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  1. Re:This justifies the Revolutionary War on UK Parliament Seizes Cache of Facebook Internal Papers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    The post you replied to was making a point about why the American Revolution was needed

    Let me get this clear, you hope that Facebook subscribers will rise up in revolution against the nations?

  2. Not yet extinct on The Fax is Not Yet Obsolete (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Correction: the fax is not yet extinct. It is certainly obsolete.

  3. Re:easy how they do this on A Chinese Startup May Have Cracked Solid-State Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    This outfit is building a production line before it's ready. They say.

  4. Re:easy how they do this on A Chinese Startup May Have Cracked Solid-State Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Convert to specific energy on A Chinese Startup May Have Cracked Solid-State Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    To convert Wh/kg to Si specific energy in joules/kg, just multiply by 3600, the number of seconds in an hour. So now we can compare to this table and find that the claimed specific energy is 65-300% more than Li-ion and about 20% less than Li-metal. About 32 times less than gasoline, but of course gasoline is not rechargeable or renewable.

  6. academic publishing. The answer is academic publishing. Its profit margins are vast, reportedly in the region of 40 per cent.

    Hyperbole doesn't help make the argument. Many forms of digital asset distribution, such as software sales, have profit margins at least as high. Even chip manufacturing has gross profit in the region of 40%, higher for some boutique parts.

    Agree that academic publishing has degenerated to a harmful racket.

  7. Facebook's communications and policy chief, Elliot Schrage, said in a memo posted Wednesday that he was responsible for hiring the group, and had done so to help protect the company's image

    Protected Facebook's image all right, the image of moral bankruptcy.

  8. We were talking about Meltdown dumbo.

  9. just enter a key word or two on the tab search tab and the browser will switch to the tab you're looking for

    Firefox already does that, using url suggestions. Chrome kind of does it but in a crappier way that has trouble with text not at the beginning of the url.

  10. Re:If you want an iPhone on Apple To Drop iPhone XR Price in Japan Amid Weak Sales (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Used I-phone, all sticky with scratches!

  11. Re:More worrying on Apple To Drop iPhone XR Price in Japan Amid Weak Sales (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Tired of winning yet?

  12. Re:If you want an iPhone on Apple To Drop iPhone XR Price in Japan Amid Weak Sales (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    Yeah, but used.

  13. Re:half of a statement on Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, you have your choice of several overpriced models.

  14. Re:half of a statement on Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes they rot

  15. Re:half of a statement on Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    iPhone UNIT sales are falling, but Apple is still making record profits because the cost-per-phone is going up.

    Which is unsustainable because it makes unit sales fall faster, as any fool can see. So Apple chose short term pumping over long term stability. Personally, I'm ok with that on the principle that we would all be better off with a greatly shrunken Apple.

  16. Re:Uh... Wrong Problem IBM on IBM: Chip Making is Hitting Its Limits, But Our Techniques Could Solve That (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Uh... translation: "I have no clue what they're talking about so I will spout about this thing I heard about years ago."

    Lithography has got plenty of show stoppers. Maybe you haven't heard about the transition from transmissive to reflective optics, to name one gigantic issue. Ever heard the word "pellicle?"

  17. Re:And... on PlayStation 4 Outsold Xbox One and Switch in October (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1
  18. Re:And... on PlayStation 4 Outsold Xbox One and Switch in October (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't be silly, the hardware is roughly equivalent. In particular they use nearly identical AMD CPUs and GPUs.

  19. Whoever you are assessing risks for is in danger.

  20. Re:Bogus headline on Ivanka Trump Used Personal Account For Emails About Government Business (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This is more than relevant because of how Trump trolls manufactured the original issue. Not to mention violently ironic. "To cover up her corrupt dealings." As a further embarrassment of the Trump crime family, this ranks right up there with Yeti Pubes.

  21. As a Trump, she will say her paychecks are signed over then quietly bank them. Trumps only play wealthy people on TV.

  22. Re:Is this Slashdot? How is it different??? Really on Ivanka Trump Used Personal Account For Emails About Government Business (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    How does Apple toady feel about Trump conducting government business on an unsecured I-phone?

  23. if Ivanka was paying attention in 2016 you'd think she'd be a bit more careful.

    Has anybody ever seen her do anything not stupid?

  24. Re: I guess everyone forgot - on Ivanka Trump Used Personal Account For Emails About Government Business (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, every senior government position is "voluntary". Any of then can resign at any time. Ivanka has still been acting in official capacities, even if she doesn't have an official title or office.

    Remember when she plunked her widening ass down in daddy's chair at the G20 summit?

  25. heading out on a passport that is trusted and accepted in most of the world. What is there to be embarrassed about?

    Under Trump, U.S. Passport Value for Global Travel Is Plummeting