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  1. Now if they wou;ld just on Netflix Adds 5.3 Million Subs In Q3, Beating Forecasts (variety.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Add more content. There is over 100 years of movies and over 75 years of television they could add pretty cheaply.

    There seems to be less content now than there was when I first subscribed.

  2. Probably the poor will be using keyboards/voice on What Will Replace Computer Keyboards? (xconomy.com) · · Score: 1

    The wealthy will have brain implants. The very wealthy will have "people" to do that sort of thing.

  3. Google and Wal-Mart form an alliance.

  4. Choo Choo Motherfucker!

    Seriously, if you have suspended/fired/asked someone to resign, Why on Earth would you not either take their security token, or revoke it?

  5. I use RT and IMDB on Real Moviegoers Don't Care About Rotten Tomatoes · · Score: 1

    Mostly to decide if something is worth downloading to watch at home.

    Most of the trailers lately seem to want to give away everything about a movie. If it's a new movie, I tend to ignore the trailers.

  6. Has anybody analyzed on Recordings of the Sounds Heard In the Cuban US Embassy Attacks Released (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The youtube sounds to see if they're legit?

      I've got the order for 20 or so outdoor speakers pointed at my neighbors house waiting on amazon...

  7. Re:It has always been true on PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Porn has always led the industry. Always.

    Sure. lots of innovation comes from porn. My concern is the next place tech like this leaps, to facebook, or instagram, or Security Cameras in public places.

  8. Believe me, there's a market for that. Just ask monster cables. Or ask Best buy or any of the retailers selling HDMI cables and the like at 200+% profit.

    200%,? I was buying 6' HDMI cables tor $2 each 10 or so years ago. The "Monster" BB equivalents were more than $60... Even Big Lots had them for $12 or so.

  9. Re:I for one welcome German ignorance. on Publishers Take ResearchGate To Court, Seek Removal of Millions of Papers (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome German ignorance.

    So sure, take it down .. but only in Germany.

    German courts really need to start getting their crap together as it regards copyright law; they screwed up Spotify, they screwed up YouTube.

    I guess they haven't ran out of copyright law related things to screw up more on.

    Better idea, just bloxk all access from Germany to the site. Open another site just for German IP's, hosted in Sweden, for a much larger amount of money for access.

  10. He who hacks last on Spies Hack. But the Best Spies Hack Other Spies. (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Hacks Best.

    Or:

    Who watches the watchers?

  11. Re: International....business machines on IBM Now Has More Employees In India Than In the US (newsindiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There is also automation that has started digging in. A lot of work that gets offshored for clients is stuff like checking some fields before releasing a PO, executing a script to implement a change into prod, resetting user passwords, creating a VM from image, restarting & checking servers for patch level, etc. Mundane stuff that historically was cheaper to offload to the lowest cost labor but now it's better to have one small scripting team and a small executing team.

    So, all the jobs that robots/dumb AI/shellscripts will be replacing soon?

  12. Want to send me money for my GoFundMe where I will probably invent different sizes and colors of electrical tape cut into specific shapes to fit the cameras on any device?

  13. Maybe they could start on California Considers Banning Internal Combustion Engines To Meet Emissions Goals (sacbee.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Will all state and local government vehicles and see how it goes for them.

  14. Don't opt into any class actions. Just file against them and accept the maximum damages.

    Then freeze your credit scores.

    Even better if you completely stop using credit cards for anything other than emergencies.

  15. And then on Bell Canada Wants Pirate Websites Blocked For Canadians (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    They'll mark sites like netflix, hulu, CBS All access and Amazon, because someone told them to block them.

    It's not like their citizens actually have rights or freedom. Just ask the guy from TVAddons for Kodi:

    http://cordcuttersnews.com/now...

  16. Re:Are we no longer a community? on Internet Explorer Bug Leaks Whatever You Type In the Address Bar (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    As a longtime reader, I also would love to see a story explaining the downtime.

    There is an article describing the issues at:

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/...

    I don't know why they didn't bother putting out an article describing the issues. I was getting VERY tired of 503s...

  17. Re:EEE on Microsoft and Canonical Make Custom Linux Kernel (neowin.net) · · Score: 2

    Embrace,. Check.

    Extend. Check.

    Will give you three guesses for what comes next.

    Debian or CentOS on some other cloud?

  18. I guess the real question is on Court Rules That Imported Solar Panels Are Bad For US Manufacturing (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Will the price of non-domestic panels still be lower than domestic after tariffs?

    Another question is how much the coal/natural gas lobby's have donated to ensure this ruling?

    If we can burn coal, or oil, or natural gas, or corncobs to produce cheap electricity does it really matter? If coal becomes a major energy source, I would expect electrical costs to drop significantly. The price probably won't though, because profit....

  19. The real shame on There Will Be 22 Million Cord Cutters By 2018, Says Report (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that you don't have any alternative to cable companies for "useful" Internet services.

      I would love to be able to completely cut the cord...

  20. There are some other repos on Warning: 'MetalKettle' Repository For Kodi Becomes Vulnerable After GitHub Takeover (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    With issues. The current advice is to disable automatic updates for everything for a few days until this gets sorted out.

    Allegedly Exodus is having problems as well

    Here's how to just remove MK:

    http://koditips.com/uninstall-...

  21. The killer part of the idea.

    Autonomous stores.

    They drive around to where people are tweeting or facebooking from, with no driver, no cashier. Just an occasional visit from someone to restock.

    Or they could drive back to a robot refilling station to recharge their wares.

  22. Than my hyundai. 80 more miles (per full tank(

    Of course the real concern I'd have is what charging stations are available outside of my garage. you know, in case I want to drive more than 430 miles... As far as I know all brands of gasoline work in my car, and I don't have to use a GPS and the Internet to find a compatible gas station.

  23. They're charging 1K for the (no home button) razor, and they're charging for the charger (the razor blades)

    Oh and let's not get me started on beats headphones...

  24. If leasing Internet Of Shit devices is the way to go.

    You can switch to something new every time your existing devices are orphaned...

  25. Re:Hurricanes serve nature on Could 'Re-Engineering' Earth Help Ease the Hurricane Threat? (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    They destroy old trees and nature for new life to grow

    FTFY:

    They destroy old trailers and clean up trailer parks for new trailers to be installed