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Comment Re:U.S. War Department? (Score 5, Insightful) 64

Why don't you do the slightest bit of research before posting. Yes it absolutely does require an act of Congress to rename the Department of Defense officially and legally. He signed an executive order allowing a couple secondary names to be used in public communications, he is pretending to rename it by dead-naming its official name and giving the department a nickname.

Comment IoT (Score 1) 66

Why are we still talking about AI when what's really going to change the world is IPv6 and the Internet of Things! Your toaster, your blender, and even your knife will have IP addresses and be connected to the Internet.. You knife will tell you when it needs sharpening, your toaster will send a push notification when your toast is done, you will be able to remotely start your blender and have a smoothie waiting for you by the time you walk through the door... REMEMBER!??

Comment Just like electricity... (Score 2, Insightful) 154

I don't "rent" electricity, I pay for someone else to generate it and then I own what I've consumed. It does not get returned to the company and there are no restrictions on how I use it.

I'm gonna have to say that's how I want my computer, too. I might delegate certain tasks but I'm never buying into this subscription based cloud computer crap.

Comment Incentives. (Score 1) 187

Quality takes time: time to design, time to implement, and time to test before release.

The market has favored time to market and continuous delivery over quality. If we start putting a premium on quality then quality will return, plain and simple. Perhaps the pendulum will soon turn around, perhaps not.

Comment Re: This article suggests.... (Score 1) 63

Dude, you're unhinged and completely ignoring the facts.

If they had only collected DNA from people who actually committed a crime then there wouldn't be a story. The whole story is about the lack of oversight leading to overreach that affected citizens never charged and never convicted of a crime.

An estimated 95 were minors, some as young as 14. The entries also include travelers never charged with a crime and dozens of cases where agents left the "charges" field blank. In other files, officers invoked civil penalties as justification for swabs that federal law reserves for criminal arrests.

Comment Re:For now (Score 1) 119

I made this prediction 20 years ago, back when China started obviously making inroads into technology beyond just manufacturing. I have been waiting 20 years already for the cost of labor to equalize, might have to wait another 20 to 50 years before it actually happens.

So you're not wrong, but don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen any time soon.

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