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  1. Re:Obvious or pointless stupid waste of time? on UK Wants An Electric-Vehicle Charger In Every New Home (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I was skimming them a few days ago (trying to prep my house to get a plugin hybrid), and the couple I looked at said they needed to be wired in if outdoor.

  2. Re:Obvious or pointless stupid waste of time? on UK Wants An Electric-Vehicle Charger In Every New Home (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    I would assume a single outlet high amperage circuit in a garage, or a level 2 charger if there's only a driveway (outdoor ones are supposed to be wired, not plugged in).

    It is very likely that all cars will be able to take level 2 for a long time (since it can charge a typical day of driving in a few hours using nothing exotic, it'll likely be the primary charging used).

  3. Re: how are scooters even a problem? on Uber Adds Electric Scooters To Its App (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where the law falls on motorized scooters, I would actually assume they fall into the bicycle category.

    But enforcing laws like this (stay off the sidewalk, etc.) would be a money maker and quickly kill the service. Tickets would rapidly drive up the cost of using them, and more than pay for the enforcement if the problem is truly as bad as the headlines.

  4. Re:More likely AMD is f'd on China Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    If they aren't going to be able to have significant penetration in China anyway, I don't see how it spells doom.

    The company isn't allowed to sell outside of China, and this lets them get some money, while putting some competition to Intel, while not affecting their overall sales (this is again on the assumption they didn't have capacity to be a real player in China anyway).

    They probably won't even need to spend money to enforce the no selling outside of China thing, since Intel would likely be all over that.

    Some money is better than no money, especially since AMD lacks a cash reserve.

  5. Re:More likely AMD is f'd on China Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    You're making the assumption that they had slack capacity in production.

  6. Re:Structural problems on EU Polls The Public About Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (europa.eu) · · Score: 1

    Except it doesn't make things better, it makes them worse.

    The sun comes up an hour later March through November (US dates), that's sucks. It means wake up time is dark in March, maybe April (I forget), late September and October.

    I'm in your alleged perfect band, and it's perfect in the sense that it makes my life worse in a way in the band where it'd be irrelevant in other parts.

    A chart that shows its impact (in the US, but it'll be vaguely similar in other places too) at this article.

    http://andywoodruff.com/blog/w...

  7. Re:Three possible Reasons. on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 3

    4) the presmise is false.

    Facebook is constantly and slowly changing, I bet you Facebook from a year ago would feel as different as the previous version of most decade old software.

    Buying and adding Instagram, adding stories.

    That alone is a bigger change than a lot of decade old software over the last two or so years. The interface is constantly being tweaked (for better or for worse), the timeline sorting very obviously just changed dramatically (for the last month or so, it's been a much braoder selection of my friends and things I follow, I suppose finding things to encourage more ad purchases was starting to backfire).

  8. Re:It's just one way to get mobile internet. on Charter Launches Mobile Service, Throttles All Video To 480p (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    And here I thought I was paying for the wires to my house.

    I should pay for my heavy peak use, sure, but it shouldn't matter what I'm doing with it, be it Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, some other on demand.

  9. Traffic reduction, really? on How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning · · Score: 1

    How is it that more miles driven (car drives to pick-up, and then to destination) will reduce traffic?

    I guess the assumption is there will be a lot more walking since there will be less parking spaces, so things will be closer together?

    Seems like a real stretch to me. I'd think they'll increase traffic.

  10. Re:Extension Cord? on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    48v DC would have the advantage that you wouldn't need a licensed electrician to wire it or do any fixes (in the US at least), it'd have the disadvantage that you'd need a a decent amount of intelligence in the system to do the negotiations to determine coltage to deliver (assuming we were going with USB C high voltage standards).

    I could see use for a 5v circuit though. That gets you 7 USB ports (2amp each and margin) for a typical wire 12 gauge run. Essentially you could light up a room with small device charging conveniently placed with a single run.

    I'm not convinced the waste of the converters is so bad though, considering how low the total draw of small devices is, there's not that many of then, and they don't use that much power.

  11. Re:Grounding on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think the nail is supplying any grounding.

    At least not in the US.

    It's a 2-probg plug, and only plastic touches the nail.

  12. Re:I'm confused on Netflix is Testing a New 'Ultra' Tier of Service (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I must have misread the article I mentioned.

    It made it sound like currently they only offer 4k, and it's billed as premium, but they were adding HDR and adding it as Ultra.

    Seems risky to not only match, but surpass HBO in price (though I assume HBO is 1080p only).

  13. Re:I'm confused on Netflix is Testing a New 'Ultra' Tier of Service (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's true. I think the new tier also has HDR.

  14. Re:Healthcare on In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The GP was obviously refering to the tine it takes to get on employer insurance for the new job for the majority of job types.

    Specifically the part about day 1 health care being only for too tier should be a big hint.

    Cobra should handle it for chosen job switches for the upper quarter to half of income though.

    $1500/month (highish family plan)x3 months is a surmountable cost for a good enough raise.

  15. Re:Healthcare on In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, probably makes more sense to model it after Medicare.

  16. Re:Not really news... on In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect the typical CEO in the US makes 2-5x the average worker.

    Most companies are pretty small, most of them have CEOs.

  17. Interesting, I've never had it go that far, but I can fully imagine a company that has no reputation to worry about (such as Comcast) doing that.

    Simply telling the company's customer service if they won't work with me, I'll work with the credit card company instead is enough.

    Generally subscriptions with a cheap/free first month.

  18. Re:Subscription? Unlimited crap for a sub? on Already at Movie Theaters Near You: Ticket Subscriptions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Other things can be done while watching TV.

    Additionally, some TV is competing with the movies for time. The fact that a lot of TV is watched doesn't necessarily mean there's plenty of time for movies, it could actually mean there's less.

  19. Is that Unicode on /.
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  20. Re:Subscription? Unlimited crap for a sub? on Already at Movie Theaters Near You: Ticket Subscriptions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    It's also nine hours of time when it's all said and done (2.5*3+transport).

    That's a lot of disposable time, one a week is likely the practical limit for typical people.

  21. I've done that a few times.

    E-mailed customer service "I've tried to cancel, and failed, I will fight my next bill with a chargeback".

    I don't know how well it'd work with a company the size of Comcast is some such though.

  22. I would go as far as to say, if you your goal with recording is quality assurance (and enforcement in the court of public opinion obviously helps with quality overall) you have been explicitly granted permission to record.

  23. I can't tell if this is satire or not.

    Well poe'd

  24. Re:Keeping hands clean ... on Would You Pay $700, Plus a Monthly Fee, For a Digital License Plate? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That'd be pretty cool

    I could move to another state and never need to worry about registering.

  25. Re:Keeping hands clean ... on Would You Pay $700, Plus a Monthly Fee, For a Digital License Plate? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, here it's only $75.00

    Also, if you get your registration updated before your court date, and show up with proof, they waive it as policy (don't even charge court fees).

    The half day for court is kinda annoying though.

    Some thing for expired liscense or insurance card (though insurance you must prove you we're actually covered on the day of the ticket or it's $2500.00)