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  1. Cryptocurrency miners need to go then on Washington State Commits To Running Entirely On Clean Energy By 2045 (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    I live in central Washington, where most of the state's hydro-electric power comes from. I pay less than $.03 per kilowatt/hr for power here, but that price has been steadily rising because of cryptocurrency operations setting up shop in the area. In the past we have always had a large surplus of power that was sold to California at a higher rate, but not anymore. The mining operations will have to go before this plan will happen, as I think more and more of them will be moving here. One of the small local airports is even adding direct flights to SanFrancisco because of all the mining operation employees that come up here from that city. Normally that airport only has flights to/from Seattle.

  2. For all the people that say both parties are the same, here's a clear difference in policy.
    Unless you're against Net Neutrality, don't vote for the GOP next cycle

    I think there are a few other political issues much more important than net neutrality. For example, the 'free and on-demand' full-term and post-birth 'abortions' the democrats are pushing - how is this not state-endorsed (and state paid for) murder? Net neutrality seems like a very minor thing compared to this.

  3. Bash shells in Windows changed things for me on Why Aren't People Abandoning Windows For Linux? (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    Ever since adding Ubuntu and Kali bash shells to Windows I find myself booting into linux less and less. If GUI linux support is ever added that will be the end of linux stand-alone distros I think.

  4. A member of congress from my own state said on her blog today that should would not vote for this bill because of this above all - the Internet should not be taxed.

  5. This is just about votes / public opinion on House Democrats Refuse To Weaken Net Neutrality Bill, Defeat GOP Amendments (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Democrats could not give less of a crap about anything other than their own power. Just look at all the lies upon lies upon lies the last few years. To top it off they intentionally delayed the Mueller investigation until after the last election, I'm sure knowing full well that they found nothing - Mueller's 13-man team leading the 'investigation' are all registered Democrats.

  6. Or use mineral oil, like old Crays did. Mineral oil does not conduct electricity.

  7. If I had a dime... on IT and Security Professionals Think Normal People Are Just the Worst (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had a dime for every person that asked me "can you just make it work without a password' or "why can't I just use the same password for everything". Usually this comes from manager-types.

  8. No Microsoft IDE will ever be as usable as VB6 on Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 For Windows and Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know there are a lot of haters here, most of whom I'm sure have never used it, but I believe that that the last really usable IDE from Microsoft that allowed for true rapid application development for desktop apps was Visual Basic 6.

    Sure it didn't force you to do certain things, like declare variables, but that doesn't mean you can't declare them properly. Show me another language that lets you create a multi-dimensional array of database objects, or do true debugging of both the user screens and code from one place. Microsoft made a big mistake abandoning it - an no vb.net is not a replacement. If you think it is then you haven't used either.

  9. My cheap zenbook has better on Apple Still Hasn't Fixed Its MacBook Keyboard Problem (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    I've had to type on a newer mb air recently (I don't know what generation), and I can honestly say my three year old Asus Zenbook's keyboard is a far better typing experience. Still miss the older Lenovo Thinkpad keyboards though.

  10. What this is really about on Mueller Report 'Summary' Delivered to US Congress (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't believe for a second that the heads of the Democratic party were not aware that Mueller would find nothing. I think it was purposely made a talking point and delayed so that any report would come out AFTER the 2018 election cycle, giving voters a reason to support them.

    Democrats will do ANYTHING for more power and rarely look very far into the future - they want their power NOW.

  11. Seems high on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    I just built a system all from Newegg that passed $11k, but I think it's better than whatever this is. It had 64 cores (two AMD Epyc processors), 512gb RAM, four 1tb Samsung Evo 860 pro SSD's and four 4tb WD Gold drives, in a server case with a 960-watt redundant power supply. Why is this so much money?-- oh yeah, you get to run Mac OS. That's worth at least the extra $5k (and half the processor and memory).

  12. My Grandpa had two fried eggs every day on Three or More Eggs a Week Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease and Early Death, Study Says (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    He lived to be 93, and was still riding a motorcycle from Washington State to Kansas at 91. He had two fried eggs, bacon or ham and toast with real butter every day for most of his life. He also rolled his own smokes for 66 years too, which is really what did him in. Otherwise I'm sure he would have made it to 100 and beyond.

  13. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Season 2 Episode 5 on As Costs Skyrocket, More US Cities Stop Recycling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Anyone who thinks that we need to recycle to save the planet, please refer to Penn & Teller.

    "We all like to recycle our garbage, but Penn and Teller demonstrate how we are fooling ourselves in believing we are doing good for the environment."

