Comment Answer for "Why now, and why Google?" (Score 1) 18
Some Google exec's mother got scammed by a text message.
Comment The Tao of Programming (Score 2) 338
The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.
Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.
Comment Re:Julia 1.10 is a real improvement over 1.9 (Score 1) 14
Julia code is as readable as Python, and almost as fast as C. It doesn't have the libraries to make it a Matlab replacement, yet, in my understanding.
Comment Re:They're killing singaporean damien lee quicker (Score 0) 184
The article is looking at the time span from the 1970s to today. Your link only looks at 2010 to today. That cuts off the 1980s and 1990s, a particularly violent era, and thereby gives a false impression for this discussion (whether or not there is a negative correlation between serial killers and mass shootings).
Comment Re:What's the Process? (Score 1) 36
They acquired some postcards that Jobs had sent somebody.
IMPORTANT: Handwriting analysis is unscientific bullshit. The National Academy of Sciences report said that handwriting analysis “does not have the capacity to consistently, and with a high degree of certainty, demonstrate a connection between evidence and a specific individual or source.”
Comment Actual Research (Score 5, Informative) 49
The actual research article is better. https://www.sciencedirect.com/...
The cumulative impact probability was 1/2700, now 1/1750. There's a specific encounter in 2182 that has an individual impact probability of 1/2700.
Comment Re:Socrates 469-399 B.C. (Score 2) 86
Nope, fake news. This quote is not from Socrates, but from Kenneth Freeman in 1907. https://quoteinvestigator.com/...
Comment Big Business (Score 0) 186
Three Microsoft stories followed by a Facebook story??? Slashdot, how I miss thee...
Comment Bad Headline (Score 3, Informative) 531
If you click deeply enough to read the actual pledge, it's about child porn and the use of the internet to groom and target children for sexual exploitation. There's something vague about keeping kids away from viewing porn, which could mean anything and so means nothing.
Comment Title doesn't reflect article (Score 5, Informative) 95
RTFA: from gills, not from fins.
Comment Self-reported (Score 3, Informative) 42
FTA: "In fact, Daily Kanban has discovered that Tesla has self-reported an NOx noncompliance at its Fremont, CA factory that may be contributing to delays in the production of the firm’s new Model X SUV."
Comment Never underestimate... (Score 2) 200
Never underestimate the ability of non-security programmers and hardware people to overestimate their own security prowess.
Comment Re: Wait you mean the HQ for Dice isn't a casino? (Score 1) 132
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Submission + - The Game Theory of Life (simonsfoundation.org)
An anonymous reader writes: In what appears to be the first study of its kind, computer scientists report that an algorithm discovered more than 50 years ago in game theory and now widely used in machine learning is mathematically identical to the equations used to describe the distribution of genes within a population of organisms. Researchers may be able to use the algorithm, which is surprisingly simple and powerful, to better understand how natural selection works and how populations maintain their genetic diversity.
Submission + - NADA Is Terrified Of Tesla
cartechboy writes: It's no secret that the National Automobile Dealers Association has been trying to block Tesla from selling cars directly from consumers, but to date, it has been defeated countless times in many states. Now NADA put out a release and promotional video touting the benefits of dealer franchises, something Tesla has shunned. NADA mentions price competition, consumer safety, local economic benefits, and added value. While NADA argues its points, there's no question that Tesla could easily turn around and argue right back with valid counter points. There may be some truth to NADA's claims, but there are some gaping holes in the arguments that can't be ignored, and I'm sure Tesla won't. Hey NADA, you scared?
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