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  1. Why not just buy a Pixel 3? If you're going to be spied on, it may as well be by an American company.

  2. Re:Nuclear power and hydrocarbon synthesis on UK Steps Towards Zero-Carbon Economy (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The Mad Max series of documentaries provides a stark picture of what could happen to us if we wait too long to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels.

  3. Re:I was vaccinated on Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried About Synthetic Smallpox (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait are you saying that unmodified smallpox could selectively take out the hipsters and millennials? Whoa, hold on, I need to rethink this.

  4. However my two younger brothers were not. I doubt it would provide much protection after this long anyway.

  5. Re:Microphone/Camera free is the new organic on A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is As Creepy As You Feared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A monitor?

  6. Re:Microphone/Camera free is the new organic on A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is As Creepy As You Feared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Some of them can be a real bitch to open up, too.

  7. Re:It isn't what but how. on To Deter Foreign Hackers, Some States May Also Be Deterring Voters (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    But the media combined with other groups trying to egg on these differences really cause people to take sides, once they take sides, they will move from near the center and more firmly into the stupid Territory of their particular political leanings.

    Yes, other groups such as Russia. This is how we wound up with Trump.

  8. admin user no password on Over Nine Million Cameras and DVRs Open To APTs, Botnet Herders, and Voyeurs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    These are going to be illegal to sell in California. Ha!

  9. we may reach a tipping point here

    Tipping? Cows? I see what you did there! Hats off to you my friend.

  10. Option 2 will not work. There will be a bunch of dumbass superheroes that undoes it in the sequel.

  11. Random lottery. Every year 3% of the population is harvested and eaten.

  12. Re:Canâ(TM)t wait for the first denial of ser on Google's Human-Sounding Phone Bot Is Coming To the Pixel Next Month (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    What's a 'radio station'?

  13. Re:caps are to low for 4g and old dsl to slow on Microsoft Announces Project Xcloud For Streaming Games To PCs, Consoles, and Mobile Devices (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    5g home broadband is rolling out now, no caps (yet) and super low latency.

  14. Re:But.. on Hubble Telescope Hit By Mechanical Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's flat, not planar you clod. There is a bottom. That's where the little people live.

  15. Re: Haughey is a dumb-ass. on Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is just so much about the story that doesn't make sense in hindsight, but the advantage that the scammers have is that they've called you, given you some alarming news, and are offering to fix it for you. People probably are so upset hearing that their card is being improperly used that they aren't slowing down to think about what is being asked them.
    The news needs to be spread far and wide that you always just thank them for the information and inform them you'll be calling their fraud line.

  16. Re: diesel engines? on Japan's Silent Submarines Extend Range With Lithium-Ion Batteries (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    Japan is probably kind of like "yeah, no" on nuclear reactors these days.

  17. As long as everyone understands that there is another price being paid (other than cash), I don't have a problem with this.

  18. Re:$5000 fine? on New Zealand Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (msn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's even simpler than that. Don't go to New Zealand.

  19. What I got from multiple college level courses on quantum physics was.... maybe.

  20. It's not a bug, it's a feature!

  21. Na, they registered the domain 2 weeks before Microsoft tried to, they claim they were thinking about starting a business but my guess is they had some inside information from the Packers organization about what was going on and tried to take advantage. There is no actual 'local, family-run PC repair and Small Business IT support company' that used that domain name.

  22. When they can assign a dollar amount to it.

  23. Re:biotics backup on After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can Be Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You don't need to nuke it; just assist enough that the body can get a handle on the infection.

  24. Their hand was forced on PlayStation 4 Changes Crossplay Policy, Begins Fortnite Testing (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Once other platforms start allowing crossplay, they have to as well or watch their customers migrate to where they are not as restricted.

  25. Re:We'll hide it better! on Google Promises Chrome Changes After Privacy Complaints (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Brave is based on Chromium.