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  1. Re: Microduct on Google Fiber To Pay Nearly $4 Million To Louisville In Exit Deal (wdrb.com) · · Score: 1

    From what I understand, Louisville spent $400k to fight AT&T so that Google could access the poles and then Google turned around and used this unproven 2" microtrenching technique. This problem appears to be entirely Google's manufacture, unless I'm mistaken.

  2. Re:8 years later same conclusion: Service not pric on Studies Keep Showing That the Best Way To Stop Piracy Is To Offer Cheaper, Better Alternatives (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    For example, when I buy CDs they are usually second hand. The older ones tend to sound better, from back before the loudness war started.

    You would need to purchase albums that were produced before the Loudness Wars amplified at the dawn of the consumer digital music era (mid- to late-90s) and were not remastered, but there is no compelling reason to purchase "used" CDs over "new" ones because that is in no way a guaranteed means of sidestepping the dynamic range compression. Where did you hear that?

  3. Re:I have them disabled on New Study Shows Windows 10 Home Edition Users Are Baffled By Updates (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Rebooting is always my first step. Strangely, it seems like when that does fix the problem it's much more likely that the user will be upset that the problem is fixed (e.g. "Well I don't understand why rebooting would fix it.")

  4. Re:Absolutely no evidence on FBI Arrests Trump Associate Roger Stone Over His Communications With WikiLeaks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I did not get that "incredible amounts of no evidence" meant that there is a lot of evidence. I honestly didn't get that you were being sarcastic until I got to "popcorn and tequila".

    Given the number of times I've seen you defend yourself in this thread, it's probably a good time to reconsider whether your sarcasm wasn't properly telegraphed (not a criticism, it's incredibly difficult to do in written communications).

  5. Re: THis is stupid on The Economics of Streaming is Making Songs Shorter (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I always liked the shorter greatest-hits edit of Pink Floyd's Echoes more than the full 20 minute version.

    I don't want to sound judgmental but you are uncultured swine and likely lack the ability to appreciate the full cut of 'Echoes', anyways.

  6. Re:Coincidence I read about this last night on American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High · · Score: 1

    I won't defend American cheesefood/"cheese-like" products against "true"/artisinal dairy cheeses because I'm not a monster, but I would like to point out that they fill different culinary roles. For example, Velveeta is great on a tuna melt because of its insanely low melting point so I prefer that over "real" cheese if I'm making it myself...but if I purchased a tuna melt in a restaurant and suspected they've used Velveeta, I would not be happy.

  7. Re:An actual tape user? on Vinyl and Cassette Sales Continued To Grow Last Year (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I modded my tape deck to have a line input. I sometimes connect my minidisc player to that.

    I finally got rid of my minidiscs last year. I had two stereo decks and four (working) portable players, but I hadn't listened to any of them in years. It was really hard to give them up but they just weren't sparking joy anymore, I guess. I later caught a homeless guy smashing one of decks against the pavement in my alley (I think he wanted the metal frame for recycling) and the violence of the act was absolutely stunning for me...like watching someone kick a puppy.

    (I'm sorry I know this is really off-topic but I haven't had anyone I can talk to about this that would understand.)

  8. If this is based on Hyper-V, then probably something like enabling the Guest Service so you can use PS Direct (i.e. not SMB).

  9. Re:Steve Jobs Was a Prude - And Apple Still Is on iPhone's New Parental Controls Block Sex Ed, Allow Violence and Racism (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Sex is rated "X" or "XXX" depending on the explicitness.

    The "XXX" rating doesn't denote a level of explicitness. It's an arbitrary rating that porn producers applied to their own products to suggest more explicit (or exclusively explicit) content than "X"-rated films (which only meant content not suitable for children, like 'Midnight Cowboy' or 'A Clockwork Orange').

  10. Re:Reliability (lack of) on Google Launches Third-Gen Chromecast With 60fps Video, Multiroom Audio Support (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    My wife has a WiFi-only (Google Pixel C) tablet whose apps drop the connection to the Chromecast regularly. I recently moved my WAP so that it resides in the same room and have not seen an improvement.

  11. Had we known in advance what kind of selfish, entitled, narcissistic little brats we were busting our nuts day after day, year after year for, we would have all gone under the knife, kept all our money to ourselves and enjoyed in our fourties the kind of life you can now enjoy in your twenties.

    I think you meant "busting our asses", otherwise I have absolutely no idea what you're complaining about.

  12. Re: Cmon life on Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This was my experience as well. I had to abstain from coffee and alcohol entirely for six months before I could break the routine/habit. (I was compelled to quit due to high blood pressure, so that was also a factor in my decision/approach.) Nine months nicotine-free now.

  13. I spent a month in the Tenderloin in '99 and it was like that back then, too.

  14. Re:Take away lesson: Back your computer up regular on Apple Seemingly Unable To Recover Data From 2018 MacBook Pro With Touch Bar When Logic Board Fails (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know if one can call Surface a major player -- their market seems to be style-conscious people too poor to afford Apple, not serious-minded users.

    I've weathered a lot of criticism for my Surface but this was the first insult that hit close to home and really stung. Ouch.

  15. I completely agree with you: the franchise has become a vehicle for selling toys and branded products and that was likely a huge part of why Disney was interested in it. This is purely anecdotal, of course, but I went to a Toys 'R Us this past weekend and there were tons of Star Wars sitting on the shelf in spite of the drastic markdowns. Other than a couple large ($200+) Ninjago-the-movie stuff, the only Legos still available were all Star Wars builds. That flood of tie-in products that hit stores seems to be leaving at a mere trickle.

  16. Re: Uh, that's a hooker on People Are Using Venmo To Spy On Cheating Spouses (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Your blushing hooker wife is embarrassed because your penis is so small. Like throwing a hotdog down a filthy hallway covered in graffiti with even more passed out hookers and syringes lining the floors.

    I'm having trouble following this analogy. I get the hot dog (tiny penis) and the hallway (large orifice), but what are the "even more passed out hookers" or "syringes lining the floors"?