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  1. Re:Blanket coverage. on Facebook Confirms It's Working on a New Internet Satellite (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    Or even most African countries have pretty good cellphone coverage. Kenya for example is the world leader in mobile payments.

  2. Also, enforcement tends to be at city / district level rather than national level, and councils tend to be more concerned about them running unlicensed hotels, paying residential property tax rather than hotel tax, and taking properties away from local people.

  3. Almost any other cryptocurrency out there is better than bitcoin for that. Bitcoin can be traced, and also, it is really slow and expensive to do transactions.

  4. Re:San Bernadino all over again on Apple Is Served A Search Warrant To Unlock Texas Church Gunman's iPhone (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    In the San Benardino case, they got access to his Yahoo Mail account, use that to reset the iCloud password, and then got access to the iCloud data.

    However, when you reset an iCloud password, you need to input the new password on your phone, otherwise the phone can't log in to iCloud, and they weren't able to do that without the PIN.

  5. Re:The blockchain will survive, perhaps not bitcoi on Bitcoin Prices Surge Past $5,000 Three Weeks After Passing $4,000 (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    The problem is that a 500% increase in value in 8 months makes it completely unsuitable as money.

    Would you sign a 2 year phone contract that was denominated in bitcoin when you have no idea what the agreed amount would be worth in 2 years time?

  6. Prescriptions get sent to the pharmacy in text/xml format, not by a voice call.

  7. Re: So... on Italy Bans Uber (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Über undercuts other taxi operators who comply with minimum wage requirements and drives them out of business.

  8. Re:Appeal on Italy Bans Uber (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Well no, the city councils in Rome, Milan, and so on issue taxi and private hire licences. The EU court will presumably affirm their right to do so, and to choose not to issue such licences to operators who don't meet their local requirements.

  9. Re:Use a real shipping company on $10K Package Of Super Nintendo Games Finally Found By Post Office (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    DHL is owned by Deutsche Post, which is the carrier he used.

  10. Re:Couple of thoughts ... on Excessive Radiation Inside Fukushima Fries Clean-Up Robot (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't have a geiger counter because geiger counters don't have a range high enough to be able to measure that level of radiation.

  11. Re:Not sure what to think.... on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, the Y chromosome only contains the code for the testes, which, if they work correctly, will produce testosterone, and testosterone, will, if other parts of the body work correctly, make them develop as male rather than female. Around 1.7% of babies that are issued with female birth certificates actually have XY chromosomes, and a condition that means the testosterone isn't produced, or doesn't work. They have testes where you would normally expect to find ovaries, but other than that, look exactly like girls.

    There are other conditions that cause the kidneys to produce testosterone, so around 1 in 20000 babies that are issued with male birth certificates actually have XX chromosomes.

    Another thing, thanks to microchimerism, around 22% of women have cells in their bodies with XY chromosomes. Being pregnant with a son increases the chance of this happening, 10% of women who have never been pregnant have cells with XY chromosomes, and many of them have an older brother.

    You almost certainly have cells in your body that 100% match your mother's DNA, in addition to the majority that match 50% plus whatever your mother and father have in common.

  12. It is of course open to Trump or Johnson to ask for a recount in other states if they want to.

  13. A simpler method would be as follows:

    The machine prints out a paper ballot showing what you voted for. You put that in a ballot box. You can then verify the bits of paper in the ballot box with what the machine counted.

  14. Re:Guilty until proven innocent... on Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Do the phone companies keep records of detailed triangulation data for every customer, and if so, how often is it polled? Most likely, all they have is the cell tower the phone was connected to at the time, and a typical tower has a range of about 1km, a bit less in built-up areas.

  15. No we don't need to plan for a future without jobs on Slashdot Asks: Do We Need To Plan For a Future Without Jobs And Should We Resort To Universal Basic Income? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    We just need to plan for a future with different sorts of jobs. The exact same thing was said about other labour-saving equipment that was introduced into industry in the past. Probably one of the first American examples was the Cotton Gin. That actually lead to an increase in employment (of slave labour).

    As most of us on here are well aware, computers need to be programmed before they will do anything, and they have a tendency to break and require maintenance. More computers means more jobs for slashdotters doing these sorts of things. Also there will be more work on product design and development, as if you can get a computer to deliver the actual product, you can easily do a lot more variations on what you offer, and that will be how you differentiate from competitors.

  16. Re:So Assange has overstayed his welcome. on WikiLeaks: Ecuador Cut Off Assange's Internet Access (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If they cut it off within the embassy building. I don't think the Vienna Convention would allow the UK to cut off access to the embassy, though the supplier might if for example there was a billing dispute.

  17. Re:Not a bad guess on Our Atmosphere Is Leaking Oxygen and Scientists Don't Know Why (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    We metabolise about 3kWh of energy per day by breathing, which is equivalent to about 90ml of diesel. All the machinery, heating and so on that we use consumes a lot more energy than that.

  18. Re:Devil's advocate -- what is there to invest in? on Google's Not Investing in Young Startups Anymore (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Things you haven't even thought of, but the start-up in question has.

  19. Re: Guardian?! on How Technology Disrupted the Truth (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    German banks want financial services to be a larger part of their economy. They already ask why the main interbank clearing house for Euro transactions is in London, when the UK isn't in the Eurozone. They will now ask even more why it is in a country that isn't even part of the EU.

  20. Re:Eu is too big on Telecoms Promise 5G Networks If EU Cripples Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Competition as in if I don't like the mobile internet service in England, I can go across the Channel to France and use theirs?

  21. Last time there was a survey on it, about 52% of Catholics would have voted against a United Ireland. 6% of Protestants would have voted in favour of it.

  22. OK, John Lewis was 28 when he opened his first shop.

  23. I was on the No. 88 bus yesterday
    http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-...

  24. No it won't. These 22 year old entrepreneurs are the future big employers in the country. Pretty much every big business started out that way.

  25. Re:Don't Panic on UK Tech Sector Reacts To Brexit: Some Anticipate Slow Down, Some Contemplate Relocation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That has happened because the situation in Northern Ireland has changed. One of the main reasons why they wanted Northern Ireland to become part of Ireland is because of the benefits than free trade and an open border with the South would bring. Being fellow members of the EU meant that they could have those benefits while still being part of the UK. After the border was opened, unemployment in Newry, a city close to the border, fell from 30% to 6%, thanks mainly to people from the South visiting the city to go shopping, and businesses being able to export their goods much more easily to the South.