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  1. I'm OK with that.

  2. They'd probably like to spend more on Apple Spent $60B on 9,000 American Suppliers in 2018, Supporting 450,000 Jobs (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2
  3. Re:What could possibly go wrong.... on Japanese Government Plans To Hack Into Citizens' IoT Devices (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If they don't do it, someone else will.

  4. Re:Never presented to the top management on Google Memo On Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's what they say. Yet some of it was implemented. That's a little... coincidental.

  5. doesn't really make sense on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure why anyone thinks they have a right to be forgotten, especially when other people have a right to know.

  6. I'm guessing Google will send some low level admin person to check between the cushions of the couches in the office to pay this.

  7. Re:Or maybe... on Asteroid Strikes 'Increase Threefold Over Last 300 Million Years,' Survey Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The new thing this study did was use the moon as a proxy for Earth. The moon does not have weathering or plate tectonics so it's much easier to obtain data on older impacts and you can use the way the craters overlay each other to determine which are older and which are newer.

  8. I wasn't signed up for the $3 a month thing, but if this works well it'll definitely keep me as their customer.

  9. well, since the object in question (not even going to attempt that spelling) was travelling at something 0.01% of C, it would take around 10,000 years to get hear from 4 ly. I don't consider that completely crazy for a really advanced civilization. Of course, I think the simpler explanation that it was simply a stray rock is the correct one.

  10. Re:lol this is bullshit on The Super-Secure Quantum Cable Hiding In the Holland Tunnel (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    an OTDR is a disruptive test. This is not something you can log and monitor

  11. I take it as a point of pride on USB Type-C Headphones Were Nowhere in Sight at CES 2019 (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that I still use a 1/8" headphone jack.

  12. Re:Simple Solution on Americans Want To Regulate AI But Don't Trust Anyone To Do It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    We need an AI as an arbitrator. By using this AI, you waive any right to sue individually or through a class action lawsuit. You agree that any dispute will be resolved through the AI arbitrator and such resolution will be binding legally in any applicable jurisdiction. You forfeit any right to sue the AI for any reason and agree to be irrevocably bound to whatever the arbitrator AI decides.

  13. Re: T-mobile to T-mobile only? on T-Mobile Begins Verifying Calls To Protect Against Spam (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a start. What will need to happen then is for people to never answer a call from a non verified number, or even better a feature or app that doesn't ring or sends straight to voicemail.

  14. Glad I'm not the only one. I read it three times and gave up.

  15. Re:Mongo Document != normal meaning of "Document" on AWS Launches Fully-Managed Document Database Service (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    As a further clarification, the Mongo in MongoDB is not the same Mongo from Blazing Saddles.

  16. Nope, "expensive." As soon as this appears on your phone, expect a $25 "5G connectivity" charge to magically appear on your bill.

  17. Re:20-40 terabytes? on The Billion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Magnetic Storage (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I store all my data on a 2 TB NAS, with plenty of headroom. I really can't think of too many ways I could take advantage of a 20 TB HDD. I'm guessing the market for this stuff will be mostly the people who are collecting and storing data ON you, not FOR you.

  18. Re:take it up to 11! on LG Unveils 88-inch 8K TV That Doubles as a Giant Speaker (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    fuck everything, we're doing 5 blades.

  19. Re:Solitaire on Caltech Scientists Use DNA Tiles To Play Tic-Tac-Toe at the Nanoscale · · Score: 1

    Minesweeper never got any love....

  20. Re:A old question on Mark Zuckerberg-Funded Researchers Test Implantable Brain Devices (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the point he was going for was, if each replacement is a slightly imperfect replica of the original, neither you nor anyone else will probably be able to tell any difference for the first few replacements. But at which point do you stop being 'you' and start being something else? If you could fabricate replacement parts perfect down to the quantum level, of course this isn't a really valid question. But in the real world, it would be. Anyone who uses emulated software knows that it doesn't always behave identically to the original in all situations because it isn't the original.

  21. Re:Shutdown is kind of a joke on FCC To Suspend Most Operations Thursday if the Partial Government Shutdown Continues (fcc.gov) · · Score: 2

    Maybe we just leave it 'shut down.'

  22. "Strapping Set" ... that's the name I used when dancing to pay for college

  23. Is that like a paper version of Twitter?

  24. Re:"The deaths of so many people" on Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Prosecutors Request Prison Time For Executives (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    Yeah, why try to harden or put in safeguards at any facility, because fuck it, it's an act of god. The executives didn't directly kill anyone, it was the flying debris and deadly chemical cloud, and a warning was in fact issued.

  25. No one has a god given so-called human right to live off the sweat of other peoples hard work.

    Yes, they do. They're called CEOs.