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  1. Makes no sense on Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    1. The S10, which will be at least 3 models (S10, S10+, S10 Note) starting in February will not have a notch. We already have pics of it. 2. Samsung has just spent a year making fun of Apple's notch in countless commercials featuring people with notches on their foreheads. It would be a step backwards.

  2. Re:psudoscience masquerading as real science on People Who Prefer Black Coffee Are More Likely To Have Psychopathic Or Sadistic Traits, Study Finds (rd.com) · · Score: 2

    Agreed. Ted Bundy* was a psychology major (UW, 1972)

    * I went to high school with Ted Bundy.

  3. From the looks of it on Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    they are about the size of a paperback. All they've done is turn it sideways.

  4. Neither Apple nor Amazon owe Bloomberg or anyone else ads. When an advertiser pulls ads from someone like Sean Hannity or Rosie in a blatant attempt to hurt those outlets, everyone here cheers. But Apple pulls ads from Bloomberg and the cries of unfairness are loud. Some people here will "never buy Apple" because, you know, Chinese slave labor and all that. You get to do that. You have that right. You get to make a political decision about where you spend your money. So do Apple and Amazon. It's nothing more complicated than that.

  5. Re:The days of the $5.00 headlamp replacement on Tech To Blame For Ever-Growing Car Repair Costs, AAA Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's partially the Fed mandates and partly because you just have to have blind spot indicators, variable cruise control, front and back cameras, and all sorts of nannies to "enhance your driving experience." If you still drive a 1948 Fleetline with steel bumpers that can rip small trees out of the ground, great! That may sound cool, but you'll de in a crash.

    And the headlamps? About $2K if the "igniter" fails. LEDs may be cheap, but what lights them up is not.

  6. The days of the $5.00 headlamp replacement on Tech To Blame For Ever-Growing Car Repair Costs, AAA Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    are over. So get over it.

  7. Re:More times... on Richard Stallman Announces GNU Kind Communication Guidelines (gnu.org) · · Score: 1

    " I appreciate that he's trying to solve a problem here, but using legal licensing mechanisms to get people to be nice to each other?

    I believe your comment itself can be considered a violation of his code, see: Please respond to what people actually said, not to exaggerations of their views. RMS is not trying to use "legal licensing mechanisms" to get people to be nice to each other"

    I find this exchange laughingly ironic. it kind of proves the point that these so-called "codes" cannot control people's behavior. Already your accusing someone who made a rather benign statement of "violating the code." And that these open-source communities are voluntary is even funnier. I doubt many developers will put up with this crap. The "open source community" needs them far more than they need the open source community.

  8. Re: Not from me please on Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    That's fine, but it begs the question. We need a car that goes 1000 mph why, again?

  9. FYI: In the book world, this is accepted practice on Amazon Doles Out Freebies To Juice Sales of Its Own Brands (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Publishers Weekly (for bookstores) and Library Journal (for libraries), as well as other reviewing platforms, such as Kirkus Reviews, commonly receive advanced copies to send out for review. The deal is that the reviewer gets to keep the book. In the case of galleys, which are often printed on newsprint, or other 'advanced copy' formats, the publisher is obligated to send a final bound copy to the reviewer when it is available. It's one of the best ways publishers can advertise their books without a huge advertising budget, which is reserved for bestselling authors where the return is greater. This seen as 'fair payment' for a review and never considered as somehow unfair or unethical.

  10. The creepiest part IS the government on A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is As Creepy As You Feared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    "If their novelties take off without any intervention or supervision from the government."

    Seriously?? The government would LOVE to pool all these 'novelties' into a citizen control mechanism. From license plate readers to facial recognition, ALL this computing power will be used to control people BY the government. This is not OSHA we're talking about here. This is Homeland Security setting up shop inside your house n order to "save" us. I'm glad I'm old. I do not look forward to the jack boot government's further intrusion into our lives. And for the record, fuck socialism, an idea so good people have to be forced to live under it.

  11. Re: This is complete bullshit on Canadian Music Group Proposes 'Copyright Tax' On Internet Use (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And it's not all about you, either. The issue is that it is a precedent. If this were to go through, guess who is next up because, you know, the Canadians did it, so we should, too.

