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  1. Re: Name for this on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    These 'youtubers' are basically self employed, if they look at it like an actual job they would realize their employer is overworking them. Just take a vacation to avoid burn-out, it's not like they even have to ask anyone for permission. Or is greed getting in the way of what used to be fun?

  2. Bug was addressed within hours of being reported. on Valve Patches Security Bug That Existed in Steam Client for the Past Ten Years (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    What is the news here? Bugs exist until they are discovered, this could be years or even never. Tom wants his fifteen minutes? Oh it is bleeping computer, explains everything.

  3. Re:The CR test is archaic and obsolete and NA for on Consumer Reports Recommends Tesla's Model 3 After Braking Fix (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    With ABS all braking distances are limited by the tire not the braking power.

    Considering that Tesla just reduced the braking distance with a firmware update, this statement is wrong: it is also limited by how aggressive the ABS is designed. Also, in an emergency panic stop regenerative braking is relatively inconsequential.

  4. Re: Another wonderful Apple innovation on iPhones Will Reportedly Get the Power To Unlock Doors Using NFC (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Thatâ(TM)s great.

    I notice it seems to be an apple thing to always use unicode when it isn't needed and isn't even supported.

  5. Re:Wonder Bread saved Americans from starvation on As The Planet Warms, We'll Be Having Rice With A Side Of CO2 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You know why everything needs to be fortified now? Because all of the ingredients are over processed to the point of losing natural food value, and tons of cheap added filler ingredients so they can sell more 'product'.

  6. Stop trying to make a smart phone with wheels. on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The location of almost all of Tesla's controls on a touchscreen

    I want controls you can adjust without looking, and with gloves in the winter. Why is every car getting away from usability? It is a horrible trend.

    Also if the brakes are simply under sized, how is that fixed with a firmware update?

  7. You do realize fossil fuels are dead organic matter that died a looooooong time ago, and are now only 'releasing it back' when we burn them? When they die they become compost within the soil, look up why good topsoil is valued.

  8. Re:Why is spelling still a thing? on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Call me a dinosaur if you want, but if we take away your calculator I bet I can run rings around you at math.

    You are not a dinosaur, you simply had a proper education.

  9. That latency would drive me bonkers. on With Steam Link App, Your Smartphone Can Be An Imperfect Gaming Monitor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    latency ranging anywhere from 50 to 150ms

    Self confessed ping snob here. If the latency is over 100, or worse, if it keeps changing between 50 and 150, that would drive me bonkers. In fact for online play existing network lag absolutely does bug the hell out of me. Perhaps for casual slow paced games this might be acceptable, but not for fast paced twitch gaming. But then again if you are using a phone or tablet screen with ??? as the input device, well I guess you are already willing to settle for compromises.

  10. Re:Not that unusual on Why Are the NBA's Best Players Getting Better Younger? YouTube (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    My question would be WTF this article is doing on slashdot? This is definitely not news for nerds or stuff that matters. While I'm sure there are NBA fans reading slashdot, this is pretty far away from what this site is supposed to be about.

    This is more about having easy access to unlimited information than it is about the sport. This type of easy access is having an effect on everyone, not just NBA players.

  11. Who didn't see this coming? on Malware Found In the Ubuntu Snap Store (linuxuprising.com) · · Score: 2

    They wanted to replicate the android and fruit ecosystems. Looks like they did.

  12. Give each victim one stone, allow them to throw it at him as penance. Of course this is set up to happen all at once in a town square. You're right, this sounds familiar.

  13. I call them beta testers. However if something goes wrong it's not the kind of crash you expect.

  14. Stock pumping on Facebook Plans To Create Its Own Cryptocurrency: Report (cheddar.com) · · Score: 1

    Gotta regain all that stock value lost with the recent fiasco. Hey, it worked for other companies.

  15. Half the carbon footprint? on Graphene Makes Concrete Twice As Strong While Reducing Carbon Emissions (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    If you use half the concrete sure, for that part of the equation. however that graphene has to be made as well. It's like graphene just grows on trees! Oh wait.

  16. Re:Sun block is stupid on Hawaii To Ban Certain Sunscreens To Protect Coral Reefs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Lego, avoid sun block, so you can get dark. Winners, all round.

    I enjoy Legos too, but in this case you might have meant ergo?

  17. turn 360 degrees

    sit down and turn on the computer. :D

  18. The political universe. You know, the one where mere citizens have no rights.

  19. No. on GPU Prices Are Falling (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't think you should wait much longer to pull the trigger on a purchase

    Let the prices keep falling. I think we should all just wait till it hits rock bottom, then wait some more. Seriously though I always bought the value cards at around $100. Even those appear about 50 percent over what I would care to pay today if I thought I needed anything more than integrated graphics. When I do game, its older titles anyway. For me, gaming peeked at Quake3. Get off my lawn and all that.

  20. No occupancy sensor for driver. on Tesla Driver Banned From Driving For 18 Months For Sitting in Passenger Seat (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In this modern age of hold your hand safety features, why exactly doesn't this thing have a seat weight sensor? Or are they just in the passenger seats and the designers simply assumed their would be a driver? Even lawn mowers have them.

  21. Re:LEDs are errily annoying on Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    This assessment of the current state of LEDs is spot on. Never had these types of problems with crts, which you could dim to almost black if you wanted - real nice at night. The reason the christmas lights are this way is that companies, er I mean customers will mostly just buy the cheap junk. The christmas lights could be so much better but customers won't pay for it when that cheap set next to it that pulses and burns out your eyeballs is two thirds the cost (on the plus side when that set rusts out in several years maybe the replacement will be improved).

    You forgot those annoying modern HID car lasers, oh I mean headlights. If it hurts your eyes to look, there is probably a reason, why are we ignoring and allowing this?

    It's not so much the technology that sucks, its the cheap technology that sucks, but its all most are willing to buy.

  22. Re:Cancer or not - justgetflux.com on Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    In my limited experience, led lit monitors simply can not be dimmed as low at the cold cathode monitors could. I always kept those about 5 percent of brightness, now even set all the way down these led monitors are mostly still too bright for my liking.

    This is just silly, leds can be dimmed much better and easier than what was basically just fluorescent tubes. C'mon monitor manufacturers step up and allow a wider (in this case lower) range of brightness. It can't be that hard, I mean almost all the old big glass tube monitors could dim down to almost black which was great at night and soooo easy on the eyes.

  23. Re:Security Researchers?????? on Hackers Built a 'Master Key' For Millions of Hotel Rooms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The correct term is cracker, however that battle was lost a long time ago.

  24. Someone should earn a award for this! on Algorithm Automatically Spots 'Face Swaps' In Videos (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They correctly used the term algorithm instead of AI.

  25. Re:with apple it's ATI or intel video only on Users Complain About Installation Issues With macOS 10.13.4 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    haha ATI - now that's a name from the past. After their 'mach64' high performance 3d chip that wasn't, plus horrible drivers, I swore to never buy their stuff again. AMD after gobbling them up gets the same treatment.