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  1. Re:Playing King of the Hill on Wikipedia Is Basically a Corporate Bureaucracy, Says Study (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The only edit I made stuck, it was trivial though. I simply added a link to something I wanted to read about, but wasn't linked (Japanese Lacquerware was referenced but not linked in the Urushiol article, since then it has had Chinese, and Korean added and linked).

    I'm too lazy to research real edits though, but that seems like the trivial type you say would get reverted for no reason.

  2. Re:So fork it on Wikipedia Is Basically a Corporate Bureaucracy, Says Study (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Libre Office?

  3. Re:maybe a link to the pastebin on Spotify Denies User Details Hacked After Passwords Show Up Online (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    it didn't ask for a password, just an e-mail.

  4. Re: This is sad seeing republicans... on 2016 Hugo Awards Shortlist Dominated By Rightwing Campaign (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Most people do if they want to be normal functioning members of society.

  5. Re: This is sad seeing republicans... on 2016 Hugo Awards Shortlist Dominated By Rightwing Campaign (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Are you saying Republicans are pro birth control?

    Or teaching the facts about sex and birth control?

  6. 3% of that was inflation though.

    Still better, but not as dramatic as it looks. Banks have definitely benefited from the everyone kinda needs an account to exist now, low interest, lots of small deposits model.

    http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cp...

  7. maybe a link to the pastebin on Spotify Denies User Details Hacked After Passwords Show Up Online (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    so people can know if their credentials are out there.

    the ne'er do wells are going to find it anyway ffs.

  8. Re:planned obsolescence... on Choosing to Skip the Upgrade and Care for the Gadget You've Got (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I LOVE my BLU phone.

    $150 (including a 64gb sd card), I expect to get a year out of it (that's about how long before I destroy them and I don't have insurance on this one).

    It's the first low end phone I've used that works for me though.

    It's not as nice in almost any way as my previous phone (2014 motox), but it as a legit all day battery (9+ hours of screen on time).

    the camera is terrible (regressed to 2010 levels or worse), the screen is merely OK (but good enough), no ambient display or proximity detectors, even the brightness sensor seems to only poll once a minute or so, I assume because it's the camera and uses lots of battery.

    But, for $150, I have a phone that isn't painful to use, takes acceptable pictures for capturing a moment, and only feels slow or hangs rarely, and actually stays charged.

    I probably wouldn't grip if it was twice as much even.

    It's also not giantly huge.

  9. Re:Buying the bakery on Ford Spent $200,000 To Dissect a Limited-Edition Tesla Model X (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    and financing.

    They make a good chunk on the financing.

  10. Re:So Microsoft is the next to go to Court on Europe Is Going After Google For Anti-Competitive Behavior With Android · · Score: 1

    For the IE issue, I've definitely had computers that did not default to IE or Bing when I purchased them.

    The EU is claiming that Google is not allowing that option. This is actually arguable IMO.

    I don't think vendors that want the Android name, or the Play store are allowed to (I could be wrong), but Vendors can forgo those two things and replace whatever.

    Additionally, if they are making exclusivity contracts, there's limits to what they can include.

  11. Re:Google has a browser? on Europe Is Going After Google For Anti-Competitive Behavior With Android · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there's no way that MS softening the integration of their browser in the OS as a response to potential (and even actual) regulation allowed for a competitive browser market

  12. Re:The real shocker on Google Admits That Google.com Is Partially Dangerous (eweek.com) · · Score: 1

    They cheated with their placement at some point in the past.

    I think it was favoring their own ads or some such.

  13. I'd drink starbucks instant over a K-cup, at least for cold coffee.

  14. As I read the summary, it's streamlined paperwork. The government has already verified the disability, no need to do it again.

  15. That's hardly the IRS's fault.

    Written off debt is a capital gain, it's not up to the IRS to decide.

  16. That's stupid.

    I assume that means no Google Fi either.

  17. Well he's said he will start a trade war with China, one of the fastest growing, and a significant market for many of those countries.

    So that's not a not known, but a specific self interest.

  18. Re:Area codes, local calling areas, and exchanges on Facebook's Account Kit Login System Works Via Phone Numbers, No Passwords Needed (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless that landline is with literally any company but the local telco.

    The people I know that have landlines have them through the cable company, and receive free long distance.

    Where I work we used to have a landline solution (actually I think voip to analog over a T1 before better internet options were available), we paid long distance, but it was under a penny a minute.

    Long distance is free, or essentially free, even on most landlines now.

  19. don't you only need an email address to get a free phone number from google?

  20. Re:$1000 reserve fee... on Tesla Says Model 3 Had 'Biggest One-Week Launch of Any Product Ever' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not looking at their stock, I would say it would probably have been a much better investment the day before this announcement even.

  21. Re:And this despite lower gasoline prices on Tesla Says Model 3 Had 'Biggest One-Week Launch of Any Product Ever' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you not charge it if it's at 75% when you get home then? how about 50%?

    Not trying to be argumentative, I'm legit curious as to how these are being used by their drivers, I suspect I'd charge every night.

    I suppose also their could be internal load balancing on the cells so that when you top off, those cells go last in line to get used again?

  22. And Libre Office sucks.

    I consistently have issues with mailing list cleanup on not particularly large files (2000+ addresses).

    Stupid UI things where cell contents don't update unless I click around and wait. The only fix I've found is a full reboot.

    Also, no zipcode cell type? Yes, it should be text, but the reality is that it isn't always, and it often causes me huge pains in the ass.

  23. Re:YoLotD has nothing to do with the kernel on Torvalds Hasn't Given Up On Linux Desktop Domination, Will 'Wear Them Down' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    chipset and video drivers.

  24. Re:Hmmm .... on Google ReCAPTCHA Cracked In New Automated Attack · · Score: 1

    My phone uses carrier grade NAT.

    I don't know how many devices per an IP, but it seems plausible that thousands could happen.

  25. Re:turk on Google ReCAPTCHA Cracked In New Automated Attack · · Score: 1

    you think 5 a cent on Mechanical Turk?