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  1. completely wrong prices on NAND Flash Shrinks To 15/16nm Process, Further Driving Prices Down · · Score: 1

    I can get, at very low volumes from Silicon Power, 120GB for $47 and 240GB for $77. The "average" price on newegg out of the 500 or so SSDs I bought there in 2014 was $60 and $105.

  2. it is "a geddon" on Dealing with Google's 'Mobilegeddon' Algorithm Changes (Video) · · Score: 1

    They're tanking search results for users ON A PC OR LAPTOP due to your mobile-friendliness. It's bullshit and it's forcing the internet to make an unnecessary change and waste money and/or time because they think the web should be more mobile-friendly. It's corrupt, stupid, unfair nonsense and the FTC, FCC, or Supreme Court will crush them when someone eventually files suit over this.
    Personally, my business opinion of my computer repair company's website is if they can't read it on a smartphone very well, use a real computer. I chose to completely ignore mobile-friendliness (although my site is extremely fast loading and uses simplistic HTML and no plugins so it actually is mobile friendly, but not in Google's opinion) and now I'm getting penalized by Google for users who are doing the right thing and using a real computer to do searches instead of an inadequately fast device with a 4 inch screen.

  3. oops, they left the chipset behind on Intel Releases Broadwell Desktop CPUs: Core i7-5775C and i5-5675C · · Score: 1

    I doubt they're actually faster at all graphics operations than AMD. A Kaveri APU has a memory controller that runs natively at 2400MHz. These new i5 and i7 CPUs run at an utterly pathetic 1600MHz. When I changed a trinity APU system's memory from 1600 to 2133, the graphics rating in Windows 7 went up 0.7 points. Memory bandwidth is twice as important when you're sharing it with the rest of the system for normal operations as well as graphics operations. They reeeeeally need to upgrade their CPUs and chipsets to handle higher memory frequencies.

  4. a very good use on Ask Slashdot: What Interesting Things Can I Power With an External USB Battery? · · Score: 1

    I had to do sound at an outdoor event with limited power so I brought my Earforce X11 headphones and they require USB power amplification to play anything at all at any volume level. So I brought my lithium polymer, solar powered, 4000+ mAH battery pack that weighs like 1 oz to power it the whole time. They're about $23 on ebay from Opteka by the way and they're one of the hottest items sold in my computer repair shop. They do take 16 hours to recharge using just sunlight though.

  5. what the hell? on Crowdfunded, Solar-powered Spacecraft Goes Silent · · Score: 1

    They launched it with that basic of a software bug that they already knew about? How about edit out the first line of the CSV file when you add another one and maintain a max length? Or write a backup code where if it fails to reboot, close and delete the file without rebooting.

  6. Re:Medium.com Alert! on Ways To Travel Faster Than Light Without Violating Relativity · · Score: 1

    Wait, are you saying you didn't like when they said, and I quote, "When those electrons travel through the coolant (water) surrounding the reactor they travel faster than light can travel through the water, thus breaking the light barrier."

  7. in other news on California Is Giving Away Free Solar Panels To Its Poorest Residents · · Score: 1

    Washington DC just announced they're going to implement green energy generators that run directly on poor people running on a giant hamster wheel.

  8. what? on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    They cut down a tree to make a chip that degrades over time so you have to buy another one. The eco-friendliness is very apparent.

  9. Re:Sure... on Heat Wave Kills More Than 1,100 In India · · Score: 1

    You know you live in the wrong place when you're looking forward to one horrific weather pattern to replace another.

  10. oh good on Apple Design Guru Jony Ive Named Chief Design Officer · · Score: 1

    Maybe now they can put cooling fans and power buttons on their products. You know, join the 20th century.

    (Steve Jobs refused to put fans or power buttons in basically anything and it ruined a ton of their early products)

  11. well that was sudden on Charter Strikes $56B Deal For Time Warner Cable · · Score: 2

    No, you can't merge with Comcast. That would be too big of a company....suuuure, you can merge with Charter! That's fine.
    What the hell is wrong with the FTC?!

