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  1. for sore losers. When he is losing at checkers, does he wipe all the pieces off the board with his arm ?

    It is up to each state how they proportion (or not) their respective electoral votes. Most are all or nothing, maybe he should try to change that in his OWN state first, before crying like a baby to the entire nation.

  2. Re:Screw that. on Mobile Browsing Just Overtook the Desktop For the First Time (alphr.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to waste my time "optimizing" a goddamn web page intended for a real computer just because.

    If it's like most web pages I've seen, you don't "optimize" nothin', for anything.

  3. Bolt Cutters on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't bolt cutters faster and quieter than an electric grinder ?

    Plus they will pinch off the cut ends, keeping the stink in.

  4. Re:More blue light? on Poland Builds a Solar-Powered Bike Path That Glows Blue At Night (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you worried about trying to not fall asleep while biking ?

    Maybe this is the solution.

  5. Re:Clearly Samsung's QA department..... on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Had similar Kenmore washing machine with off-balance buzzer until only a few years ago, it lasted way past 30+ years, it finally started leaking somewhere inside. The sticker on the back said 'parts availability guaranteed for 30 years'. Yup they don't make em like that anymore.

    New top load whirlpool washer, will detect imbalance and actually try to redistribute the load itself before finally crying for help. Someone is always trying to reinvent the wheel, and hitting the same problems that have been solved long ago. Although I bet in this case Samsung just went too cheap on the drum material, it probably develops stress fatigue and eventually fails. These new washers spin really fast.

  6. Re:Step 1: Name change on China's Xiaomi Gearing Up For US Debut (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    .. a simple change to Saomi would probably ..

    Who would pick a name that sounds like 'Sue Me' ?

  7. Re:Great, more "improvements" on Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 For Ubuntu With New Rust Plugin, Improvements (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Reinventing the wheel every few years is hard work! It keeps people employed and feeling relevant.

  8. Re:Seagate's post-Maxtor acquisition reputation on Seagate Reveals 'World's Largest' 60TB SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    ...winding-down whine.

    Quite a feat, considering this is an SSD. Although, as an anecdote, I agree seagate hard drives with those spinning disks lost any reliability years ago.

  9. Re:For those who don't know what DOTA stands for: on Dota 2 Forum Breach Leaks 2 Million User Accounts (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Acronyms have dumbed down our culture greatly. It was once Kentucky Fried Chicken and now it's just KFC.

    In KFC's case it was more a marketing ploy to hide the word 'fried'. At the time, fried food of any type had a lot of bad press.

  10. Jet is like a middleman to the cheapest price. on Walmart Buys Jet For $3 Billion, Hopes To Turbo Charge Ecommerce (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They have no warehouses, they are just a paper storefront to the cheapest seller for that particular item. You never know who is actually sending you the products. Seems way overvalued.

  11. Re:Sounds kinda illegal on Pennsylvania To Apply 6% 'Netflix Tax' (allflicks.net) · · Score: 2

    In PA, sales tax also applies to services. Netflix provides a service. They are taxing the service, not the subscriber's access to such service.

  12. Re:STILL THE BEST LIVE CD FOR PARTITIONS BAR NONE on Windows 10 Anniversary Update Borks Dual-Boot Partitions (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    One of my disk partition tables makes gparted crash... I had to disconnect the drive to install Fedora.

    fdisk however, doesn't complaint one bit.

  13. Re:Whining for the sake of whining on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    What hardship! Here is something faster than swiping or other electronic means: cash.

    As a mostly cash paying customer, the new system is noticeably slower. I know this because I have to wait in line so long behind people using it. The learning curve slowing things down, I get that, however even someone that appears to be practiced in using chip and pin it is obviously slower. Often times slower than cash, which I find a little funny.

  14. Re:That's 129.2F if you're interested. on 54C Recorded In Kuwait Likely Hottest On Record In Asia (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The actual funny thing is that your "2 digit positive number" has overflown into three digits for this story.

    So hot it went over two digits. That actually makes it very obvious just how extremely hot it was.

  15. Spotify Is Now Selling _Customer_ Information on Spotify Is Now Selling Your Information To Advertisers (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    These headlines are so assuming. Your this. Your that. I am not a customer of Spotify, so they are not. I hope.

