verdex_blarg's comments

verdex_blarg | 9 years ago | on: ANTLR 4.6 Released

This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I keep on thinking that my life would be easier if I just adopted something like ANTLR, but every time I look into it it looks like it's more work than it's worth.

Good to hear that this has been a similar experience to people who have actually gone and actually used ANTLR.

verdex_blarg | 9 years ago | on: The Great A.I. Awakening

-Sees random article about AI-

"Hey, I'm interested in AI maybe this is worth some investigation"

-Sees that it's from nytimes-

"Uh oh"

verdex_blarg | 9 years ago | on: The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken

It wouldn't help. We need to rewrite our entire infrastructure with security as a primary goal. Then we need to find a way to get people to buy it (assuming of course we can even get anyone to pay for it in the first place). Buy one router for 50 bucks or the secure router for 250 ... I don't think we'll get far.

At the end of the day a few people who can't afford super lawyers go to jail, and meanwhile ubercorp producing cheap routers with bad security continue with business as usual.

verdex_blarg | 9 years ago | on: Transcontinental anaesthesia: a pilot study (2013)

Each person sleeps in a coffin that is also an autonomous vehicle. When the emergency alarm is raised (and the plane is on the ground), all of the coffins get dropped off the bottom of the plane and they all drive their individual passengers off to safety.

EDIT: Heck, I don't see why you couldn't also put a parachute on the thing.