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  1. They were to busy spending their student loans on binge drinking and drugs to understand the question.
     

  2. Re:Gun owners in North America have the same probl on Man Starts 'Gunbook' Social Media Site After His Gun-Loving Friends Were Kicked Off Facebook (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in rural mid-west, guns are very common. They are mostly used to for hunting and to keep predators away from farm animals. Locked gun cabinets and safes are also very common. With the exception of a few nut bags most of the people aren't gun toting anti-government conspiracy theorists. Gun suicides, fatal drug overdoses, and the flu each more than double the number of homicides including gun homicides in my state.

  3. Re:Yeah, but you'll be in a nursing home soon. on US Utilities Have Finally Realized Electric Cars May Save Them (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The Tesla Roadsters uses coolant for the batteries, but some are air cooled.

  4. Re:Yeah, but you'll be in a nursing home soon. on US Utilities Have Finally Realized Electric Cars May Save Them (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't do that stuff myself anymore...

    You still have brake fluid, coolant, brake pads, tires, tire rotations, alignments, wiper blades, and cabin air filters. The battery still needs replacing it's just a lot more expensive.

  5. Re:Even easier if nothing goes wrong on US Utilities Have Finally Realized Electric Cars May Save Them (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Which particular FUD? That I could get by with an electric car or that the power plant my electricity comes from is coal?

    I drive maybe 150 miles a week so I could get by with an electric car.

    Is charging a car from a coal power plant as bad as driving a gas car... no, however it's not a green alternative.

    or did you get the wrong sentence... City ordinance doesn't allow for me to have a wind turbine, which is sad because I'm in good spot for it.

  6. Re:Powerless power? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    A lot of new smart TVs support miracast out of the box and if you want a dongle just search for miracast on amazon... there is a bunch of them that can be plugged into the usb port on your TV for power.

    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=n...

  7. Re:Use a cable-hider on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    I think he is looking for something like this...

    https://www.amazon.com/Microso...?

    https://www.microsoft.com/acce...

  8. Re:Chromecast? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Don't most new smart TVs already support wireless display? The roku and roku TV does.

  9. Re:Yeah, but you'll be in a nursing home soon. on US Utilities Have Finally Realized Electric Cars May Save Them (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Easier to tell when something goes wrong if you can hear it...

    I could get by with an electric car, not that it would help the environment much my power is provided by coal. I would need to buy solar panels or a wind turbine (if they weren't illegal).

  10. Re:As a businessman... on Largest US Radio Company iHeartMedia Files For Bankruptcy (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Kmart has two store less than an hour drive from me, Toys R Us has one and a second about about 1.5 hours away. I was under the impression they declared bankruptcy shoveled off a bunch of old stores and debt kept the locations that made good money.

  11. Re:Not surprising. on Largest US Radio Company iHeartMedia Files For Bankruptcy (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have a long a commute any more and rarely am in the car for more than 10-15 minutes and the radio stations play commercial after commercial. I don't even bother with tunes in the car anymore unless I'm on a trip and then it's CDs or more likely paired with my phone.

  12. Re: Not surprising. on Largest US Radio Company iHeartMedia Files For Bankruptcy (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing I recently bought a new car and got a free trial. I didn't even use it but they keep calling wanting me to buy it they haven't started offering me free months yet like dial up services used to do when everyone was switching to broadband.

  13. Re:The hollow Earthers were right! on Pockets of Water May Lay Deep Below Earth's Surface (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, unfortunately the hollow earth is filled with Silurians. Don't wake them up.

  14. Re:Immaturity runs amok on A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself With CRISPR (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I figured that the easiest and most reliable way to secure a gun from accidents when I had kids was to not have one at least until after they where old enough and had completed a gun safety course. I don't currently own a gun but will again eventually.

  15. Re:Immaturity runs amok on A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself With CRISPR (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw teachers at the shooting range when I was in school. Hunter safety courses where taught by our family physician (an army veteran).

    I live in the mid-west in a small community near a military base with a lot of farmers and retired military guns are very common but shootings and gun accidents are not.

  16. Re:Obligatory Automotive analogy on Samsung To Cut OLED Production Due To Poor iPhone X Sales · · Score: 1

    They have a few other collector cars in that list too like the model t.

  17. Re:the jobs are already vanishing. on 'Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    If your lucky, you will get promoted into a position that maintains the AI system for higher pay.

  18. Re:Obligatory Automotive analogy on Samsung To Cut OLED Production Due To Poor iPhone X Sales · · Score: 1

    My phone is generally used as a phone and there are plenty of phones that can get good signal making the iphone kind of a waste. It's also stupid to by a sports car instead of a sedan if you have kids but if you get the larger engine in one of those sedans they can also be fun. If you have the time and know how you can rebuild an old sports car and buy the new sedan.

    I've been wanting to get my hands on a sports car to rebuild my wife wants a muscled out chevelle I was thinking something smaller like a triumph stag

  19. Re:thousand dollar phones on Samsung To Cut OLED Production Due To Poor iPhone X Sales · · Score: 1

    Don't you get the accident replacement plan?

  20. Re:What age do they classify as a "child"? on Mines Linked to Child Labor Are Thriving in Rush for Car Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    There are still plenty of family owned farms in the US mid-west and the kids on those farms do farm chores. I see nothing wrong with kids doing a little hard work and learning responsibility I consider it an extension of their education. It should however be work done in a safe environment and shouldn't interfere with the rest of their education.

    I grew up in a farming community and many of my friends worked on the family farm and I worked on a few farms when I was a teen. I also worked in my father's metal shop when I was very young.

  21. Re:Threatened on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't really need any special skills to take a snip-it out of context altering the video or audio is not required.

  22. We are also talking about light weight convertibles or laptops with long battery life and cellular. When it comes to gaming and virtual machines I'm not surprised it has limited support some of which is hardware dependent.

  23. Re:What problem is being solved...? on Mitsubishi Electric Believes Its AI-enhanced Camera Systems Will Make Mirrors on Cars Obsolete (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    If the camera is external then probably the camera system is more likely to malfunction.

  24. Re:What problem is being solved...? on Mitsubishi Electric Believes Its AI-enhanced Camera Systems Will Make Mirrors on Cars Obsolete (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Mirrors are easier to clean and and are clearer in the rain and snow which is why they are still putting them on cars.

  25. Re:That's the trouble with you Americans on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Cosmetology is far more in depth than just braiding or cutting hair. You think they don't need any regulation or a certificate until you go in for a hair cut and walk out with lice and tetanus.