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  1. Re:Definitely 'nope'. on Gizmodo: Don't Buy Anyone an Amazon Echo Speaker (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Use Mycroft with a local speech-to-text server.

    https://mycroft.ai/

    Local STT with KaldiSTT https://github.com/MycroftAI/m...

  2. Great work! on ReactOS 0.4.7 Released (reactos.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Congratulations ReactOS Team!

  3. Netflix is incomplete on Netflix Is Not Going to Kill Piracy, Research Suggests (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have all the content, it's missing episodes, seasons, movies, and shows disappear...

    To get everything you are eventually going to have to spend more than cable at the rate that steaming services are splintering off.

  4. Re:First Sale Doctrine? on Disney Sues Redbox, Hoping To Block Digital Movie Sales (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 2

    They probably didn't agree to it so now they're selling it to someone else who will accept it

  5. Wonderful list, thank you for sharing

  6. Don't make 40MB web pages on Prepare for the New Paywall Era (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    There's something to be said here about efficiency. If bandwidth is a commodity then conserve it, write pages smartly. Don't have auto playing videos, huge parallax backgrounds, giant click through splash pages because you arrogantly believe everyone should see your quote of the day... Instead have some consideration for each element you send to the user. Make better use of vector based graphics. Use bitmaps sparingly.

  7. It's close enough on Microsoft's Edge Browser Now Generally Available For iOS, Android (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    EdgeHTML aims for compatibility with WebKit anyway so it might as well just use WebKit.

    'Microsoft has stated that "any Edge-WebKit differences are bugs that we’re interested in fixing."'

    https://blogs.windows.com/msed...

  8. We should be discussing politics on FCC Chairman Keeps Up Assault on Social Media (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    With an alltime low voter turnout last election it's good that people are more interested in politics.

    And no, cat pictures, TV shows, comic book movies, pop music, snapshots of your food, the vast majority of what people discuss is still not political. I'm not convinced he's able to take proper stock of online discussions.

  9. Easily automated on Facebook's New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    What exactly is stopping anyone from uploading them photos that were morphed between two existing images? This can easily be automated.

  10. 10 inches, does that count Chromecast? on Microsoft Office Now Available On All Chromebooks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "Microsoft has a rule across Windows, iOS, and Android hardware that means devices larger than 10.1 inches need an Office 365 subscription to unlock the ability to create, edit, or print documents"

    So if I have a 9" tablet does it suddenly lock up when I use Chromecast w/ Bluetooth mouse/keyboard?

  11. Finally, a convincing argument on Reddit, Twitter, and 200 Others Say Ending Net Neutrality Could Ruin Cyber Monday (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, a convincing argument to end net neutrality

  12. As in bidirectional communication I assume!

  13. They don't actually require them on Why Do Employers Require College Degrees That Aren't Necessary? (thestreet.com) · · Score: 2

    Often enough if you apply they will still accept you without the mentioned degree as long as you show competency in said field. Bring a portfolio and show your previous professional works as well as personal works.

  14. I bet they were considered anyway on More Than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet they were considered anyway even if they made no serious legal argument whatsoever

  15. Of course on A Third of Americans Still Buy and Rent Videos (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    With GameFly and Netflix and Redbox it's easy and doesn't kill your bandwidth, plus you get the full quality BD. Now with UHD BD it seems more sensible than ever.

  16. That was fast on Broadband Firms in UK Must Ditch 'Misleading' Speed Ads (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They knew exactly what they were doing.

  17. You need humans to watch videos, similar to censors that vet TV content. They want to automate all this and people just find ways to get through, just like they do with captchas and spam filters of any kind.

  18. They can block the use of specific coins? on $31 Million In Tokens Stolen From Dollar-Pegged Cryptocurrency Tether · · Score: 2

    That doesn't give me confidence in the currency, if my money could be frozen at someone else's whim.

  19. Required to graduate on Apple's New iPhone Built With Illegal Overtime Teen Labor (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    "A group of 3,000 students from the Zhengzhou Urban Rail Transit School were sent to work at the local facility run by Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, as part of a three-month stint that was billed as "work experience," and required to graduate"

    How is that voluntary? In that they volunteer to have the desire to graduate high school?

  20. So are tablets affected? on Google Collects Android Users' Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    So tablets and other devices that don't have cellular capability are affected as well?

  21. "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is a3727fd0a20d5eef697d3c2f41bf0e4d."

  22. Now that Mar-a-lago is fully staffed on Trump Administration Tightens Scrutiny of Skilled Worker Visa Applicants (inc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just in time!

  23. And that's it. If you don't like it then voice your opinion and engage people to that end. But don't do it just because of how your work is being used. Do it because it's the right thing to do anyway no matter what.

  24. Yes because it's in my updates on Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57? · · Score: 1

    But I'll see if I can live with it. I'll often choose UI stability, but Firefox's UI has not changed too much. If I don't like the changes, I'll go elsewhere. What else can I do? I don't want to use an out of date browser with security issues.

  25. Re:That's up to individuals on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Maybe, there are new words entering the dictionary all the time. I have no doubt more and more stuff from urbandictionary is going to end up in Webster's.

    As for dialects like what you call "ebonics" we already have lots of them in the US, you should accuse all of these people of the same "destroying" act. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

    I think it's shortsighted to single out a single dialect like you did.