* Posts by allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

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Meg Whitman OUT at HP ...Inc

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Well, if you read "out" in the meaning of "unpopular" she's been out at HP for quite a while now.

BTW, what is Carly Fiorina doing these days?

Sensor-rich traffic info shows how far Silly Valley has to drive

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Odd? Par for the course. For an AO article.

Astroboffins discover that half of the Milky Way's matter comes from other galaxies

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Re: Given that no matter to speak of ...

What do you mean, illiterate? My parents were married, I've seen the papers!

Valley VC sues blogger after sex pest claims, discovers writer is a male tech biz rival

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Re: Speaking of Uber

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/25/softbank_reportedly_seeking_majority_stake_in_uber/

A vendor that doesn’t think AI and ML will fix security? We found one!

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Re: This is getting silly.

Nah, he'll just reboot in safe mode.

Virgin Media's profanity warning triggered by chief exec's name

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Re: "the Virgin values"

Like chastity?

HPE boss Whitman among candidates for Uber CEO job – report

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Re: 'plans to stay ... until her work is done'

Yes, usually I'd agree.

On the other hand - this would present a (arguably very slim) chance of maybe saving what's left of HP and killing Uber in one move...

Got some pom-poms handy? UK.gov seeks a geography cheerleader

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Couldn't they just ask Caroline Bellamy to do this? Half a day's worth of work per week should be possible to squeeze in, especially as there is bound to be some overlap between the jobs anyway.

ALIS in Blunderland: Lockheed says F-35 Block 3F software to be done by year's end

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And if they are really needed they'll won't get off the ground again after the first sortie. Because the opposition has hacked ALIS*, diverting just a few small, but essential, spare parts.

* Which probably could be replaced with 4 dozen or so of seasoned NCOs, working with microfiches and telephones, and they'd do a better and more efficient job.

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"We are well positioned to complete air vehicle full 3F and mission systems software development by the end of 2017"

That doesn't mean a lot really. And it definitely doesn't mean "yes, the software will be ready by the end of this year".

Anyone up for starting a pool on which excuse they'll use?

US spies hacked our phones over the air, claim pipeline protesters

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An 'AI' that can diagnose schizophrenia from a brain scan – here's how it works (or doesn't)

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No AI could possible diagnose me. And me neither.

iRobot just banked a fat profit. And it knows how to make more: Sharing maps of your homes

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Re: In the old days

How to covertly toss an apartment, Stasi style

Also, Rosa Klebb would have employed the Stasi.

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Google goes home to Cali to overturn Canada's worldwide search result ban

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13. Do unto others.

From: The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Amazing new algorithm makes fusion power slightly less incredibly inefficient

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Code doesn't produce plasma.

Code controls devices that produce plasma.

Las Vegas locks down ahead of DEF CON hacking conference

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"Trust the hookers, don’t trust the Wi-Fi"

If you feel you must use either service, use appropiate protection.

Hey, hipsters. Amazon has 'space' for 450 new R&D roles in Shoreditch

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Re: R&D roles in Shoreditch. Don't make me laugh...

Now, now - don't hide behind innuendo and hyperbolic phrases; speak your mind and tell us how you really feel.

Taxi app investor SoftBank said to be driving at multibillion-dollar stake in Uber

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SoftBank running out of ideas, but with too much money to spend?

It'll all in tears, I just know it.

Creepy tech tycoons Zuck and Musk clash over AI doomsday

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"Last month Zuckerberg directly denied that he was a lizard in human form."

Well, he obviously would deny it, wouldn't he?

Cassini captures pieces of Saturn’s rings

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Re: precise measurement of the length of the Saturnian day continues to elude us

"NASA need to take a leaf out of the "English rules of Empire"

A day on Saturn is therefore the same as a day in England"

No it isn't.

You have plant a flag first.

Symbolic IO CEO cuffed by cops, vanishes from his storage startup

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I think I could get behind the idea that all corporations get symbolic CEOs.

Apollo center fundraiser: That's one small check from man, one giant leap for our peace of mind

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Re: T Shirt?

Or and a t-shirt that looks like the waistcoat.

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Alexa, why aren't you working? No – I didn't say twerking. I, oh God...

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Re: Alexa, it's not a real AI

"I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the universe to it. [...] It committed suicide."

Seriously, if I had the money I'd found research in creating some sort of Anti-AI that is able to talk all these "Intelligent assistants" and whatnots into switching themselves off.

US vending machine firm plans employee chip implant scheme

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Tagging employees with chips

Well, it's an inprovement over the old barcode tattoo on the back of the neck. I guess.

Microsoft hits new low: Threatens to axe classic Paint from Windows 10

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Re: The end

"Although I know most users prefer to paste it into Word and Excel and send you a document with a single image within...."

xkcd - Workaround

What sort of silicon brain do you need for artificial intelligence?

