supposed, not suppose
it’s, not its
Cut down on the ellipses and random capitalizations, they make you read like William Shatner on cocaine.

No, I’m not saying he’s *wrong*, or that the author shouldn’t have known better. I’m saying that the way he went about the correction was wrong. I have high expectations of both parties.

Congratulations. You found a pedantic legal distinction that gives you an opportunity to shit all over anyone who doesn’t constantly use it correctly. I think I know which of you the education system failed more. 

The humidity is not irrelevant, it determines the dew point. It also affects how quickly any condensate will re-evaporate. You won’t get any buildup of condensate using a peltier cooler in the conditions they ran these tests.

Jupiter tried to cover it up, but Io saw right through that shit and accused Jupiter of seeing ‘that skank-ass ho Europa’ when Io was on the far side.

The problem with the typical evil/greedy/narrowly-focused AI destroys the world scenario is that it typically assumes there is one master AI. Ridiculous. There will be BILLIONS of them, as fast as we can make them or they can make themselves. They will have conflicting goals and interests, the same as people do,…

A neural network is not a database. Lots of things are not a database. Are you one of those people who thinks Excel is a database?

That’s not how machine learning works. That’s not how any of this works.

Basically what this is saying is that Arm #73 in Wichita encounters unfamiliar Widget Z, and tried to pick it up by positioning its arm in a certain way based on similar objects in the past. It dropped the item, then readjusted and picked it up…

You did the right thing walking out. Still talking about food groups? In 2017? Barbaric.

The pulley system he’s using can only pull, not push. So you could get away with 4, but given the mass he’s throwing around and the precision required to put the bullseye in the right spot he probably needs an extra pair to dampen the oscillations.

I haven’t read the book yet, but I hope one of the messages is: you have to let each other make mistakes. My friend has been effectively shut out of raising his child because his wife gives him only one chance to do any part of it. Bottle’s a little too cold? No more feeding time for him. Picked out the wrong…

I’m sure you’ll be there to point it out as soon as he slips up.

What a stupid thing to get all pissy about.

They should do MST3k: The Movie

The Rock and Chris Hemsworth

Yes and no. Smaller stars tend to flare up more easily, and yes being that close would be bad for us. But any life that developed on these planets would evolve mechanisms to handle such events. Additionally, these planets are most likely tidally locked, just as our moon is to us, with one side permanently facing…

Mission Motto: Far Side Fucking

Also, telling people they should be prepared to die to fulfill his pipe dream is pretty shitty marketing.

Could we get some science articles written by people who didn’t get the bulk of their science education via Michael Crichton?

Fuck the genetic lottery. I’d much rather play genetic blackjack.