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  1. Re:The problem with HDMI is that it is an A/V inte on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    HDMI has "changed" every few years, but the cable is exactly the same and compatibility hasn't really changed. No, we don't need one more competing standard.

  2. Re:Why would it be on Tivo??? on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The idea was established before every TV had HDMI inputs and still not every TV has S/PDIF out.

    You know it's possible for a receiver to have more than one optical input, right?

  3. Re:No on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ARC is primarily used for receivers that have their own HDMI inputs. It's not a separate port - the same one that sends picture from the receiver's inputs to the TV also carries audio back to the receiver from the TV's inputs.

  4. Re:I call BS on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I know 3.5mm cable isn't the most reliable, but you'll already be on a site that sells RG-6 3.5mm to RCA adapter cables:
    https://www.monoprice.com/prod...

  5. Re:I call BS on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If you only have stereo speakers, you still don't want to have to pay extra for a TV that will transcode the audio just to make it easier to transmit (though the ability to convert to Stereo PCM would be built-in). Many TV's have a 3.5mm stereo output too.

  6. And this couldn't have had any influence at all on the historically low voter turnout?

  7. Google only has two statuses. Beta and Discontinued. I believe that their fix for most broken products is to discontinue them.

  8. Re:tier internet on The Meaning of AMP (adactio.com) · · Score: 2

    AMP is free (in cost). In effect, though, they limit access to your brand and ads and the content almost appears to be sponsored by Google.

  9. Re:What if everyone stopped using Amazon on Amazon Tops 540K Employees After Swallowing Whole Foods in $13.7B Deal (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Just remember Wal-Mart when Sam Walton was around. It was definitely a different picture. Yes, it will take a while. But by then, the competition will be long gone.

  10. Re:The problem with climate science on Study Links Rapid Ice Sheet Melting With Distant Volcanic Eruptions (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    first they come up with the conclusion, and then try to find evidence to back it up. That's not how science works.

    That's actually exactly how science works. Except the proper term is hypothesis.

  11. Re:Let's bury that one on Study Links Rapid Ice Sheet Melting With Distant Volcanic Eruptions (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Exacerbated? No. Made it more easily observable because there wasn't something with a bigger impact overshadowing it. It was just harder to collect data before.

  12. Re: america on Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    That's assuming they're able to sell all of even the prime time slots. The loss of profit combined with the sunk operating cost means they're losing far less money running ads on their own network. Whether you truly call it free or not is a matter of perspective.

  13. Re:not going to happen on Did Amazon Really Lower Whole Foods' Prices? (bustle.com) · · Score: 1

    Those who want to be ripped at at Krogers unless they show their papers will continue to make that choice.

    Pick just about any store and you can probably use Jenny's number for the stalker discount. (your area code) 867-5309. If someone else hasn't already done it, you be the one.

  14. Re:What if everyone stopped using Amazon on Amazon Tops 540K Employees After Swallowing Whole Foods in $13.7B Deal (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe getting out of the basement is good for you.

  15. Re:What if everyone stopped using Amazon on Amazon Tops 540K Employees After Swallowing Whole Foods in $13.7B Deal (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it could change at any moment. Step 6 of corporate growth is to get a ruthless cost-cutter in to appease the shareholders. At that point it would be too late to salvage any of the businesses they steamrolled.

  16. I'm waiting for Amazon Toilet. Skip the middle man's body entirely.

  17. Re:hundreds of millions on NotPetya Outbreak Left Merck Short of HPV Vaccine Gardasil (securityledger.com) · · Score: 0

    1.35 hundreds. Anything over one is plural, you know.

  18. Re: america on Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 2

    It's part of the carriage contract.

  19. Re:To Table something - US vs Brits on Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I think they accidentally a few words and meant that Comcast was trying to table it.

  20. Re: america on Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    $200k is a couple dozen ad spots on the local TV and radio station

    Unless you're the cable company and you can run ads as often as you want for free within your own system.

  21. Re:Outrageous on PSA: Apple's iPhone X Screen Repair Will Cost You $279 (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    There are lots of expensive cars that are not custom-built. Almost all of them made in factories with the help of robots.

  22. Re:the rise of the eyecandy tards on If You Type 1+2+3 Into Your iPhone's Calculator on iOS 11, You Probably Won't Get 6 (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm extrapolating from a concrete sample size of one. All it takes is one to prove the point. Everyone else is wholly unaffected by the lack or presence of the visual feedback - except in the case of implementation bugs.

  23. Re:Cheapest platform for Android development... on Everything New In the Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And you can develop Android-compatible apps on it. Because it's a continuous fork of Android with customizations. I don't see them diverging FireOS from Android any further anytime soon because that is a lot more work for Amazon.

  24. Re:the rise of the eyecandy tards on If You Type 1+2+3 Into Your iPhone's Calculator on iOS 11, You Probably Won't Get 6 (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Most people aren't able to tell which key their finger is on without looking at their finger to put it in the right place. It takes much longer to look up and see what shows up at the top of the screen. I know if I'm looking down, it will be for speed and my eyes will be on the keys.

    Physical keypads have braille dots to tell you where your fingers are. Even with haptic feedback, it's a single finger operation for most people on a touch screen.

  25. Re:the rise of the eyecandy tards on If You Type 1+2+3 Into Your iPhone's Calculator on iOS 11, You Probably Won't Get 6 (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I was pointing out that there is, in fact, other feedback that the key press was registered.

    And I was differentiating between "a" key and "the" key.