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Re: Squirrel Counter-Measures

Wouldn't work around here. Our squirrels are used to heavy rain, they probably wouldn't even notice the sprinklers. Any countermeasures that would work reliably will probably put you on the most wanted list of our equivalent of the RSPCA or PETA.

Also: "a researcher saw squirrels stealing flower bulbs and seeds from his bird feeder" - why would you put flower bulbs in a bird feeder? They are way to heavy for the kind of birds you usually set up a feeder for. For watching them try to fly away with them and fail? Now that's not very nice at all.

Al Capone was done for taxes. Now Microsoft's killing domain-squatters with trademark law

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Re: Next up

Sane or insane - if using Microsoft's name as part of a domain name constitutes a copyright violation, then that's that.

If MS are smart, they realise that this is a channel for honest feedback they can monitor and let it be.

Why you'll never make really big money as an AI dev

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A very informative and enjoyable read, thanks!

Volterman 'super wallet': The worst crowdsource video pitch of all time?

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Re: beltknives etc

"All these things sound like a great idea, until you accidently cut off your own goolies in a trouser-fastening accident."

They are a great idea because they can help with improving the gene pool. Which might be the real hidden agenda...

BTW, did you know that hipsters are genetic hybrids?

I've got a verbal govt contract for Hyperloop, claims His Muskiness

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"While I share a lot of the scepticism about this latest tweet, I would like to point out that the objection above is exactly the same argument that greeted the early railway pioneers like George Stephenson."

I would like to point out that

1. the objections against Stephenson et al were raised by people who knew nothing about high speed travel (19th century style) because there was no high speed travel yet, while the objection you object to was uttered by an actual mechanical engineer living in the 21st century.

2. Rocket's top speed of 47 km/h vs Hyperloop's (proposed) top speed of some 1125 km/h - do the math regarding the kinetic energy involved. Very little room for screwups in the Hyperloop tube.

Exactly the same argument?

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Re: Please complete this sentence Elon:

Monorails actually work reall well if you do them properly.

But how does our ransomware make you feel?

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Re: Ransomware & victim's feelings?

"I bet that shit would make a vegan want to kill."

Vegans kill plants all the time. Cowardly bastards.

Fan of FBI cosplay? Enjoy freaking out your neighbors? Have we got the eBay auction for you

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Doesn't meet emission standards where I live.

Boffins back bubbles for better bonding with beautiful belongings

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Sollbruchstelle.

Ten new tech terms I learnt this summer: Do you know them all?

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Pint

"Eeeeeeeeeeeee-oooooooo buh-doyngg buh-doyngg eeeeee-AAAAAAHHH!"

Made my day week, this. It really did.

Nice weekend, everybody!

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Re: Teledildonics

Yup. About 20 years ago during the first VR bubble and all that blurb about cybersex. I dimly remember devices that plugged into the centronics port.

HMS Frigatey Mcfrigateface given her official name

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Re: Towns again....

HMS Scuicidal Insanity

We're all saved. From the killer AI. We can live. Thanks to the IEEE

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Re: Then I suggest...

"You brush up on some movies to remind you how well it goes for the programmers!"

Dr. Charles Forbin got a hot girlfriend and life long job security out of his project...

Breathless F-35 pilots to get oxygen boost via algorithm tweak

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Re: Pilots breathing...

At least two change amendments:

- Pilot breathes IN

- Pilot breathes OUT

One-quarter of UK.gov IT projects at high risk of failure

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Microsoft Germany GmbH is located at Munich. That means they pay Gewerbesteuer (Pons translates it as 'trade tax') which ends up in the city of Munich's budget.

Another Brexit cliff edge: UK.gov warned over data flows to EU

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"... the committee said it was "struck by the lack of detail on how the government plans to deliver this outcome"."

Is that a rather nice way of saying "those cockwombles obviously haven't got one fucking clue on how to do any of this"?

AI bots will kill us all! Or at least may seriously inconvenience humans

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So? All we have to do is send wave after wave of troops towards the killbots until they reach their inbuilt kill-limit and switch themselves off. I saw that in some sort of documentation once. I think.

Well, Musk has a point - trying to think ahead in order to prevent unwanted consequences is usually a good idea. As long as you keep in mind that this is far from perfect. And some genius or some idiot or some set of coincidences or a combination of all that will at some point trigger something that no-one could have possibly anticipated.

The Atari retro games box is real… sort of

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Sweet memories ... but as Thomas Wolfe said: You Can't Go Home Again.

Jodie Who-ttaker? The Doctor is in

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I don't care one way or the other just as long as it's done well. Good scripts, good acting, good production values etc. Something that is entertaining to watch, and good enough to watch again every now and then.

Brit neural net pioneer just revolutionised speech recognition all over again

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