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  1. Re:WTF does it need PERMISSION?! on SpaceX Wins FCC Approval To Deploy 7,518 Satellites (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't need the government's permission to offer services. You need the government's permission to do various things that may be required for you to offer those services. For instance, try selling radio communication services at the same frequency as you local TV station, and see how ell that goes. My guess is it's less than 24 hours until your door gets kicked in and you get arrested. But it's not because "you sold the service", it's cause you're fucking up the TV signals

  2. In SV, it seems most people do use their products. I know Google Engineers who love the Google VPN that logs everything they do. In fact, I don't know of any Google Engineers that don't give Google most of their information. And FB apparently has internal FB groups that they use to manage the company.

  3. Google business model depends on securing your data.

    That doesn't help is Google is who I want to secure the data from!

  4. As the privacy controls on iOS are better than Android(though the difference is a lot less than it used to be)

    Are you claiming Android is getting better, or Apple is getting worse?

  5. Re:Still useless for energy production on China's Fusion Reactor Reaches 100 Million Degrees Celsius (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    It gets a lot of attention.... but mostly from scam artists who claim to have working reactors in their basement.

  6. Re:Still useless for energy production on China's Fusion Reactor Reaches 100 Million Degrees Celsius (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    Umm.. if you get a fusion power plant going, that's a great achievement. You can then look for one that runs on easily available fuel.

  7. Re:Tech has traditionally resisted unionization... on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about "merit" as in "programming talent" or "merit" as "putting in 80 hours a week". Cause I'm happy to get rewarded on the first, but have no desire to compete on the second.

    Also, unionization can support a meritocracy. It's not at all a requirement that it ignore skills

  8. Re:A rude awakening for recent college grads on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    The sole purpose of companies is to make a return on shareholder equity. Period.

    This weird lie only started up in the 1980's. Before that, it was well known that corporations had to balance the interests of shareholders, employees, the community, etc.

    Secondly, even if true, if doing X makes your employees quit, how can it be in the best interest of your shareholders?

  9. Re:The left have their nut jobs on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Nut jobs are bad on both sides. But the Democratic side tends to ignore them. Republicans elect them.

  10. Re: The left have their nut jobs on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is the Democrats don't nominate anything close to Stalin or Mao. The Republicans nominated, supported, and elected Pence.

  11. Re:All about the narrative on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Its not "a narrow scope". Person X was supported by Group Y (aka a Republican Congressman is supported by Republicans) That makes them not only a representative, but a leader of that group. If Person A is rejected by Group B (aka a failed Democratic Candidate for Congress), they are not a leader, and quite probably non-representative.

  12. Re:That's $40K per job.. on Amazon Is Getting More Than $2 Billion For NYC, Virginia Expansions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Assuming that they are new jobs, and not just displacing other employers to have the same 25k employees in each zone. After all, with unemployment at 3.5%, and with computer scientists having a lower unemployment rate in general, there probably aren't that many people to hire.

  13. Re:will the CEO volunteer to go jail / prison if t on Waymo To Start First Driverless Car Service Next Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It won't be a megacorp owned by a megacorp. Every car will be it's own LLC, with the car 100% financed. No assets for a lawsuit to take.

  14. Re:You people need to get a grip. on Amazon Is Getting More Than $2 Billion For NYC, Virginia Expansions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Do you believe these cities are idiots who don't understand what they were doing?

    Correct. I base this on every previous incentive deal. Also, on sports stadiums.

    Actually, it's more likely that politicians are knowingly screwing their constituents to get headlines they like.

    In NYC taxes alone they'll bring in $100M+ if the 100k salary average is correct.

    93 million, if 100k each time 25k workers. Assuming they live in NYC. Which at 100k, isn't very certain at all. Probably a lot of commuters.

    But I'm not really sure who that may be that isn't negotiating their own tax breaks wherever they happen to be.

    And I'll bitch about them too. And oppose them if I know how.

  15. Re: also for the forced hardware rent as well. on Should Comcast Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you need to escalate up the Customer Service chain...

  16. Re:Not supporting shootings, but... on Drive-By Shooting Suspect Remotely Wipes iPhone X, Catches Extra Charges (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    She may "explain better", but I'm not going to watch a video to reply to a slashdot comment. Care to summarize? (Or is your point that you can be forced to help with biometric locks? Yeah, that's why you should have a PIN if you really care.) Also, offer only good in the USA..

  17. Re:Grammar much. dumbass ? on Israel Aims To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles By 2030 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, then "X is less than Y" sounds correct. That's the fun thing; by changing it to "what sounds correct", you lose consistency.

    It may be because the fewer/less distinction was drilled into my head at a younger age. But, contextually, one is making a statement, and the other an evaluation.

  18. Re:Makes sense on Israel Aims To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles By 2030 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Mountainous terrain will hurt distance, but with regenerative breaking, it hurts an EV's mileage significantly less than a gas powered car.

  19. Re:Bad Customer Service on Should Comcast Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Since Comcast has the worst customer service in the country

    Not by a long shot. ISPs in general are only like 4 or 5 on the annual lists.

  20. Re:Of course not on Should Comcast Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Breaking it up into geographic monopolies isn't any better. Better still that they, Verizon Fiber, etc. are forced to sell to all markets.

  21. Re:also for the forced hardware rent as well. on Should Comcast Be Investigated For Antitrust Violations? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are not forced to rent their hardware. They are required by law to give you* a CableCard decoder for a third party set-top, and you can buy like a billion different modems off the shelf in many stores.

    *It may be a $5/mo rental. But the point is use whatever hardware you want for non-decrypting part.

  22. Not reinventing on The Next Version of HTTP Won't Be Using TCP (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    They're not reinventing for the sake of reinventing. They're reinventing to make people have GUIDs more permanent than IPs included in every packet.

  23. Re:Oh good HTTP version next on The Next Version of HTTP Won't Be Using TCP (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Oops, I meant "a long lived, device specific, application independent GUID".

  24. Re:Oh good HTTP version next on The Next Version of HTTP Won't Be Using TCP (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I need to know how much of a QUIC packet has been set aside for ADs and/or trackers?

    I think it's 28 bytes. It's a long lived, device specific, application independent QUIC. You don't need any other trackers using QUIC.

  25. Re:Grammar much. dumbass ? on Israel Aims To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles By 2030 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    While that may be true, I think "less than 100" does sound more awkward.