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  1. Re:VP9 Costs 100% Less on Netflix Finds x265 20% More Efficient Than VP9 (streamingmedia.com) · · Score: 1

    That is assuming that bandwidth is free. It is not, thus no.

  2. For one, wireless *anything* is less reliable than its wired equivalent.

    Plenty of kids destroy the wires on headphones, sometimes costing parents hundreds of dollars over the years. Totally talking about other people, not my own kid *cough*. But regardless, having no wires can be more reliable in some ways.

  3. Hearing about it and having people who forget to charge their headphones in real life are slightly different matters.

  4. You're somehow acting like I suggested this was a negative thing. Regardless of your opinion, the increased numbers (yes, it will increase numbers) will make more people talk about its effects. I don't know where you got that opinion as I was clear that it would just bring more light to it, even saying that some people think it is good, some think it is bad. I never expressed my own opinion for you to get so butt-hurt.

  5. There are plenty of conversations on the reasons. My point is this makes it a much broader issue because they will sell more units up front. More exposure sooner.

  6. Brilliant move on Apple Hikes Order Volume For iPhone 7 Parts In Wake of Samsung Recall (macrumors.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Jumping on your opponents' mistakes is sure to pay off, and this will force the headphone jack issue into the forefront quickly. Not sure how much that will work and backfire, possibly simultaneously across markets.

  7. Vibrates at 70Hz on An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you think it matches his vibrato?

  8. Re: Fucking Useless Shit on Microsoft Helps Develop Smart, IoT-Enabled Refrigerators (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Normally that would more likely have to do with quality. Clarity of each pixel is usually demanded to be sharper for computers than TVs, etc.

  9. Exact opposite effect on President Obama Wants To Prevent a Cyber Weapon 'Arms Race' (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    It's like when he says "guns are bad m'kay" and sales skyrocket. Cyber war/sex/crime is bad!

  10. Re:Before 9/11 we had mostly private security on Long TSA Delays Force Airports To Hire Private Security Contractors (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that we have clear admission of guilt that the DNC itself has manipulated their own nomination, which is corrupt beyond imagination, yet people just accept it.

  11. Re:Only possible with unreasonable tax rates on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, a program that mentioned no results is completely relevant to derail the conversation and avoid the major points, my apologies.

  12. Re:Before 9/11 we had mostly private security on Long TSA Delays Force Airports To Hire Private Security Contractors (popsci.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You wont get any argument from me that DHS is too large and is abusing the powers of the Patriot Act, which should have never been extended. Once the Patriot Act goes away the DHS will not be able to (legally) maintain its current size and scope. The general idea of it is less flawed than its implementation with overreach. And having ICE under DHS, where not only do we not address exploitation of undocumented aliens, as well as software/music/movie copyright infringement? WTF? Rehaul it without a doubt.

  13. Before 9/11 we had mostly private security on Long TSA Delays Force Airports To Hire Private Security Contractors (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Abolish the money drain security theater that is the TSA and let the airports go back to using security methods that were shown to be more effective. Keep DHS as merely a top-level organization and make use of air marshals as has been the standard. Use best practices that have been shown to work, and abandon the costly, ineffective, dangerous (unregulated x-ray), and intrusive methods that do not improve safety.

  14. Re:Only possible with unreasonable tax rates on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, for one thing you jumped to a totally different country than the topic, but to address taxes in the USA, they're crafted through corporatism very often, aiding countries profiting in the USA and paying little in taxes to the USA, but again, the topic is not the USA.

  15. Re:Only possible with unreasonable tax rates on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    You sound like the nutjob. Corporatism is a major part of the tax problem, and it erodes the positive benefits to society that a form of capitalism offers.

  16. Only possible with unreasonable tax rates on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: -1

    This only seems like a feasible and reasonable option in a nation whose tax rate has far exceeded the point of reasonable reach. If we reduce government spending and reduce the tax rates (which government employees hate), then we would also be making an impact on poverty, as well as empowering the people. These are not options with current overreach, so we look to this basic income concept as an authoritarian alternative.

  17. Re:Asshole on John McAfee Sues Intel To Use His Own Name (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    The Trademark has been unused for years, giving him grounds for forced negotiation at the very least.

  18. I'll believe it when I see it on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I find this a bit hard to swallow.

  19. Pour out 1 ml on Stanford's New Alcohol Policy Isn't Based On Much Research (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Hah, only 749 ml, good to go!

  20. No, it is still a small percentage. It is a high number, but small percentage.

  21. What does this say for Intel Macs? on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    I know they never update their hardware anymore, but will they adjust OSX to the processors as well, or what? This is interesting and, while promising for efficiency, bothersome in several ways.

  22. Damn. I was hoping to ditch my 2600k running at 4.4GHz, but it is looking like you may be correct.

  23. Re:Who's stopping you... on US Patients Battle EpiPen Prices And Regulations By Shopping Online (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll agree to that. Is customs supposed to stop all contraband? Yes. Is taking government inefficiency into account at all points valid? Completely.

  24. The other guy covered that a single shotgun blast at a distance without walls around you to capture the sound isn't quite enough to terrify most farm animals all that much. A drone could be far more scary to them.

  25. Re:s/autopilot/driver assist on Tesla To Further Restrict Its Autopilot Software To Prevent Accidents (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    As mentioned over and over in this story already, it is more of an automatic pilot than the "automatic pilot" in planes that has been around for decades.