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  1. Re:The Console Advantage. on Microsoft Takes a Big Step Towards Putting Xbox Games On Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Its not quite uniform anymore, there are at least 2 different hardware configurations from both Sony & MS. Having started down this road I anticipate that there won't be a hard break over generations either, and new games will support the old hardware (at least pro/x) for longer.

  2. Re:If I have to pay for it on Mozilla and Scroll Partner To Test Alternative Funding Models for the Web (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I would also question how scalable relying on donations is. It doesn't feel to me like you could operate a large scale business (e.g. NY Times) when we think about how budget stations that relied upon telethons seemed to be.

  3. Social Network? on Pinterest Cracks Down on Anti-Vaxxers, Pressuring Facebook To Follow (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems a generous description for an image bookmarking service.

  4. Sure, but it sounds like Apple isn't complaining about the validity of the patent, just that they shouldn't have to pay it.

  5. Re:Counter-suit on Qualcomm Urges US Regulators To Reverse Course, Ban Some iPhones (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, but since FRAND is (voluntary) for standards if the patent isn't necessary for implementing the standard FRAND doesn't apply and the IP holder is free to charge whatever they want, reasonable or not.

  6. Not really, consider most SoCs include hardware for decoding video codecs but for some formats you may still need to license the patents for the video codec if you enable them. Apple chose to buy the chips, not license the IP but use it anyway. FRAND also only applied to patents for a standard (e.g. 5G), I recall at least some of the patents being for non-obvious (as in not what you'd expect from Qualcomm) technology like quick battery charging.

  7. Re:From the 'No sh*t, Sherlock' department on Middle-Age Men Who Can Do 40+ Push-Ups Have Lower Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 3

    I wonder whether push-ups happen to reflect overall fitness, or if one were to train specifically to do push-ups whether that would break the correlation.

  8. Re:Same as iPad Pro for weight on Samsung's New Galaxy Tab S5e Is Its Lightest and Thinnest Tablet Ever (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Thats an interesting contortion.

  9. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest you probably can't upgrade the RAM or storage in the tablet. Its more appropriate to say also offered as....

  10. Phrase it differently... on Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The region would have given and housed them 25000 employees. Surely that is worth something to Amazon.

  11. Really there is no reason they shouldn't be easily changeable or perhaps unique per relationship (e.g. your bank gets a different # than the your employer). As implemented they shouldn't even be allowed to be collected or stored by anyone other than your employer and the government.

  12. So they found 5 severe policy violations, then 4 of them did it again the next year?

    Could be re-registering, it may also not be appropriate to give a death penalty to a publisher if they inadvertently pull in some shit via a library.

  13. Not really, while I don't personally like or trust Apple the article suggests that at least so far they are saying No. Though iirc they did give user information if you subscribed to a publication much as Google does.

  14. Back in the paper days we used to collect this information and sell it to third parties unbeknownst to subscribers. Also, we don't recognize the irony in writing about Facebook and privacy.

  15. Re:As opposed to....? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ethical To Purchase Electronics Products Made In China? · · Score: 2

    Pretty much this, there really isn't any alternative unfortunately.

  16. I wonder how many people actually use the Samsung browser instead of Chrome which is likely also on many of those devices. One would imagine folks downloading Firefox or Opera actually used it at least once.

  17. Re:Diversify your investment portfolio on Software Engineer Loses Life Savings in Quadriga Imbroglio (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Nah, they're definitely ripping us off. That doesn't mean that the alternatives aren't shit too.

  18. I believe the people claiming he faked his own death are tinfoil hat wearing nutters, but apparently there may be some discussion about whether they actually have a cold wallet with a large amount of funds or whether they just had it sitting at other exchanges.

  19. We've had what, 50-60 years now where companies have done whatever they wanted with packaging and we can see the results. The problem is that the financial interests of the polluter (business) don't align with good of society or the financial interests of the public, because ultimately we the tax payer are going to get stuck cleaning up this shit.

  20. Re:Users ban Spotify on Spotify Bans Ad Blockers In Updated ToS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The same advertisers, in fact they might be overjoyed if they're currently being charged for listens that aren't happening. Why would advertisers give a shit about users who don't see their ads?

  21. Re:Android should never be considered secure. on Google Play Caught Hosting An App That Steals Users' Cryptocurrency (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This has nothing to do with the security of Android, it has to do with users downloading a random fucking application that dealt with money. Would you download some random PayPal alternative and put your credit card in it?

  22. Apple actually launched the original iphone without apps and expected people to use web apps originally. Obviously this made it a dumb phone with a web browser and people wouldn't have it. https://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21...

  23. Play Protect is for malware which is software that attempts to compromise the system. How the fuck is what amounts to an anti-virus scanner supposed to detect an application that doesn't work as advertised? Was Google (or Apple) supposed to do a code audit? Are application developers going to pay Apple/Google 10s of thousands of dollars to do this for every patch?

    I guess its too much to ask for some common sense about technology even on Slashdot these days.

  24. Nope.

  25. implies they were somehow supposed to know.