That's great for Apple that they hired an expert on machine learning.

Now all they need are google sized volumes of data to train their learning algorithms! So-called deep learning is very data hungry. If Apple wants to train their algorithms about the behavior of people, they will need to start saving a TON of data about Apple customers. Could this be the beginning of the end of Apple's excellent privacy policies?

The current rate of warming is about 50 times higher than any warming cycle detected in the geologic record.

So if we attribute the typical Milankovitch Cycle warming rate to be caused by natural orbital change, that would leave another 98% of the warming to be attributed to other, non-Milankovitch causes. Such as man-made global warming.

Nope. Wrong. FALSE!

I have just finished re-reading the Nunes Memo, and nowhere does it assert that Steele is "the SOLE source of the Russian based intel used to create the FISA request." That's a narrative the right wing likes to put forth, but the Nunes Memo pointedly never says that.

In fact, the Russia investigation began with an Australian diplomat reporting to the FBI about bragging done by George Papadopoulos, another Trump advisor approached by Russians.

In fact, Carter Page was on the FBI's radar as early as 2013 due to contacts with Russian spies, spies who were later criminally charged. All along, Page's associates remarked how very pro-Russia he was. After Page joined the Trump campaign, he was invited to Russia for "discussions" and traveled there in July 2016. He got permission from the campaign to go, and reported back to the campaign afterwards about his Russian trip. These reasons, all external to the Steele Dossier, are part of why the FBI sought FISA warrants on Page's international communications.

Please, the assertion that the Russia investigation depends solely on the Steele Dossier is flat out false. And while we're on the subject of the Steele Dossier, it's also false to claim it was entirely funded by the Democrats. That oppo research was originally funded by the Washington Free Beacon, a website funded by major GOP. donor Paul Singer. Singer hired Fusion GPS to do oppo research on several GOP candidates.

Actually, big planes have plenty of emergency doors, and they very rarely go "pop." According to https://aviation-safety.net/ai... a boeing 747-400 has 10 exits that can be used in emergency, plus a cockpit hatch.

Thank you, Jared, now I understand.

Speaking only for myself, I am forgetful enough that if I don't immediately return the phone to one pocket or another, disaster may ensue. (Of course, this assumes the continued existence of phones so tiny they actually fit in pockets!) My phone unlocks when the appropriate finger touches the sensor on the back as I reach into a pocket, but I can see how face-up phone storage would imply different optimizations.

Honestly, why is a fingerprint scanner built into the display better than one on the back? On my phone, the scanner is high up in the center of the back, right where my index finger goes naturally when I grab the phone. This makes one-handed operation smooth and easy.

Seems to me a scanner on the front is just an ergonomically inferior gimmick. Perhaps some enlightened soul can cure my ignorance...

> You slobbered so much corrupt Clinton knob with that
> post that you need to change your name to Monica.

Observation: Anon Conservative cannot contest the facts so Anon Conservative shifts to personal attacks.

Translation: Anon Conservative is admitting defeat.

If you are referring to declaring current voting systems "critical infrastructure" I hardly see that as a major push to nationalize. If you are referring to something else, please be so kind as to provide infor,mation and links.

By the same argument, shouldn't Trump stick to what he knows? Such as preserving a huge inheritance, real estate development, managing beauty contests, replacing trophy wives, and clever tax evasion strategies?

The argument for Trump is that his success in his chosen fields, real estate development and building a personal "brand", qualifies him for the many disparate things required of a president. Why doesn't the same argument apply to Hawking? Despite extreme physical disabilities, he's a financial and scientific success with a powerful personal "brand." You have not provided any reason to value Hawking's political opinions less than Trump's.

Isaac Newton was so close to "right" that we still use Newton's equations instead of Einstein's 100 years after Einstein proved Newton wrong. Hawking is probably "wrong" in a similar way.

OTOH, Trump has proved himself wrong each time he has contradicted himself. If someone emits a pair of contradictory statements, then one of the pair must be false, and in most of Trump's cases, there's no room for "so close to right." So how often has Trump emitted contradictory pairs? See this list. I know you may disagree with the politics of the source, but if Trump made those statements, then Trump is wrong - in a big way - hundreds of times.

Because shorter wavelengths of light are preferentially scattered off the molecules in the earth's atmosphere (that's also why the sunset is orange - - when a light ray (low angled at sunset) passes thru enough atmosphere, most of the blue and green get scattered away). Why does light scatter that way? Because the molecules are much smaller than the wavelengths involved, but the closer the size ratio, the bigger the interaction. Why? There's probably some confusing equation in electrodynamics that explains it based on Maxwell's equations, but it's not a very satisfying explanation. And if it is satisfying, the "Why are Maxwell's equations true" question will probably be a stumper. Or the why after that. I don't think you can actually get to the bottom of the "why" questions.

Google brought in Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz to tell the jury that Sun had already blessed Google's use of Java. Perhaps the jury believed Mr Schwartz's testimony.

This architect doesn't seem to know enough about the physics of optimizing convective flow. It should be shaped more like a nuclear plant cooling tower, with a broader base, bigger cross section air inlets at the bottom, a bit of taper, and much larger diameter to height ratio.

> and then to turn around and sell the details of your life for even more money.

Not exactly. Google's ad model depends on them knowing a whole lot more about your life than anyone else. They don't sell the details of your life, they sell access to you based on their superior knowledge the details of your life, If they sold the details, their knowledge wouldn't be very superior for very long, would it? That's why it actually behooves Google to keep your details secret from their customers and only sell access.

Scientific Linux 6.0 thru 6.6 also use kernel 2.6.32. I'm seeing kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm dated 15-Dec-2015 as the newest SL6 kernel, The Upstream Vendor says they'll be supporting EL6 for 10 or 11 years, so roughly until 2020. Perhaps they'll be backporting changes from newer kernels to 2.6.32?