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  1. Re:pathetic, actually. on OnePlus 5, 'The Best Sub-$500 Phone You Can Buy', Launched (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the 2 SIM slots could be used as an SD Card reader in the past. Don't know about this one though.
    And really, what do you keep on your phone that doesn't fit on 100+GB of storage??

  2. Re:In other news... on Microsoft Browser Usage Drops 50% As Chrome Soars (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    27% of microsoft users don't know how to install a program.

    Yes, it is true that people that use their system's default browser tend to be dumb. These people are statistically poorly performing employees, and some companies avoid hiring them. So even if you use MSIE or Edge as your browser, you should use something else when submitting your resume.

    Same goes when a guy's email address is @hotmail.com :)

  3. Re:The point on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see how much the Australian government collects in taxes on cigarettes versus smoke-related healthcare costs.

  4. Re:What are they gonna do? on Indian IT Sector Warns Against US Visa Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Refuse to tell us how to reboot our Dells?

    When I worked on the Google IT help desk in 2008, I had to walk a newly hired computer science graduate on how to TURN ON his workstation. He actually expected to find someone standing to turn on the workstations like they do at the university computer labs. He was shocked that he had to do manual labor.

    Did you have to hold it for him when he had to go?

  5. Re:Critical mass?!?! DAMN that Trump! on Tesla's Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He got a royalties from books, his money will have been in the hands of some kind of fund manager who was investing it in a blind trust. It doesn't sound implausible, mostly due to the book royalties. At least he is publishing this, unlike some other presidents...

    You didn't read the article you are replying to. Here, I'll help sort that out for you: The president received royalties between $35,000 and $115,000 on his three books.

    $115,000 != $12,200,000.

    From that article that was quoted:

    2007: Obama earns $3.3 million off book royalties from Random House and $816,000 from Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

  6. Near Supersonic? What was wrong with near-sonic?

  7. Re:Chrome playing FLAC on Chrome is Getting the Ability To Play FLAC (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Chrome is a browser, not a media player...

  8. Re:Zero shits are given on Sonos CEO John MacFarlene Steps Down From the Company He Helped Found (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Hang on, yes you do. The PlayBar is one of the finest sounding devices for home, even if it is overpriced.

  9. Re:as expected on Rumors of Cmd's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh no, when I saw the headline in my newsreader, I really read rumours about Cmdr's death. Some kind of Slashdot/Pavlov conditioning I guess...

  10. Re:as expected on Rumors of Cmd's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (microsoft.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I read the title I first thought it was about CmdrTaco...

  11. Re:They never learn on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    not sure if I should mod you Funny, Insightful or Troll... =)

  12. Re:The USA mocks you on France To Shut Down All Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2023 (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Hang on, France only said they were going down to 50%. It's carbon neutral. And France isn't on any major fault lines so they should be alright...

  13. Re:Twitter is dead on Twitter May Save Vine by Selling it (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I could have made the same comment vs Clinton had she been elected. This election was Wall Street and establishment vs. Reality TV failed real estate mogul. And I didn't support anyone, nor vote, I don't live in the US. But good luck with your new guy. The devil you don't know, I guess...

  14. Re:Twitter is dead on Twitter May Save Vine by Selling it (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    works with Trump this morning too...

  15. Why trust a cheap supermarket to be a bank? on British Retail Tesco Bank: 20,000 Customers Lose Money (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's what you get when you trust a company that deals in low-price groceries and let them run a bank... They are not the same thing.

  16. Re:Both Gema and Youtube are at fault. on YouTube's Seven-Year Stand-off Ends (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, same thing in France and the UK. You have to pay a fee. If you organise a festival or a town fair and want to play music, same. And also if you organise sporting events where the competitors use music (ice skating, gymnastics etc.).

  17. Re:Oh great on Emacs and Vim Combined In New 'Spacemacs' Distro (spacemacs.org) · · Score: 1

    For me it's the "aims to combine all the goodies of Emacs and Vim" that gets me...

    Sounds like an old oblig. xkcd: https://xkcd.com/927/

  18. Re:My Schadenfreude boner is hurting. on Class Action Lawsuit Grows Over iPhone 6 Plus 'Touch Disease' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    New phones, not new iPhones. Never owned an Apple device, but if any other manufacturer treated me like that, you can bet your backside that I would have switched to a competitor for my next phone!

  19. There was a time not so long ago where a DDoS was simply called being slashdotted...

  20. No need on Pod Planes Could Change Travel Forever (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Hyperloop will replace all forms of long-distance transportation. And you'll use your Tesla S once you get there. Elon wins.

  21. There are also reports that he's being questioned by the police regarding sexual assault claims made against him.

  22. Re:I know on Google Ponders About a Chromebook Pro (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the Chromebook Pixel was already some kind of high-end hardware, am I wrong? What more could you want from a $1000+ laptop that runs an android-flavoured OS?

  23. Re:No nice things on Domino's Ends Free Pizza Promo With T-Mobile Due To High Demand (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Who cares as long as you have the garlic dip !!

  24. Re:So forgetting a password on Child Porn Suspect Jailed Indefinitely For Refusing To Decrypt Hard Drives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    surely you could plead the 5th here no?

  25. Re:"the United Kingdom recently agreed to pay" on France Seeking $1.76 Billion In Back Taxes From Google (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "France demanded reparations for all their soldiers killed by English bowmen."

    England lost more soldiers fighting for France in one day on the Somme (WWI) than the English killed in the whole hundred years war

    Only cos' there were less people back then.