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  1. Re:Reasons to be skeptical on Siri, Cortana and Google Have Nothing On SoundHound's Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    Why is the beta marked as incompatible with a Nexus 9 running 5.0.1? If my phone running 5.0.1 is compatible there's no reason the Nexus should be incompatible. I really wonder what the developers are doing to the manifest to cause things to be unavailable.

  2. Re:How does it come to Dragon Mobile Assistant? on Siri, Cortana and Google Have Nothing On SoundHound's Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    Actually thanks to the northern cities vowel shift in the mid 20th century the Inland North dialect has diverged from General American dialect which is the "most pure" and "most easily understood" form of American English.

  3. Re:Yes, but can it launch Waze on Siri, Cortana and Google Have Nothing On SoundHound's Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    I used Tasker + Tasker Now to fix that and so many other problems with Google Now. Basically if you tell it to Open Waze Google will correctly use Waze instead of ways, but it won't do anyting, so I added a Tasker Now rule for "Open Waze" that launches the app.

  4. Re:Or just use LSD rechargables on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    Came here to say the same thing, and their target price is WAY too high, I got Amazon LSD AA batteries for $1.50 a piece, you can even get the Eneloop manufactured white amazon basics for under their $2.50 price point.

  5. Re:No media center? Windows 10 is DEAD to me... on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 2

    Kodi doesn't work with cablecard (yet, the guys at SiliconDust just had a kickstarter campaign for support, though unfortunately the first gen Prime isn't supported so it won't be a solution for early adopters)

  6. Re:Great, but not great on Showtime Announces Subscription-Free Streaming Plan · · Score: 1

    He said 2-3 shows, if they're weekly that's a 8 shows a month for 2 shows, if they're daily then it's up to 60. The nice thing about the OTT options is if you only want access to one or two shows just subscribe for a few months a year.

  7. Re:Great, but not great on Showtime Announces Subscription-Free Streaming Plan · · Score: 1

    I'm not just comparing it to other streaming services, I'm comparing it to the whole world of entertainment options like movies, video games, a round of golf, etc. A buck an hour to be entertained is pretty damn cheap.

  8. Re:Great, but not great on Showtime Announces Subscription-Free Streaming Plan · · Score: 1

    $8-10/month for 8-30+ episodes is too much? That's $1 or less per episode, seems pretty reasonable to me compared to other entertainment options.

  9. Re:From who? on FBI Is Behind Mysterious Flights Over US Cities · · Score: 1

    and those same numbers are often used while talking to ATC by radio. That wireless thing that anyone can listen in on.

    Heck, in 5 years when ADS-B becomes mandatory you won't even have to listen, just fire up a receiver and you'll know everyone who is overhead.

  10. The new Macbook has USB-C as does the Chromebook Pixel 2, expect the next wave of ultrabooks and convertibles to have them as well.

  11. Re:Citation? on Hacked Emails Reveal Russian Plans To Obtain Sensitive Western Tech · · Score: 1

    Here you go, those are $100 bills.

  12. Re:Am I the only one... on Florida Hospital Shows Normal Internet Lag Time Won't Affect Remote Robotic Surgeries · · Score: 2

    When I talked to one of our VAR's he said that one of the local hospital chains was one of his best and worst customers, best because of all the expensive gear they bought, worst because they were so demanding. They actually paid to have trenching done to make sure that their backup link at one facility went out a different CO which was on a different uplink facility (ie truly divergent paths with no single mode of failure), and that was just for PACS, not telesurgery.

  13. Re:Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    Couldn't find any numbers for 800kv AC, the Tepco 1,000kv AC line is >5%/1,000km so the extra 10% from 735 to 800 isn't going to help much.

  14. Re:Low voltage? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    Ah, I had forgotten about 6-15R, whenever we deal with 240V it's always L6-20 or L6-30 twistlock or C13, neither of which would work in a kitchen. I do see you can get 6-15R in GFCI which is good since that's required in kitchens.

  15. Re:Low voltage? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't pass inspection in the US since they're not classified in the NEC.

  16. Re:Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 4, Informative

    The parasitic losses of DC over long distance is reason enough that it's not done

    Siemens quotes 3.5% loss per 1,000km for +-800kv DC vs 6.7% for 735kv AC systems, exactly the opposite of your claim. I think I'll trust one of the biggest names in power over someone with a free bitcoin scam in their signature.

  17. Re:AC is the standard on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    Practical consumer-level devices do well to hit 20%.
    No, 80% efficiency is pretty much the bottom of the barrel in switching mode power supplies, 95% from 20-80% of rated load is doable for around $200 for 1kw loads.

  18. Re:Low voltage? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    You're going to install a NEMA 14-30 and use a conversion cable to run your European kettle?

  19. Re:Important Question: WHICH DC? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    And what is the system efficiency of
    Grid AC -> Battery DC -> House AC -> USB DC?

  20. Re:Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 1

    Often is a bit of a stretch, less than 1% of all high voltage distribution lines are DC.

  21. Re:Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? on How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage · · Score: 4, Informative

    HVDC works well for long trunk lines between a distant large power source and a population center, but it much less useful for a grid system with many interconnect points. That's why the primary usage has been between hydro plants and distant cities and for international interconnects (especially where the local grids of the two sides do not share a common standard).

  22. Re:Disappointing on Microsoft Edge To Support Dolby Audio · · Score: 2

    LOL, more like it's audio for people who care about the quality of audio. I use the DTS HD-MA or TrueHD track with my receiver in pure direct mode so that I don't get all sorts of crap filtering and can just listen to the audio as it was intended to be presented (and how you'd hear it if you saw the movie in a theater, though generally with fewer tracks)

  23. Disappointing on Microsoft Edge To Support Dolby Audio · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This is only Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD support would have been much, much better and would have helped Dolby which has been losing the high end to DTS HD Master Audio.

  24. Re:30 years ago.... on Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are aware that plenty of people are monitored for their entire shift in much less safety critical jobs, like bank tellers, grocery or retail store cashiers, dock workers, etc, yes? As to the speed being controlled by computer, they've been working on that for some time, but apparently the radio network to convey all the necessary information to the control box is massively behind schedule.

  25. Re:Bats don't control mosquitoes on Bats' White-Nose Syndrome May Be Cured · · Score: 1

    As far as anybody can tell, though, we could lose mosquitoes entirely with no big secondary effects. So let's get on eradicating those fuckers. Way more important than anything the Gates foundation has claimed to do.

    Considering one of the pieces of the Gates Foundation anti-malaria campaign is sterile mosquito introduction in an effort to eradicate the local population I think you're a bit off there.