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  1. Re:Ouch... on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not on this issue, no. However dems are also sold out, just on other issues and other interests. It is not YOU that either party represents. Falling into these partisan traps is one way of keeping us divided.

  2. Re:Ouch... on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yes, this particular issue is partisan. However my point still stands. Dems will fuck you just as hard, with no lube on other issues that they have sold out on.

  3. Re:Ouch... on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Both sides have sold out. To slightly different bidders, but certainly not to you or I. While the dems may have -some- policies that I agree with more being that I am fairly liberal, that does not mean that the current crop are not bought and corrupt. No matter how they voted on this legislation.

  4. Ouch... on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Was there lube? I didn't feel any lube.

    This idea that all senators and reps are terrible - except mine has got to go. We are all continually being bent over. Vote all of them out.

  5. Re:Dilemma Solution on Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
    Mr. Martian, I propose another option. No basic income. Instead, through war, or other mechanism, population is cut drasticly. Then you are left with an elite class served increasingly by robots and a slightly larger service/servant class.

    While not what I would choose, it fits better with human nature. And actually would eventually be better for the environment as a whole if population is 20-40% of what it is now.

  6. Re:Transplant Problem on Researchers Discover A Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood (ucsf.edu) · · Score: 2

    leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. The cells being made in the lungs are platlets, not white blood cells. Not saying the lungs cant make white blood cells, but for now it looks like the major contributor to most blood components is marrow, so that is likely why current marrow targeting treatments work.

  7. Re:Facebook, Google and Huawei. on A Lithuanian Phisher Tricked Two Big US Tech Companies Into Wiring Him $100 Million (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Ubiquiti/Unifi was hit with this type of scam. Don't know if it was this guy though.

  8. Re:This will work like youtube content flagging on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    You bring up some good points. However, being able to track a batch is not one of them. If a manufacturer were truly interested in tracking a batch then you can implement serial or lot numbers. Even when the manufacturer or distributor sells a large lot to Marshalls, there is no guarantee that A. Marshalls stored the product correctly, or B. Identified the shipment correctly.

    Case in point if Marshalls gets a large number of returns for Widget X because of a defect, how can you be sure it came from the most recent shipment of widget x or a shipment that sate in a warehoue or store for 2 years? You cannot with any certainty - without your own manufacturing identification system.

    Storage conditions are also important, but again once it has left the factory or distributor that is out of your control, no matter who purchases it. Granted, 3rd party items are more likely to have been stored incorrectly, but that is not exclusive.

    As to returns, Amazon deals with returns all the time. If as a seller you fulfill from thier centers (IE any Prime sale), they will take the return. If a customer returns to the manufacturer instead of the store (marshalls, amazon, wherever), it is because they are making a warranty claim, and well you need to be equipped to handle that regardless of the source of the sale.

  9. Re:This will work like youtube content flagging on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    So, reselling items for a profit is parasitic? Last I checked we live in a capitalist society. Personally I lean more socialist, but ya know, I have to eat - now not in some utopian future.

    But I am responding to an AC. ::Pats on head:: Next time troll harder.

  10. Re:How about they remove counterfeits from their b on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Part of the problem is comingled inventory. As a seller when shipping to an AZ Fulfillment center, you have two option. Co-mingled or not. If you chose co-mingled all of the inventor for that item is mixed with other sellers of the same item. There is no uniqe sku identifying the seller. This is a great way to sneak in counterfeit items. Personally I do not sell co-mingled. This means I have to label all my items with a unique sku (or pay AZ to do so). However, this keeps other counterfeit items from slipping in when a customer orders from me on AZ.

  11. Re:Scan your receipts on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    With Amazon they prefer actual invoices over retail reciepts. I do keep and scan reciepts and when cases arise for this or other reasons, the receipt is often enough, but not always. It really depends on which outsourced and undertrained worker andsweres the case.

  12. Re:This will work like youtube content flagging on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    To be more clear - this is not an overture to ALL sellers. This is an overture to major brands that will help eliminate competition, both counterfeit and legitimate.

