TheSimkin - Slashdot User

Comment Re:And yet many others disagree (Score 1) 282

by TheSimkin on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:24PM (#60111178) Attached to: Fauci: Data is "Really Quite Evident" Against Hydroxychloroquine For Coronavirus

How is this interesting? It's utter idiocy. What is wrong with slashdot, have the science minded people all left?

Comment Re:Lack of fear and groupthink prevented necessary (Score 5, Informative) 583

by TheSimkin on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:29PM (#60106048) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Did Fear and Groupthink Drive Unnecessary Global Lockdowns?

You mean the Sweden approach? That failed spectacularly. https://www.businessinsider.co...

Comment Short Answer, no (Score 2, Insightful) 137

by TheSimkin on Sunday January 26, 2020 @04:02PM (#59658210) Attached to: Is PHP Still a Worthwhile Language To Learn?

Long answer, also no.

Comment So it is now undeniable.... (Score 4, Insightful) 164

by TheSimkin on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:17PM (#59630216) Attached to: Climate Models Are Getting Future Warming Projections

Of course those that 'do not believe in man made climate change' will continue unaffected by facts or reason or scientific proof.

Comment Shouldn't this just be a feature of the browsers? (Score 1) 78

by TheSimkin on Monday December 23, 2019 @09:17PM (#59552276) Attached to: Twitter Bans Animated PNG Files After Online Attackers Targeted Users With Epilepsy

Each user can choose their own experience in terms of animated gifs/pngs etc?

Comment Hard/impossible to quantify, but the diff is huge (Score 2) 63

by TheSimkin on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:14PM (#59460342) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Much Faster Is an ASIC Than a Programmable GPU?

Just look at bitcoin mining to see. Asics do such a good job it's not even worth trying with a video card.

Comment Probably planned this way (Score 1) 145

by TheSimkin on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:36PM (#59455336) Attached to: Elon Musk Explains Why Tesla's Cybertruck Windows Smashed During Presentation

Glass that isn't supposed to break, doesn't break? nobody talks about it. Glass that isn't supposed to break, breaks? Everyone talks about it.

Comment Frustrating isn't it... try this extension. (Score 1) 117

by TheSimkin on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:50PM (#59453988) Attached to: YouTube Needs To Chill With Its Annoying Premium Spam

https://chrome.google.com/webs...

Comment Just use Bitcoin and get a PO box. (Score 0) 125

by TheSimkin on Friday October 11, 2019 @02:59PM (#59297034) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Should People Be Able To Shop Anonymously On the Internet?

Why trust the bank? That seems crazy.

Comment maybe just maybe we're all different? (Score 1) 103

by TheSimkin on Monday September 23, 2019 @12:18AM (#59225468) Attached to: Do Coders Crave a Sense of Control?

just maybe

Comment It never went away... (Score 1) 354

by TheSimkin on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:30PM (#59053798) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Is a Return To Idealism Possible In Computing?

look a little deeper.

Comment Re:ALL Cryptocurrencies Are SCAM!!! (Score 1) 42

by TheSimkin on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:18PM (#58947196) Attached to: Japan To Lead Development of SWIFT Network For Cryptocurrency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... In May 2009, von NotHaus and others were charged with federal crimes in connection with the Liberty Dollar and, on July 31, 2009, von NotHaus announced that he had closed the Liberty Dollar operation, pending resolution of the criminal charges.[4] On March 18, 2011, von NotHaus was pronounced guilty of "making coins resembling and similar to United States coins".[5][6] In late 2014, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Liberty Dollars seized in the 2007 FBI/ USSS operation should be returned to their owners.[7]

Comment MS Teams is total garbage. (Score 0) 144

by TheSimkin on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:12PM (#58905398) Attached to: Microsoft Might Crush Slack Like Facebook Crushed Snapchat

MS Teams is total garbage.

Comment Re:All countries should/must ban cryptocurrencies! (Score 1) 116

by TheSimkin on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @06:05PM (#58747120) Attached to: Proposed Law in India Would Imprison Anyone Who Uses Cryptocurrency

https://youtu.be/lxbGwYQyLUE

Comment Re:All countries should/must ban cryptocurrencies! (Score 2) 116

by TheSimkin on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @06:03PM (#58747108) Attached to: Proposed Law in India Would Imprison Anyone Who Uses Cryptocurrency

https://i.redd.it/yk8f10vylq33...

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