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  1. Re: Lets get some Conservatives in here to deny it on Microplastics Are Blowing In the Wind (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 0

    No that's not how it works, pick anyone who is for the preservation of the environment and you have answered your question. You are just tossing the word conservative around like a derogatory term when all it means a person that wants to conserve something and it doesn't matter what they are conserving. This bastardization of the use of the word has happened so much that environmentalist have distanced themselves from the word and tend to stay away from the words conservation and conserve also.

  2. Re:A Related Story on Immune Cells May Play a Role In Causing Cavities (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    My brother-in-law went on a high protein no carb diet when he was in the military. It couldn't have been healthy he was eating a plate full of bacon and sausage links for breakfast, but he did drop a lot of weight fast. I have no idea if did anything for his teeth but I imagine his cholesterol was through the roof.

  3. Quaker Oats and on rare occasion cracker jacks are the only things I buy off that list. Not that I eat healthy all the time, Pringles just wasn't on the list (that's proctor&gamble another company that surprisingly makes everything under the sun).

     

  4. Re: Maths! on Cord-Cutting in America May Have Already Peaked (fool.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When someone says I don't watch TV most likely what they mean is I canceled my cable or satellite TV. It's less denial and more like when people call tissues kleenex even though it's a specific brand name. They watch netflix on the TV but cable and satellite has been just TV to them for so long that they don't associate the two.

    That being said I canceled my cable TV service a long time ago and though I still watch TV it just costs me less. I don't mind loosing sports and other channels I never watched to begin with. Probably the most significant change is I don't get a bunch of commercials and I can watch it on my own schedule.

    I had cable for the sports channels that my sons enjoyed but when they moved out I realized I really didn't watch that much TV and that expensive cable service was burning a hole in wallet so I canceled it and got a netflix account. Of course netflix is more convenient and has no commercials so I enjoyed it more and now I actually watch more netflix and hulu than I did cable.

  5. Re: So, ads after paying for no ads? on Amazon Plans To Take on Roku By Vastly Expanding Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Services: Report (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    They have extra pay channels and a couple free ad supported channels already. (the free ad supported channels are available without logging in or from your prime account still with ads)

  6. Re:Victim blaming is NOT a solution on IT and Security Professionals Think Normal People Are Just the Worst (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It really doesn't matter who mac, linux, microsoft, android, if that's where the money is thieves will find a way to get to it.

  7. Re: User have been the problem forever on IT and Security Professionals Think Normal People Are Just the Worst (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If I knew that those employees where receiving ample training but sadly most companies just don't really give their employees the training. I work with smart educated people but that doesn't make them tech savvy and if no one takes them time....

  8. Re:Wouldn't it be the people doing the discriminat on Housing Department Slaps Facebook With Discrimination Charge (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    That and I'm not entirely certain about the Zip code. Facebook is very big and advertising to everyone everywhere as apposed to only those in the area would be huge difference in cost especially for those with just a couple rental properties. There is no law requiring them to advertise in every news paper and not just the local paper or just the local radio.

  9. Re:Uh.... "billions"? on FTC Fines Four Operations Responsible For Billions of Illegal Robocalls (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Multiple companies running multiple robocall campaigns that make hundreds maybe thousands of calls an hour for multiple years, It's very believable.

  10. Garage doors are far from secure, most new cars come with a built in universal garage door opener that can be programed to an older garage door opener in a just a couple minutes with out ever getting out of your car or even knowing the name brand of the garage door opener.

  11. Re:Building a decrypter? on BBC Visits 'Hated and Hunted' Ransomware Expert (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The weakest link in security is usually the user and as such they are the best point to exploit. This is why the majority of stuff like this doesn't need to be well written, of course throw in a security researcher that keeps giving away removal tools and they are annoyed that they actually need to spend some time on code.

  12. Re:Playing the music during the test? on Death Metal Music Inspires Joy Not Violence, Study Finds (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Higher pitch sounds can cause tension. Happy is awfully high I imagine the extra tension may skew the results. Also the decibel level needs to be considered as well, low pitch high decibel sound can cause drowsiness.

