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  1. Solid state storage devices have a natural relation to powers of 2.
    Each chip in a device has 2^something bytes.
    A 120GB SSD would have 128GiB of storage, with 8G reserved for wear leveling

    You appear to be stuck in the past with magnetic/optical based storage devices.

  2. The handle is also on the same side as the wheels, so when you're pulling it along the weight is above the pivot point between the wheel still on the ground and your hand.
    If the handle was on the opposite side from the wheels the weight wouldn't be as high (it would be more in line with your hand and the wheel), so the suitcase would be more stable.

  3. Re:More proof Trump hates tech on The US Government Wants To Permanently Legalize the Right To Repair (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    this has nothing to do with glued together devices.
    It's the copyright office saying they want to to be clear that hacking the software on your device to repair it doesn't violate copyright, even if you have to hack the DRM.

    It's more to do with Apple's "Error 53"

  4. Re:They heard cord-cutting is a thing now on Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Cutting Competitor's Wires To Put It Out of Business (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess when they towns people voted to incorporate the town as a city in 2008?

    Weston Lakes is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Residents voted to incorporate the community in an election held on May 10, 2008.[1] At the time of incorporation, there were about 2,300 residents living in Weston Lakes.[2] The population was 2,482 as of the 2010 census.[3]

  5. Seriously, nearly every McDonalds around here has these kiosks

  6. Re:They heard cord-cutting is a thing now on Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Cutting Competitor's Wires To Put It Out of Business (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    229 customers is a significant share of the market in a city of only 2300 people in 2008.
    Apparently only 1300 homes currently. I would assume a lot less back in 2007, considering the population is now 3500

  7. Re:The priesthood has spoken on Scientists Declare End to Global Coral Reef Bleaching Event (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about the OP, they probably think coral bleaching is caused by bleach being dumped in to the ocean.

  8. and they'll be able to click more ads before you hit your mobile data cap, because the initial download was smaller.

  9. Unless the app is an actual web browser, restrict it to communication with a single domain via TLS.
    So great, Chrome is a browser. but when running as an embedded browser or headless, it should only be able to communicate with a single domain associated with the app it is running in.

    If someone really wants to make a browser app, they can bundle it with a browser engine instead of embedded WebView, or at least make it a permission request to communicate with other domains.

  10. Ancient version of Windows on How Hollywood Got Hacked: Studio at Center of Netflix Leak Breaks Silence (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    any by ancient, they mean supported until 2020

  11. At the moment the image recognition is only good enough for "Hotdog" or "Not hotdog"
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...

  12. Re:British retailer in London? on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    ASDA is owned by Walmart

  13. Re:Hopefully onions too on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Some of us are, others, not so much...

  14. Re:British retailer in London? on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    As opposed to a large foreign retailer in London?

  15. Sounds like you live in the dark ages
    Cash registers at the super markets around here have colour touch screens
    Same with the self service checkouts. I tap "Look up item", "Fruit & Vegetables" and if it's not on that screen I press "A" for apple.

  16. It's not about paying retail.
    People don't want to foot the ongoing maintenance bill of owning one.
    Renting is much easier

  17. Re:Hopefully onions too on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kiwis aren't fruit, they're birds.
    They're also endangered so you shouldn't be eating them either.

    Or do you mean Kiwifruit?

  18. Re:The priesthood has spoken on Scientists Declare End to Global Coral Reef Bleaching Event (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    How do you plant an animal?
    Coral isn't a plant.

  19. Re:Everybody wants a car on Auto Makers Threatened By Both Tech Company Autos And Ridesharing (caranddriver.com) · · Score: 1

    Steel and aluminium have been bouncing back steadily in the last year
    Copper is still expensive and is going back up in price, which electric and hybrid cars need quite a bit of.
    On the subject of electric cars, neodymium is surging in price as well. gone up 100% in the last 6 months. All rare earth metals are going up.

    In fact, pretty much every metal is getting more expensive over the last year, except nickel

  20. Re:Doing business with known criminals on Is Coinbase Closing Accounts For Paying Ransoms With Bitcoins? (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    Private investigators, security guards, repo agents, bountry hunters, etc, all have authority from the government to do their jobs, yet aren't part of the government's law enforcement. Hardly a monopoly.

  21. Re:I have my clients authorizing me to do this... on Is Coinbase Closing Accounts For Paying Ransoms With Bitcoins? (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    Where I'm from it is perfectly legal to pay a hooker. What backwards country are you from?

  22. Re:Well there's a simple solution on Is Coinbase Closing Accounts For Paying Ransoms With Bitcoins? (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    Who do you use then? All the exchanges forbid illegal activity.

    If he was in fact recovering stolen goods for someone else, he needs authority from the government to do so.
    If he wasn't, he was buying stolen goods.

  23. Prohibited Use on Is Coinbase Closing Accounts For Paying Ransoms With Bitcoins? (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    The first prohibited use in their terms of use

    Unlawful Activity: Activity which would violate, or assist in violation of, any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation, sanctions programs administered in the countries where Coinbase conducts business, including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), or which would involve proceeds of any unlawful activity; publish, distribute or disseminate any unlawful material or information

    Paying someone to obtain stolen goods is illegal in many places.
    The user didn't have authority from DoJ to recover stolen goods on someone else's behalf.

    If you see someone with your stolen stuff, you tell the police. You don't pay some random guy to do your dirty work.

    Repo agents, etc, are authorised by the government to do their work.

    Buying stolen goods from someone that you know are stolen is illegal.

  24. Re:Everybody wants a car on Auto Makers Threatened By Both Tech Company Autos And Ridesharing (caranddriver.com) · · Score: 2

    Perhaps they meant there isn't enough metal that is economically viable to extract from the earth's crust to go around.

  25. You're an idiot. Cars are not empty 95% of the time.
    Mine hasn't been empty since I bought it.
    Even the person who owned it before me, in another country, didn't leave it empty when they sold to.
    I found a random Japanese CD in one of the seat pockets, despite the car having a full groom, safety inspection, fumigation, several weeks on a boat, customs check, another groom, a check by the caryard who imported it and an inspection by a 3rd party when I bought it.