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  1. Is one of two possible values really a scale?

  2. Re:How many are making their own antennas... on Antenna Sales Are Rising, In Another Sign of Churn In TV Watching (startribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I did this once. I intended to use the cable tv cable in the wall of my apartment as an antenna.
    After plugging it in and scanning for channels, I discovered the cable was active and I had access to free cable all along.

  3. Do you have stairs in your house? on Children 'At Risk of Robot Influence' (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I am protected.

  4. Article translation issues? on The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    "ultra-elite deposit of silicon dioxide" "somnambulant train station"
    What?

  5. Re:why not? on Venmo Refuses To Say Why Transactions Are Public By Default (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, Amazing discovery there bud...
    It took me I'd say less than 5 seconds of using the app the first time to see this as there are basically 3 tabs across the top. Me, Friends, and Public.
    The largest section of the wikipedia article about venmo is a description of this feature...

  6. Remastered on How 'Mission Impossible' Made the Leap To 4K and HDR (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's a lot of words to basically say, they remastered something.

  7. Re:It certainly casts Trump's refusal... on Signs of Sophisticated Cellphone Spying Found Near White House, US Officials Say (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really.
    1: it was already assumed that there were illicit ISM catchers in embassies. I've heard security experts basically say someone is failing the intelligence portion of their mission if they aren't doing this.
    2: it is already known that there were illicit ISM catchers in embassies in the DC area for a while now, but since we can only focus on one story for one news cycle we've forgotten about it until someone new reports on it a few months later.

  8. MLB has known of this possability for 2 years on Boston Red Sox Used Apple Watches To Steal Hand Signals From Yankees (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.royalsreview.com/2...
    In 2015 MLB officials questioned KC Royals Manager Ned Yost about his use of his apple watch. He assured them that w/o the phone it's just a watch, he ended up switching to a locally assembled luxury watch to quash any suspicions allegedly.
    But this is a known problem in the MLB and they've been, at least selectively watching for 2 years.

  9. Re:anyone actually care? on Hackers Break Into HBO's Networks, May Have Leaked 'Game of Thrones' Script (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the motive is to spoil it for others.

  10. I thought comic con was about non-comic book related celebrity appearances and dressing up like a dalek?
    People are actually still taking comic books to these things?

  11. Re:Because they can rather than because its needed on Michigan Will Build 25 Self-Driving Trolleys In 2017 (observer.com) · · Score: 2

    Trolleys always operate on a fixed route.

  12. Re:Three different sources, three different units on Iceberg the Size of Delaware, Among Biggest Ever Recorded, Snaps Off Antarctica (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    ah yes 2,200 is also bigger than a breadbox. So this iceberg is bigger than a breadbox!

  13. Re:Or walking in traffic with your cellphone.... on Despite Well Known Risks, Survey Finds Most People Use Smartphones While Driving (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be willing to lump that possibly in with shock and being unaware what they are doing, or just being an asshole.
    I've seen enough people after accidents do some pretty irrational things attributed to shock.

  14. Employee Retention on Enemy Number One is Netflix: The Monster That's Eating Hollywood (business-standard.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A company whose employee retention plan is to call the lawyers likely isn't a great place to work anyways.

  15. Re:The courts, the FTC, and states are watchdogs on No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Absent other regulations, it's up to the federal trade commission, similar state-level bodies, and disgruntled customers filing lawsuits to keep companies from using deceptive advertising.

    Where the FTC and state regulators don't act, it's up to consumers to sue or their advocates such as the press or Consumer's Union to shame them into honesty.

    So, will we be seeing regulatory action soon, or will the land sharks be filing class-action suits, or will this be just a case of public shaming?

    Or, will nothing happen at all?

    The FDA can regulate here and work with the Department of Justice to enforce in this case as this is a cosmetic that is "misbranded".
    http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/G...

  16. FDA Regulation on No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Article implies the FDA has no jurisdiction over this based on that they don't test cosmetics by default, but they do regulate based on it being a "misbranded" cosmetic product.
      http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/G...

  17. Re:I don't want to pay for this. on Amazon Wants To Include Live Sports as Part of Prime Membership (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    As a sports fan who chooses not to get screwed over by the cable or satellite TV companies, I don't have access to the ESPN app. Paying a couple bucks a month extra to Amazon for live sports would be well worth it to me vs paying for a cable subscription.

    It will probably be like current streaming packages. Those games that people like ESPN has exclusive rights to will be blacked out.
    This already happens if you have NBA League Pass. Those games that ESPN or TNT has exclusive rights to are blacked out even from video streaming on the official NBA app with the highest level of package. The NBA app lets you stream audio from one of the local radio stations broadcasting the game in return.
    So you'll still never be able to see your team play the Cavs, Lakers, or $OTHERPOPULARTEAM/anticipated game unless you have ESPN or TNT or whatever other station streaming or no.
    Same thing with MLB's streaming packages, I can't remember if they offer an audio stream when video is blacked out.

    Including this in a package on Prime is great, but only for 75% of games. For the rest you still need access to ESPN/TNT/TSN in some way.

  18. broken url to article? on Wells Fargo Employee Informed the Bank of Fake Customer Accounts in 2006 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I click on the vice link and the url indicates it should be an article about Wells Fargo but the article is really about US military involvement in Yamen.

  19. "it will be useless in less than an hour, preventing nearly all fraudulent transactions."
    So how do you not prevent desired recurring transactions?
    This seems like the wrong way to solve this.

  20. Re:do people really talk to their phones? on Google Unveils Pixel and Pixel XL, the First Phones It 'Designed Inside and Out' (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Everyone I know who does it, does it for stupid trivial shit and it still fails. It seems to be ineffective and greatly annoys those around them, but they don't seem to care when people are angrily looking at them for yelling "set timer for 10 minutes" 7 times.
    Happens to android and iOS users

  21. Re:Yes because Android is so useful without softwa on Android Users Need To Delete Google Maps and Google Play If They Don't Want Their Locations Tracked (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    There are non-google app stores.

  22. Re:No fire, no firefighter, no tax on 'Paying Taxes Is a Lot Better Than Phony Corporate Courage, Apple' (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple had its own exploding battery issues not long ago.

  23. Why is an article about the poll on a speculative topic not related to the focus of slashdot even posted here?

  24. Re: Roaming charges is a racket of tolls and taxes on Japanese Olympic Champion Racks Up $5,000 Bill Playing Pokemon Go in Brazil (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I was recently told by a visiting European that the T-Mobile free international data is a feature only offered to T-Mobile US based customers. Though I did not do any checking to validate this.

  25. Re:Tour de Cheat? on Tour de France To Use Thermal Cameras To Spot Cheats (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Doping in cycling has been around since the very beginning. It predates the TdF.
    It's pretty much ingrained in the sport itself. Where as doping in other sports came later in their history.

    I think the association with cheating in cycling seems more prevalent due to the history and the exposure. I'm not certain that cycling has more cheating than any other sport.