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Comment Re:Blood diamonds anyone? (Score 3, Insightful) 110

And which girls think it is cool that someone dug up a rock in a mine? Most of them care how diamonds look. Between lab grown and natural, there is no difference in that regard. Without lab equipment it is hard for any person just to look at a diamond and tell where it originated. The value of the diamond is currently about bragging rights; but that price is artificially controlled by DeBeers.

Comment Re:Blood diamonds anyone? (Score 2) 110

Diamonds are not as rare as the industry would like the public to believe. Cartels like DeBeers control the supply. For the purposes of jewelry, synthetic ones have less variability which makes them more attractive for manufacturing. The main drawback is the stigma. If the public sentiment shifts to not caring, then DeBeers will face a decline.

Comment AI? (Score 1) 115

*Definitely* we need to have a conversation about where AI is going.

Probably, but I don't see AI mentioned on the product page, and I do see a picture of a handheld FPV controller, so I don't think that conversation would be in relation to this product specifically. Yes, it's a small step from "robot dog" to "AI-controlled robot dog", but the same goes for anything with a control system.

Comment Re:Welcome to the machine (Score 1) 260

No it's not "whoosh", that implies you told a joke which I missed the punch line of.

Whoosh means it went over your head. And it still continues to elude your understanding apparently.

. You fundamentally not understanding what hyperbole is has its own humerus merits for sure, but for a whoosh you need to be in on the joke, not part of it.

What something being COMPLETELY UNTRUE that it no longer qualifies as hyperbole do you not understand?

Plus you also don't personally own the definition of "hellscape" which, since hell doesn't exist and no one knows what it looks like anyway is pretty much by definition a term of hyperbole.

WHEN THE FUCK DID I SAY THAT I DID, PUPPY MURDERER? Now you're LYING as I NEVER said that I owned anything. He's never worked in a hellscape. But you will excuse anything he said, won't you?

Comment Re:Pretty cool that they can control it when signa (Score 1) 54

I would suspect a major part of security is through obscurity as few people know how Voyager is controlled. The second part is the large array of radio antenna to receive messages and a powerful transmitter to send messages. The last part of security is the impact. What benefit does a malicious party get from hacking Voyager. They control a telescope that is not really reporting on much these days.

Comment Re:Welcome to the machine (Score 1) 260

You seem confused about the difference between hyperbole and simply making shit up.

Again, WHOOOOOOOOOOOSH. He made shit up as I seriously doubt he has worked in a hellscape as a basis of comparison. I doubt he's worked at Google or Microsoft either. What he describes is what happens at MOST companies. The difference is I acknowledge everything I said was made up while you excuse his dishonesty as "hyperbole", Puppy murderer.

Comment Re:Welcome to the machine (Score 1) 260

If you conflate hyperbole with dishonesty, then you are so far out of bound of anything approaching normal English that it would be impossible ot have an actual discussion with you.

And you do not seem to understand when hyperbole is so extreme that it is dishonesty, dog kicker. Also I saw that you didn’t say bless you when a child sneezed. You must also be a child murderer with your displays of cruelty.

Cast in point: I pointed out hyperbole and you accused me of lying.

Woosh. It seems you don’t understand the point, child murderer. After all, anything I say is covered by hyperbole, according to you, dog kicker.

Comment Re:Welcome to the machine (Score 1) 260

People who don't understand hyperbole should be strung up in the town square, publicly eviscerated, and garlands hung of their entrails.

I prefer honesty when discussing things. Apparently you do not.

They're saying it's a shitty company, OK? Are they not allowed to say that because Thames Water is LITERALLY a shitty company? And only companies spewing actual non metaphorical shit can be shitty?

Then SAY it is a shitty company. I don't have issues with saying Google and Microsoft are terrible companies.

Also taking on some equivalent of "staving children in North Korea have it worse" is just lame. We all know that. No one's saying that google is equivalent to slave labour or some shit.

So being precise in my words offends you then. Hellscape has a meaning. Working in an office is not that meaning.

Wondering if you inveterately work from home because you appear to have forgotten how normal conversation works.

I am wondering why you would assume something about someone you know nothing about. By your logic, I must assume you kick dogs for fun based on your response. #whataboutism

Comment Re:Welcome to the machine (Score 2) 260

As of the 2020s, modern Google has become the hellscape you'd expect from old-school Microsoft, and long-term, it will lead to their undoing.

I have a problem with your use of the word "hellscape". What you describe is most companies these days. Working in a mine as slave labor might be a hellscape. Working in an office where employees should not stage a political protest is not a hellscape.

Comment What a clickbait title (Score 5, Informative) 60

First of all, it is not just Microsoft saying not to use iPerf3. The developers of iPerf3 says it is not fully supported on Windows. They recommend using the previous version iPerf2. Second, both companies "recommend" that you do not use it as it is unsupported. You might get it to work but the results might be suspect. Neither company is stopping you from using it.

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