  13. This will work like youtube content flagging on Amazon To Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture To Sellers (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I sell on AZ oas a 3rd party seller. I engage in something known as retail arbitrage. I find deals in stores that are better than the current price on amazon and exploit the difference for a profit. I frequent discount stores and clearances at major stores. Often I find clearance items, or at stores like Big Lots, items that are discontinued but still good, and often have an increasing profit margin online as the supply is dwindling.

    I work hard to ensure that my sources are not counterfeit, but since I primarily purchase retail, I have no wholesale distributor invoice to prove authenticity. While not abused yet, there are situations where a manufacturer or other seller will claim a seller has counterfeit items to remove that competition. With the brand registry, I see this as happening more, and small sellers will get hammered by what are essentialy NOT good faith take down notices. This can result in complete removal of a seller account, shutting down small and legitimate businesses. There are many sellers that DO abuse the system and sell counterfeit goods, but this system will not discriminate, and many of those will find other ways to skirt the rules.

  14. Re:w00t - the K6 bug all over again! on AMD Confirms It's Issuing a Fix To Stop New Ryzen Processors From Crashing Desktops (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I have been running 3-5 AMD FX series (various revisions, bulldozer, and up) at slight overclocks (100 to 200mhz), on stock AMD coolers for years. The only stability problems I have had were related to buggy drivers and bad RAM, not the CPU/overclock. Have not had a single one die either. Not sure what you are doing but in my experience that is pretty abnormal.

  15. Re:Counting water on What If You Could Eat Chicken Without Killing a Chicken? (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Ture no water is lost. However, clean potable water is used, and what is left is energy and cost intensive to clean up to make it suitable for use again.

  16. Re:I'd eat a fake chicken sandwich on What If You Could Eat Chicken Without Killing a Chicken? (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a device called a fence. You may have heard of it.

  17. Re:This makes as much sense as on Kickstarter Campaign Aims To Add a Full Android Device To the Back of Your iPhone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1
  18. Google is currently using Deepmind's AI to control its server rooms, where it manages windows, fan speeds, air conditioning, and more than a hundred other factors to save Google hundreds of millions of dollars in electricity costs.

    So they are able to save money where they control all parameters. Fine.

    How are they going to manage windows, fan speeds, air conditioning, and more than a hundred other factors in normal houses?

    With a nest thermostat?

  19. I have 4k gaming now. And 4k streaming. I can play just about any game known to man on it, I can upgrade any time, and it serves many other services, In house data center, media server, game servers that I host, etc. Other than a few exclusive titles, why would I buy a console ever again?

  20. Re:A cure for which there is no disease on Millions of Smart Meters May Over-Inflate Readings by up to 600% (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The amount one person draws, and hence the predictive power of any one smart meter is minuscule and nearly useless. For grid scale predictions you need aggregate data that is more efficiently and inexpensively acquired at aggregation points -- transformers, substations, etc.

  21. Highly irregular on How Wiretaps Actually Work (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The president enjoys authority over classified information, of course, but at a minimum it would be highly irregular to disclose an intelligence wiretap via Twitter.

    And what about the cheeto POTUS is not highly irregular?

  22. Re:...and They Still Can't Turn a Profit on For the First Time, More US Households Have Netflix Than a DVR (variety.com) · · Score: 1
  23. Also affected... on Amazon's Cloud Service Has Outage, Disrupting Sites (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    CNN is slow
    Hosted connectwise - broken
    Solarwinds/logic now MSP services - broken
    Imgur is down
    Amazon itself (music app will not connect, viewing past orders broken, probably more)

  24. Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss... on FCC Chairman Calls Net Neutrality a 'Mistake' (theverge.com) · · Score: 0
    Some populist measures here from the Trump administration....

    Since his government is pay to play, why should we dergulate businesses to make it the same.

    Are roads next? Brown people pay more to drive on the interstate........

  25. Soup pannedit without even using it? Of course you can still tell and tap. You look more like an idiot for speaking without knowing than you would speaking into your phone.