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  1. Obviously it has refrigerant properties. I would hazard a guess that since it boils at room temperature, it would make a great inorganic solvent for electonics/solar manufacture and other processes. Looks to be a lot safer than dichloromethane, if you're willing to flout international law.

  2. Re: Misleading title - he admits data is collected on Mark Zuckerberg Denies Knowledge of Non-Consensual Shadow Profiles Facebook Has Been Building of Non-Users For Years · · Score: 1

    We live in the 21st century - If it can happen, it does happen, especially if there is profit to be made by it.

  3. SHUT IT DOWN! on Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The internet is full of links to criminal activity. The Bitcoin blockchain being contaminated is merely a symptom of a much larger problem. We must act now, and shut down the internet!

  4. Re: $100 million for 2490 classrooms? on Tesla Deploys Over 300 Powerwalls To Give Hawaiian School Kids AC (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    So, power would be free for everyone during the day, and exhorbitantly expensive at night, or in a monsoon? The powerwalls help balance the grid load, which makes it a net positive for the school, and everyone else in the communities.

  5. Steve Jobs would be proud! on Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' (nme.com) · · Score: 1

    We're doing this thing *my* way, or you're free to go fuck yourself. What, you say you're a paying customer who has a right to define their own experience? ðYðYðY

  6. Re: Wyden was always reliable on this on Senator Asks FBI Director To Justify His 'Ill-Informed' Policy Proposal For Encryption (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If Joe Sixpack knows how to use the Big Letters, too, I'm definitely siding with him.

  7. Re: Wyden was always reliable on this on Senator Asks FBI Director To Justify His 'Ill-Informed' Policy Proposal For Encryption (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Too late. Looks like you're going to have to build a wall. Prefferably around Portland. :-P

  8. Yeah, it sounds like classical music, to you - to younger people, and those who still have overly sensitive ears, there is a near ultrasonic overtone that is at least 120dB in power blaring constantly. It's a sonic weapon targeted at kids and a small minority of adults.

  9. Re: Three questions on MINIX: Intel's Hidden In-chip Operating System (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Yes.
    2. It's not a bug, it's a feature!
    3. No, they will be held harmless. By American courts, at least.

    P.S. - Thank you NSA, for making the world a more dangerous place.

  10. Re: Turn it on, will not work on FCC Chief Tells Apple To Turn on iPhone's FM Radio Chip (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently a piece of wire with a 3.5mm TRS connector doesn't meet your definition of an external antenna.

  11. Re: Electricity bill? on French Company Plans To Heat Homes, Offices With AMD Ryzen Pro Processors · · Score: 1

    Unless the thing is so damn loud that you can hear it outside the home, that sound energy is converted into dispersed heat in the furnishings and walls of the home.

  12. Re: That's it. I'm done with Equifax on Equifax Breach is Very Possibly the Worst Leak of Personal Info Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you misunderstand the purpose of credit bureaus. The point is: How much do we have to charge to make a decent profit? They don't give a tiny rats ass how badly you've screwed up, they only care about how much they should pad the bill.

  13. Re:Called a black and white PHOTOCOPY on Researcher Wants To Protect Whistleblowers Against Hidden Printer Dots (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Inkjet printers use the hidden dot serial scheme too, all digital printers do. IIRC it was put in place originally to help protect against counterfeit currency. The fact that it makes investigation of every other kind trivial is just a bonus for the three letter agencies.

  14. So the white males are hidden under alien makeup? Does that even count? I dont think it did with Michael Dorn.

  15. That version of the law worked fine, back when yellow lights were *always* at least 3 seconds long. It breaks down in the modern case where 'intelligent' traffic management algorithms can vary the yellow light period from 1-10 seconds based on what some half-baked traffic model thinks is most effective. Once revenue from accidentally (read: intentionally) miscalibrated traffic signals starts pouring in, there's no motivation to make the intersections actually safe, fair, or functional.

    As a fellow Tennessean, I remember being taught in drivers ed, that if you can clear the intersection in 3 Mississippi's you're always better off trying to clear the way rather than try a hard-stop at a light. That practical wisdom went to shit after variable timing and traffic cameras came here. Now there's no chance to plan ahead - You just pray guy in front of you isn't going to lock up the brakes, and that you won't get a ticket. Go safety!

  16. It also helps to have employees who aren't total morons. The UAW isn't necessarily needed. Most intelligent people would have razed hell after their first co-worker was injured. It never hurts to have OSHA on speed-dial, and any employer that disagrees with that statement is welcome to pay-me-unemployment-long-time.

  17. If $21/hr isn't a living wage in the Bay Area... on Tesla Employee Calls For Unionization, Musk Says That's 'Morally Outrageous' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Elon Musk's factory is always welcome here in East Tennessee. P.S. - The state of Tennessee is flagrantly anti-union, and we're OK with that.

  18. Re:Cue Jeff Goldblum on Female Shark Learns To Reproduce Without Males After Years Alone (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Make the Earth fair again, down with the 0.001%!

  19. Re:I wouldn't work there. on Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After Email Note (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It isn't considered suicide if you work yourself to death. So, by that metric, you may be right.

  20. Re:It helps the economy too on EPA Increases Amount of Renewable Fuel To Be Blended Into Gasoline (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't go 'off''. The ethanol and water separate from the gasoline, unless you shake it up regularly to keep it in solution. Then the water and alcohol start working very effectively to corrode the dissimilar metals in your carb, and degrading your gaskets.

  21. Re:It helps the economy too on EPA Increases Amount of Renewable Fuel To Be Blended Into Gasoline (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Hi AC - I'm fairly certain the saltwater environment didn't do anything to make that rubber hose come apart. Having a water-absorbing, rubber destroying fuel in a saltwater environment is a stupid proposition, no matter how you try to displace the blame.

  22. Re:Political Gamesmanship Of The Moment on Finland Set To Become First Country To Ban Coal Use For Energy (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    So, in two years and a month, the USA will have it's first major nuclear accident. Awesome! Maybe we'll all get superpowers... or we can at least cut down on the energy consumed by street lights?

  23. The one possible flaw in your argument, is your assumption that China covets Dollars over Yuan. If anything negative happens to the USD, or positively to the Yuan - I don't think the 'deal' we have with China is going to carry on much longer, in any form.

    The Trade War is just a natural symptom of the Currency War.

  24. And in related news.. on US Drought Brings A Surprise Benefit: No Tornados (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Firenados are up 9000% in the Southeast.

  25. This was only a test.. on Outage Knocks Out All Major Phone Providers On the East Coast (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The NSA is just live-testing to make sure they can turn the internet off and on again at will - in case Snowden has more to say, or Assange spills the beans!