If I was going to create a company to buy The Onion, I'd have named it Local Man. "Local Man buys Onion website."

You’ll never see the SMBH with your name on it.

I expect Slashdot articles to be a precis of a news article, with links to the original should I choose to read more. THIS is just clickbait. Would it have killed you to indicate whether the review was postive, negative, or mixed?

Hope you're getting some kickback for all the clickthroughs you're generating.

I'd give a nominal egg for a TV like that...

don't slow down.

... to drive to Alaska.

Actually, there IS a Bond villain-looking stronghold in there, it even has a very large missile-looking thing. The detail is so amazing you can even see people around it (presumably henchmen henching). I wish the display app had coordinates so I could point you there.

DDoS attacks are only possible because of the ready availability of huge networks of compromised computers. Fix that, and the world becomes a better place.

Also, this peace on earth thing has been a while coming, you might want to take a look at that. too.

And flying cars.

I always preferred, "There must be a ninja, playin' with my heart"

But how do you actually tell a driverless vehicle to pull over so you can give it a speeding ticket?

Photons travel slower than neutrinos because they dawdle.

"more or less exactly" == "approximately", more or less exactly.

If I was in Starbucks and had ordered that double skinny latte... I would drink it, sir.

"Should Self-Driving Cars Chauffeur Shopping 'Whales' For Free?"

It's a just PATENT APPLICATION, for criminy's sake. They're not asking for anybody's permission. It's not going to come up for a vote on Slashdot. Nothing like a rabble-rousing headline to get those hits up.

Why SHOULDN'T merchants be allowed to underwrite the use of a self-driving car? Why shouldn't a high-end merchant offer to pay for the taxi of (or send their own car for) a big-spending customer today (would that be prior art)? Some do. It's their call.

It's not like there are no other taxis for the rest of us, and it's not like if there are SOME self-driving cars out there, underwritten by merchants, there won't be others out there for the rest of us, if we're willing to pay.

We have a "Dislike" button. It does NOTHING. Because when I choose to share my opinion, IT WON'T FIT ON A FREAKIN' BUTTON.
I have a wall. It's very tall and very thick, and made of stone. Post on it all you like, if you can get across the moat. Watch out for the archers. They will poke you.
I'd invite you to join, but IT'S AN ANTISOCIAL NETWORK. DUH.