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  1. Can the doorbell companies mark a doorbell stolen on Across the US, Popular Video Doorbells Are Recording their Own Thefts (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I would think that the doorbell companies could mark a doorbell as stolen by the MAC address or another internal identifier. The same way that cell phone companies or laptop companies do. Then stealing the doorbell would make them worthless.

  2. Make 10 billion fined 1 billion - profit! on Facebook Settlement With FTC Could Run Into the Billions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1. Do something illegal or semi-legal and make 10 billion
    2. Get caught and say your sorry, really, really, sorry
    3. Get fined 1 billion
    4. Roll around in the 9 billion left over
    5. Avoid taxes since the 1 billion in fines is a deductible loss

    Now that you've been caught, find new illegal or semi-legal thing to make 10 more billion and repeat

  3. Re:have the ITU revise the 5G spec to make it clea on Sprint Sues AT&T Over 5G Branding (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The ITU is the group that comes up with the specs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... the same way that the IOC covers Olympics and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures says what a "meter" and a "kilogram" are.

  4. have the ITU revise the 5G spec to make it clear on Sprint Sues AT&T Over 5G Branding (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If the International Olympic Committee IOC can say who can and can't say "Olympics" then the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) should be able to say what is and isn't "4G" "4G LTE" "4G LTE E" "5G E" or "5G"

  5. Re:Shouldn't they be... on AT&T, Dish, Comcast All Raising Cable TV Rates To Counter Cord-Cutting (dallasnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The cable companies may be worried about the whole "Net Neutrality" fight going on. If they raise internet rates after the FCC removed the restrictions they said were too onerous to bear then they at least look like hypocrites and possibly liars.

  6. Most of us don't live in a neighborhood where you have to lock down everything you own and put bars on your windows. I have sent multiple messages to FedEx, USPS and UPS asking them to leave the packages on my front porch.

    If you are paranoid put up a small bush or large planter on your front porch. Then delivery people will put your packages behind it so the package can't be seen from the street.

  7. this sounds familiar "mandatory back doors" on Europe Should Be Afraid of Huawei, EU Tech Official Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    this could easily be rewritten

    "Huawei, which generated $93 billion in revenue last year and is seen as a national champion in China, faces intense scrutiny from many Western nations over its ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns it could be used by Beijing for spying. Ansip said he was concerned because Chinese technology companies were required to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services, such as on "mandatory back doors" to allow access to encrypted data. "

    to

    "Apple, which generated $233 billion in revenue last year and is seen as a national champion in US, faces intense scrutiny from many nations over its orders from the US government, driven by concerns it could be used for spying. Ansip said he was concerned because US technology companies were being forced in FISA courts to cooperate with FBI investigations, such as on "mandatory back doors" to allow access to encrypted data."

  8. Ellison vs. Bezos on Amazon Releases A No-Cost Distribution of OpenJDK (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if this is linked but last month there was a business insider article about how Amazon had moved it's warehouse databases off of Oracle. And that this database change was the reason for a crash on Prime Day.

    From the article "And on Monday at the Oracle OpenWorld keynote, Ellison compared Amazon's database to a semi-autonomous car, saying, 'You get in, you start driving, you die.' "

    Amazon saw an opportunity to fire back a Oracle and took it.

  9. utility can charge higher rates to recoup on The Battle for Solar Energy in the Country's Sunniest State (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    How does this work?

    "a two-hundred-million-dollar gas-fuel plant would be more lucrative than a twenty-million-dollar solar array because the utility can charge higher rates to recoup its investment costs"

    I would think that the utility could charge rates to recoup investment costs of either solar or gas. What am I missing here? I would think that once you have recouped your investment costs, I would assume by charging rates, then it would be mostly profit since you don't have to purchase natural gas.

  10. Passengers are surrounded by safety equipment on In a Crash, Should Self-Driving Cars Save Passengers or Pedestrians? 2 Million People Weigh In (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    In all these scenarios I would always pick the pedestrians. The passengers in the car are strapped in by seat belts, wrapped in a 5000 lb steel cage, and surrounded by airbags. The pedestrians are protected by a t-shirt and jeans.

    Then again if I was in a self-driving car and it swerved to avoid a squirrel by slamming me into a tree. I would probably buy a different car next time.

  11. Created filters using MacroDroid on Number of Robocalls Placed in the US Surged By 50 Percent in the First Half of This Year (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I found an app called MacroDroid where I was able to have actions happen depending on if a number is in my contacts list.
    1. if a number I'm being called from is not in my contacts it changes the ringer to silent and disables vibration.
    2. after a missed call it changes the ringer back and turns on vibration

    I wish this was part of Android itself but this will work for now

  12. "some drivers" "might" equals click bait article on Some Electric Car Drivers Might Spew More CO2 Than Diesel Cars, New Research Shows (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The article is more click bait than actual science. The science behind the article is also flawed. Their biggest assumption is false that the diesel fuel used by the cars is magically transported to the gas station
    By doing this they assume
    1. There is no CO2 involved in getting the oil out of the ground
    2. there is no CO2 involved in getting the oil to the refinery
    3. there is no CO2 in refining the oil to diesel
    4. there is no CO2 in getting the diesel to the gas station

    The article also states that people take three and a half years to drive 30,000 miles? I live 5 miles from work and I drive more than 30,000 miles every year.

