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  1. Re:Safe Emergency Landing on France Becomes First Federal Postal Service To Use Drones To Deliver Mail (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    None, if you power off the props just before ejected the parachute.

  2. Yep... not even an owner of one, but this just goes to show. F*ck Samsung, the owner is the owner... the owner gets to make any and every decision about their device.

    For that to be a reality you would have to absolve Samsung of liability for any and all damages caused by their product. Is that really what you want? You can't have it both ways.

  3. Especially convenient on Amazon Unveils 'Self-driving' Brick-and-Mortar Convenience Store (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Especially convenient for those jobless folks whose job was replaced by automation. Gives them more time to look for that job that will never come.

  4. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 2

    Yeah it's pretty bad here in California too, paying $4,800 a month for mortgage and... wait... did you say $4,800 a year???

  5. The web will be full of videos of cats.... being shot inside boxes.... or not.

  6. Re:Prius hybrid does this... on Sony To Boost Smartphone Batteries Because People Aren't Replacing Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My Prius C does not do that. At 20% the engine kicks on to charge (can never get it to zero), and it normally stops charging at 80%, though regenerative braking on a long downhill slope will bring it to 100%.

  7. Re: Softare and wording problem on Sony To Boost Smartphone Batteries Because People Aren't Replacing Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I never leave it plugged in overnight. I have a thing that plays a tune when it reaches 100% to remind me to unplug the charger. Four year old Note 2 and the battery is fine.

    But my son did ask me why don't they just make the phone so that it stops charging at 100% and won't overcharge. I don't really have an answer for this. Seems possible.

  8. Re:Softare and wording problem on Sony To Boost Smartphone Batteries Because People Aren't Replacing Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Label 80% as 100 and at 125% label it 120, but don't tell us. People will be happy with the extra battery life.

  9. Re:Goodbye Windows. on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If they shut down Linux, they shut down the World Wide Web. Why would they want to do that?

  10. The FBI's dream come true — collect the fingerprints of every citizen.

    You know it will happen.

  11. Re: Man, animation must _really_ be evil then. on Pixels Are Driving Out Reality (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Read the book.

  12. It might come in handy inside a Rubik's Cube.

  13. Re:is SD fading away though? on Samsung Unveils 256GB MicroSD Card, Highest Capacity In Its Class (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1
    Instead of paying for a larger capacity of internal storage...

    We are supposed to keep all our content on 'the cloud.'

    ...and pay for a higher tier plan with more GB/month. I guess they're going to get you one way or the other.

  14. Re: Obligatory... on Hyperloop One Technology Tested Successfully In Nevada Desert · · Score: 1

    How do you combat turbulence in a tube, going 750 MPH?

    Remove the air.

  15. Re:Sure, whatever... on Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Well the point isn't could they but should they. It would be awfully bad PR.

  16. So, technology is bad on James Cameron Announces Four Sequels to 'Avatar' (egyptindependent.com) · · Score: 1

    except when you use it to make a movie.... about how technology is bad.

  17. Re:DDoS and spoofing on DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code (idownloadblog.com) · · Score: 1

    But if the FBI's version blocked Apple from issuing their own legitimate update it would become immediately apparent.

    At that point no one would buy iPhones again. It seems rather bold for the government to plunge one of the countrys most successful and richest companies into instant bankruptcy. Then you really know the shit has hit the fan.

  18. Re:So defective cars on Within 6 Years, Most Vehicles Will Allow OTA Software Updates (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Wirecutters.

  19. Re:Python and C? on BorgBackup 1.0.0 Released (github.com) · · Score: 1

    I wrote my backup program in one language but made sure my restore program was in bash, cuz if my house burns down 5 years from now and I have to restore from the cloud, I don't want to have to install programs just to get my stuff back.

  20. Re:Better question on Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand On Encryption? (windowsitpro.com) · · Score: 1

    And even if they couldn't restrict it to one phone, I would think Apple could give the FBI the tool, and then update iOS and issue a software update to all iPhones that would then make what they gave to the FBI useless on all other (updated) phones.

  21. "turning pollen into a carbon anode"

    For one we're talking about toasted pollen.

    Second, I'd think it better to get the pollen from the flower before the bees have adulterated it.

  22. Re:technically, 100BASE-T is baseband, ISDN is bro on Why 6 Republican Senators Think You Don't Need Faster Broadband (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    A T1 is 24 channels of 64kbps each, so it's broadband,

    A T1 has a single fixed bit-rate of 1.544 MHz which is mupltiplexed to 24 8-bit frames, 8,000 frames/sec, so it is baseband by your definition. It is not a mix of frequencies.

  23. Re:Whew! on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So is the penalty for flying drugs into prison less than the penalty for not registering a drone?

  24. Re:omg we're losing our skillz on Software Update Adds Autonomous Driving To Tesla's Bag of Tricks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But as he comes to depend on and become accustomed to the technology in the car that has it, when he gets into the car that doesn't have it his chances of becoming a corpse increases

  25. Re:It is a flow battery, uses simpler electrolyte on Battery Advance Could Lead To a Cleaner Way To Store Energy · · Score: 1

    But the nice thing is that you can pull into a station, exchange spent electrolyte for charged electrolyte, and be on your way in minutes, while the station can charge it for a later car.