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  1. alternatives? on China Blocks WhatsApp (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So what can be used instead if you need end to end encryption? Signal might work, but I'd be surprised if it isn't blocked. Tor has a chat client now, but I don't think it works on iOS or Android. Keybase.io has a nice client that might work.

  2. Bad example on Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Is Not Afraid of Facebook (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It should be more like, "just because Google has maps doesn't mean that Mapquest is obsolete. No, wait...".

  3. Re:Kill-a-watt meter on Digging Into the Electrical Cost of PC Gaming · · Score: 2

    I ran a kill-a-watt test recently. It costs about $5.50/month to run the PC idle, $13.50 a month to run a miner with an ASUS EAH6850 graphics card. I mine at about 230 Mhash/sec which makes about $22.63/month at current difficulty and exchange rate.

  4. Re:Treating this seriously on Expedition To Explore an Alaska-Sized Plastic "Island" · · Score: 1

    ...concentrations of plastic reached one million particles per square mile.[12] The study found concentrations of plastics at 3.34 pieces with a mean mass of 5.1 milligrams per square meter.

    These numbers don't seem to add up. Isn't 1 million/sq mile the same as 0.386/sq meter?

  5. Re:Bluetooth on Bluetooth Versus Wireless Mice · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I love my wireless mouse with nano receiver. I can leave the receiver plugged into the laptop even when I put the laptop in its carrying case.

  6. Re:Insecure algorithm test tool on CCC Create a Rogue CA Certificate · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if someone could make a Firefox plugin to do this same check.

  7. Re:Been There, Done That on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 2, Informative

    > Obviously you cannot have just five faces "solved", but it is also not possible to have just four faces "solved".

    Not true. There are many examples, but here are a couple examples sequences that leave only two faces scrambled:

    1) F2 R2 F2 R2 F2 R2
    2) R2 U' F2 R2 F2 U2 R2 F2 R2 U' R2

    > The easiest way to split a cube apart is to rotate one side by 45 degrees, and push the protruding corner piece until its latch pops out.

    That's a pretty rough way to do it. You're better off turning the top face by 45 degrees and using a scredriver (or your finger) to pry one of the edge pieces upward until it pops out. The rest of the pieces will come out pretty easily after that.

  8. Re:What's that for a standard ? on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 1

    I've also heard that they are starting production of 6x6x6 cubes:

    http://www.olympicube.com/

  9. Re:age on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 1

    This is from one of the organizers:

    1) average age of competitors: 23 years 10 months
    2) average age of 3x3 finalists: 18 years 9 months (Jon Morris being 30!)

    Jean Pons, the winner, was 20. Shotaro Makisumi, who came in 3rd place is 15. At 35, I'm one of the people who brought the average up, but I didn't make it to the finals.