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  1. Re: Charge points are relatively simple installs on Mazda Announces Breakthrough In Long-Coveted Engine Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And, to bug you one more time, tonight...

    Way back when Tesla was $24/share, I invested ~$20,000.

    I still have not sold my shares of Tesla. I absolutely love it, when you talk about Musk. Note: I still trust him with my money. He's done alright so far. Still, you explain it much better than I have patience for.

  2. Re: Too little, too late on Mazda Announces Breakthrough In Long-Coveted Engine Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of the first automobile trips, across the US, were completed by going to the nearest pharmacy. The pharmacy had a chemist. The chemist either had, or could order, kerosene. He then had the ability to refine it to gasoline. This would be lugged out to where the automobile had run out of fuel.

    They planned and improved. Regular routes were discovered. It's a pretty neat history.

    No point, really. I just figured I'd share. EVs won't be the first thing humans have pioneered.

  3. Re: Too little, too late on Mazda Announces Breakthrough In Long-Coveted Engine Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Slight addendum... I bet a good portion of those who take 500 mile trips, do so fairly frequently.

    Hear me out...

    We do it often, for a variety of reasons. I will hop in a car and go. I don't even need to take the RV. I'm retired. I enjoy meandering. There are a lot of us.

    This, in no way, suggests we couldn't do it with an EV. But, there's a surprising number of us. I even see people do it on motorcycles. I'm pretty sure we can figure out how to reasonably do so in an EV.

  4. Re: /. stop being a marketing droid! on IBM Claims Big Breakthrough in Deep Learning (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you're a cow. Moo goes the sexconker cow. Moo! Silly cows!

  5. Re: But... on IBM Claims Big Breakthrough in Deep Learning (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    In my mind, AI will be AI when you can tell it what you need and it will seek out the data it needs to learn - without intervention or guidance.

  6. Re: Firefox may not survive WebExtensions. on Firefox 55 Arrives With WebVR on Windows, Performance Panel, and Click-to-Play Flash (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Top of that, does anyone really want WebVR support? I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that I'm not the only one that recalls VRML.

  7. Re: Note the concentration on rural votes on Forget the Russians: Corrupt, Local Officials Are the Biggest Threat To Elections (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    I might be the only one here who can call you a city slicker. ;-)

    Six residences, unincorporated township, a half hour (or more, weather depending) drive to a town with 1200 residents. They hit 10 times as many, during peak tourist season.

  8. Re: dependence on Russian gas. on Massive Solar Plant In the Sahara Could Help Keep the EU Powered (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Supercomputers use megawatts of power.

  9. Re: Patent Peer Review on 'Podcasting Patent' Is Totally Dead, Appeals Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Your local laws actually probably state the speed limit is the fastest you can prudently go. So, in that case, you probably weren't actually following the letter of the law. In other words, check your laws. Prudent means, in this case, under optimal conditions. That is most jurisdictions, across the globe - with varied enforcement levels.

  10. Re: Here's a lesson for you on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Translated:

    He wuz top kek n died for ur sinz. Lulz wer had by all.

  11. Re: And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I used to be told how much I sucked, on a regular basis. Worse, I owned the place. Worst, they were usually right. Seriously, do not let me write code.

  12. Re: And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You say it like those are bad things!

  13. Per se, not per say.

  14. Re: NOPE, MAN NOPE on Tesla Seeks $1.5 Billion Junk Bonds Issue To Fund Model 3 Production (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought ~$20,000 worth of Tesla stock, at a time when they sold at ~$24.00. So, about 830 shares. Each one is somewhere near $365.00 today. I haven't sold any. I still trust Musk with my money, in other words.

  15. If that is the guy in question, for this incident, he had scads of citations. Gizmodo stripped them out. Motherboard put them back. There are links in this thread.

  16. How much software is even written by a single author, these days? I can't imagine anything large and complex being made by just one person.

  17. Re: As an American driver on London is Using Optical Illusions To Make Cars Slow Down (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 0

    Those are scoreboards. Your goal is to get the highest number. Multiple runs are acceptable.

  18. My trees are selling faster than they are cutting them. I did not vote for Trump. There needs to be some perspective. There are 16 people working overtime. I get paid, regardless. So, I can personally speak to the increase in domestic wood sales. There does need to be some perspective.

  19. Re: Comparison on A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    I fully support equal rights. However, no group of women are willing to come protest with me. See, I want to get equal sentencing in domestic violence cases. There is well studied disparity in sentencing within the criminal justice system. Women are regularly treated unfairly, and given shorter or suspended sentences - for the same offenses, up to and including murder. So, we should start with domestic violences and work our way up.

    We do want equality, right?

  20. Re: VP of Diversity, Integrity & Governance... on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    You have Trump, because you weren't listening *before.*

  21. Re: VP of Diversity, Integrity & Governance... on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    At risk of offending, your comment is indicative of the poster's concerns.

    No matter what, you feel/think. You've been told, in no uncertain terms, that your feelings don't matter and to back up your thoughts with data.

    Someone tells you why you're wrong, and your response is to tell them that your just going to use your own definitions. And, even better, you try to be smug about it. Intentioned or not, your post is a fine example of the complaints I read.

    I don't have a dog in the fight, but your not going to do much convincing that way. I'm gonna be just fine, no matter what you do. I do think there's a real need to right injustices, but this sort of response is not going to help that.

  22. Re: Define "security." on Should the Internet Be Secure By Default? (esecurityplanet.com) · · Score: 1

    One of my favorite jokes...

    If you're in the Army, what do you call that thing with the rotors on top?
    A chopper.

    If you're in the Air Force, what do you call it?
    A helicopter.

    And if you're in the Navy?
    A whirlybird.

    And what do Marines call it?
    *points up in the air* Ook! Ook!

    (I spent eight years enlisted in the Marines. It paid for my education.)

  23. Re: Why is the video getting money at all? on Warner Music Files Copyright Claim on A Silent 'Star Wars' Video On YouTube (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    See the second sentence in the summary.

  24. Re: Hyperloop misses the forest for the trees on Elon Musk Inspired an Industry of Hyperloop Startups. Now He's Building His Own (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ... Umm... No, no... They understand math, physics, engineering, and this concept - very well. Read the history of their posts. You could probably just bail on the thread, and nobody will notice. You could also just say sorry and ask them to help you learn.

  25. Re: They probably will work. on Intel's Upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs Won't Work With Today's Motherboards (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    How much of the market is the enthusiast market? If it isn't large, Intel could just ignore them.