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  1. Still waiting for 8.0 on my Nexus 6P on Everything New In the Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm stuck at 7.1.2 until Project Fi releases the new version (or I force install the factory image and erase everything on my phone). At this rate, Motorola phones may start getting Oreo before all of Google's supported models have it!

  2. Re:It's a complicated thing on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I don't like paying taxes, so higher food costs in exchange for lower taxes is a more than acceptable tradeoff.

  3. Re:It's a complicated thing on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Look at all the numbers and you will see the world is more fair and balanced than what you have been led to believe.

    If you cannot show me the numbers, then your claim is completely meritless.

  4. Re:It's a complicated thing on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    I think California and other donor states (Washington, Oregon, and the New England states) would be very happy with fiscal federalism: send each state an itemized bill and let them decide how to collect taxes and pay the bill. This would keep the nation together while forcing the red states to face the consequences of their failing economic policies.

    It's highly ironic how self-sufficiency is a conservative virtue yet most red states don't practice it (Texas being a notable exception).

  5. I have a dream on This Machine Kills Captchas (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ...that one day my four little bots will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by their ability to solve a CAPTCHA but by the content of their posts!

  6. That's true, we now know that the Arctic is on track to be ice-free by about the end of the century. But I'm not sure how that helps anyone.

  7. Re:Goes back to sleep... on New Science Suggests the Ocean Could Rise More -- and Faster -- Than We Thought (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Al Gore in "An Inconvenient Truth" said that a collapse of a major ice sheet in Greenland or West Antarctica could raise sea levels by 20 feet "in the near future". The near future has not yet passed and neither ice sheet has melted yet so the jury is still out on that one.

  8. But aren't we already suppose to be under ten feet of water?

    Who told you that? Serious question.

  9. I have had a person in my family who was in an accident where someone was killed. He was completely not at fault...

    And you know this because the victim didn't dispute the police report.

    Sadly, the police tend to be biased against bicyclists and pedestrians for "getting in the way" of cars. There was a time when jaywalking wasn't a crime, but then cars came and ruined the streets for everyone.

  10. Re:It'll be regulated into the ground on Anti-Aging Stem Cell Treatment Proves Successful In Early Human Trials (newatlas.com) · · Score: 0

    Yes, but other than treated municipal drinking water, sewer systems, regulated hospitals, and food safety laws, what has the government ever done for us?

  11. Re: Privatize the Police on Body Camera Study Shows No Effect On Police Use of Force Or Citizen Complaints (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    That only happens when they are paid according to the incarceration rate. I can't think of a worse incentive to give, can you?

  12. Re:Recommendation based on Evidence not Guesswork on Consumer Reports Refuses To Recommend Microsoft Surface Book 2 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    But wouldn't writing "MS has had problems with [reliability] in the past" and then recommending the Surface Book 2 send a mixed message?

  13. Re:Laptop in checked luggage?! on Laptops Could Be Banned From Checked Bags on Planes Due To Fire Risk (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you know that you can use a laptop with the battery removed?

  14. Re:who got them butt-hurt on Consumer Reports Refuses To Recommend Microsoft Surface Book 2 (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As long as they explain their reasoning, I think not recommending it at this time is a good alternative to waiting for a year's worth of repair data before publishing the review.

  15. Re:Laptop in checked luggage?! on Laptops Could Be Banned From Checked Bags on Planes Due To Fire Risk (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one reason why we need more bullet trains.

    And why couldn't you ship your laptop battery ahead of the flight?

  16. Re:Banning Lithium-Ion batters on Flights on Laptops Could Be Banned From Checked Bags on Planes Due To Fire Risk (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The only logically safe course of action is to ban all devices containing lithium-ion batteries from flights.

    Including the plane itself?

  17. Re:Unacceptable on Tesla Faces Lawsuit For Racial Harassment In Its Factories (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    File a complaint? This does nothing but tell them that you are a problem employee and possibly unprofitable to the company. Why do you think they just laid off 1% of their workforce?

  18. Except you need a smartphone to set up Alexa! on Amazon's Next Big Bet is Letting You Communicate Without a Smartphone, Says Alexa's Chief Scientist (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon, you're funny!

  19. Re:More gentrification? on Toronto To Be Home To Google Parent's Biggest Smart City Project Yet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I see, if your neighborhood allowed more density, you would be evicted from your house and forced to "live stacked on top of other people and sharing walls."

    Thanks for clearing that up!

  20. Re:How is it different for closed source software? on Companies Overlook Risks in Open Source Software, Survey Finds (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    A third party selling a product is splitting the development costs among multiple customers. You building it yourself means eating 100% of the cost yourself.

    Unless, of course, you split the development costs among multiple customers!

    *sigh*

  21. Re:More gentrification? on Toronto To Be Home To Google Parent's Biggest Smart City Project Yet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    If you really want places for the middle classes and poor to live, then you should support more density in your neighborhood.

  22. Re:How is it different for closed source software? on Companies Overlook Risks in Open Source Software, Survey Finds (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Where exactly do you draw the line about which software you're supposed to write from scratch?

    Short answer: when the existing software doesn't meet your needs.

    Maybe it was designed for a different use case and decoupling it so it can be used in your project would take a lot of effort.

    Or maybe it's poorly written, poorly documented, and/or poorly tested.

    Or maybe its license conflicts with your own.

    In any case, it's good to take inventory of what already exists and learn its strong and weak points before deciding whether to use it or build your own.

  23. Re:How is it different for closed source software? on Companies Overlook Risks in Open Source Software, Survey Finds (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do businesses seldomly take option 2 (build it ourselves) and make it a standalone product the way id Software does with their game engines?

  24. Re:I blame car makers on Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody's Counting (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly we need more parked cars and fences along the road for people to hit instead of pedestrians and bicyclists. Get those bad drivers off the road before they do any real damage!

    Unfortunately, transportation engineers have been facilitating the opposite by removing roadside trees and therefore violating their code of ethics to protect public safety. Isn't it ironic when they widen streets to make it easier for paramedics to respond to collisions caused by wide streets?

    That and other reasons are why transportation engineers are the stooges of the engineering profession.

  25. Re:If it aint' broke on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Hard Truths IT Must Learn To Accept? (cio.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    But if you don't understand why it works, then it may fail in a mysterious way at the worst possible time.