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  1. Re:What does 5-15 Percent speed mean? on Faster Audio Decoding and Encoding Coming To Ogg and FLAC (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    I ripped my CD catalog to FLAC due to the speed (it was a while ago) not the quality. It was about 4x the speed of lame high quality variable bitrate.

    I'd then convert to MP3 overnight queuing up that evening's take.

  2. And birds

  3. I personally think on Should T-Mobile Stop Claiming It Has 'Best Unlimited Network'? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If it is truly the best LTE coverage the claim is good enough for advertising as long as it's footnoted how they determined "best". I'm skeptical that they truly have the best LTE coverage, as both a customer, and the fact that the summary implies they don't have the best high-speed coverage.

    I think exempting voice and text coverage is fair when talking about data, and am not outright offended that 3g (and slower) isn't being considered.

    Of course, Verizon can also claim they have the best network (and it'd be a truer statement IMO).

  4. I vaguely remember it as the last 10 or so years or so. All the TV companies started making nice flat tubes around the mid-late 90s.

  5. Re:And it will be for a long time on Netflix's DVD Rental Business Is Still Profitable (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    One of those numbers is for a quarter, the other for a year.

    Assuming the 56M profit is a representative quarter, its 3x, not 10x, for the streaming.

    That also assumes the 560 number doesn't include the disc based profit.

  6. Re:And it will be for a long time on Netflix's DVD Rental Business Is Still Profitable (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't it 56*4 quarters vs 560 for 2017?

    well over 10%

  7. Re:And it will be for a long time on Netflix's DVD Rental Business Is Still Profitable (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it's about 1/4-1/2 of their total profit.

    56 (quarterly profit DVDs)*4=224
    224+560 (2017 profit)=784

    If the 224 is exclusive of the 560, then it is just under 1/3 of the total.

    if it is part of the 560 it is just about 1/2 of the total.

    I don't think either is chickenshit for a company (if a company's profit went down 25% year on year, investors would be worried, but they'd start panicking if it went down 50%).

  8. I was a pretty big fan of Trinitron.

    There really wasn't anything close in terms of TV quality for quite a while.

  9. Re:If they didn't break up big banks on Advocacy Groups Call for the FTC To Break Up Facebook (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, messenger makes sense with Facebook.

    Facebook is about communicating (for the users) and messenging people is part of communicating.

  10. Re:OK, so what is MoviePass? on MoviePass' Days Look Limited (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They're hope was that they'd have so many customers they could make deals like you describe.

  11. Re:Sigh. on MoviePass' Days Look Limited (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So basically any company that wants to do research must be an incumbent, and not new?

    Awesome, I sure bet that will drive down prices.

    I'm also sure all of the employees that had a job funded by shareholder hopes and dreams feel like they're way worse off than if instead they had a not job.

  12. Re:It would be great on Amazon Offers Whole Foods Discounts To Prime Members (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Amazon chooses not to cast to Chromecast not because of Hollywood, but because of corporate struggle.

    It's annoying, because I need to do a sloppy screen cast to watch Amazon prime shows on my TV, but it's not Hollywood's fault. I can't cast the Amazon funded shows either.

  13. Re:$119 in the hole to start on Amazon Offers Whole Foods Discounts To Prime Members (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting, I find that 70% of what I buy comes in two days, 10% in one day, and 20% in 4 days with prime.

    With not prime it was 100% in four days, and $35 minimum order to get free shipping.

  14. Re:Local chain here... on Amazon Offers Whole Foods Discounts To Prime Members (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    When I worked at a super market, the union sucked for about three years, but also made it a viable career vs the non union super markets that paid $0.50/hour more at first, and didn't have a $25 week due.

    Aside from the due, which quickly was offset by better pay and benefits, there was no union abuse. While management at the non union place would stop giving you hours if you didn't come in on a day off within hour's notice.

  15. Re:Does Not Disprove Synaptic Memory Theory on Scientists Transfer Memory Between Snails (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Based on the summary, it seems like RNA helps build the connections, which I would have assumed from highschool biology.

    Of course I'm reading the summary with only highschool level biology, so I'm dumbing down the dumbed down...

  16. Re:It does't fit Google's new morality on Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume it's because they knew what they were signing up for working for Google. If they thought the fuckery google does is bad, they would never have started working there.

  17. Re:It does't fit Google's new morality on Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    So you're saying their motto has nothing to do with making money?

    They got rid of the don't be evil, but it was just to push a more specific agenda? Not to pursue even more money?

    This feels a lot more related to militarized computer vision than an agenda to me.

  18. Re:Officers should be liable for libel; not these on Alleged Owners of Mugshots.com Have Been Arrested For Extortion (lawandcrime.com) · · Score: 1

    If they maliciously arrest someone, there's plenty of more serious things to get the officer with.

    If it's an honest accident, or done without malice, it's not libel/slander.

  19. Why?

    It can be switched off (or whatever they call it).

  20. Re:Even silly games like MonsterStrike require it on Facebook's Android App Is Asking for Superuser Privileges, Users Say (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    That's seems about right, I don't know ow the game though.

    Contacts = invite friends
    Location = ads (the only one that seems questionable
    USB = get character avatar
    Wi-fi = warn when doing a large update not on WiFi
    Network = ads
    Run at start up. = Notifications = ads (another questionable one for a random game.

    Basically permissions are worthless, since everything wants access to your photos for some stupid reason, and everything needs network and location to advertise.

    I do like that the apps ask when they use in now, so I I can see, oh yes, they want access to my photos because I'm sending a photo the first time.

  21. People lways say that, but when I look at my own life, it seems pretty accurate.

    There is perhaps an argument that it under weights necessities vs luxuries and doesn't account for the expected baseline quality of life (as luxuries become closer to utilities in practice), but the numbers seem to check out for me.

  22. Why are self signed certs as bad as HTTP?

    I'd think they gaurentee that you're at the correct size after your first visit (protecting from MITM), and prevent snooping from non MITM parties always.

  23. I think it's the opposite.

    You need permission to display their trademark.

  24. This is hardly new, but a continuation of the trend from all browsers to push people away from sites that don't use HTTPS.

    with HTTPS being essentially free now, this makes sense.

  25. Re:Should be useful for most drivers... on Tesla Model X Breaks Electric Towing Record By Pulling Boeing 787 (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd assume marketing made their website.

    They call it an SUV, but the most "rugged" thing they show it doing is driving on a recently plowed flat road with a touch of snow.

    When seeing one in person it looks even more crossover than their marketing though.