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  1. Re:Let's put more low educated people out of work on Microsoft is Working on Technology That Would Eliminate Cashiers and Checkout Lines From Stores, Says Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    it's not Walmart's job to employ anyone...if you don't like their employment practices don't shop there. but be quiet already.

  2. a modern phone uses frequency skip keying, and the microphone bits are encoded (read the article) - I challenge you to identify one phone from another and then to identify encoded microphone bits among that. so no, you can't really see who's channeling their microphone.

  3. well we kinda are - the retailer just raises prices to pay the costs...

  4. just because you can and should you are very different...

  5. why would anyone add Cortana and enable voice commands? (ahh - facebook users might - that's another whole level of stupidness)

  6. Re:Illegal Wiretap on Spanish Football League Defends Phone 'Spying' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    exactly...if you don't like the feature don't install the app...doh

  7. Re:BlockChain! BlockChain! on Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    it's actually very simple...but it is search of a problem to solve

  8. Re:What else is prohibited? on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases On Its Credit Cards (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    good question...off shore gambling is one that is automatically blocked by the bank under the Unlawful Offshore Gambling Enforcement Act (or some such name)

  9. Re:BlockChain! BlockChain! on Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    it won't fix stupidity...

  10. there are always thieves - you can lock the doors or risk getting robbed...your choice.

  11. helped themselves would be more like it

  12. Re:Quality Control on Bloomberg's Inside Look At Tesla's Model 3 Factory (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    nice to see that quality and metrics at work!

  13. Re:Would it cost them less to just stop serving EU on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    you go right on believing that...who do you think pays them? hint - not the investor.

  14. again, poor headline on Blockchain's Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular (telegra.ph) · · Score: 1

    Should say "crypto currency's use of blockchain"

  15. Re:poor headline on NASA Mars Rover Finds Organic Matter in Ancient Lake Bed (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    the methane wasn't found in the theorized lake bed - read the article again

  16. Re:Would it cost them less to just stop serving EU on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    fully deductible...and, look at alphabet stock value over time...blip at best look at top line revenue, not earnings, to gauge impact note: I am not an investor in that stock

  17. Re:Would it cost them less to just stop serving EU on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    wrongo again

  18. yep...means nothing that Mars has 'em too

  19. poor headline on NASA Mars Rover Finds Organic Matter in Ancient Lake Bed (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    organic matter = carbon, not proof of life at all as carbon and methane are all over without life too

  20. Re:Would it cost them less to just stop serving EU on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    it's still noise level...

  21. Re:Would it cost them less to just stop serving EU on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    that's 1/4th of one quarter's earnings...cost of doing business noise level

  22. precisely! "me thinks you protest too much" via the "mountain of studies" if the hypothesis is wrong so is the conclusion... look at the argument against dark matter - the mountain of evidence is entirely inconclusive as to what it is.

  23. Re:NEWSFLASH: Facebook gives to 4 Chinese companie on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    and you're surprised by this? facebook gives everyone all the data. always has.

  24. Re:I have a question on DHS Will Use Facial Recognition To Scan Travelers at the Border (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    speed, less humans, no need for breaks, etc.

  25. ...and make money... on Cost To Build a Tesla Model 3 Is $28,000, German Engineers Say (www.wiwo.de) · · Score: 1

    anyone can lose money...otoh tesla may break some molds and make money at some point