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  1. In the event that you didn't know there are 5 vineyards within an hour drive from my home in Kansas. California's growing seasons span the year round at least in some parts where as Iowa is 6-7 months of the year so I'm not surprised it produces almost twice as much.

    no clue what last year was but heres 2015...
    https://data.ers.usda.gov/repo...

  2. I want a new bug zapper/tesla coil/wireless charger...

  3. Re:Wow on Qualcomm's New 802.11ax Chips Will Ramp Up Your Wi-Fi (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The 802.11g is only 54mbps my service gets about 80mbps during the peak hours when it's a little slower. I'm using 802.11n which is 600mpbs and have no problem streaming hd from the internet and my local media server to 3-4 devices at the same time.

  4. My youngest son is allergic to dairy products [not lactose intolerant] just that alone is really hard to avoid.

    I'm not sure I could imagine a world without cake, muffins, cookies, donuts, pancakes, pasta, cheese, yogurt, mashed potatoes, ice cream, sherbet, chocolate, cookies, butter, salad dressing, chewing gum, and the list goes on and on.

  5. Re:fucking kids and millenials on How Tech Ate the Media and Our Minds (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My son used to have a girlfriend that would facebook him while they were in the same room but rarely talked to him. It used to piss him off to no end she would come over and have her nose stuck in her cell phone the entire time then be mad that he didn't pay attention to her {aka he stopped checking her facebook posts because they were in the same room}

    One day I jokingly told him that if he was that unhappy he should just text her a break up while she was sitting next him with her nose stuck in her phone and that's eventually what happened.

  6. Pasta, carrot cake, pancakes, some breads, and any number of other things have eggs in them, and if they don't eat animal byproducts like milk then it's almost impossible to eat anything. Nothing like telling a vegan that their pancakes have undeveloped chicken embryos in them.

    Protein deficiency causes all kinds of problem for humans also muscle weakness, fatigue, hair loss, apathy, lower blood pressure, etc...

  7. Unfortunately, the new graphics APIs contain nuanced architectural differences and are not available across all platforms, making them unsuitable for wide implementation on the web.

    You must have missed that part.

  8. This is the same as any other thing that gives someone access to personal data. Identity theft in just the US costs victims billions a year what stops a disgruntled government employee from using the information found.

  9. Re:Tradition on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 1

    If you are working on a windows domain in a windows world then power shell gives you some very nice tools that just weren't available previously all at one prompt and it has made a lot of advances since the first version. I don't know if it would be appropriate as a starting point for learning to program.

    It really depends what you intend to program.

  10. I'm sure netflix will describe the entire process differently since I didn't notice a bunch of drm mentioned in that description.

  11. Re:piracy is not theft on Hacker Dumps iOS Cracking Tools Allegedly Stolen From Cellebrite (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If I make software or something distributed digitally every time someone illegally aquires and uses or distributes a copy that is used I have been deprived a copy I "could" have sold. Their intent was to take and use the copy with out purchasing it. Despite what ever reason they where unwilling to purchase it they did want the copy enough to steal it and use it which means they may have purchased it in the future should circumstances have changed.
       

  12. Re:Sure, if they are H-1B.... on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in the US mid-west renting a place is about $1.00 - $1.10/sq ft so that apartment would be about $550-$600/month.

  13. Re:Can't we just get PCs with Windows 7? on Microsoft Gives Windows Device Makers Their 2017 Marching Orders (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure which stuff you're referring to that the old one did and is now is broke in the new menu. It's more like missing or changed.

    In Win 7 you had two panes, pinned items an recent on the left and on the right was your regular folders and settings and it hid the pinned and recent in the left pane and displayed the all programs when you hit all programs. if you held you mouse over something in recent or pinned it would should you a list of files you recently opened with it.

    In win 10 you have two panes, the left pane shows all programs and you can add most used and recently added if you with the folders and settings collapsed into icons all programs is hidden when you expand the folders and setting by clicking start at the top. On the right pane there are pinned items. If you right click on an application it will show the documents you recently opened with it.

