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  1. Re:Cool on Searching For Lithium Deposits With Satellites (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    None of which have the performance in terms of power density, energy density, or cycle life of cobalt based cathodes. NMC (nickel, manganese, cobalt, used in Tesla PowerWall), LCO (cobalt, used in mobile phones) and NCA (nickel, cobalt, aluminium, used in Tesla Model S) cells are all better than LMO (manganese, used in Nissan Leaf)
    Nickel isn't cheap either.

  2. Re:can't beat my doctor on Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't remember the last time I saw a handwritten prescription.
    Every doctor I've been to in recent memory prints it out and signs it.

    The rort is the fax fe pharmacies charge. Like it costs them more for you to have your doctor fax the prescription, so they can fill it at their leisure. Instead they charge more for faxing than to have you turn up at the pharmacy and wait for them to do it.

  3. Food generally takes a lot more effort and preparation than drinks. Hence the market for food delivery. It's cheaper to order groceries from the supermarket and make your own food.

  4. Cool on Searching For Lithium Deposits With Satellites (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Where's the story about cobalt production? That's a bigger bottleneck than lithium. Maybe USA will invade DRC

  5. But most people don't bother ordering drinks for home delivery if they already have some at home.

  6. Re:Delivery isn't profitable, so don't offer deliv on How Delivery Apps May Put Your Favorite Restaurant Out of Business (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll end up getting sick more often if you cripple your immune system by living in a bubble.
    It's also a good way to develop immune system deficiencies, like allergies.

  7. Re:can't beat my doctor on Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 1

    If they can't understand it 100%, they simply contact the doctor who prescribed it.
    Getting a prescription wrong can kill someone.

  8. Re: AI FTW? on Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and the answer to "Who's a convict in Australia?" is "All of them"

  9. Re:MasterCard. Payment method, not denominated in on Arizona Introduces Bill That Would Allow Residents To Pay Taxes In Bitcoin (investopedia.com) · · Score: 0

    When you pay with Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Paypal, cheque, etc, you pay in real dollars.
    Not sure what But pay is.

    You can't "pay" for something in BTC, it's not a currency it's a commodity. It would be like paying your taxes with gold or corn.

  10. and they want to be able to tie a wallet address to a specific individual. They can then go and look back through the blockchain to map transactions between people.

  11. The state would need to immediately sell it. on Arizona Introduces Bill That Would Allow Residents To Pay Taxes In Bitcoin (investopedia.com) · · Score: 1

    So you then have to pay for two $10 transactions, one to transfer the bitcoin to the state, one for the state to exchange for USD.

    I'm not in USA but I can and do pay my taxes with my phone. I could do it from my couch as I'm watching TV. I simply use my banks mobile app to make a tax payment. No transaction fees, instant payment confirmation, easy to use.

    Paying taxes with bitcoin is as stupid as paying taxes with shares. Even stupider actually. The sharemarket is much less volatile than bitcoin.

  12. In other news on Apple Says the Leaked iPhone Source Code is Outdated (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The entire source code for Android was leaked online.
    Rumor has it Google was the one to leak it.

    You can find the leaked code at https://source.android.com/

  13. This is Fake Report.

  14. Re:High standards, anyone? on FCC Report Claims Broken Broadband Market Has Been Fixed By Killing Net Neutrality (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm currently satisfied with my 950Mbps broadband. 100Mbps was starting to feel slow.

  15. Re:captain obvious reporting on Apple Is Seeing 'Strong Demand' For Replacement iPhone Batteries (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So switch back to your Alcatel One Touch Easy.
    If you forgot to charge it last week you could run it on 3 AAA's. It was an outrage you could only use an Alcatel rechargeable battery though, it wouldn't charge regular AAA's.

  16. Re:Repricing a $9 battery replacement from $79 to on Apple Is Seeing 'Strong Demand' For Replacement iPhone Batteries (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, after they run out of their current stock of batteries, they'll replace them with $5 ones.

  17. Re:Many stories on Slashdot of Apple bad managemen on Apple Is Seeing 'Strong Demand' For Replacement iPhone Batteries (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They've turned being caught red handed defrauding their loyal customers into extra profit. It's quite impressive.

    I hoping they blame a future phone fire on the software drawing too much power from a degraded battery that their original slow-down code would have avoided. When in actual fact it was cheaper inferior quality batteries they sourced to keep up with demand and increase profit margin.

  18. process of law is a right.

    Hence the reference to a judge, whose job it is to interpret and apply the law.

  19. Re:Why would I do that? on Tesla To Construct 'Virtual Solar Power Plant' Using 50,000 Homes (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because they'll sell you electricity below market rates and not charge for installation or maintenance of the system.

  20. Of course this is in reference to private rentals, not state housing.

  21. Providing they can convince their landlords to have it installed.
    If the cheap power then makes their property more valuable to renters, they'll up the rent.

    I don't see how this would benefit renters.

  22. Are the vulnerabilities free or paid?
    https://firstsiteguide.com/too...

  23. It's a risk to their business model on Uber and Lyft Want You Banned From Using Your Own Self-Driving Car in Urban Areas (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have a self-driving car, you don't need Uber or Lyft.
    You have your own car drive itself and come and pick you up. It can dive off to a cheap parking garage too, so you don't have to pay inner city parking rates.

    A family wouldn't need as many cars either, so more expensive self-driving cars become more affordable.

  24. Re:Individuals unlikely to ever own self driving c on Uber and Lyft Want You Banned From Using Your Own Self-Driving Car in Urban Areas (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll probably just disable self-driving capability if maintenance is not regularly performed by a dealer. Service departments have massive profit margins.
    If dirt on a lens can cripple the system and it can't be detected, I doubt it would pass whatever industry standards get adopted by regulations.

  25. Re:New direction for Uber on Uber and Lyft Want You Banned From Using Your Own Self-Driving Car in Urban Areas (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They only want regular people owning the cars because car maintenance is a cost they don't want to bare and so is commercial vehicle insurance.

    If they can operate a fleet without paying a driver, they'll save money. They can run the cars 24x7 and I'm sure they'll get good insurance rates for their fancy autonomous vehicles.