  13. Might be from VPN users avoiding Google captcha on Pro-Privacy Search Engine DuckDuckGo Hits 30 Million Daily Searches, Up 50% In a Year (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you use a VPN and not the Chrome browser Google search will sometimes do a captcha check where you have to click on all the images of cars or storefronts or crosswalks. Because of this it makes DuckDuckGo the default choice for those users.

    You can verify yourself by using Opera on a VPN after you clear Opera's cache and cookies

  14. Could pureed clams be called "Milk" on Should the Word 'Milk' Be Used To Describe Nondairy Milk-Alternative Products? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There needs to be a definition. Something simple like Mammal Mammary Sweat = Milk, Squeezed/Pulped Plant = Juice

    I think calling all white liquids that can be swallowed as milk, problematic

  15. Why is extra time a secret? on Has Video Refereeing Ruined The World Cup? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Have a second clock for extra time that counts up and as the game goes on. So any Replay/Injury/Diving/Slow Substitution, all the ways that a team can currently use to run out a game once they have a crippling 1-0 lead, would automatically add up, negating any advantage gained.

    If the teams just switch from the above to playing keep away in the backfield institute a over-and-back rule at the half-way line.

  16. I like it and the science, but it is misleading on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The science is interesting on how they made changes to the capture device to make it more efficient. There are too many assumptions in the study. A big one of them is how much profit can be generated from creating synthetic oil from combining captured CO2 with H to create it. The previous study that is referenced where it was $1000 per ton was storing the CO2 after capture which made it more expensive.

    I would prefer the raw numbers of how much it costs to go from Air to CO2 as a raw product. Then go about the costs and profits of what can be created or how expensive it would be to store the CO2.

  17. Why was Deadpool 2 and Solo released back to back? on 'Solo' Will Lose $50+ Million In First Defeat For Disney's 'Star Wars' Empire (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    This was just bad timing more then a bad movie. I saw it and it was an enjoyable heist film set in the Star Wars universe. I think whoever in Marvel decided that Infinity War, then Deadpool 2, then Solo should all be released within two weeks of each other (4/27, 5/10, 5/24) made a major goof.

    Something had to give, and it was Solo

  18. Aircraft Carriers are nuclear-electric on Tesla Model X Breaks Electric Towing Record By Pulling Boeing 787 (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    Aircraft Carriers are also electrically driven just Nuclear-electric. Trains that pull 20 to 30,000 tonnes of coal or ore are also electric. Diesel-electric instead of battery-electric but both are just a matter of scale.You might be able to create a powerwall carrying battery-electric train engine for moving cars around the yard. Cutting down the noise and pollution in train yards.

  19. Northwest passage or looping around Antarctica on The Longest Straight Path You Could Travel On Water Without Hitting Land (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If the north pole is clear of ice can you make it through the Bering Straight in a straight line that would go from Antarctica to Antarctica? Up the Pacific and down the Atlantic?

    My other solution would be to be a looping straight line between the tip of South America and Antarctica, you would have a shorter run but after a couple of times around the world you might get to more than 20,000 miles.

  20. look like Storm Trooper helmets Disney will sue on Nikola (Motors) is Suing Tesla (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I looked at both and they both look like Star Wars Storm Trooper helmets. Both companies are going to lose their design patents to Disney.

  21. If the state doesn't block it on What It's Like To Live in America Without Broadband Internet (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    "towns like Orleans, California, have started their own nonprofit internet services instead."

    I live in Missouri where AT&T, Comacast,... have (made campaign contributions | paid off | bribed) the state legislature so communities aren't able to create their own internet.

    https://motherboard.vice.com/e...

  22. What will be the total bill in both the auditors time and the postal workers time?

    If there is anything found will it be less than the total cost of the audit?

  23. 36 months (3 years) from Theaters to Home Theaters on Netflix Pulls Out of Cannes Following Rule Change (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    does that include things like Blu-Ray?

    Is France just now getting The Martian and Mad Max:Fury Road?

    Do they have to wait until December for Star Wars:The Force Awakens?

  24. multiple anti-virus programs fighting over files on Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I already have anti-virus software running. How do I know that it won't be fighting chrome for file access. I have helped people who in their paranoia have installed multiple anti-virus programs and then started having trouble as the programs fight back and forth when scanning files.

  25. NSA Did Not Tell Intel About Flaw Until Public on Intel Did Not Tell US Cyber Officials About Chip Flaws Until Made Public (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    There is so much distrust on both sides of the equation that they have to be publicly shamed to say anything.