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  1. Lightning to 3.5mm has been available for a while on Apple Is Letting Companies Make 3.5mm To Lightning Cables Now (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought an MFi certified Scosche car power adapter with lightning to 3.5mm out back in April of last year. It charges the phone and provides 3.5mm audio out for connecting to the Aux jack on a car radio. Works great!

  2. I used to get movie and TV show listings from the Sunday newspaper, nowadays newspapers are heavily biased and not worth the paper they're printed on.

    For movies I use the Fandango app to check movie showtimes at my local theater(s). I do not bother with reading reviews of movies that I plan on watching myself, however, for movies that I have no intention to see I read critic and audience reviews for a good laugh. It shows how heavily biased the critics were and to see if I was mistaken about how bad the movie would be by reading the audience reviews, which tend to have an air of truth to them.

    For TV shows I visit my brother 2-3 times a year and take a look at whatever shows he has been watching lately to find the 1 or 2 decent shows to buy Blu-rays of. There is no TV service worth subscribing to.

    To track my Blu-ray collection I use the website: blu-ray.com, to track movies seen in theaters I use the website: Letterboxd. I often write reviews of both Blu-ray and theatrical movies on both sites, although I tend to favor blu-ray.com more than Letterboxd since it allows for easier discussion of all content.

    I do not track and review TV shows since I watch so few and only well after they originally aired.

    I only have 6 books, no need to track my "collection" with any app: My Side of the Mountain, Chicks in Chainmail, H2G2, Masters of Doom, Guns Germs and Steel, and The Pleasure Model. I've never written a review for a book since years tend to pass before I ever finish reading them.

  3. Remember all those bonds and taxes you passed? on Bay Area Cities Consider Rideshare Tax On Uber, Lyft (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember all of those bonds and taxes you voted to approve previously to cover road and infrastructure improvements? Sorry, the politicians needed new carpeting in their offices and wanted to plant some palm trees along the route they drive to work. Be sure to re-elect them as you always do!

  4. Birds on Samsung's New TVs Are Almost Invisible (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Hope you don't have any pet birds or mount the TV outdoors.

  5. Re:Ban Donald Trump on Twitter Asks For Help Fixing Its Toxicity Problem (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Teach children reading/listening comprehension and the problem will go away.

  6. Re:How is this different than vidAngel on Disney Loses in Redbox Copyright Row (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The FMA does not allow selling edited copies of movies, it allows the development and sale of technology to censor movies "on-the-fly" during playback. IOTW, vidAngel could have made a DVD player and sold time-stamped scripts that instructed the DVD player to either blank the screen or jump forward x number of seconds to censor a scene, but they had no legal right to cut content out of a movie then attempt to sell the edited movie.

  7. Re:No it is not on Antarctica Is Losing Ice Faster Every Year (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't know Rush Limbaugh worked for NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/g...

  8. Repeat after me... on Matching DNA To a Diet Doesn't Work (statnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "Diet is for Health
    Exercise is for Weight Loss"

    Until you get that through your skull you will never lose the weight you want or need to lose. The only time people lose weight through dieting is when they starve themselves. That is unhealthy and only works due to reducing your calorie intake far below the amount of calories you burn through your daily routine. You can continue eating what you currently enjoy eating, you just need to increase your exercise to burn off the calories. You won't improve your health drastically, outside of the positive effects of weight loss, but you will LOSE WEIGHT. Weight and health are separate with only some overlap.

  9. Re:Or on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Same here, an extra $30 a month, not to mention removal of the $850 a year Obama tax. I might actually be able to buy my next phone out of pocket instead of sticking with a 2-year contract.

  10. Re:Wait. You can download them? on Electronics-Recycling Innovator Faces Prison For Extending Computers' Lives · · Score: 1

    If the computer is running Windows 8, 8.1, or Windows 10 and had successfully been activated online at some point in its life, then you can download a Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 ISO directly from Microsoft for free online and reinstall the OS. Windows 8 is no longer available to download but you can install 8.1 on a machine that was running Windows 8. The license is digital and no longer requires entry of any license keys.

