Comment Re:Windows and Anti Cheat is a prison (Score 1) 28
I'm thinking you have no clue what prison is like.
Comment Re:That's curious (Score 1) 71
Difference between scientists and conspiracy theorists:
Scientists constantly revise their facts, while conspiracy theorists never revise anything.
The Scientists look at these revisions as masterpieces and proof they are right.
The Conspiracy idiots look at revisions and call them mistakes that prove the scientists are wrong.
The conspiracy idiots never realize the problem with their own thought.
I pity the people that think scientists are 'advocates'.
Comment Should go in the standard contract (Score 1) 42
Actor unions have standard contracts. This should definitely be part of it. Especially for the low level actors. They get paid a small amount - when the producers feel like it. There are lots of stories of people being screwed by producers.
That alone is good reason for the actors to demand it be put in the contract.
Comment Magic! (Score 1) 54
Stop assuming that spoken words only affect people psychosomaticly. The study presents evidence that words magically strengthen us. There is no evidence the effect is just psychological.
Comment Blackhole starships (Score 1) 1
It is possible to use a Black hole to power a starship. Several authors including Arthur C Clarke have written about them.
Submission + - James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole (space.com) 1
schwit1 writes: Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 million times larger than the sun, rocketing through space at a staggering 2.2 million miles per hour (1,000 kilometers per second).
That not only makes this the first confirmed runaway supermassive black hole, but this object is also one of the fastest-moving bodies ever detected, rocketing through its home, a pair of galaxies named the "Cosmic Owl," at 3,000 times the speed of sound at sea level here on Earth. If that isn't astounding enough, the black hole is pushing forward a literal galaxy-sized "bow-shock" of matter in front of it, while simultaneously dragging a 200,000 light-year-long tail behind it, within which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.
That not only makes this the first confirmed runaway supermassive black hole, but this object is also one of the fastest-moving bodies ever detected, rocketing through its home, a pair of galaxies named the "Cosmic Owl," at 3,000 times the speed of sound at sea level here on Earth. If that isn't astounding enough, the black hole is pushing forward a literal galaxy-sized "bow-shock" of matter in front of it, while simultaneously dragging a 200,000 light-year-long tail behind it, within which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.
Comment Re:In other news, water is wet (Score 1) 64
This is how you get adult furies.
I thought you had to somehow resurrect the ghosts of the murdered to get furies. Am I remembering my Roman mythology wrong?
Comment Why put the cameras there? (Score 1) 16
This is on par with buying gift cards and reading the numbers over the phone to 'pay your unexpected tax bill'.
If you buy a camera and put it on line and do not have a full time security guy to maintain it, I assure you it will be hacked.
Comment Re:Instead of doom-mongering, make money (Score 1) 22
It is incredibly difficult to make money shorting a stock. They charge you rent for the shares you borrow. Unless you get the timing right you lose money even when the stocks goes down.
Comment Re:As a once loyal Crucial customer. (Score 1) 47
Capitalism means they sell it at a lower price than expected.
But that also assumes the AI bubble bursts affects all computing. There is the likely possibility that as the AI bubble bursts because it is replaced with an entirely different computing style. In which case, chips will become even more valuable. Among other things, if the military decides they really need more drones, they could easily take all the memory.
Submission + - Swearing Actually Seems to Make Humans Physically Stronger (sciencealert.com)
alternative_right writes: Eighty-eight participants, aged 18 to 65, all in good enough shape to exert themselves physically, were recruited at a university campus to participate in the first experiment.
They each selected a pair of words based on the following prompts: a swear word you might utter after bumping your head, and a neutral word you might use to describe a table.
Then, they undertook a chair push-up, which involves sitting in a chair and, holding each side of the seat, using your arms to lift your entire body weight (bottom off the chair, feet off the floor). ...Both experiments suggested that swearing offers an advantage in physical performance, with participants achieving longer chair push-up hold times as they repeated their foul-mouthed mantras.
They each selected a pair of words based on the following prompts: a swear word you might utter after bumping your head, and a neutral word you might use to describe a table.
Then, they undertook a chair push-up, which involves sitting in a chair and, holding each side of the seat, using your arms to lift your entire body weight (bottom off the chair, feet off the floor).
Comment Re: Will violence drop? (Score 2) 73
Not to mention Kilngons!
Comment Re:No Longer an Optimist (Score 1) 114
It suddenly occurs to me how bizarre this discussion really is and it is the PotUS we are speaking of...
I hope God is listening and she hasn't given up on us yet...
Comment Re:Level up! (Score 1) 33
I do recall reading a book with a plotline sort of like that. Ads beamed directly to your visual cortex...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fbook...
Comment NDAs should be invalid in court (Score 2) 53
You want to sign an NDA to stop your business secrets from getting out? Fine.
But that should not let you refuse to talk to the law.
Imagine a crook that says, "I am sorry, but my NDA with the Cartel prevents me from revealing how we get the Cocaine here."
That is NOT any different from a car repair business saying "I am sorry, but my NDA with TESLA prevents me from talking about the safety issues with their breaks.
Or a cop saying his NDA prevents him from revealing how he suspected the criminal.
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