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  1. It's actually treason.

  2. Re:Email Smeemail on Clinton Campaign: Russia Leaked Emails to Help Trump (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    They bring it up because it sees like her private email server was more secure in the end than the DNC.

  3. Re:Headphone Jack is Pretty Crappy on Phones Without Headphone Jacks Are Here... and They're Extremely Annoying (mashable.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's been decades I got plagued with loose mini-jack connectors. My 4s and iPad 1 still work perfectly, as do newer devices I have.

    It's been a complain by Apple for long that MiniJack is too thick for the design goals they were targeting. Reusing BT or USB/C or Lightning connectors saves port space, allows for a second speaker (eg., in Apple's forthcoming design if we're to believe the hype). I think manufacturers will come to realize we still want jacks (I do as I dont want to have to charge my headphones) and provide combined-plug allowing charging while still having MiniJack headphones connected. If not, their loss.

  4. Re:This is a rotten assertion on EPA's Gasoline Efficiency Tests Provide No Valid Information At All (hotair.com) · · Score: 1

    Points taken. It initially sounded as a wider "political stories being submitted to /." to my second-language ear.

  5. Heil Drumpf!

  6. Re:This is a rotten assertion on EPA's Gasoline Efficiency Tests Provide No Valid Information At All (hotair.com) · · Score: 1

    Nerds can comment on the technological hurdles in parameterizing a standard test that would have to apply with equal margin of error to a wide variety of devices (cars). Compare bench testing.

    It's also widely reported that the EPA numbers for MPG-e are somewhat dubious and hard to correlated to various EVs but it's a pretty good rule of thumb.

    I dont think nerds should be confined to rebooting their PCs or building the next kernel.

    I think we have aptitudes reaching out many aspect of lives.

    As for your not wanting this particular kind of stories, you can filter them in your profile, given you have taken the time to log-in (thank you for that).

  7. When you factor cost of living, 124,000USD in San Francisco is not that much. Rents are ridiculously high in SF. I dont know about other cities in the states but while I love that city, it would not be my first relocation choice based on expenses.

  8. Re:"Indefinitely" is a very long time on German Government Agrees To Ban Fracking Indefinitely (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    ...because their last final solution wasn't so final after all.

  9. They can't make a robot that's remotely capable of walking normally and opening a door. Not trusting any of that with my dishes. Less even FleshLight.

  10. How much of your guns helped out in Orlando? Or any other mass shooting?

    Your country is delirious. Keep playing the game of the armement industry. You're all canon fodder to them.

    The second amendment is just that. An amendment. It's time to repeal or modify it because clearly, the gun totters and gun sellers and even the FBI are not mature enough to play with them.

  11. Synopsis wrong on Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk · · Score: 3, Informative

    Musk didn't say (less even vouch) for the availability of this "feature". It's not a feature. It's a capability inherent to any car with closed cabin. All cars will float for a brief period of time (which is what Musk said: it will float for a brief period of time).

    The batteries and electrical system is isolated enough to sustain sub-bar pressures and will hapilly drive along as the engine is not dependant on any air intake system not being flooded.

    Technically, all EVs should be able to do this for a period. DONT drive across the lake.

    Ranged-extended vehicles (Gen 1 & 2 Volt, BMW i3, Fisker Karma) dont have this luxury. While the electrics will continue working, any flooding of the ICE will require major repairs.

    Disclaimer: I own a Gen2 Volt.

  12. Re:Here we come to save the day on Bill Gates' Donation of Thousands of Chickens Rejected by Bolivia (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No one will beat Canada's royal fnckup when it sent powdered milk for the Ethiopian drought in the 80s.

  13. Read up on regen braking. It does a lot for serial hybrids like this truck and the Chevy Volt.

  14. Continuity on Atari Is Going To Build IoT Devices (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    This business plan makes sure they remain irrelevant.

  15. Re:Doesn't really matter. on Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened As World Shifts Off Fossil Fuel (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Canada's got wood.

  16. The real question is, on Foxconn Cuts 60,000 Jobs, Replaces With Robots (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    are those robots under-aged?

  17. Re:eliminate nuclear weapons! on Obama To Become First US President To Visit Hiroshima Since 1945 Nuclear Attack (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The difference between nuking someone and blasting it out of existence using kinetic or other weapons means you can then takeover the territory.

  18. Re:It's wildly unlikely we should exist on Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Other than the nose and occasional eyebrows, we're pretty much the norm according to Roddenberry.

  19. Re:Back in the 20th century when it began on Is the $400 Billion F-35's 'Brain' Broken? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Owning the sky?

    Ruskies buzzing your destroyers and even carriers, chasing other planes...
    Iranian shooting rockets across your bows, shooting down your stealth UAV
    North Koreans shooting missiles left and right
    A10 going out of production. Oh wai. No. back in. Oh wait, maybe not.
    F22 being cancelled. Oh wait, maybe not

    The US military is getting owned all over the map because the real assholes out there know they can push your buttons because the command chain is so slow to react, everything goes and is never retaliated.

    I'll believe US still own the skies when it can protect and defend their navy.

  20. FBI on Hacked Swedish Military Servers Used In Attacks On US Banks (securityweek.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lets see if adding backdoors will make the world more secure...

  21. Re:If it's anything like fusion... on Fredkin Gate Breakthrough Brings Quantum Computing Within Closer Reach (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quantum computing will never be observed. Every time we look at it, the expectation changes.

  22. Re:drones evolve faster than birds on Study: Drones Present Minimal Threat To Aircraft (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Most drones could carry a 1kg block of steel and that would do way more damage to a plane engine than a frozen turkey could. Some drones have been researched to fly in swarm formation. Imagine a swarm of cheap drones carrying enough blocks to take out all engines (or even just half) at takeoff and you have something really dangerous.

  23. Re: two questions on Hacker May Have Discovered Plans For A Tesla P100D (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 2

    It's going to be called "plaid"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  24. Enough said.

  25. Re:Enforce login to post on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    My point exactly.