7j

Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’ on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:56AM (#20459520)

I would expect full self-driving to come through remote operation capability - at first a single person can remotely operate one vehicle. After some improvements it would be possible for a single operator to control 2 vehicles and so on.

Re:Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50% on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:35AM (#20221274)

That energy can be recuperated.

Re:Microsoft Solitaire Inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @02:52AM (#19847171)

"Microsoft Solitaire has likely been installed on more than a million devices."

Probably billion, not million.

Nasa: India's satellite destruction could endanger ISS

Posted by 7j on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @04:13AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47783137

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Re:The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:11AM (#19490981)

> Anything that happens after the end of an individual’s reproductive years (perhaps also the period of raising the offsprings) stops exerting any evolutionary pressure.

This is definitely wrong. Individuals (e.g. grandparents or just random society members) can influence survival rates of other society members.

Some species(e.g. ants) even have sterile members that definitely exert evolutionary pressure.

Re:Ocado's burning robotic warehouse on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:59AM (#19113705)

Reporter was claiming that warehouse was freezing cold to keep electronics of robots cool. It's total nonsense. These robots probably emit less heat than regular forklifts.

The only reason for the freezing temperatures is to keep foodstuff fresh.

Also datacenters underground is only a marketing trick (we keep you servers in a bunker). If anything it only complicates getting rid of extra heat (eg. problems with London underground [1] )

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/london-...

Re:Oceans Are Getting Louder, Posing Potential Threats to Marine Life on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:25AM (#18968058)

Just to plug-in - there are technologies that don't require hammering- suction buckets and floating wind turbines.

A plan to make artificial meteor showers

Posted by 7j on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:20AM
from the bbc.com dept.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190102-the-plan-to-make-artificial-meteor-showers

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Worry less about children's screen use, parents told

Posted by 7j on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:48AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46749232

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Re:One of the world’s most visited websites that nobody is aware of (2... on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @09:20AM (#18542427)

The most annoying thing is traffic is comming from google.

Lately google search results are full of such low quality results, computer generated text, etc.

Same applies also to YT - videos with 2x speed, inverted colors etc.

Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brain aging on Thursday November 22, 2018 @08:39AM (#18509903)

Hight-carb here refers to carb-protein ratio, not high-calorie diet.

Re:Web scraping case fails under Supreme Court's Dastar doctrine on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @02:54AM (#18492422)

I'm not sure the radiostation analogy holds. Radiostations can't claim copyright to the song.

Re:The US military is testing stratospheric balloons that never have t... on Friday November 16, 2018 @09:01AM (#18468761)

So the "never have to come down" is ~100 days record which is held by project Loon?

Re:Armistice Day: November 11, 1918 to November 11, 2018 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:02AM (#18439887)

You forgot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1992%E2%80%9...

And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War before that.

And a long list even before that.