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  1. Re:This is easy ... on Wading Through AccuWeather's Response (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah that's not an easy option if you spent lots of money on weather station hardware they produce, and want to be able to remotely interact with it. Accuweather is also a leading weather hardware company.

  2. Sounds like good design to me on Unpatchable 'Flaw' Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So let me get this straight: If a component on the network starts sending out uncontrolled messaging that looks like a denial of service, or an out of control / perpetually errored state, the network corrects for this problem by disconnecting the component causing chaos. That sounds like the CAN network is doing exactly what it should be doing: maintaining the integrity of the shared network at the expense of disconnecting an infected or malfunctioning node. What am I missing?

  3. Just an idea on 'Biggest Data Center' To Be Built in Arctic (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the article: "The US-Norwegian company says it has already raised "several million dollars" for the project from Norwegian private investors. However, it is still working with a US investment bank to secure the remaining necessary funds." So it's just an interesting idea and a grab for investor funds right now.

  4. Re:Sigh. on Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 With $4.6 Billion Pledge (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    He's given away about 1/3 of his wealth so far. Seems like he is honest in his pledge to me so far. After all, he's only 61 years old right now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  5. Cool of him. on The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have to say that's really cool of him to come out and say that. Awesome for somebody to be able to admit they are wrong, as we are all wrong at different times. Way to go!

  6. What I have noticed is that if someone primarily uses their phone for "fun", i.e. a teenager, or an older person without a job, etc. then they want more push notifications. People that are really busy and use it primary for work don't want push notifications. Personally, I think push notifications should only be used for things that require an immediate time sensitive response. I.e. incoming phone call or teleconference, and different forms of instant messaging where people are expecting a real-time back and forth interaction.

  7. What is needed is a hardware mute button. on Google Is Testing Autoplay Videos Directly In Search Results (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    What I want is a hardware mute button that actually mutes. Everything. Like it disconnects the speaker physically. I'm so tired of "mute" being "mute ringtones but not video game noises" or "mutes videos on youtube but not text messages" etc.

  8. Re:Makes sense to me on India's Transport Minister Vows To Ban Self-Driving Cars To Save Jobs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    We shouldn't be worried about prying the 1% away from their wealth, that's a red herring. We should be worried about quality of life increasing for everyone. Access to medical care. Safe food and water, etc. I don't care if other people are ultra rich, as long as my kids have medical care. These two things seem like the same thing, but they're really different.

  9. Multiple access points is the scariest thing to me. That means that while you are going upteen jillion miles per minute, you might accidentally have an elevator in front of you in the tunnel. That makes the security engineering way more complex.

  10. Re:Big bet on VR, not Baseball on Intel's Big Bet On Baseball (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep. Colosseum comes to mind from the past. From the future, you have Star Trek TOG "Bread and Circuses".

  11. Big bet on VR, not Baseball on Intel's Big Bet On Baseball (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The title is way off. This doesn't have anything to do with Intel betting on baseball, unless they are buying a team or something we don't know about. They're betting on VR, and refining their approach, and baseball is an easy, cheap, repeatable way to do that, and provides a "cool" experience in surround. They can move their setup within minutes to any other venue I'm sure.

  12. Cool technology != "Smart Buildings" on Mesh Networking Comes To Bluetooth, Which Could Set Off a New Wave of Smart Buildings (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    New axiom: Any mention of a cool new technology will be accompanied by a prediction of "Smart Buildings" where all the magic is built into the drywall...

  13. These articles often become "It's the MBA's fault!" articles, which is hilarious to me. Imagine that you were on a forum dedicated to financial analysts, or corporate tax returns, and everyone on there was saying "My internets is no workie because my computer is unplugged. It's all the help desk guy's fault!"

  14. MBAs are not what drive quarterly results mentality. It is driven by industrial investors. You know that 401(k) you have? Or your kid's 529 college savings account? The traders for those companies are often what are driving quarterly results. MBAs are people that study the science of business. Blaming the MBAs is like blaming MDs for Obamacare. Just because the MD gives you the bad news that your insurance doesn't cover the procedure, doesn't mean the MD is at fault. Think of it that way, it is more accurate.

  15. Target market is not rich people. on Luxury Phone-maker Vertu Collapses (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    People that are actually rich just want the latest Android or iPhone. Their full time assistants buy it for them. They spend their money on other things that rich people appreciate, like buying power, acquiring competitor's companies, flying on private jets, etc. They don't need an app to dial a free assistant service, because even their private assistants have assistants. This was a phone marketed at people that want to pretend they are rich with their friends.

  16. Re:It wasn't the plating or outside... on Luxury Phone-maker Vertu Collapses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Rich people already have concierge services. Semi-rich people use Amex Platinum or Amex Centurion for example. Really rich people have assistants that work for them. They are on speed dial. Sometimes the rich person asks their assistant to put their other assistant on the phone, and they don't even dial themselves. That button is something that sounds like a rich person's dream to people that aren't rich.

  17. Premium service on Facebook Messenger Globally Tests Injecting Display Ads Into Inbox (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why doesn't Facebook offer a premium service to users? I like Facebook, it lets me keep in touch with family and friends in a semi-organized way. They have 2 billion active monthly users. They make approx. 2.3 billion per month in revenue. Can I just pay them two dollars a month for an ad-free service? They would be making money. I don't have to see ads. Win-win for everyone.

  18. Agreed. The stage IV survival rate for Melanoma for five years is 15%. To be two years along without any relapse is remarkable, IMHO.

  19. Re:If you don't succeed the first time... on Once Valued at $3.2B, Wearable Company Jawbone Shuts Down, CEO Launches New Startup: Report (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Maybe the new investors should talk to the old investors.

  20. Re: Vested interest on YouTube Stars Defend Net Neutrality In Open Letter To the FCC (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, agreed. Just wanted to point out they are not "the little guys" in the fight. You make a good point.

  21. Re:Vested interest on YouTube Stars Defend Net Neutrality In Open Letter To the FCC (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Nah, they don't have a vested interest in net neutrality. They have a vested interest in Google, which has a market cap of 645 Billion dollars. They are "employees" of a massive company. They're not "the little guys" trying to get equal network footing, they're "employees" of one of the largest companies in the world.

  22. Just heightened anxiety on The Mere Presence of Your Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, Study Shows (utexas.edu) · · Score: 1

    Forcing you to put your cell phone in a different room causes high levels of anxiety methinks. Is this just a byproduct of anxiety, increased fight-or-flight processing, focused attention due to an uncomfortable situation, etc?

  23. Policy and practice are two different things. It gets harder when someone has been in a job for years and years and had access to thousands of systems over that time period.

  24. The same is true in every industry, from airplanes to credit card processing to medicine. Doctors always have to decide if there is greater harm done to a patient's overall life health chances by fixing a problem than to leave the problem and help the patient adjust to it.

  25. You obviously don't work in software. Any major software project has hundreds to thousands of know bugs, including Apple products, Microsoft products, even Linux based products. All of those bugs have to be prioritized and weighed. Is this something that most customers need fixed? Will it cause more problems to fix it than to leave it? Is it better to put our efforts toward moving toward the next version, which automatically fixes this problem, instead of trying to fix it in this version, which will be obsolete in three months? Sucks to have bugs. But software systems are extremely complex, and often have entire teams of people dedicated to evaluating which bugs should/can be fixed and which should be just accepted as part of the system.