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POWER7 (which came out in 2009) was replaced by POWER7+ in 2012. IBM shrunk the lithography but kept the die size the same, so they used the extra space for more cache, a crypto accelerator, a compression/decompression accelerator, and some other goodies. There were able to bump up the clock speed as well. Core for...
Watson is often referred to as a singular system..."Watson can diagnose my health symptom" but it is really a set of technologies developed to approach the input/output of information in a new fashion. What we are seeing is the maturation of the Watson technology from single proof-point (Jeopardy) to targeted install...
If the algorithm is highly parallelizable, GPU TFLOPs are similar to a single CPU TFLOPS. If the algorithm isn't very parallelizable, it is very much an apples to orange comparison. Very few algorithms are highly parallelizable.
Med student here: you're ignorant. A computer will never be able to diagnose accurately the various pathologies in the human body. Never. Unless its common like common cold, flu, etc.
Canadian reporting here, no you won't say good bye to slide and sign for a long time. We have smart (chip) cards for credit and bank cards, however both modes are still available because the thing is very sensitive. The chip reader often fail and then you need to slide, but it isn't easy or fast... I work in retail...
I have an automated transfer set up to my parents account every month (payment for a loan from the bank of mom, as I have it written in my records). It takes about 3-5 days to clear for some ungodly reason. When my roommates owe me 400 bucks for rent, cash becomes unruly, so checks it is!
Oh, so all those people that downvoted you were statists? When US Libertarians call anarch-syndicalist/Classical Libertarian/Lib Socialists like myself pinko commies who hate individuals and freedom, I don't go blathering on about being right when capistlists (yet again) fuck over the economy or their workers, and th...
Actually no. Telecommunication cables require constant maintenance and they are severed pretty frequently, but the telecom companies get them back up as quickly as possible. In 2008, there were two cables damaged within a short period of time, which isn't that unusual, but because they happened in similar geographic re...
They do, it's called "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start", or
ELI5, I've never really used Windows but is Windows 8 that bad? Why? When I took a user design class in school, one of the core tenets was "don't surprise the user". Windows 8 surprises you a lot. Want to click the start menu and search for a program to open "surprise a "start menu" pops up that covers up everyth...
To quote Zuckerberg in the recent call with shareholders regarding the purchase of the Rift: >"We're clearly not a hardware company. We're not going to try to make a profit off of the hardware long-term...but if we can make this a network where people are communicating, and buying virtual goods, and there might be ad...
This. I know it won't be a popular opinion here, but capitalism and profit motive have always fueled innovation in the United States making it a leader in developing new technologies. There's also the issue of obtaining the backing of "big money" which is somehow a bad thing, even though it secures the capital base n...
I attended a presentation yesterday and learned something that changes my perspective on this buyout. Google bought the company Nest, who makes a smart thermostat that dynamically changes behavior based on your habits. Essentially it tracks the time of day and the temperature you set things at and plugs values into a...
I was very very close to purchasing my Dev kit, so happy that I waited. Usually this kind of thing doesn't happen until a day or two after I have made the purchase. Thank you Facebook for ruining another of my dreams.
Hydrogen can be synthesized from water using electrolysis, so the cost to make it is equal to the cost of the electricity, and as energy is conserved, the energy you put into it in the form of electricity will come out as stored chemical energy. So fuel cost wise you are comparing the cost of oil to electricity. The ...
I disagree because there is such huge differences in wages and cost of living across Europe. I see it all the time: where I live one can barely survive on €1500 net/month. Workers from countries with €400 average wages come here and undercut the local population.It's great for them even if they can save just €100 a mon...
First of all, I would like to point out that you don't know exactly who you are talking with, so try to stay away from hypothetical "you"s. I'm no social democrat, nor liberal, or any of those categories. When it comes to labels, I use the anarchist-communist or just communist (make no mistake, not the one with Lenin a...
Informed consent. It is the ethical gateway to human experimentation, and they didn't have it. If Facebook is willing to violate one of the most basic rules of scientific research, what other lines are they willing to cross? Edit to address some common replies. First, informed consent is an ethical requirement of ...
In the US, a lot of ISPs have formed a monopoly in most areas. I know that in North East Pennsylvania, my choices are Blue Ridge Cable and Verizon; neither are cheap. I pay $100/month for basic cable (not HD, no channels above 89ish) and 15Mb/s internet (1.5 Megabyte/second download speed). As a gamer, I'm not thrilled...
The major issues with compulsory voting involve freedoms and inability to vote. If voting is compulsory, there would need to be some sort of "punishment" for not voting. So, what if you can't vote because you broke your leg? Well, obviously there would be an exemption for that - but then you have to prove you wer...
