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  1. Re:Only works if you've got all the leverage on Amazon Threatened To Kill Its Whole Foods Deal if the Grocer Started a Bidding War (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Only works if you're commenting on the right article.

  2. Re:But why? The quality MUST suck... on Stream-ripping Is 'Fastest Growing' Music Piracy (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The quality of Bluetooth audio depends heavily on the codec supported by both devices. You can stream AAC or MP3 without re-encoding over Bluetooth or one of the newer transport codecs like aptX.

    The problem is that it's not easy to find this information out.

  3. Re:That makes no sense. on 222,000 Jobs Added To US Payrolls In June; Unemployment Rate Rises To 4.4 Percent (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    a non-livable wage is more money than zero money from not working

    And takes away all your useful hours you could otherwise use to find a livable wage.

  4. Re:Better yet - educate! on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    That was how lots of people did it during the checkbook era too. I tend not to keep extra money in my primary account outside of what I'll need for expenses during that period. Everything else is put away elsewhere. And yeah, it is a little more work - but I know about mistakes right away.

  5. Re:Then we'll have fusion power on France Set To Ban Sale of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles By 2040 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    20 years from commercial use. Coincidence?

    Not really. It's been 20 years way for most of the last 50 years.

  6. Re:Government Subsidy on Elon Musk Promises World's Biggest Lithium Ion Battery To Australia (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Same billing term used industry-wide. Would you prefer mAH or AH? This is from a press release, not a science journal article.

  7. Re:Beginning of the end? on Tesla Model S Fails To Get Top IIHS Crash Rating (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't that be a sex reassignment surgery and a same-gender marriage?

  8. Re:Vehicle Ban? on France Set To Ban Sale of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles By 2040 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Try the Fiskars reel mower. No electric, no gas. Very quiet. But you have to mow twice as often and you get a good workout doing it.

  9. Re:Something doesn't smell right. on RED Launches a $1,200 Smartphone With a 'Hydrogen Holographic Display' (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    They appear to be a maker [red.com] of obnoxiously expensive camera bodies and related for Hollywood.

    More like a quality budget line.

  10. Re:Meanwhile in rsync land . . . on OneDrive Has Stopped Working On Non-NTFS Drives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Rsync is one-to-one. OneDrive is one-to-many - as is Dropbox and have conflict resolution strategies aimed at the end user. Rsync is great, but it also doesn't do all of it.

  11. Re:Better yet - educate! on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    There's software for that now.

    Isn't that what I'm talking about?

    What's the shorthand term for a computerized accounting system?

    There's just no generic two-syllable nickname for it - "checkbook" is close enough is what I'm saying. I enter every purchase into a digital accounting system and I reconcile it against an OFX file. That is no different than balancing a checkbook in anything but convenient name and convenient time savings.

    But the point I was responding to is that tracking your own finances is not outdated. People are just lazy.

  12. Re:What choices? on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    And yes, it is sad that homemaker has almost become a financial impossibility

    And so has childcare. If you're not well-qualified to make better than minimum wage, it may just about break even.

  13. Re:Just point and laugh. on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    And about 1/3rd of the remainder require extensive remedial courses before moving on to actual collegiate level classes.

    I used to work in a downstate university. This is absolutely true. In fact, there are late summer classes just for people with conditional admissions to acclimate them to college. And there is more assistance for first year freshmen there than I bet there ever was in the whole CPS system.

  14. Re:Better yet - educate! on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    "perform basic math as needed to balance a checkbook..."

    Cute; I remember checkbooks.

    What's the shorthand term for a computerized accounting system? Logging into your bank account and checking your balance before buying something is not the same as taking control of your finances. If you write a check for local utilities (because that's all they take) and that check doesn't post for 20 days or so, you need to know that money is gone. If someone else's check / transaction posts to your account, you have to be able to spot the discrepancy (this has happened to me).

    The only difference between the 80's and now is that it's easier for anyone to download transactions from their bank to reconcile against. You still have to be able to spot the discrepancies if you care to find your missing money.

  15. Re:Not Consonant with a Free People on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Requiring the kid to do something in return for that massive gift isn't unreasonable.

    You mean like paying for the next generation's education through taxes? That already happens.

  16. Re:Excellent on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not even quite true. The brain continues in development from 18 to about 25 or so. A lot of the development centers on handling emotion correctly. This is why teenagers tend to make different decisions than adults - emotions takes over thought processes more easily because they tend to overwhelm (think Romeo and Juliet).

  17. Re:Excellent on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Every public school I knows makes everyone fill ou a FASFA. Now the kid has $500 of debt they can't get rid of without paying, acruiing at high interest rates.

    Being approved for a loan doesn't disburse it to a school nor even require you to take it.

  18. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    The labor cost of doing that exceeds the profit unless you don't value your own time.

  19. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are you scrolling through the "All Songs" list? Normally I prefer a shuffle, but if not, I browse by artist or album - and both of those are relatively manageable.

    I'll admit, allowing the clickwheel to jump by letter would be nice - but not necessary.

  20. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple doesn't replace batteries on command. They hand you a refurbished phone with a new battery and tell you to restore from backup. At least that's what they used to do.

  21. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    For $30, that's $30 you have to spend. Re-purposing old tech is free unless the corporate overlord tries to disable it.

  22. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Yours was a non-sequitur. I was just pointing it out.

  23. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    But there are no conversion services to turn an iPod touch to a Classic. I'm well aware of how to switch to flash storage on a Classic. The newer hardware gained all the inefficiencies of a full OS.

  24. Re:Polestar? Really? on Volvo Says It Will Only Make Electric and Hybrid Cars Starting in 2019 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Their name is already Volvo.

  25. Re:This need to happen... on EU Parliament Calls For Longer Lifetime For Products (eubusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    What I'd really like to do is trade in my iPod touch for an iPod Classic with flash storage. The touch OS got upgraded too many times and slowed down - the classic still runs lean and has a more efficient UI if the only reason you want to use it is for music.