notdorsal - Slashdot User

Comment Free Returns! (Score 1) 43

by notdorsal on Sunday February 01, 2026 @11:06AM (#65962434) Attached to: Apple Switches to Build-to-Order Systems on Its Web Site

I think the big news is that your can return a "custom" configuration. In the past, you could not return a custom config.

Comment Siri doesnâ(TM)t know prime numbers either (Score 1) 119

by notdorsal on Friday March 21, 2025 @05:19PM (#65250811) Attached to: 'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?'

Ask for primes from one to eleven.

Comment Apple is a hardware company (Score 1) 119

by notdorsal on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:50PM (#65250445) Attached to: 'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?'

AI is not hardware. QED.

Comment Winner of Cash Burning award (Score 1) 38

by notdorsal on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:02AM (#65112233) Attached to: OpenAI's Stargate Deal Heralds Shift Away From Microsoft

AI has the worst Benefit Per Dollar of any tech.

Submission + - Will COVID make better astronauts?

Submitted by notdorsal on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:48PM

notdorsal writes: COVID gave us new norms: Working alone, indoors, in a small space. Socialization via a screen rather than in person. Eating prepared meals rather than cooking a meal. These were also considered the negatives of long-term space travel. But now, the young people of today consider such things normal. Did the kids of today inadvertently get better prepared for being the Mars astronauts of the future?

Comment What is the pupose of a seat on the floor? (Score 1) 31

by notdorsal on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @04:12PM (#64506123) Attached to: Wall Street Moves To Fastest Settlement of Trades in a Century

If a computer can process thousands, if not more, trades in the time it takes for a human to yell out an order and another human to record that order, why have humans on the floor?

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