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  1. Re:A Favorite T-Shirt Slogan nails it... on Programming Interview Questions Are Too Hard and Too Short (triplebyte.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly this.
    Goes back to the saying "The plumber has the worst pipes in the neighborhood."
    Or "The mechanic has the worst running car on the block."

    After working however many hours all week doing something, most people don't want to do the same thing in their spare time.

  2. Re:Shovelware sucks on How Proprietary Software Lets Companies Cheat (locusmag.com) · · Score: 1

    While true, my LG G5 from Sprint came pre-installed with Amazon Photo. I can disable it yes, but there is a cron job (or whatever Android's equivalent is) running and erroring out every couple hours with an error stating Amazon Photo has stopped and I now have to interact with my phone to do anything.

    So it's either deal with the error every few hours, or install Amazon photo....

  3. Re:For those of us not in the US on Cummins Unveils Electric Semi Truck Before Tesla (autoblog.com) · · Score: 1

    It's because it's "semi-articulated" as in in pivots, but not fully.
    You can take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... to get an idea of the difference between fully and semi articulated vehicles.

  4. Re:buying a disc != streaming rights on Selling Alterable Versions of Star Wars Is Still Infringement, Says Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If the network gave the studio enough money, they will likely allow anything. Remember the content is controlled by the studio, not the people who actually put the move together (director, actors, etc)

  5. Re:Everything is awesome? on How Lego Clicked: The Super Brand That Reinvented Itself (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You can always look and see. When I went looking after my daughter got into Lego I was impressed with the level of detail that is out there on lego sets.
    For that specific set I seen only a few parts that are unique.
    Here is a list if you want,,, https://brickset.com/sets/4114... and click on the parts tab.

  6. Re:No one makes anyone buy anything. on How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but not for the same reasons. What the net is allowing companies to do is charge different prices for the same exact product based on their assessment of the consumer. Would you accept a store charging you more for food because their magical sensor at the door (or in your fridge) has detected that your starving, or because they deduced from your clothes that you're more likely to pay more?

    Around here Home Depot does exactly this. The store my my sister's house is in a more affluent district. The one by my house, which is 10 miles away, is in a less affluent district, and their prices are set accordingly. And you can't tell me delivery is more. as well.. 10 miles.

  7. Re:Expense ratio and hollow compliants? on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    On the surface, this certainly seems more like vendor greed, but we are talking about very large equipment that perhaps justifies some level of safety validation after a DIY operation. Should a Tesla simply trust Joe Mechanic's DIY battery pack refresh, or does it make sense the vehicle won't "go" until a certified technician runs a proper diagnostic on the vehicle to ensure it is safe to operate? Guess I'm struggling a bit between vendor greed and safety here.

    I agree with others that Tesla should allow the battery pack to be installed (with monitoring so if something does go wrong it can be blamed on the battery pack.) Even if I did agreed Tesla should not allow the battery to be changed, you are missing one vital component.
    Farm tractors are designed to be used on well, the farm. While I understand they do go on roads between lots, that's a very small portion of their usage. It would be hard to find a safety reason to prevent a farmer to modify his own equipment, used only on his own land, with little to no public danger.

  8. #1 Enterprise level billing systems for internet providers cost a lot of money. The more regulations/rules/requirements the system has, the (likely) more expensive it will need to be. In my past experience we "rolled our own", but, this isn't feasible for most in the arena for many reasons and in hindsight it was a bad idea for liability reasons.

    Why would a small business need enterprise level software?
    There are a few providers that handle this for reasonable fees. We used Platapus for the small ISP I worked for.
    http://www.ispbilling.com/

  9. Re:Something is missing on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    I drive class A (Semi) and depending on how heavy the load is and which truck and engine I'm using that day it can be between 5.5 and 9.5 MPG Typically average 6.5 MPG in the colder months and 7.5 MPG in the warmer months.

  10. Re:did it drive like most truckers? on Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    To be pedantic, it's fuel (diesel) not gas that semi's use.
    But what is happening is you have trucks in which both are governed to a max speed by the company to save to money on fuel. While both are governed to 62, one might be set to 62.3 and another set to 62.5. Yes, it is very annoying and one of the most debated topics on a truckers forum I'm on is who should back out to let the 4 wheelers pass.

