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  1. But surely 2019 is the year of the Linux Desktop! on Is The Linux Desktop In Trouble? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    But surely 2019 is the year of the Linux Desktop!

  2. Re:Unlimited on MoviePass Brings Back Its Unlimited Movie Plan (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No! "And those terms do say that "MoviePass has the right to limit the selection of movies and/or the times of available movies should your individual use adversely impact MoviePass's system-wide capacity or the availability of the Service for other subscribers."

    So you will be able to watch an unlimited number of movies--the only tiny restriction is that these will be the rotten movies no one else wants to watch.

  3. Worse Customer Service for Windstream Customers on ISP Windstream Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Being Hit With $310 Million Judgement (arkansasbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    This will probably result in customer service for Windstream customers getting worse--and it is already bad.

  4. So why didn't they switch jobs? on Oracle Systematically Underpaid Thousands of Women, Lawsuit Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1

    If they were underpaid why didn't they switch jobs?

    Or is the argument that 100% of companies, even those with females in the relevant decision-making roles, discriminate against females?

  5. What happens is that you get used to the taste when you are drinking it constantly. You go to a different city with different tasting water--and that tastes funny.

  6. Re:Dead ex-INCEL asshole on Vine, HQ Trivia Co-Founder Colin Kroll Found Dead of Suspected Overdose (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Frankly I find it odd the girlfriend would do this: you know your boyfriend shoots up drugs and you send the police around to check on him?

    I would have expected she would either go herself or contact a mutual friend to check.

  7. What Matters to Tumblr is Advertising Revenue on A Quarter of Tumblr's Users Are There To Consume Porn, Data Scientists Estimate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What matters to Tumblr/Verizon is advertising revenue, not number of viewers--and the substantial majority of advertisers are not interested in being shown next to porn.

  8. It sounds like an idiotic idea to me too. What companies do is to split into divisions and have the headquarters in one city and divisions headquartered in other cities.

  9. How Long Will It Take to Roll Out? on Google Launches reCAPTCHA v3 That Detects Bad Traffic Without User Interaction (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    How long will it take before most sites have it instead of previous versions?

  10. Re:More Random Thoughts on Elon Musk Pulled Out of Settlement With SEC At Last Minute (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When Musk said he had the financing lined up and a price of $420/share he was definitely lying. He knew the market would respond by bidding up the share price close to that level.

  11. One thing is that apparently when Uber/Lyft open in a new market they offer supplementary profits to new drivers--but these disappear after a while--and there were a lot more new markets 5 years ago than now.

  12. The police have always used facial recognition--both the police recognizing criminals from previous knowledge and mugshots and witnesses recognizing criminals--from the criminals who attacked them to photos they see on TV.

    This recognition has always had inaccuracy problems--and a lot of people have wrongly suffered. The (partial) solution has always been to use it in conjunction with other evidence.

    So there is no basic difference from facial recognition from software vs facial recognition by people--and with time the software recognition will be much better.

  13. Standardized Tests Are Better Than Alternatives on University of Chicago To Stop Requiring ACT and SAT Scores For Prospective Undergraduates (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    So what are the alternatives:
    1. Recommendations: Well off students know a lot more lawyers, doctors, business leaders... than poor kids so will get a preference here.
    2. Interviews: well off kids are much better dressed, much more polished, much more similar to the people doing the interviewing so will get a preference here.

  14. Re:One problem with the direction we're going on The World Set a New Record For Renewable Power in 2017, But Emissions Are Still Rising (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember these numbers are only for electricity generation--which is only a fraction of total energy use (the vast majority of transportation and heating are not via electricity)--so when you look at total energy use the renewable fraction is much smaller.

  15. Re:Any version of 10 is a dead end for enterprise on Windows 10 Pro Is a Dead End For the Enterprise, Gartner Says (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If you don't want to pirate it, you can buy single copy LTSB at CDW:
    https://www.cdw.com/search/?ke...

  16. It works by deterring future offenders, not by helping current investors.

  17. Re:What's the point of semi-autonomous driving? on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    The semi-autonomous driving is simply an additional safety feature--it will catch certain driving problems which you miss--for example the driver in the car in front of you slams on his brakes--and the semi-autonomous feature notices it a half-second before you do.

  18. But is This All Truly Research and Development? on Amazon Spent Close To $23B on R&D in 2017, Outpacing Fellow Tech Giants (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Wall Street has the view that losing money is a bad thing while research and development is a good thing. Thus Amazon has a strong incentive to push expenditures which you or I would not consider research or development into that category.

  19. Re:How hard can it be? on 'Flippy,' the Fast Food Robot, Turned Off For Being Too Slow (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    The robot will probably cost more than the grill; so it's not a problem that the existing grill goes.

  20. Costs of subscribing to Akamai Prolexic? on GitHub Survived the Biggest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    So what kind of costs does Github have from Akamai Prolexic? Do they charge on a per problem basis or an annual subscription?

    Here is some info on the firm:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  21. Re:Fantasy on 'Automating Jobs Is How Society Makes Progress' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "So factory workers and manual laborers will be left with a problem.

    No. The factory workers and manual laborers were the ones with the big problem in the past. But in the future it is the white collar workers who are also going to be massively affected.

  22. Re:Most packages are delivered during the day on Robot Delivery Vans Are Arriving Before Self-Driving Cars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    During the daytime it is light out: lots of customers don't want delivery people coming when it is dark out and they can't tell what they are doing.

  23. There is no Retail Apocalypse on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Lee Holman and Greg Buzak authored a report published in August of this year: "Debunking the Retail Apocalypse" in which they stated:
    " Over 4,850 more stores are opening than closing among big chains, and when smaller retailers are included the net gain is well over 10,000 new stores. As well, through the first seven months of the year, retail sales are up $122 billion, an amount roughly equivalent to the total annual retail sales of The Netherlands.â"

    Get the full report at:
    http://www.centromarca.pt/fold...

  24. Re:Best gift you can give Puerto Rican family memb on Hurricane Maria Knocks Out Power To Entire Island of Puerto Rico (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no possibility that Fedex nor any other shipping service will have restored operations that quickly. They certainly didn't in Florida after Irma.

  25. Re:Isolated, remote delivery on Amazon Prime Is a Blessing and a Curse For Remote Towns (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The delivery truck was probably UPS or Fedex or USPS and they have nationally negotiated contracts with Amazon. So Amazon was paying the same delivery prices as for similar deliveries to rural America in general. It was the delivery companies absorbing the additional cost--something they were willing to do because their customers want universal coverage.