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  1. Re:You Qarnot be serious. on Qarnot Unveils a Cryptocurrency Heater For Your Home (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I must be an illusion, then.

  2. Re:Trifecta! on Qarnot Unveils a Cryptocurrency Heater For Your Home (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Whattomine.com says your profit is 2.66 bucks a day using 2x 580 cards with 60 MH/s mining speed. You would recover your investment after... 1354 days of NON STOP mining, provided the cards hold for that long, which I highly, highly doubt.

    http://whattomine.com/coins?ut...

    This solution is one of the most retarded I've heard of.

  3. Re:Go linux on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry... but I searched for "linux" and found a forum, a wiki article and a bunch of operating systems related to it. So... which one could I play World of Tanks on?

    The above was a bit ironic, but that's exactly how Average Joe would see your parent post.

  4. Re:Nomad.NET on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you tried Total Commander Ultima Prime?
    I can't live without it.

  5. Re:Q: What kind of a retard gets news from Twitter on Scientists Prove That Truth is No Match For Fiction on Twitter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    News is something that's fresh, has relevance AND IS TRUE.
    Statements released 5 minutes ago and unchecked, are not news. They're just statements until proven true, and only then they become news.

  6. Amazing on NASA Spacecraft Reveals Jupiter's Interior In Unprecedented Detail (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These articles are among the best on Slashdot. With me not following Astronomy-related news closely, but having an interest in Astronomy, they're always very welcome and nice surprises.

  7. Re:Tank them all on Bitcoin Dives After SEC Says Crypto Platforms Must Be Registered (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ...which is way more expensive anyway.
    You're forgetting that all chips are made by a few players, and that's the bottleneck.
    So it really doesn't matter in the end.

  8. Re:So this means on Google Lens Is Coming To All Android Phones Running Google Photos (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you, I was hoping they implement a local analysis method, like generating a signature of various shapes and comparing them against a database.

  9. Re:So this means on Google Lens Is Coming To All Android Phones Running Google Photos (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    True.

  10. So this means on Google Lens Is Coming To All Android Phones Running Google Photos (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That every picture taken goes up to their servers, gets analyzed and then the response is sent back?

  11. Marketing ploy on Coinbase Announces Cryptocurrency-Focused Index Fund (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just another marketing gimmick allowing them to ask even more money for listing an altcoin on their exchange.

  12. Re: Seen all of this before on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You're really hard-headed, aren't you?
    A config file is between 1 and 200 kilobytes large. Scripts push updated config files to a CMS server, which I access and download them as necessary. My phone can handle them just fine and I can keep them with me at all times.

    And who the fuck said anything about ISO files?

    My method works best in one specific part of the job. For other situations, I'm sure the generally agreed method (using an USB stick) is best. What are we arguing here about, anyway?

  13. That's true, as a parent I can relate. However, there are kids and kids, and starting a certain age, they get GOOD.

  14. Re: Seen all of this before on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Dude, look. I know it's hard to grasp, but, for example, configuration files need to be pulled from a content server pretty often. When a patch hits, I pull out my phone, download the config files and I'm ready to share them with whoever needs them at the location. One device used.
    If I had an Apple phone AND an USB stick, I would have TWO devices and would need a THIRD with Internet connectivity to be able to load those files to an USB drive.
    It's blatantly obvious the second solution is more cumbersome, requires more devices and makes me less productive.

    Yes it's a minor use case, but very useful to me.

  15. Re: Seen all of this before on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually we're very much on topic.
    Android can readily do $STUFF which Apple can't. Maybe I wasn't truly specific, because examples are examples and they abound,

    - I don't give a shit if Protocol A is an "industry standard", if Phone 1 supports protocol A only and Phone 2 supports more than that, Phone 2 has more features, period.
    - Saying only a 12-year old wants personalized ringtones is a retarded ad-hominem. Anyway, yes I have an extensive collection of personalized ringtones which I created myself from music (my own as well as favorite bands' music), I have been using personalized ringtones since the Nokia 3300 and it's helpful to me to know exactly who's calling me without having to see on a phone display. To each his own. Point remains, though: Phone 1 can't do it, Phone 2 can. Advantage: Phone 2. Maybe you don't need it, that's fine. It's still a feature.
    - I was talking headphones AS WELL AS data connections through Bluetooth. one doesn't exclude the other. Point remains here as well. Phone 1 only accepts a limited number of "approved", more expensive devices, Phone 2 doesn't care. Advantage: Phone 2.

