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  1. I suppose I just don't share your passion for brand name carpet staplers.

  2. I actually did a spree during this. I've been annoyed with Amazon lately and decided to give it a try. I probably bought half the stuff that piled up in my "nice to have" wish list over the years...for about a third the price. Anything that I don't care if it's a knockoff went in.

    I'll see how it goes. Given how much of Amazon is relisted Alibaba third party crap, probably I'll not be missing out on any quality in any case.

  3. My thoughts on Chinese News Agency Adds AI Anchors To Its Broadcast Team (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    At first I was against this. But then I realized it wouldn't change anything. It's not like the news can become less honest. I contemplated the matter for a little longer, and I realized that shills will soon be out of jobs. Also anything that reduces the amount of emotional labor in the world is a good thing. So now I'm in favor of this.

  4. A glimpse of things to come on Should Alexa Be Your Child's Friend? (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Man, it's going to be joyful times for kids named Aiden Melton when their classmates dig up this article. Just unending bliss I tell you.

  5. Tangental apps on Ask Slashdot: What Happened To the Prank Apps That Used To Be Popular? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not sure if this is still true, but I recall one of the only ways to invert a mouse axis for a game that couldn't be arsed to support it (eg Beyond Good and Evil) was with such prank applications.

  6. Re: Because... on Does Eating Organic Food Help Prevent Cancer? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    A plant's size is principally governed by its ability to convert water, sunlight, and CO2. Micronutrient content comes from the soil.

    It is credible (actually blindingly obvious) that the argiculture industry is happy to grow plants to large size and low micronutrient density. I suspect most industrial fertilizers only replace things the plant needs to grow big and fast, not the stuff that makes vegetables healthy. But I haven't read up on fertilizer composition. I recall the big use of them is something to do with nitrogen.

    One can certainly grow organic certified food in totally depleted soil of course.

  7. Re:Great on FDA Approves First New Flu Drug In 20 Years (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. The only natural cure is more cowbell.

  8. Zuckerberg thought process on Facebook Fined Maximum Legal Amount For Cambridge Analytica Scandal (deadline.com) · · Score: 2

    Hmm, I have less money than I thought I did.
    What happened?
    Oh, that's right, I forgot.
    I impulse bought Australia last week.

  9. A question on Ubuntu Linux 18.10 'Cosmic Cuttlefish' Arrives (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is native support for installing on nvme raid still limited to "You don't want to do that because reasons"?

  10. I dunno about paid, but I recall the gimpshop guy was working for free yet wasn't exactly celebrated. Even though it was a very good idea.

  11. Damn it, I just told a customer she couldn't bulk download iCloud photos from a web interface.

  12. Hi I'm 12 and what is do not disturb mode?

  13. I think you're overestimating how eager the stuff is to spread over large areas. It's a metal. It forms ingots and you can machine it. It does not evaporate readily. Parking it directly under a shuttle engine for a while might do it, but it's not prone to it. More to the point, it's already used as a fuel source in space probes.

  14. Wait, are you talking about creating a thirtyfour ton plutonium ingot? Because that would be a good band name.

  15. I agree you're probably right about the logic being used for not doing it, but I don't know if it makes sense to me... by explosive proof container, you're pretty much just talking about encasing them in tungsten or such. Like I said, even if I was off by an order of magnitude it'd be cheaper. That's a lot of bribe money for the world powers that would do anything besides complain.

  16. My math might be wrong, but I'm coming up with ~700 million to just shoot it into space. 68,000 pounds at 10k per pound. Now maybe I'm off, say due to handling and there being a difference between putting something in orbit and shooting it at the Oort cloud. But even if I'm off by an order of magnitude it's still far cheaper. Maybe?

  17. Research into the ICUP camera is still ongoing.

  18. Interference inference on London's Radio Pirates Changed Music. Then Came the Internet. (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    So, they used the phrase "could interfere" with regards to emergency broadcasts. That sounds like excuse wording. At the very least it's unclear wording. Why not 'did' or 'sometimes' interfered?

    We're at the tail end here. DID it interfere with critical infrastructure, or was that an excuse used to attack interference with purely commercial broadcasters?

  19. What actually happened is they got 80% of the way to a complete and well executed disclosure and then stopped.

  20. Re:Better Slogan on HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1
  21. One of the slides amounted to: "No one is seeking gender equality in jobs that get you killed." Is that true? I suspect the military and law enforcement may be an exceptions since there's a lot of social prestige, but I don't hate myself enough to read jezebel.

  22. Re:Short answer: No on Can DuckDuckGo Become the Anti-Google? (marketplace.org) · · Score: 1

    I do that as well. Helps to avoid running into phishers and squatters. Admittedly she's at as great a risk with Google if she isn't using ublock to avoid winding up on a "sponsored" phisher or squatter.

    Good old Google has sent so very many customers to my door begging for help after they got scammed on a sponsored link. And by good, I mean to hell with them.

  23. Mobil-ize the stones. on Massive Undersea Walls Could Stop Glaciers From Melting, Scientists Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    To be fair, they give estimates on the amount of material needed and compare it to existing building projects. But all I can think is "Lets use lots of fossil fuel energy rearranging rocks."

  24. Re: Sadly this was expected on Telltale Games Hit With Major Layoffs As Part of a 'Majority Studio Closure' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If that is the case, I retract my comment.

  25. Re: Sadly this was expected on Telltale Games Hit With Major Layoffs As Part of a 'Majority Studio Closure' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've heard that before, but on the other hand, it means people thought the games were worth replaying in the first place.