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  1. The swamp water had to go somewhere. I guess leaking everywhere was an option.

  2. Federal prisons need better harmonica players, if TV is anything to go by.

  3. Re:Who pays for ancient content? on Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Now evening is on demand you only need one streaming service at a time. Watch everything out has to offer and only then move on to the next service.

    The catalog doesn't even stay constant from month to month. But even if I'm not at the mercy of the schedules, I may have mood or time constraints. I'd rather be able to choose on a whim. Though I only have Prime for the shipping. The occasional show is just a bonus - it's just that I forget to ever watch the series that I've added to my watchlist.

  4. Re:A Question on the Difference on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Could Come with Snap Apps Preinstalled (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I'm too lazy to look into it myself, but I would have to guess that each app would have to have a separate copy of every dependent library instead of using the system-wide one. Tons of disk space, slower loading, and more RAM usage would be the obvious side effects.

  5. Re:Who pays for ancient content? on Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a Roku (love it, too). But I usually don't just sit down and do a search. I curate a list/queue when I'm not in the mood to actually watch, so it's ready when I want it. And if I want to remember what I have available, I still have to go to each app one by one to decide what's next.

    Someone needs to do for subscription streaming services what Ultraviolet did for purchased streams. No matter who you buy it from, you see it all in one place. Roku made searching easier, but they probably can't fix the queue tracking on their end.

  6. Re:Funny on Twitch To Ban Users For 'Hate' on Other Platforms (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They're not being removed from Twitch for sexual assault. You're really oversimplifying things here.

  7. Re:Can they charge me instead? on Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    We asked for a la-carte and this is what it looks like.

    A la carte was what we asked for when television was on a schedule. This is just bundling of a different sort. Instead of getting one channel, we're getting an entire production company's back-catalog with a price that reflects that. The goalpost for a la carte has moved for streaming. Let me pay $0.50/episode for each and every TV episode I watch (less for older shows) and networks will make more money per hour of programming viewed and I will get a better value for my money. Right now, the only streaming option for new TV is bundles or purchasing perpetual streaming rights for a TV series at $2+/episode.

    tl;dr These services are still only a good deal if you want to consume a lot of content.

  8. Who pays for ancient content? on Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    it's going to have, it's going to have tens of thousands of hours of content that cut across the library we have on a global basis

    Every TV production company thinks they can prop up a streaming service with shows from the 80's. Cord cutters aren't going to spend $50/mo. on disparate streaming services. Especially if they are only searchable separately. It's hard enough just to go back and forth between Netflix and Prime and keep track of who has what.

  9. Re: Consistency? on Twitch To Ban Users For 'Hate' on Other Platforms (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well...maybe Twitter will decide to look at their users' activities on Twitch to decide whether to ban them.

  10. Re:But Asparagus is still nasty! on Spread of Breast Cancer Linked To Compound In Asparagus and Other Foods (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Cheese on asparagus would be disgusting - and I like asparagus. Grilled until tender, but not mushy, is one of the better ways to eat it. I marinate and heat in the marinade on low heat for a while and then put it on the grill for a few minutes. If it doesn't still have any crispness to it, it's overcooked and will taste strongly of bitter compounds.

  11. Re:Slashdot needs to fix that error on Arizona Introduces Bill That Would Allow Residents To Pay Taxes In Bitcoin (investopedia.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not a big in the mobile site. It's arrogance on Apple's part, combined with a general lack of Unicode support in slashdot.

  12. Re:This is incendiary on Facebook Is Testing a Dislike Button (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe. But look at the outcome of Facebook where the only counted response is positive reinforcement. People post the worst of the worst garbage and it gets likes - but no dislikes, only positive reinforcement. That may have as much to do as anything with the cesspool we have.

  13. Citation? I go look at a place selling 5,000 units wholesale and it's called a DAC. The datasheet says DAC. Nothing on there says codec.

  14. Re:Users are NOT suing. Law firms are. on Original Pixel Phone Users Are Suing Google Over Microphone Defects (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    It's Girard-Gibbs. The same firm involved in last week's article about the LG Bootloop arbitration case.

  15. Re:NEITHER of the plaintiffs? on Original Pixel Phone Users Are Suing Google Over Microphone Defects (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Two plaintiffs and a known issue reported widely on the Internet is enough. Two plaintiffs, but the class would have more members than that.

    Both tried to contact Google under warranty:

    Dr. Weeks contacted Google on March 2, 2017 to report her microphone failure and
    seek assistance. A Google representative tried to troubleshoot the problems, but was unable to fix her
    phone. The Google representative acknowledged the phone was defective and admitted to Dr. Weeks
    that Google was aware of the problems.
    17. Dr. Weeks asked Google for her money back or for a new, non-defective replacement.
    Google refused.
    18. As a result of the microphone defect and Google’s failure to provide warranty service,
    Dr. Weeks no longer uses her Pixel and instead uses a replacement phone.

    Mr. Anbar contacted Google on January 23, 2018. Google refused to refund Mr.
    Anbar’s money or replace his phone with a non-defective model, and instead referred him to
    uBreakiFix—Google’s designated third-party repair provider—for paid repairs. After learning the
    repairs would cost as much as a brand new device, Mr. Anbar bought a replacement phone.

    Or just Read the filing yourself.

  16. That's true, but it's probably still a DAC (and it would be a stretch to call it a codec).

  17. Re:This much buzz? on Nest Is Done As a Standalone Alphabet Company, Merges With Google (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Their Google Home Mini sold huge numbers last November and December. All of a sudden, the Nest is off in a corner in its own company and not together with the other home automation/control/assistant tech.

    The Nest brand is also security cameras, smoke detectors, and a doorbell.

  18. Way to explain the joke. We already got it.

  19. You can still see traffic signals right?

    And this is why there is red, blue-green, and amber. A red-green colorblind person can see all three colors distinctly.

  20. The octothorpe has many names - in the US, it can also be called a pound sign.

  21. Re:"Publisher Says" ... nuff said on Cloudflare Is Liable For Pirate Sites and Has No Safe Harbor, Publisher Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It lists facts of record, which by definition cannot be biased.

    You can bias facts. You just omit the ones that aren't in your favor. Whether it is or isn't biased can't be known by the American public, and that's still a concern.

  22. Re:"Publisher Says" ... nuff said on Cloudflare Is Liable For Pirate Sites and Has No Safe Harbor, Publisher Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    how much proof that cliton rigged the election in her favor do you SJW crybabies need?

    The election went in her favor?

  23. Because it seems like for branding reasons, manufacturers use the same model number for wildly different units. See the Dell Optiplex 3040 or the HP Envy 15 for example.

  24. Re: Ripoff? Yep... ripoff, really .... on Microsoft Is Now Selling a Surface Laptop With An Intel Core m3 Processor For $799 (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows can bog down a CPU pretty seriously just doing its OWN software updates!

    They seem to have a serious problem with setting process CPU and I/O priority. It should be possible to prioritize everything above maintenance tasks, so that you never even feel it.

  25. Click? No, the limited warranty was merely a piece of paper in the box with 6pt text. And worse, California courts already had precedent to uphold this.

    Sure, LG gives you 30 days to opt out of arbitration post purchase by mail, but unless you pay to send it certified, you have no proof you sent it.