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  1. Re:So someone lied about contacting journalists ? on FBI Arrests Trump Associate Roger Stone Over His Communications With WikiLeaks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, you're making certain assumptions based on only what Mueller has revealed so far. There's a lot which he knows that we don't know yet.

    Sadly, the corporate media has been telling us the same thing for two years. "Just you wait, next week, a smoking gun!" We're still waiting... Clearly, there hasn't been much revealed. The most scandalous outcome of this investigation is probably going to be the knowledge that FBI, driven by Obama appointees, has been spying on Trump campaign for political reasons, illegally leaking dirt on him and his team solely for the purpose of "political assassination" (witness Flynn) or keeping the investigation going. FBI's crimes by now have been far more onerous than whatever Mueller uncovered in his investigation.

  2. So, Russians attack the DNC.

    Why do you keep repeating this claim? I mean, at this point there has been no evidence, zilch, nothing that Russians were the ones giving emails to DNC, or that DNC even knew it was Russians. And next, giving Wikileaks a call and asks "hey guys, let us know if you have more dirt about X? " does not constitute a crime by itself.

  3. Re:Another lucky break for the President on FBI Arrests Trump Associate Roger Stone Over His Communications With WikiLeaks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is a lucky guy, he's had all these criminals around him and didn't even know it!

    That was exactly the defense of president Reagan during the Iran-Contras scandal. It worked.

  4. Re: 200.000 units on Motorola's RAZR Is Returning As a $1,500 Folding Smartphone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone wants a fondling phone.

  5. This was truly unexpected... on Apple Might Debut 3 New iPhones in 2019 (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The three 2018 model year iPhones will be replaced with three pretty much near-identical 2019 model year iPhones. Wow.

    If only car companies could get away with introducing the same car every year as a brand new product, and have all customers on one-year leases.

  6. Go to New Mexico on Just 5 Percent of Earth's Landscape Is Untouched, Report Finds (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Outside of Albuquerque, the only big city, the population density there is so low that you can end up driving dozens of miles between even seeing gas stations.When driving through a rare small city, you may realize it's a ghost town as most buildings are abandoned and their windows are boarded up.

  7. Swiss Army Phone on 'We're Working On Rollable Phones,' Says LG CTO (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 1

    What I'd personally love to have is a Victorinox smartphone with built-in can opener, bottle opener, corkscrew, knife, fork, scissors and saw.

  8. Marketards on 'We're Working On Rollable Phones,' Says LG CTO (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 1

    You may want to have even bigger screens on 5G phones because of the more content you can get. That could trigger different killer applications that you run on phones. Seriously? We didn't bother to get 6 or 8 inch smartphones back in the day because LTE can't fill such huge screen with enough information? Mmokay.

  9. I always LOL @ "paid shills" claims on Polish Police Arrest Huawei Executive On Suspicion Of Spying For China (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone pay any shills to post on a pathetic useless site like this one is beyond me (sorry Slashdot owners, but you have reached your limits of growth long time ago).

  10. The obsession with health foods on American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High · · Score: 1

    Before about 14 years old I probably drunk more milk than water because milk was delicious and inexpensive. Then the public media campaign about eating healthy, counting calories and fats began. And that must have hit everyone's milk consumption badly. I mean, one cup of 2% milk, that's 8 ounces, contains over one hundred calories, some fat and even cholesterol. And I can't get buy with only 8ounces of fluid when eating a meal. So eventually I switched to diet soda, and then lemonade, unsweet iced tea and such, even though deep down I know that fresh milk is more delicious.

  11. An entirely logical move by google on Chrome's Ad Blocker Will Go Global On July 9 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    After google quite heavy-handedly banned the use of system-wide adblockers on Android a few years ago, not being able to filter ads at browser level was probably the primary reason why many long-time Chrome users started switching to Firefox as well as other web browsers which supported adblocking internally. There was a real chance of Chrome losing market share to this. Hence, they introduce now an "adblocker lite" in Chrome hoping to stop losing more Chrome users.

  12. Re:The What Now? on Don't Expect A New Nvidia Shield Tablet Anytime Soon · · Score: 1

    Since at least two years ago, it was basically a foregone conclusion that there won't be a new shield tablet. This is pretty sad because I actually like android tablets. Around 2014-2016 the Shield was the best android tablet hands down. For one, it had the best CPU/GPU combo and the price was just right. It probably didn't sell so well because Nvidia marketed it as a gamer tablet while in reality it was a good general purpose tablet.

