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  1. Re:Alternate solution on Civilian Drone Crashes Into a US Army Helicopter (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    The law is "within 400 feet of a structure or the ground." So maybe/maybe not. The "large aircraft" rule is 1000 feet, not 500. Helicopters can go to 500 within certain guidelines, although not being noisy jerks after dark is apparently not included in said guidelines. This could easily come down to inches, and the assumption of illegality is just that.

  2. Alternate solution on Civilian Drone Crashes Into a US Army Helicopter (nypost.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe don't fly multiple helicopters 500 feet over a residential neighborhood after dark?

  3. Re:This was never bad on Bill Gates Says He's Sorry About Control-Alt-Delete (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Er, hitting the windows key while gaming would crash or lock up the system. Left that part out.

  4. This was never bad on Bill Gates Says He's Sorry About Control-Alt-Delete (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    At least in MS-DOS days it was a complete soft reboot of the system. Not the kind of thing that should be doable by accident. As soon as the Windows 95 era you had keyboards with dedicated keys like the windows key and volume controls. Which we yelled at constantly since hitting the Windows key back then was guaranteed to crash your system or at best lock it up for thee minutes. I doubt there was ever an era where a one button solution was both desirable and impossible.

  5. I was asking if there was an alternate interpretation of the activity, not questioning the claimed activity.

  6. I'm not so naive that I presume innocence on the part of developers, but there's also a lot of sensationalist articles out there. I didn't think the summary was very informative, and the first link goes to a pretty sketchy looking site. The reddit thread has better detail on how this a malicious extension and developer. Also please go drink bleach.

  7. Could it just be related to creating and working with a custom ui on the steam website?

  8. With all this technology on Meet the Font Detectives Who Ferret Out Fakery (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Man, it's getting so hard to cheat these days.

  9. Re:No, Standing Next To It on 'Bodega' CEO Apologizes, Insists They'll Create More Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Man, I wish my local stores had someone to tend the self checkouts. All we get is a flashing light when there's a problem. Employees try to come help, but they're moving against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

  10. Weak CEO's do what? on 'Bodega' CEO Apologizes, Insists They'll Create More Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "...the right questions of the right people." What a sad sack of crap CEO. Kids, never apologize to people who feel slighted on other people's behalf. The obeisance they demand is never-ending and will suck you dry. Especially never apologize to people who use terms like "cultural misappropriation" unironically. And especially especially never apologize to people who were never going to be your customers in the first damn place.

    Also never apologize to people who are angry over the loss of "character." They're the ones who bemoan the loss of public libraries they never visit.

  11. More probably they're doing it wrong on Is Online Advertising Worthless? (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My observation in retail has been that appeal to brand loyalty is the most effective form of advertising. You probably aren't surprised by that, but you likely don't realize how insane it gets. It's extremely common for my customers to think an HP printer will work better with an HP computer.

    As for advertising: Fake reviews. They work. You don't even have to explicitly buy them; give someone a free product and they'll give it five stars about 90% of the time. Doesn't hurt that Amazon customers reliably upvote five star reviews and reliably downvote negative reviews.

  12. Talkin' bout smartphones dude.

  13. If only there were some kind of device that could accurately capture and record soundwaves, even those outside of normal human hearing.

  14. I seem to remember Finn being mediocre with the sabre. I don't think he won a single fight against anyone who had a weapon that could block, although I might be misremembering. He explicitly couldn't pilot, and his major surprise skill was...gunnery. It's plausible. He was a fine character.

    I remember Rey was good at everything she attempted, and everyone she meets during the plot progression likes or is fascinated by her. "Force awakened desert mechanic" can perhaps explain her entire skillset if you wave your hand enough, but so what? Mary Sues aren't such because they lack an explanation but because they're too wonderful to be plausible protagonists.

  15. Re:Alas poor squid on Google Chrome Will Soon Detect Man-in-the-Middle Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Kind of what I meant. I tried it and quickly realized that everything I visited repeatedly was https. Actually enabling a lot of the features you'd get from a homebrew required man in the middle stuff for that reason.

  16. Alas poor squid on Google Chrome Will Soon Detect Man-in-the-Middle Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    I'm not an expert in these things, but I suspect this is another nail in the coffin for homebrew routers. I tried making one, but I found the ostensible benefits either didn't work due to https or were already featured in my four year old Asus router.

  17. Just teleport to Agartha on Swarms Of Flying Robot Bees Could Monitor Weather, Collect Data (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It's chock full of friendly robot bees that monitor everything. Of course if you want to get the info you have to go looking for their floating honeycombs and maybe fight a few elder gods.

  18. I'm all for modifying things but... on Hobbyist Gives iPhone 7 the Headphone Jack We've Always Wanted (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    If I'm reading the summary correctly, this whole project merely created an internal version of the existing adapter. I'm sure a lot of difficult technical challenges were overcome, but so what, there'd be a lot of difficult technical challenges implanting a retractable microsd card into my pinky finger.

  19. Buy a thesaurus before I slam you on FDA Slams EpiPen Maker For Doing Nothing While Hundreds Failed, People Died (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Afterwards, they tagteamed with the EPA and suplexed pharmabro. He tried to escape by putting the fda in a half nelson, but was defeated with a Cement Job.

  20. Re:You must be joking. on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I meant "most premium" in terms of the most commonly purchased branded waters, as opposed to generic grocery store gallon jugs. Coke (Dasani), Pepsi (Aquafina), and even Walmart (Great Value Purified) all explicitly say they are reverse osmosis filtered waters. Nestle is another big player, but they're a little ambiguous saying they use reverse osmosis "and/or" other methods.

    Here's a chart about branded water sales. "Private label" means "grocery store brand":
    https://www.statista.com/stati...

    I encourage you to examine it in great detail and write a rebuttal. Maybe google some bottled water facts. Really dig in and tear my logic to shreds, I'm sure there's flaws aplenty to nitpick. Take your time, I'll read what you have to say and/or watch television.

  21. Re:You must be joking. on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a pun!

  22. Re:You must be joking. on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    You'd lose, then weasel out of it with some sophistry as to what 'can dispute' meant. I'd take the bet if I could hold you to it though.

  23. Re:Everything is everywhere on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Pripyat would have been the classier comeback.

  24. Re:You must be joking. on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    I'll bet you ten bucks I can find a common brand of bottled water that explicitly says it uses reverse osmosis.

  25. Re:You must be joking. on Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    That's not how (most) plastics work. You may be thinking of additives such as phthalates and bisphenols. In fact most premium bottled waters are filtered by reverse osmosis, which would actually deal with the particles the article discusses.

    Actually, the article kind of implies we might get most of our plastic exposure via inhalation...