Comment Does this mean fewer animated GIFs in chats? (Score 4, Informative) 11
If so, it's a win in my book.
Comment So Tata's success would come at China's expense (Score 1, Interesting) 11
... and China has hundreds/thousands of government-sponsored hacking teams. Nah, I'm sure there's no connection there.
Comment Either this is a dupe... (Score 4, Insightful) 76
Or Ford has no hired 700 senior engineers.
Comment Re:They're not ice giants (Score 1) 42
Well, at least there's no war in Ba-Sing-Se.
Comment Re:Fuck Astronomers! (Score 1) 42
If cartoons have taught me anything, it's that gravity doesn't have any effect unless I look down.
That's not enough to make you fall... you also need to wave at the audience, breaking the fourth wall.
Comment Re:The suit is nonsense (Score 1) 77
I did use the qualifier "most".
Comment Re:The suit is nonsense (Score 4, Funny) 77
Training an AI is exactly the same as training a human mind
I dunno about that... for one thing, most humans don't confidently spout nonsense unless alcohol is involved.
Comment Actually, this indicates quite the opposite (Score 5, Interesting) 73
Companies don't spin off business lines into independent subsidiaries when they foresee lots of profits in the future... this is what they do when they're trying to cut their losses.
In other words - IBM is basically cutting their losses with regards to quantum computing. They may technically keep the unit alive, but they're gonna tighten expenditures significantly.
Comment Re:Deciphering documents you can't view first-hand (Score 2) 50
omnis tuus basus est belongus ad nos
Comment Deciphering documents you can't view first-hand? (Score 2) 50
Seems like perfect circumstances for using hallucination-prone techniques!
#whatcouldpossiblygowrong
Comment Super-Puffs? (Score 3, Funny) 9
Do they live by the super-sea, and frolic in the autumn mist in the land of super-honalee?
Comment Re:No good options here (Score 2) 114
Bloat in Windows is in a whole different league that Linux "bloat". If a machine was able to run Windows 10 - heck, even if it ran Windows 7 or probably even XP - it should be able to handle a user-friendly distro like Linux Mint just fine.
Comment The Vision Pro went from $3499 to $3699 (Score 2, Funny) 123
Man, I hope the price increase doesn't kill the product's sales momentum!
Comment Re:Shows you what they were thinking (Score 4, Interesting) 97
The surprising part is that any of the engineers went back after the company had treated them like that. I guess they'll just be saving money until they get sacked again.
What alternative do you think these guys had? They've got bills to pay and families to feed, and all of these companies have been dumping skilled employees like crazy due to leadership's sophomoric belief that AI can do everything.
Comment Re:Almost good, but... (Score 1) 204
Trucks carry cargo
From what I've seen, this is rarely true... unless you count grocery bags as "cargo".
