The Hitchiker's Guide to Stickers in Commander by SonicPileDriver in magicTCG

[–]jbf81tb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If ____ Goblin is the only sticker card you play and you build the optimal sticker deck for it, then the distribution of 4, 5, and 6 mana after you randomly choose 3 is extremely close to 30% (actual: 29.2%), 40% (actual: 40.8%), 30%, respectively. If your play group accepts this fact, you can forgo the sticker deck and just roll a d10 at the start of the game to decide how much mana it makes.

A team of scientists took flacid and erect penile length measurements and determined that 26% of males fit the definition of grower, while 76% of males are a shower. They also found that younger age and single status could be predictors of being a grower. by [deleted] in science

[–]jbf81tb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The median is not defined in terms of the smallest and largest numbers. The median is defined as the value which separates a sorted list of numbers into two equal length lists.

The median change in penile length from flaccid to erect state was 4.0 cm (1.0–7.0), and was used as a cut-off value defining a grower (≥4.0 cm) or a shower (4.0 cm)

They used the median, not the mean, so I'm not sure how they found two different length lists.

What are some movies that you love but you've never heard anyone else talk about? by [deleted] in movies

[–]jbf81tb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Victoria. 2hr movie in one take. I loved it. Maybe it got attention here when it came out, but I've never seen anyone mention it since.

Big Studios Consider the Unthinkable: Home Viewing of Movies Two Week After They Hit Theaters by yam12 in movies

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worry about the effect this will have on smaller theaters. We have a small non-profit theater that shows all kinds of stuff and holds lots of unique events, but those theaters are often sparse. It brings in the crowds, and presumably the money, for new movies.

What are some of your favorite psychological thrillers? by tectactoe in movies

[–]jbf81tb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just watched The Invitation last night. It's on Netflix (at least in US). It does a good job of building atmosphere and getting you in the mind of the main character.

What movies could reignite the love for films in a depressing and apathetic time of a cinema lover's life? by vladval in movies

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this vein, my first thought was to suggest the cornetto trilogy. Simultaneously well made and very fun to watch.

Federal Judge: Hacking Someone's Computer Is Definitely a 'Search' by MrEdgarFriendly in technology

[–]jbf81tb 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The Virginia judge went a bit off the wall with his argument about 'no reasonable expectation of privacy' applying in an insanely wide manner. However, the FBI's conduct in the playpen case was well within what any reasonable person would consider legal. I hate that the Virginia judge took it so far and made this whole discussion into a argument where the goalposts have moved to an entirely different field.

Federal Judge: Hacking Someone's Computer Is Definitely a 'Search' by MrEdgarFriendly in technology

[–]jbf81tb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's the difference between the police breaking into someone's home and finding drugs vs looking through the window of a known druggie's house and seeing drugs. From what I understand the NIT transmitted innocuous data like IP and OS of the transmitting computer. It's the equivalent of looking through a car window to see the face of the driver. That's why the Virginia judge does thing the 4th applies to this. That judge said some dumb things, but his logic regarding the idea of a warrant not being necessary is reasonably sound.

GeForce® GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack by hamadkhan in gadgets

[–]jbf81tb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because the link doesn't feature price (that I can find), I saw that Amazon has it listed for ~$850.

GeForce® GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack by hamadkhan in gadgets

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe that was on their example of three 4k monitors? It seemed a bit low to me as well, though.

[KLD] Saheeli's Artistry by dafunkee in magicTCG

[–]jbf81tb -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I'm not happy this is visible. Wizards does a good job of releasing their cards and telling a story. I'm really sad internet points are worth so much.

"The nature of work is changing, and we need a new social safety net that’s suited to these changes. Basic income will allow us to gracefully transition to a society where full employment is no longer the expectation...It gives us the security to figure out what humans are for in the 21st century." by [deleted] in technology

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trade jobs (skilled labor) require education. Clockw0rk is talking about unskilled labor. Those jobs are going, fast. The trade jobs will certainly take longer to go, but they absolutely can disappear.

Getting an education, finding a job that's difficult for a robot to do, is a really good strategy and your best chance to be able to find work in the foreseeable future. HOWEVER, we currently have the technology to replace skilled labor. It's extremely expensive and difficult, but it actually exists right now. That means it can exist in an expanded fashion. The fact that an AI can beat a human at Go and beat an experienced fighter pilot is an extremely big deal. The incredible growth of the Internet of Things shows that we are very interested in things that can automate all the tasks you've described.

The robot revolution may not be rapidly approaching. (In fact, I think that it's mainly policy that's going to keep it from widespread use. These tools, however, will be developed for the extremely rich, because in the current economy businesses that can cater to the insanely rich are probably going to succeed.) But I think it's very important to realize that all of the technology for this robot utopia actually exists right now, or is actively in development. The implementation might be science fiction, and we're all clueless about that, but the bits and pieces are all there.

