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  1. Re:I forget, why is this relevant? on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Shill.

    Projection. The thing Trump and Republicans are masters of.

  2. Re:I forget, why is this relevant? on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    1) You seem confused. Democrats are not anti-big business. What do you think, that breaking up big businesses into medium and small business is part of democrat's agenda? There are big corporations that support democrats, and heads of big corporations too (Buffett is one of the prominents, Schmidt too), and it is not because they hate themselves. They are just fine with nullifying Citizens United and measures that seem anti-corporation to republicans, because it is the sane thing to do and it wouldnt hurt them a lot. Big corporations do support that, as much as you cant believe it. Schmidt likes the Democratic platform.

    2) He does support raising minimum wage. He wants low wages, but liveable wages. Buffett is more open about this, than Schmidt. Lot of "big business"-es have come in favor of it. Sorry if this broke your perception of democratic agenda.

  3. Re:Overwhelmed ... on Crushable Runway Technology Saved Mike Pence's Plane (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    There are many discussing the crushable runway tech (which I dont think politically oriented). So the odds of your post being the only neutral one is really bad.

  4. Re:Catching up to the Chinese on WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    When you use trees to make a point about the forest, dont be surprised if people notice the trees, and something being wrong with the trees.

  5. Re:Those 2 employees ... on Samsung Tried to Bribe Chinese Man To Keep Exploding Phone Video Private (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing about it says people will not be made aware of the problem. It is advantageous for Samsung to make it public in a way they can control and put a positive spin to the recall.

  6. Re:Those 2 employees ... on Samsung Tried to Bribe Chinese Man To Keep Exploding Phone Video Private (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They were trying to keep the video from being published. Nothing says they were trying to put anyone at risk and not do a recall. I am sure their PR could have spun the recall better if the video was not posted.

  7. Re:Interesting, but not suprising. Identity politi on Clinton Campaign Considered Bill Gates, Tim Cook For Vice President (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesnt. Those are obviously candidates that would target specific demographics. VP doesnt have to go after women votes (Clinton has that covered), looks like they decided on a VP that would most appeal to white population.

    Isnt it obvious with Bernie being in a category of his own?

  8. You dont see how pooling will help with traffic/smog (without flying)?

  9. If you were burnt by the phone, Samsung will obviously pay more (if you negotiate through a lawyer). You can be pretty sure it will pay for more than a bandaid. This is for unburnt users, that want to upgrade their phone. Verizon waves your contract, and allows you renew your contract with a $25 credit (along with a $100 samsung credit, if you move to a samsung device). I think it is quite reasonable, even if wouldnt cover your burn ward fees, unrelated to samsung phones.

  10. Re:Volatility on Japanese To Pay Utility Bills Using Bitcoin (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The same way they address price volatility of oil/natural gas or wholesale electricity. For BTC volatility, I bet they just use an intermediary to handle the BTC to yen conversion and only deal with yen in their end. No volatility on their end.

  11. Re:We tried to tell people on Why the Silencing of KrebsOnSecurity Opens a Troubling Chapter For the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The thing is you werent telling the right thing. IoT is not a bad idea at all (much less a horrible idea). You come off as a luddite when you say that. What you should have said is security is important IoT or no IoT. It seems obvious but apparently not to some people. May be if you had been pro-security rather than anti-IoT, you would have taken more seriously. Just my 2 cents.

  12. Re:Get out of your city more often on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Metropolitan/urban areas house about 80% of america's population. So even if only metros adopt, I am sure he will be extremely happy. Whats wrong with solving problems that only affect 80% of Americans? Why do you want him to stop?

    The other 20% may like car ownership, he doesnt care of course. I know I wouldnt.

  13. Re:Range not speed on T-Mobile To Boost Its LTE Speeds To 400 Mbps (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't care. Probably like most people, I would much rather have more coverage/range than crazy speed. Their precious 700Mhz didn't come to my 1.5+ million person area, and my area is certainly not alone. That means mediocre building penetration with existing service and spotty coverage in other areas.

    You probably live in a NIMBY area then. It is very expensive for them to provide coverage if no one wants to host at the ideal locations. Dont blame T-Mobile for being cost conscious, blame your neighbors.

  14. Re:China's Four Pests Campaign on Should We Kill All The Mosquitoes? (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    But that was done without scientific evidence. Mao just needed a few scrape goats, Mao was no scientist.

    Its like saying Mao tried to modernism the steel industry and failed miserably, so we shouldnt try to modernize steel production anywhere.

  15. Because it sells and it looks fancy. Does it require another reason or something? If you dont want it, good for you, you are not in their target market.

  16. Re:Can we sue the politicians if accidents happen? on Senate Committee Expected To OK Autonomous Car Bills in Michigan (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Self driving cars/cabs dont currently exist in Singapore. Like not at all. Completely vaporware.

  17. It already exist, it is called a knife.

  18. Wont be long. Brain interfaces are coming soon. Your device will probably be like a (thinner) coke can though (and not thin like a tablet), you will just have it your pocket and communicate with it by thinking.

  19. Re:BWAHAHAHAHAHA! on How G.E. Is Transforming Into An IoT Start-Up (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Startup is one of buzzwords GE thinks is fancy and likes using (lean and thinning down are similar in business speak). What GE is trying to become is a IoT Incubator and a VC (finance and investment is their bread and butter for past decade, it makes sense).

    Working for GE, you should know how to read between the bullshit by now, mate.

  20. Because ignoring fat fucks and their ramblings work so well.
    /me wonders how we ended up with Trump.

  21. OP subscribes to the obscure branch of mathematics called Verizon Math. By Verizon Math, OP's calculation checks out, I double checked.

  22. Re:Just call it what it is on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    More like burp into a bag.

  23. Re:How are they doing this? on EFF Accuses T-Mobile of Violating Net Neutrality With Throttled Video (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That is not how they throttle youtube. That is how they zero-rate youtube traffic. They rate-limit everything.

    Since everything is zero rated in the new plans, they dont have to do string matching on hosts SNI, etc. They just rate-limit everything. For 480p, the rate limit is around 1.5 mbps. For HD plans the rate limit is higher.

    You cant workaround by using a VPN, because VPN would throttled to 1.5 mbps (and with VPN overhead you may end up with less than 480p).

  24. Re:WeChat = Tencent = Chinese Communist Party on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, if every single person around you continuously keeps jumping off bridges and are fine, you would the weird one to not do it. You dont seem to understand the network effect.

  25. Re:WeChat = Tencent = Chinese Communist Party on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, he can try ridiculing his friends. I doubt he would be successfully, as he would be the weird one, when in many circles literally any person with a cell phone will use WeChat. Should he also try preaching to his acquaintances? Good luck, I say. What next? Ridiculing POTS, and make people convert because it is not secure?