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• On the post: DailyDirt: Public Speaking Made Easy…

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2016 @ 07:09am

  Re:

  Hmmm. Try http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A

• On the post: DailyDirt: Wolves In Sheepdog's Clothing?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2016 @ 01:10pm

  Re: Defining what a species is

  There are several different definitions of the species concept.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem
  
  Wikipedia says there are at least 26 different recognized species concepts. Interbreeding is just one of the criteria that is commonly used and taught in intro biology classes.
  
  And if you're going to recognize a SUBspecies... maybe there should be better definitions of a species first?

• On the post: Warner Bros. DMCAs Insanely Awesome Recreation Of Blade Runner By Artificial Intelligence

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2016 @ 02:19pm

  Sounds like this is the video version of Bluebeat to me..?

  Okay, Bluebeat didn't use "machine learning" or AI, but they could have made their technology sound a bit more legit... and they'd be in about the same position, right? (Just with music, instead of video)
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091105/1642426817.shtml

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 74: Why Is Tesla So Successful?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 17 May, 2016 @ 12:29pm

  Found another car company that's following in Tesla's footsteps.....

  Detroit Electric is basically copying Tesla (along with production delays!), and it's selling an EV Lotus for 6 figures with plans to roll out a mass market EV car under $40,000 someday.
  
  http://archive.is/20160517185324/http://www.wired.com/2013/04/detroit-electric-sp-01/
  
  But the SP:01 isn't going to be sold in the US. (The Lotus donor car bodies don't have the right kind of airbags for the US market.)

• On the post: DailyDirt: Flying Faster Than The Speed Of Sound

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 06 May, 2016 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: URLS broke

  Well.. it's "fixed" in the current RSS feed, but I think if your RSS reader doesn't update, then... there's not a lot we can do about it now.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Flying Faster Than The Speed Of Sound

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 05 May, 2016 @ 06:01pm

  Re: URLS broke

  Oops. fixed now.

• On the post: Daily Deal: Last Chance For Scrivener

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 03 May, 2016 @ 11:28am

  Re: Only the b? What about the a or even the c?

  just a weird typo -- you get access to the entire alphabet (as well as numbers!)

• On the post: DailyDirt: GMO, GMO, Wherefore Art Thou, GMO?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2016 @ 11:10am

  Re:

  How is this headline "simply incorrect"?
  
  The headline is not asking, "Where are you, GMO?"
  
  I did know better when I wrote the headline....

• On the post: DailyDirt: Another Golden Era Of Spaceflight Ahead..?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2016 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Space Shuttle...

  Actually, the Shuttle program re-used its solid rocket boosters...
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster

• On the post: DailyDirt: You Know The First Guy To Run A Marathon Died Immediately After, Right?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2016 @ 03:38pm

  Re:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides
  
  "Pheidippides is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a military victory against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. ...
  
  He ... ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen[9] "We have won"), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ("hail, we are the winners")[10] to then collapse and die."

• On the post: DailyDirt: What Will The Robot Economy Look Like?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2016 @ 07:19pm

  Re: Links are crap..

  Oops. fixed. copy/paste error.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Do You See What I See?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2016 @ 09:42pm

  Re: Adverts

  Any hint what was the offending ad? We try to block as many annoying ads as we can, but some sneaky ones are hard to weed out. Many apologies. We don't like auto play as any more than you do.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Oil And Water Aren't Supposed To Mix…

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2016 @ 10:22am

  Re: Re: Fucking magnets... How do they work?!

  Tortoises all the way down...
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8

• On the post: DailyDirt: When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses — Not Zebras (Usually)

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2016 @ 08:19am

  Re: typo

  Yup. fixed. Thanks!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Harnessing A Lot Of Energy Ain't Easy

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2016 @ 06:51pm

  Re: We Must Not Allow A Fusion Gap!

  A private US company claims to be able to control its plasma indefinitely...
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101201/12170612080/dailydirt-making-progress-towards-fusion-again.shtml

• On the post: DailyDirt: Nature Doesn't Play By Our Rules…

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2016 @ 04:11pm

  Re: Ummm yeah

  The term 'species' is actually not well defined by biologists....
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem

• On the post: Daily Deal: Genius Rescue 2TB Cloud Backup

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2016 @ 03:52pm

  Re: what OS

  Looks like just Windows and Mac.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYHfoORqVA#t=46s

• On the post: DailyDirt: Stop! Don't Eat That…

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2016 @ 10:12am

  Re:

  The crab industry also freezes crab so inventory is available all year. You're still here to comment on this post, so...

• On the post: Netflix CEO 'Loves' Netflix Password Sharing

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2016 @ 10:11am

  Re: typo

  Thanks! fixed.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Space Is Cool Again! Yay!

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  You are correct. Though, I'm not sure if there are any semi-autonomous sea launch platforms currently in operation.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Launch

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