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@boner said in In other news today...:
could quite easily have suffocated
Another potential Darwin Award winner deprived of his award.
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@benjamin-hall said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@benjamin-hall said in In other news today...:
until there are no "safe" words left.
There will always be new words, or repurposed old words.
Repurposing the old ones keeps some fragments of the old invidious meaning. But yeah.
The problem I have with repurposing old words is that it can, if it catches on, give entirely different meanings to innocuous words. The most obvious example: Someone of today's generation reading, say, "I bet I'll have a gay time" in Tom Sawyer will have a completely different understanding of that sentence that Mark Twain intended. Even if the reader knows its original meaning, the current meaning will still influence the reader's interpretation.
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@hardwaregeek Sounds like we need to find that image of that Iron Man and Captain America panel.
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Hmm. I need to look at my fire extinguishers...
The recall involves 134 models of Kidde fire extinguishers manufactured between January 1, 1973 and August 15, 2017
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
@benjamin-hall said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@benjamin-hall said in In other news today...:
until there are no "safe" words left.
There will always be new words, or repurposed old words.
Repurposing the old ones keeps some fragments of the old invidious meaning. But yeah.
The problem I have with repurposing old words is that it can, if it catches on, give entirely different meanings to innocuous words. The most obvious example: Someone of today's generation reading, say, "I bet I'll have a gay time" in Tom Sawyer will have a completely different understanding of that sentence that Mark Twain intended. Even if the reader knows its original meaning, the current meaning will still influence the reader's interpretation.
But any change in language or culture could do that. Mr. Darcy was worth a thousand pounds a year. You need quite in depth knowledge of the period to realise that that made him among the super rich and probably one of the richest handful of people in England if not the world. Reading Lovecraft I'm drawn out of the story whenever the narrator is "shewn" something as the spelling has changed since it was written
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@magus said in In other news today...:
@hardwaregeek Sounds like we need to find that image of that Iron Man and Captain America panel.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
The problem I have with repurposing old words is that it can, if it catches on, give entirely different meanings to innocuous words.
Yeah, literally.
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
Hmm. I need to look at my fire extinguishers...
The recall involves 134 models of Kidde fire extinguishers manufactured between January 1, 1973 and August 15, 2017
Yikes! Mine was on the list. I went through the recall form and they say they're sending me a replacement:
Thank you for your submission.
If the item you entered is listed as Unaffected, your extinguisher is not impacted by this recall, thank you for contacting Kidde, and we appreciate your business. For the items listed below as Affected, Kidde will be sending you a replacement Fire Extinguisher of similar or higher fire rating. Replacements should ship within 10-15 business days from your submission. Please retain your existing fire extinguisher unit until your replacement has been received. Upon receipt of your new fire extinguisher you will find instructions on what to do with your affected fire extinguisher.
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For our niponophiles: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/12/08/3-dead-after-samurai-sword-attack-at-Tokyo-shrine/2611512747013/?utm_source=fp&utm_campaign=lh&utm_medium=4
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@chozang From that same site:
The drone will encourage workers to leave by playing Auld Lang Syne, the traditional Scottish song many Japanese businesses play at closing time, BBC reported.
Aside from encouraging workers to leave the office, the drone can also shoot video. The companies hope the drone will cut down the number of security guards needed at night.
Experts at Japanese universities said they are skeptical.
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@jbert quoted in In other news today...:
The companies hope the drone will cut down the number of security guards needed at night.
Why don't they just shut down all the (non-lighting) power to the offices at a defined time? Nothing quite like a loss of power to encourage people to leave.
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Synaptics touchpad driver
According to HP, it was originally built into the Synaptics software to help debug errors.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
Synaptics touchpad driver
According to HP, it was originally built into the Synaptics software to help debug errors.
Because why just fuck up ONCE? Good job, HP!
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/23093/conexant-soundcard-drivers-includes-free-keylogger
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Spoilers
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@pjh Yeah, we hear about it a few times here. Pizzas with tenderloin are shown to be pork instead of beef being the common fake. The weirdest instance I heard of faking tenderloin however were the ones who were using buffalo(!) instead of beef. That's the kind of thing they probably could get people to pay extra for if they'd have been truthful!
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Roy and Kayla Moore aren't racist:
they have a black friend
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@carrievs I can't really think of any legitimate way for someone to prove that they're not racist... literally any argument they make will just prompt more of "the lady doth protest too much, methinks".
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
@carrievs I can't really think of any legitimate way for someone to prove that they're not racist... literally any argument they make will just prompt more of "the lady doth protest too much, methinks".
Declare it a kafkatrap, then simply ignore them.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
I can't really think of any legitimate way for someone to prove that they're not racist...
That's easy. All you have to do is be a person of color with progressive politics.
