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  1. Just pretend to detect things - lie and take their money

  2. Boo... not cool I like Clip Stack on Android Q Will Kill Clipboard Manager Apps in the Name of Privacy (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.tinyclipboardmanager&hl=en_US

  3. Turns out cars, trains & airplanes dangerous, on Decade-Long Study: Measles Vaccine Doesn't Cause Autism, Even in High-Risk Kids (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    We should definitely just walk around

  4. "Using your account to its fullest" != "piracy" on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's studies like this that make me think that tech has a vocabulary problem.

  5. is larry.page taken? on Google Launches New .dev TLD (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    asking for a friend

  6. Collective Darwin Award Nomination on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Rarely do you get to see it working across generations

  7. Re: Measure latency --- THIS! on Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    That's the right approach. The vehicle alone can do this without any change to the keyfob. In particular, it would be an update to the BCM - Body Control Module - which interacts with key fobs.

  8. This is why I wait to upgrade my phones on Android Pie Has a Battery Life Problem (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    6 months from now all this B.S. will be over, the Pixel 3 will be solid, and I'll buy one off Swappa for about 65% the current new price. And it will work just fine.

  9. I never buy a new phone - always wait a year on People Are Keeping Their Phones Longer Because There's Not Much Reason To Upgrade, Study Finds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    These devices are super complex and cannot possibly be completely bug free the day they go on sale. By waiting a year, you get to see which devices are proven dependable and have been "tested" millions of times by a very large population. When you buy a proven model, you're less likely to feel like you got took.

    Two reasons:
    1) Much better price for "new old stock"
    2) Issues have either been mitigated

    For example, I'm using a PIXEL 2 XL that I bought about 2 months ago on Swappa.com

    Previously, even though the NEXUS 5X had problems, the ones I bought had already been recalled and reworked by LG. My high-schooler is still using one and I have one on standby for that inevitable event of hearing "I cracked my phone screen", though I've noticed that Android phones, in a case, generally don't crack nearly as often as iPhones.

  10. in a word, your nemesis will be *evaporation*, both in terms of desalination effort and water mass loss

  11. Energy is banked as potential energy by moving massive chunks of concrete up an incline via rail. Later on, the chunks are coasted back down the incline, reintroducing the energy into the electrical grid. >80% efficiency!

  12. USPS Informed Delivery - Kinda handy, actually on Suspicious Packages Spotlight Vast 'Mail Cover' Postal Surveillance System (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to informeddelivery.usps.com
    Select "Sign Up For Free."

  13. Re:Too late - Nissan LEAF driver here on Google Maps Adds EV Charging Station Info (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    That's nice for Tesla drivers, but what about everyone else?

  14. Cost and Accessibility on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Almost Nothing Come With a Proper Printed Manual Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Printing is costly and if I want to search for a specific term, give a copy to a friend, keep an archival copy, or load one on to a mobile device: I want the electronic version

  15. Not his patents if he's working for GE on GE Engineer With Ties To China Accused of Stealing Power Plant Technology (thestreet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The only information he is entitled to relating to his patents are the patents themselves, as published.
    https://patents.justia.com/search?q=Xiaoqing+Zheng+General+Electric
    Otherwise he is running off with "work", which GE owns. And the patents are assigned to GE as a condition of his employment, so they aren't his either even if he is one of the authors.

  16. Good thing Google sold off Boston Dynamics on Google Promises Its AI Will Not Be Used For Weapons (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because some of those robots are just waiting to pull a trigger or detach an arm

  17. $3.5 billion to develop include a lot of NRE on Northrop Grumman, Not SpaceX, Reported To Be at Fault For Loss of Top-Secret Zuma Satellite (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    NRE = Non-Recoverable Engineering expense
    While it will cost a significant chunk of change to build another and launch it, it will not be anywhere near $3.5B

  18. Trophy Wife with Tolerance for Bullshit on Trump Says He Wants Skilled Migrants But Creates New Hurdles (apnews.com) · · Score: 1
  19. Today I Learned® on Facebook Employees In An Uproar Over Executive's Leaked Memo (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Russian troll farmers are people too, and Facebook wants to connect us, and if that turns out to have been destructive, oh well! \_()_/

  20. Meet with Candy Crush to talk about Diabetes on Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    makes about as much sense

  21. are so much more accessible

  22. Is there a way to prevent duplicate transactions? on Coinbase is Erratically Overcharging Some Users and Emptying Their Bank Accounts · · Score: 2

    Oh yeah, one of the basic functions of a blockchain :-/
    What the fuck are they doing over there at CoinBase?

  23. James might sue

  24. "TFA"?