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  1. "The company hasn't announced pricing yet" on Laptops With 128GB of RAM Are Here (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering the level of illegal price fixing in DDR4 right now, I can safely say it definitely costs more than the average house.

  2. But the 1 remaining question on everyone's mind: have the fixed the "beep beep lettuce" translation?

  3. It was much higher than the 10 month turnaround on equipment + electricity which has been the norm for a very long time. BUT it was almost exclusively due to idiots in Wall Street dumping money into it when the SEC said they could mixed with idiots reacting to idiots on Wall Street doing this.

  4. I bet I know how they did it on FBI Recovers $14M From Bogus Business Account Wire Transfers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This has the hallmarks of tech support scammers which means 100% of the geniuses who call the number that pops up on their screen at least partially deserve it. If you're that stupid, you will find a way to lose your money. This is just how it happened in this case.

  5. This is impossible on Police Departments Are Training Dogs To Sniff Out Thumb Drives (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So a flash drive can have extremely common silicone that's on most phone cases, steel casing around the USB that's on most phones and charging cables, flash memory which is in every phone, a small circuitboard that's in everything, and a plastic casing that everything is made out of. What exactly is unique about flash drives that they're supposed to be smelling?

  6. well that helps on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases On Its Credit Cards (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    The #1 way to get bitcoins for cash right now is one of the many "in person" local bitcoin sales services. It's like craigslist but for purchasing bitcoins for cash. So meeting some sketchy dude in a Denny's parking lot is the preferred, most reliable method for buying bitcoins. This is why people don't respect bitcoins.

  7. the other side of the story on Amazon Slammed for Destroying As-New and Returned Goods (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought a refurbished Toshiba laptop from Newegg. Right out of the box, the wifi would constantly disconnect. The device appeared in the device list, it saw area wifi, but it looked like the card shorted out every 3 minutes or so and reset itself. It couldn't maintain a connection. It took me about 15 minutes of testing to determine that was it and I was only 100% sure that was the problem and not the driver's fault after replacing the wireless card with another one. Thanks, person who checked it out and said the previous buyer was incorrect and the wifi did in fact work. Although I'm being massively sarcastic. There's no way a reasonable person could put in enough effort and have enough skill to test that specific issue and who knows if "wireless problem" was even reported in the RMA. The previous customer may have simply said "something" was wrong and returned it.

  8. people are SO stupid on Bitcoin Tumbles Most in Two Weeks Amid South Korea Hack (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    South Korea owns maybe 1%, probably 0.1% of bitcoins. China and the US own almost all of them. This is utterly ridiculous to have this much of an overreaction. This is like short selling Pepsi because one delivery truck burst into flames.

  9. This is why altcoins are stupid on Blockchain's Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular (telegra.ph) · · Score: 1

    This is why we don't need 600+ altcoins and never did. Blockchains require large groups. These currencies don't have them. Stop inventing new ones thinking you'll get rich, people!

  10. You mean the forced SJW far left nutjob propaganda content? Because actually that was really strong...and the reason it failed.

  11. I'd bet $10 that the stated reason is Trump is destroying Earth's environment so we need to go to space.

  12. Intel should have bought them on Nvidia Says New GPUs Won't Be Available For a 'Long Time' (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, I'm really surprised Intel didn't buy them when they had the chance, considering this is classic Intel behavior.

  13. I have a question on DHS Will Use Facial Recognition To Scan Travelers at the Border (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    What exactly would this do that a passport wouldn't? If you want to know who someone is, tada, passport.

  14. You know what's easier? on Japan May Be First Country To Have Self-Driving Cars (theoutline.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know what's easier, cheaper, more efficient, and doesn't require technology that won't exist until 2050? Monorails. Or basically anything on a rail. A freaking train even. Trollies. ANYTHING. You know how you get it to not hit something? Put it on a rail. Okay, so they can only go where there are rails. Great, build more rails. That's cheaper than building more self-driving cars. Japan has bullet trains and flawless public transportation of every kind.

  15. Re:My take on it as a large creator on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately I'd ballpark it at about $15/hour for me if I divide my annual income there by 365 and then average 3 hours per day shooting and editing :( Kinda wish my channel was double the size so I could quit my other job.

  16. My take on it as a large creator on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Okay so I have 33,000 subscribers BUT I do have 15 million views and 1400 videos so I feel I can comment on this. They're lazy, entitled, greedy, egotistical assholes who have clearly never worked a day in their life. I've worked shitty industrial jobs, customer service, and some VERY bad IT jobs. I still work a full time job in addition to Youtube but guess what. In order to get money, you have to do work. I don't care what people think of me. I don't care if a big video flops. I just do my job, realize it won't be perfect, and if I absolutely need a day off I do it and come to terms with the fact that it'll probably lose me $100 or so.

  17. I have a better idea on Apple May Introduce a Triple-Camera iPhone This Year (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should release one without a massive, widespread defect for once instead. That seems like a better use of R&D money.

  18. Just in time to coincide with Fallout Vault 76. Coincidence? Probably.

  19. lies on China Overtakes US For Healthy Lifespan, WHO Data Finds (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    China is also very well known for lying about things and faking stats to appear better than everyone else. It goes all the way from the local level with fake recycling bins that go straight to trash pickup to faking national statistics.

  20. Who uses hard drives? on Sonic and Ultrasonic Attacks Damage Hard Drives and Crash OSes (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is why I use SSDs. 800G impacts and 200G vibrations while in use are no problem. Then again, it depends how much storage you actually need.

  21. Maybe their ancestors shouldn't have settled there. Maybe they should have kept walking until they found a place where the climate supports human life.

  22. They should sue cows. They produce more detrimental compounds on a larger scale.

  23. speaking of Avast... on Some Low-Cost Android Phones Shipped With Malware Built In (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    They just broke like 100,000 PCs worldwide by interfering with the 1803 patch. Good job, Avast!

  24. Re:What does ACLU stand for again? on ACLU Sues ICE For License Plate Reader Contracts, Records (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, no, it does in fact exclusively apply to American citizens.

  25. What does ACLU stand for again? on ACLU Sues ICE For License Plate Reader Contracts, Records (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, the A is American. You know, the thing that people entering the country illegally aren't. They bill of rights doesn't apply to them either so they can be searched however and whenever they want. That said, plate readers do sort of hit every single citizen, which could be an unreasonable search issue.