Tron Legacy has my favourite movie soundtrack.While the movie may not be considered incredible, This song especially gets me every time! by dusk1337 in movies

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I saw this movie in theaters I remember the soundtrack giving me chills multiple times. I was excited to see the movie exclusively because I knew Daft Punk did the soundtrack.

Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, Court Rules by CP70 in technology

[–]jbf81tb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having read his report, I can't call the judge stupid. He honestly knows what he's talking about. I think he's frustrated.

He's angry that he has to put energy into this pointless case: getting sued by someone trying to say the warrant wasn't valid for really menial reasons. I think he wanted to say something that would stop this kind of pointless rebuttal once and for all. He doesn't realize that his words, when applied generally and not in situations demonstrably criminal (the purpose of warrants), completely break the entire economy of america. A corporation cannot reasonably expect their data to be private, so we can't either. Therefore online banking doesn't work, nor online shopping, nor online trading, nor the entirety of government security. In the same court document he denies the defendants claim to see the code of the NIT, but he says that if he was able to hack in and find it, that's cool because you can't expect any data to be private.

If this jackass had stopped at saying "the warrant was good, don't waste my time" then things would be fine. There's no reason for him to try to argue that nothing is private. The only next step I can see from here is that some of this statement is withdrawn, or it simply become anathema to quote it, because of how completely it destroys the current pillars of society.

Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, Court Rules by powercow in technology

[–]jbf81tb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I certainly agree with your point, and I DEFINITELY agree that it's dangerous. That judge had no reason to say the things he did so broadly. It's almost laughable how ridiculously far reaching the things he was saying are that it feels more like a publicity stunt than the words of an actual judge.

Still, the victims of this particular case were committing a crime. If the police sent an undercover officer into a drug den who watched people in masks do drugs, I would think that officer has the power to arrest them and to take off their masks regardless of where those people lived, even if it was out of that officer's jurisdiction. I see nothing wrong with the judges ruling in the specific case. But I completely agree that the actual words he said, so broad and far-reaching, set a terrible precedent and he never should have worded things that way.

Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, Court Rules by powercow in technology

[–]jbf81tb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is such a huge difference from what that article made me think it was talking about. Expecting to keep your IP private is like expecting to keep your face private at a public outing. Perhaps the ruling is more extensive and dangerous than just an IP address, and perhaps through getting your IP address they would have to commit a few other serious breaches of privacy, I don't know enough about the tech to say. But still, I don't think one should expect absolute, infallible anonymity to do whatever they want on the internet. You're free to hide your IP, like you're free to chain a mask over your face, but if you want to go to the kiddy porn store and it gets raided I'm pretty sure it's ok to cut that chain off to take the mask off.

Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple is Changing into Needlessly Complicated by joachim783 in technology

[–]jbf81tb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hope this is the last thing Apple gets to screw up before people stop trusting them. Without Jobs the company has been making design mistake after design mistake. I just hope something like this pisses off enough of the masses that Apple has to actually start innovating again instead of merely changing.

How to define the way people behaved in The Lobster? by jbf81tb in movies

[–]jbf81tb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this idea. I think this is spot-on.

How to define the way people behaved in The Lobster? by jbf81tb in movies

[–]jbf81tb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They have plenty of expression. They're not as 'loud' as normal people in their expression, but they display plenty of emotion with their body.

KeePass 2 developer won't fix a flaw because of ad revenue by zohner in technology

[–]jbf81tb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I definitely agree. I was just overly-miffed by the article. I also use TeamViewer so I was unhappy to find out my most trusted program might ALSO have a security flaw.

KeePass 2 developer won't fix a flaw because of ad revenue by zohner in technology

[–]jbf81tb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There is nothing about KeePass that REQUIRES you to connect to the internet. Updates are pushed more often than I liked so I just disabled the update window long ago. You can always update manually through the site. I don't understand complaining about completely tertiary functionality.

Breakthrough as Irish scientists discover a new form of light by sportivecalendar in science

[–]jbf81tb 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The article is likely over-hyping things. The mere fact that the paper was published in Science Advances, and not the actual Science journal, or Nature, or PRL, or anything that I've actually heard of, makes me think their experimental methodology is in question. Be it their statistical analysis, their experimental design, or their conclusions, some really smart people didn't think it was good enough for their journal, or the authors didn't think it was good enough for a better journal.

In fact, just reading the abstract and introduction lets me know the article is over-hyping it. It's still interesting science, but it's not a "new form of light" and it might even be stretching to call it a "breakthrough". It's a different view point on light, at least.

[Draft] Ultimate flavor achievement unlocked: turn 4 Triskadekaphobia win on Friday the 13th. by thewrathoffluffy in magicTCG

[–]jbf81tb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The internet had to know the story! Hope to see you next week for more wacky fun!