  16. Re:Amazon 'marketplace', wish I could disable it. on Amazon Loses Huge Footwear Company Because Of Fake Products, a Problem It Denies Is Happening (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I know which items are from a third party seller, yes you can tell at a glance. The issue is I don't care to see them, that's not why I am at Amazon, I am there to buy from them, and only them. Until recently I was very trusting of Amazon, now it appears counterfeits from third parties now get put in the same spot in the warehouse as legit items and sold by Amazon. Many Amazon reviews discuss this commingling problem and the resultant distrust.

    The signal to noise ratio is way too high due to the flood of marketplace items, it's like shopping a flea market now.

  17. Amazon 'marketplace', wish I could disable it. on Amazon Loses Huge Footwear Company Because Of Fake Products, a Problem It Denies Is Happening (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When I go to Amazon to perhaps purchase something, I go there to buy from Amazon, not some unknown third party. I wish there was an option to disable the entire marketplace listings for my account. If there was such an option, I might shop there more. As it is I barely go there anymore.

    I view Amazon now as I have Ebay for a long time, where I go to buy cheap trash I don't really need. And i don't buy cheap trash.

    Other well known sellers are becoming like flea markets too, Newegg I'm looking at you. If I go to an online retailer I am going there to buy from them, not some guy on a street corner. That's how it feels now. :(

  18. Re:Do you own your identity is the question? on Do You Own Your Own Fingerprints? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If a fingerprint is recorded as a pattern, can you own that pattern? The answer is no. Practically and legally in the US. Then an alternate pattern (approximation) will be used and so on...

    Actually you can own a pattern, apply for a trademark using the print pattern. Then legally defend the hell out of it. Even the approximation of your pattern can be considered infringement on likeness of your trademark. IANAL

  19. Re:So they're fixing GNOME 3's fuck ups? on Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' Released, Supports Generic GTK X-Apps (linuxmint.com) · · Score: 1

    Good, I finally stopped using adobe acrobat reader, since they don't even support linux anymore. I installed the recommended evince, and upon starting it up my first thought was 'wtf is this ?' It has a non-standard title bar that looks completely out of place with anything that isn't gnome. Honestly it looks so out of place I thought it must have been from the times when developers simply didn't know any better. I use XFCE.

    I even looked for an option to make evince look normal, but alas this 'include the title bar in the app and ignore the window manager' feature is built into GTK 3 and is 'up to the app developer to use or not'. Wow GTK, really ? You are supposed to be GTK not GNOME :( I miss gtk 2.

  20. Again with that 'you' in the headline. on Here's How Pinterest Plans to Get You To Shop More (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's How Pinterest Plans to Get Visitors To Shop More

    This headline reads as less hostile towards to me, especially since I have neither a pinterest, facebook, or I guess next to be in the news, a twitter account.

  21. Re:That's amazing! on Facebook Is Using Your Phone's Location To Suggest New Friends (fusion.net) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The story is addressing the sheep.

    There, FTFY.

  22. CVE-2016-4300 on Severe Flaws Found In Libarchive Open Source Library (talosintel.com) · · Score: 1

    Is not publicly available yet, why is Talos posting a public blog (and howto) for a vulnerability without proper time for the fix to trickle out to major distributions ?

    Isn't that a no-no? Especially if you claim to be a 'security specialist' ?

  23. Re:Why switch? on Adios Apt and Yum? Ubuntu's Snap Apps Are Coming To Distros Everywhere (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Its main purpose is for servers that require zero downtime, where you want to upgrade application X and/or its dependencies without breaking even the smallest functionality of application Y.

    I disagree, snapd is Canonical's attempt to bring an android/ios like 'app universe' to their linux OS. Unfortunately if it succeeds, I also forsee it bringing the in-app advertisements and micro-payments mess :(

  24. Re:The good news: on Atari Is Going To Build IoT Devices (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Which begs the question; if those time machines were failures, how could they have been buried there?

    If a time machine only works one-way, I would call that a failure.

  25. How many squirrels and cats will it take ? on Google Patents Self-Driving Car That Glues Pedestrians To The Hood In A Crash (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Before they realize this might have some unexpected problems.