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  1. I think it's 3 x yesterday = 3 days ago.

  2. ...it's sort of a double negative.

  3. I want to know if they’re also going after peanut butter, which may be something spread on bread but isn’t a substitute for dairy butter in any other application...

    But the meat is the part of the nut that you eat,
    and peanuts aren't nuts, but they are if you cheat,
    so if butter's from milk, and milk is from meat,
    then peanuts can't not make that milkless milk treat.

  4. Maybe they thought he was talking about them.

  5. If you break them up then they can be replaced by Huawei, Samsung, Tencent, and Baidu.
    Is that a better outcome?

  6. Consumer mobile PBX? on Phone Companies Get New Tools To Block Spam Calls (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there a consumer-level PBX system or cheap service that can be used for mobile phones?
    "Press 5 if you're a human".
    (caller presses 1)
    "Press or say my PIN/codeword to speak directly to me or wait to leave a message".
    (after caller says it correctly, then my phone will ring).

    I'd consider using that if it's cheap. It's irritating to be using my smartphone and have an unknown call come in, interrupting whatever I'm trying to do, or have it BLAST the ringing through my car speakers (connected via bluetooth), waiting for me to take some action.

  7. Re:Doesn't change the other costs to freeze on Equifax Will Offer Free Credit Locks for Life, New CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Since it's different from state to state, my info for NJ came from here.
    http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/di...

    What you described sounds much better and I'd be happier if that were true.

  8. Drawbacks might not be worth it on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, to go from point A to point B, the car will follow a zig-zag pattern to cover a lot of area in between, and you'll have to empty your trunk after each trip.

  9. Doesn't change the other costs to freeze on Equifax Will Offer Free Credit Locks for Life, New CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    So before the leak, I didn't feel the need to lock and unlock my credit with such diligence. Each change sometimes requires a certified letter or some other cost not collected as a fee. Now they will offer those changes without a fee (but not compensating me for my cost to make changes) and I'm still expected to pay fees and similar costs for that same service to Transunion and Experian. This is a much worse state and a feeless credit lock at Equifax does little to remedy. We need an overhaul of the system in the US.

  10. Re:Not a protest on Feds Crack Trump Protesters' Phones To Charge Them With Felony Rioting (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they were protesting against transparency?

  11. You can tell them that since you are now a part of this then you'll likely have to stop commuting to work.

    I'm pretty sure they will misunderstand, but you can chuckle inside as they mentally mark you as uncooperative.

  12. Re:Seriously? on Silicon Valley's $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel the need to restate this in different ways to make it sink in.
    A dollar per oz.
    1 lb = $16.
    1 kg = $35.

    For packaged vegetable juice.

  13. How do you get to the terminal? Does everything go through tunnels or do cars wait at the strip like a train crossing?

  14. Love the color on Boeing Unveils New NASA Spacesuits For Starliner Austronaut Taxi (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Benny!

  15. Thanks for ruining the bitchfest.

  16. White.... all colors could mean white.

  17. Now do it on about 20 Watts while still having the robustness and flexibility of a human brain.
    Let's not lose sight of how beating someone in a complex task doesn't equate to what humans intelligence.

    Don't get me wrong, though, this is an impressive point we've reached in technology.

  18. Re:I doubt it on Information Overload No Problem For Most Americans: Survey (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, so what. At least 4 in of 5 Americans agree with the EULAs on the software they use too.
    I think that it's not too hard to get 4 in 5 Americans to agree with anything that makes them feel worse if they choose anything but that option.

  19. "Open" depends on perspective on Windows is the Most Open Platform There is, Says Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Nadella speaks the truth.
    From the perspective of Microsoft looking outward, the Windows 10 platform has definitely opened up visibility and authority to access almost every user's actions and files at a level that no other platforms ever has.

  20. Re:Let me foresee what will happen... on Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Who knows... maybe they already have all the Microsoft source code.
    There are state sponsored hackers, right?

  21. Microsoft marketing at it's typicalist on Microsoft and Sony Are Debating Over Whose Console Really Offers 'True 4K' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is making a valid point why people should not buy any XBOX units until Scorpio because that upcoming model is going to be much better than the XBOX of today. This is the same philosophy that appeals to people who want to wait many years to get the next best thing... not a major portion of the buying public this Holiday season.

    Sony is saying that what they have today is better than what they had last year and they think it's great.

    Despite the marketing, when you're playing the games, you're not counting pixels, you're looking at image quality. For example, even though these consoles use modelling shortcuts instead of real-time ray-tracing, the image quality is sufficient. And people that want a console now don't feel the need to wait for many potential image quality improvements.

    So which message will appear most compelling to someone shopping for a console this year?
    To me, it seems that Microsoft is shooting it's Holiday sales in the foot.

  22. Re:Right. on Appeals Court Decision Kills North Carolina Town's Gigabit Internet (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it's because doctors don't approve laws for doctors, but politicians approve laws for politicians.

  23. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

    Even Bob Metcalfe said something like your knowledge is only nlogn above mine.

    Nonetheless, enjoy a little https://xkcd.com/949/

  24. Is there a new track? on Europe Has Added 1.1 Billion Stars To Its Milky Way Map (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    " -- a mission that is currently on track to chart one billion stars in the Milky Way."

    On track? It sounds like it passed that goal.

  25. It's about time.