After reading comments here, all i can say is that the people that are responsible for his limitation of freedom, are just afraid, because this is something new they are doing. There were many murderers in the past year/decade/age but the guy here is something new, so the government/police do not know how to deal wit...
Well those are some great arguments, that I mostly agree with. But I still prefer the Swedish system (as explained in the other comment). I agree that all prisoners should be treated equally (to the greatest extent possible), not only for the people but for the system itself (to protect itself against redundant law...
Yeah, I know... That's how it usually goes down. I'll just answer why I wrote what I did right here (an excuse/explanation), just to clarify what went wrong. Here goes: I saw posts from other people on Facebook, stating the same thing. And it was obviously misunderstandings, as they were actually just their opinion...
Which is actually the problem with authoritarian states, or even overly stringent laws or enforcement thereof! Showing a certain leniency, depending on the person, the crime, the motive, etc, will actually make someone more likely to not reoffend. Similarly, if someone just screws up once or twice, and you punish them ...
Give him credit, he's currently campaigning against the internet sales tax. It's a lot to fight on all the issues at once if you're one of the few people doing pretty much everything. Commenting on Ted Cruz takes no time, but being Ted Cruz, is most likely a 24/7 run. That's why I don't care about any senators or...
Gads. I am not a fan of video news about politics, and a video reply to a written op-ed is good example why. An op-ed is a persuasive piece: a structured and supported argument. Replies to op-eds are good reading. A fair writer goes point by point through the oppositions argument. Both the original and the reply (usu...
Speakers a hokey, stupid and cheap in my eyes. HOWEVER, So a lot of the tubing has been around for a while and don't do all that much for volume, and personally I see as an improvement. The pointless tubes coming off of the air induction system are called the resonators and they function to change tune the pitch of...
Cars may be brought past the speed limit, but nobody's dumb enough to try to corner at speeds that would allow any sort of aerodynamics to do work. We're not just talking about going fast, we're talking about going fast through corners because otherwise, you'd end up missing completely. We're talking about F1 cars th...
I had a Ford Focus ST that did this. It honestly was nice because it rode really quiet on the highway but the "pipes" opened up when you accelerated. I have a WRX now and while it sounds great it is loud as hell on the highway and I miss the Ford in a lot of ways.
I'll be honest at the risk of being downvoted, since I know how much this sub LOVES 3D printing... I think that the hype surrounding 3D printing in its current state is one big massive circlejerk. Let me be clear: I completely understand the immense amount of innovation that 3D printers will bring to the world within...
Dave Jones examines the numbers to see how viable solar roadways are. He also compares them to three different systems each within a couple km's of the actual solar roadway under discussion.
Please, make a better bot that can consistently make decent
Had coffee there when I was visiting and it was phenomenal. I had a latte with a really beautifully done design on top. The dude who was pouring the coffee had a look of disdain on his face that would have frothed the milk all by itself, but his work spoke differently. You can't be that good at your job without taki...
Sorry, when I use the term 'market' I'm not trying to convey necessarily a place where items and services are bought and sold. Rather, what I'm trying to convey is an environment or independent computers that work together and route to one another freely without coercion to do such; computers that offer services eithe...
This is a total screaming load of bullshit and is as much an infringement of free speech rights as SOPA/PIPA. >First, I still don't believe the "right to be forgotten" is truly a privacy issue at all. A privacy issue is about protecting private information. The right to be forgotten is the opposite of that. It's aski...
The greatest difficulty is recycling of the PFO* out of the lungs. Note that the article suggests CO2 scrubbing by attaching a gill to an artery in the leg. Hardly a simple resolution. With premature babies the process involves intubation and partial filling of the lungs with the oxygentated liquid. Again hardly a prac...
I guess I am a little surprised at the rage directed towards the women. I personally didn't really think they were complaining; they didn't write the article, they answered some questions by the writer, and gave honest answers. Only one of them even brought up the increasing level of sexualization, and it's her ratio...
This is absolutely not something the government should be messing with. IMO the government should be stepping in where individual A stands to harm individual B through their actions. Thus we get laws against murder, theft and speeding. I am ok with these laws. I am less ok with laws that say I can't have a plug in my...
They tried blocking "The Pirate Bay" over here (in Britain). The majority of people using it just are tech savvy and know that using a proxy to get round it is very simple. The only people this will stop is those who are children of the technologically impaired and those who are too nervous to phone up their ISP and as...
the problem is that: 1: the filter will block more than just porn, it will block sexual health sites (by mistake), it will block small businesses, by mistake. There is no perfect black list of sites; there will be "false positives", sites that should get thought are stopped. 2: the filter will not block all the ove...
