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  1. Won't somebody think of the children?! on Yellow Vests Knock Out 60 Percent of All Speed Cameras In France (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    > Some protesters feel speed cameras are solely a revenue-generating measure which takes money from the poor.

    *which takes money from the speeders.

  2. Re: There are alternatives on National Parks Face Years of Damage From Government Shutdown (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    No shit. And here I thought I was going to miss my daily reminder to feel bad for being white.

  3. Re:covering ground being the operative word on Waymo's Driverless Cars Have Logged 10 Million Miles On Public Roads (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe this information should be shared with the Google people. There's a chance they've never considered any of these ideas.

  4. Re:The point of this is what, exactly? on New York State Approves Two Dollar-based Cryptocurrencies (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    > How do the Winklevoses cover operating expenses?

    They'll make it up in volume. https://www.nbc.com/saturday-n...

  5. Fix your texting groups first on AT&T Offers Unlimited Plan Deal For First Responders, But It Can Be Throttled (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The problem we've seen with AT&T is that any members of our text groups that have AT&T lines can't reply to group text messages with more than 10 people. Their phones truncate the group to 10 - so now you have another group and have to figure out who didn't get the reply. Primitive guys - up your game. That's enough to prevent me from bringing your promotion to our fire department.

    https://forums.att.com/t5/Data...

  6. Re: Renaming Neighborhood is bad? on As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Over 50 yrs is recent? https://www.nytimes.com/2001/0...

  7. Correct Link on Surface Go Reviews Are All Over the Place (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The correct Ars Technica link - https://arstechnica.com/gadget...

  8. Re:I'm torn on this issue on Linking Is Not Copyright Infringement, Boing Boing and EFF Tell Court (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 AC, bring big group of d-bags there, especially not surprised to see which contributor over there was at the heart of this one. I was silently banned there about 10 yrs ago, I never said or did anything inflammatory, but was probably because I didn't agree with the hippy think.

  9. Re:Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I'd bet that more than 1/2 the people under the age of 30 have never had anything other than the corn syrup stuff.

  10. Re:$30+ fees? on Bitcoin Conference Stops Accepting BTC Due To High Fees (bitcoin.com) · · Score: 1

    easy, short-term speculation

  11. Re:Do one really needs all these details ? on Google Maps's Moat: How Far Ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps? (justinobeirne.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what you got from this? Maps is not a single use-case for getting directions. Ok, the extra data Google has is not important to you (yet), I think slow rendering is more of an implementation problem than coming to the conclusion that the rest of that data is a detriment.

  12. And they don't mind yanking another $50 out of their customer base to get one.

  13. Yep. Finding a 90% correlation means the car gets very good at localizing its exact location. Plus, who's to say the Waymo cars won't someday be able to update the map?

  14. Well, I guess since I see so many people with Beats headphones, those must be good. Is that how the line of thinking goes?

  15. Re:How many flights overhead within a 30 mile radi on NASA Has a Way to Cut Your Flight Time in Half (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Continuously? Unless you're traveling at the same speed across the ground in the same direction, it won't be continuously. It's a wave - it moves past you.

  16. Re:the real question is... on Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine isn't - and I didn't go bottom of the line either.

  17. Uh huh. I'm going to drive to another state to save $15. /s

    I think it's a good thing - I can get behind promoting more trails, and I can get behind using this money to subsidize it. And to pull another excuse from the wankers that tell the bikes to get off the road "because they don't pay taxes".

    Next up, a tax for walking shoes and cross country skis.

  18. Get back on the meds.

  19. CPR doesn't help someone bleeding out.

  20. Re: No it won't on Facial Recognition Could Be Coming To Police Body Cameras (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    > Why do you think the answer to everything is "cop should kill first, ask questions later?"

    He never said that.

    > There are places where cops killing people are far lower.

    And there are places where crime is a lot higher - what's your point?

    > should not be reaching for their gun unless the other person also has a gun

    This is where you make it painfully obvious that you should probably do a ride-along with a cop. Just get a glimpse of an idea of what they see each day.

  21. Re:Pay me now or pay me later on Cord-Cutters Are Ditching Their Cable Packages At the Fastest Rate Ever (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that would drive cell companies to ramp up capacity to replace Comcast.

  22. Re:They really don't understand. on Ivanka Trump To Take Coding Class With 5-Year-Old Daughter (hollywoodlife.com) · · Score: 1

    Just can't make some people happy. You'd think that on this site, you'd be able to throw the partisan garbage or whatever disdain it is that we have for the first family aside, and see this as a positive thing. Instead we're spending time on being critical of a self-professed newcomer not using the right terminology simply because she doesn't fully grasp what she's getting into.

  23. Re:Just needs a little nudge. on No One Knows What To Do With the International Space Station (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    ... thought it was 51.6?

  24. Re:It's not gonna happen on Sprint Purchases 33 Percent Stake in Tidal For $200 Million (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    I can honestly say that I've never heard 126kbps, so I'll take your word that it's crappy.

  25. Re:lawsuit incoming... on American Express Will Give All Parents 20 Weeks Of Paid Leave (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Property owners already pay school taxes whether or not they have kids, why is this any different?