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Re:Verily: We’re developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covi...
on Friday March 13, 2020 @06:19PM (#22571376)
I was initially impressed that Google was stepping up to get this up for the good of the country. I'm not the best estimator (a good manager will double what I tell them) but I think a lot of us here could have something testable by Monday, surely I thought Google could have...
Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon
on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:18PM (#20782690)
Re:China’s assault on Cathay Pacific
on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:28PM (#20780071)
No argument on that. I just don't quite believe that the "west created it", I guess it's possible that it was willful and meant to prove the communist utopian ideal...
Re:China’s assault on Cathay Pacific
on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:28PM (#20779203)
I think there was some hope that capitalism would bring about democracy. It hasn't quite worked out (yet?).
Re:China’s assault on Cathay Pacific
on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:24PM (#20779166)
This type of argument always kind of bothers me as well, be nice to state it as "helped create" or something but then there is a lot to say for the old saying "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem".
Re:Complex quantum teleportation achieved for the first time
on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:04PM (#20778968)
This should be called what it was originally "spooky action at a distance". Calling it teleportation is marketing.
Infinite number of quantum particles gives clues to behavior at large scale
Re:Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio
on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:19PM (#19639849)
I am not an attorney but this guy is https://attorney-myers.com/2013/11/surveillance_cameras_reas...
Re:Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio
on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:01AM (#19635148)
In the US there is the concept of "Expectation of Privacy" [0] so it depends.
Spotify’s new ad metrics show what listeners do after they click
Re:Motel 6 to Pay $12M after Improperly Giving Guest Lists to ICE
on Friday April 05, 2019 @04:46PM (#19586858)
Counting by those apprehended is a pretty poor metric. Correlation, blah, blah, blah
Re:UFO: A Drone/UAV Programming Library for Rust
on Friday April 05, 2019 @04:36PM (#19586767)
I've been on sabbatical for a while but a while back it was pretty much C, C or C.
Re:Zuckerberg’s Rules Would Hurt Everyone but Facebook
on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:32PM (#19565304)
Why do you think this is an attempt at humor? I would say this is what is often referred to as a thought exercise.
Re:Zuckerberg’s Rules Would Hurt Everyone but Facebook
on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:12PM (#19564579)
I think it got a valid thought across. It works as a sort of shorthand. Would have been 3x longer in essay form.
Researchers measure quantum power increase in quantum boost engine for first
Re:U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Inverts for First Time Since 2007
on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:08PM (#19467451)
What would it cost to make this happen?
Y Combinator bets on the booming podcast industry
Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
on Friday March 15, 2019 @06:11PM (#19404786)
Anyways, Beto will always be a wizard in my book.
Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:33PM (#19404526)
To be fair, we had not and have not stipulated what we mean when we say "floppy". Maybe you were a rich kid but a lot of us were still on some pretty low density stuff into the late 80's. Embarrassingly, I was still on cassette for most of the decade.
Pentagon Brass Accuses Google of Providing 'Direct Benefit' to China's Military
Re:California declared drought free for first time in seven years
on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:55PM (#19402316)
It is sort of a trope in CA, oh and it's the deltas, are you saying that stinking up their bathrooms with un-flushed urine and being charged a surcharge to save 10% of 10% of the available water is logical?
Isn't it really just a "feel good" thing?
Re:Dumbass Home 2.0. How modern IoT works, how to automate your rented...
on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:37PM (#19402095)
what is the "h" for?
Re:California declared drought free for first time in seven years
on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:30PM (#19402019)
Oh the quality of life behaviors of residents that use a very small percentage of the water? Residents use 10% of the water, 50% of the water is "environmental" and is dumped into the ocean for the smelt, etc.[0]
[0] https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/
Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:45PM (#19401439)
If /ˈbɛ.toʊ oʊ.rɔːrk/ was R he would be buried on "TacoLand" alone.
Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:40PM (#19401360)
Then he is some compression wizard too!
Edit: I guess that could be read as plural...
Looks like iCloud is having problems
Twitch streamer Ninja reportedly earned $1M for promoting Apex Legends launch
Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery scheme
on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:49AM (#19369346)
"The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 wealthy people — including two television stars — with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into big-name colleges and universities."