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  1. Do we really have a choice? on Slashdot Asks: Windows 10 Creators Update Goes Live On April 11, Will You Upgrade? · · Score: 2

    Eventually Microsoft will shovel the Creators' update onto all Windows 10 computers.

  2. I am ready for New Detroit on Terrifying Anti-Riot Vehicle Created To Quash Any Urban Disturbance (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    All hail Robocop!

  3. Problem is, the way traffic flows in chicago, left turning motorists often are in the middle of the street when the light changes, and can only complete their turn once the light has turned red and the ticket has been issued.

  4. It's the economy stupid on 18 To 24-Year-Olds Are Hitting the Big Screen at Lower Rates (fastcompany.com) · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Movies cost $30-$40 to see with popcorn and a drink, and millenials are broke. Until theatres stop charging astronomical fees, people will prefer to watch movies at home.

  5. Shouldn't they focus on making the virtual Q-bits as good as possible, then sell Q-bit computing as a service?

  6. all the schizo people i know have cats

  7. Re:But why? on Apple Cuts Tim Cook's Pay After 2016 Performance Falls Short (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Any salary over $1M is more than a person needs to live in a year, and is the failure of the board of directors to focus on making the company more profitable.

  8. disaster relief? on Amazon Patents Floating Airship Warehouse For Its Delivery Drones (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Amazon could position their zepellins near areas affected by natural disasters, where they could supply the needy with clean water, blankets, clothes, food

  9. so maybe they were premature to remove jack on AirPods Delay Attributed To Apple Ensuring Both Earpieces Receive Audio At Same Time (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    removing the headphone jack was a stupid idea

  10. for a while there i thought it was Trump's suggestion.

  11. Clinton is AWOL; Jill Stein $4m recount fund on Russian Hacker Conspiracy Theory is Weak, But the Case For Paper Ballots is Strong (facebook.com) · · Score: 1

    Jill Stein is funding the recount.
    https://jillstein.nationbuilde...

  12. I learned a lot more about programming something useful from HyperCard than I did from BASIC on the Apple II.

  13. Re:talk about missing the point on Melinda Gates Was Encouraged To Use an Apple and BASIC. Her Daughters Were Not. (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    BASIC was not on the original Mac, or the Fat Mac, or the Mac Plus. One had to spend $$$ to buy Microsoft BASIC, which is a lot different than running BASIC on an Apple II.

  14. Marissa Mayer loses $1B in Yahoo value on Verizon Wants $1 Billion Discount On Yahoo Deal After Reports of Hacking, Email Scanning (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    She's been terrible for the Yahoo brand. Overcompensated and underperforming.

  15. then I'm thankful nobody's put me in a room with no door and no toilet. Wait! I'm in a cubicle, so it must be true.

  16. Why won't Sierra work on 2008 Mac Pro? on Apple To Make macOS Sierra Available As Automatic Download Beginning Today (loopinsight.com) · · Score: 1

    I have 32gb RAM and 2x 2.8ghz Xeons, but my 2008 Mac Pro won't run Sierra. Why the hell not?

  17. it always has been

  18. So, I've been sharing my DNA for years on Researchers Develop System To Send Passwords, Keys Through Users' Bodies (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Hey baby, come get some of my dead skin cells. Oh yeah.

  19. As long as that coalition doesn't use Black Helicopters. I'm willing to fall in line for Starfleet.

  20. Didn't the US contribute ethernet, the WWW, and other TCP/IP technologies?

  21. After all the legal actions from the EU v Microsoft, by announcing a $3B investment in cloud infrastructure, Microsoft is aiming to reduce oversight and legal controversies.

  22. Re:He's needs looking at this properly on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Take the red pill, Neo.

  23. Mars: Prison Planet on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Rather than sending our criminals to prison for $50k/year until they die, if it's only $200k to send them to Mars, let's do that instead. I imagine a MadMax/Total Recall world would be the result, making journeys to Mars even more dangerous / thrilling.

  24. Re:Doesn't anyone read sci-fi? on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Kind of like the voyages to America.

  25. My e911 message your porn torrent on Stanford Engineers Propose A Technology To Break The Net Neutrality Deadlock (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    there are a few examples of where preferential routing should be considered, but mostly the telcos will use it as leverage to earn more money for high-speed lanes.