User: turkeydance

"...1.9 per cent faster"

On: Seagate's New 'SkyHawk AI' Disk Drive Is Just a Slightly Higher Speced Version of Its Predecessor (theregister.co.uk)

crossing the line first. gold medal.

white's a color, too

On: Indiana Is Purging Voters Using Software That's 99 Percent Inaccurate, Lawsuit Alleges (thedailybeast.com)

all colors, actually.

800,000 years ago

On: Carbon Pollution Touched 800,000 Year Record in 2016, WMO Says (bloomberg.com)

they did something called "Carbon Credits" and it worked

my dogs are not ordinary

On: Researchers Devise 2FA System That Relies On Taking Photos of Ordinary Objects (bleepingcomputer.com)

guess i have to pick something else. their leashes?

X employee

On: Apple Fires Engineer After His Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral (engadget.com)

iPhuckedup

yes.

On: Did Amazon Really Lower Whole Foods' Prices? (bustle.com)

1 %

To the Moon, Alice!

On: India, China, and Japan Are All Planning Moon Missions (upi.com)

take India, China, and Japan with you! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

"...three months' worth of human reviews..."

On: YouTube Is Fighting the 'Adpocalypse' With a Less Trigger-Happy Flagging System (theverge.com)

there it is. right there. see?

desperate Times

On: The New York Times Launches Tor Onion Service To Overcome Censorship, Ensure Privacy (betanews.com)

for the NY Times. this looks like an Onion headline.

washing removes fecal first

On: Scientists Find a Better Way To Wash Pesticides Off Your Apples (cnet.com)

yes, the row crews do #2 and keep on picking.

thanks. now i can tell my wife why

On: Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba (npr.org)

i won't eat that soybean slush called "health food".

to Supplement humans

On: Walmart Tests Shelf-Scanning Robots In Over 50 Stores (engadget.com)

or humans are supplemental? reminds me of "To Serve Man" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

NYTTV

On: FCC To Loosen TV, Newspaper Ownership Rules (reuters.com)

the WaPo Channel. the SF Examiner Morning Zoo.

I am altering the deal.

On: Verizon Will Stop Throttling Video On Unlimited Plans If You Pay An Extra $10 Per Month (theverge.com)

Pray I don't alter it any further. (well, opportunity and all that)

why did the texter cross the road?

On: Honolulu Now Fines People Up To $99 For Texting While Crossing Road (theguardian.com)

road? what road?

traditional cigarettes are WHITE

On: New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com)

c'mon man. this is true; ban ALL colors.

...and DirecTV gives up

On: DirecTV to Launch Android TV-Based OTT Set-Top Box (variety.com)

which sets up for a buy-out

Russia...the FCC took the bait

On: FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control (variety.com)

time to reel in the catch

responsible for themselves and to themselves

On: Tech Companies Pledge To Use Artificial Intelligence Responsibly (axios.com)

right

the pilots need the flight hours

On: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers On 24-Hour Alert (defenseone.com)

most of the pilots are younger than the bombers they fly. 486

dammit...EVERY time we go fishing here

On: The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility: Where Spacecraft Go To Die (bbc.com)

something falls and scares the fish away

but the man, if anything, is

On: Bill Gates Tries A(nother) Billion-Dollar Plan To Reform Education (washingtonpost.com)

rich

Newsweek is evil AND stupid

On: Silicon Valley 'Divided Society and Made Everyone Raging Mad', Argues Newsweek (newsweek.com)

not or.

get them hooked

On: Google Says It Hasn't Promised To Help News Sites By Sharing Money and User Data (cnet.com)

then call the shots.

sophisticated hackers

On: US Government Warns Of 'Ongoing' Hacks Targeting Nuclear and Power Industries (reuters.com)

pics or it didn't happen