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  1. I'm getting a taste of Amazon's own delivery service and I am unimpressed. I'm a Prime subscriber. I just placed a $100 order on Monday for several items, most of them Prime eligible. Some of these Prime eligible items originate 45 minute drive from where I live, so why is Amazon, using its own delivery service, taking until Friday to deliver? Prime is 2-day, not 4-day, delivery. Based on the size of the order I could have gotten free shipping without even being a Prime member, and probably gotten about the same level of service, too.

  2. Nougat - meh on Google Reveals What N In Android N Stands For -- Nougat · · Score: 2

    In candy making, nougat is cheap filler instead of a better more costly ingredient

  3. How about they just make the towers near me work! on T-Mobile Is Giving Customers Stock In the Company (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I use Google Project Fi, which is a MVNO on Sprint AND T-Mobile towers. For the last couple weeks, the T-Mo towers near my home have lacked Internet connectivity, while maintaining a strong 4G signal. The upshot: My phone connects to these towers but I have no mobile data. I've contacted Project Fi about this and they are doing their best, but it sucks right now. Part of the attraction of Project Fi is that it takes the T-Mo coverage map and overlays Sprints, resulting in some pretty good coverage, but if half of that picture is broken, so is the coverage. :-(

  4. Re:The Internet is dying on Americans Used Nearly 10 Trillion Megabytes of Mobile Data Last Year (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exabyte

  5. Easy to detect, thwart, log and inform on Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, correct. The simple fix here is to notice the delay in response from the vehicle's hail to the keyfob, and the keyfob's response. The amplification attack introduces a detectable latency in the keyfob's response due to the time required to process and relay the communication.

    I am embarrassed for the vehicle manufacturer's that do not introduce a simple time-out for a keyfob response, and perhaps even introduce a check-engine-like vehicle app indicator for the driver to see that such an attack has been detected (plus where and when) and thwarted.

  6. as a LEAF owner on Nissan Leaf HVAC-Hack Vulnerability Disclosed (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    this does not bug me, much - the Nissan EV apps's remote HVAC feature is nice for warming up the car in the morning while it is still attached to the home charger. You can heat the interior without impacting the traction battery. Little known fact: heating a LEAF that's been parked outside in freezing weather has a greater impact on the battery (driving range) than cooling the same vehicle in the summer.

  7. "software"? on Software Error Releases Up To 3,200 Inmates Early (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    More like "Excel spreadsheet"

  8. If reading a website becomes a crime on Go To Jail For Visiting a Web Site? Top Law Prof Talks Up the Idea (slate.com) · · Score: 2

    Sign me up. I'll visit every last one of these banished sites, repeatedly, until the police come knocking.

  9. Bill includes provision to group asteroid natives on Bill Confirming Property Rights For Asteroid Miners Passes the Senate (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    onto reservations

  10. Ultimately, it doesn't matter if it tastes like me on A Fresh Take On Fake Meat · · Score: 1

    What matters is if it is nutritious, tastes good, and can be produced with less water, waste, and environmental impact.

  11. "Made Off" with their money, he did! on Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Operator Pleads Guilty To $150M Fraud · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff

  12. The problem was not "Concorde in the Air" on Club Concorde Wants To Put a Concorde Back In the Air · · Score: 1

    It was "Concorde All Over the Place"

  13. "Odlanor" is "ronaldO" backward on What's In Your Hand? This Malware Knows · · Score: 1

    just saying

  14. But where will precocious 10 year olds... on Amazon Stops Selling Fire Phone · · Score: 1

    ...get their phones?

  15. Christie has no issue with this suggestion, as... on Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages · · Score: 1

    ...he is easily identifiable from outer space.

  16. 10240 !! on Multiple Sources Confirm Windows 10 has Reached RTM · · Score: 1

    that's ( 2 ^ 10 ) x 10

  17. Amazon product search SHOULD NOT INCLUDE Reviews on Amazon Overhauling Customer Reviews · · Score: 1

    Let's say a reviewer for whatever reason wants to compare the item they are reviewing with some other product. When a search is done for THAT OTHER PRODUCT, the first product comes up in the Amazon search results, because, well, I don't know why - they thought (think?) they are being helpful, BUT THEY AREN'T.

    Who cares what someone writes in a product review when it comes to product search?

    Example: Let's say I am searching for a very specific model or replacement part. I have the manufacturer part number and someone at some time has reviewed SOME OTHER THING and merely mentioned a comparison to the item I am looking for... Now that WRONG part is going to come up in my search result. Do you know how tedious it is to chase down false search results? I friggin' hate that.

  18. Quark (70's Space Sitcom) Did This on Orbiting 'Rest Stops' Could Repair Crumbling Satellites · · Score: 2
  19. It's just like murder, if ya think aboot it, eh? on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Leave to a paid mouthpiece to pull some bullshit argument from her arse and spray it through a microphone

  20. Re:Government Intrusion on Oregon Testing Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fee To Replace Gas Tax · · Score: 1

    It's called "an odometer" and it's already there inside the vehicle

  21. Bunny Lebowski on 'Logjam' Vulnerability Threatens Encrypted Connections · · Score: 0

    will someday learn to live on her allowance, which is ample...

  22. Oh Great! on FTC Recommends Conditions For Sale of RadioShack Customer Data · · Score: 2

    Now everyone's going to know that I by "loose capacitors", ahem!

  23. Re:carry...explosives on Creating the Open Drone Ecosystem Takes Room To Experiment · · Score: 1

    You don't need a drone to do that:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

  24. Re:Charging points on Creating the Open Drone Ecosystem Takes Room To Experiment · · Score: 1

    unless it is windy...