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  1. if you have a preexisting business relationship and have not opted out it's not spam.

  2. relying on the good sense and/or good will of bureaucrats is a good way to get sensational news articles in the rare but extant cases where you find a bureaucrat who has neither.

  3. my bad. I misread "the first time it crossed 410 at all...". Thanks for the correction!

  4. I thought it was more the going from 280 to 410 in like 130 years. But then again, you have a point; 400 to 410 in one year is 10 times that rate.

  5. Ah. I tend to see that with an "if" instead of a "when", but I see your point. Thanks for the clarification.

  6. ganjadude seems to be assuming a bit more than "might". If you disagree, I would be interested in details of how you're parsing his sentence.

  7. This is not in any way a new thing.

  8. Re: Homes in California are already only for the r on California To Become First US State Mandating Solar On New Homes (ocregister.com) · · Score: 1

    your statements are correct but seem to be assuming that by "cost of the house" he means "price of the house", where I would expect he means "cost of construction"... the majority of the price of a building in the bay area is the land. The structure on top of the land is just gravy.

  9. Re: Homes in California are already only for the r on California To Become First US State Mandating Solar On New Homes (ocregister.com) · · Score: 1

    arguably, with that affordable housing thing, if you're looking to buy/build you do have money to burn :)

  10. Re:This article is wrong on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    given that the anthropologist has a high likelihood of being better able to describe the social dynamics at play than, for example, me, no, I don't.

  11. Re:This is the fight that will define the future on Tech Giants Hit by NSA Spying Slam Encryption Backdoors (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You're conflating the elimination of confidentiality with the elimination of non-repudiation and/or integrity; there is no particular reason why they have to lose the ability to claim definitively that you sent the message when they prosecute you for the content.

  12. unplugging the computer doesn't lead to buffer overflow exploits. Breaking the kernel can (though this one doesn't seem to yet).

  13. thor ragnarok, spiderman homecoming, the martian... haven't seen ready player one but from reading the book I would not say the female character is a lead...

  14. Re:shaver and vacuum digital content on Appliance Companies Are Lobbying To Protect Their DRM-Fueled Repair Monopolies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    you haven't seen Dyson calling their motors digital?

  15. Re:you moron!!!! You idiot!!!! on More Than 1 Million Kids Had Their Identities Stolen in 2017 (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    as to due diligence, if the SSN has no history, then the credit bureaus will have no data attached to it. So the financial institution has no basis to decide that the applicant isn't the holder of the SSN, unless they're really on the ball and demand both a photo ID and the SSN card itself, and refuse to accept discrepancies in the name... which is rare.

  16. Re:you moron!!!! You idiot!!!! on More Than 1 Million Kids Had Their Identities Stolen in 2017 (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    A child's identity has no good history, but it has no bad history either, so it's suitable for, oh, getting utility services, or low-limit credit cards, or maybe a low-value loan with collateral, like a used car. Stuff that we typically expect college students who've just moved away from their parents to need to do.

  17. Re: Toilets on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    are the coastlines in the same place as a million years ago? If not, the cities probably won't be either.

  18. Re:Too much whining on Are Widescreen Laptops Dumb? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    and you still don't have the ability to swap out your optical drive (if you even have one) for extra battery.

  19. Re:It's absolutely ridiculous and dehumanizing on Your Next Job Interview Could Be With a Racist Bot (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    the trick, I think, is that you can do that with places that aren't chains, which are unfortunately getting rarer.

  20. Re:reading test?? what about an BAR test? on The 'Terms and Conditions' Reckoning Is Coming (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I think the idea is that if your users have to understand the T&C to sign up, then you have to make your T&C understandable or you wind up with no signups. The problem of course is that if you control both the T&C and the test, then the test may not really be proof of understanding.

  21. Re:Another grandstanding politician on LA Councilman Asks City Attorney To 'Review Possible Legal Action' Against Waze (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    remember, there's a difference between "through" and "into/out of" and it's not honestly that difficult to tell whether your destination is on the "no through traffic" road or not.

  22. Re:Mark the street as "No Thru Traffic" on LA Councilman Asks City Attorney To 'Review Possible Legal Action' Against Waze (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If your start or destination is in the neighborhood then you're not "through traffic" and you can be routed there.

  23. Re:It also doesn't let him and his buddies on LA Councilman Asks City Attorney To 'Review Possible Legal Action' Against Waze (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    you assume he and his buddies will pay attention to the sign. Maybe, maybe not, but I wouldn't put money on it.

  24. that's a quote from TFA

  25. Re:Lose weight on Pasta Is Good For You, Say Scientists Funded By Big Pasta (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    I am not, it is true. But I know people who are. Yes, really.