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Comment One weird issue with LibreOffice (Score 1) 271

If I paste an image into Writer, the right and bottom sides of the image have thin gray lines, but not left and top. Can't get rid of them, either.

This does not happen if I paste the same image into Word so it's obviously related to Writer.

The type of image doesn't matter (jpg, png, etc). It happens to all of them.

Comment For future use (Score 2) 10

While this is just a game, learning to predict and react to everything involved will lead to future developments. This could easily lead to robots being used in any situation where it has to interact with humans while navigating an area.

With enough training and better software, robots could expand into other areas of life such as in Japan where they are developing robots for use by and care for senior citizens.

Here's one based on a picture I have up: road construction. Instead of having humans sweating it out in the middle of July and August, have trained robots paving roads.

Comment Re:Over-zealous legislation again.... dislike! (Score 1) 163

The *real* problem is with people who aren't skilled enough at operating a motor vehicle

That is where your sentence should have ended. There is a large majority of people who do not know how to drive a motor vehicle. Braking at green lights, not turning right on red, braking going down the most insignificant hill rather than coasting, not accelerating when the light turns green, not yielding when entering a roadway, driving below the speed limit, making a turn from the middle of the lane rather than the edge, etc.

If I had a dime for every person I've been around who has done any one of the above, I'd never have to work again.

Comment Re:I've been mocked for saying it for years (Score 2) 245

With a drone, I could have it fly to wait on somebody's roof for them to come home, use license plate and facial recognition for target confirmation, and then shoot them in the face as they walk to their front door.

You'll be happy to know Ukraine is doing something very similar: drones with guns. They also have machine guns mounted on mobile drones.

Comment Re:NK Propaganda (Score 4, Insightful) 74

Nice to know who is off their meds. When you look at those videos, tell us, how many cars do you see driving on the streets? A dozen?

If NK is so great, why can't tourists go into a store and see what's there? Why does every tour group have minders who check what pictures you've taken? Why must every statue of Kim Jong Un be shown in full and not, say, missing his feet? What water park are you talking about? NK people don't go to water parks unless they're part of the elite.

It's not editorializing if it's true.

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