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  1. Pluto bitches on Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced To Undiscovered Planet (spacedaily.com) · · Score: 2

    you call me a dwarf now, I'll tilt your sun..

  2. Billions wasted on Satya Nadella: 'We Clearly Missed the Mobile Phone' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    All you have to say is "we missed it?" Come on Microsoft it's not like you can write off all those billions of dollars invested and say you missed it. Oh you mean you fucked up your execution? That I'll believe more. You had a strategy, remember Windows CE and it's derivatives which morphed into Windows Mobile? Yeah you remember those, platforms without real developer tools and you couldn't debug on? Those platforms that made any effort painful and then you'd pull support for them. Yeah I remember those days. Then you told everybody that you had fixed it. Some came back but most went off on to this IOS and Android thingy, they had tools and a lot better support from their respective houses. They didn't tie you to cumbersome APIs where you tried to tie Win32 to everything. They flourished, you died. So you didn't miss it, you just couldn't execute.

  3. Re:A Phone to Replace my PC? on Satya Nadella: 'We Clearly Missed the Mobile Phone' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    dual 32 inch 4K monitors you insensitive clod.

  4. so, latch fails during spin cycle = explosion? I just think it's a bad year for Samsung. Besides I have visions of Samsung VR wearers heads aflame now. Don't fuck that up.

  5. flaming.. FTFY

  6. I have three ISPs one with fiber, two broadband to my home. My fiber provider was VZ FIOS now it's Frontier FIOS which from a business relationship perspective was going from an alligator to a crocodile. I've already cut my TV subscription (Sling user here) and they indeed said "oh your Internet will go up." to which I replied "good, you're fired." and they back-peddled. I realize a lot of this is the content providers (Comcast, Viacom etc.) but shit how many news channels do we need anyway, besides i get local news networks fine and I don't really care what NBC,MSNBC,CNN,CNNHeadlineNews have to offer.. Cronkite is dead FFS!

  7. well only if you carry it around in an aluminum foil wrapper do you win the price. ;-)

  8. Where's a payphone at? Those roadside call boxes? Yes having a cell phone opens up a world of snooping and smart phones with locked in apps (such as facebook) that have the ability to track your every movement, text, phone call and contact.

    Gee, modern technology is so wonderful.

  9. Finally allows me to select permissions for apps and services. Sure it'll bitch and yell "The sky will fall" but it hasn't.
    Google Play location services have been disabled on my phone for awhile already.

  10. He's too late on President Obama Wants To Prevent a Cyber Weapon 'Arms Race' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    it's already too late and unfortunately the US and other countries are already under attack. Don't believe me? Stuxnet.

  11. Re:Coupons will appear on the screen on Microsoft Helps Develop Smart, IoT-Enabled Refrigerators (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    No, nobody will buy these so Microsoft will have to pay you to use the product along with their "focused advertising"

  12. Those who forget history on How G.E. Is Transforming Into An IoT Start-Up (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And they'll wind up building version 10 of GECOS and then sell it off again. Oh wait they already did that.

     

  13. Re:Now what about all the other S apps? on Samsung Reminds Us That You Can't Make People Use an App They Don't Want (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    No, it's all about extending their market brand. Yes there's apps that are great for functionality and productivity, like S Pen but others are like so much detritus unless you root and remove it . At that point you may as well go full bore and get rid of your carrier/samsung provided O/S and go custom ROM but then again you'll lose features that your carrier provides or that Samsung only provide in their distribution.

  14. Re:Already Have Fiber and Broadband at the curb on Google Fiber Is Changing Its Strategy as Costs Grow (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    eminent domain was used to acquire the utility right of way, it's possible I guess however you can't seize without compensating. Considering the players involved, it could be a very expensive and protracted legal dispute through the courts.

  15. Already Have Fiber and Broadband at the curb on Google Fiber Is Changing Its Strategy as Costs Grow (fortune.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I already have Fiber and Broadband to my house but oh wait, Google can't use those because my local politicians gave certain franchise rights to companies who made the investment in digging up the street. In my case at least it isn't a last mile problem, it's a blocked mile problem.

  16. Re:Twitter is pro-Free Speech ? REALLY ?? on Former Twitter Employees: 'Abuse Problem' Comes From Their Culture Of Free Speech (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    inciting looting / violence is okay in Twitter's book but calling people out for it isn't okay. While I respect your argument it's not point in fact, there's too many getting banned and filtered along with trending hashtags that disappear for no reason other than they may seem unpopular with Liberals. There's already been known left-leaning abuse in other social media platforms, it's documented and even good old Google being involved in it as well, I just think it's time for Twitter to come out and say "We support violence and rioting but we don't support conservative ideals." Sure there's hyperbole on both sides of it but if you're going to advocate free speech without hate at least you should proclaim your biases.

  17. Re:Twitter is pro-Free Speech ? REALLY ?? on Former Twitter Employees: 'Abuse Problem' Comes From Their Culture Of Free Speech (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    unlike old DeRay who organizes real mobs yet still somehow manages to keep his Twitter account in good standing. While I don't agree with Milo on a lot of things, there's a lot of truth to the fact that Twitter has been capricious and diligent about silencing conservative voices and yet they put an icon symbolizing unity with BLM thuggery. If you're going to say "ban all hate related speech" then do it uniformly Twitter and people can live with it, or not.

  18. Why can't we leave it alone on Chrome Is Nearly Ready To Talk To Your Bluetooth Devices (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Just let the damn browser be a browser, stop building O/S capabilities into Browsers, we don't need local storage, we don't need DRM we just want it to open and render web pages.

  19. Is that why? on Earth's Resources Used Up at Quickest Rate Ever in 2016 (france24.com) · · Score: 1

    My Campbell's soup cans are getting smaller?

  20. Welcome to the real world.

  21. Just Like on Google: Unwanted Software Is Worse Than Malware (thestack.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah like come bundled on every Android device and oh BTW which rely on Google location tracking, snooping and other APIs.
    Facebook et al. shouldn't take rooting to get rid of them, stop the bloat abuse.

  22. Good Spy technique on Iran Bans Pokemon Go Over 'Security Concerns' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Put all the Pokemon in that highly secure Atomic Bomb I mean er uhm Peaceful Uranium enrichment plant. Free Spying for everyone.

  23. Re:Good luck on This Company Has Built a Profile On Every American Adult (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What part of "We have data on that 21-year-old who's living at home with mom and dad" was unclear? I don't think location in the house matters.

  24. The Olympic Dream on Olympic Swimmers 'Certain' To Pick Up Virus From Three Teaspoons of Rio Water (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Given all of Brazil's problems, was hosting the Olympics such a good idea? Never mind that the FIFA World Cup nearly bankrupted the country, they're now putting on a show that they can't afford. They have rampant poverty in Rio, pollution issues, body parts washing up on beaches and even Zika yet here we are about to have another meaningless Olympic games in a country that won't easily recover from it.

  25. Re:All the worlds's a stage on Almost Half Of All TSA Employees Have Been Cited For Misconduct (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    or flipping burgers at McDonalds. The scanner goes beep... Fries done!