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  1. Re:Sounds like they want everything fullscreen on Microsoft Sees the Future of Windows 10 as Sets, Ditching Windows For a Tabbed App Interface (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if you're stuck on 1080p or smaller. Once you go 4K, it's well worth it to open multiple windows on one screen.

  2. Re:Dumbing down for the lowest-common denominator on Microsoft Sees the Future of Windows 10 as Sets, Ditching Windows For a Tabbed App Interface (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    you can have your Word "window" also have an Excel tab and a browser tab, etc. It is an interesting idea.

    Maybe interesting. But not useful. It's already annoying that new Excel/Word documents open in existing windows instead of new separate windows. It's seriously a pain if you want to compare two Excel spreadsheets side-by-side - worse if you want the other side to go back and forth between a word and Excel document. They decided to force Windows within Windows which is just inner-platform effect (Windows 10 has much better window positioning/management than subwindows in Excel).

  3. Re:Dumbing down for the lowest-common denominator on Microsoft Sees the Future of Windows 10 as Sets, Ditching Windows For a Tabbed App Interface (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It sounds like MS's attempt to push a tablet/phone UI onto desktop users with Windows 8.

    Which would have been fine if it was "tablet" mode for actually tablet devices - where we landed with Windows 10 and the newer MS Surface models. I don't know who was asleep at the wheel when they were supposed to debate how hard this would be to use/discover with a mouse.

  4. Used to be, before they collapsed the tabs down to icons to be more like the Mac. Though now it's more like my current browser with 30 tabs open.

  5. Like a phone? More like their own history. The whole reason they named it "Windows" is because of the ability to have better multi-tasking relative to DOS.

  6. Re:Lying bastards ... on Comcast Hints At Plan For Paid Fast Lanes After Net Neutrality Repeal (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, 976.

  7. Or gamma rays or alpha particles

    Why are you saying you have to hit Nitrogen? Lots of elements can be induced to a radioactive state. My reply was not specific to Fukushima, but the very generalized statement directly above my reply.

  8. Re:Lying bastards ... on Comcast Hints At Plan For Paid Fast Lanes After Net Neutrality Repeal (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    My fucking phone company doesn't get to charge me for the privilege of calling a certain area code

    You mean like long-distance calling?

  9. Re:Slow Clap on White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban For Staff (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Considering how they've filled the positions that were filled, I think we're better off leaving as many posts empty as possible.

  10. Re:Getting sued by the networks in 3.. 2.. 1.. on Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    there was quite a bit of negotiating between TiVo and the networks over their DVR

    I'm pretty sure that was when they wanted to get bundled in as TV provider units. The TV provider has to uphold its own contracts (and sells its own ad time too).

  11. Re:How does it detect commercials? on Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 2

    The primary method MythTV uses is detecting a solid black frame. Most commercials start/end with black, so this works well most of the time. The problem is all the modern drama shows that are near-black for entire scenes or entirely black as the camera passes a solid object.

  12. Re:Welcome to the turn of the century on Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. And I stream a lot of MythTV recordings through Plex, so it would be nice to be able to autogenerate some metadata files for Plex. I already use a script that makes a folder of TV show names, each containing symlinks to episodes in "[Showname] S00E00 [episodename].mpg" format. This makes it easy for Plex to fill in metadata.

  13. Re:my decline reason on Two Major Cydia Hosts Shut Down as Jailbreaking Fades in Popularity (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    Now that Android is good enough, switching to Android is even better. So many categories of app are outright banned by Apple - including the useful WiFi Analyzer.

  14. Re:Maybe. Verge is slightly less reliable than Enq on Should Brokers Use 'Voice Prints' For Stock Transactions? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The source was just the first that came up in a Google search for Lyrebird. There are others.

  15. Re:In part, I think because it shows... on Why Do Employers Require College Degrees That Aren't Necessary? (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    The magic is in the cover letter, thats the sales pitch you write to explain why you should be considered for an interview. The resume backs up the cover letter.

    Maybe 20 years ago. Now, your cover letter only gets read if your resume comes up in a query of the applicants that have the best matching data.

  16. Re:Of course it's possible - I recognize hundreds on Should Brokers Use 'Voice Prints' For Stock Transactions? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hollywood and others already have the tools to recreate a voice without the person present - saying any word. And Caller ID can be spoofed trivially. ANI cannot as easily, but that also probably wouldn't work for brokers in a company using a multi-line phone system.

  17. Re:Seems feasible on Is Elon Musk Greatly Exaggerating Tesla's Battery Technology? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    This. Just reading the summary told me this is almost certainly it. No great stretch of the imagination required here.

  18. Re:Human Research Subjects on The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Save a life, or comply with rules and regulatio on The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    people should also be free to run their own genetic data through whatever analysis programs they want

    Yeah, I think HIPAA practically demands having access to your own medical data. If you can have it but aren't supposed to read it, that's just silly.

  20. Depends how much radiation you are exposed to. Enough particles flying around and some of your own atoms may become a radioactive isotope.

  21. Sure - but it's far more likely to be in violation of PCI compliance. Either way, declined cards are probably a bigger risk than lost sales for a bigger chain store.

  22. Visa isn't making money off you.

    Yes they are. Visa makes more money off of people like that. They only collect transaction fees. It's the issuing banks that make money on interest.

  23. It has been said that one who values honesty responsible

    One who says that is near incomprehensible. What are you trying to say?

    I don't carry cash because my wife and I can't both carry the same cash around. Accounting is greatly simplified.

  24. Raised/embossed numbers are no longer a requirement (and flat cards are much easier on the wallet too) for card issuers. Most of my cards are completely flat now.

    A few people who know what's accepted where they're going may only have their phone with them for Android Pay / Apple Pay.

  25. Re:I don't know about renting ... on A Third of Americans Still Buy and Rent Videos (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly. Rent on Amazon for $3.99 or buy for $5.

    And for me, the secondhand market is fine. If it's not too scratched, I'll buy a movie for $1 at a yard sale. That same movie is not available for rental/subscription streaming and would be $6.99+ to buy a perpetual streaming copy. And minor scratches only matter until I rip the disc and or it in a binder. There condition of the physical artwork is irrelevant, because I use a pristine version on my media server.