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  1. Re:The basic package is $9.99 a month. on Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I never subscribed to iTunes match. Apple simply stopped DRM'ing the iTunes Store music files in 2009, while also increasing the bitrate from 128kbps to 256kbps.

    Now, are the files from Apple Music (steaming, monthly fee) DRM'ed or not? Maybe, but I have no idea since I only buy tunes/albums from iTunes.

  2. Re:good luck getting past the UPS on Data Exfiltrators Send Info Over PCs' Power Supply Cables (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    "Fuck everything, we're doing five conversions."

  3. Re: Sounds like a CYA distraction statement on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    What's a computer? - Latest Apple ad.

  4. Re:Semi-infinite? Is that like "more unique"? on Japan Team Maps 'Semi-Infinite' Trove of Rare Earth Elements (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 1

    Yep, some people should not be allowed to string words together in nonsensical patterns.

    Oh, let me try!

    dry water
    solid vacuum
    half-hole
    quasi-stationary
    microsoft windows

    Wait...

  5. A citizen of Pl-oar-tg'z (closest we can write to the actual name) claims his second-male parent gave the whole planet to him/her on its 49021'th birthday.

  6. Re:Comprised of? on Japan Team Maps 'Semi-Infinite' Trove of Rare Earth Elements (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 1

    Could've been worst...

    "The team, compromised of several universities, businesses and government institutions..."

  7. Re:nice sensationalism on Japan Team Maps 'Semi-Infinite' Trove of Rare Earth Elements (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but this topic comes up when you search for "semi-infinite" on Google right now.

  8. You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

  9. Oh yeah? on Netflix Pulls Out of Cannes Following Rule Change (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Netflix was amenable to having their movies play on big screens in France, but a law in the country requires movies to not appear in home platforms for 36 months after their theatrical release.

    When questioned about the law, Netflix replied "Yeah, well, we're gonna make our own Film Festival... with blackjack, and hookers. In fact, forget the Film Festival."

  10. Re:The basic package is $9.99 a month. on Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem under the impression that AAC, which was developed 21 years ago by Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia, is somehow an Apple-only thing.

    You also seem under the impression that Apple still uses DRM on their audio files, which they stopped doing at the end of march 2009. That's nine years ago.

    I got nothing against people who are critical toward companies but you should at least be angry about something that's actually true.

  11. What about my 486DX-40?

  12. They might as well call their GPU "Ye Olde Paintings" while they're at it.

  13. The basic package is $9.99 a month. on Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And here lies the problem. If I can subscribe to Netflix and watch TV shows and movies for less than $10 per month, then I want to pay less than Netflix to listen to music.

    At $5 per month I'd start to think about it. At $3 per month I wouldn't even think about it and just subscribe.

  14. They named a Graphics Processing Unit Arctic Sound .

    Dumbasses.

  15. Vote Kram Buckerzerg in 2020!

  16. Re:Biometrics are NOT secure on Biometric and App Logins Will Soon Be Pushed Across the Web (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    A password manager is still a security risk and has been proven to be a weak point in the past.

    A strong passphrase + paper notepad* + 2FA is the best security.

    If someone has access to your paper notepad, it means he's in your house and you have more to worry about than passwords.

  17. Re:Doesn't make sense on Your Future Home Might Be Powered By Car Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't that Tesla's plan for powerwalls?

  18. What's going on here? on Your Future Home Might Be Powered By Car Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Today, fewer than one percent of the world's vehicles are electric, but by 2040 more than half of all new cars will run on the same juice as televisions, computers and hair dryers, according to estimates by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Once cars and everything else are fed from the same source, they can share the same plumbing.

    So they're pumping electrically-charged juice through the plumbing now? Why are they not using the same pipes as the internet?!

  19. Re:Youtube, now requires a Credit Card on YouTube Is Illegally Collecting Data From Children, Say Advocacy Groups (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you really trying to create friction between people?

  20. I am negative square root of X old.

  21. And when everyone is out of work, who will buy all those good and services?

    For example, a billionaire buys the same amount of toilet paper as a poor person.

  22. Re:How do you spend $23 Billion? on Amazon Spent Close To $23B on R&D in 2017, Outpacing Fellow Tech Giants (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    But salaries are usually the most expensive part of most projects.

  23. Re:Wow, the USAF only spends $4B on Amazon Spent Close To $23B on R&D in 2017, Outpacing Fellow Tech Giants (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    [_] Add F-35 delivery in 240 seconds or less*.

    * extra delivery fee of fifty thousand dollars.

  24. Re:Zuckerberg for President in 2020 on Zuckerberg Gets a Crash Course in Charm. Will Congress Care? (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Twitter hashtag. Ironic.

  25. Re:No Questions He Can't Handle? on Zuckerberg Gets a Crash Course in Charm. Will Congress Care? (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    "Mr. Zuckerberg, can you explain this picture of yourself, with a USB cable connecting your right temple to a laptop and your eyes glowing green, while Vladimir Putin stands behind you high fiving a Russian data scientist?"

    "Yes I can. Someone is very good with Photoshop."