I had forgotten I had watched this series previously, but I soon remembered it watching one of the episodes from the first season. Nonetheless, I re watched the second and third seasons recently and despite it being a repeat much was new, even the ending had escaped my memory despite remembering the main characters vividly. I did not regret the reviewing and it left me wondering if the sociopath at the center might still could have become a serial murderer even had he not been abandoned and abused as a child. The character as played was both extremely cold and arrogantly intelligent. His antagonists were too not cardboard cutouts. I particularly liked the lead investigator, who too was a complex character.

Easily one of the best series I have watched in the last several years.

I could add another series involving serial murderers and mostly sexually driven pathology in the Netflix Mindhunters with an important caveat. That is, the series ends abruptly at the end of the second season where it is obvious there should be another season. However, the Creator/Producer/Showrunner seems to have needed a break and released the actors so they could pursue other work. Thus, there could be a third season sometime in the future, but do not count on it appearing ... ever. This is disappointing, because the series seemed prepared to kick into overdrive and it is supposedly a fact based series on the creation of criminal profiling in the FBI, beginning with a very conservative, resistant corporate culture. As a result the treatment of the disrupters was neither kind or too forgiving on the few leading the effort. Based on a book, but having not read it I am not certain how closely the filmed version hews towards the text or the facts.

Regarding the Stranger, the first season is superior. Unfortunately the key figure driving the story was killed off at the end of that season. The second's set of villains are no match to him. Moreover, it takes a very long time for the story to build in the second series and the outcome has less of an impact.

Agreed, much better than I initially expected. Moreover, the series was superior to the original movie, which I watched at least twice and even the book. Regarding the latter, I cannot honestly say I "read" it completely, more like I scanned it more than once.

Just maybe, you should read your citation that gives equal or more weight to it being an Iranian attack using more vehicles of more sophisticated design. Yes I too am skeptical when the U.S. pushes the latter, but even liars tell the truth some time. What pushed me to give more weight to the latter explanation was it seems to have been the view of most of the nations within the EU.

I expected better from the IEEE (members') Journal. How could they have published such a simple minded guided research where they called upon A.I. to validate the basis, then make unwarranted, over blown claims that even at first sight (i.e. just reading the article and knowing the thinnest bit about drone flight) the beginning assumptions were false as well as the methods employed?

This article is embarrassing, can it just be deleted?

Perhaps TX relented or Tesla found a work around (e.g. Michigan), but I remember when Tesla was forbidden to sell cars in TX without a independent dealership network. Has that changed?

What is the life expectancy of an electric car manufacturer in crude oil loving Texas? Somehow a move from your prime market into more hostile territory seems to lack a true business imperative. Well that State has the biggest capacity of wind electric generation in the U.S. so it might not be as bleak as I imagine. Nonetheless, a hasty move due to what is a passing hissy fit could do long term damage to Tesla's prospects for success.

>> No Common Sense

Not all the time. Years ago I was testing my Camero on all the mountain passes I could find in Colorado using maps. On one showing an interstate the actual road deteriorated to a barely paved "surface" with dips so big and broad I had to down shift from second gear!

I thought this just cannot be correct and considered turning around when a driver in a pick up truck told me I should continue because the interstate route was indeed there up ahead. He was correct, but I still had a slow slog until the road improved by stages and I finally reached the interstate and continued my path towards other mountain passes. But I certainly remembered that experience.

So even 'Common Sense' can be wrong.

If you are on a shared connection, when there is heavy use all subscribers are paying at a rate that the ISP is not providing.

The short take: it is a scam to benefit the likes of Comcast and AT&T. Once I escaped one of the afore named scammers I cannot imagine giving up FiOS and its high speed delivery (plus much higher reliability) for the crap offered by other major players. Moreover, for the speed received - at a reasonable pricing.

I opted not to read the article, due to WSJ's paywall, however, usually their research articles by their journalists are of high standards. But if their editorial section intervened the article quality should be considered suspect.

