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  1. IFE maps rack up screen time because travelers leave them on as a bland, background default - not because they're actively watching or engaging with them. Most of the IFE map screen time is as a nightlight.

  2. This is why I like my devices to have a headphone jack for use with corded headphones. No dongle, no recharging, no degraded rechargeable batteries.

  3. Rights to use the copyrighted composition? on To Avoid Demonetization, YouTube and Twitch Streamers Sing Badly Over Copyrighted Songs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They may avoid licensing issues with the recording, but they're going to need licenses to use the underlying copyrighted composition. BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, SoundExchange and others will no doubt be coming around to discuss performance, reproduction and synchronization licenses.

  4. Re: Understood on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course you are right that repeated massive exposure heightens the risk of vaccine failure - but the reason these things are used in the first place is because they are highly effective.

    Vaccines reduce the likelihood of repeated massive exposure, as those you come in contact with are more likely to have increased resistance, and thus less likely to be carriers.

  5. Re:More partisan shilling on House Democrats Tell Ajit Pai: Stop Screwing Over the Public (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's only recently -- the past 5 or so years -- that a certain cadre of very loud right-wingnut boors have shown up.

    +1 for use of the word "boors."

  6. Re:I am not going to spread my payment data on Netflix's New iTunes Billing Policy Will Curb a $256 Million Revenue Stream For Apple (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I am not going to spread my payment data

    Get a credit card that lets you create new virtual cards with date and dollar limits. Create a virtual card for Netflix for the amount of your annual subscription. Renew via Netflix website. Done.

  7. O'Cedar MaxiClean Commercial Upright or Rubbermaid® Jumbo Smooth Sweep Angle?

  8. TV-B-Gone! on Sunglasses That Block All the Screens Around You (wired.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Amazon Moon Pot is going to be AWESOME!

  10. Fuck Nestle on Nestle Experiments with Tracking Gerber Baby Food on the Blockchain (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe they can track how many babies are malnourished due to diluted formula made from impure water prompted by Nestle's aggressive marketing in developing nations.

  11. Erase upon unlock? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    Can any phone be set up to erase its contents upon being unlocked with an alternate code? Android, perhaps?

  12. Fizzy water for all! on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The study concludes it would cost between $94 and $232 per ton of captured carbon dioxide.

    Can this be done at home and used to recharge my SodaStream carbonators? Will I need an adapter? How many 14.5 oz carbonators will I need to hold one ton of CO2?

  13. Re:Effing comcast on Comcast Is Bundling Netflix Into Cable Packages (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm perfectly content with just my internet streaming (mainly Netflix) and my antenna though. I cannot say enough bad things about Comcast so I'll spare everyone the rant.

    +1.

    I particularly like that when there's nothing of interest on the antenna, I can watch something from the 100s of hours that my DVR has recorded, and when there's nothing there I feel like watching, I do something else. Same thing if the atmosphere is interfering with my reception - rather than having to engage with Comcast's Worst Service Ever, I just turn the TV off and do something else.

  14. The question Zuckerberg sould face on Zuckerberg Gets a Crash Course in Charm. Will Congress Care? (bgr.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mr. Zuckerberg will have concrete changes to talk about, and no questions he can't handle.

    Ah, Mr.... Zuckerberg. Is it not the case that Facebook's business model is founded on the premise that social interaction is a crack-like activity that can be used to lure users into providing personal information that you can relentlessly monetize?

  15. The Actual Bug on Facebook Blames a 'Bug' For Not Deleting Your Seemingly Deleted Videos (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The continued existence of the draft videos was discovered when several users downloaded their personal Facebook archives -- and found numerous videos they never published.

    The actual bug is that Facebook mistakenly told users of the archived deletions. Reporting of these archived deletions will now correctly be withheld from the personal Facebook archive report. That is all.

  16. Re: Not surprising. on Largest US Radio Company iHeartMedia Files For Bankruptcy (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    TiVo only offers their OTA model as a one-time purchase with lifetime "all-in" service. There is no subscription option.

  17. Re:You Know Jackoff Bill Clinton? on Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes people realize their mistakes and choose to correct them.

    This is true. A few years ago, some brand management brainiac at Post thought it would be a good idea to hop on the added-protein bandwagon, and added isolated soy protein to the hundred-year-old Grape Nuts cereal formula. Having compromised Grape Nuts' basic value proposition and the interests of the die-hards who stick with this niche product, Post rebuffed complaints for a year before fixing their mistake ("Now without soy!"). Idiots.

    Read more here and here.

  18. Re:errrr no on eBay Is Dumping PayPal For Dutch Rival Adyen (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It hasn't been that way for some time, every item I bought last week didn't require me to then go log into PayPal, I selected it as the option then clicked pay and I was done.

    Most likely you previously clicked the option that obviating the need to log in to PayPal from then on. That features has been available for several years.

  19. Re:Clever way around "blocked from imposing rules" on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    which would be.... imposing a rule

    They aren't imposing a rule about doing business in the state New York, they're imposing a rule about doing business with the State of New York. The FCC didn't appear to prohibit the latter.

  20. Survey Methodology? Statistical Margin of Error? on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 1

    Valid population sample? Useless opt-in survey?

  21. Re: Retirement? on Ask Slashdot: When Is the Right Time To Discuss Retirement With Your Employer? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Waiting until you qualify for Medicare may make sense.

    Not for long.

  22. Re:Come join my statup on Former Uber Employees Have Gone Into Debt To Hang Onto Shares They Can't Sell (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have a slide?

  23. Re: So... on Facebook Enabled Advertisers To Reach 'Jew Haters' (propublica.org) · · Score: 2

    Allowing placement of any ad based on a keyword hit that includes "hate" is just unethical.

    So my ads based on the phrase "I hate housework!" should be prohibited?

  24. They probably have $100,000 student loans each. They do work at Facebook.

    The headline is misleading. They work for a company that provides contract employees to Facebook for the cafeteria, as per the first sentence of the report:

    The employees, a married couple named Nicole and Victor, are both contract workers in the cafeteria at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters.

  25. Re:Not the first administration.. on White House Releases Sensitive Personal Info From Voters Concerned About Privacy (vox.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Objectively, if you look back at the Nixon administration, he seemed well liked.

    In part because evidence of Nixon ordering Haldeman to monkey-wrench LBJ's Vietnam peace talks didn't surface until recently. Whatever positive qualities Nixon may have had as a statesman were completely undercut by his paranoia and treachery. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/1...