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  1. Actually, not being stuck with one particular game is kind of healthier and "less addicted". Chances are, other activities are considered as well, sooner or later.

  2. Facebook is a stalker on Facebook To Fight Belgian Ban On Tracking Users (And Even Non-Users) (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    and on a very large scale. I don't see why they should be treated different from creeps following people around, peeking through windows to see what they do. And while most stalkers do such things just for their personal satisfaction, Facebook does it also for money - selling the results of their stalking to others. Disgusting.

  3. Re:Solution looking for a problem? on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    That article you linked is bullshit. Current retrofit-LEDs actually output less changing amounts of light than incandescent bulbs did. Not only because the electronics in them push less changing current through the light emitter, but also because the phosphate in the white LEDs has a significant "after glow" that further flattens the output luminance. You can check this yourself if you like: http://www.visosystems.com/pro... (this app puts out rather pessimistic values in comparison to professional testing equipment, but the effect is still the same).

  4. 20$ for an LED bulb? You were ripped off. on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    In Germany at least, high-quality retro-fit LED "bulbs" emitting 806 lumens at a color temperature of 2700K with a CRI of 95 consuming 6.5 Watt are sold for about 3 Euro in single-piece quantities to end users. They are specified for 15,000 hours of operation (before the lumens emitted drop to 70%) and 50,000 switch cycles.

  5. The honest answer to this would be short. on FTC Tells ISPs To Disclose Exactly What Information They Collect On Users and What It's For · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like: "We collect all the data we can get hold of, and use it for every conceivable purpose, especially those that make us money."

  6. Did he write code for altar servers? on 82-Year-Old Pope Francis Is 'First Pope To Write a Line of Code' (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Like for example a "Code of Conduct" for priests elaborating how to have consensual sex with underage altar servers? That is what the catholic church is all about, right?

  7. Anti-Vaxxers also on state funded mainstream media on 'It Took 10 Seconds For Instagram To Push Me Into an Anti-Vaxx Rabbit Hole' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you live in the EU, just have a look at for example this recent mainstream media broadcast from "Arte", a state-funded French-German channel: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/... (watch starting from position 01:05:03).

    Anti vaccination propaganda is obviously not limited to the underbelly of the Internet.

  8. Re:Where's the YouTube video? on Police Officers In Berlin Had To Break Up Fight Between Supporters of Two Rival YouTubers (bbc.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's at https://youtu.be/j6hz47pYtSw

    As you can easily see, those are the elite IT specialists Ms. Merkel so eagerly invited to come to Germany.

  9. Re:Impressive. However... on Crytek Shows 4K 30 FPS Ray Tracing On Non-RTX AMD and NVIDIA GPUs (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Because non-shiny objects don't look any better when using ray-tracing over the usual texture mapping.

    So it's understandable why demos concentrate on environments where you can actually see a benefit.

  10. Next: "Bring your own pilot" on Pilot Who Hitched a Ride Saved Lion Air 737 Day Before Deadly Crash (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm smelling another cost-savings opportunity for cheap airlines (like the ones who bought 737-MAX because "no training required"):

    "Wanna get to your destination both cheap _and_ safely? Bring your own pilot! Plus get some bonus miles for each flight that you saved from crashing! For 1,000,000 bonus miles, earn an extra free manual to the aircraft, in case you need it!"

  11. If only police had a way of acting before crashes on Nevada Lawmakers Want Police To Scan Cellphones After Car Crashes (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If only some genius would be able to come up with a method to penalize drivers distracted by texting - before any crash happens. Like, let's say, looking for drivers who text while driving. So sad that only all the non-police traffic participants can see texting drivers like every day, in every street, at every traffic light, while they remain completely invisible to police personnel, for whatever unidentified reason.

  12. Re:Pick the right cables on Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, their pricing suggests that the new anti-gravity technology is already built-in ;-)

  13. On the same side? The US President says otherwise on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
  14. Well "light-hearted all-ages type games that Rovio produces" would not require any streaming from some remote server, anyway. Mobile devices are powerful enough to run them locally.

  15. Re:Maybe game was not ready on Ubisoft's Day-One Patch For 'The Division 2' on PS4 is 90 Gigabytes (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    BluRays are not quite expensive to manufacture. And games like RDR2 are distributed on 2 BluRays.

  16. We will see the same traffic prices as before on 'Angry Birds' Developer Rovio Seeks Backers For 5G 'Netflix of Games' Service (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 2

    ... because the mobile carriers already complain how expensive the 5G build-out will be, and they will certainly aim at increasing their profit margins, not lowering them.

    The idea to stream games to mobile devices is dead on arrival due to the volume prices that haven't really changed for years - not with "3G", not with "4G". Streaming a 60fps 1080p action game will cost so much traffic that this is not going to fly.

  17. Indeed, apart from few official EU pages... on Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    there is very little relevant content hosted on ".eu" domains. Actually, ".eu" domains seem to have been so cheap to obtain that they have become used largely for weird search-engine-optimization pseudo web-presences.

    I doubt any of the many .eu domains registered from UK will be missed by anyone.

  18. While such automatic camera/alarm systems are installed in some pools in Europe, there is no legislation making this a requirement. In Germany, the first two such systems were installed in 2005, so indeed, the technology itself isn't quite new.

  19. I started such a competition myself long ago... on Woman Wins $10,000 For Reading Fine Print of Terms and Conditions of Travel Insurance Policy (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    admittedly with a prize significantly lower than 10k, but still a valuable prize. But I did not put the text into some "terms & conditions" jungle, but in the monthly reports that I am asked to write by the supervisor of my supervisor, which is "assumed" to be read by everyone reporting to that supervisor. Guess what, so far no winner found my competition text. But I won a lot of time learning how stupid it would be of me to put significant effort into these reports. They just need to fill a page.

  20. Was that a Bloomberg news article... on US Tech Firms Fear China Could Be Spying On Them Using Power Cords, Report Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... from the same "reliable" sources that still owe us a presentation of the spy-chips on the SuperMicro boards?

  21. But LIDAR scans will miss skinny people more often on Self-Driving Cars May Hit People With Darker Skin More Often, Study Finds (futurism.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the anorexic may be hit by self-driving cars more often. On the other hand, fugitives from jails in their vertical striped uniforms may be in grave danger near crosswalk signs. While the hypertonic will survive more often, their red faces being interpreted as red traffic lights.

    So much prejudice to consider!

  22. Schott produced this for years already on Gorilla Glass-Maker Plans To Produce Glass Suitable For Folding iPhones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Good morning, Corning! Your competitor Schott Glass has been selling such flexible, ultra-thin glasses since 2016. See also: https://www.us.schott.com/adva...

  23. "sends only the lesson back to the app maker" on Google Tool Lets Any AI App Learn Without Taking All Your Data (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, just like the Google Streetview cars were of course only taking photos of the streets. That corporation turned evil a long time ago.

  24. Re:#ifdef SEND_TELEMETRY on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Calculator (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, btw., they have a sentence about this in their README.md:
    "This project collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft"
    (followed by some unapt attempt of justification).

  25. Re:#ifdef SEND_TELEMETRY on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Calculator (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    It would not be a genuine Microsoft product if it did not contain malicious code. It's like a signet proving this is the real Windows calculator, not some cheap rip-off.