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  1. Re:Captain Obvious? Or Captain Iron-ic? on Almost All Bronze Age Artifacts Were Made From Meteorite Iron (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't make a knife out of "Fe"

    Sure you can, just put "Kni" in front of it.

  2. Re:What's the difference? on Almost All Bronze Age Artifacts Were Made From Meteorite Iron (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    No nickel either.

  3. Re:Anyone know about GE wind turbines on GE Cuts 12,000 Jobs In Response To Falling Demand For Fossil Fuel Energy (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. As evidenced by this dumb video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  4. Once the plants are built, there's very little need for more equipment to be produced.

  5. Re:"Falling Demand For Fossil Fuel Energy" on GE Cuts 12,000 Jobs In Response To Falling Demand For Fossil Fuel Energy (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    You focus on that little nit when even the verb tense is wrong? I think you have a problem.

  6. Re:I fully expect... on 'Watershed' Medical Trial Proves Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If eliminating the cause is also the cure, then there is nothing else you can call it. It took a lifestyle choice to get sick in the first place.

  7. Re:Same thing for AppleTV on Apple Has Ruined Its Podcasts App (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Making nerdy features less prominent to make the UI more approachable is actually a great goal. They always seem to forget to leave the other features in and make them discoverable.

  8. Re:New version = worse version on Apple Has Ruined Its Podcasts App (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    The only way to list yourself on iTunes is by providing a URL for an RSS feed. Trouble is next that lots of websites only submit that URL to a list of podcast directories and never praying a link on their web site. Sometimes it will still get indexed by Google, but you have to search by file type.

  9. Re:overcast on Apple Has Ruined Its Podcasts App (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Unmonetizable content. They can't collect 30% of free.

  10. Obligatory YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=...

  11. Re:FTW!! on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    Can you just read the reply to the other person who already asked the same question? The answer is the same. The exchanges will shut down due to a lack of buyers.

  12. Re:FTW!! on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    Regardless, the same would apply. Though I'd be surprised if the exchanges aren't doing any of their own buying of BTC in the process during the bubble. They would know before almost anyone else when to sell - and they could prioritize their own holdings.

  13. Re:Suggestion: Aircraft Ejector Chute on Airlines Restrict 'Smart Luggage' Over Fire Hazards Posed By Batteries (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Doesn't water make a lithium battery fire worse?

  14. Re: Man, I am old on Airlines Restrict 'Smart Luggage' Over Fire Hazards Posed By Batteries (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that's a feature. Bluetooth LE uses far less battery than LTE and most cell companies charge an additional monthly fee to have another device connected to the network.

  15. You don't need to run it continuously. If it comes on for 10-15 seconds every 3 minutes, that's all you need. I'm not sure what good Bluetooth would be anyway - that can't transmit GPS coordinates. Wouldn't it be LTE? Bluetooth could only tell you your baggage is on the carousel - not that it was on another plane.

  16. Re: Battery type on Airlines Restrict 'Smart Luggage' Over Fire Hazards Posed By Batteries (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Your luggage runs Windows?

  17. Re:FTW!! on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    Any Bitcoin exchange that's still running. Once the crash starts, they will likely shut down very quickly - because they would have to buy BTC that will be worthless by the time they can move it.

  18. Re:DIY Cryptocurrency Mining... on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    Nice try at affiliate marketing, but nobody here is that gullible.

  19. Pop! Pop! on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    Sell NOW!!! It's useless as currency at this price with high transaction fees. This bubble is going to pop hard and fast and probably before Christmas.

  20. Re:Valve are not fools on Steam Ends Support For Bitcoin (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Any nerds smart enough to invest in the first place are smart enough to sell off right around now. It's a gambler's market.

  21. Re:Totally Agreee on 'Watershed' Medical Trial Proves Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. That's more precise, but no - it's not worth that much extra effort. Weight alone is only one guideline to health progress.

  22. Giflornick

  23. Great argument - tell someone to Google. It's almost like you never had your own argument in the first place. You know that private companies tend not to publish trade secrets or really much of that info at all - there is no guarantee that this information is out there in any reliable capacity.

    However what I do know is that Final Cut Pro usage is gaining usage in Hollywood. I also know that Avid Media Composer is huge and is Windows and Mac only. Nothing I find on Google tells me otherwise.

  24. What video editing software is being run on Linux these days by the pros? I really don't see it.

  25. This is the new Tandy Model 100. 20 hour battery life, limited hardware. It will be good for journalists or anyone who has a travel-heavy job and not a computing-heavy job.