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  1. Missed the obvious answer. on "Maybe It's a Piece of Dust" (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Genius: "Maybe it's a piece of dust."
    msmash: "Or maybe it's a piece of shit."

  2. Re:America owns the world on US Supreme Court To Decide Microsoft Email Privacy Dispute (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Ireland may quietly do nothing and allow the treaty violation.

    And the data's owner could then take the matter directly to the European Court of Justice. Possibly event preempt the violation by an ECJ injunction (not sure if such a thing exists).
    This does not of course stop the US prosecuting the person involved for failing to turn the data over voluntarily. That has nothing whatsoever to do with server location.

  3. He invented a beautiful knot though!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. Indeed. Conversely to you the thing that dictates how long I sleep is the time I go to bed, not the time I get up.
    If I'm having a great evening for whatever reason, getting 8 hours' sleep is way down on my priority list, or rather completely absent from it.

  5. So would this be called... on Missouri Considers Hyperloop Route Between St. Louis and Kansas City (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Would it be called the Kansas City Shuttle?

  6. Re:Ok...why do you need multiple keyboards? on Security Researchers Warn that Third-Party GO Keyboard App is Spying on Millions of Android Users (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Because tiny touch screens don't lend themselves to traditional keyboard layouts unless you have Nosferatu-like fingers.
    That answers the question why you might need another keyboard.
    It doesn't however answer the question why you would use the "Go" keyboard.

  7. Re:Problem is the question. on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet you couldn't use it 150 years ago for calling someone whose whereabouts you didn't know. You know perfectly well what I meant.

  8. Re: Thanks EU on Google Offers To Treat Rivals Equally Via Auction (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    When Brave lets you install it in the location you want on the partition you want, let me know.

  9. Re:Now you want to complain? on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe in some countries a car is indispensable. But there are plenty of countries where ownership is less than 50%, and I don't mean 3rd world countries.
    I do have a car but it must get used once a month, basically to stop it seizing up. There again cycling is a very viable alternative here.

  10. I'm glad you posted that. Offline I go!

  11. Re:User Controlled Technology vs. Company. on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I honestly can't understand why everybody doesn't do that.

  12. Re:Problem is the question. on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I would guess a lot of them are not "crowing" about not being on Facebook, just saying "forget that option for keeping in touch with me".
    I don't sync my contacts to Google for practical reasons: it's not a useful option; not all contacts are equal. Apart from which I am grown up enough to manage my contacts myself thank you.

  13. Re:Problem is the question. on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    How did that used to work out when you couldn't just call people? Or are you too young to have known that?

  14. Re:Problem is the question. on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    If I'm talking to my significant other and her phone rings she'd better be able to come up with a good reason for giving that person priority. Even if it's "you were boring" me (which she could have said without needing a phone call).

    Seriously, there you are in the physical presence of someone and they put you on hold for 1/2 hour. What the fuck is all that about?

  15. Re:Luddite here on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Jonking sounds like fun. Does it require technology or is it like sex?

  16. Re:try going without an email account on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Try telling the man in the street to use e-mail and he'll reply OMG where's the button for that on WhatsApp?

  17. Re: Of course you can on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    It actually says fuck all that you are capable of understanding. Or me either for that matter.

  18. Re: News for nerds? Seriously?! on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    So you're saying it was better before. When mobile phones were still new and there was no Uber or Cloud or SaaS.
    Got you.

  19. Re:What the hell? on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    c) clothing; Not surprising as that's the very definition of naked.

  20. Re:What the hell? on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Much as it grieves me to say this, the "beg question" battle is lost and now joins "irregardless" and "partake in" in the list of defeats.
    That doesn't mean you have to use them.

  21. Re:Not really true on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing it would feel exactly as it used to feel 50 years ago.
    Let's extrapolate: how will it feel if someone has an accident and you can't immediately teleport them to a hospital because you have the latest iPorter but haven't subscribed to 3rd party teleportation?

    But go ahead; keep on defending your dependence on technology with hypothetical, once-in-a-lifetime situations.

  22. Re:Not really true on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Protecting who??

  23. Re:Not really true on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Judgmental? Nooooo, not you.
    Undeststanding allegory? Nooooo not you.

    So Nonoflower HAS to have a fully charged cellphone within finger's reach just on the off chance they'll come across a life-threatening situation.
    Just as I must leave the house and scour the streets or otherwise be available at every possible opportunity just in case there's a life threatening situation only I can deal with.
    Surely you can find a better way to defend your dependence on cellphones.

  24. Re:Brown Noise? on Mystery of Sonic Weapon Attacks At US Embassy In Cuba Deepens (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was Toxoplasma gondii https://science.slashdot.org/s...

  25. If like me you do a lot of real searching, tweaking search terms and consulting multiple pages, the search bar saves you typing the whole expression every time. With an omnibar, as soon as you click Go, your search text is gone for good.