Comment read between the lines (Score 1) 184
Should be read as...
> Arvind Krishna: "I will make sure your career suffers"
Probably not going to attract a top tier of talent with that attitude. And do all IBM's customers happen to be in NY around their headquarters? How does he expect that to work anyway?
Comment A review: yes because it doesn't taste like meat (Score 1) 282
I have tried the Beyond Burger both as purchased from the supermarket and in fast food chains and restaurants. From the supermarket, I noticed that it didn't really cook like a burger. My wife and I definitely had to treat it more like hash browns rather than a meat patty which had enough fat to keep itself from sticking. I think out of the entire pack of four patties, we got one good one and three which turned into hockey pucks. It didn't really taste like meat either, neither of us could identify what it actually tasted like - just that it wasn't bad. It wasn't good either. I suspect the marketing really hurt it here. By associating it so strongly with "meat", when it doesn't taste like meat, it's a huge disappointment.
Figuring that it was just us, we ran out to a fast food chain to try their beyond meat hamburger. This time we could identify the flavor: Both sandwiches we ordered tasted distinctly like carrots. This is through all the other stuff Burger King throws on there. It was definitely carrots. It had some nice char, but it was carrots.
Finally we tried the Dunkin' one. They were using it as a replacement for sausage in their omelettes, so it wasn't bad. At least the carroty taste sort of blended in better with the egg bowl rather than being front and center for "this isn't beef". It was definitely within the realm of something you might eat and not notice the substitution if you were a bit openminded about what a breakfast bowl would taste like. The problem here is really that the veggie taste, which is OK in this format, just seems silly. Why not order it with extra veggies or no meat at all and stick to less processed options?
Comment hahah remember when slashdot said this exact thing (Score 1) 423
Comment If anyone is interested in making one... (Score 1) 346
Comment Tell us you don't know what you're doing... (Score 1) 346
> We can't trace homemade guns
> Lets make a law saying we can trace homemade guns!
Now I am not a lawyer but people willing to shoot other people already aren't following the law.
Comment 1.6 light seconds? (Score 1) 353
1.6 light seconds is 298,052 miles or 479,668 kilometers for our metric buddies.
Halved (for the one way distance) is 149,026 mi or 239,834 km.
The circumference of the plant is 24,901 miles (40,075 km).
Were they working over a satellite in orbit halfway to the moon? What's going on here?
Comment Re:Well..... (Score 2) 258
What's the website?
Comment How many people support him? (Score 1) 387
Slashdot is only half reporting the story - how many people support him? Anyone know? Is he generally favored in the community?
Comment The tor project? (Score 1) 640
"Yeah ignore all the darkweb gun sales, drug sales, and child pornography that flow through our networks on a daily basis, lets focus on 20 years ago" -- The Tor Project
Comment hahah yeah so do I. (Score 1) 340
see subject.