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Comment If Sapir-Whorf is true, you must be Swedish (Score 2) 127

Bad analogy. Consider rape. The thing that is taken is the right to say no. Not to say I'm equating the degree of the two. Rape is always wrong, but the legal right to say no because of bad copyright law, not always.

The literal translation of "copyright infringement" in Swedish is "brainchild rape".

Comment Think of all the job opportunties (Score 1) 106

From TFS:

It is (...) approximately three times heavier than a typical (European) human heart>/quote> This guy can now work as one of those specialists that break bad news to people ('you're fired', 'the operation was not a success', 'Paul Walker died', 'your son was KIA').

No lying when he says: "It's with a heavy heart that I inform you that..."

Comment Drones (Score 1) 154

From TFS:

'Researchers are developing computers capable of "approximate computing" to perform calculations good enough for certain tasks that don't require perfect accuracy, potentially doubling efficiency and reducing energy consumption.'

I am, for one, welcoming our new approximately accurate, longer-range drone overlords.

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