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Comment Re:Hire an H1B to write headlines and summaries (Score 1) 307

The problem is it can be unclear what is meant, or if something is being implied, when people start throwing in synonyms for no real reason. We're not all experts in the field, so when a summary throws in two terms - especially one which, in common usage, often implies a deliberate act (a detonation being the initiation of an explosion) - it's not unexpected that some people might find it confusing - even if all it does is raise suspicion that there might be some extra meaning for the differentiation that's escaping the reader.

Comment Re:Obviously not many biologists here at Slashdot (Score 1) 455

It is obvious to the extreme that computers don't think, and aren't aware of anything.

Why is it obvious?

Also, "don't" does not mean "never will."

An amoeba is aware of its surroundings because it is alive.

For a particular definition of "aware" which seems rather circular, perhaps. Is a robot which can hear the name of an object being spoken, identify that object within it's visual field and pick it up with a robot hand aware of its surroundings? It's certainly capable of acting as if it is aware - and taken to an extreme, that's about all I can really say about other people.

Comment Re:Unnatural aspect ratio (Score 1) 330

In fact, I'm a bit surprised that Philips Ultra Wide monitors didn't catch on as they're even better for our eyes than the 16:9

What makes you say that? Why should wider than 16:9 necessarily be "better" for our eyes?

I thought that 16:9 was chosen as the widescreen standard (partially) because it was close to our "natural" viewing range.

the movies at the theatre are much wider and when you get it on a DVD or Blu-Ray/streaming etc

Movies are almost always released on DVD/Blu-ray at the same aspect ratio they were in at the cinema.

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