  12. Re:did they damage the car? on D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker · · Score: 1

    In my state I'm fairly certain they have to catch you actually driving the car without a license to give you that kind of a fine. I guess they live in a state run by people who don't change bad laws.

  13. I have an idea on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 1, Interesting

    "subjecting it to slow and calculated torture"
    STOP LETTING PEOPLE RETIRE AT 55 WITH FULL BENEFITS! It's not a sustainable economic model you arrogant, self-absorbed ass!!!! He makes the democrats in California look smart by comparison. Greece is like a tax and spend nightmare cycle but without the tax part. I'm starting to think the citizens are the laziest, most needlessly entitled people in the world. The government programs and benefits and pay are absolutely mental! Seriously, look them up on Wikipedia. They're absurd!

  14. what? on Universe's Dark Ages May Not Be Invisible After All · · Score: 2

    Can someone explain "high-energy photons." The way I understand physics if you add energy to something it moves faster. Photons travel at one speed. The only other option is for them to appear to add mass to themselves when energy is applied. Photons don't have mass apparently. So what are the properties of a high energy photon and how is the energy not expressed as speed?

  15. funny part on Ireland Votes Yes To Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since their constitution is also written in Gaelic, they got the grammar wrong on the first draft then corrected it. It stated that ONLY same-sex couples could get married.

  16. what the... on The Body Cam Hacker Who Schooled the Police · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What kind of mentally deficient person wrote that summary? A programmer or professional video editor would be the one hired to do that job, not a hacker. Did they lose the password to the video system? Otherwise he's not a hacker.

  17. Re:sounds like the NFL on Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos · · Score: 1

    Okay, I'll walk up to you and tell you that you need to leave a public place because they don't allow people precisely your height to be there. That's illegal. I can't lie about the laws and force you to do something or you can sue me for damages.

  18. higher than you think on Asteroid Risk Greatly Overestimated By Almost Everyone · · Score: 1

    Yes, mountain sized ones are uncommon. But...
    "between 36 and 166 meteorites larger than 10 grams fall to Earth per million square kilometers per year. Over the whole surface area of Earth, that translates to 18,000 to 84,000 meteorites"

  19. sounds like the NFL on Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos · · Score: 1

    "All pictures, videos, and accounts of the game are prohibited" even though that would never stand up in court and probably illegal to say in the first place.

  20. Re:easier solution on AMD Details High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM, Pushes Over 100GB/s Per Stack · · Score: 1

    Have you seen how their company is doing lately?

  21. Re:So, it's a Monopoly Money printer then? on Bitcoin Arrives At NYSE, Startup Aims To Tackle Micropayments and Easy Mining · · Score: 1

    I just tripped over 2009 on my way to read your post. There are whole countries using BTC. It has more value than some "real" currencies. Get over your stupid, inaccurate, outdated opinion of bitcoins.

  22. the worst idea ever on Bitcoin Arrives At NYSE, Startup Aims To Tackle Micropayments and Easy Mining · · Score: 1

    This is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. It takes about 1000W to run a decent mining rig with an array of ASIC embedded chips. Putting one in a phone will get you about $0.50 a year and drain your battery in an hour.

  23. easier solution on AMD Details High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM, Pushes Over 100GB/s Per Stack · · Score: 0

    They're moving the RAM modules closer to the controlling chip? Why can't they simply make the copper path that connects them slightly thicker and out of purer copper if they want mad bandwidth? Isn't that how all electronic modulated pulses work?

  24. I have an idea on Microwave Comms Betwen Population Centers Could Be Key To Easing Internet Bottlenecks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Remove all the government spying crap. That would probably speed it up a bit.

  25. really? on Using Satellites To Monitor Bridge Safety · · Score: 1

    It's not THAT expensive to send out a surveying crew to get even more precise data.