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  1. Re:First Vinyl... Then Cassette on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally I still buy music on CD for the simple fact that ironically its cheaper for me to buy and ship a CD to my house than it is to buy it from Apple / Google. Plus its still the best option from for fidelity.

  2. Re:I suppose it was Guardian of the Galaxy that .. on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Guardians also sold their soundtrack in a limited run on cassette for novelty. iirc they said at that time they had a difficult time finding some place to have them made so its interesting that random artists are finding somewhere

  3. Cost on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Its laughable that the website talks about how tapes are great from a cost perspective compared to vinyl, when CDs are significantly better than both.

  4. Re: It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not buy a CD deck for $30 new, or probably $5 at a garage sale. The new ones even have bluetooth at that price point.

  5. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    It didn't stop vinyl from coming back when it is objectively a worse format than a CD.

  6. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    If I recall correctly CDs have something like 7-8 copies of the data and has error correction.

  7. Works fine with most forms in my experience. The only issue I've had with it are maps which ight be some sort of vector graphics.

  8. Re:Foxit instead on Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader Update Silently Installs Chrome Extension (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Chrome also offers pretty good native PDF support, so why even bother having more software installed.

  9. Re:It's the content providers on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that is because ESPN tells the provider you must get X subscribers (or there is some minimum cost). Perhaps they aren't the best example in the US market, but in general my previous post is how it works. In order to get channel X they must also sell Y subscriptions channel Z.

  10. Re:It's the content providers on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Usually its the other way around, popular channels like ESPN are used to force them to also sell bad niche channels that no one wants. Thats why you end up with 200 channels.

  11. Re:Netflix sort of has the right model... almost on Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've only sat through one commercial on Youtube when there was an option to skip - some sort of circuit / electronics design application that looked pretty neat, unfortunately for them I'm totally not their target audience since I don't design circuits. What amazes me is how bad the commercial choices are, I watch some videos about sports cars, that doesn't mean I have any interest in commercials about trucks, minivans, suvs and crossovers, in fact one might say I probably have less interest than the average person in them.

  12. Re:Uber is not a ride-sharing company on Regulators Criticize Banks For Lending Uber $1.15 Billion (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which is something people also do with taxis.... If the driver wasn't going that way already and you're only covering a share of the gas money it isn't ride sharing.

  13. Re:Make the banks take the risk when an driver hit on Regulators Criticize Banks For Lending Uber $1.15 Billion (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Funny how it only happens to foreign corporations while wall street bankers and ratings agencies walk free after the sub-prime crisis.

  14. A 'fact' from an anonymous coward...

  15. I'm not a SJW but you only need to read a number of these posts to see a number of posters are targeting her for being female and claiming she slept her way to the top.

  16. What could possibly go wrong.

  17. Can We Track You

    Yes | Delete Account

  18. AOL is a bit different, most of their properties don't use AOL in their name. On the other hand most of the core Yahoo properties do, with some exceptions like Flickr and Tumblr.

  19. She didn't fail at Google, she was widely respected both internally and externally. Hence why the Yahoo board chose as CEO of the company.

    The reality is Yahoo has been a zombie for years, only the investors weren't ready to admit it and put it down.

  20. As far as I know they have no answers for rain or winter, and still have issues with everyday scenarios. I think people are underestimating the time from figuring out these issues and productizing it. Then as you mention there is still a regulation step where we will need to develop standardized tests to validate the vehicles meet minimum standards and develop legal frameworks.

  21. Does anyone else have extreme skepticism that we'll see real autonomous vehicles available by 2021? (Ignoring the parlour tricks we have today)

  22. I believe they also need to warm the battery to operating temperatures to prevent damage.

  23. Re: Who cares? on 'OLED TVs Will Finally Take Off in 2017' (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    This isn't really an OLED problem to my knowledge, rather an issue that most high end TVs have a long image processing pipeline.

  24. Every single job site I've ever seen has a has a paid feature for recruiters (how the site makes their money) and the ability to post your resume.

  25. Are they really working? I don't think there are many men over 60-ish who get major parts in movies barring Connery, Stallone & Arnie. Even Connery doesn't get major roles now.