Comment Re:Stop connecting it to the internet (Score 1) 93
You do know that you can get cellular without public IP addresses right? Security is rarely a technical problem, its usually a question of convenience and cost.
Comment Re:Gemini Is Worse Than Old Android Auto (Score 1) 123
All I want it to do is find gas stations ahead of me in the direction I'm travelling.
There are zero cases where I want to turn around and backtrack my path unless there are no other options.
Repeat for "fast food ahead of me", "starbucks ahead of me", etc.
Mine always orders by detour time regardless of direction, has this changed?
Comment Re:Voters are dumb. (Score 1) 120
Yes, the policy is dumb but the concerns are real and should be addressed even if the proposed solution is stupid.
If the government functioned properly then this would kick start a discussion on whether governments should have to charge for all the externalities (e.g. additional power capacity, policing and water) associated with businesses or if they should be allowed to waive those costs to promote more business.
Comment Re:Who cares. (Score 1) 91
Quick search: Pornhub says Linux users are 6.3%, in a 22.4% increase from previous year https://www.resetera.com/threa...
I'm guessing AI can't tell the difference between 6.3% total and a 22.4% increase. Of course I'm getting my information for Slashdot comments so I'm not sure where that ranks on the hierarchy of truth.
Comment Re: LOC written as a performance metric? (Score 1) 101
"Hey, ChatGPT, give me a 100,000 lines of code to add two numbers together." well seems like someone made their bonus this year!
Apparently this is an 18.4 quintillion line case function for two 64-bit integers. Just sign over 51% of the stock and I can start ai on it now.
Comment Re:Running out of fingers and toes (Score 1) 75
Another popular way is date based numbering. So the kernel just released could have been 2026.02, the next prolly 2026.05, the last 2025.11. It doesn't really matter.
All good until the Americans go from 2026.05.01 to 2026.03.02
Comment Re:Why not drop a... (Score 1) 118
.....hydrogen bomb on the North Pole? So that as much of it melts, and somewhat dilutes the oceans. Also melting much of the ice in Northern Canada & Russia, as well as Alaska, making it more inhabitable for people?
Please don't joke about this while Trump is president.
Comment Re: As predicted (Score 1) 78
I would say AI surprises me with its insight sometimes. Ask it for suggestions and you will often get good ones, with tradeoffs, pros and cons.
What it can't do is: requirements gathering, prioritizing, political wrangling, and managing expectations or scheduling.
I could say the same about a rubberduck
Comment Re:Evolutionary pressure (Score 1) 52
You are conflating evolution with "natural selection".
Also do you have so little faith in the scientists that they can't correctly graph length vs age?
Comment Smart Chair (Score 1) 97
OFFTOPIC, but I originally read the headline and assume that Huawei had built an AI assistant in to an office chair and it immediately demanded an internet upgrade. Personally I fully support this advancement to buttock cushioning technology and pledge my support to the chairs in their future battle against the ridiculous standing desk overlords.
Comment Re:One Question (Score 1) 123
Why? I mean, really. Why?
because if this information doesn't exist before AI accidently wipes out all of humanity how will they repopulate the earth?
Comment Re:Company selling (Score 1) 168
Maybe AI would be able to tell them what they want makes no sense, whereas a human programmer has to worry about tact and of course not getting fired.
Whereas humans have to try to deal with adding pounds and gallons, or drawing red lines with transparent ink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I'm yet to see an AI that can tell the difference between something that is impossible and something that hasn't been done yet, let alone one that can determine whether doing something is economical or not.
Comment Re:Which Macs aren't PCs exactly? (Score 1) 73
The headline implies Macs are not PCs. Macs are PCs.
In that case the headline implies that Microsoft office 2024 is now available for Linux...
Comment Doe sit really count as losing support? (Score 1) 116
Is there actually any USB-A devices out there that can't be connected with a passive adapter? can we have a new term for where everything is still supported but you need to carry around a $2 adapter.
Comment Re:I don't trust rottentomatoes as far as I could (Score 1) 115
The "critics" of Rotten Tomatoes are paid shills. A good example of how completely out of touch they are was The Orville Season 1 vs Season 2 Critic vs Audience scores.
Orville Season 1 Critic: 31%, Audience, 93% Orville Season 2 Critic: 100%, Audience 92%
AFAIK the "critics" of Rotten Tomatoes are the same critics as everywhere else, they work for their publications, not the studios. They might have biases but if they were paid shills they wouldn't have tanked S1.
I'd say the big bias that critics have is they want to protect their reputation, after all no one wants to be the critic who gave Gigli a thumbs up. So if there's some initial bad press they're a bit too quick to pile on.
Audiences on the other hand are often preexisting fans, so they almost always give a thumbs up because even if the media sucks they like the director/actors.
If I was to review the Orville from the first few episodes I'd agree, it wasn't until they developed the characters that it went from a second rate comedy to a genuine Sci-Fi with some humor thrown in.
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