  13. Re:Can every US citizen say... on Natural Gas is Now Getting in the Way; US Carbon Emissions Increase by 3.4% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    China would be more than willing to sacrifice their environment to rule us, Russia would to.
    China's per capita carbon emisions are about one third of the USA. Russia's per capita emissions are about 4/5 of the USA. It's pretty disingeneous to demand that China, which still has a long way to go in terms of economic development, slashes or freezes its emissions while the USA continues having one of the highest emission rates in the world. We on par with Saidi Arabia.

  14. It's not just facebook on Samsung Phone Users Perturbed To Find They Can't Delete Facebook (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    My older Samsung devices came preinstalled with Evernote, Netflix, Flipboard, NYTimes, and others. And while it was possible to disable most of these (not completely uninstall though), the Evernote could not be even disabled . Thank you Samsung.

  15. Re:The TV no one asked for on LG Introduces Rollable OLED TV (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's gonna be great for easy transportation. Now we can bring our own OLED screen to a lan party.

  16. Re:That dumb or is there an angle? on AT&T, Dish, Comcast All Raising Cable TV Rates To Counter Cord-Cutting (dallasnews.com) · · Score: 1

    That's entirely logical. Chief executives have an extremely short time horizon for making super profits. If the company does not generate above-normal net income within two or three years, then they get fired, and without a bonus. So now they saw a chance to milk the cord customers for more cash. It doesn't matter that this is not a good strategy in the long term. The CEOs driven by activist stockholders, like hedge funds, demand profits now.

  17. Re:That was a dumbass prediction on Miners Say They Dig AI But the Gold Rush Hasn't Come (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not if you're mining cryptocurrencies!

  18. Re:One stream at a time? on Video Services May Use AI To Crack Down on Password Sharing (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Streaming services come with mobile apps, which again means that anyone who belongs to your household should be able to stream services, simultaneously if necessary, and from completely random places or devices.

  19. Re: He has no reason to be confident. on Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, is Said to Be Charged in Russia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It helps to be a superstar professor. But a random H1B worker or a graduation student will be arrested, imprisoned, and thrown out of country with no apology whatsoever.

  20. "The token will initially allow uTorrent users to" on BitTorrent Loses Recent CEO, Adds Crypto-Currency To uTorrent (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    The token will initially allow uTorrent users to achieve faster download speeds.

    WTF does this mean? On a good day, with many peers, the bt client should download fast enough to saturate a typical home broadband connection (in the US at least). Are they now going to make the downloads artificially slower so that people pay for faster downloads?

  21. Re:One stream at a time? on Video Services May Use AI To Crack Down on Password Sharing (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    For the same reason the cable companies are not limiting your home to using one TV at a time.

  22. Re:He has no reason to be confident. on Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, is Said to Be Charged in Russia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's be honest, if you're arrested for espionage in ANY country, you're screwed. I'd love to see what happens to a foreign professional or a student who gets wrongfully arrested in the USA. You go bankrupt because of the legal red tape, you get kicked out of the university and/or you lose your job. Your car, home, and personal belongings will be repossessed and never be seen again, etc. Other than that, I guess it's all cool.

  23. Re:They don't have elections on Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, is Said to Be Charged in Russia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Putin is very popular among Russians but the Kremlin has also done a lot deny the participation of viable young candidates such as Navalny in the big politics. Pretty much all of Russia's independent mass media is practicing self-censorship in order to avoid being crushed by the government censors. If Putin run against someone like Navalny (as opposed to the caricature "opposition parties" they have now) then Putin would still win, but with something like 55% of vote, add or subtract, but that will not satisfy Putin who always wants to win with a double percentage margin in order to perpetuate the perception that he has the mandate to do whatever he wants, including changing the constitution for example.

  24. Re:How do we know... on Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, is Said to Be Charged in Russia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a huge difference. "Foreign agent", covert or not, can be simply lobbying for, consulting for, or representing a foreign government or possibly just an individual. This occupation is not about gathering intelligence but more about being an ambassador for a foreign interest. If you want to define such foreign agent as a spy, then you need to examine your priorities because the DC and Acela Express corridor is filled with thousands of people who represent foreign interests and who don't necessarily register as such. This is against the law, but that's the reality. Butina was basically nothing more but a citizen diplomat. The hype about her arrest is simply part of the American hysteria about Russian interference and collusion.

  25. Re:GOOD LORD!! on Video Services May Use AI To Crack Down on Password Sharing (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Hulu simply looks at the LAN or WLAN attributes like SSID or similar. If you connect from a mobile device that's not from the primary network, then you will be asked to login using this device to the primary network of account holder once a month. I know there are ways around this (well, visit your friend or relative once a month, duh), but this is as good as it gets, and I don't really know what AI will add to this.