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  1. Re:It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore on Firefox Quantum Arrives With Faster Browser Engine, Major Visual Overhaul (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    However, in leaps, the quantum unit is huge. That why quantum leaps are so large.

    I thought quantum leaps were when Count Baccula's conscious traveled back in time and takes over someone's body.

  2. Re:Noit a secret on Hackers Say They've Broken Face ID a Week After iPhone X Release (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    They had to use FLIR to get an accurate enough scan.

    Which is available in phones.

    https://www.cnet.com/products/cat-s60/

  3. Re: I can't complain... on Failure of Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Means a Missed Chance To Save $30B (kansascity.com) · · Score: 1

    $15/month for unlimited voice and text, and 2GB of 4G data with unlimited slower speed data afterwards cheap enough?

    https://www.mintsim.com/plans/

  4. And almost nothing uses the SD card when it's in "portable" mode. You need to adopt the SD card if you want to expand your phone's storage.

  5. SD card is paired to the phone and encrypted. Factory reset blows away the key so all data is lost.

  6. Re:I call BS on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Worst case if you get a new TV that doesn't have optical out anymore, you can get a cheap adapter that converts ARC to optical.

    https://www.amzn.com/dp/B06XHY4N78/

  7. Re:Why now? on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If only that were true. It'll be back in March, same as always

  8. Re:NIH syndrome on Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the info. I'll check it out once it's out of beta.

    I'll have to see about my other 80% of the plugins I used that are also "legacy".

  9. Re:NIH syndrome on Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Give Waterfox a try. I've used it as my daily driver for the last six weeks or so and all extensions are working fine.

  10. Re:NIH syndrome on Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a great Keepass extension called KeeFox. Which will promptly stop working in a few weeks when Firefox 57 kills off "legacy" extensions.

  11. Re:Silly. on DirecTV to Launch Android TV-Based OTT Set-Top Box (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Or like Uverse their TV streams remain in their network and don't count as data. I'm wondering if this is just a re-branding of Uverse, and tossing the old WinCE STBs for new cheap Android boxes.

    A 4K HEVC stream is also really small.

  12. Re:whatever on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I got a decent chuckle after watching the fifth episode "Pria". And seeing that the director was Jonathan Frakes. I'm hoping there can be some Trek cameos where the actors can exaggerate on their former characters.

  13. If that works for you great. But I'll continue using a browser that was working great, and add-ons that make it continue to work the way it did before some nut jobs decided to clone the shitty popular browser and remove functionality/choice.

  14. Re:Unique look and feel? on Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm seeing that at $625 from Verizon when linked from Motorola's site.

    You can buy an Android One version of the Moto X4 from Google's Project Fi for $399 and it's stock Android, no skinning. And will have the support of the Nexus/Pixels in terms of patches for two years.

  15. Because 90% of my add-ons have a Legacy tag next to them. I'll see what type of push to port or recreate the missing add-ons happens once 57 comes out.

    But maybe I'll stick with what I've been doing. Waterfox has been working just fine.

  16. Your solution of Firefox and NoScript is about to be broken pretty soon.

  17. Re:I know that I don't on Real Moviegoers Don't Care About Rotten Tomatoes · · Score: 1

    That's why there are two scores. One of them is the critics, and the others the audience.

    I mostly ignore the critics score, there have been multiple times were I've seen 30% critics movie, have 80s for the audience. In those cases the people who end up going to those critically reviled movies are the people who like that genre of movie.

    Before the Internet, if you could find a critic with tastes similar to you, awesome. Otherwise you were hosed, with RT, if the audience score is high. Watch the trailer, if it looks like something you are interested in. You'll probably enjoy it.

  18. Re:Some actors should be viewed 360p on Latest TVs Are Ready for Their Close-Ups (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Laurence Fishburne, sitting in the front row of IMAX Matrix Reloaded. /shudder.

    Laurence didn't look that good blown up that large either.

  19. Re:And how many weekend hikers know how to use a m on Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils To Help Avoid Collisions at Sea (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    So it's the qwerty of the code world. Maybe it was designed to prevent printers/typewriters from jamming to.

  20. Re:The site doesn't make money. Users lose money. on Showtime Websites Are Mining Monero With Your CPU, Unclear If Hack Or Experiment (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    Monero the coin being mined is supposedly optimized so that CPU or GPU will produce similar hash rates.

    The Showtime websites this is placed on are where people stream pirated TV and movies. So visitors sit on them for 30 minutes to two hours on average.

    I don't know how many people visit those sites, but it could easily be in the thousands to millions. Who knows how much money can could make off this.

  21. Re:The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    'member when all the indestructible non-smart phones went away? And all the pre-paid plans where you could have service and a thousand minutes for $50/yr were no longer being offered.

    Yep, everyone needs a new smartphone and data plan to stay in touch now days.

  22. Google Voice, it's free and gives you voice, sms, and voicemail access online with free US domestic calls.

  23. Re:Hopefully this will be the end of equifax on Equifax Breach is Very Possibly the Worst Leak of Personal Info Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The first "hard" pull will have a slight effect on a credit score. But multiple hard pulls do not have an effect greater than the single. They known people shop around for a good rate, and they don't punish people for it.

  24. Re: It's a bubble on Litecoin Prices Surge Above $70 As Crypto Market Tops $175 Billion (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, I now have $3.50 of Doge, time to hodl.

  25. Show rooms are a horrible way to gauge the picture quality of a TV. Unless you live in a big box store, the special settings the TVs are calibrated with to look good won't represent your home environment.