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  1. Waiting might be the thing to do. Theres little in the lower traon to go wrong and the batteries last a long time. A used model with 200,000+ on it could still be a perfectly reliable commuter.

  2. Not quite. This is deceptive advertising. You can deceive customers all you want so long as you have enough fine print don't outright lie.

  3. Presenting real facts... on Your Political Facebook Posts Aren't Changing How Your Friends Think (qz.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Can darn sure change peoples opinions. Saying you hate Hillary because "insert subjective drivel" won't change anyone's minds. Posting the damning email evidence that she is lying crook will change the minds of any sensible people. The problem is how little your vote really matters and how you're forced into a two party competition rather than a real candidate competition.

  4. Silicon Valley Companies are Liberal, more at 5! on Apple Replaces The Pistol Emoji With A Water Gun (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly, what did you guys expect? Apple is an image based company and the image they portray is "hip". Currently in the largest population centers its hip to be super liberal.

  5. Bad business for Sony on Sony Is the Only Remaining Obstacle To PS4-Xbox Cross-Play (kotaku.com) · · Score: 2

    Microsoft has always been against cross platform and all about walling in their xbox garden to push proffit. This time around they are losing badly on market share and suddenly it makes more business sense to push for cross platform. If they were back on top again they would cut it right back off and tell everyone to stuff it. The articles like this are nothing but a business strategy to put social pressure on sony.

  6. Re:Retaliation? on Baton Rouge Police Database Hacked In Retaliation For Killing of Alton Sterling (dailydot.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Police kill far more innocent civilians than civilians kill police. 42 police were killed by civilians in 2015. 1,134 people were killed by police. Of them, about 1/5 actually fired at the police.... And at the other end lf the spectrum 1/5th werent armed at all. The problem is their training. They're being trained to shidt all the risk off of themselves and onto the public. Protect themselves above all else. That's just not the mentality a poloce officer needs to have.

  7. Re:Wow on DNC Hacker Releases Trump Opposition File (gawker.com) · · Score: 2

    Not sure if should moderate troll or funny... so nothing lol.

  8. Meanwhile my galaxy note 3 has a decent amount of burn in and dimming.

  9. You are going to die anyway. Wouldn't it be nice to be remembered in a few hundred years instead of fading away into nothingness? Some people think so, and they are more than willing to die trying to get to mars.

  10. Re:You can't fool the real driver, never mind the on Weary Homeowners Wage War On Waze · · Score: 1

    Here its a case of tooooo many red lights with no timing or ill timing. I'm always better off turning off down a side road to avoid a light(s) . Even if I get a few stop signs in exchange. Some of the roads are third world quality, especially in poorer areas. Pitiful considering we dont get many freezes. Regardless, if its not raining I can take a motorcycle and only need a few inches of decent road surface.

  11. Re:Instead of delays, decrease price on DVD Release Delays Boost Piracy and Hurt Sales, Study Shows (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Took just me and the wife to an xdhd 3d movie a week ago for $36. Just the tickets, no concessions. Figure in $6 or 7 gas. Id rather watch it on my 4k TV with surround at home where I can have a beer and eat pizza.

  12. Whats worse, them or the Putin / Russia shills? on China Fakes 488 Million Social Media Posts a Year To Deceive Its Citizens (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seems on english speaking sites I run in to far more Putin shills.

  13. Re: EVs will drive cost / mile to new lows on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    There are always snowflakes that people pour time and money into to keep on the road, but back then if a car was near 100k, it was probably worn out. Now days most cars get totaled or ruined first, but 400k+ is achievable for many models.

  14. Re:EVs will drive cost / mile to new lows on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 2

    Be interesting to see how much lower it was in the 60s considering new cars often go twice as long on oil and last 4x as man miles. All the safety and emissions stuff definitely drove the price up though and reduced fuel mileage.

  15. Re:Obligatory on 'Neural Bypass' Links Brain To Hand To Get Around Paralysis (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Didn't see feeling mentioned, just control. Making it dance isn't very life changing.

  16. Caps have been in place... on AT&T Caps Are A Giant Con And An Attack On Cord-Cutters (dslreports.com) · · Score: 2

    They charged me an extra ~$100 one month and ~$50 another. Just charged my card and left me wondering wtf happened until I called them.

  17. Re:$1600 is Cheap on Kentucky Hospital Calls State of Emergency In Hack Attack (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Lord knows they charge everyone who walks in the door that much just to breathe their air.

  18. Why would Sony Agree? on Xbox Live Now Supports Cross-Platform Multiplayer With PS4 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft needs this because they have lost the market share battle. Why on earth would Sony agree though? They only stand to lose sales, not make gains.

  19. Re:Gained weight despite unchanged diet on Study: Mice Gain Weight In Cold Temperatures Due To Gut Changes (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Anticipated food scarcity is likely the biggest drive.

  20. Drop it first day on Apple Announces New Trade Up With Installments Program (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Then pay monthly for 2 years for your paper weight...

  21. Re:One super power please on 'Rogue Scientists' Could Exploit Gene Editing Technology, Experts Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm ok with increased dietary needs, but if you have myostatin deficiency you end up with so much extra bulk that you become obese and cause extra strain on your organ systems. Gonna need to figure out how to enhance the rest of my organ systems to take the strain or at least let them heal from it fast enough to not degenerate even as I age (and perhaps stop aging, that would be nice lol).

  22. One super power please on 'Rogue Scientists' Could Exploit Gene Editing Technology, Experts Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Super regeneration or super strength would be nice, but I will settle for selective enlargement or super pheromone production.

  23. Re:$52/yr is a lot for a subscription on Wired To Block Ad-Blocking Users, Offer Subscription (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Half their articles are also glowing praise (ads) for various products. The other half are hyper liberal opinion pieces written by some hipster only qualified to have an opinion aboiut the various Starbucks flavors.

  24. Re:What could go wrong on France To Pave 1000km of Road With Solar Panels (solarcrunch.org) · · Score: 1

    What about the fact that as they wear, the surface texture is gone and they do indeed become slick as glass, especially in the rain. Need some sort of resurfacing technique.

  25. Eventually... But not yet on In Memoriam: VGA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It certainly has stopped being so popular but it isn't likely tl fade completely away for a long time. I still see it on monitors and TVs. These thin devices thst have no port usually have a display port that easily converts to vga with a cheap dongle.