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  1. Just FYI on Qualcomm Says Over 30 5G-Enabled Devices Will Launch This Year (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just so we're all on the same page here, it uses 24–86 GHz so if you are wearing clothes, are behind a wet leaf on a tree, there's snow/fog/rain, are around a corner, or otherwise don't have flawless line of site to the 5G tower, or as I like to call it, short distance router, you're not going to have 5 bars and full throughput. These towers have approximately the same range as a really nice router and since the waves can't pass through basically anything, coverage is spotty and there's a rumor they had to turn the transmission levels up to dangerous and ionizing levels. So 5G is a lie, a scam, won't work, and you'll never get anywhere near the speed they say you will plus a tower has to be built on every street corner or something ridiculous like that.

  2. it could be worse on Germany Reportedly Seeks US Assistance After Hacking Breach (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    At least they didn't leak the new crime statistics now that Merkel let dangerous, unfiltered Islamic refugees into the country. Now THAT would be damaging.

  3. Don't forget Apple.

  4. Re:Speak a language they can understand on Anti-Tesla Pickup Truck Drivers Take Over a Supercharger Station -- Again (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Good luck in court with that one you macho douche

  5. Hot dogs use it as a preservative but it's allowed because adding vitamin C to the mix prevents the chemical reaction from happening, in theory and in a controlled lab environment, but more recent studies have shown that the human stomach does still form the carcinogen no matter how much vitamin C is added.

  6. You're way off base here. What's the difference between Lenovo laptops and other laptops? OH YEAH. Preinstalled garbage software that run as services. That is obviously what broke. And trust me, from experience, I can assure you Lenovo's trash software is unstable, badly-designed garbage.

  7. don't forget the counterfeits on 'Amazon Prime is Getting Worse' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    There are enormous amounts of counterfeit items being sold as Prime items. It's supposed to stop that. They're supposed to be checking them out. It's just a low/no effort lie. I can't wait until the FTC drops the hammer on them for their many monopoly violations involving Prime's integration at other sites.

  8. idiotic nonsense written by an idiot on The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    Here, I'll save you some time. Poor people saving money on products they need makes them poorer according to the author. There is zero reality in this article.

  9. The explanation on Some 2017 iPad Pro Displays Suffering From Bright Spot Above Home Button (macrumors.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    As always, Apple and a ton of other companies try to make a device too light for the weight of a usable frame, the structural integrity of the screen, and the weight and expansion of the battery. Ooooh how futuristic! Then everything falls apart because it really shouldn't have been that light. It couldn't have been that light with today's technology UNLESS they spent a ton on magnesium and high end aluminum alloys. The worst part about Apple is at their margins, they could have. So they're purposely engineered to be impossible to sustain physically and don't build them with materials that can stand up to it. Wonderful.

  10. nobody wants this on New LG Gram is the Lightest 17-inch Laptop Ever at Just 3 Pounds (laptopmag.com) · · Score: 0

    More of giving customers what they don't want. Anything this light is flimsy and impossible to service or cool. No thanks.

  11. The problem on Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ,,,that are powered by the coal burning down the street at the pwoer plant. How woke, CA residents!

  12. Let me clear this right up on The Electric Airplane Revolution May Come Sooner Than You Think (robbreport.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hydrocarbon-based planes work because the energy density includes the air it burns. It it was self-oxidizing, the plane would weight like 5-10x too much to take off. Electricity storage media can't do that. The end. Electric airplanes are right up there with perpetual motion devices. Ultra-light drones and batteries that do in fact use oxygen from the surrounding air are a possibility but they're basically just cheating this fact.

  13. The true solution on Mice Given an Experimental Gene Therapy Don't Get Fat (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    They should give the treatment to women so they can stop complaining about the thermostat being set on too cold. Btw if you want the same effect just take an enormous amount of Thiamin (a B vitamin). It will basically light your body on fire.

  14. Great idea! on California Gives Final OK To Require Solar Panels On New Houses (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Put a high maintenance fire hazard everywhere in the state. That is a fantastic idea.

  15. Fun tip on DHS Looking Into Tracking Monero and Zcash Transactions (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Invest in Cryptonite. The transactions are not public.

  16. A bunch of investors who don't know how cryptocurrencies work pulled their money because the BCH hard fork scares them. They're idiots. BTC loses money on electricity at this cost so it WILL go up within a fairly short amount of time. If you wanted a good time to buy into a high yield investment, this is it, people.

  17. I'm not supposed to tell you guys this but...
    They agreed to throw in the lead paint coating for free on all their toys. Lead is expensive. It's a really good deal.

  18. Trump should have ordered a drone strike on these call centers. That would have taught these assholes a lesson for stealing money from the elderly (and stupid millennials).

  19. Is there a law saying you have to use your own finger?

  20. The best part on Google Has a Plan To Eliminate Mosquitoes Around the World (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you ask any biologist, the consensus is that if every mosquito worldwide dropped dead, nothing significant would happen to any biological systems. They're just a nuisance.

  21. ah yes, the link on Large Genetic Study Finds First Genes Connected With ADHD (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, shitty parenting that results in insufficient training in self-discipline does tend to be genetic, since they're genetically related to their kids. Very few people have actual ADHD compared to the sheer number with behavioral issues and impulse control.

  22. oh good! on A Chinese Startup May Have Cracked Solid-State Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh good, I'm so sick of using all those batteries with moving parts.

  23. Right, because we need another BET on Court Again Rules That Cable Giants Can't Weaponize the First Amendment (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the first thing you think of when you think black-oriented media company? I don't even need to look them up to know they're exploiting manufactured toxic black culture perpetuated by the media to sell other black people stupid shit they don't need and to give anti-white racists a platform. No wonder they didn't want that trash on their service.

  24. All the way out here in Wisconsin, as it was the last time CA lit on fire, my allergies are going nuts. That's odd considering the temperature but the smoke particles legitimately travel this far!

  25. here's 3 reasons why he's an idiot on Nasty Adobe Bug Deleted $250,000 Worth of Man's Files, Lawsuit Claims (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    1. external drives have nearly 0 I/O. Just undelete the files. No other data was written to the drive so there's a 100% chance of getting 100% of the data back.
    2. he signed a EULA releasing Adobe from any damage caused by the software
    3. why didn't he back anything up? External drives fail all the time.