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Comment Re: More than one Meaning (Score 0) 96

Yea, but when? This is far from a common usage of the word,

No it's not. You conveniently left out another definition of conscientious:

careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous.

conscientious application to the work at hand.

In re: your question, the person would pay attention to the details of harming someone as they were instructed. For example, a mob hit. They wouldn't just walk up to the person in broad daylight with hundreds of people around and shoot/stab them (though this has happened). Instead, they would observe the target, find out their routine, where they live, then, when that person is alone and it is dark, go out and kill them. The hitman was conscientious in how they did their task. They paid attention to the details and did their job well.

English isn't your first language, is it?

Comment Re:So the misinformation has some truth to it... (Score 1) 63

Intel pretty much figured that designed in the USA - manufactured elsewhere would continue to be a viable business model for the foreseeable future. Spoiler alert: it wasn't.

And yet, there are numerous other companies who use this same model. Look at their packaging. Designed in USA, made in China (usually China), but also Philippines, Thailand, etc.

Let's see if these companies get the same treatment. Spoiler alert: they won't.

Comment I remember (Score 2) 148

During the Bush depression, J.P. Morgan was selling a product to its customers that it was simultaneously betting against. According to Jamie Dimon, these were "sophisticated" investors who knew the risks.

Can't wait for this to happen with all the real estate and crypto scams which will be foisted on investors retirement accounts.

Comment Re:And yet iOS still has... (Score 1) 80

For the most part they don't have save buttons, things automatically save as you edit them.

Is there a way to turn this nightmare off? No way I want what I do automatically saved until I'm sure it's where I want it. I keep multiple copies of work because they have different edits and sometimes I refer back to something I did previously.

Comment Re:So much for privacy (Score 1) 69

If you think the video footage wont be used for anything other than delivery, think again. That data will be kept for proof of delivery but cloud searchable by every LEO looking for activity in the area suspected of a crime with full facial recognition software, plate readers, and GPS backed by AI to identify potential targets. Amazon already handed your Ring data over, whats to stop it from happening again since there is no more expectation of privacy in the brave new world.

Maybe Scott McNealy was a prophet

"You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." - McNealy, 1999

Comment Re:People will oppose this (Score 1) 69

Unless it's a delivery to my residence, I don't want it within my airspace. Keep above the public transportation routes until they reach the destination, whether that's at 50ft or 400ft or even 1000ft don't buzz over personal residences.

 

You can't even enforce that 1000 ft rule over congested airspace with manned aircraft. What makes you think you can stop it with drones? 1K ft is the FAA minimum for congested areas, and it drops to 500ft in less congested areas.

The best you can hope for is 500ft as the crow flies, and then a controlled vertical drop in front of the target residence.

Comment Re: seafloor carbon-fiber cannoli (Score 1) 123

Not a problem. You can build your home on the East Coast in a flood zone which is impacted by hurricanes every few years. Then, when your home is destroyed because you didn't want to spend the money to make it hurricane-resistant, you get to pay to rebuild. Not your insurance company, and definitely not the government.

To see why we have "budensome" regulations, look at Boeing jets.

Comment Re:Time to close the doors? (Score 4, Informative) 74

No. The *correct* way to fix this is to resolve the root cause:

How funding is awarded.

Currently, the paradigm is 'publish or perish', because science funding is only handed out to 'rockstars' by politicians who dont understand the fundamental value of boring replication work.

Politicians? Try college faculty administrations. No publish, no tenure. That goes whether the researcher or the school is getting a government grant or not. This is an academic culture problem, not a political problem.

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