edibobb - Slashdot User

Comment Questionable. (Score 1) 432

by edibobb on Sunday April 28, 2019 @03:24PM (#58506154) Attached to: Electric Vehicles In Germany Emit More CO2 Than Diesel Ones, Study Shows

According to the article, they consider the CO2 required to make batteries but not the CO2 required to make diesel engines. It's also questionable when they push methane, which releases CO2 when burned. They didn't mention who funded the study.

Comment Why not? (Score 1) 275

by edibobb on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:44PM (#58359586) Attached to: Mark Zuckerberg Wants The Government To Help Police Internet Content

We should let President Trump decide what is allowed on sites like Facebook and Slashdot. That way there's no more "enemy of the people." He knows what's best for us.

Comment Hefty? (Score 1) 48

by edibobb on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:35PM (#57833666) Attached to: India Launches Hefty Communications Satellite Into Orbit to Cap Busy 2018

The Indian satellite is a little over half the weight of the GPS satellite SpaceX intends to launch (9,700 lbs).

Comment Re:and ... and ... (Score 1) 166

by edibobb on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:20AM (#57598250) Attached to: Childhood Obesity Linked To Air Pollution From Vehicles

That is 100% correct.
1. Calories digested - calories burned = fat.

Incidentally...
2. Correlation <> causation.

Comment I'd buy a one, but... (Score 0) 130

by edibobb on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:48PM (#57507736) Attached to: Intel Launches 9th Generation Core Processors; Core i9-9900K Benchmarked

I'd buy one, but it won't run Windows 7.

Comment Unethical Medical Research (Score 1, Informative) 67

by edibobb on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:58PM (#55572433) Attached to: Y Combinator Cuts Ties With Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program

How would you like to test a live virus herpes vaccine without the dealing with all those cumbersome FDA regulations? http://www.newsweek.com/peter-...

Submission + - Donald Trump accused of obstructing satellite research into climate change

Submitted by edibobb on Sunday November 05, 2017 @05:33PM

edibobb writes: President Trump has been accused of deliberately obstructing research on global warming after it emerged that a critically important technique for investigating polar sea-ice extent and concentration is being blocked.

A key polar satellite used to measure the arctic ice cap failed a few days ago, leaving the US with only three others, and those have lived well beyond their shelf lives. Scientists say there is no chance a new one can be launched until 2023 or later. None of the current satellites will still be in operation then. This will put an end to nearly 40 years of uninterrupted data on polar ice.

It seems like there would be a backup satellite, right? In fact, there was a backup satellite ready to go. Then the Trump Administration destroyed it, by order of the US Congress. They said the storage costs were too high.

Comment What comes next? (Score 1) 189

by edibobb on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:38PM (#55227873) Attached to: What Comes After User-Friendly Design?

Apparently the crap we have now. I haven't seen a new user-friendly interface for 15 or 20 years. And get off my lawn!

Comment Just for the record... (Score 4, Informative) 115

by edibobb on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:59PM (#55133503) Attached to: Thousands of Job Applicants Citing Top Secret US Government Work Exposed In Amazon Server Data Breach

Amazon is not the one responsible for this. It's the idiot who didn't bother to secure the data. Amazon just gets attention in the headline.

Comment Backups? (Score 1) 215

by edibobb on Sunday June 11, 2017 @11:04AM (#54596119) Attached to: Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers of Dutch Hosting Provider

Why no secure backups? Idiots.

Comment Brilliant Move! (Score 1) 421

by edibobb on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @05:36PM (#54173659) Attached to: IoT Garage Door Opener Maker Bricks Customer's Product After Bad Review

That was just about as stupid a move as a person can make in business. It's likely to have killed any hope they had of success. Denis Grisak might or might not be decent at technical matters, but he should never have any interaction with customers, and probable should not be included in business decisions.

Comment Terrifying? (Score 1) 467

by edibobb on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:06AM (#54148475) Attached to: Amazon and Walmart Are In An All-Out Price War That Is Terrifying Big Brands

Lower prices are terrifying? That's one sensational headline. Is Slashdot trying to take over Gawker's business?

Comment Huh? (Score 2) 130

by edibobb on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @12:29PM (#54088817) Attached to: Reddit To Transform Into a Social Network With New Profile Pages

It's not April 1 yet, is it? I'd add more, but I need to update my MySpace profile.

Comment Just one more step in dumbing down anapplication. (Score 1) 105

by edibobb on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:59PM (#53761119) Attached to: 'Here's Where Google Hid Chrome's SSL Certificate Information'

"Just think how much money we'll save on tech support and development when the application doesn't do anything at all!"

Comment Does the RNC know about this? (Score 1) 119

by edibobb on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:55AM (#53748553) Attached to: New York Approves Largest US Offshore Wind Farm Off Long Island

This does NOT abide by the party line. Our federal government will NOT allow it.

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