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  1. Re: Chrome and Android are Linux hosted ... on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So you're saying you know that I've heard it called that, and that I wasn't listening? Wow, indeed.

  2. Re:Bricks and Mortar can't compete on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The big problem with shopping for clothes online is that you need to know your own measurements.

    Step 1: buy tape measure
    Step 2: look up YouTube video on how to measure yourself for clothes
    Step 3: measure (secure assistance from another human if needed)
    Step 4: write down measurements (wherever you will not lose them, perhaps Google Keep or similar)

    Then order clothes from wherever you want. Steps 1-3 can be replaced by going to a store and asking to be measured, though I don't know if they charge for that if you're not intending to buy something.

  3. Re:Boom times ahead on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you just make all that up, or do you have actual facts to support it?

  4. Re:And what of the FOUR horseman? on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon is building a huge warehouse about 2 miles from my house. Wondering if we're going to get same day delivery once it opens. How is a store supposed to compete with that?

  5. Re: Chrome and Android are Linux hosted ... on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking as an Android developer for the past several years, I don't recall hearing anyone call it that even a single time.

  6. Re:.gov is more accurate? on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You would also have the problem of undercounting mobile users since they'd be likely to use an app instead of a browser.

  7. Re:Chrome and Android are Linux hosted ... on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's theoretical because nobody actually calls it Android/Linux.

  8. Re:What's special about Starcraft? on Humans Are Still Better Than AI at StarCraft (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    A good starcraft player can make a move every let's say 2 seconds.

    Depending on what you mean by "good", the pros make 5 actions per second and better.

  9. Re: The tables have turned on Humans Are Still Better Than AI at StarCraft (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    They fixed that with Starcraft 2 and the AI doesn't know what you're doing any more.

  10. Presently, LEO needs a probable cause or a warrant to enter your home. The lock itself becomes that probable cause and admissible evidence.

    You're saying the fact that the house is locked is probable cause to search it? Please tell me I've misunderstood.

  11. This could only be a better solution for someone who can't reasonably get to an Amazon locker. Those have none of the security issues of either standard delivery or home invasion delivery, and don't cost extra.

  12. Re:"... might not encompass all of the characters" on Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I would be interested in the Eragon series done well. The movie was such a chopped up mess of bits and pieces from all the books if I remember right. They're each like 750 pages or something so plenty of material for a TV series.

  13. Re:And nobody will watch it on Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    In case you haven't seen it:

    Epic Rap Battles of History, George RR Martin vs JRR Tolkien
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  14. Re:QR scanning needs camera permission on With Camera Permission, iPhone Apps Can Surreptitiously Take Pictures and Videos (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    IIRC from when I used the Destiny app, display news and general information about the game.

  15. Re:QR scanning needs camera permission on With Camera Permission, iPhone Apps Can Surreptitiously Take Pictures and Videos (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If it does, the app permission dialog should clearly explain that, and then if the permission is refused the other features of the app should continue to work normally.

  16. Re:Android apps can as well on With Camera Permission, iPhone Apps Can Surreptitiously Take Pictures and Videos (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think there is such a thing as a cell phone that doesn't do SMS so you're stuck there. I'm not sure if anyone makes a phone that doesn't have additional apps either. If it's less than ten years old you're probably going to have a calendar, calculator, address book, and maybe music, navigation and a game or two.

  17. Re:Walmart saving jobs on Walmart Tests Shelf-Scanning Robots In Over 50 Stores (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this doesn't add up.

    Walmart stresses that the robots are there to supplement humans, not replace them... shelf checks can cost a major retailer hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

    So either they are going to save hundreds of millions of dollars a year by paying employees less (fewer hours or fewer employees), or they're going to have them start doing things with their time that they aren't doing now. Which seems more likely?

  18. Re:Firefox is dead on After 12 Years, Mozilla Kills 'Firebug' Dev Tool (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    it sure is better than Chrome which can't seem to stop spawning extra processes

    They're not "extra" exactly, it's just that each tab is a process in Chrome, so if you are used to having 20 or 30 tabs open, that's 20 or 30 processes, plus generally one for each add-on and one for the browser. So it's not hard to get 50 processes going at once. You can see what they are by right-clicking on the title bar and selecting Task manager.

  19. Re:I was actually waiting for this. . . on Time To Move on from DevOps and Continuous Delivery, Says Google Advocate (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The only thing I saw in there that I liked is playing board games at work.

  20. Video comments on Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Comments have been disabled for this video"

    I'm shocked.

  21. Re:Kill... on Could Cryptocurrency Mining Kill Online Advertising? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that would require a constitutional amendment in the US.

  22. Re: Kill... on Could Cryptocurrency Mining Kill Online Advertising? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    Can governments associate a purchase with a specific person?

  23. Re: Ice or water deposits on Discovery of 50km Cave Raises Hopes For Human Colonisation of Moon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just need to land or build enough solar panels (well, I say "just" as though that would be easy). There's lots of energy available on the moon.

  24. Well, I don't think it would be acceptable to say that the passengers will be fine unless there's a huge rupture and they're right next to it, in which case everyone could be killed. And even if that were not a concern, putting it underground seems to solve a bunch of other problems too.

  25. That's interesting, because it would seem to mitigate one of the problems with the hyperloop concept. Namely, if the tunnel ruptures, there's a fast-moving wall of air rushing at anyone inside the tunnel.

    http://dailycaller.com/2016/07...

    If the tube is in a tunnel, there would be much less air available to create such a pressure wave. Or if it's bored through rock there would be almost no air at all inside the tunnel but outside the tube. I think this would mean there would be, at worst, a much less severe pressure wave followed by a more gradual repressurization. Am I wrong?