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  1. Has more to do with non-use of cars on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Gen Z pretty much thinks cars are for grandpas.

    No car, no car radio, no radio habit.

    Besides, all my best radio stations do free podcasts.

    Oh, and by the way, vinyl rocks!

  2. Sigh. More incorrect reads of studies on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Look, all the medical studies pretty much always say the following:

    1. Get mild to moderate exercise. Yes, just park your car and walk an extra block or take an extra flight of stairs. That's all.
    2. Eat a varied diet, low in red meat, that you mostly cook yourself from scratch. Don't eat out (processed foods) too often. Don't add salt etc until you actually serve the food, and do so to taste.
    3. Reduce stress. Stop worrying about studies. Stop worrying about the cold hard fact that one day you will be on a slab with a tag on your toe, no matter what you do. Stop obsessing about stuff you can't change, or how hard it is to change, and change things halfway or in part. Small changes matter more than you think. A 20 percent reduction in harmful stuff usually gets you 80 percent of the positive change that an 80 percent reduction would. So aim for 20 percent. Get used to 20 percent.
    4. Stop the fad diets. Too much of anything is bad for you. You know that.

  3. How many people are actually using full 1080p over the air HDTV broadcasts? Most are getting 1080i or 720p, and most cell carriers downgrade you to 720p nowadays.

    Fix that first.

  4. Re:Data mining not needed on To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Time to face the truth methinks: Most people want to be spied on.

    I even dance naked in front of my unsecured security cameras with whipped cream on my nipples.

    You really should take the cheese spread off first.

  5. I will not go to data mining establishments on To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Code that.

    Have cash. Will pay where I want to, eat where I want to, and if you're "too full" there's another better restaurant on the next block.

  6. He's probably so old he thinks women want fossilized compressed carbon that has artificial market scarcity, instead a good old ETF.

  7. Re:The real reason... on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, driving cars is so last century, grandpa.

    Self-driving cars doubly so.

  8. All a plot by AIs to replace humans on Many People Still Don't Want To Ride in Self-driving Cars, Survey Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "Soylent Green is made from People!"

    (squish)

  9. Re:Do I not exist at all then? on These Are the 10 Most Popular Mobile Apps in America (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Easier idea is to sub to podcasts of music, like KEXP song of the day or NPR alt.Latino and play that. Free. No charge. Ever.

    I also use RA podcast and KEXP Live Performances podcasts. You can get those on video too, but it will drain your battery fast.

    And, yes, I donate to my NPR station and KEXP. And buy albums and t-shirts from the bands at performances (they get half the take instead of 2 cents).

  10. Fake News on These Are the 10 Most Popular Mobile Apps in America (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    I use Pokemon Go, Twitter, and OneBusAway way more often than any of that p3rvvv stuff you say are the top 10.

    Have them all set with no permission to run when not active window.

    Google Maps is only when an event is launched and I don't know where it is. Only reason I use it is Apple Maps kept telling me things were in the middle of the Salish Sea, so I stopped using it.

  11. See, there's your problem.

    I use a subscription for news items. It's called my internet connection.

    FB is so last century.

  12. I always drop mine down the sewer grates on Here's Why People Don't Buy Things With Bitcoin (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean, even if you have some virtual gum with you, you have to chew it and then put it on a virtual 5 meter pole, just to pick up the virtual coins.

    Rather have a decent loonie or toonie instead. Those stay in your pocketses.

  13. Realized it was in the NSA database on Justice Department Walks Back Demand For Information On Anti-Trump Website (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Stored as "metadata".

    Same thing.

  14. If you believed that, you'd believe 39 of the 50 US states elections in specific counties were hacked ...

    Oh.

    Wait.

  15. Re:Nope, can't relate. on People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35, Study Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, are you saying that a job placement firm might want to push a false narrative that would encourage people to become dissatisfied with their current jobs so that the firm could make a sweet nut on both sides of them moving to a different job?

  16. You spelled Losers wrong on People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35, Study Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Losers start hating their job at 35.

    The rest of us are enjoying what we do.

    Oh, and we have cool parties that don't cost much and aren't as boring as yours.

    Now, go take a shower. That might make you more sociable.

  17. Re:The question is still valid. on Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Show me how I can get non-network channels with an antennae, and I'll not only drop cable, I'll not even look at streaming.

    What do you think satellite TV is?

    It's an antenna.

    There. Now go look at streaming.

  18. Re:Show me how... on Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    Who wants ESPN? In fact, most cable providers are realizing the majority of consumers don't want ESPN.

  19. Modern HDTV sets have antennae on Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought a directional HDTV antenna for $50 and I get 2-3 channels for each - both of the PBS stations has three channels, and so does the local Telemundo - your TV has the ability to display a second language as part of the digital channel, so I can watch a Spanish broadcast of a soccer game with that turned on, and the sound is in English or you can display subtitles in English.

    In most major cities this will give you around 50 channels, most of which are higher quality signals than your local cable provider.

  20. Kind of late to the game on Elon Musk Backs Call For A Global Ban On Killer Robots (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd say late by a few decades, actually

    And you thought the kits to turn dumb bombs into smart bombs, or the standoff conventional weapons systems weren't robots?

    Interesting ...

    You're soaking in it. don't ask about our stealth drone swarm packs we drop from stealth bombers. you might learn something you apparently don't want to know.

  21. You should always order by mail or Amazon on Secret Chips in Replacement Parts Can Completely Hijack Your Phone's Security (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This just shows that you should always order by mail order or by Amazon, so that the NSA can install their own chips inside instead of the other ones a repair shop would install.

  22. Not a flaw, but a feature on Unpatchable 'Flaw' Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's so we can shut down your cars when you try to drive them into high security areas that are federally controlled.

    For exactly that reason.

  23. It's you.

    Fun Fact: America doesn't like Nazis.

    I'm sorry if that's a shock to you, but there it is.

    As to why the story is in tech news, it's specifically referring to the business and manufacturing councils that tech firm CEOs were on.

  24. Actual data shows only in red states on Higher Minimum Wages Bring Automation and Job Losses, Study Suggests (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    There are literally thousands of help wanted signs in Seattle at restaurants right now.

    There didn't used to be hardly any.

    And we have a $15/hour minimum wage.

  25. Re:Free speech vs fair trial on No Cash For Hate, Say Mainstream Crowdfunding Firms (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Your right to free speech exists.

    Speech has consequences.

    Jail is one of them.