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@carrievs said in In other news today...:
Roy and Kayla Moore aren't racist:
they have a black friendTo be fair, that one guy is, like, 15% of the Jewish population in Alabama.
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@polygeekery Are there decorative fountains in SF? Suicidal robots want to know…
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Surprise!
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Surprise!
I didn't see anything in there analyzing the causes of that, which would have made it a lot more interesting.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
analyzing the causes
I'd imagine large area and low population density are a big factor. Makes it more expensive for the operators to get high coverage, so the cost has to be passed on
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
analyzing the causes
I'd imagine large area and low population density are a big factor. Makes it more expensive for the operators to get high coverage, so the cost has to be passed on
I'd like to offer Finland as a counter example.
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@jaloopa If they covered large area, I would agree
Example: Telus
Notice how they only cover the most populated area.
Source: http://www.telus.com/en/qc/mobility/network/coverage-map.jsp
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
analyzing the causes
I'd imagine large area and low population density are a big factor. Makes it more expensive for the operators to get high coverage, so the cost has to be passed on
I'd like to offer Finland as a counter example.
Go ahead and make the case, then. How do the covered areas' populations and densities compare? Where do they sit in the relative costs (since they weren't included in the study)?
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
analyzing the causes
I'd imagine large area and low population density are a big factor. Makes it more expensive for the operators to get high coverage, so the cost has to be passed on
That's the excuse they use but it's a load of bullshit because:
- 90% of the population is concentrated in small areas, mostly in cities along the US border
- rates are cheaper in other countries with similar population density
- rates are cheaper in less population-dense parts of Canada, such as Northern Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
rates
arewould be cheaper in less population-dense parts of Canada, such as Northern Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitobabut moose don't use cell phones.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
but moose don't use cell phones.
Wrong
http://www.uber-moose.com/images/shop/gimage_82_1334310022.jpg
Edit: changed to a better picture
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
Notice how they only cover the most populated area.
If the moose and polar bears want coverage, they can pay for it themselves.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
Synaptics touchpad driver
According to HP, it was originally built into the Synaptics software to help debug errors.
Because why just fuck up ONCE? Good job, HP!
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/23093/conexant-soundcard-drivers-includes-free-keylogger
Cost of a "fuck up" = bad publicity, 0.1% lower sales for a couple months
Cost of doing security audits of every driver they use = much higherThere's your reason.
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
1.2 Tb of bandwidth?!?!
You know, with that kind of throughput you might be able to actually get those high-node-count neural networks functioning at a reasonable speed...
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@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
You know, with that kind of throughput you might be able to actually get those high-node-count neural networks functioning at a reasonable speed...
You'll need a bit more than that. The message rate needed to support a significant neural network is eye-wateringly high…
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$6,299
Holy ol' fu
can be configured all the way up to an astounding $17,116 (with included Apple software and a few extra accessories),
making it one of the most expensive computers available on the market right now.
One of? Does D-Wave's quantum computer count in the same category or something?
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
can be configured all the way up to an astounding $17,116 (with included Apple software and a few extra accessories),
I know Canadian money isn't worth a lot, but...
You can get a Hyundai Accent starting at $13,999 CAD
or a Civic sedan starting at $16,690 CAD
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@timebandit Toby Faire, buying one of those cars from the dealership would end up costing you $52,000
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Toby Faire, buying one of those cars from the dealership would end up costing you $52,000
If you ask to have your car plated with gold
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Toby Faire, buying one of those cars from the dealership would end up costing you $52,000
If you ask to have your car plated with gold
Well yes, but the gold plating is a comparatively small upgrade after the 5-year extended warranty package
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
Very interesting article, though there was one bit at the end that really made me go :
What really surprised investigators, though, was that once they had Jha, White, and Norman in their sights, they discovered that the creators of Mirai had already found a new use for their powerful botnet: They’d given up DDoS attacks for something lower-profile—but also lucrative.
They were using their botnet to run an elaborate click-fraud scheme—directing about 100,000 compromised IoT devices, mostly home routers and modems, to visit advertising links en masse, making it appear that they were regular computer users. They were making thousands of dollars a month defrauding US and European advertisers, entirely off the radar, with no one the wiser. It was, as far as investigators could tell, a groundbreaking business model for an IoT botnet.
As Peterson says, “Here was a whole new crime that industry was blind to. We all missed it.”
There's nothing "whole new" or "that industry [doesn't know about]" about automated click fraud. I've seen articles about that for years now. How were these FBI expert investigators so wholly unaware of it?
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Nice! We need more of this:
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@masonwheeler Yes, because officials dodging the law keep the economy churning!
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I've complained about UPS's horrific incompetence in their dealings with me before, but this just adds a whole new level of awful:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ups-loses-family-apos-846k-215134926.html