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  1. Re:When you have a hammer on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I can't see why the same can't be achieved using some additional tags in the audio files.

  2. Re:Musicoin on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Musicoin seems to be a system to extract micropayments from end-users instead of buying songs.
    The system described here seems to be about tracking royalty shares from broadcastings.
    Totally different systems.

  3. Re: Bobcat rental on An Intelligent Speed Bump Uses Non-Newtonian Liquid (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    The same can be said of your body, and would probably be a greater improvement.

  4. Re:Add in the 'low-contrast text' fad... on It's Official: Users Navigate Flat UI Designs 22 Percent Slower (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Because customers are willing to pay more for a flat interface than for a more usable "old" interface.

  5. Sigh.
    Patent != copyright.

  6. Re:Glad I opted out of... on APFS Is Not Optional (apple.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only problem I can think of is that the drive may be inaccessible by other file systems.
    If the OS breaks down for some reason, this may make recovery of data a serious issue.

  7. It's a well-known risk of crowdfunding and backers are warned about this risk a gazillion times.
    This shouldn't be shocking to anybody even remotely sane.
    If you're outraged by this, you should instead be outraged by the psychiatrics wards' inability to keep you locked up inside.

  8. It did come up in a minor way: "Just because objectionable content is removed, that doesn't necessarily transform the content enough to allow this type of behavior under a fair use analysis". Essentially the court implies that censorship alone is a breach of copyright.

  9. Re:slownewsday on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Mind you; on the official online store only. It's still available on actual, physical shelves.

  10. Re:bitcoin isn't real, either on Here's Why People Don't Buy Things With Bitcoin (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The bubble sure does look big from inside!

  11. Only fastest for a short while on China Relaunches World's Fastest Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    It's only fastest for a short while... then they have to relaunch it again.

    ba dum tss

  12. Re:I don't think they understand avertising on Apple Looks For Exceptional Engineer With a Secret Job Posting (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, no IT-nerd news site is going to report on it if they just remove it all secretively.

  13. revision control is not proper backup, but are you aware that all modern revision control systems are atomic? A "backup" is either perfect or non-existant.

  14. Re:If you're cheering this on WordPress Bans Fascist Website Linked To Charlottesville Killer (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking of breaking laws is perfectly fine, no matter how much others disagree with it. Actually breaking the law is not.
    If what you want to do would be illegal, try and change the law to make it legal but do not act it until it is so.

    Assuming this site was an integral part to inciting these murders, the question is whether that is legal or not.

  15. Re:But is it food. on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I.e. eating meat is necessary to not become a vegan?

    I congratulate you on your straw man, straw man.

    (e.g. vegetarians aren't particularly sick).

    Vegetarian != vegan.

  16. Re:But is it food. on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody cares about vegans.
    Meat in moderation is good and necessary for a well-balanced diet.
    The important question is if it has the same nutritional value and if normal humans would eat it.

  17. Re: Negative agreements aren't legal in some place on Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals (boingboing.net) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trump speeches sound like Vogon poetry.

  18. Re:public domian recodings will flood in any case on Crowdfunding Campaign Seeks a Libre Recording of a Newly-Completed Bach Work (kickstarter.com) · · Score: 1

    Lets just pray Disney doesn't own any of those copyrights, or we'll see another 50 years tacked on.

  19. Re:They're liberal when it suits them on Silicon Valley Billionaire Fails To Prevent Access To Public Beach (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I know the problem.
    I live in an appartment building and even though I own my appartment, I still have to let other people waltz through the same appartment building.
    It's total bullshit!

  20. Re:This is hilarious in a very sad way on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as your minority point of view is not a minority point of view... by all means express away!

  21. Do you see a question in the headline of TFS? on Google Now Permits Android Apps That Facilitate Gambling With Real Money (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Please apply Betteridge's Law of Headlines to this post.

  22. Not really why you'd use a DSLR on Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you use a DSLR to make family photos in restaurants, then yes, your phone has replaced your DSLR.

  23. Re:I get immediately suspicicious when... on 100x Faster, 10x Cheaper: 3D Metal Printing Is About To Go Mainstream (newatlas.com) · · Score: 2

    It's Trumpisms all over.

    "remember the name".
    "so much faster".
    "a very exciting company".
    "boost [...] into the big time, for real".

    Is this the new marketing? Written for people you have to spell things out for?

  24. Regardless of whether or not there were good reasons...

    "Of those requests, only one offered a justification that was not boilerplate."

    ...is not justifiable. If there are good reasons; specify them in the request.

  25. Re:Had everything? on The Inside Story of the Lily Drone's Collapse (wired.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ideas are a dime a dozen.

    I just thought of something; a drone that can fly in the air and dive below water. Or how about one that has automatically composes and edits in dramatic music based on the camera view. Or a drone that can link up with another drone to create 3D video from weird perspectives. Or a drone with a built-in baloon so it can stay in the air much longer. Or... you get the drift.