Are you being sarcastic of just cannot read. This took place in South Africa, without either the U.S.'s FDA or its equivalent European counterpart being part of the testing? That was right in the summary, did you not get beyond the headline?

In one of the articles linked to the story there is this quote:

Pretomanid is not owned by a drug company but by the TB Alliance, a nonprofit based in New York that is seeking new treatments.

A nonprofit, Big Pharma?

RE: Public Transit suggestion ...

It is hard for me to imagine a more pervasive set of public transit systems than I encountered in China, from the undergrounds (in place and still being build in multiple urban areas), high speed trains, maglev, trams, buses, etc. Nonetheless, in the first tier city I was in (Shanghai) the streets and highways are in heavy use despite the options. And being a pedestrian can be a dangerous option where Mopeds drivers think (and act) as if they own the pavement where they crush any incursion by bipedals with impunity ... that includes a subset of the bicyclists acting in like fashion. Moreover, the level of risk taking and incompetence seen on the urban highways was breath taking. I soon lost the illusion I could successfully drive on the limited access highways and I knew immediately I could never meet the requirements to navigate the surface streets.

So what I have seen the options are there, but during high usage periods one travels on public transit packed as tight as a sardine in its final trip. I did that only once and it was just too much to repeat despite it not even being a rush hour. Instead it was during the end of Summer national holiday week. Regarding other forms of travel were either very nice, e.g. high speed trains (including maglev - but less than 15 miles in the entire country), domestic air competent (on worse in the States on longer trips), etc. were all passable or much better than I have been on elsewhere. But for some it does not suffice when the illusion here [States] the myth of the "Open Road" carries too great a weight. It also might be perceived status of having one's own vehicle despite the astronomical fees and other limitations that makes driving the choice of many that just can no matter what the costs are.

So your solution seems to be missing too many factors to be the entire fix needed.

Last I heard the CEO profits nicely with $1M plus USD while paying less than minimum wage due to employing handicapped individuals. Goodwill as an entity seems profitable venture while being disguised (legally) as a charity. Really is this the best partner Google could enlist?

Goodwill is a dubious partner even if the goal is laudatory.

combination of [true] speed or reliability. As I told the shill at my door once, I would switch to Verizon FiOS in a heartbeat if it became available. Now if Comcast were the only option (in the future) I would consider dropping an internet connection.

The speed tests I have run contradict those in the summary. Tests run at 3am on a weekday do not make Comcast the winner.

>> Use Signal

Seconded ... or thirded (if late) ... or even fourthed (if very late) ...

I have not eaten pizza for quite a period, however, just in the past several weeks I have been introduced to pizza with tastes markedly superior found at the even good local pizzerias I patronized in the past.

The first was a pretty small chain that had a crust that had a taste and consistency new to me. Moreover, I found it superior to previous experience. The store was just out side of D.C. and the pricing was in the premium range for a slice. But it was worth it [perhaps unfairly assessed, in neither case did I pick up the bill].

The second might not be a chain or franchise operation at all, but it was even better than the one described above. Here one walks through a line with an individual preparing a custom created pizza to your choices of flour, sauce, cheese, toppings: vegetables and meats along with a selection of final touches after baking. For those skewing to the mass market versions, robotic pizzas will suffice and probably win on price. However, for those with a more functional palate higher quality particularly when combined with personal choice will win out. Nonetheless, the latter will sadly be the smaller market albeit perhaps the more profitable. [This time I paid the entire bill and I look forward to a return visit.]

I wonder, we may not have any other choice than to rush towards an autonomous AI entity. Otherwise with our patently psychotic tendencies for mass murder and destruction all other traces of humanity could potentially disappear. One need only look at our tepid response to too visible emergencies (other than our self serving fear) to the on going medical crisis (e.g. Ebola, drug resistant bacteria, self inflicted bad food / drugs ...choices ) and climate change to perceive that AI could well arrive too late to destroy humanity.

Perhaps it will be wiser than we have been.