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  1. Re:And this is why the market solves nothing ... on Verizon Will Fix Broadband Networks, Landlines To Resolve Investigation (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    However, the free market wouldn't have touched this kind of project.

    Some would say that is the ideal scenario for a government project...

  2. Re:Can't they revoke Verizon's license? on Verizon Will Fix Broadband Networks, Landlines To Resolve Investigation (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't help, as each of them would still be a local monopoly. I'd rather see Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T broken up into about eight to twelve national broadband providers that would then compete with each other. That would require some other changes like forced line sharing or publicly owned infrastructure, so is never going to happen.

    Unless by utility you mean municipally owned. Interesting idea, but also politically infeasible in the current climate.

  3. Re:Okay how about a better retirement program then on NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Is Running Out of Fuel (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking adding heat shields for reentry would make it much bigger and heavier, and therefore a great deal more expensive to launch.

  4. Re:Facebook and Twitter don't seem to get it on Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    At some point, their "standards" are going to have to start resembling that of common carriers and the "mistakes" where somethings like a total annihilation of conservative content (with no comparable loss elsewhere) will have to be treated as an obviously intentional propaganda act.

    If you're proposing banning propaganda, I think you're going to find some first amendment issues with that plan.

  5. Re:Your duty is clear on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah it will never be actually 100%. There will also be some artists (actors, authors, musicians, etc.) who can make a living at it. But at some point (could be 100 years or more, no idea) human employees will be more or less a rounding error, and virtually everything will be done by computers and robots. Assuming we continue on this trajectory and don't burn down all the cities in protest or something.

  6. Re:2 years? on Android P Drops Support For Nexus Phones, Pixel Tablet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That sucks!

  7. What did you want him to say, "here's a correction to your misinformation, also I care about kids"? Just because the thing he was correcting is not the most important part of the debate doesn't mean he shouldn't have done it.

  8. Re:Your duty is clear on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Every job is at risk, it just depends on the time scale. AI researchers and developers will most likely be dead before their jobs get taken over. Regular programmers will be fine for quite some time. Other jobs such as nursing will be around until we can make convincingly human robots for cheap enough to replace people. At that point there will be no jobs any more. Even prostitutes will be out of work.

  9. In the mean time it's supposed to be hard to keep finding someone in contempt of court over and over and over.

    Generally as long as the person continues to not comply, and the order is still relevant to an ongoing proceeding, that means that person is still (not again) in contempt of court. How do you think it's supposed to work?

  10. I think so far courts are ruling that compelling the production of a fingerprint to unlock a phone is not a 5th amendment issue.

  11. Re:So much for Android ... on Android P Drops Support For Nexus Phones, Pixel Tablet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll still get security updates. Why do you need the latest version of the OS?

  12. Re:There are any Nexus 5X still running? on Android P Drops Support For Nexus Phones, Pixel Tablet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine and my son's are going along fine.

  13. Re:2 years? on Android P Drops Support For Nexus Phones, Pixel Tablet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They're untrustworthy and do not stand behind their products. Really, they don't. (Anyone care to cite a counter-example?)

    My Nexus 5X screen crapped out and they promptly sent me a new one.

  14. Re:the online requirement? on Oculus Rift Headsets Are Offline Following a Software Error (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Does that mean your device hasn't gotten software/firmware updates? If it hasn't, then maybe it's not running the version that relies on a valid certificate to run.

  15. If you're participating in a debate/conversation, you should care about facts.

  16. Re:Buy all the music you can.... on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks like they don't: "We generally license content for a fixed fee and a defined time period with payment terms varying by agreement. "

    https://ir.netflix.com/top-inv...

  17. Do you have a reference for that?

  18. Governments don't do this for fun or for no reason. People are really really frightened of radiation, and not so much of smog. This is partly for good reason: there is no perceptible difference between no radiation at all and a lethal dose. I would guess the political price of a few people getting sick and blaming it on the government is greater than the political price of an unnecessary evacuation. And after all, that is what politicians care about.

  19. It's kind of amusing how so many people think the left own the mainstream media, and others believe just as fervently that it's the right.

  20. Re:Repeal the 2nd amendment on President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If the student opens fire in a classroom or a hallway, it'll still be minutes before he gets into range of the shooter.

    If he's crawling, or can't figure out where the shooter is (I'm assuming by "minutes" you don't mean two). Kids are generally given 4-6 minutes in my experience to get from one classroom, to their lockers, and then to the next classroom. So for someone in a hurry and with no congestion it should be a matter of few seconds to a minute or so unless he has trouble figuring out where the shooter is.

    Of course that's all moot since he didn't even go into the building.

    It leads to a lot more people with guns near the targeted children.

    The part about a lot more guns near children is why people have a problem with this plan.

  21. Re:Repeal the 2nd amendment on President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    To the anti-gun side: Just because one guy did nothing does not mean that's even a common thing with armed guards. You can't say "well, armed guards don't make a difference, this guy didn't" when it was just one guy in one incident.

    That's certainly true, but if good guys with guns are so effective, the NRA and people like Mitch McConnell should have lots of examples of crimes stopped by armed citizens. Do they? I haven't heard of any such evidence, but I don't know. Maybe it's just so extremely common that it doesn't even make the news, but I would think gun rights people would be crowing about such incidents.

  22. Re:People are getting smarter, the phone's aren't on Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Down For First Time Ever (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I missed that.

  23. Re:Maturing Industry on Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Down For First Time Ever (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    hopefully they won't depreciate quite so quickly.

    Though that would be bad for people who like to buy used.

  24. Re:Galaxy Note 4 was the best then all downhill... on Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Down For First Time Ever (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    3.5 inch headphone jack

    Man that is one huge headphone jack.

  25. Re:New phones... on Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Down For First Time Ever (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It depends what you use the SD card for. If you're using it for main storage, then it's going to get a lot of writes, which I assume is what you're referring to frying it over time. If you put stuff on it that is mostly read access (music, podcasts, movies, etc.) it should work fine, right?