Not a fan of the nationalist agenda and Salmond promotes it. It is in my opinion that nationalism is poison and people like Alex Salmond are very cleverly feeding that poison to people. If you look at the history of political parties with 'nationalist' or 'national' in their name it makes for some horrible reading. T...
The problem that the people in charge of creating these laws do not realize is that we will all just find another way to download anything we want. Remember when people were being sued for downloading songs with Limewire and Kazaa? This is the same type of reactionary measure that does not help them combat the ultima...
Because art and creative expression have intrinsic values separate from their monetary worth...there are surely people who create art and music and film simply to make money, but the majority of true artists see money as a means to a more important end, which is to express themselves. Making money is not the goal; sh...
Well that's where you have decide how you're going to define the supply. Sure, if we consider all music a commodity (homogeneous, easy to create given the appropriate tools, consumed in a similar fashion across the board), then the answer you're clearly fishing for is that the value is nearly zero. But we're not talkin...
How to destroy the entertainment industry in two easy steps: 1: Crank out less and less original, quality content. 2. Restrict access to said content to obsolete limited distribution channels and prosecute or legislate against any attempts to gain alternative means of access, paid or otherwise. I welcome this. ...
I'm sorry but i'm going to play devils advocate here. What exactly is it that you are against here? >After four offenses, the historic plan calls for these residential internet providers to initiate so-called “mitigation measures” (.pdf) that might include reducing internet speeds and redirecting a subscriber’s ser...
I know you're not trying to tell me that if we didn't pay 10 million bucks for a "star" role, we wouldn't be able to find anyone who only does it part time... Oh, we could certainly find plenty of viable actors willing to work for next to nothing who would be just as great. The issue I'm raising here... well, let's t...
You're missing the point. Sure we technonerds can handle the change no problem, the average user can (and will) not. What you're forgetting is the millions of unwitting people who will end up having their work computers moved over and have to relearn EVERYTHING from scratch, all by themselves. On top of this, there...
I can download pretty much any TV show, Film or Album ever released thanks to the internet, my point is that the infrastructure and technology is already there, people have been using it for years, the model that exists today with private trackers and news group servers is probably the closest you can get to for ideal ...
Unfortunately we tried to switch but couldn't. It's Telstra's responsibility to upgrade the copper in our suburb. Because Telstra won't upgrade the copper we couldn't get broadband from another provider (kinda a restrictive trade practice but we'll let that slide because assholes). The only plan with a reasonable...
We tried to go with Internode/iiNet) but couldn't. It's Telstra's responsibility to upgrade the copper in our suburb. Because Telstra won't upgrade the copper we couldn't get broadband from another provider (kinda a restrictive trade practice but we'll let that slide because assholes). The only plan with a reasonab...
What blows my mind as an American is how many times I hear people complaining about this yet continue to willingly shaft themselves. I pay $30 a month for a shitty pre-paid plan on a three year-old trash-tier phone because I simply refuse to pay more for something that isn't worth more than that.
Copyright industry has gone too far, to the point is considering media sharing a crime. Their media campaigns are so strong that some people just say illegal downloads when they get music, books our movies through p2p. Even copyright infringement gets totally exaggerated. So excuse me if I go too defensive when med...
This stuff is seriously easy. The only reason he's any good is that he is doing it for fun, not profit, and spent years learning how to do this. Anyone could learn how to do this if you sit cooped up in your bedroom for five years straight without anything worthwhile to do with your life. Taking down a ...
Um, okay. Lesbian here. We, as lesbians, don't fucking like watching straight girls with long fingernails pretending to enjoy sex with one another. Its not really pleasant to watch them lick a vagina while keeping their face 2 inches away from it, and of course - and this is I think most important - real lesbians d...
Prior to releasing Red State, Kevin Smith had a prolonged battle with the WBC. (They say he's a "fag enabler," which is a title he relished.) He did a Q&A, "Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell" (available on Netflix), that covers his delightful interactions with this family. He does an excellent job of portraying the comical ...
Typically? It's a lot classier, better shot and with better acting, dialogue and emotional connection.
Downvoted for using the term "theft" in a completely inappropriate way. This pirate caused some companies decreased sales (most likely significantly less than $100m), by infringing on their copyright/license terms. At no point did he steal anything. Considering "potential sales" as something that can be stolen is...
I have no clue why people think that I'm defending him (yes I read the article). I also find it extremely rude to downvote without stating why (if the reasons are not obvious at all). What I was trying to say: He got arrested and he deserved it. That is perfectly fine. But he was not arrested for theft , but becau...
