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  1. Life expectancy for Google products on Google Makes Emails More Dynamic With AMP For Email (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    For those of us who don't want this feature, remember Google's life expectancy for their products.

    https://www.fastcompany.com/90...

  2. Better yet, pay for someone to deliver the same food that someone else made for you! That saves you from all of those pesky pollutants (never mind the delivery people and the cooks).

  3. Am I the only one that expects Mozilla to start removing buttons and bricking popular extensions like they did in FF and find new and exciting ways to make T-Bird a clone of GMail?

    As a long time Mozilla user (since before T-Bird and FF split from the Mozilla suite), I'm glad to see them putting some effort into this project again but it's hard to trust these crack heads!

  4. Re:Wrong way around on Slack Doesn't Have End-to-End Encryption Because Your Boss Doesn't Want It (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're referring to Skype For Business, I thought it stored all of your conversations in your Outlook profile by default.

    Also, if you just switched to Skype For Business then get ready because MickeySoft is killing it slowly in favor of Teams.

  5. Re:Hard No on Uber CEO: We're Going After Groceries Next (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    The trouble with that is, the store employees will likely pick out your stuff for you in rotation of stock that is best for the STORE, not YOU....

    When I go in, I pick to see what looks freshest and best to ME.

    You and I both!

    The sad reality is that a growing segment of the population is "too busy" or can't be bothered to go grocery shopping. They'd rather have someone else go do that for them. The trend of personal shoppers for grocery stores is growing for a reason. People have voted with their dollars and would rather drive up to a special lane and pick up everything and drive away.

    Remember that Uber Eats delivers Mc Donald's food for a reason... because the drive through isn't convenient enough!

  6. Re:Good luck with that! on Uber CEO: We're Going After Groceries Next (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    The natural partnership is with Amazon after their recent acquisition of Whole Foods. Uber will go pick up groceries for the Amazon Prime customers.

    This'll work nicely during the holiday season when Uber drivers will also get tapped to pick up packages from stores. If a Prime customer wants that last minute gift on 12/24 THAT badly, they'll pay for it and both Amazon and Uber will be more than happy to take their money.

  7. Re:Hard No on Uber CEO: We're Going After Groceries Next (yahoo.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They'll partner with grocery stores who have employees shopping for you. The Uber drivers will get the employee picked groceries to your home. The employees shopping for customers is already a growing trend in grocery stores and so it's a natural progression for Uber to be the last mile carrier.

    All so you don't have to go out in public and associate with real PEOPLE!!!

  8. Re:Pretty sad at beta 7 on Apple Pulls iOS 12 Beta 7 Update Due To Performance Issues (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Newer iOS versions aren't about fixing issues from previous versions. They're about more emoji's, tighter integration with their music services, and trashing the performance on older devices.

    The reality is, Apple doesn't give a flying fuck about what's broken and anyone who hasn't bought the latest iThingy. Their solution to everything is forcing people to buy a newer iThingy so they can throw more horsepower at it (after shitting on their battery life) rather than actually address the underlying performance issues.

  9. I wonder if this is the beginning of their attempt at Facebook Dating? Or Tinderbook?

  10. Re:Please shoot me on Microsoft Adds Support For JavaScript Functions in Excel (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It's very likely the same JS engine they use in Edge... so its as safe or unsafe as your network policy and idiot users are today.

    A lot of organizations are fucked then.

  11. Re:Alt+PrtScn is all I ever use.... on Windows 10 Is Finally Getting An Improved Screenshot Tool (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Until they kill off mspaint...

  12. Re:Greenshot on Windows 10 Is Finally Getting An Improved Screenshot Tool (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Greenshot is free. Snaggit is not.

    That's enough for me and every company I've worked for.

  13. Coming soon on Facebook Reaches Its Natural Conclusion As A Dating App (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Facebook Divorce app!

  14. Once these snowflakes figure out that this is part of the "gig economy", they'll be all over it!

    Fuck 'em. When i call someone for help with something i can't fix, i want them to be willing to do the job until it's done.

  15. Like most Google projects, they'd have 250 houses in varying degrees of incomplete, fiber would be run to the opposite side of town, they would have neglected to lay the utility infrastructure, and kick everyone out in 6 months when they change remind everyone this was BETA.

  16. Make sure you "LIKE" my new Converse shoes i just bought at the Facebook Marketplace!

  17. FTFA: He then sent this falsified P&L to Gates and asked that the “Word” document be converted back to a .pdf, which Gates did and returned to Manafort.

    His issue is he didn't know how to convert .doc to .pdf.

  18. Re:Blockchain as a buzz word on Microsoft: We're Developing Blockchain ID System Starting With Our Authenticator App (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Cloud cloud cloud!!!

    Blockchain blockchain blockchain!!!

    Marketing departments are working overtime these days.

    Just wait until they get to Cloudchain and Blockcloud !

    Wake me when they get to BlockCloud!

  19. Rebranding opportunity on To Combat Shortage, Nvidia Asks Retailers To Limit Graphics Card Orders (pcmag.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nvidia should put buzz words like "blockchain" and "crypto" in the name/descriptions of a line of video cards they're producing with a high margin and let nature take its course.

    "Introducing the NEW Ford Pinto... powered by a BLOCKCHAIN engine with Ford's new CRYPTO door opener and starter mechanism!"

  20. Re:If bandwidth throttling breaks your thermostat. on Don't Pirate Or We'll Mess With Your Connected Thermostats, Warns East Coast ISP (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Back then, loading a web page didn't take 3 minutes (literally) on a 56k connection like it does now. Remember that all of these "smart" devices today are also busy harvesting all sorts of personal goodies unlike your environmental control systems.

  21. Re:the most glaring question from the blurb on Postcard From Pyongyang: The Airport Now Has Wi-Fi, Sort of (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly you've never been to New Jersey!

  22. Bill Gates owes me money on How Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I got an email from him back in 1997 stating that he was testing his email tracking software and I was selected to help him test it if i forwarded on the message.

    Where's my money Bill? Where?!?!?!

  23. Irony on FCC Announces Plan To Repeal Net Neutrality (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ironic that the source link is paywalled.

  24. "We are The Collective. Your Millennials will be assimilated. Resistance is effort and will hurt your feelings. You will become one with The Collective."

  25. Re:iOS 11 is a little funky esp with the retarded on iOS 11 Passes 50 Percent Adoption In Under 2 Months (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Not touching iOS 11 until they address the BlueTooth/WiFi settings where you toggle it OFF in control center and all it does is DISCONNECT you for the rest of the day.

    https://discussions.apple.com/...