    Regardless, here is Dell's information on how to obtain a replacement restore disc: https://www.dell.com/support/a...

  11. Re:Try reading the TOS on Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Justin Goldman did not post the photo to Twitter himself. His Copyright was violated by the person that submitted the photo to Twitter without his consent.

  12. Re:The best linux... on Best Linux Distribution (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Good luck monetizing software on Android/Linux.

  13. Re:yesterday on Best Linux Distribution (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump's approval rating is actually at 48% right now, a full 4 percentage points higher than Obama at the same time into his presidency. It's great to have an effective leader that cares about the middle class rather than one that mugs them for their milk money.

  14. Experience with 3 different copiers on Why Paper Jams Persist (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I've had experience with 3 major brands of large floor standing copiers, Xerox, IBM, and Ricoh.

    Xerox copiers were the fastest but would jam 1 out of every 500 pages. Fanning the paper before loading the paper trays would help minimize the frequency of jams.

    IBM copiers were the worst but this was due to some extent as the result of administrative assistants not following instructions. Fanning the paper was mandatory otherwise the copier would jam within the first 50 pages (this was with IBM brand copier paper, too.) The copiers would also suffer constant breakdowns but this was also largely due to the admins doing stupid shit like running staple paper through the form feeder. Whoever said women are bright never met an administrative assistant, they are great at being social and managing someone's schedule but that's it.

    Ricoh copiers are the best of them all. I've only seen them jam when people try to print landscape data on a portrait layout using the wrong size paper for the job. The copier tries it's best to autosize and make things fit but gets confused and errors-out in the middle of printing. Fanning the paper has never been necessary and the admins have yet to break them. The only downside is they are slow to wake up from sleep compared to IBM and Xerox copiers.

  15. Re:Maybe they will soon merge with Myspace. on Facebook Lost Around 2.8 Million US Users Under 25 Last Year (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The inability to import my GeoCities page into MySpace was a real turn off.

  16. Did the state of Vermont hold an open bidding process to provide residents with cable service? If not then residents should sue the state for corruption and force the state to allow other companies the chance to bid on offering cable service.

  17. Re:You tube video shows how to sharpen knives on YouTube Kids App Still Showing Disturbing Videos (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I learned how to sharpen a knife in the Cub Scouts, it's a skill that helps teach a child how to handle a knife safely so they do not injure themselves or others. Same thing with learning how to handle firearms safely.

  18. Re:People are Stupid on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    The biggest downside to lossless purchases (HDTracks, et al...) is they are more expensive than buying the physical CD. The only upside to the lossless purchase is that some are from the original masters and done at a higher bit depth. Regardless, only the physical CD can be re-sold.

  19. Re:CD died 20 years ago? on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    I just bought 4 CD's last week, you must be one of those "Millennials" I've been hearing about. How's the job hunt going?

  20. Re: Last DRM free media on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    You will also be paying 2-4 times more for those downloads vs buying a physical CD to rip your own.

  21. There's only one good show left on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Sci-Fi Books, Movies, and TV Shows You're Looking Forward To? · · Score: 1

    Star Trek is a disgrace, Dark Matter got canceled, the only show left that's worth a damn is The Orville.

  22. Is the streamed content licensed? on China Is Quickly Switching From Pirating To Streaming (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Makes me wonder if the streaming services have actually licensed all of the content they are streaming? China is notorious for ignoring international copyright, trademarks and IP.

  23. Driver interview? on Tesla Model S Plows Into a Fire Truck While Using Autopilot (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What was the driver doing at the time of the crash that they blatantly ignored a fire truck in their lane?

  24. Lack of water??? But all of the crazed liberals have been saying cities are going to flood as the sea levels rise from ice melting. Make up your minds!

  25. More voices please on Google's Voice-Generating AI Is Now Indistinguishable From Humans (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I like Australian Siri and wish Alexa would offer similar accents. $0.02