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  1. Re:PSPlus on Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? · · Score: 1

    I saw it more of a "everybody with internet is going to buy this anyway, so let's make it not as good".

    I still don't mind it, the discounts on smaller games are worth it, and some free games.

    But I miss getting a high end game I really wanted every few months.

  2. Re:PSPlus on Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? · · Score: 1

    Before the PS4, PS+ had some great games.

    I got both XCOM and Bioshock infinite when they were still in the $40 price point.

    After the PS4 came out, and they made it more mandatory, they stopped giving away good high budget games.

  3. I'm pretty surprised.

    They recently had a ruling in their courts that Children's private communications were protected (from parents).

    The case was a death and a parent wanting access to the Facebook account. The court ruled no, because the instant messages were a private communication.

    I don't know how German laws work, but that would seem to make this a law that wouldn't stick (applying US common law principals, and our communications being covered by a higher document than law). I don't know where privacy is codified into German law.

  4. Re:Nicotine is poisonous...period on E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu) · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's harmless, and I even say in my post I doubt even nicotine free juice is harmless, but I also think it's better, and likely far better than tobacco

  5. Re:Nicotine is poisonous...period on E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu) · · Score: 1

    Fair point.

    I still suspect glycerin is closer to mineral spirits than water is.

  6. Re:Nicotine is poisonous...period on E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it sheds some heat, but it's not like a 400 degree oven is particularly harmful to my hand.

  7. Re: So meetings can "see" now? on Trump-Style Tactics Finally Stopped Working For Uber (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My uber usage dropped 80% in the last year.

    I pay with a few extra minutes of wait time (5-10 instead of 3-8), and a 20% tip.

    At weird hours, the wait for a lyft goes up dramatically, and I still use Uber, but I can't be the only person that has reduced their usage of Uber, and I suspect at the very least, that's apparent in Lyft's usage (smaller number to start with, so easier to spot the signal through the noise).

  8. Re:Nicotine is poisonous...period on E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm pretty sure you're only half right.

    1) Nicotine is problematic, it interferes with the body's ability to fight cancer, but it doesn't look like it causes it
    2) There is no "burnt" or whatever we want to call it, "burnt" appears to be a carcinogen in general (for example, diets heavy in blackened and charred food seem to lead to GI cancers)
    3) Vaping seems to be better for the cardiovascular system than smoking.

    But, I do suspect it is not harmless, and may even be quite bad. For one thing, inhaling solvents, even food safe ones, is likely not the healthiest thing, also, It wouldn't shock me to learn that breathing 400 degree air carries with it it's own health effects.

    It still seems to be much healthier than smoking.

  9. Re: Woopie on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    CFL was shit when it was expensive a d local too.

    Energy star certified some garbage, so you never knew the quality, but most was garbage.

    But, with LED, energy star also certifies the quality.

  10. Re: Nerds provide the tools on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So, science solved the last serious problem, and?

  11. Re:100% about old *hardware* on Why Does Microsoft Still Offer a 32-bit OS? (backblaze.com) · · Score: 1

    do you upgrade it to windows 10 though?

  12. Re:Symbol adopted by racist sacks of shit on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Racists use letters too. Letters must be racist.

    As the ADL says "The majority of uses of Pepe the Frog have been, and continue to be, non-bigoted. "

  13. Re: forced arbitration for consumers.. on AT&T Uses Forced Arbitration To Overcharge Customers, Senators Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I live in a state, the state has an established way to settle disputed when neither side agree.

    It makes as much sense to be able to sign that away as it does to sign away government involvement in the event I murder someone.

  14. Re: forced arbitration for consumers.. on AT&T Uses Forced Arbitration To Overcharge Customers, Senators Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    True, but it seems of the 5% of senators that care about this issue, 100% are democrats.

    This leads me to believe that democrats are less on the hook here, and both parties are not actually the same.

  15. I don't see how a phone could possibly disrupt the market for $700.

    That's not trying to break into the whole phone market, it's trying to break into the high-end (and therefore profitable) part of the market.

    The problem with that though is that reputation means more, making it a lot harder to break into.

  16. Is that why they make sure I don't have any in my checking led luggage?

  17. Because the DHS wants to snoop data.

    I hate to be conspiracy about it, but it seems to me the most logical explanation.

  18. Re:Two to three hours ahead of time on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 2

    To airport 45 mins
    Wait for flight 2 hours
    Get luggage half hour
    Get rental car half hour
    Get to destination 45 mins
    The car has a 4.5 hour headstart.

    I generally put the cut off at 8 hour drive, but that's more six hours door to door with the flight, driving just being more pleasant.

    I generally am closer to 1-1.5 hours before my flight too.

  19. Re:Insurance on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm just excited that lithium ion batteries in the cargo hold are safe now. Otherwise I'd be worried.

  20. Re:Look outside of Africa, too. on Oldest Fossils of Homo Sapiens Found in Morocco, Altering History of Our Species (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Considering the last major claim of that was indeed a racist lie, they aren't absolutely off base.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    This is not to say that the Balken claim is either racist or a lie.

  21. Re:I'm lazy on Trump Nominates Lawyer To Lead FBI (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    If he swore a loyalty oath rather than an oath to do his job, I'd say that's a black mark.

    But the only evidence I have of that is what Comey said.

    I personally think anyone Trump appoints is very suspect after that, but until he does anything, it's mere suspicion.

  22. Re:Old Macs? on Apple To Phase Out 32-Bit Mac Apps Starting In January 2018 (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    We have a more than a few years old Mac at work.

    It already can't update the OS, but it has 64 bit.

  23. Re: Wait in line on Hyperloop One Reveals Its Plans For Connecting Europe (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    That's super low for a train like system, but seems to be about aligned with or slightly better than airports (though I have no idea max capacity between two points, I'm just basing it on five or so flights a day for most domestic cities I go to).

    I question the value of a hyperloop vs a traditional train for the short routes suggested too.

    Even more concerning is the suggestion of combined never tested but long thought of techs to make it work (the tunnels and the hyperloop itself being decades (fast tube zero friction travel) to over a century (the tunnel).

    That doesn't mean it won't work, but it does seem foolhardy to try and do both at once.

  24. Re: No, false. This is fake news. on Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly this.

    Just like the Music Industry, they're hated by all sides. The users and the creators hate them.

    I'm sure, like the Music Industry, they'll find a new way to succeed, but they're gonna cry a lot as it happens.

    Maybe not as much, as recording was twice as old as cable when their whining happened.

  25. Re: Retransmission costs and ads? on Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's unsustainable long run though, or there will be much less content.

    It's been a while, but Grey's anatomy came out to $0.75/viewer/episode when I did the math.

    $12.99 for all Hulu offers is a big drop.

    Cutting seasons in half will help, and probably improve quality. But the industry is going to shrink, and that's gonna cause a lot of crying (from those involved).