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  1. Re:How about 18 minutes without the tunnel? on Elon Musk Outlines His 'Boring' Vision For Traffic-Avoiding Tunnels (axios.com) · · Score: 1
    So, you're saying I should (1) telecommute to my construction job. No wait, that's not going to work.

    I know, I'll (2) show up 2 hours late to work to miss rush hour. Oops, boss doesn't like that one.

    Hmm, I could (3) bike to work with a minimum of 200lbs. of tools and materials on my back. No, that won't work either.

    And 4, 5, 6, and 7 amount to relocate.

    What wonderful alternatives you've offered.

  2. Can you audit the rest of the CPU? You're already trusting Intel by using any of their chips.

  3. Re: You had me at Gemalto on Olympic Athletes To Sport Visa's New Payment Ring In Rio (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You're worried about securing credit card activity from government agencies? Really? Why bother compromising the NFC transaction when they can just go to Visa and get all the data?

  4. Re:Breakin' the law, breakin' the law on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    I am imaging some kind of "self test" occurring during launch, and after in the air, before responding to commands, where all instruments are checked for reasonable measurement, and some type of physics test is done near the ground and the air, to confirm the drone is not carrying anything (Such as drugs, weapons, hazardous devices, or other stowaways, such as extra electronics mounted to it), And failure of a test forces limited movement and gradual automatic descent.

    And I imagine anyone with nefarious intent (or anyone who doesn't want to deal with that BS) will just build a quad-copter from easily sourced components and a programmable flight controller.

  5. Re:Encryption wasn't/isn't the problem on Obama Administration To Offer Full Position On Encryption By End of Year · · Score: 1
    No, that's not what he said.

    Haney explained that if his work was allowed to continue, it could possibly have thwarted last week's attack.

    Source: Fox News website , emphasis is mine.

  6. Re:Teensy 3.1 on ARM Processor On a Breadboard (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Did I miss someone suggesting you could actually build an ARM CPU (or even an 8-bit Amtel processor) on a breadboard? Can we at least try to read the summary?

  7. Re:Don't worry, rasing the minimum wage will kill on In Midst of a Tech Boom, Seattle Tries To Keep Its Soul · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Non-removable apps on FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" · · Score: 2

    Almost, but not quite. Google will allow you to use the OS free of charge and basically without stipulations. If you want access to their app store however, you need to jump through a few hoops. One of which is pre-installing several Google products on your hardware.

  9. Re: Non-removable apps on FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" · · Score: 1

    When did Microsoft ever prevent users from installing and using other browsers? Or even actively inhibit (whatever that means) competing products?

    They did their best to destroy Netscape by simply giving away a fee web browser with their OS.

  10. Re:Is the gig economy a good thing? on California Overturns Uber's Appeal: Its Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors · · Score: 1

    The labor rules "employers" are subject to, make employee choice next to impossible to allow. You cannot as an employer allow someone to work 10 hours one week then 45 the next if you are obligated to provide them with health insurance, and sick pay.

    Where in the US are employers required to provide sick pay or health insurance, other than federal contractors? And sick leave for workers with flexible hours is simple. You accrue a set fraction of a hour for each hour worked. A similar compensation could be worked out for health insurance as well.

  11. Re:Yes, they are employees on California Overturns Uber's Appeal: Its Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors · · Score: 1

    A franchisee and a franchisee employee are not the same thing.

  12. Re: Not everyone lives alone on Comcast To Charge $30 For Unlimited Data Over 300GB Cap · · Score: 1

    They already charge more for a internet connection without a cable video package. It would literally cost me $3 more to add basic cable to my account. They could try actually being transparent and charge a connection fee (like any other utility) but they are only as transparent in their billing as they are required to be by law.

  13. Re:Interesting on Next Texas Energy Boom: Solar · · Score: 2

    Would the early R&D on wind power have been done as quickly (or at all) without subsidies?

  14. Re:Robots create jobs on Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them · · Score: 1

    A plumber who is self employed is a business owner. They are required to have a business license, right?

  15. Re:What is really happening on A Breakdown of the Windows 10 Privacy Policy · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure, in the US at least, that is legal. Even in the few situations where you have a legal obligation to protect data (HIPAA comes to mind), I'm quite sure that the obligation falls on you, as the end user, to avoid software that leaks data.

  16. Re:Robots create jobs on Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them · · Score: 1
    Yes, the company employing plumbers may bill $150/hr, but that's certainly not what the actual plumber is paid. You seem to be greatly confused about the difference between salary and billed hourly rate. The numbers I threw out were average salaries before taxes. The various costs that you have for doctors are overhead expenses that would be paid by the practice, not out of the doctor's salary.

    Admittedly, the salary range for both of these professions is wide, but on average a general practitioner makes double what a plumbers does.

  17. Re:Robots create jobs on Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them · · Score: 1

    You know a plumber that owns his own company, right? He make $100k+ because he owns a successful business, not because he's a plumber. Tradesmen who are employees do actually get paid hourly for everything you mentioned in your first paragraph.

  18. Re:Robots create jobs on Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last I looked plumbers still make more than doctors.

    I keep hearing this, but all the data I can find does plumbers making on average ~$60k and general practitioners ~$140k.

  19. Re:To Fight Car Theft on San Jose May Put License Plate Scanners On Garbage Trucks · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If car theft is the issue they don't even need to collect any data. Upload a list of license plates of stolen vehicles to the units in the morning, before they roll out. Have the unit record location data ONLY when it finds a plate on that list.

    They won't do this.

  20. Re:Colleges are not for education on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1
    It is absolutely a valid question in response to a post that implies that all socially valuable majors will result in you easily paying off student loans.

    And how the he'll did I present anything as a binary choice by asking a question. I wasn't presenting or dismissing anything, I was attempting to clarify that the previous poster truly believed that certain majors had no social value.

  21. Re:Colleges need to stop building new buildings. on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1

    You are quite possibly seriously underestimating the cost of remodeling vs. new construction. Trust me, this is my industry, building something new is often cheaper than remodeling what you have, and usually quicker.

  22. Re:Colleges are not for education on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 2

    Do you not see any societal value in philosophy or art history? Not all societal benefits are financial.

  23. Re:So.... on CNN and CBC Sued For Pirating YouTube Video · · Score: 2

    Nonsense, rolling back the time limit to a more reasonable 20-30 years would still allow creators to extract the vast majority of value from the vast majority of properties. Not that I'm holding my breath or anything. I too refuse to pay for IP that is more that 30 years old.

  24. Re:Farming is unnatural on Scotland To Ban GM Crops · · Score: 1

    Yes, let's point out a GMO strain that isn't even commercially accessible anymore.

  25. Re:Neo-Luddite scaremongering wins again on Scotland To Ban GM Crops · · Score: 1

    Monoculture isn't caused by GMOs though. Look at our potato crops, and there aren't any GMO potatos currently.