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  1. Re:What specific problem did NN try to solve? on FCC Won't Delay Vote, Says Net Neutrality Supporters Are 'Desperate' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's high for other reasons as well (running transmission medium to each building is not a trivial expense), but those do contribute.

  2. Re: Simple fix..... on American Airlines Accidentally Let Too Many Pilots Take Off The Holidays (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Where you get to spend time between flights, I would guess. A lot of routes are long enough that you can't just do both legs of a round trip without a break between, and if you have to overnight, you may prefer to do it in NYC with a good hotel and restaurants than Guam.

  3. Re: He's confusing free speech with Net Neutrality on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Criticizes Companies That Oppose His Efforts To Repeal Net Neutrality Rules (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The extra traffic is not due to netflix. It's due to netflix subscribers, i.e. me. If the cable company has an issue with how much data I'm causing to be put on the network they can come talk to me.

  4. I'm afraid your numbers are off. The prefecture of Fukushima has about 13,750 sq km. 750 is less than the area of that 20km evacuation circle.

    Your point, however, is well taken.

  5. Re:The Tesla Semi takes 7.2 megawatt hours per cha on Tesla Unveils 500-Mile Range Semi Truck, 620-Mile Range Roadster 2.0 · · Score: 1

    according to https://xtronics.com/wiki/Ener... diesel fuel is about 11k watt-hours per liter. The driver of a tractor I happened to be fueling next to once told me it held 300 gallons, so a fillup on that comes out to about 4.5e10 joules (sayeth google's calculator), where 7.2 MWh is 2.6e10 joules. Now, I don't have figures on the range for either, but realize that the power you're talking about isn't anything unusual for big trucks.

  6. Re: OK so riddle me this: on Elon Musk's 'Scientific Method' (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    for stoplights you're right. Some of the benefits of platooning can come gradually, though; as platoon-capable vehicles increase in number and find themselves in a group in the left-most lane, they can go ahead and start clustering, saving a few car lengths of empty space. Of course, until folks get used to it the later cars may get pulled over for tailgating :)

  7. Re: Jesus Christ... on ESR Sees Three Viable Alternatives To C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 2

    so does a good carpenter when it's truly a shitty tool and there's no workaround.

  8. Re:bps? on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    oh, sure, you can use other methods to get the random bits to seed the PRNG. I was just trying to respond to the question of how they can seed a bunch of stuff at once given the effective bit rate of a wall of lava lamps.

  9. Re:bps? on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's certainly one way to avoid the cycle time :)

  10. Re:bps? on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    seed one PRNG, pull out N values and use those as seeds for other stuff? Reseed often enough to avoid the PRNG's cycle and what you pull out should stay unpredictable.

  11. well, assuming it was the delivery person, either they picked it up while in the field of view of the camera (in which case there's video of the theft), or they left the field of view of the camera (in which case there's video of them committing criminal trespass, since there's no legitimate reason for them to ever be out of view of the camera while inside the recipient's home). Either way, they're in a lot of trouble.

    That said, I still wouldn't get the thing. There's at least two amazon locker units in easy distance from my place.

  12. Re:Did they OK this with publishers? on GameStop Is Launching An Unlimited Used Game Rental Subscription, Says Report (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    I see someone else already made my point. I should read more before commenting :)

  13. Re:Did they OK this with publishers? on GameStop Is Launching An Unlimited Used Game Rental Subscription, Says Report (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    does that still apply once the game is used? I'd think first sale doctrine would mean that once it's been sold as new, what happens after that is not for the publisher to decide.

  14. Re:Capitalism and Resources on 'The Second Gilded Age Is Upon Us' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I would say "exploiting" is a more applicable term. It does have unpleasant connotations, but arguably past experience with capitalism is why the connotations are that unpleasant.

  15. Re:Safety measures on Amazon Key Puts Deliveries -- And Delivery People -- In Your Home (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    if you have this, you may also have xfinity's remote arm/disarm capability (I think I recall AT&T having that too) in which case you can probably manage to not have it off except when the delivery is happening.

  16. Re:Somebody feeling left out? on NYT Op-Ed Argues Amazon 'Took Seattle's Soul' (bendbulletin.com) · · Score: 1

    or renters

  17. Re:Having flown a lot of RC aircraft on CNN Gets a First-Of-Its-Kind Waiver To Fly Drones Over Crowds (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    sure, but the FAA now has enough documention that it should be safe to deflect a suit aimed at them. CNN may be on the hook if something goes wrong, but that's their problem - the FAA just has to tighten things back up after something breaks and they're golden.

  18. Re:REGULATIONS require broken encryption (Obama) on 'Significant' Number of Equifax Victims Already Had Info Stolen, Says IRS (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    I think his point is that it wouldn't work. He wishes it would, but this is reality, and by implication in reality it doesn't.

  19. Re:Wow on How Comcast is Shortchanging Customers In Vermont (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    not really. Short form:
    comcast's agreement with vermont's utilities commission is up for renewal, and the utilities commission wants them to continue working on the buildout obligations they picked up when they acquired a local cable company. Comcast doesn't wanna.

  20. Re:Step one and two. on US Studying Ways To End Use of Social Security Numbers For ID (securityweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid I'm not understanding one thing. Sure, the bartender knows that _somebody_ is over 21, but how do they know that the somebody is the person standing in front of them asking for a vodka shot, unless the certificate is attached to something hard to counterfeit that also (hopefully) uniquely identifies the human (photos, under most current systems)?

  21. The other divide and conquer party is having a great time though.

  22. Re: We need more guns on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    the problem is that fear is also useful to the government, and it's going to be difficult to not be afraid for personal safety while still being afraid of terrorists.

  23. Re:4 months to lower the price to $0 on Equifax Will Offer Free Credit Locks for Life, New CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    rereading, I see I was unclear. The "freeze" was part of a free service. The 10 bucks was for a real, nobody-gets-the-info credit freeze.

  24. Re:4 months to lower the price to $0 on Equifax Will Offer Free Credit Locks for Life, New CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the three (I think it was transunion) already has a service that lets you "freeze" your record for free. I opted to spend the 10 bucks because nowhere in the description of "freeze" did they actually say that anyone would be less able to get the info...

  25. Re:Not really true on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Not especially the speeds, but the large number of available ISPs was actually quite nice.