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  1. Re:Inappropriate -- Why be secretive about it? on Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If there's nothing to hide and this is only scanning for viruses, why not notify users and GIVE THEM AN OPTION? Even if it's "only" an anti-virus, having one AV running on top of another tends to slow older hardware down.

    From the summary: "Last year, Google announced some upgrades to Chrome..."

  2. Re:Dumbasses on Fitness-Tracking App Reveals Locations of Secret Army Bases (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This could happen regardless of "radio silence". Strava can log your route even when not actively broadcasting your location. It could be uploaded months, or even years later.

  3. Brought to you by steering wheel manufacturers on Americans Still Deeply Skeptical About Driverless Cars, Says Poll (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    A majority (63 percent) said they would not support "mass exemptions" from federal motor vehicle safety standards for self-driving cars

    What kind of stupid question is this? Who in their right mind would want to lower safety standards?

  4. No, it's because there are multiple holidays that almost overlap, and it is faster to say "Happy Holidays" than "Happy X, Happy Y, or Happy Z" to everyone. It really isn't any more complicated than that.

  5. So their tech for eliminating The Uncanny Valley, and turning a horse in to a zebra, is to set the video quality to "potato"? Sorry, but anything looks real when filmed at 100x100 resolution and upscaled.

  6. Re:Problem on Prepare for the New Paywall Era (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    What is bad about having multiple subscriptions?

    I want almost exactly the opposite of you. IMHO, nearly every single "bundle" in my life is a scam, where someone is using something I like to get me to subsidize something I think is lame and worthless. WTF do I care if I'm paying multiple entities? That's easy; we have computers now. The total is probably going to be less, and even if it weren't less, I would almost certainly get more of what I want.

    What you are proposing is to lose all progress made in the last couple decades, and it sounds like I'd fund the people I like less than I do now.

    I want everything as fine-grained and micro-managed by me, as possible. (And just like the billing "problem"(?), we have computers now so what's-possible is going to be damn impressive.) When I "vote with my wallet" I do not want to fucking vote party ticket!! Every time I'm manipulated into doing otherwise, it's with resentment.

    The problem is, what would have been bundled as 10 things at $10 a month for the bundle, will now be sole separately as 10 things at $9 each.

  7. Re: This is not correct on Mobile Homes Are So Expensive Now, Hurricane Victims Can't Afford Them (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The stupid part is that it's actually true. This country is in full blown, barely non-violent, class war. Somehow the rich got the poor and middle-class to pick sides and fight each other like it was some kind of football game, except with very real consequences.