  11. Re:I always thought that shooting down drones was on Uber's Ad-Toting Drones Are Heckling Drivers Stuck in Traffic (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    So shooting down a drone hovering over your teen daughter sunbathing is being an asshole, but taking down a drone showing an advert is fine? Just wow. You might wanna get your priorities in order.....

  12. Can you provide a link to this? I'm asking because back when I was working retail computer sales I went looking and could not find anything to specify this. The owner of the store would buy a couple things when he found a good deal at Best Buy, Amazon, etc and sell them as new, full retail price. Heck even his 'real' suppliers like D&H and the like really were not much better than buying from Tiger and the like.

  13. Re:Dear AT&T.... on AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Even worse, they started calling DSL Uverse. Got the ad blitz so I thought they actually had fiber here. Got the DSL self install kit instead of fiber install kit and called without even hooking it up as I know I'll only get 768k DSL here, as max speed.
    Still took over a year to convince AT&T we ere not paying as at least they had a 30 day return/cancel thing going.

  14. Re:I want to get paid on Microsoft Offers Pirates Amnesty and Free Windows 10 Upgrades · · Score: 1

    While this was quite common, it was not 100% of the time. If you go from IDE to SATA it typically works. And if it does not simply remove the reg keys for the IDE controller. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/mo... shows one how both before moving the hard drive, and after.

  15. Re:PROTIP on Interview: John McAfee Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Mostly it's the storage method at the end of the day.

    Toss it in the tool box/bag and let it roll around with all the tools bouncing off of it as you drive down the road.

  16. Re:Who calls MS for support? on Set Your Watches For the End of Windows XP · · Score: 1

    A little trick I've found that works...
    Try and verify and watch if go down in flames. :)
    Call in and type in the long code in the phone system (using the keypad on speaker, not speech recognition at I always had to keep trying over and over.
    Once the automated systems starts spitting out the numbers, or if you had to talk to a human simply hang up.
    Close the activation window, open it back up and it will activate now.

    And yes being nice to the human is a good think, I usually just said thank you, It's activated now and then hung up.

    Now this only works on real keys, it will still fail on banned keys like Devil's Own and Dell's VLK

    -Steven

  17. Re:Any practical use? on Windows Software Coming To Android Via Wine · · Score: 1

    Plenty, possibly not so much on phones (although I can still see some use there,) but on tablets a great use would be running something like Photoshop. Also the ability to run those fancy enterprisy apps that require windows. Games can work, but mostly strategy for lack of input. I would like to use my tablet and put on something like PC Stitch and be able to use my low cost Android tablet, instead of having to buy a $1000 tablet just to run a couple of apps.

  18. Re:comments about the movie Jurassic Park? on Interviews: Ask What You Will of Paleontologist Jack Horner · · Score: 1

    Specifically Dinosaur Train is a very popular franchise in the US. At least it is between my daughter and her friends. :)

  19. A day to relax on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your New Years Eve Tradition? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Today's Devil's Panties said it best I think.

    "We could stay at home and drink hot coca in our pajamas."
    I would add 'while sitting on the couch watching movies with my wife' to that though...

  20. Re:Sorry.. can't agree. on EFF Sues to Block New Internet Sex-Offender Law · · Score: 1

    Not sure about him but in Michigan it's that way.
    Well, not sure abut the bathroom thing, but the peeing and teenagers (like a 17 yr old doing an 18yr old) is sex offender registry.

  21. Re:Really bad idea. on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    Can't be any worse than the Michigan Lefts though

  22. Re:Consequences for who? on PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked · · Score: 1

    I'll just write a VB App so we can traceroute back to them. I'll have their IP address in a moment. :)

  23. Re:How could this possibly be binding? on Doctors To Patients: First, Do No Yelp Harm · · Score: 1

    True, but once cash changes hands it's not a request, it's a business transaction.

  24. Been around a bit on New Malware Simulates Hard Drive Failure · · Score: 1

    Umm... This has been around for a few months.

  25. Re:prophecy on Tasmanian Dept. of Education Wants Anti-Virus for Linux, OS X · · Score: 1

    I vote for "viren"

    You just like that one as it's almost a vixen. :)