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bywealthychef
2014 @11:47AM
(#47494881)
Attached to: "Intelligent" Avatars Poised To Manage Airline Check-In
I agree and disagree. I agree that these new terminals are a waste of money from a "please the customer" standpoint. However, clearly the idea that flying in the modern age is stressful is evidence that the miracle of modern flight is wasted on us. Because there is occasionally a 3 hour delay to a 5 hour flight to cross the country, somehow this is an unacceptable level of stress in our lives? In historical context, this is absurd. I just add 2-3 hours to my flight times and don't worry. If we can speed it up, great. But if not, we are already experiencing a miracle by the standards of a generation ago!
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bywealthychef
2014 @11:00AM
(#47494561)
Attached to: "Intelligent" Avatars Poised To Manage Airline Check-In
Yes, we have it so bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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bywealthychef
2014 @10:26AM
(#47494373)
Attached to: States That Raised Minimum Wage See No Slow-Down In Job Growth
NO, I say before you pay the lawyers you give the people back what they are owed. So the fines should be difference you state PLUS lawyers fees. Ånd the lawyer fees should not be exorbitant.
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bywealthychef
2014 @03:46PM
(#47439373)
Attached to: FAA Pressures Coldwell, Other Realtors To Stop Using Drone Footage
I don't understand the commercial vs. private distinction here. Why is private drone US fine but commercial not?
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bywealthychef
2014 @11:41AM
(#47393749)
Attached to: Are Tethers the Answer To the Safety Issues of Follow-Me Drone Technology?
I think that as self-driving car technology improves, the collision detection technology will find its way into drones. This is not much of a safety issue. More of an annoyance. Welcome to the new world, just get used to shit whizzing through the air and doing stuff.
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bywealthychef
2014 @11:28AM
(#47393705)
Attached to: New Snowden Leak: of 160000 Intercepted Messages, Only 10% From Official Targets
The point is not to make a dent in the collective ignorance of Americans. That's asking a lot. What is the point is to uncover the man behind the green curtain, who promises us he is keeping us safe with his awesome powers, but is instead bumbling around, lying, and providing a fertile ground for abuse by collecting too much information and having an opaque process. Evil loves the darkness, even when the "good guys" are the ones that turn the light out in the name of national security.
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bywealthychef
2014 @01:44PM
(#47352331)
Attached to: White House May Name Patent Reform Opponent As New Head of Patent Office
What it is with this guy: in order to rise the top you must make promises to powerful insiders, lie to the people, give them just enough to prevent revolt, but keep fattening your patrons. It's all about insiders vs. outsiders, not Democrats vs. Republicans. Obama is not a "liberal." He is the ultimate insider.
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bywealthychef
2014 @05:55AM
(#47193803)
Attached to: Mesa 10.2 Improves Linux's Open-Source Graphics Drivers
Who knew? thanks for the info, I was under a mistaken impression perhaps
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bywealthychef
2014 @02:50PM
(#47191463)
Attached to: Mesa 10.2 Improves Linux's Open-Source Graphics Drivers
Interesting -- I would have thought if you buy an NVIDIA card that it won't work properly without NVIDIA's driver. Same for ATI. You're saying that Mesa gives hardware support for those cards?
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bywealthychef
2014 @09:42AM
(#47190131)
Attached to: Mesa 10.2 Improves Linux's Open-Source Graphics Drivers
It's relevant, but if you install a video card, you are going to use the vendor's OpenGL stack for most of your rendering, and that's probably the majority of users.
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bywealthychef
2014 @10:52AM
(#47109483)
Attached to: German Authorities Lack Evidence To Prosecute Anyone For NSA Spying
Even accepting your idea that there should be no limits on espionage, one big problem here is that the espionage was discovered. If you are going to spy on me, I'd better not find out about it. That's just the way the game is played. If it were OK to do, they wouldn't call it "spying," they would call it "looking."
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bywealthychef
014 @11:04AM
(#47092785)
Attached to: Twitter Capitulates To Governments, Censors Users
Facebook did not start with a marketing department. It caught on because it delivered something people wanted and was easy to use. Same with twitter. They started making money and used the money to grow their product. The open source model does not follow that process. Getting angry and whining does not get you anywhere. To increase usage, you have to provide something people want and understand how to use. Saying "use xmpp" is not going to work. You need to say "use this cute app to chat with your friends anonymously" Leave the jargon out of it.
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bywealthychef
014 @12:42PM
(#46973639)
Attached to: Anti-Surveillance Mask Lets You Pass As Someone Else
"in your face crime?" LOL unintentional puns are the funniest
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bywealthychef
014 @12:38PM
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Attached to: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Experts Unable To Replicate Inmarsat Analysis
anus hehehe
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bywealthychef
014 @04:44PM
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Attached to: Kerry Says US Is On the "Right Side of History" When It Comes To Online Freedom
"I also hope that you won't let the world forget the places where those who hold their government to standards go to jail rather than win prizes" uh huh, we are really giving Snowden a prize right?
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