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  1. ...you think any of these Einsteins will make any correlation between this article and the "teens would rather text with their friends than talk to them in person" article earlier today?

    Yeah....

  2. ...get yer tulips....cheap!

  3. Re:Rock and hard place on Trump Tells Apple To Make Products In the US To Avoid China Tariffs (thehill.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Right. Just imagine what an iPhone would cost now if it was built with US labor wages and protections in factories with US (especially pre-Trump) environmental controls and protections.

  4. Re:Really? How?? on Two Lawmakers Urge FTC, CFPB To Keep Pressure On Equifax (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If they encounter a freeze, lenders don't automatically reject you. Plus, you can unfreeze for a window when you know when you're going to be applying.
    A little research would let you (at least have the illusion of...) take control of your life.

  5. "If they verify that there has been an accident, the rider will be prompted to call 911"

    And if they're unconscious, they're fscked.

  6. I tried to open a command prompt and it crashed. Just like the old days....

  7. Ummm on New Tech Lets Submarines 'Email' Planes (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The researchers found an extremely high-frequency radar could detect tiny ripples in water, created by an ordinary underwater speaker.

    Umm, couldn't an adversary use the same tech to detect the larger ripples (albeit not targeted) generated by the sub displacing water as it moves?

  8. On Saturday, Trump argued that social media companies are "closing down the opinions" of conservatives

    That idiot is just worried that Twitter will follow it's own terms of service and ban Trump for violating them.

  9. "Touch the devil and you can't let go."

  10. Waitasec.... on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 2

    ...I'm supposed to feel pity for the same recruiters/HR people who after an interview leaves one hanging and hanging without even a courtesy rejection phone call/email/text?

    Yeah, sucks to be be dicked around now that the hiring shoe is on the other foot, doesn't it?

  11. I read about this exact same thing a few days on this site called slashdot dot org. Maybe the editors should try reading it?

  12. Since when is armed robbery (not of a bank, or a Federal institution) under their jurisdiction? That's a state crime, not Federal.

  13. Commercial buildings are depreciated over 39 years.

    If this is their actual headquarters (Infinite Loop), then based on forty-year depreciation, a forty-year-old building is worth basically zero, so $200 seems about right. .

    No, because you're not counting the land it sits on.

  14. "Other assessors say large corporations are using their resources to hire attorneys and expert witnesses to eventually wear down county governments."

    The sheriff would just padlock the doors til the tax bill was paid. Sometimes the old ways were better.

  15. The planes, boss, the planes! on Scientists Claim To Have Solved the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Must have been some mighty tall waves to explain the missing aircraft....

  16. Let's see what the NSA can do to the app/process. If they can do something black-hat'ish, odds are the GRU can, too, and the Russians have a vested interest in seeing Machin defeated.

  17. Several years ago, I discovered that Facebook cookies were being set on my PC whenever I logged-in to my accounts at the credit unions (2) and bank (1) where I have accounts..

    Everyone should have 3rd party cookies disallowed in all of their browsers.

  18. (deletes Facebook account)

    Along with that ditch your bank accounts and credit cards from any major bank.

  19. The next revolution.... on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ...should be on pricing and making the phones less expensive, not more. They already have enough doodads and features. When an iPhone X costs roughyly 1/40 of the average American's gross income, that's way too much. Even the lesser models at 1/60 need to come down.

  20. Wha? on Major League Baseball Is Going Crypto (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Was there even any content in that article beyond the buzzwords?

  21. They should be required to put money in a government-managed escrow fund to pay the costs of the removals/cleanups. Walking away is too easy (same can be said for owners of abandoned malls, mines, fracking sites, etc).

  22. Re:Question answers itself on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 1

    The question is kind of like asking why an aircraft carrier costs more than a VW, but can't turn as sharply.

    GREAT line!

  23. It's simple.... on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...the desktop software is the product, and thus needs to be upgraded for the revenue stream to keep up.

    For all of the web sites cited, YOU'RE the product, and you can't be upgraded.

  24. Colors? Big deal.... on Apple's New iPhones Will Come In a Plethora of New Colors, Says Report (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...first thing most people do is slap a case on them so you can barely see what color they are. It's not like these are iMacs, y'know.

  25. Bad alert on Home Security Camera Sends Video To Wrong User (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If I'd have received the "already paired" text alert on my (sounds like) 2nd boot of the device, I'd think it was telling me it was paired to my account. Now if said "already paired to SOMEONE ELSE'S account" that'd be a bit different.