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  1. Re:Translation on Qualcomm Set To Reject $130bn Bid From Broadcom (ft.com) · · Score: 0

    Maybe. THere is also a bunch of due diligence that is going to happen before it closes where Broadcom is going to get access to a lot of proprietary trade secret info. If the deal fails because of regulators or any other reason then Broadcom walks away with a lot of Qualcomm secrets.

  2. Re:Thank Bush 41 on Hole In The Ozone Layer Smallest In 29 Years (weather.com) · · Score: 0

    The parties switched ideologies in the last 15 years or so. The current republicans under trump are the democrats of 30 years ago. pushing a protectionist agenda to benefit people who refuse to change. The democrats are all about working with business to push the country forward

  3. Thank Bush 41 on Hole In The Ozone Layer Smallest In 29 Years (weather.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    he pushed through an amendment to the clean air act in 1989 to ban the use of ozone depleting chemicals

  4. Re:Review process on Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded 1 Million Times (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would they? It's all about freedom for developers to upload anything they want.

  5. don't buy phones on launch day on Some iPhone X Buyers Are Having Problems Activating Their Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    this happens every year and why i never buy phones on launch day

    still wet glue

    yellow screens

    hours waits for activation

    and you pay full price. Wait a month and everyone starts discounting iphones. I just bought two 8 Pluses on a BOGO deal

  6. Re:How do you try stuff on online? on Shoppers More Likely To Return Items Bought Online Than in Store (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    I still go to MicroCenter to buy stuff. Half the time it's the same price as Newegg or Amazon and it's only a 10 minute drive away. I just bought my iphone at the AT&T store because it's 5 minutes from home. If I buy another game console i'll probably walk on over to gamestop which is close to where I bought my glasses.

    But I do buy some food online. Cheaper and less annoying than the store

  7. How do you try stuff on online? on Shoppers More Likely To Return Items Bought Online Than in Store (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why I bought my sneakers in a real store. I tried them on, made sure they fit and went out for a run the next day.

    Buy it online and two weeks later you might still be waiting for the right size

  8. I thought iPhone was the gaming phone? on Razer Unveils Gaming Smartphone With 120Hz UltraMotion Display, 8GB RAM and No Headphone Jack (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Best phone CPU/GPU combo

    Apple API for direct access to hardware

    The most games in the App Store

  9. Re:Does anyone even go to the movies anymore? on 2017: The Year That Horror Saved Hollywood (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I take my kids to the real IMAX in NYC a few times a year. Worth it for the $22 average ticket price if you reserve good seats. Rarely just go to a regular theater

  10. Re:Normal practice for Amazon on Did Amazon Really Lower Whole Foods' Prices? (bustle.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    everyone does the basket thing. wal mart pioneered it. you figure out what people tend to buy in groups. mark down one or two of the items and raise prices on the rest. it's a 20 year old strategy.

  11. not going to happen on Did Amazon Really Lower Whole Foods' Prices? (bustle.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    in nyc whole foods is in the most expensive rent parts of the city. no way prices are dropping. at least not on the stuff lazy millennials will buy the most of, like frozen foods.

    for me, I go there for the fresh fruits and veggies

  12. Re:I keep looking for the top of the tech bubble.. on Amazon Tops 540K Employees After Swallowing Whole Foods in $13.7B Deal (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    They wanted to get into food delivery. Whole Foods stores are their local warehouses now and they are putting their lockers in them so that people who live in apartments with no lobby security can pick up their deliveries.

  13. Capital is not cash money on 'The Second Gilded Age Is Upon Us' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It's paper wealth. If your capital pays dividends or other income you're OK. If not, you're at risk of having it decline in value.

  14. Re:This article is BS on Apple Reduced Face ID Accuracy To Ease Production, Bloomberg Reports (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that was the chance of two people having a very similar face. Not FaceID specs

  15. Re:It is the American way on Why We Must Fight For the Right To Repair Our Electronics (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    if you only call, text and use the basic features. Even the base apps get big upgrades every time a new version of IOS comes out. Same on Android.

    My iphone 6S i can lock some apps behind my fingerprint to keep my wife and kids out of them. Not possible on older phones without TouchID.

  16. Re:It is the American way on Why We Must Fight For the Right To Repair Our Electronics (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    we had it with TV's and other stuff up until the 90's or so. Most repair shops charged just enough money to keep you repairing and not buying new because TV's were expensive then.

    I'll take buying new over repairing any day. Especially since tech moves so fast.

  17. Re:A modern pacifier on 42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    my ten year old older kid is always on youtube, but he can describe exactly how a car's powertrain works from the stuff he watches. Not like when i vegged out to stupid westerns in the 80's

  18. Re:A modern pacifier on 42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    maybe those kids were too dumb to realize they were risking life and limb to make others rich?

  19. It's the new second TV on 42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    In the 80's a sign of wealth was having multiple TV's. Main set in the living room and smaller sets for the kids and maybe in the bedroom.

    This is the same thing except it's a tablet and not a TV

  20. Re:Clearance does not necessarily imply anything on Tech Firms Seek Washington's Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If you really want one, go get a federal job or join the military into a specialty that requires a TS just for being in that job field

  21. Stop doing acid in the boardroom on Snapchat Reportedly Stuck With 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Unsold Spectacles (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    has to be the only explanation for why this turd got funding

  22. Just like in 2000-2003 values will drop, some companies will go Chapter 11, etc. But most of the companies listed have real profits and if you choose wisely and hold until dividends or a merger you will make profits.

  23. Is Elon Musk doing it personally with a shovel? on Elon Musk Begins Digging a Hyperloop Tunnel In Maryland (baltimoresun.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    More likely someone else is doing the actual digging and planning

  24. Take care of your body on Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery (bbc.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's not society's job to do it for you

  25. The critics are worthless on Real Moviegoers Don't Care About Rotten Tomatoes · · Score: 0

    You simply need to know the schedule of movie releases in the USA

    Used to be in June but now the summer movie season starts around late April or May, usually after the state testing season is over in schools. Big loud and dumb movies kids like. Kind of like The Transformers mixed in with fun stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy.

    Late summer is the summer bombs like Dark Tower. The studios know when they have a bomb on their hands and time the release to match. And a mix of kids movies in August that will never make the kind of money as they big stuff like Transformers or Avengers. Sausage Party was excellent though, just not a fit for the summer blockbusters.

    September and October is intelligent sci-fi season. The Martian, Interstellar and Blade Runner

    Christmas is Oscar and kids movies to get the winter vacation money. Good quality stuff.

    V-day is date movies and the lower end comic book movies like Hell Boy

    Post New Year Winter is home to the crappy horror movies and the rest of the year is crap for tax losses. The studios know its crap, but some revenue is better than none.

    If you know this schedule, you don't need a critic to tell you what kind of movie you're going to get