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  1. Never understood why they don't use time reference on Turn Right at the Burger King: Google Maps Begins Using Landmarks To Help With Guidance (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of saying "turn right in 1/2 mile", why not calculate the time it would take to reach that point from the current speed and say "turn right in 1/2 mile, or 45 seconds based on your current speed". I find myself doing this calculation in my head whenever I'm following turn-by-turn instructions.

  2. Name change will be necessary as well on Microsoft Drops OneNote From Office, Pushes Users To Windows 10 Version (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    OneNote becomes ZeroNote

  3. Yes, let's make a product people find irresistible on Former Senior VP of Apple Tony Fadell Says Company Needs To Tackle Smartphone Addiction (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Then work to make it more resistible once it becomes an enormous success.

  4. Hey Siri, what is the weather forecast today? on Apple's Stumbling HomePod Isn't the Hot Seller It Wanted (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    "Sorry, I could not find any information about tether flabbergast"

    That's why these speakers aren't selling.

  5. Re:Tesla apparently doesn't understand how NTSB wo on NTSB Boots Tesla From Investigation Into Fatal Autopilot Crash (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    You also don't see consumers purchasing Boeing airplanes...

    Yet hundreds of people can die in a single plane crash so I don't see what your point is. In both instances the purpose of the investigation is to find the cause and determine what can be done to prevent it from happening again, which can include recalls.

  6. Tesla apparently doesn't understand how NTSB works on NTSB Boots Tesla From Investigation Into Fatal Autopilot Crash (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The company also accuses the NTSB of being duplicitous, arguing that the agency has released statements about the crash at the same time that it told Tesla not to

    That's how the NTSB operates - it releases preliminary information as it sees fits, but waits until their investigation is complete before making a final determination. It's their investigation - Tesla is only an invited guest, used as a technical resource, the same as Boeing for airplane crashes. You never hear Boeing releasing important accident details before the NTSB does.

  7. Simple 4-6 digit passcodes. Not complex passcodes on Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Based on the quoted time to crack the exploit is likely using brute-force - the purpose of the device is to guess those while also disabling the usual 10-guess iOS limit before the device is locked. However, iOS supports complex passcodes as well, up to at least 90 alphanumeric characters, and these are are unlikely to be cracked.

  8. What happens when you can't read a page of text on Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The entire purpose of TPP was to create a countervailing economic force against China's influence in Asia and the world economy. That was obvious to anyone who read even a few pages about TPP, but of course that's too much to ask of someone who is unwilling to read even a single page of non-bulleted text:

    "Trump said he likes his briefings short, ideally one-page if it's in writing. "I like bullets or I like as little as possible. I don't need, you know, 200-page reports on something that can be handled on a page. That I can tell you."

  9. Re:Window's ain't done until Google wont run on Microsoft Discovers Blocking Bug and Delays the Release of Windows 10 Spring Creators Update (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You do realize that even from the very first release of Windows 10, you could configure it to prompt you to reboot instead of doing it automatically right?

    No, I don't realize that because it's patently incorrect. First, the very first release of Windows 10 did not have this feature, as documented here. Second, the "feature", as described online, doesn't actually work, nor does the group policy method either.

    You can nurse your various irrational reasons for disliking Microsoft, Windows, and whatever else all you want, no one here will really give two craps. Just don't crap all over threads with pointless posts that serve only to boost your own ego.

    With the time you wasted trying to insult me you could have done a little research first and saved yourself some embarrassment.

  10. Window's ain't done until Google wont run on Microsoft Discovers Blocking Bug and Delays the Release of Windows 10 Spring Creators Update (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or maybe it's a bug in the telemetry data gathering. Or the forced patch updater that reboots your machine overnight so you lose all your work. Or the applet that delivers ads to your start menu.

  11. There's already an app for that on Researchers Devise a Way To Generate Provably Random Numbers Using Quantum Mechanics (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1
  12. "sleep past sunrise increased risk of early death" on Late To Bed, Early To Die? Night Owls May Die Sooner (livescience.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    If one sleeps past sunrise then dies then his death would be late rather than early :)

  13. Only two dozen employees remain on Theranos Lays Off Almost All of Its Remaining Workers (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Which to Elizabeth Holmes means they're still going to release a perfected version of their ground-breaking blood testing product. The woman will be repeating this to herself 2,000 times a day in her jail cell.

  14. This includes Tim Cook as well on All Apple Operations Now Run Off 100 Percent Renewable Energy (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    The words coming out of Tim Cook's mouth are 100% renewable bullshit.

  15. This story is about 3-6 months beyond its use date on GPU Prices Soar as Bitcoin Miners Buy Up Hardware To Build Rigs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The GPU gold rush for mining has been ongoing for quite a while. It has recently subsided in tandem with the sustained price drop of crypto currencies.

  16. I'd like to be a fly on the wall in cell block D on Three Execs Get Prison Time For Pirating Oracle Firmware & Solaris OS Update (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    TERiX CEO: So, what are you in for?

    Cellmate: I stabbed my mother to death, then fed her remains to a pack of coyotes that live in my neighborhood. And you?

    TERiX CEO: I gave away firmware and OS software patches without paying the necessary service royalties to Oracle.

  17. Re:But what ... is it good for? on Apple Working on Touchless Control and Curved iPhone Screen (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    What's the advantage of not touching your display? I mean, aside of fewer greasy fingerprints. Sorry, I don't see the huge advantage, could anyone clue me in?

    Had to think about it myself. Presuming the touchless version implies a move away from capacitive touchscreens, this new tech means it can be used with gloves and in wet conditions.

  18. PDF ends with "Intel - Experience what's inside" on Intel Says Some CPU Models Will Never Receive Microcode Updates (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently what's inside is the experience of abandonment.

  19. The irony is richer than a serving of panna cotta on Ethereum Founder Confronts Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Craig Wright, Calls Him a Fraud (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The creator of a fake currency accusing someone else of faking their creation of a fake currency.

  20. Perhaps it's rare for him to write an op-ed himself, but Stallman's opinions being transcribed into published words is about as rare as picnics in the summer.

  21. Re:How about I go to Google and scan their offices on Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What I'm saying is, scanning for malware by the vector which is most likely to introduce it to the system actually makes sense.

    I agree, but Google should be scanning the specific files Chrome downloads rather than doing system-wide sweeps. They already own a site they can use for the purpose - VirusTotal.

  22. Seems well beyond the consideration phase on Google Is Considering Launching a Mid-Range Pixel Phone This Summer, Claims Report (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the planned launch date is around July-August then they're probably already close to doing initial production runs.

  23. How about I go to Google and scan their offices? on Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can hire me as a chef, but in between my cooking duties I'll rifle through everybody's office looking for dangerous things. No need to panic - I have only good intentions at heart. What, you didn't think a chef should also double as your security detail?

  24. iOS already runs on x86. Why not just 2nd compile? on No More Intel Inside, Apple Plans To Use Its Own Custom-Built Chips in Mac (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    It's trivial to run iOS apps natively on x86 chips - Apple already does so with their iPhone emulator in Xcode. Why not just have Xcode perform two compiles for iOS apps - one for ARM and the other for x86?

  25. Seamlessly work together without a touchscreen? on No More Intel Inside, Apple Plans To Use Its Own Custom-Built Chips in Mac (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To date, Apple has stridently refused to incorporate a touchscreen on their notebooks, which would be the most obvious step in bridging the development/user-interface divide between iOS and OSX, yet they feel it's useful to switch to a single processor architecture to achieve the same goal?