million In iMessage Case (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not much more to it really.

  3. Are you serious?

    I wasn't talking about *your* fence. I was talking about pool fences in general.

    Higher? Ok, so you've lifted the bar somewhat, but still not going to stop anyone (kids push chairs near fence, climb on friends shoulders, etc).

    You seem to lack the ability to see reason in what I'm saying.

    If you think that a fence will stop children then great, keep on going about your business, you're incapable of seeing reason.

    Of course if you fortify your pool with "12ft razor wire electrified chainlink fence" but no one does that. I'm not talking about fortified zones, I talking about the regular everyday pool fences (you know like those that meet the law in Australia). I'm not saying it's impossible to stop entry using a fortified approach, but that's not what we're discussing here.

    Good luck.

  4. Re: Technology in search of a problem on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Notice the context to, you seem to refer to a fence as a "device", perhaps you were confused in your reply? I was talking about pool fences, not the device in this story.

  5. Re: Technology in search of a problem on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Huh? What goal post did I move?

    My position was and still is that a pool fence will not stop a determined child.

    Will it stop some? Sure. Will it stop all? No.

    Are they of value, yes. Should you trust your child is safe because you have a pool fence? Hell no.

    https://www.dailytelegraph.com...

    http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

    I'm not sure what "knee jerk low information decision" I'm making? I'm being practical about what safety a pool fence provides. They are not magic bullets.

    You seem to think I'm saying "Don't get a pool fence, they're useless", totally not.

    I'm saying "Don't blindly trust that your pool fence will keep your kids out"

  6. Because stuff like this never happens:

    http://www.kidspot.com.au/heal...

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

    Kids are smart, ingenious, flexible and tenacious.

    I hope you don't place too much trust your pool fence or you may lose your kids.

  7. And any 10 year old capable of climbing a fence should be able to swim well enough to get out of a pool.

    "Should", and assuming a accident doesn't occur.

    What kids should and shouldn't be able to do is mostly irrelevant.

  8. Do you really think kids are that easily defeated?

    You're in for a shock.

  9. Re: Technology in search of a problem on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    I never claimed they are of no value. But they are of no assurance that your kids (or others) won't still get in.

  10. You switched out "child" for "toddler".

    Very tricky indeed. You almost had me there.

  11. Re:Technology in search of a problem on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, the product is a non starter.

    But a fence?

    I really don't think that's going to stop any determined child.

    I think having one is a good idea. But trusting it to stop a child entering is naive.

  12. Ha, yes the old gate and fence.

    A gate and fence are no match for a determined child.

  13. Re:"first technological breakthrough" on Microsoft Touts Breakthrough In Making Chatbots More Conversational (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we're mostly done there already.

  14. If those dorks are on the payroll of the government, yes.

    Ha, yes your thinking is flawless. Well done.

    You're just not very bright, are you?

    Maybe, but at least I'm not an arse.

  15. Right, so when some bunch of dorks somewhere in the US crash a quad, that'll be "America fails again at latest quad flight attempt."

    I know how it works and it's still nonsense.

  16. "Russia" Debuts Postal Drone..

    How is this "Russia", because it happened in "Russia"?

    The headline makes it sound like Putin has enacted a plan to deliver everything via multi-copters.

    Looks like "some Russian dudes" attempted a delivery, that failed.

  17. That's proof that cell phones cause Deja Vu.

  18. Re: Everyone benefits on Few Countries Will Benefit From the AI Revolution (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Said he who shared it.

  19. Re:And then a hero comes along on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Aha, thanks.

    I saw a number of articles about this launch and none had any photos or video except Mike on a stretcher - I figured they'd have been present with the news articles, seems I made a rash assumption.

    Thanks, I stand corrected - GO MIKE!!

  20. Re:And then a hero comes along on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But did it really happen?

    There were lots of videos and witnesses to his previous cancelled/failed launches.

    This successful launch has no video (that's been shared) and scant witnesses.

    So far it's a cool story without any evidence, not even a photo of the landed craft.

    My bullshit meter it push that needle pretty hard right now.

  21. Thanks for the correction. That's what I get for believing those who mislead me!

  22. no effective = so effective

  23. Not sure if you're being serious or not, but microwave ovens are 2.45 GHz which is the resonant frequency of water. This is why microwaves are no effective.

    I'm not sure there's any significance to 1.8 GHz being numerically close to 2.45 GHz (is it even considered close at 30% difference?)

  24. There are far simpler attacks and plenty of fools out there to fall for it.

    What's more, a hardware wallet is poor cold storage device - far too many ways for it to be compromised. If you're using a hardware wallet as your "secure offline wallet" then you're doing it wrong.

    If you **need** convenience then a hardware wallet is useful, but treat it like your real cash wallet. That is, don't stick your life savings into it.

    If you are after security, then paper wallets are the way to go. They lack a lot of convenience but as far as I understand, the only two vectors for attack are at key generation (do it offline and secure and you significantly reduce or eliminate any chance here) and the storage of any physical access tokens (pass phrases/secret keys/etc).

    IMO hardware wallets are the least secure option since there are just too many opportunities for the devices to be already compromised prior to receipt.

  25. It's going to crash big time, it must, an AC on /. said so.

    If you think that since it's worthless/useless and wastes electricity that I'll crash, then you put too much faith in rational behaviour of humans.