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  1. The rule/law says that providers can't deny service or charge more for not opting in.

  2. Meh on Hulu Launches Its Live TV Streaming Service (fortune.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With all the streaming services available, it's not much cheaper than cable. I'm happy with my $9.99 Netflix and $7.99 Hulu. Anything above $30 (total for all streaming video) is a waste of money.

  3. Re:Choice on Suicide of an Uber Engineer: Widow Blames Job Stress (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 2

    Ok, seriously...people base their self esteem on their job?

    Of course they do! I don't, but I know and work with, a lot of people that base their identity and self-worth on their profession.

  4. Re:Lots of children have the wrong DNA. on Can Parents Sue If Their Kid Is Born With the 'Wrong' DNA? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Too bad the alt-right and /r/the_donald has reappropriated the word to describe anyone who doesn't agree with them.

  5. It's a toss-up on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Metropolis (1927) or The Fifth Element.

  6. Re: What the... on Geek Builds His Own NES Classic With A Raspberry Pi (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm aware as I have a pi. I would like a case where there are short cords or adapters to plug everything into the back.

  7. Re: What the... on Geek Builds His Own NES Classic With A Raspberry Pi (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    was expecting something that at least looked like a NES.

    That's one of the problems I have with these pi projects, they all look like garbage if you try to keep a neat entertainment center. Cords coming out of every side, etc.

    I wish they made a pi case, or a pi, with all the ports on one side.

  8. Re:TRS-80 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    TRS-80 CoCo model 1 for me. I didn't get my first IBM compatible computer (486dx2 66) until 1996.

  9. It's hyped and will shift to something else soon on Sleep Is the New Status Symbol (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A couple years at most, then the next big thing will be the new "status symbol".

    Granted, I'm a morning person, but if you want good sleep, go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time as much as possible. No sleeping in on days off.

  10. Re:Lowest price - shittiest room on Why Bargain Travel Sites May No Longer Be Bargains (backchannel.com) · · Score: 2

    I've noticed (at least with United), once you find a flight there is about 15 mins to buy before the price jumps. You have to wait a couple hours for it to go back down.

    Personally, I've never had any luck with these margin sites. I usually use Kayak which links directly to the airline.

  11. I don't know they chose it, they just did. They use it to share pictures of family events and RSVP for get-togethers, otherwise you find out the information second or third hand.

    I don't particularly like Facebook and only use it to keep in touch (I never post anything and I keep their trackers blocked), but they are pushing 2 billion users. If only 25% of them are active and legit, that's still more than the population of the U.S., so I guess the reason is because most people are using it.

  12. Because it's the only way my (rather large) family communicates.

  13. Re:I'll buy one.... on Galaxy Note 7 Is Not Dead, Samsung Says It Will Sell Refurbished Units (samsung.com) · · Score: 1

    second time around.

    Third time around. They were recalled twice.

  14. Re:Worse on Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    SJWs are the new boogeyman.

  15. I guess that explains Strava on Amazon's Cloud Service Has Outage, Disrupting Sites (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    I couldn't upload or view my run this morning. I was a bit upset, but I guess it can wait.

  16. Re:Maybe, but maybe not on 'Uber Is Doomed', Argues Transportation Reporter (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    Uber was circling the respectability drain long before this womans complaint came to light.

  17. Sounds good to me on 'Uber Is Doomed', Argues Transportation Reporter (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Few companies rival the dishonesty, misogyny and downright shadiness of Uber. The quicker they are gone and a better company can fill their shoe (Lyft perhaps?), the better.

    Nothing of value will be lost.

  18. The market is saturated on Tech Breakthroughs Take a Backseat in Upcoming Apple iPhone Launch (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is pent-up demand for a new iPhone, even if it does not offer breakthrough technologies

    No, not really. As long as it gets security updates and still works, why bother upgrading? I just replaced the battery in my iPhone and expect to get at least a couple more years out of it.

  19. Re:Not me on iPhone Owners in US Spent $40 Each on Apps in 2016 (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    There are plenty of free apps, but I often avoid them for a couple reasons: They have ads (I refuse to use an app that shows ads) and I like to support the developer.

  20. Re:Not me on iPhone Owners in US Spent $40 Each on Apps in 2016 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine too. when I got my iphone, I spent a decent amount lining up the apps I wanted. Since then, though, I've spent nothing.
     
    I don't do IAP.

  21. Re:Most of the web really sucks on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Autoplaying videos are the bane of my existence. Nothing should should autoplay, ever, and it shouldn't require a browser plugin to prevent it.

  22. Re:Fire on Ransomware Infects a Hotel's Key System (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Most hotel locks, at least on the rooms, are battery powered. Often by AA batteries.

  23. Re:Life is good on Google Bans 200 Publishers From Its Ad Network (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Super republican? Trump isngoing to appointment a replacement for Scalia who was already a super conservative. Once that happenes we will be right back the way it was before he died.

  24. Re:CNN? on Google Bans 200 Publishers From Its Ad Network (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    "Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3 million to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote"
    Of course there's no evidence that there wasn't voter fraud - Democrats have fought every attempt to investigate it

    It's up to Trump to prove that there is. There is no responsibility for the "other side" to prove anything.

    The accuser provides the proof.

  25. Re:Orwell's Echo reverberates in the irony chamber on More Than 8M People Own an Amazon Echo As Customer Awareness Increases 'Dramatically' (geekwire.com) · · Score: 0

    It's a shock that most people people on Slashdot are incredibly lazy and don't give a shit about privacy. A times, I really do think the user-base of this site is as bad, or maybe even less intelligent that the general popualtion.