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  1. Re:It's called "Supply Chain Logistics" on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    This means that IF you can pull manufacturing back into the USA, you will also pull the parts supply chain back to the USA as a secondary effect.

    So I see Apple's trouble with it's supply chain being a good thing. There are a lot of places in the USA where they used to make screws, but now don't as this moved off shore.

    They won't. This will be the reason they cite for keeping everything offshore. Like companies that lay off all the American employees, then claim they need H1-B's because they don't have enough locals.

  2. So I guess you could say... on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    they are screwed

  3. Re:Bad Harvest Data Crop Yield on Facebook Is Shutting Down Moments (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If the value of your meta-data drops for any reason services (along with your data) will disappear.

    I wish I had mod points

  4. Yep. Anyone with a drop of decent cynicism knows that the goal is to cripple ad blocking and privacy protection and that "security" is just the excuse.

    But think of the children!

  5. The VW emissions trick worked in a similar fashion: it detected the lack of certain control inputs to figure out if it was being tested.

  6. Hollywood needs to move on from the superhero genre entirely. It was overdone forty years ago.

    FTFY

  7. "Disability advocates" = "Professional plaintiffs" on Pedestrians, E-Scooters Are Clashing In the Struggle For Sidewalk Space (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the same MO of the ambulance chasers that have been shaking down businesses for "ADA violations" since the ADA was instituted.

  8. Re:Speed cameras = dishonest taxation on Yellow Vests Knock Out 60 Percent of All Speed Cameras In France (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It's road engineers looking at crash data and determining that people are consistently getting injured and killed on a section of road and a lower speed limit and better enforcement are needed.

    Now that's funny!

  9. The Biggest lies on Samsung Phone Users Perturbed To Find They Can't Delete Facebook (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll respect you in the morning, it's just a cold sore, and it doesn't continue collecting data or sending information back to Facebook.

  10. Not leaving behind jealous ex-partners by cheating on them would be a good start.

    You don't even have to have a relationship with someone - or even know who they are - for them to stalk you.

  11. Grindr being unwilling to move fast on that issue is a dick move

    I see what you did there...

  12. Telsa Intellectual Property... on Elon Musk Breaks Ground on Tesla's Shanghai Factory (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    ...aaaaaand it's gone

  13. Re:This is why we can't have nice things on Album Sales Are Dying as Fast as Streaming Services Are Rising (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1
    many don't own homes and have limited space.

    Doesn't matter if I have a shoebox or a jumbo jet hangar for storage: If I'm paying for music, I want to buy it, not rent it.

  14. An irresponsible drone operator on a bridge could easily crash a quadcopter into a car, leading to a chain of accidents that could result in death.

    How is that any different than on a [street|highway|parkinglot|freeway|interstate|tunnel|parkway|train|etc]?

  15. Missed opportunity on 'Beware Silicon Valley's Gifts To Our Schools' (nationalreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Beware of geeks bearing gifts

  16. "privacy is the foundation of the company" on Facebook Says A Bug May Have Exposed The Unposted Photos Of Millions Of Users (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    Best joke I've hear all week! Oh, you mean monetization of privacy; ok, that makes more sense.

  17. Malware file discovered on Ships Infected With Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    iamthecaptainnow.exe

  18. Re:First it happened with PCs. on We're No Longer in Smartphone Plateau. We're in the Smartphone Decline. (nymag.com) · · Score: 1
    Unless a whole bunch of new tribes are discovered

    Sentinel Island is a huge untapped market!

  19. Are judges in Canada legally obligated to return a guilty verdict?

    No, but they're legally obligated to apologize.

  20. were you never under 21 in a bar

    Many times

  21. And they need all this years after the customer has left?

  22. My question is... on Marriott Says 500 million Starwood Guest Records Stolen in Massive Data Breach (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why are the storing all that data in the first place?

  23. Re:A senseless question. on Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com) · · Score: 1
    The experts - the ones that have been on program for 20 years, who know not only what the systems do but why they do it - are the valued workers. They're the ones that get the big bucks.

    ...and the first to get laid off the first quarter the company doesn't meet analyst expectations.

  24. Re:no on 'The Internet Needs More Friction' (vice.com) · · Score: 1
    Perhaps we need a new internet

    With blackjack, and hookers!

  25. Re: AND... buy Chinese on Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely On a Lone, DRM-Breaking CPAP Machine Hacker (vice.com) · · Score: 2
    While we are at it let's fix aviation by eliminating the FAA and all licensing requirements.

    The invisible hand of the market will fix it; if too many planes crash, customers will switch to competing airlines. It seems to be working for Malaysia Airlines.