  13. Re:What's wrong with alt tab? on Microsoft Asks Users To Call Windows 10 Devs About ALT+TAB Feature (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess is they will want to replace it with timeline win+tab but aren't sure if it will piss everyone off.

  14. Re:Alt+Tab - most common thing I use on Microsoft Asks Users To Call Windows 10 Devs About ALT+TAB Feature (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Timeline is ok it allows you to open stuff you closed previously in addition to switching between what's open. I'm not sure about the sync so you can resume your timeline on another device.

     

  15. Re:The end of private spending on USA Today Tech Columnist: Millennials Will Live To See a Cashless World (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Most states have vehicle sales tax and registration fees going to pay for their roads however the property tax on my home is for the public schools to bad I can't get a discount on those taxes for not having school age kids and as much as I pay the school system is still wanting.

    It's the private transactions like what you described and those for illegal goods that will keep cash around.

    If one day cash was suddenly gone and everything had to be done by traceable card transactions the civil upset would likely tear the country apart with in a year.

  16. Re:cashless transactions == tax on stupidity on USA Today Tech Columnist: Millennials Will Live To See a Cashless World (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not the future, it's the pipe dream of those who hope to get those extra few percent of your income and sell your shopping habit data for a little more. The thing is there are still plenty of people making private transactions that they can't get a percentage of or track and that is going to continue to happen for a very long time.

  17. Re:Embracing and Extending through Chrome on Microsoft Rolls Out New Skype for Web; Does Not Support Firefox, Safari, and Opera (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean how much time and money did they save by only supporting their browser and the most popular browser? Where edge the most popular then chances are it would be the only one supported.

  18. Re:Overfishing had nothing to do with it on The World is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "The added burden of climate change to poorly managed and overfished stocks" would have been a crappy headline so they couldn't even add the first couple of lines of the article to the description.

    Fisheries provide food and support livelihoods across the world. They are also under extreme pressure, with many stocks overfished and poorly managed. Climate change will add to the burden fish stocks bear, but such impacts remain largely unknown.

  19. Re: Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Table on Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables (thurrott.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, edible table put out by Iodine Bucks the same guy that makes the pepperoni plates.

    Why, because traditional tables are stupid!

  20. Re:Again this rubish? on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    What is the difference in cost between me watching the stream that I payed for or someone else watching the stream I payed? The cost to me is evident I can't watch the stream I payed for if someone else is.

  21. Re:Again this rubish? on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    But even then, how exactly they lose that money? Which increased costs to Netflix result from that "piracy"?

    Even if someone's account is stolen and used it was still payed for because they pay for a certain number of streams and can't go over that number. It would be the customer's loss not netflix.

  22. Re:You know, at some point soon... on Netflix is Testing Even More Expensive Subscription Prices (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    That was quick, wasn't there just an article about how they are loosing money to pirates because kids continue to use their parents account even after they move out.

  23. Re:Incredibly bad study on Listening To Music May Be Damaging Your Creativity (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    This is in direct conflict with the Mozart Effect (Which was brand new, very popular, and not yet debunked when I was in college). Although there are some studies out there that show children that learn to play a musical instruments at a young age have better coordination and pattern recognition later but that is simply because they practiced those skills while learning to play their instrument.

  24. Re:Again this rubish? on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If as they admit most of those are kid still mooching off of their parents then they probably already upgraded to a premium account so pay $7.99 for 2 basic plans with 2 streams or pay $15.99 for a premium account with 4 streams either way the kid is still a mooch and the parents are paying for it.

  25. Re:Faulty assumption on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The Basic plan has 2 streams and is $7.99 the Premium plan has 4 streams and is $15.99 if a family has kids that live away from home that are still using the account they have probably already upgraded to the premium plan. By their own admission the freeloaders are mostly family If the kids moved out and didn't use the account then chances are mom and dad would downgrade their account, this would actually cost them more than allowing the parents to pay double + 1 cent for the kids to use it.