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  1. Artificial AI Startups?

  2. Re:Not unexpected... on Elon Musk Tweets New Details About Tesla's Model Y Electric SUV (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Does that mean the Truck will be Model ; and the Semi will be Model D?

  3. Simple Solution on Americans Want To Regulate AI But Don't Trust Anyone To Do It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Create an AI to regulator!

  4. This is rather close to where I live, so I expect to see my already rising property value shoot up, along with traffic levels. If we were looking to sell the house, it'd be one thing, but we aren't, so it's another.

  5. Re:But can they .. on Maryland Test Confirms Drones Can Safely Deliver Human Organs (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could use an ex-spleen-ation

  6. she decided to marry me.

  7. I buy it

  8. Betteridge's Law of Headlines on Google Temporarily Brings Back the www In Chrome URLs -- But Should They? (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 2

    N- wait... *re-reads the title* Y... Yes?

  9. The Cloud on Windows 10 Will Use the Cloud To Free Up Disk Space (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The trouble with the Cloud is that eventually you run out of other people's computers

  10. Toll the Great Bell Once!
    Pull the Lever forward to engage the Piston and Pump...
    Toll the Great Bell Twice!
    With push of Button fire the Engine And spark Turbine into life...
    Toll the Great Bell Thrice!
    Sing Praise to the God of All Machines

  11. Re:Seriously, America. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you joking? US violent crime and homicide rates peaked in the late 1970s / early 1980s, and have since declined to near all-time lows.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  12. Re:Ready Player One makes you really wonder on When Working in Virtual Reality Makes You Sick (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't even need to get fancy: how do normal stairs work in Ready Player One, where you visually step onto something and lift the rest of your body, while in the real world your leading foot ends up at the same height as your trailing foot? There are some pretty fundamental discontinuities that would require extremely elaborate setups to even begin to address.

  13. Stupid on MoviePass' New Business Plan Is To Charge You Whatever It Wants (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "We lose money on every sale, but make it up in volume"

  14. Get 'em cowed early on Should Facial Recognition Cameras Be In Schools? (nyclu.org) · · Score: 2

    If they grow up thinking it's normal, it will be.

  15. The left wants them to ban anything vaguely alt-right-ish, the right wants them to ban anything with breasts and/or penes. Neither side being happy seems like a decent compromise.

  16. Virtual Git File System

    A quick Google search didn't reveal anything in tech with that acronym.

  17. Dude, everything copies everything. "We stand on the shoulders of giants", "Great artists steal", etc. It wasn't that long ago that games like Half Life were called Doom clones, derivative, etc. Now many of those games are held in critical esteem, because the recognition of the novility won out over the originality purists.

    Fortnite copied PUBG which copied Day Z (yes, I know, same guy, but a copy is a copy) which copied from Battle Royale which copied from Lord of the Flies. And yet, if someone says "I love playing Fortnite", and another person responds with "Psha, I already read Lord of the Flies in high school, don't need any more of that", you might rightly roll your eyes.

    Similarly, Overwatch copied from Team Fortress 2 which copied from Team Fortress which copied from Quake which was copied from Doom. Congratulations, people have discovered an artistic lineage.

  18. 'Er today, Gan tomorrow on Uber Facing Ban In Turkey After Erdogan Backs Taxis (sbs.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I'll see myself out...

  19. So according to you, game programming in general hasn't advanced in the last 50-odd years? I mean, they're almost all still of the form:
    while( user doesn't exit )
        check for user input
        run AI
        move enemies
        resolve collisions
        draw graphics
        play sounds
    end while

    Similarly, I'm sure there are no worthwhile design considerations to consider within the wholly comprehensive pitch of "team-based shooter".

    Well, now that my entire field has been solved by AC, I'll just drive home in my Model T. I mean, cars nowadays are basically the same...

  20. This statement is distressingly ignorant about the amount of novel work (technical, design, etc) that has gone into former.

    (source: I've worked professionally in the game industry for ~8 years)

  21. Not unlike Soylent

  22. Yes on Ask Slashdot: Do You Miss Windows Phone? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, my 2017 Android phone has all the apps, sure, but it's less responsive, less stable, buggier, and generally harder to use than my 2011 WP8 Nokia.

  23. 7/10 Swedes want to keep cash; 25% want cashless on Swedes Turn Against Cashlessness (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    The remaining half a Swede could not be reached for comment.

  24. "The computer power of the x86 chip from 1990" on IBM Unveils the 'World's Smallest Computer' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm having trouble understanding this analogy. Can someone explain the equivalent processing power in Librarians of Congress per Svedberg?

  25. Most of the top-rated comments I just read actually seem to be supportive of her claims. As with the Damore support: Good.