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Comment Re: Pyramid scheme (Score 1) 192

That sounds like a great premise for a dystopian story. The woke people of 2358 vote to thaw and revive Walt Disney to stand trial for crimes against humanity, including, but not limited to, profiting off of employeesâ(TM) labor, driving a vehicle with a combustion engine, eating meat, promoting cartoon violence, producing movies that reference and may be interpreted as endorsing individual economies based on geography, condoning and promoting the feeding of breadcrumbs to birds, building and profiting from a park where guests are forced to stand in line, less than six feet from each other - without a mask or alternative breathing apparatus, not paying proper taxes to the commune formerly known as the State of Florida, not immediately using social media to respond to centuries worth of allegations of racism, not immediately adding the flag-du-jour to his signature in every social media platform, not hitting âlikeâ(TM) on all of the presidentâ(TM)s social media posts.

Comment Re: Long term effects (Score 1) 114

The ones making my insurance payments so expensive are the thieves, at least the part of the insurance that covers robbery. If thieves get caught, there are fewer thieves, and fewer costs for insurance companies to cover. Of course someone who canâ(TM)t steal cars will just do something else to make a buck, but if it is insurance cost youâ(TM)re worried about, this type of tech will help.

Comment Elephant in the room - all 3 branches? (Score 1) 401

Are we supposed to overlook sentence number one that says that democrats took over all 3 branches of the US Government? In what parallel universe did that happen? I know there is speculation of Biden packing the Supreme Court, but it hasnâ(TM)t happened yet. The only other explanation I can think of is that the OP thinks that the Senate and House of Representatives are each their own branch of government. I have spoken to people who did believe that until I set them straight, but they were all children.

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 323

Probably more like this: Do you like Tofu? Well we don't care whether you like it or not; lots of people do like it so we are going to keep it in your fridge in case you change your mind and decide to try it. Either way, it is there taking up space. You can search for it and put it somewhere else to make room and it won't go bad, but as long as you own that fridge, you own that tofu and it is there for your enjoyment or torment.

Comment Re:Maybe because normal humans can't code (Score 1) 608

Humans are good with spatial things. ... Humans are terrible at numbers and algorithms.

Now, this guys gets it, but fails to connect it with the original article.

Programming is all about algorithms and numbers, meaning that good programmers will be those who can think in term of algorithms and numbers. And that's the problem.
The examples of pictures and objects to relate algorithms to a spatial model is spot-on. For programming to be accessible by the 'normal' human, it must be made spatial; and not just in explanations, but in practice.
I am sure that many will argue that the nature of programming is numbers and algorithms, so that's just how it is. Not true though. Programming is a layer on top of the physical world (material, time, electrical potential) that maps it to something that can be dealt with logically. Of course the people who did the mapping were those who were smart and thought in terms of numbers and algorithms. This is the first generation of computing though, and though it may last until the end of the human race, I hope not. I would like to see the next generation be a format that is more widely accessible, even if I don't live to actually 'see' it.

Comment At least... (Score 1) 98

... they're doing it while many still have somewhat of a high regard for the franchise. Once Disney's marketing prodigies butcher the upcoming installments, I think that Star Wars may become the poster-child for the evils of unchecked corporate oversight. It may take until the 25th century for that stigma to wane; just in time build a museum in New Chicago.

Comment Re:Maybe if they shipped better (Score 1) 276

Not only are the suggestions weird, but I suspect they are often lies. "Frequently bought together" usually shows items that are too similar or contradictory to have been actually bought together enough times to make it "frequent," unless the majority of Amazon's purchases are from resellers, in which case the recommendation are ill-targeted at best. You look at a backpack, and it says that it is frequently purchased with another backpack?

Comment Re:Efficiency. (Score 1) 937

There are any number of fuzzy logic problems that the computer will never be better at solving as fast and correctly as a human is, simply because the data will be missing. Everyone who claims that the new robotic car overlords will be better and safer at doing everything for us are hopelessly naive.

I look forward to the day that this post will be dug up from the archives as a jocular look back at how the ludites almost prevented the new age of safe commuting.

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