  16. Re: Seen all of this before on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm not because I can't.
    However, price can't be an argument for lack of features. You're basically saying "it's more expensive therefore it's normal it doesn't have the features cheaper alternatives to". Sounds illogical, doesn't it?

  17. There's a difference between "more restricted then the law" and "against the law".

  18. It does, GP doesn't know what he's talking about.
    What you're not allowed to do is discriminate - say, allowing white kids starting age of 13 but black kids only from the age of 15.

  19. At least that's what she tells you :)

  20. Re:Should Users Allow Facebook? on Facebook Asks Users: Should We Allow Men To Ask Children For Sexual Images? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Good question.
    Because more and more apps, games and software started to rely on Facebook alone for account creation.

  21. Re:The better question would be... on Facebook Asks Users: Should We Allow Men To Ask Children For Sexual Images? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    There are questions around and issues with what you are stating, though.

    1. "Any man or woman that attempts to groom my children for any reasons relating to the topic had better have their affairs in order." - you failed to specify an age limit. 5 is different from 16 as age.
    2. "I agree with the middle east leaning on how to handle paedophiles." The problem there is that women are property wherever Shari'a is law. Even from a young age. Do some research before stating incorrect facts.
    3. "There are tonnes of sick people out there trying to get governments to lower the age of consent for sex." - okay, what if those "tonnes" become the majority? Standards would change, wouldn't they? And then it wouldn't be sick anymore, would it? this reminds me of that joke with the Brit trucker taking a shipment to Europe for the first time, and he hears on the radio "A madman drives on the opposing lane" and yells "ONE madman? There's THOUSANDS!".
    4. "It's a proven fact that most homosexuals were groomed as young kids." I found myself to be bisexual late in my life, at around the age of 30. I was never sexually assaulted, groomed or whatever. So far, I am yet to meet ONE homosexual / bisexual male who was groomed or abused at a young age. Not saying they don't exist, but there's doubt around "most".
    5. "Rape or molest a kid, get the death penalty, even if "consensual"." - If it's consensual and of legal age, it's no longer rape or molesting, now, is it? Just defining a baseline here.

    Now that we got those out of the way, please define which are the characteristics, or features that would differentiate between "legal" and "illegal" in matters of sex. Otherwise we can't discuss further because we have no baseline to start with.

  22. Re:But it is ok for women. on Facebook Asks Users: Should We Allow Men To Ask Children For Sexual Images? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They've done it with cows for ages... didn't you now?

  23. I'm sorry but no.
    As an European citizen, I'm telling you, a private company is welcome to have stricter rules than the law, as much as they like. I could create a website with My Little Pony pictures and prohibit anyone under 18 from visiting it, and I wouldn't break the law.

  24. There's one large issue though.
    There's a plethora of kids games out there which don't really work unless you have a Facebook account. Talking about things such as inability to save your progress, access various game functions, etc.
    I have created a Facebook account for my older son back when he was 4. I'm the one using it, but Facebook doesn't have Family options like, for example, Netflix or Microsoft. It would have been nice to have.

  25. Re: Seen all of this before on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends how often you do that. I do it almost on a daily basis on various PC machines, where I dump some config files or portable applications. With a 128 GB storage on my phone, I found it easier to ditch the USB stick and simply use a device which I am sure to have with me at all times instead.

    Let's say some colleague needs a Sysinternals set of tools, or pscp or my Ninite config file, I happen to be around, pull out my phone, sync through Bluetooth and send over the files. Job done. And yes, some of those machines are disconnected from the Internet and sometimes even from the local network.