  14. When will a miner app be available? on NVIDIA's $99 Jetson Nano is an AI Computer for DIY Enthusiasts (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    I just want to know when a mining app for this thing will be available. I don't want to mine with it - I want to buy a hundred of them then sell them on ebay for 10x more than I paid, like I with nVidia video cards last year (well, 2x as much anyway).

  15. Re:Cult of the Dead Cow... that takes me back on Beto O'Rourke's Secret Membership in America's Oldest Hacking Group (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    I went to his website https://betoorourke.com/ which contains absolutely nothing on his positions. There are only links to a store (one of which is placed prominently), applying for a job in his campaign, and a donating to his campaign. Is this serious?

    Please, please someone hack his website and send anyone purchasing anything from it a MAGA hat instead.

  16. Re:Illegals voting on DARPA Is Building a $10 Million, Open Source, Secure Voting System (vice.com) · · Score: 0, Informative

    I have personally seen shuttle buses of non-English-speaking illegals being taken to more than one voting location in Spokane WA. In other words they voted more than one time, and should not have been allowed to vote in our elections at all. I have heard this practice also takes place in Seattle. They were not even trying to hide it - I asked what they were doing and they told me. I wanted to see where they came from so I followed one of the buses, which just went to another voting location - three different ones that I saw before needing to get back to work.

    Until the media stops ignoring this kind of thing I think it will just get worse. Time for voter ID laws.

  17. They are making things worse on New Mexico the Most Coal-Heavy State To Pledge 100 Percent Carbon-Free Energy By 2045 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    New Mexico is already a shithole state. Their new pledge will skyrocket the cost of electricity, then you'll see people burning wood or coal to heat their homes and cook their food instead. So New Mexico will still be a shithole state, but now it won't have air conditioning and even worse air quality.

  18. We have software that doesn't work on Windows 10, works great in Windows 7, and as I just discovered works on ReactOS. Anyone else in this situation may want to take a look at https://www.reactos.org/

  19. When I went to see it the theater was almost empty, while the cinema as a whole had as large a crowd as I've ever seen on a Saturday. I wonder if these numbers are correct?

  20. Re:One is solving, the other is blocking. Stop lyi on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 0

    Every time you lie your balls get a little smaller, GOP. You can't continue at this false equivocation much longer, you'll lose what tiny bits you've got left.

    My balls are giant and made of brass. Maybe it's because I'm not an anonymous coward like you.

  21. Re:SHOULD OF LEARNED TEH ENLUSH ALSO? on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 0

    You don't know English and seem to have no grasp of this, so why should anyone take your illiterate zero-knowledge-of-issue advice or prognostications at face value? Why does your opine or bullshit crystal ball get a say?

    Hint - go fuck yourself.

    So, what you're saying is you would rather have five unelected individuals in a closed room decide on things like net neutrality then? I'm sorry but, even though they are mostly power-hungry pricks, I'd still rather have someone that was elected by the people to office deciding on these things. Call me crazy.

  22. Re:Should of done it this way in the first place on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You mean like the Tax Cut? The one that gave all the cuts to the top 1%? How many pages was that? And nobody got to see it even before it was brought to a vote? Yeah Pot, go ahead, call Kettles black.

    My paycheck grew, so whatever was in the tax cuts worked for me.

  23. Re:Veto by trump on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Does anyone think Trump will allow this to pass?

    After all, he did put Patel in to power. Would he sign a bill that disagrees with Ajit's position?

    Actually, Obama put him into power May of 2012.

  24. Re:Trump overruled by the Senate already. on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 0

    Net Neutrality has something like 80% + positive support among voters.

    80%+ is a bit of a stretch, as only 76.2% have even used the Internet in the US. 20% + of what's left are non-internet-using elderly folks, who almost always vote.

    I suspect NN has closer to 40% support, with at least another 40% not caring either way (not an issue for them) because they have know idea what net neutrality is.

  25. I'm not sure I want government involved at all on Democrats Will Introduce Bill To Bring Back Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    While the concept of net neutrality is good, I'm not sure I want the government involved at all. Radio didn't require a license, then by law it did. Now an FCC radio license can cost a small fortune. For what?-- the FCC doesn't really do much of anything for their money.

    Before you know it the FCC will require a license to have a website or email address, and email addresses will be linked to your SSN for identification. Don't forget Internet access taxes - just like phones have now. I'd rather the Internet remain free even if I have to shop for my ISP to get an un-throttled connection.

    Maybe breaking up Comcast would be a better plan?