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  1. Re: Can someone explain in laymans terms how.... on Scientists Finally Turn Hydrogen Into a Metal, Ending a 80-Year Quest (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    While I view the EM drive as good (and still in need of massive amounts of testing), even if it pans out to be great we are still talking tiny amounts of thrust.

    This is good for interstellar travel, and somewhat for within the solar system, but it still takes a lot of time to build speed. It also takes a lot to get out of a planets gravity well. For this, chemical rockets are still the best we have, and likely will be for some time. If this could even slightly increase fuel density, then it is potentially great.

  2. A block POTUS feature...

  3. Re:Paper Copy on George Orwell's '1984' Tops Amazon's Bestseller List (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
    This shit again? Amazon pulled unlicensed ebooks that had been scanned and sold as the real deal. The actual, correctly formatted book was never taken down. This was just a person abusing the Amazon platform, and hence selling shit to customers that was pulled.

    Now, ideally, they should have just given the customers the real copy after pulling the fraud, but this was not censorship.

  4. Could be done better on Apple Is Releasing a Find My AirPods Feature (theverge.com) · · Score: 2
    Based on last location of case? Junk.

    If they are paired you can have them emit sound.
    While connected you can use GPS and a small table to record the phones location every minute. Round robin it for maybe an hour. Stop writing table when unpaired.
    Then when you need to find them you can backtrack from where you were last paired, up to an hour before that. You can even map it.

    Most likely they are within 30 feet the last paired location, or someone at that location picked them up. This is NOT rocket surgery. Come on Apple have some courage.

  5. Re:Hours-of-Service Safety Regulations uber does n on When Their Shifts End, Uber Drivers Set Up Camp in Parking Lots Across the US (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Failing Joe-Dragon does not know what will happen. Sad

    I know all about this. It will be great damage. The best damage. Blood everywhere! But I know it will be fine! We will make the victims pay for the damage.

  6. Math on Oracle Lays Off More Than 1,000 Employees (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1
    1000 jobs. Let us assume 100k per year per job cost to company. This is probably higher. This is 100 Million per year.

    Looks like good old Larry can fund himself another megayacht now.

  7. Not collecting data does not mean they won't in the future. I have altered the deal.... yadda yadda yadda

  8. Until the money runs out... on More People Than Ever Are Using DuckDuckGo; Site Says It Observed 14M Searches in One Day This Month (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Caveat.. I do not know how DDG is funded. That said, serving that much traffic COSTS. The data they could collect has value. It is likely only a matter of time until one of the following:

    1. Company folds due to lack of funds
    2. Company sells or reorganizes to collect funds and starts divulging user data to do so.
    3. Governments come in and either silently snoop or shut them down.M

    Yeah, I am a cynic and have little faith in humanity. Sorry.

  9. Re: Important milestone on An AI Is Finally Trouncing The World's Best Poker Players (cmu.edu) · · Score: 1
    You took my 2001 A Space Odyssey and went all Cheech and Chong on it man. Not sure if that is cool or harshing my mellow.

    God, I'm old.

  10. Yes and no on Do Android Users Still Use Custom Roms? (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1
    With my Nexus 6, I have not needed to. However, for those rocking carrier/manufacturer abandoned devices it is the only way to test out newer versions of android. I used to do this a lot. I may still with my girlfriends LG G3 that is stuck on Lollipop. It is also an easy route to custom kernels that allow overclocking etc. Plus some just have some neat features.

    The downside though is on less popular devices and even many popular ones you run into glitches like front camera not working, wifi disconnects, driver issues, etc. Still a great way to breath new life into an older but still useful device.

  11. Re:Important milestone on An AI Is Finally Trouncing The World's Best Poker Players (cmu.edu) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you eat that doughnut. Fatass.

  12. Re:If it was me... on Zuckerberg Sues Hundreds of Hawaiians To Force Property Sales To Him (msn.com) · · Score: 2

    "Clark, shitters full."

  13. Yep, because everyone's driving habits are the same as yours. That makes it a fad. Love the logic.

  14. Whoops, I read this as all 911 calls. Ignore me please!

  15. Verizon.. who the *&$^ are you.. on Thousands of Note 7 Phones Still in Use On Verizon, All Non-911 Calls To Be Rerouted To Customer Service (cnet.com) · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Verizon.. who the *&$^ are you.. to redirect EMERGENCY calls. I do not care if the holdout users shove the phone in their ass and over charge it hoping for an explosion. You block or redirect a legitimate emergency call you should go to jail. The management who thought this up and approved it should go to jail.

  16. Main screen turn on you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  17. This of course runs afoul of many countries consumer protection laws. And, any corporation this size has enough funds and legal staff to know this. It also has the ability to set up proper policies before launching a service. Even when rushing to be third to market.

    However, AT&T also knows that any punishment is likely to be a slap on the wrist and an order to comply in the future and is deemed an acceptable expense, and possibly lesser than the expense to set it up right, and respect customers.

  18. Or a split muffler next to a rubber vapor return line, melting the line and igniting the vapors. Which then blew like a flamethrower under the bed, right over top of the gas tank.

    This happened to me while driving.

  19. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1
    Just to list a few reasons tapes suck:

    Limited frequency range
    Limited dynamic range
    Extremely slow random access seek times
    High noise levels
    Physical space sink/clutter
    Relatively short life/easily damaged

    This is hipster tripe....

  20. No worries mate... on New FCC Report Says AT&T and Verizon Zero-Rating Violates Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Trumperor will fix it with removal of regulation. Then no one will care! We will be busy getting fucked - more than we currently are. Remember kids, getting fucked is fun!

  21. I don't have enough room on my phone to hold that much music. I could use a cloud alternative, but then that would require me to buy a shit ton of albums, and then clog up harddrive space with ripped CD's. Streaming doesn't really use up that much data, so it's really not a problem for me. My biggest issue is ads on YouTube while I'm on mobile. They should switch to some static image or something if you're on mobile.

    If you pay the $10 per month for google play, you get bonus youtube features, including no ads, and plays with screen off (stopping the video stream as far as I can tell)

    To answer the GP's Why question... I have a 64GB phone. It is full with apps, photos and some music. With streaming (google play in my case), I can get any song I want, and even have it recommend new music. I have found several new bands this way.

  22. Re:Dear AMD..... on AMD Declares Ryzen Will Be a Four-Year Architecture (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    But the bottom line, and the home-run hit by Lisa Su, was the announcement that Ryzen was able to match Intel's performance with 45 W less TDP - 95 W TDP on Ryzen against the 140 W TDP on Intel's 6900K

    Try again shill...

  23. Re:AMD get your act together... on AMD Declares Ryzen Will Be a Four-Year Architecture (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    To extend that further, for 99% of the population, tape-out simply means a trip to the office suply store.

  24. Re:AMD get your act together... on AMD Declares Ryzen Will Be a Four-Year Architecture (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    And how much of the consumer market reads anything by Linus or Jay? They see click-baity articles: "AMD trounced again, find out how Intel surprised everyone"

  25. Allow apps from unknown sources = NO

    This is the default on most devices (except cheap chinese stuff with backdoors)

    The only reason it should be on is if you are a developer, or smart enough to use an alternative app store that may not be safe. Others use it to get haked versions of games/apps and whatever herpes comes with that.