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Comment Re:This doesn't explain (Score 1) 227

At this point it really does not matter the origin of COVID does it? What would it change?

What kind of question is this? If we want to prevent a similar outbreak from happening, of course we would want to know the origin of Covid.

What would it change?

If we understood the origin of Covid and whether it was preventable, you don't know what would change? The steps that could be taken to prevent this from happening again is what would change. Again, what kind of question IS this?

Comment "Might artificial intelligence steal its crown?" (Score 4, Insightful) 163

Yes, the technology that literally just makes stuff up is definitely what will ensure that spreadsheets contain accurate data.

Such snafus have not dented Excel's dominance. Might artificial intelligence (AI) steal its crown? With whizzy new tools powered by the technology promising to make data analysis easier, the familiar grid of numbers and calculations could soon feel outdated.

You literally can't trust the output of "A.I." to be correct. Ever

Comment Re:reasonably cost efficient (Score 2) 69

I'm unclear on why it needs to go 13,000 feet down. You would think a couple of thousand feet would be good enough to get you some boiling water.

Heat rises and due to the square-inverse function, they lose a LOT of it if they don't drill deep enough. A little back of the napkin math shows that their break-even point is somewhere between 4000 - 6000 feet. But once they get past 6K, they can start drilling WIDER (picture a reverse funnel) which mostly undoes the loss. They could probably stop at 10K, but I can see why they'd want an additional 3000ft as a "buffer"

Comment Re:Musk can't even get self-driving cars to work.. (Score 1) 251

I took a look at that article. The article pointed out the stupidity, the cost, the lack of accessibility, etc. But it didn't say that the cars actually failed at the self-driving, which is what you seem to be implying.

The fact that the cars all have paid drivers in them, instead of being self-driving, wasn't a tip-off to you that they failed at being able to self-drive?

Comment Musk can't even get self-driving cars to work... (Score 2, Insightful) 251

...on a 1) one-way road, 2) that he built, 3) where the only other cars are Teslas

Normal people figured out long ago that Elon Musk isn't a real-life Tony Stark, he's a real-life Lyle Lanley

Any article title that starts with the words "Elon Musk" should only contain variations of the words "worthless" and "fraud"

Comment Re: Full frame camera? (Score 1) 27

A full frame digital camera is equipped with a sensor that has the same dimensions of a 135 (35mm) film negative frame, while most consumer or prosumer cameras have APS-C or smaller sensors. The full frame sensors has better low-light capabilities beyond other advantages, and it means your lenses will have the correct focus length.

None of this contradicts what I said.

Comment Re:Full frame camera? (Score 1) 27

no one asked for your opinion either, please take your own advice and stick your foot deeper in your mouth hole.

The comment I responded to literally asked for replies:

For non-photographers, what is a full frame camera and how does it differ from a regular DSLR camera, or the camera that's built into modern phones?

And why would you want one?

What does this get you that the other cameras I listed above don't have?

You're telling me that you're so illiterate that you don't understand what a question mark means? Just holy shit.

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