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  1. The answer is the same as the one about neckbeards: can't.

  2. Re:Streaming = bad (Sqore:20000) on Streaming Accounts For 75 Percent of Music Industry Revenue In the US (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Audacity is an excellent tool for capturing streams. When I moved back from AU I captured in excess of 300 CDs (legally) via Spotify and then cancelled my subscription.

  3. Re:The problem is nobody noticed it on David Patterson Says It's Time for New Computer Architectures and Software Languages (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Ditto. My Surface Book Pro is only faster than the Thinkpad it replaced due to faster SSD architecture. Both were bought at a $3k price point (work allowance) and gotta say I prefer the lighter SB even if its keyboard and no mouse nipple almost suck.

  4. Re:Maybe I'm getting old.... on Nearly Half of American Households Will Own a Smart Speaker by 2019, Study Says (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes Luddite.

  5. Re:Why are people not upgrading? on Windows 7 Will Get Updates for Four More Years -- If You Pay (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You could't find the trivial solution for this? Sad actually.

  6. What;\'s a conference call? on Ask Slashdot: Should We Hang Up on Conference Calls? (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    An 84" screen with live video remotes has been standard in these parts for a few years.The remotes get live video of the local speaking.

  7. I like how Australia handles this. Learners' cars are marked, as are teenagers', so you can anticipate the type of likely stupidity. It's hilarious the wide berth learners get; almost as unpredictable as roos. Add Elderly marking to the mix, everyone wins.

  8. Re:Fastmail on Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    It was too much work for me. Hosting a server doesn't change the other bits.

  9. Re:Fastmail on Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I registered a personal domain and hooked it to mail.com. I use Thunderbird with imap. For spam control, collected and personal addresses go to inbox, the rest to triage. Brilliant.

  10. Re:Deliver or get sued on Struggling MoviePass Kills Off Its Annual Plan -- Even If You Already Paid For It (nypost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You high? They'll be shuttered in a week and you're behind a very long line of creditors.

  11. How I think evolution really woeks on New Research Suggests Evolution Might Favor 'Survival of the Laziest' (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I think when a high number of mutations are thrown out to see what sticks, there can be multiple winners. Chaste + promiscuous, rich + handy, etc.

  12. Bad idea on New Tech Lets Submarines 'Email' Planes (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There's a reason subs are sea-gapped.

  13. Re: Bitter much? on Do Businesses Really Need to Hire CS Majors? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was a Junior, I had an assignment to write a lexical parser. The professor spent basically a week explaining how to build and maintain a stack, something like 400 lines of code. I didn't know much at the time, but I wanted to vomit looking at it. I wrote my parser the sane way -- recursive, about 80 lines. Turned in a printout (dates me), it comes back "see me". The coot couldn't understand it so I had to explain it to him.

  14. My experience on Best Buy Is Thriving In the Age of Amazon (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    Their floor staff are exceptional. My parents refuse to listen to me, so when a guy comes over and suggests precisely the usb extender I had already selected, then they listen. You can go online and see precisely what's in stock before you go. What's in stock is a $32 'extender, what's not is a $7 extender only available by delivery.

  15. Example please on Researchers Find That Filters Don't Prevent Porn (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    i've been behind enough corporate firewalls to see that a blocked site is blocked. How would a smart kid circumvent a strong setup?

  16. Audacity on In World First, Danish Court Rules Stream-Ripping Site Illegal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's trivial to do this locally using Audacity. Send the output through the sound chip and save when done.

  17. Make the control system modular on Nissan Workers In Japan Falsified Emissions Tests, Review Says (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    My brother had a powerful Impala a couple decades ago, and there was a way to jack up the performance going third party. As I recall, he did the work himself. Roll the cars off the line in compliance, and publish the relevant information to override the emissions system.

  18. What am I missing? on Hackers Stole 600 Gallons of Gas From Detroit Gas Station, Report Says (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Surveillance cams?

  19. Re:Been there, tried that on EU Polls The Public About Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (europa.eu) · · Score: 1

    Originally it was to save on candles. I solved it a different way:I installed electricity.

  20. Re:The biggest issue IMHO on Is C++ a 'Really Terrible Language'? (gamesindustry.biz) · · Score: 1

    Have templates ever improved? Back in the day, compile-time errors were nighmarish.

  21. Security as an afterthought today is just inconceivable.

  22. Re:Bought my TV in 2008 on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. Internet is convenient for browsing free movies online but not essential. My media server and Chromecast are strictly internal.

  23. Re:Bought my TV in 2008 on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't need to snip anything -- switch to a media server or dvr, problem solved.

  24. All calls are recorded so that in question about a call the csr will replay the conversion.