  14. Re:Can't we just get PCs with Windows 7? on Microsoft Gives Windows Device Makers Their 2017 Marching Orders (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't really have that big of a problem with the start menu in win 10, I killed all the stupid live tiles, shrunk it down to two panes, pinned my most used programs to the right pane, the left pane has all programs in alphabetical order, then personalized which folders appeared in start menu. they are collapsed into icons on the left or click start at the top and it expands them while it hides the programs. If not for the fact that the start menu is collapsed to icon and the all programs are exposed by default and you can't change the right panel into text instead of icons it's really similar to the old start menu in function.

  15. I thought MS was looking to launch an arm version of win 10 this year that supported win32 apps on a snapdragon 835

  16. I don't understand roku has a bunch of models that range from cheap entry level all the way up to the roku ultra 4k that's priced a little higher than amazon fire tv probably it's closest competitor and just a little less than Apple TV.

  17. Re:Hypocrite Billionaires on Bill Gates Warns Against Denying Climate Change (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    More than just external costs... there is also the problem of initial investment. Replacing a working coal plant that will be functional for decades with a new expensive investment into clean energy doesn't make a lot of sense financially to a business in the business of making money. My power company won't be decommissioning that coal plant anytime soon unless it's regulated out of existence but they have added a few solar and wind farms for additional capacity and a way too look good by advertising it.

  18. Re:Hypocrite Billionaires on Bill Gates Warns Against Denying Climate Change (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    If there was a reliable, cheaper, and cleaner alternative then the switch would happen regardless of what anyone thinks about climate change.

    In my case charging an e-car with power from a coal plant would just be trading one pollutant for another since I don't have an option to choose an alternative power company.

  19. Re:What are the use cases for these drives? on Seagate Says 16TB Hard Drive To Hit Market Within 18 Months (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    I probably could, not that I would... but I'm sure 4 IR security cameras @1080p recording 24/7 wouldn't take that long to fill up 16TB.

  20. Re:Easy answer on Ask Slashdot: A Point of Contention - Modern User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    It depends what you consider minimalist I for one don't need everything on the task bar to pop up thumbnails every time I accidentally move my mouse near it or slick graphic effects when ever I move, minimize, open, or close something. I also don't need transparent menus, drop shadows, etc..

    I need a responsive interface with a basic menu, a task bar with a few apps pinned to it, a search and run box, with readable fonts and in a color that doesn't hurt my eyes after hours of use.

  21. Sites that require an exception in ad-blocker or a subscription are also sites that are unable to afford to be reckless with the advertisers they allow on their site. It's really about placing the responsibility on the site to make sure they are not serving up malware in ads.

  22. Re:They're already doing that to an extent on Australia Plans Biometric Border Control (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A finger print would be more practical and reliable than facial recognition... I'm not sure about the accuracy of iris scans although I imagine it would be harder to fake.

  23. Re:They're already doing that to an extent on Australia Plans Biometric Border Control (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If I decided to impersonate my brother or he impersonated me someone that had never met us before would probably never be able to tell just from any type of picture ID. My brother isn't the only person I have been mistaken for I have a very common face shape, nose, and other features. A police description is even more worthless when you are the average guy about 5'10 170lb with brown eyes, brown hair, wearing common nondescript clothes like bluejeans and t-shirt with no visible tattoos, scars, or jewelry you can disappear into a crowd easily.

  24. Re:They're already doing that to an extent on Australia Plans Biometric Border Control (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My own sister can't tell my brother and I apart and we're not twins the only reason she doesn't have trouble now is because we wear our hair different and only one of us wears glasses even our friends had trouble telling us apart until we were in our 30s.

    I have no faith in facial recognition...

       

  25. Re:Cheap on China Is Splashing $168 Million To Make It Rain (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    That could well be true since there is a lot of resistance to cloud seeding in some areas though LA County does. Cloud seeding isn't looked on in favorable terms by a lot of the scientific community because it's not predictable and difficult to measure results.