  12. I REALLY hate to say this, but.... on It's Ham Vs.Ham As Radio Amateurs Are In Conflict At ARRL (perens.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These guys are arguing over the placement of the deck chairs on the Titanic. --KZ7B AE

  13. and that's okay? Web sites go down for a variety of reasons, and one of them is to delete outdated information or just information that the site owner no longer wants to display. So with this system if Wikipedia has ever cited a page, it never goes away. Now maybe the site owner is juts lazy and is being "protected" from his laziness by this project. Or just maybe the site owner eliminated information because he legitimately wanted to. In that case this project is contrary to his desires. It's just another way to make sure Wikipedia is outdated. Instead of broken links that have been broken intentionally, Wikipedia remains outdated by pointing to stuff that ought to be gone. I do not see this as a good thing. It's not up to Wikipedia or the archive to police the Internet. If a link no longer works (easily discovered and reported by a web crawler, let Wikipedia fix the article, including removing the link. Yeah, that IS a big job, but it is their responsibility. As it is this is just another reason Wikipedia is not particularly accurate.

  14. That's exactly what happened to me. Had I not had an appendectomy I would be dead. They got to it in the proverbial 'nick of time.' To generalize over this report and claim it is never necessary is rather over-stating the case.

  15. Prices surged? on Uber Glitch Stops Payments To Drivers, Prices Surge (sandiegoreader.com) · · Score: 2

    You mean they're not regulated? So take a taxi.

  16. You realize how much money a YouTuber with 1 million subscribers makes? It is mind boggling. Yeah, more than IT. Sure, it's "stressful" because you have to film, edit, and upload. Poor babies. Then there's all the "merch" to sell. It's just like a real business! I say, good for you. You did it. Now stop whining, you dumb fuck.

  17. Commuting can be the only quiet time you have in the entire day. I used to commute 25 miles each way (not outlandish compared to some) and enjoyed it. Maybe listen to the radio. Maye just enjoy the peace and quiet. Nobody around to bitch. I never considered it a waste.

  18. Re:Not the first time this has been done on Y Combinator Plans To Start Doling Out $60 Million Next Year to Study Universal Basic Income (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Convinced you of what? I wasn't trying to convince you of anything, just informing you of my experience. Take it or leave it. I don't give a shit.

  19. Not the first time this has been done on Y Combinator Plans To Start Doling Out $60 Million Next Year to Study Universal Basic Income (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Back in the seventies a firm did this in the Seattle area, though back then it was something like $600 a month. The guy I knew who was in the program spent all his money on turquoise jewelry.

  20. Re:What debate? on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Not any more. That's the whole point. Language changes. You don't use Chaucer's English any more either. Get over it.

  21. Re: Don't no-show on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, please! A recruiter has no idea what your internal employee profile is and doesn't care. He's pushing a potential employee at you in order to earn a commission. He could just as well feed you an employee that caused you to be out of compliance and he certainly is not intentionally "helping" you to be in compliance. In fact, a recruiter could be just as guilty of employee discrimination as a company. If he sent you only white males (to use a PC example) you both could wind up in trouble. To claim recruiters will prevent bias is ridiculous. They won't.

  22. It's what they are tasked to do.

  23. Re:Trainers on Flight-Simulator Enthusiasts Confident of Real-World Skills (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm also a private pilot. Flight simulators these days are remarkably accurate and have the "feel" of flying. I'm not talking about flying a 737 through the Alps in the fog--just basic VFR flying. It is insanely easy to get an airplane off the ground and a flight simulator does a good job of teaching you how to do it.

    It's the landing that is tough.

  24. No, the nuclear MATERIAL has been removed, but the REACTORS remain.

  25. Re: "Whatever the Navy ends up doing..... on It'll Cost $1 Billion To Dismantle America's Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 2

    Unlike you, I was in the Navy and I do know what I'm talking about in this small, narrow field of knowledge. In fact, I was "a nuke," not that you'd know what that means. But basically it means I have more credibility with regards to Navy nuclear reactors than you do.