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  1. Re:Nothing to see here on The US Grounds All F-35 Jets (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    >> The US Grounds All F-35 Jets
    That's kind of wrong. The F-35 ground themselves.

  2. That's a very very bad idea.
    Critical mass. (that'S a good band name)

  3. Re:I'll be waiting for the on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    >> having oil company executives making energy policy that enriches themselves instead of the needs of the nation
    Capitalism rocks. Just go on as planned.

  4. You have no idea what you're talking about on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Retrofit a coal plant into a nuke plant ? Yeah right.
    You have no idea what you're talking about.

  5. Anonymous Cowards on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    AC are a problem on slashdot. Didn't know there's a problem with Anonymous Cowards all over Asia.

  6. Re:Not gonna happen on The End of Coal Could Be Closer Than It Looks (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> What if the natural gas is not cheap?
    Then even cheaper renewables will do the trick.

  7. Re:Teaches you the importance of backups on Windows 10 October 2018 Update is Deleting User Data For Many (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course it matters.
    It's the essential part of the lesson what makes you remember the lesson for life.
    Be efficient, don't do backup courses without lengthy recovery time.

  8. Teaches you the importance of backups on Windows 10 October 2018 Update is Deleting User Data For Many (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Deleting user data ?
    That's bad speak.
    No, it rather "teaches you the importance of backups."

  9. Perhaps you should rather research which countries are "not participating" and consider them for your future settlement...

  10. Re: Thanks Rei on Tesla Meets Q3 Product Goals of 50,000 To 55,000 Model 3s (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    >> If it's over 8 years old, you may have to replace the battery
    That'S FUD.

  11. Read the sentence until the end, it's not free coffee.
    "Free Coffee To Students Who Provide Personal Data"
    That's not free.

  12. Unobtainium on The Story of Starlite, the 'Blast Proof' Material (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Unobtainium is always good to have in your BOM.

    Yeah, it really does wonders, but I can't sell it to you.

  13. >> " This is not a good user experience, Microsoft."
    Yep.
    Microsoft never gives a good user experience.
    Did you expect something else ? why ?

  14. Nobody needs those things you call games...

  15. Why would I want to run Windows in the first place ?
    even worse :
    Why would I want to run Windows 10 in the first place ?

  16. Re:This Chip is NOT Hand Solderable on A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    >> A TQFP chip usually has pins on 0.8mm centres or less (down to 0.4mm). In case you don't know what this means, this chip will have 32 to 64 pins per inch that need soldering.

    No problemo, even 0.4mm. Use drag soldering techniques with a lot of flux, and a concave tip.
    https://www.youtube.com/result...

  17. >> These are relatively small reactors that can be produced on an assembly line and shipped to the installation site
    Yeah sure.
    Ship a nuclear reactor.
    Small generators when you need 500 GW.
    That's really bullshit.

  18. Jobs instead ! on Google-Funded Study Finds Cash Beats Typical Development Aid (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't give free stuff. It will not be used respectfully.
    Don't give cash. It will not be used sustainably.

    Give jobs and allow a working industrial economy to take place. That's the only sustainable thing to do.

  19. >> What kind of tortured, twisted logic is that?
    it's called "Reality".

    Choose the malware, die by the malware.
    W10 seems to be the evolving kind of sneaky malware

  20. Windows 10 is malware.That fact has been known for a few years.
    The remedy is simple : Just use Linux.

  21. >> I saw people throwing old batteries in the trash on the regular
    Hanging those people solves the problem.

  22. Even better : modulate the already existing recycling tax on new devices with the degree of difficulty of the recycling !

  23. Re: It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters on Someone With an iMac, iPhone, and iPad Might Soon Need Three Different Headphone Adapters (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    inverse square, not inverse cubic.

  24. Re:In house crypto on Tesla's Keyless Entry Vulnerable To Spoofing Attack, Researchers Find (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    >> We regularly have a reminder that it is a bad idea to develop in house crypto. In this situation, it seems that reusing something like Mifare was the way to go.

    Mifare is closed source proprietary, very weak and very broken.
    That is pretty much worse than in-house crypto, because it's already pre-hacked.

    That is very very bad advice.

  25. 50% will own a smart speaker in 2019
    10% will own a smart speaker in 2020
    1% will own a smart speaker in 2021