Just noticed your reply. I'm genuinely trying to understand your position (not trying to discredit your opinion). So your point of view is to consider software piracy "theft" if the perpetrator profits from it? I can see why you would distinguish between pirating software and distributing pirated software (some cou...
Perhaps. I don't know how expensive repairs/maintenance on Audis, BMWs, etc, are, but the battery pack alone in the Tesla is well over $10,000. You'll have decreasing range on the pack in the Tesla, eventually having to replace it once a decade. The cool thing is, new battery technology may come out that will actually...
I remember reading that rechargeable batteries are basically a trade off between three things: capacity, longevity, and physical compactness. Generally, you have to pick two of those things and sacrifice the third. iPhones focus on compactness and capacity but sacrifice longevity which is why they only last a year or t...
Well, much of this depends on the version of the Model S and the A6 we want to compare. To stack the Model S Performance against a comparable Audi, you'd have to go all the way up to an S6 in terms of content and performance. That would be a price differential of $15,500 when comparing vehicles with zero options. Wit...
In reality, this limitation almost never comes up. I have an 85 kwh Model S. I have 240 miles of range a day (more if i did "max charge"). I use 100 miles of range to commute to and from work, leaving me 140 miles for the rest of the day should I want to jump in and drive. That's more than enough. It takes me 5 s...
Minding what they said in this review is most likely true, Consumer Reports should ALWAYS be taken with a huge tablespoon of salt. I can't prove to you through the internet (nor do I care if you don't), but I have heavy inside information that they BS a lot of their reports based off opinion. Uncle is the America's d...
Minding what they said in this review is most likely true, Consumer Reports should ALWAYS be taken with a huge tablespoon of salt and cross checked. I can't prove to you through the internet (nor do I care if you believe me), but I have heavy inside information that they BS some of their reports based off opinion. My...
I really wanted to watch this video but the terrible sound quality and the epileptic editing made it impossible.
I may be wrong here, but doesn't Apple buy a lot of technology from Samsung? I'm not sure what exactly (type anything with Samsung + Apple into a search engine and all you get are reports on patent disputes), but I've got a feeling the retina display is, among other things. If this is true, I'm not sure that I unders...
I'd propose that it doesn't make much sense to contemplate "a world with patents" versus "a world without patents". With patents, giant corporations with the power to litigate can stifle innovation and harm the consumer. Without patents, there is less incentive to innovate, and the lack of innovation is a probable ...
It's a waste of hate. Any dyed-in-the-wool allegiance/enmity toward any company, all of which just want your money equally, is unreasonable, bizarre, and pretty cringeworthy.
It's not whether the concept is original or not. What is relevant is when you talk about 3G technology, it's pretty broad. It's not the 3G technology, it's the types of inventions there are for 3G. 3G is a standard of telecommunications technology. There are different patents for 3G for antennae, for location servi...
Long story short: Apple patented the design of the first ipad. When you patent a design someone else has to exactly copy it 100% in order for it to count. That is why design patents usually don't have details like volume buttons or logos. If you move your logo around a bit then the design patent no longer matches you...
I'm not trying to be argumentative here; and by no means do I disagree. In fact, I feel EXACTLY the same about my band and reaching a bigger audience. I maintain while it costs SOOO much to record, we should give the CD away at shows. However, picture yourself as a multinational brand, and thousands upon thousands of...
It has been used to convict people in the past. Not as the only piece of evidence, but as one piece to build up a case. In this instance, he is using that one piece of evidence to build up his case that he was not at the given location.
u/naljorpa108 is a librarian at the Harold Washington Library and gives a few more details on a /r/chicago thread. >As a librarian who will be working there (most Mondays & Tuesdays, stop by and say hi, I have a beard & glasses) I'm kind of embarrassed at the headline on the Tumblr post. We are well aware that we are...
it's because I'm not a chick that I want this. I don't want to go out shopping and trying clothes on. I'd much rather I sat at home while the computer scanned my size and then I can just choose the style and color I want without having to hold it up awkwardly in the shop or have an awkard interaction with the person ru...
The idea is that technology advances... Its not static. At some point YOU won't have to draw anything or bring it anywhere or spend all day. Just google, find what you want, click, and browse reddit while your sons birthday present is printed out, or that one Lego piece you lost for your favorite set, or maybe even tha...
Don't worry, they already popped for the forseable future. Do not pick up stock picks randomly on Reddit. The likelihood of you getting inside information before millions of investors that work 40+ hours a week searching is incredibly low. You're the lowest of the low in terms of investing, if you see someone telling y...
