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  1. And after you've done the conversion, you still have no idea because there are not enough significant digits.

  2. Multi monitor support on KDE Plasma 5.14 Released (kde.org) · · Score: 1

    Does it support different scalings for different monitors yet? It's currently pretty much unusable connecting a 4K monitor to my laptop.

  3. Re:What about smaller phones? on Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL Announced With Bigger Screens and Best Cameras Yet (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd love a smaller phone. And I'd be fine with a relatively low specced small phone, as long as it had a decent camera. That's what I use it for more than anything else anyway.

  4. Re:No logic needed on Canadian Music Group Proposes 'Copyright Tax' On Internet Use (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    They actually have a quantifiable lack of gains. They're not complaining about pirates, they are complaining that they don't like *the deal they made* with streaming services.

  5. Re:Compromise: UK to set back to 1939, EU to 2019 on EU To Stop Changing the Clocks in October 2019 (dw.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Scotland they'll be set to Scotch Time and in NI they'll be set to Whiskey Time, of course.

    Why would you set your time to 'All the time'?

  6. Re:Oh no, lost monopoly money on Investor Sues AT&T Over Two-Factor Security Flaws, $23 Million Cryptocurrency Theft (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If I secure my $100M gold stash in a storage locker protected by a $40 Masterlock padlock, do I get to sue Masterlock for $100M when the thieves use a bolt cutter to remove the lock and take my gold?

    No, but if the thieves asked Masterlock to open it and they did, you'd have a much better case.

  7. Re:Goodbye Arstechnica on US Invaded By Savage Tick That Sucks Animals Dry, Spawns Without Mating (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I live in Australia. We have cane toads, rabbits etc which cause huge amounts of damage (we also have this tick). There are other countries that have cane toads, rabbits etc where they do not cause huge amounts of damage. The problem with introducing species is that they don't usually balance the same way they did in their native environments.

  8. I do like that they have moved the menu/search button to the bottom, where it's easily reachable one-handed.

  9. Can you type on it without being made to hate life itself? ... NO

  10. Re:apple missed it with too few ports when 1 is ne on It's 2018 and USB Type-C Is Still a Mess (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    When you have to use those ports to charge and connect screens, yes it is too few. But at least it's still got a headphone jack.

  11. It also presumes that the mobile devs are writing the backends. Otherwise how is it the mobile dev's fault that the backend isn't validating data?

  12. Re:TV replaced itself? on When Did TV Watching Peak? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think there is any passed-out-of-copyright content on youtube or netflix, because it doesn't exist yet. Maybe a little released into the public domain. If there is, it is an extremely insignificant amount.

    As for youtube, most of the stuff on there I wouldn't consider 'TV'. I would think the majority (watched) would actually be considered music. Certainly the vast majority of the most watched content is music videos.

  13. Re:Found the real cause of obesity: on When Did TV Watching Peak? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the average American spends 5 of their 8 non-work-non-sleep hours each day doing things other than watching TV.

    Commuting

  14. Re:More Like "Imgur Launches SOUND" on Imgur Launches Video · · Score: 1

    AFAIK all their stuff already technically had video (most were even mp4s), but you could count on it being silent. Looks like Imgur links will no longer be relatively safe to open in a quiet environment.

    As a side note, the animated gif is a testament to the importance of compatibility and adoption for a file format. It sucks at compression and quality, and doesn’t support any sound whatsoever.

    How many expert committees and standards organizations and patent wars revolved around implementing and promoting dozens of “superior” video formats (including codecs and containers and server/client software)? Despite all that effort and conflict, the animated gif reigned supreme as THE most widely used video format of the internet, at least until the rise of Youtube (and it was still competitive for a while afterwards). Because it works absolutely everywhere, since the 90s.

    Interestingly, about the same time the patents on it expired.

  15. Re:Doesn't help when you're sitting on the tarmac on Faster Flights Are Coming With New Satellite Tracking Technology (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    >

    Is your anecdote more correct than mine?

    Yes.

  16. Yeah I can see the use case. However, I can already pull the tab out into a new window if I want. Problem solved, without adding yet more stuff for advertisers to take advantage of.

  17. Re:Seriously guys on Great Barrier Reef Gets $379 Million Boost After Coral Dies Off (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither does the government.

  18. Re:What would NYC subway fares cost if they self-f on Why New York City Stopped Building Subways (citylab.com) · · Score: 2

    More than they currently do. What would be the cost of driving if it was self funded?

  19. That's hundredths, but the OP actually said that winning by thousandths was *boring*, which I can't quite understand. Winning by 30s is boring, thousandths would be brilliant!

  20. Re:Geez, not a "software glitch" on Software Glitch Robs Formula 1 World Champ of Season's First Win (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    He couldn't actually go faster under the safety car, he could have gone faster *before* the safety car to make the gap large enough to cover Vettel's stop, but he didn't because he believed he was already far enough ahead to cover him, so he choose to conserve his tyres and engine instead.

  21. Re:Typing would be a nightmare on New Apple Patent Imagines an OLED Screen As a Keyboard For MacBooks (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly what I came here to say. As if their existing keyboards aren't bad enough.

  22. Yep, a few years ago Melbourne's reservoirs were running low, so the water company created a 'Target 155' (litres per person per day) campaign. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how people could use that much in the first place.

  23. Re:Doctrine of First Sale on Disney Loses in Redbox Copyright Row (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep. Otherwise Disney would be have to be fine with us downloading BluRay copies of movies that we previously bought on VHS. After all, what they sold us was the movie. As an aside, this is exactly how I think it should work.

  24. Re:The previous contenders... on Tokyo To Build 350m Tower Made of Wood (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Todai-ji in Nara is 57m and was built 300 years ago. Supposedly the old one was even bigger.

  25. Re:Who Owns You on Reddit Bans 'Deepfakes' AI Porn Communities (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The Man in the Iron Mask wasn't exactly short...