Comment Re:A.I sense of humor? (Score 1) 165
But the fun lasts only half as long
But the fun lasts only half as long
which is why websites like Expedia have a "sort by price" and don't have a "sort by legroom."
Do they even have a "sort by legroom" button? I'm a big individual and would gladly favour airlines with more legroom (and shoulder room, for that matter), even if a bit more expensive, but as it stands there is no way of knowing (unless you're familiar with the air plane model, I suppose).
Even when flying with the same airline (say, Norwegian airlines or Lufthansa, with which I have the most experience) you never know what kind of legroom you'll get. I've had Norwegian flights in which I could do yoga and flights in which my knees are deep in the back of the passenger in front of me. And this is even the same route!
There are airlines, specially on transatlantic flights, that offer couch+ seats with extra legroom, but the prices are abusive. Pay an extra $250 in an $800 flight (both ways) for an extra 15 centimetres? Hardly an option.
Can't the same thing be accomplished with a pre-charged capacitor (a battery or something) with an usb port? Send the charge through the data line and blow stuff up. And I'm sure you can get it cheaper than 50 USD.
So if this is to become a problem, it won't be from this gadget.
Or are you under the impression that the Spanish Conquistadors let the native populations survive in meaningful numbers?
Perhaps a bit off-topic, but in many of the latinamerican countries the native populations were not decimated by the Spanish, but rather enslaved. That's why from Mexico to Peru the population is still mostly indigenous.
By the same logic, would they conclude that the vast majority of racists against black people are black because they are the ones who use the word "Nigger" (or derivatives) more? I have heard many instances of women calling each other slut as a friendly nickname, with no offense meant. Perhaps a bit misguided, but definitely not misogynistic on itself.
Though in all fairness, the study itself does not conclude that half of misogynistic tweets come from women. They report that half of the usage of the words 'slut' and 'whore' is by women, but they make a distinction between casual use and offensive use (and more distinctions within this). While not peer-reviewed, the study makes for interesting reading.
The first time I heard of it and saw it, we thought the list of names at the end room was a list of souls that Bill Gates had consumed to prolong his life.
The truth was more heinous than we had imagined: it was a list of people involved in creating Office...
While blue light emitted by monitors and mobile displays has been widely cited as a cause in disrupting people's circadian rhythm, the evidence is thin
and
Many studies have shown that exposure to bright blue light in the evening can affect your circadian rhythms and make it harder to fall asleep
I know the two quotes come from different people (the submitter and "Apple", respectively), but putting them both in the summary without further comment seems odd. Which one is true, then?
(reposting because I accidentally posted it as response to the wrong comment)
The scientific article itself doesn't mention nazis at all. The closest it gets is mentioning Milgram's classic experiment in the 60s, which itself was based on the question about nazis. Any nazi reference you see comes from the media, not the scientists.
The scientific article itself doesn't mention nazis at all. The closest it gets is mentioning Milgram's classic experiment in the 60s, which itself was based on the question about nazis. Any nazi reference you see comes from the media, not the scientists.
The results indicate that humans are able to hurt each other when given orders.
Those aren't the results, but rather the original observations. From the article's abstract:
Thus, people who obey orders may subjectively experience their actions as closer to passive movements than fully voluntary actions
The results are that the brain actually feels like a passive observer once you have decided to follow orders against your better judgement. You no longer process the results as consequences of your actions, but rather as 'just the way the world moves'. This means that any form of reinforcement learning goes out the window immediatly.
So they were surprised that their technology to track cars can be used to track cars? Who knew!
On a less sarcastic note, the problem seems to be that they don't require you to prove you're the owner of the car in order to register it with their system. Therefore, you could register anyone's car and use the malls' systems to track the real owner.
... Slashdot has turned me into a screener. With posts like this one, I always check if they're from our friend Bennet before I go to the comments section.
I wonder, though, if you give your pass to a guest who is using win10 (unbeknownst to you) and your router is set to not allow win10 devices (is this possible? I'm not techie enough), would their win10 machine still save the pass and share it?
If so, you would need to do the banning personally. If your guest asks for your pass, you will need to personally check that they're not going to use it with a win10 device before you hand it over.
The blog from the summary cites no sources. Hell, they don't even hint at where they get their information. The other link to a story is a rehash of the blog post. The others are unrelated to the main story.
And in case you're wondering, the blog post doesn't say why they quit or what does "quitting" mean. One can assume from the text (though it doesn't actually say it) that the main space agency was disbanded by the government, but that's all. Why? Who knows!
This is some high-quality journalism here.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. -- Plato