Don't worry, they already popped for the forseable future. Do not pick up stock picks randomly on Reddit. The likelihood of you getting inside information before millions of investors that work 40+ hours a week searching is incredibly low. You're the lowest of the low in terms of investing, if you see someone telling y...
In response to your edit: Those attributes could be applied to nearly every bot that has graced reddit's comment areas. And we've all seen bots that don't generally contribute to the conversation. The ease with which bots can be made has led to increased user resistance. Many subs have adopted policies that prohibi...
So, you think you're actually getting enough to understand anything by seeking precis' of the internet? Read what you have time for then.
It doesn't matter the accuracy of the data if the conclusion drawn from it is wrong. That is the case here as the title states incorrectly that "Android now controls 79.3% of market share." The data linked defines market share as the percentage of total devices shipped globally from manufacturers to suppliers in t...
No, actually I don't. The only reason for increased market share of Android is because of über cheap devices in emerging markets. This is why in north America, those market share numbers mean nothing and are completely wrong. This is also why Apple will likely release a plastic iPhone 5 in a month for $99 to compete ...
I'll concede that some of the larger screen phones are practically impossible to use with one hand, but I would say that the Note II is a bit of an extreme example since it's more of a phone/tablet hybrid and is at 5.5". My current phone is 4.7" and the only time I need to use two hands is when I'm in landscape mode. ...
Lets be honest, CEO's really are responsible for absolute success and failure for companies they lead ! Sigh. There are some studies that would indicate otherwise. Realistically the statistical fluctuation of profits and market forces changing are more likely to have a much broader impact on the company. ( How Algori...
People liked his flamboyant and "go-getting" people skills. (Ninja: 30 years ago) Being one of the early employees at MS he got what would inevitably be a gigantic chunk of change and since he wasn't actually technologically oriented (I don't think) he got to be a manager. Honestly? He was probably REALLY GOOD for...
Late to this particular party, but I want to echo your last sentence. My opinion, Microsoft has failed to innovate and been essentially an industry follower/copycat since Gates left (not that Gates didn't do some copycatting himself...). Balmer has been terrible and from what I can see MS has become a sick company i...
WD from what I recall, they are re-branded HGST/Hitachi drives which are in turn manufactured by WD. It's a bit confusing. The
Right now the cost:storage ratio for HDDs blows SSDs away. Any situation where you store tremendous amounts of data (there are A LOT of them) it ends up being astronomical cost with negligible gains. The current trend is to use SSD for caching while using normal spinning disks for storage in a durable RAID configurat...
I work in market research, so maybe I can dispel and clarify some of the things everyone is worried about. The ability for advertisers/researchers to glean bio-metric data from advertising studies is what everyone doing research wants. Things like eye tracking, facial expression, etc. while a respondent watches an a...
Well, you may have invented the language, but we Americans perfected it, as we tend to do in everything we stick our fat greasy fingers in. :) But seriously, I don't know... [snopes]( says it came from capere "to capture", and was later expanded linguistically in the ways you describe. "I constantly hear or read f...
I am not in USA but there is tendency in my country too in last few years that big malls and shopping centers remain open during holidays Now I am lucky enough not to work in those chains and malls so I do not have to work on holidays and I buy everything I need for holiday , days before holiday But I guess I am in...
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It was an ironic response to your point that one would need psychiatric treatment if they couldn't read a message as long as the one you were responding too. I was
2 things. It was posted in the /r/technology sub. Absolutely nothing to do with tech.
I worked at a restaurant as a cook for a few years. We were never actually open on thanksgiving, but we were required to come in to work for 3-5 hours on thanksgiving to do prep work for black friday morning. (we were next door to a mall) No pay differential, but if you came in for those hours you got to leave early ...
I can agree with this. I'm 21 and as an ems personnel, I don't have thanksgiving or Christmas because I'm usually working a 24 hour shift those both days. Its always crushing to tell my parents and my gf that once again I can't see them for those days. Year after year I systematically work those days. Don't get me wron...
I often think about this in the same manner, we could do amazing things if we all worked together on a project. When we think about alien planets we usually think of that alien life form as being one entity, whereas on earth if aliens arrived they would see infighting and disconnection. I one day want to live in a worl...
The moon graphic is incorrect. I only checked two of the missions, but more could be incorrect. The graph shows Apollo 11 as a successful lander mission, while Apollo 11 actually returned from the Moon successfully. How is that not a successful return mission? Then you go up to the "return" successes, which the cha...
Because the Russians made their lander's camera lens out of diamond. It fucking melted.