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  1. Re: More pollution? How's that possible? on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Eh. Haha on the autocorrect making it "tits"

  2. Re: More pollution? How's that possible? on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Mines the same. But it's a rental and I can't replace fixtures. And cost effective LEDs can't be put in enclosed fixtures because they generate too much heat and shorten the life of the bulb. I don't know why tits thought they don't generate heat. They make tons

  3. I'd have to disagree. It's a well known fact noone can ever find their 10mm socket.

  4. Obcious on Is C++ a 'Really Terrible Language'? (gamesindustry.biz) · · Score: -1

    C++ is horrible. Just stating the obvious.

  5. Re:We don't want abortion in open source. on Richard Stallman Demands Return Of Abortion Joke To libc Documentation (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's abort. Not abortion. The word does have other meanings than kill a child.

  6. As a right winger (I guess). I never talk about any of this. It has nothing to do with my life. Since you're countering your self by projecting. Eh?

  7. And a safe can be opened given enough time. I just want that time to be after I'm dead.

  8. Expired certs on Oculus Rift Headsets Are Offline Following a Software Error (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    A week or so ago I bought a new hue hub to replace my first generation one. Couldn't set it up due to the cert being expired (cert was fine the following morning). Made a brand new item useless until it was updated.

  9. Actually. When I visit tourists spots I turn off LTE because it is in fact faster to use 3G which everyone else isn't using.

  10. AI notices patterns that detect cancer. Woot! AI notices patterns that determines crime rates amongst certain population groups! Fuq no. (I can't wait until someone calls AI sexist for it noticing that females get pregnant much more often than males)

  11. Re:No bug tracking on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Team Track And Manage Bugs In Your Software? · · Score: 1

    (I'm sure this will be frowned apon) but we're an online advertising network that's been around since 2007. Maybe we're just really good at not introducing bugs. Or luckier (from your description) that we're not using microsofts toolchain. We also don't do much of what you'd call meetings either.

  12. No bug tracking on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Team Track And Manage Bugs In Your Software? · · Score: 1

    We begin fixing any bug as soon as it is discovered.

  13. You're not locked in on Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    So... just buy something not John Deere... I mean, the logo on the equipment won't match your cap (which is free advertising for the company you seem to not like) but hey...

  14. A site on Re-Discovering The 'Lost Civilization' of Dial-Up BBS's (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I ran my own bbs back in the 80s/90s running my own software. I do t remember if anyone in here remembers this website asking for contact from old bbs operators but for nostalgia, http://textfiles.com/ (including its list of bbs that existed through the years)

  15. 0? I let the gas station attendant deal with it while I shop.

  16. Re: Something is not right here.... on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    They didn't drop it. They got a continuance until April 5th to see if they can actually get into the phone themselves. Article is really way off.

  17. Not dropped on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The FBI didn't drop the case. They asked for and got a continuance until April 5th.

  18. There was never a law that modems had to work. More or less min speeds. Where'd you get that from?

  19. Re: Another liberal hit piece from sladot on Why 6 Republican Senators Think You Don't Need Faster Broadband (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed

  20. Re: I live in India on Why 6 Republican Senators Think You Don't Need Faster Broadband (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Ha. I meant 10

  21. Huh? on Using Math To Tune a Video Game's Economy · · Score: 1

    I don't get what an "economy" has to do with this. It's a single player game and just how they calculated item costs. And that's it... nothing new and sure as heck not an economy. You'll note tons of games, multiplayer or not have static prices for items and this sounds like just another way of calculating those prices. It's not an economy.

  22. Comcast vs Netflix on Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot · · Score: 1

    I honestly don't get this. So Netflix was using other network providers and hoping they'd get their traffic to Comcast customers in a timely manner and they were not. So Netflix works out a peering arrangement with Comcast to deliver traffic directly to Comcasts network and this is somehow bad? This is how the net has always been.

    Think about it, if Netflix decided their sole connection would be to some ISP in Bulgaria, and their traffic was slow to Comcast customers how would that be Comcasts fault? You want rapid delivery, you pay for it. So now Netflix pays to directly connect to Comcasts network instead of using third parties. That's you know, normal.

  23. BMW E85 Z4's on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    2003-2005 models that didn't come with fog lights also didn't 'come with' heated mirrors although the hardware is in place. With the right software and cable (or pay a dealership into doing it) you can enable fog lights and that will enable the heated mirrors. It's the only instance that I personally know of where the hardware is already there but disabled in software, but I'm sure there's others.

    And of course you can enable/disable/customize all sorts of other features of your car that are just outright software based. A few which were country specific or were never factory options (and can't even be enabled by your dealership) like digital speedometer. Kind of like how setting the power window function when ignition off to ec (European) instead of us enables use of the power windows when the car is off.

    I've enabled 'features' on friends BMW's such as passing lights, exterior light flash when lock/unlock, interior lights on when trunk opened, power windows with car off, closing of car with key fob (top, or windows and sunroof), fog lights as cornering lights, daytime running lights, the little red clown nose under the rear view mirror to flash after the car has been locked for 10 seconds even though the car doesn't even have an alarm, instant mpg, etc. And of course the heated mirrors by enabling fog lights...

  24. Neat on Quadcopter Drone Network Will Transport Supplies For Disaster Relief · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So a startup is trying to cash in on recent disasters with stuff that sounds great in the news feeds but they have no chance of actually deploying? Ok.

  25. Re:Nintendo needs to rethink its place in the worl on Is the Wii U Already Dead? · · Score: 2

    You probably haven't because it's successor is the Vita.