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Re:Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @10:30PM (#8328198)
But those innovative taxi companies still charged a 10% surcharge for using your credit card. Which mysteriously dropped to 5% when Uber appeared on the scene.
Re:Why Uber Must Be Stopped on Sunday August 31, 2014 @11:00PM (#8251328)
Nevermind one company keeping detailed maps of where and when you have been everywhere in the world (in addition to Apple and Google)
Re:Mark Karpeles, former Mt. Gox CEO, started a new company on Monday August 25, 2014 @02:32AM (#8220826)
Kill it with fire
Re:Our Work Here is Done: Visions of a Robot Economy on Sunday July 20, 2014 @07:41AM (#8060088)
Am still waiting for a robot to do my job for me.
Breaking news: judge exercises common sense.
Re:Prostitute kills Google exec with heroin on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @08:36PM (#8012986)
No she didn't.

A Google executive committed accidental suicide by heroin and she ran away - probably in fear for her own life.

I can't decide whether this is trying to be a lightweight meme site, a high quality luxury magazine product review site or some evil spin off of Facebook that my friends are just going to share ads with me.
Re:Liverpool scientists cloned a dinosaur on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @05:34AM (#7969800)
In the Australian vernacular "yeah nah".
So apart from Gavin's salary what do they spend it on?
Re:Pearls Before Breakfast (2007) on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @10:54PM (#7741954)
I assure Beyoncé would have drawn a crowd.
Re:And then the machines came for the doctors on Sunday October 27, 2013 @06:34PM (#6623936)
Legal automation faces one giant hurdle. As any first year law student knows most of the time there is no "correct" answer. This isn't Jeopardy where the correct answer is "who is Winston Churchill". Law is a negotiation about whether or not the wife gets to keep the dog, whether or not the seller takes the risk of the shipment being held up in customs, or whether or not the purchase of A tech company should be subject to an earn out. None of these questions can (as yet) be readily answered by a formula. I very seriously doubt Watson can answer any of these questions.

Don't get me wrong - legal automation is coming but it is only replacing the least skilled. Paralegals, procurement officers and law students have the most to fear.

Re:Delivery By Drones on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @06:26AM (#6552458)
1. It's Australia. It doesn't snow here. 2. Almost all apartments have balconies. Good luck landing on the 10th floor during storm season though.