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  1. To make sure we have time to read... on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer on Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...all the duplicate Slashdot articles.

  2. Jif contains sugar on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    and hydrogenated vegetable oils, so I pronounce it ghif.

  3. Re:Apple's abysmal parental controls on Kaspersky Lab Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Policy (macrumors.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    3. There is no way to force them to wifi when at home where I can filter sites so I've have to rely on Apple's controls (which are already suspect) and have no easy way of log review to know the controls ARE working.

    Sure there is. Faraday cage your house.

  4. Re:Do you think CA is storing ANY excess water? on California Declared Totally Drought Free For First Time in Seven Years · · Score: 1
    Correct.

    But California already has dams at the best locations and new dams will be costly to build and operate. The state also has opportunities to increase storage in its groundwater basins, in some cases at relatively low cost. Coordinating surface and groundwater operations - principally by moving water out of reservoirs and into aquifers during wet periods - can increase the total amount of water stored.

    https://www.ppic.org/publication/dams-in-california/

  5. "Learn to code" to the Twitter Dev team?

  6. Re:1 W at standby can mean $1/yr on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's say you've used a Kill A Watt meter ... consider how much you could save by switching off the outlet when the device is not in use.

    Less than the cost of the Kill A Watt.

  7. Re:If only you'd spend your time productively... on The New Word Processor Wars: A Fresh Crop of Productivity Apps Are Trying To Reinvent Our Workday (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a devotee of "The customer is always right" I take it?

  8. I'm torn between feeling sorry for and laughing at the folks that voted for Trump because of his promises to keep factories open.

  9. Re:We need an Airline Policy Standards Act on Airlines Face Crack Down on Use of 'Exploitative' Algorithm That Splits Up Families on Flights (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 2
    I'm good with all your points except:

    1. Fees shall be for features of a flight that are optional, such as meals or a second checked bag, rather than for items that you need on every flight. There shall be no extortionate fees for fixing a name typo or making a schedule change months ahead of time.

    Who decides what is optional? IMO, a checked bag is optional.
    I went from the US to Europe for two weeks with a 18 liter backpack. In October, so warm weather wasn't guaranteed (at least not yet ;-).
    I don't want to subsidize you taking your 23 kg checked bag, your max sized carry-on, plus your "personal item" that you shove in the overhead along with your carry-on.
    Totally agree on the insane fees for name or schedule changes.

  10. Re:Still noisy on New Experimental Lockheed Supersonic Jet Starts Production (wtop.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck that. Can't wait for electric cars to take over. I would love to see a**holes with loud cars/bikes ticketed for exceeding noise limits. You're all like the South Park "We're Turning Some Heads!" losers.

  11. [lie] I don't mean to be an asshole to the GP, [/lie] but how can someone be so stupid to think a company would invest 1 billion pound sterling for a no-additional investment 1,746 year payback?
    Maybe it's arrogance thinking they are smarter than everyone else.
    Or both! "Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package."

  12. Re:Stop blaming Apple on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't want to smother people instead of fires.

    Depends on where you work.

  13. Lived there for years, actually. Native Hawaiians are easily the most racist and xenophobic demographic in the US, by a very wide margin.

    Don't disagree. Don't blame them either considering the history. Hell, look at how racist white folks on the mainland can be when a few more brown folks show up. What happened to the Hawaiians is far beyond that.

  14. Re:States = Incubators for testing stuff on California Moves To Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    very little manufacturing or other heavy industry

    Why do people keep saying this? Articles from 2015:

    https://www.cmtc.com/blog/how-...

    Although California has lost close to 40 percent (842,180) of its manufacturing jobs between 1990 and 2012, it still holds the largest manufacturing market share of any other state. California controls 11.4 percent of the nation's manufacturing output. Texas produces 10 percent, followed far behind by Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.

    https://www.epi.org/publicatio...

    The top 10 states ranked by total manufacturing employment in 2013 are California (1,251,400 jobs), Texas (871,700 jobs), Ohio (662,100 jobs), Illinois (579,600 jobs), Pennsylvania (563,500 jobs), Michigan (555,300 jobs), Indiana (491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (458,400 jobs), New York (455,100 jobs), and North Carolina (442,500 jobs).

  15. Where is the "-1 Wrong" moderation? https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23...

    Trump was making the wrong argument. Like many of us, he seemed to misunderstand the relevant provision of campaign finance law. In fact, the president might be better off if his campaign had supplied the hush money.

  16. A reason for the Republicans to combat Global Climate change.

  17. Good on Uber's Self-Driving Trucks Division Is Dead (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    That means fewer people will be.

    And before you rant about how autonomous cars and trucks will save lives because human drivers suck, I agree. I just want competent companies building them, not Uber.

  18. Less offensive subject on Tesla Model 3 Outselling Small, Midsize Luxury Cars In US (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you think BMW and Mercedes sell 80% of their output in the US?

    https://www.statista.com/stati...
    "The statistic gives a regional breakdown of BMW Group's worldwide automobile sales in the fiscal year of 2017. That year, BMW Group sold some 14.4 percent of its vehicles to customers in the United States."

    https://www.statista.com/stati...
    "Mercedes-Benz Car's vehicle sales in FY 2017, by major country (in 1,000 units)
    China 619
    US 388
    Germany 320"

    Guesswork from 1reddrop puts Tesla's US sales at 48.6%.
    https://1reddrop.com/2018/06/16/tesla-sales-by-country/

  19. Re:Best environmental solution: urbanism on The Hidden Environmental Cost of Amazon Prime's Free, Fast Shipping (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 2

    It really pisses me off when Amazon is late with my Prime electricity orders.

  20. I suggest that those of you with with Facebook accounts submit deepfake images of Mark Zuckerberg's face on that naked statue of Trump.

  21. Thanks Steve! on 4.9% of Websites Use Flash, Down From 28.5% in 2011 (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Taking a long to die though.

  22. Less. They have $3,000 bidets.

  23. Re:The problem is that it was very obvious bullshi on Researcher Admits Study That Claimed Uber Drivers Earn $3.37 An Hour Was Not Correct (fortune.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And the less common, but still valid example of working, married dads, where the taxes at the wife's high marginal rate coupled with child care expenses often yield surprisingly low net true earnings.

  24. Reading immediately after the "Wait until they hit puberty" comment, I read this as "Pencils are going the way of the Dildo."

  25. Aliens replaced as the greatest fear? on AIs Have Replaced Aliens As Our Greatest World Destroying Fear (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Not among Republicans.