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Comment · 3 days ago
The number of people fawning over Trump, Putin and Kim in this thread is bizzare. The troll farms must have been very busy.
Comment · 3 days ago
> kinda scary to think about how many scientific papers are probably written using AI these days

Journals now routinely ask you to declare any use of AI in writing. Better authors are up front about its use, so peer review can take this into account.

Comment · 4 days ago
Annnnnnnnd the FUD has begun.
Comment · 4 days ago
> America is crazy, why are you letting people sell your data like this?

Because of FUD spread about data protection laws… such as the GDPR?

Comment · 7 days ago
Why?
Comment · 9 days ago
Yes.

In the civilised world, those caught abusing public office resigned.

"Deny, deny, deny" in the face of all evidence is a curioulsy Trumpian move.

Comment · 9 days ago
Disapointing to see your factually correct post downvoted.

Somebody must have a very thin skin!

Comment · 9 days ago
> Which I never used because it requires permission to see my location

A healthy mistrust.

It's bizare how many people give their coodinates to any random website that asks for them.

Comment · 13 days ago
> Just start the process to ban this party already

Oh dear.

Whatever happend to Voltares "I disprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it"?

EDIT: The irony of this post being downvoted in an attempt to hide it, rather than discuss an opinion you disagree with!

EDIT2: Please understand I have no love for AfD, rather a love of open politics (let everybody hear how crazy they are!).

Comment · 13 days ago
A sixty-nine interupted by a period?
Comment · 13 days ago
Four milli bits per second sounds very slow to me.
Comment · 14 days ago
> Government bonds have fallen 80% relative to gold in the past few years.

I think most people would suggest the converse..... that gold prices have doubled over the last three years compared to virtually any stable western currency.

Comment · 14 days ago
> mother's maiden name: 14t&7--ghv&32@/apER;Aa0)/90sIs

This isn't a good idea....

If using random text, there are many examples of, when asked to answer a secret question, telling the call centre droid "I just hit a few random keys for that one" and this being accepted.

You would do well to assume each call centre droid is a board kid more interested in his co-workers tits than your clever answers to security questions.

Comment · 17 days ago
> I used to work on software that still uses Fortran from the 50's

Gnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Online conversation about Fortran is invariably domniated by people who waffle about Fortran 77, FORTRAN and bloody punch cards!

Yet modern Fortran versions are actually rather spiffing. Not to mention they can be used with the old libraries which are utterly bombproof.

There is a reason Fortran is still used for mathmatical modelling. It's simple to use, and you can really trust it.

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