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  1. Re:Meta data? on Companies Start Implanting Microchips Into Workers' Bodies (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Learning guitar, eh? Good for you. Builds character.

  2. Re: Not too surprising on Nintendo Switch Consoles Are Reportedly Warping When Docked (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There is one known instance of this ocurring. One!

    In which case it miight just as easily be down to leaving the Switch where the Sun can shine on it.

  3. Re:Not too surprising on Nintendo Switch Consoles Are Reportedly Warping When Docked (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Isn't screen-space (i.e. not by oversampling) anti-aliasing the vogue these days?

    I'm pretty sure that's what the Switch uses, anyway, both handheld and docked.

  4. Re:Hope he has really strong arms. on Jetpack Entrepreneur Creates Iron Man-Style Human Flying Suit (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    And the video shows him hovering using them in exactly that way.

    It makes sense - he's only gliding a few feet above the ground at the moment. You don't want to have to hold your arms up over your head the whole time. Or have the hot exhaust blowing back over your arms and into your face.

  5. "Flagged"? on Trump Extends Obama Executive Order On Cyberattacks (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Trump Extends Obama Executive Order On Cyberattacks [Flagged]

    What?

  6. Re:It's become derogatory? on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why it's called "news." If you'd heard of it already, it'd be called "olds."

  7. Re:How about more info on the dialog? on Google Plans To Alter JavaScript Popups After Abuse From Tech Support Scammers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I think these modal dialog boxes are always generated by sites, not the browser. You shouldn't need more info, because they should only be shown while you're on the relevant tab (Firefox does this now; it used to force-switch to the tab whenever a modal was generated).

  8. It sounds like you're talking about pop-up windows, not pop-up dialogs, like alert() and confirm().

  9. Alternative first.

  10. That's not very good on One in Five Mobile Phones Shipped Abroad Are Phoney (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They should all be phone-y.

  11. This is getting serious. What many people don't realize is that even if Facebook manages to get half a percent of its users to use its copycat tools, Snapchat will lose a substantial number of potential customers that could have joined its service.

    How, exactly, is that "serious"? What's going to happen when people find out what's happening?

    Bugger all, I suspect.

  12. Re:Not sure but on 'Sightings' of Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Prompt Search in Queensland (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Plausible" possible "sightings" of Tasmanian "Tiger" prompt "search" in "Queensland."

  13. Re:Where's the news? on A Lawsuit Over Costco Golf Balls Shows Why We Can't Have Nice Things For Cheap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Those who can't, sue.

    Those who can't what, May?

  14. No I don't, that's why I'm asking!

  15. Re:Nonsense on Stylebooks Finally Embrace the Single 'They' (cjr.org) · · Score: 1

    This is nonsense. "He" has always been the default in English when the gender is unknown or not relevant.

    That's what style guides have mostly previously said, and it's what people say when they want to look all clever and knowing.

    But the truth is that most people, in everyday use, use "they" when they don't someone's gender.

  16. Re:none of the examples work on Stylebooks Finally Embrace the Single 'They' (cjr.org) · · Score: 2

    Reminds of Reginald D. Hunter being asked what he knew about some famous person who'd passed away:

    "Well, I know he dead."
    "I think you mean 'he died.'"
    "No, at first he died. Now, he dead."

  17. Re:so we're basing these on inventiveness? on Laptop Ban on Planes Came After Plot To Put Explosives in iPad (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Way to stick it to the man.

  18. Reckless driving is far harder to prove. Laws specifcally about cell phones are much simpler and the evidence can be practically incontestable.

    That's also why the law in the UK is about merely holding a mobile phone, not having a conversation on one.

  19. Re: Hmm on Boy, 4, Uses Siri To Help Save Mum's Life (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    She's either smart to have figured that out or is now very confused about how dads work. Like when your grandma calls your grandad "grandad." What, he's your grandad too? What the hell went on in this family?!

    It would have been extra adorable if she'd tried to impersonate your voice when she was talking to the phone.

  20. Okay, we're gonna have to start disambiguating on Massive Ukraine Munitions Blasts May Have Been Caused By a Drone (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Was it a commercial multi-copter "drone" or a military UAV "drone"?

  21. Re:Fake Science on Mars Rover Spots Clouds Shaped By Gravity Waves (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Why is it so unlikely?

  22. Hip jive talkin', daddy-o! on 18 To 24-Year-Olds Are Hitting the Big Screen at Lower Rates (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Hitting the Big Screen

    I don't know about you squares, but I'm always asking my best pals if they want to hit the big screen at le weekend.

  23. Re:A bit of history on Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn, Says Netflix CEO (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    a brasserie

    No thanks, I just ate.

  24. Yeah, they're realy under-pricing their hoard, assuming they really have it.

    I wonder if they just compromised enough accounts via other means in the hopes of passing light scrutiny and $75,000 was the most they thought they might possibly get away with asking for without anyone bothering to take a closer look.

  25. Re:It is left as an exercise for the reader on GNOME 3.24 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    ignoring the fact that systemd isn't an init.

    Isn'it?