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  1. Re:Declination is not news on Earth's Magnetic Field Is Acting Up and Geologists Don't Know Why (nature.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not like we'll be carrying around calculators in our pockets when we grow up!

    That's what my math teacher used to say in the 90's.

  2. What about liboobs?
    # apt-cache search boob
    liboobs-1-5 - GObject based interface to system-tools-backends - shared library

    There's also git
    git /t/
    noun INFORMALBRITISH
    noun: git; plural noun: gits
    an unpleasant or contemptible person.

  3. This is what Logitech does
    They already bricked their old Harmony Link Hub
    https://www.theverge.com/circu...

    If you don't want Logitech to fuck you over, don't buy Logitech products.

  4. decimate used to mean executing one in ten soldiers as a punishment for desertion.

  5. And to fact check you with your own facts, ARM Holdings sold a majority stake in its subsidiary known as Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd
    Softbank still owns ARM Holdings

  6. Yeah, it's basically first-gen tesla autopilot.
    it can stay in a lane and react to changes in traffic speed.

  7. The first two times I assume he had to intervene and take over. I doubt it has the ability to perform an emergency stop.
    This was his third attempt.

  8. It's basically first-gen Tesla auto-pilot.
    There's no footage of it doing anything but staying in one lane.
    Nothing of it pulling in to a gas station, nothing of it navigating an interchange.
    It seems to not even be able to change lanes.

  9. Re:each new revelation is increasingly depraved on Turning Off Facebook Location Tracking Doesn't Stop It From Tracking Your Location (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They still track you via the websites you visit with "like" buttons.

  10. Which would cripple their customer helpdesk and drive away the customers they don't have a monopoly over.

  11. Can't you just boil the filter every now and then to kill anything growing in it?

  12. Boycott port 80 on CenturyLink Blocked Its Customers' Internet Access in Order To Show an Ad (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you're a CenturyLink customer in Utah and you haven't received any other notification of this blocking service and you don't use port 80 between now and December 31 2018, CenturyLink will be in violation of the new law as they haven't informed you of this optional service.
    They're liable for a fine of $10,000

  13. Apparently it was only port 80.
    All those things you mentioned shouldn't use port 80.

    Most people probably haven't even noticed, as their facebook machine goes straight to https://www.facebook.com/ and when they type random shit in their browser to search, goes directly to https://www.google.com/

  14. That will stop this from being possible.
    Instead of the ad, all you'd seen in your browser is a security warning that someone is trying to hijack your connection - someone like your ISP.

  15. Re:With spinning disks, you do not know either on Why I'm Usually Unnerved When Modern SSDs Die on Us (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    Nothing saves you from spontaneous mysterious hardware failure. Hence the need for backups.
    Saying SMART is only applicable to electro-mechanical systems is just wrong. Just because an SSD is "solid state", doesn't mean there are statistical models for failure. The very nature of the storage mechanism means it is guaranteed to fail, it's only a matter of when.

  16. Re:With spinning disks, you do not know either on Why I'm Usually Unnerved When Modern SSDs Die on Us (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    SMART should be able to provide the number of remapped sectors. There should be manufacturer specific counters for the amount of over provisioning that is left for remapping too. That should tell you precisely when you should plan to replace an SSD due to age.
    How hard would it be to notify something that the drive can't handle any more dead cells, so should not be written to any more? Or that it is down to x% of spare nand?

  17. It's pretty simply on Why I'm Usually Unnerved When Modern SSDs Die on Us (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    The chips store data in a capacitor.
    The capacitor is connected to (or is the) the gate of a mosfet so the state can be read.
    To charge or discharge the capacitor, electrons must be forced over the insulation later that stops the capacitor discharging on its own.
    Every time that happens the insulation breaks down a little. Once it's all gone, the cell can no longer store data.

    It's a gradual process that happens every time a cell is written to or erased. SSD's wear out as they're used, it's how they work. You should treat them as a consumable.

    Or something randomly broken. like a solder joint from thermal cycling or something.

  18. Re:Based on historical trends on What is the Future of Office Spaces? (weforum.org) · · Score: 2

    The latest study says standing desks are no better for you than sitting desks.

    I'm currently sitting on a floor with 50 other people. all with adjustable height desks. Only one guy is standing.

  19. Re:Missing details; nothing actually banned on Qualcomm Says It Won Case Banning Sale of Older iPhones in China (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Apple's lawyers were successful in delaying the proceedings until their new models were ready to ship.
    I want to say something about it being easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, but it seems it's even easier to delay rulings in the legal system until the plaintiff's claim is no longer relevant.

  20. Re: Don't worry! on Qualcomm Says It Won Case Banning Sale of Older iPhones in China (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Did mobile radios not do this before 2011? Did we not used to have phones with small batteries and weeks of standby time?

  21. Or they removed the chassis and engine numbers before burning it.
    If I was disposing of a get-away car I'd do that. Makes it harder for anyone to figure out where and when it was stolen. It just ends up being another write-off going to the crusher.

    I suppose you could send it to a chop shop, but that's not going to get rid of any evidence if the shop gets busted while the car is still there.

  22. Re:I for one welcome... on 24 Amazon Workers Sent To Hospital After Robot Accidentally Unleashes Bear Spray · · Score: 1

    999 was quicker and easier to dial on a rotary dial phone

    It's also easiest to dial via the hook switch if the exchange still supports pulse dialing. It's simply 3 quick pulses.

    Could be worse, here in New Zealand it's 111

  23. Re:Oh, right, ok, sure. on Intel Optimistic About Its Next-Gen 7nm Process Technology (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they were building both 10 and 7 at the same time and they use completely different technology to do each one?
    Makes sense.
    10nm used multi-patterning and 7nm is using narrower wavelengths.
    It's understandable that delays in one may not affect the other.

  24. Re:Mind-bending on Intel Optimistic About Its Next-Gen 7nm Process Technology (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    iPhones already have problems with a little bit of helium in the air with their mems clocks.
    Even hours of exposure to levels that don't make you sound like a chipmunk can kill the phone to the point it takes days before the He makes its way back out the "sealed" chip.

  25. Re:Big business doesn't care about faster single c on Intel Optimistic About Its Next-Gen 7nm Process Technology (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Consoles have been multi-core for a long time
    13 years ago, XBox 360: 3 core IBM CPU
    12 years ago, PS3: 8 core IBM CPU, 6 used for running the game.
    6 years ago, Wii U, 3 core IBM CPU
    5 years ago, PS4: "8" core AMD CPU
    5 years ago, XBox One: "8" core AMD CPU