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  1. Re:That would be the opposite of a free press on Consumer Groups Want To Tax Facebook To Save Journalism (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "Government funding for the press easily and quickly turns to government control of that press." - Citation needed

  2. This has always been obvious to anyone who thought about it for a while.

  3. ... can I download it from?

  4. Where's the news? on Ask Slashdot: Could Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower Have Worked? · · Score: 1

    A link to a year-old documentary doesn't make this news, or stuff that matters. You've been used by a fanatic.

  5. Re:$3,000 laptop on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The Mac Pro is not a laptop.

  6. Direct to brain advertising on Elon Musk Wants To Put An AI Hardware Chip In Your Skull (itmunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Is that what you want?

  7. Re: Big maybe, sure. FTFA: on Legendary Mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah Dies at Age 89 (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Notable mathematicians are still evaluating Atiyah's proof.

    Name three.

  8. "At some pubs in the U.K., you can no longer get a pint with pound notes." I'd be surprised if you can find any that accept them. Pound notes were withdrawn 30 years ago.

  9. There are billions of micro-organisms in a pot of yogurt. Did you mean billions of species, or billions of tons?

  10. What is/was Vine? on Vine's Successor Byte Launches Next Spring (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    I've never heard of it so the article doesn't make much sense.

  11. "workers plan to build" ? on Will Tech Leave Detroit In the Dust? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    "workers plan to build self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars that have no steering wheels or brake pedals" - I'm surprised and impressed by the level of workers' control in American factories.

  12. Stuff that doesn't matter on Facebook Shares Drop On Revenue Miss (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can we stick to technical stuff please?

  13. Re:"Stealing" API keys on Google Maps API Becomes 'More Difficult and Expensive' (govtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Keys are tied to a domain. They only work on pages served from that domain.

  14. Unusable on Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro Lineup (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have bought several Macbook Pros over the last 15 years, and I'd buy one of these if they didn't have the touchbar. I've tried the previous generation and I constantly touch it by mistake. And the virtual escape key is no good if you have to use it frequently, because it feels completely different from the real keys.
    So I'll be sticking with my existing pre-touchbar model for another year at least.

  15. LPR? on Cops Will Soon ID You Via Your Roof Rack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    What's LPR?

  16. PSA? on PSA: Amazon Will Increase Price of Prime To $119 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What does PSA in the headline mean?

  17. No-one believes the earth is flat on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    To believe that this man believes the earth is flat is as absurd as believing that the earth is flat. He pretends to believe it for purposes of self-publicity.

  18. Re:Securities fraud on Can AMD Vulnerabilities Be Used To Game the Stock Market? (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    But is information you have found out yourself, or from someone unrelated to the company, "insider knowledge"? In what sense are these people insiders?

  19. What is WSL? From Google, it seems to be the World Surf League.

  20. The hippocampus grows measurably while a taxi driver learns The Knowledge: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16086233

  21. A less uncritical view on Magic Leap Finally Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/20/magic_leap

  22. AC frequency on Tesla Big Battery Outsmarts Lumbering Coal Units After Loy Yang Trips (reneweconomy.com.au) · · Score: 5, Informative

    For the benefit of Americans reading: the nominal AC frequency in Australia is 50Hz, not 60Hz.

  23. not to mention horizontal.

  24. Not badly dated? on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Favorite William Gibson Novel? · · Score: 1

    "Three megabytes of hot RAM"

  25. More coming? on A Powerful Solar Storm Is Bringing Hazards and Rare Auroras Our Way (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There have been two X class solar flares today, and the second was X9, which is the biggest of this solar cycle. So there may be more geomagnetic storms coming over the next few days.