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  1. Wired earbuds always had built in storage, when you have a wire, you can wrap it around the phone, or any other device so you don't lose them.

  2. If they did it right there would be a way to store the airpods in your phone. Instead of a wire you get to keep them in a case, I guess that is what charges them? So instead of a phone with a wired headset, you get to keep track of a phone, two airpods, and a case/charger for the airpods. Haha.

    Just because you have given up like a sheep doesn't mean we all should. Then again you probably didn't even know you were playing.

  3. Re:If Motorola can do it well on Motorola Receives Backlash For Revealing a 'Shameless' Copy of the iPhone X as Its New Model (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Headphones are not obsolete; just the wire between your head and the music.

    No they aren't, just because some company is too lazy or incompetent to incorporate it into their 'design philosophy' does not make it obsolete.

    In an age where every wireless signal can be hacked, it is quite ironic that they are trying to abandon the 'wire'. Good headphones can last a decade, when the non replaceable battery starts to decline in three years you just throw them out? Stupid.

  4. There really needs to be a corporate death penalty whereby a company can lose it's corporate charter protections. The only reason there isn't is because corporations now run the world. We as a people fucked up.

  5. Such a sad commentary on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    On our 'society'.

  6. Re:Uh, what? on Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Whole wheat pasta tends to be more noodly even in it's dry form, it's probably more elastic and the shock waves dissipate quicker after the first crack.

    As for twisting, it puts different tension into the pasta that changes the harmonics upon snapping.

  7. Re:Allow Me To Paraphrase on Tinder Founders Sue Dating App's Owners For At Least $2 Billion (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Kind of ironic that they got cheated.

  8. Re:Why does John Q. Public care? on FBI Warns of 'Unlimited' ATM Cashout Scheme (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    The costs of these problems is passed on to YOU in the form of higher interest rates on debt, lower rates on savings, and increased service fees. But hey, using cash is such a hassle (although ironically in this case you get cash with the atm card they are hacking). And who cares about a little more debt on that big pile that already can't be payed off.

  9. Re: Short selling is difficult to regulate gamblin on Short-Sellers Sue Tesla After Musk's 'Going Private' Tweets (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That is great, but I was taught that two wrongs don't make a right. Then again if everyone was trustworthy there wouldn't be a stock market as it is today.

  10. If I cried to a casino they gave me a losing hand. on Short-Sellers Sue Tesla After Musk's 'Going Private' Tweets (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would be laughed out of town.

  11. Re:What happened to Slashdot? on Facebook, Still on a Mission To Bring People Online, Announces Connectivity (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A better question is where did innovation go? Now that everyone is on the internet, they just copy what is there and paste it into what they are doing, hard to innovate by doing that.

    Internet killed innovation.

  12. When did wikipedia become a place to post resumes? on AI Can Now Help Write Wikipedia Pages For Overlooked Scientists (popsci.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I thought it was supposed to be like an encyclopedia, not facebook and linked-in.

  13. Re:What comes after Z? on Google Begins Rolling Out Android Pie To Select Handsets (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for Android Left Bracket!

  14. Need public list of banks willing to cooperate. on Facebook Has Asked Large US Banks To Share Detailed Financial Information About Customers as it Seeks To Boost User Engagement [Update] (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    So I can be sure to take my business elsewhere.

  15. Too late on US Recycling Companies Face Upheaval From China Scrap Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    My garbage company already sent a nasty letter saying the price would go up on the next bill due to recycling costs, they specifically mentioned China lol. While I am complaining, how does it help the environment to send out a second fleet of trucks just for recycling? Thats how this company does it. Also in this area garbage collection is still private (we have choice and competition yay!) but all that does is result in 4-5 trucks coming by every week instead of 1, now that is environmental efficiency.

  16. Re:No proof. No evidence. on GE Engineer With Ties To China Accused of Stealing Power Plant Technology (thestreet.com) · · Score: 0

    What's the name again? And why would you use steganography for anything innocent?

  17. Apparently you don't watch commercials... GE is the place for smart people to work, at least for that girl and her turbine inspection robots.

  18. Re:How about trimming the top level MOD? on Scientists Stunned as Medical Non-Profit Group Abruptly Ends Research Grants (nature.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Salary and related expenses are 37% of every dollar MOD gets as a donation...

    In my opinion that is way too high operating expense to be considered non profit. I would personally clamp it to 15% max or you lose non-profit status. But mainly I feel this way because so many 'non profit charities' are pure scum, only in it to make money.

  19. Re:There has always been fake news on Fake News 'Crowding Out' Real News (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I don't align with either party, however that was a nice essay. I figured I'd get a reaction, but wow thank you for proving my point.

  20. Re:5G is dangerous and will give everyone cancer on T-Mobile, Nokia Reach $3.5 Billion Agreement To Build Nationwide 5G Network (phonedog.com) · · Score: 2

    Hey I've seen your stickers! How is California?

  21. The middle of any rating system is supposed to be a 'normal' rating, unfortunately the way it is most rating systems would do better with just thumbs up or down, since that is what it inevitably devolves into.

  22. No prime here, but I DO check the box on the left that say 'ships from Amazon' and most of the crappy third party sellers go away. 'fulfilled by Amazon' usually isn't too bad since you technically are just buying from Amazon as the middle man. Lately though Amazon is only useful for items that are hard to get elsewhere.

  23. Re:There has always been fake news on Fake News 'Crowding Out' Real News (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Allow me to respond.

    First, people appear more gullible that ever, more so on the internet where everyone is somewhat faceless.

    Second, advertising is worse than that, sometimes it isn't even clear it is an advertisement. There is so much noise now news and truth get lost in the muck, assuming an advertisement hasn't blocked or driven you away from the content.

    Third, we have a political party that lost an election, and ever since since has been on a smear and tear down campaign of the winner all while crying it isn't fair that they lost. They said they would move to Canada after losing, liars.

  24. Re:military spec is only down to -32C? on Samsung's 'Unbreakable' OLED Display Gets Certified (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just curious, was your pleather case military spec'd?

  25. Yea because shaming works so well on Massachusetts Proposes Public Shaming of Net Neutrality Violators (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    on Politicians, Lawyers, and Bankers...