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  1. Bias Against Older IT Workers on Google X Worked An Older Employee Until He Was Hospitalized, Then Laid Him Off (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Film at Eleven

  2. They're Modding to Increase HP on Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Usually, these guys are modding the firmware to increase horsepower. Sure, I suppose in a few cases it comes down to mechanical breakdown situations, but mostly these guys are trying to squeeze out a few more horses. Last fall, my brother's JD combine started spitting up pieces of main bearings, blew the turbo. Then the rest of the engine went. $25,000.00 for a new engine and a week of down time. Turns out he had chipped the engine and the mechanic said that he had replaced 5 engines in the past weeks for similar failures - all of them chipped. I asked my brother "Why on earth would you chip such an expensive piece of equipment?" He replied that he wanted the extra 10 horses.

    Having said that, there is no way that JD should be able to control the owner of the equipment in the fashion that they do. If the farmers want to mod, they should be able to. Whether it's a good idea or not. It should be the owner's decision.

  3. Accuracy is not that important to me. We all are pretty used to inaccuracies while texting now. What is important to me is the synchronization. If the captions follow the actual speech by more than just a bit, it makes it hard for me to follow as I lip read in addition to reading the captions. Lip reading is often ok by itself, but with movies and TV, the speakers face is not always pointed to the camera or there might be something covering the speakers lips. That's when cc comes in handy.

  4. Re:The Lava Pixel v1 looks quite interesting. on Low-Cost Android One Phones Coming To The US, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon India lists a Lava V1 for about 7000 rupees. $102.00 U.S.

  5. As it appears that is days are numbered now, I propose a toast to the best damn Dingo we ever had. We're going to be spending four years wishing Wheeler was back.

  6. All this behavior, the hoovering up of seemingly inconsequential data, is all about Parallel Construction. LEOs seemed to be fascinated by the technique right now. The way things work these days is: Someone reports a crime. LEOs decide who did it. Having evidence is optional at this point. They sift through all the data they have on the selected person(s) until they arrive at some reason to make life really hard for that person(s). So hard, that the accused confess and plea to the originally reported crime. Case closed.

  7. Sounds pretty typical of their behavior.

  8. While the disclaimers were always quite clear, as noted in the summary, the reviews I read were all very positive. Want free stuff? Keep the review positive like the seller intended. You just can't avoid it. Better to allow it all.

  9. Sellers Are Confused on Amazon Marketplace Shoppers Slam the Spam (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    My thoughts have been that these marketplace sellers think they are on EBay and need to get a positive on each and every sale. Maybe they do... on EBay. But on Amazon there is plenty of opportunity to leave feed back in the reviews and buyers like me look to those reviews primarily and consult the star rating later. Not everything is EBay, thank god, and these guys need to learn the difference.

  10. I thought Cary Sherman passed on to his eternal reward a few years ago. Maybe it was just wishful thinking.

  11. Just In Case on FBI Director James Comey: Cover Up Your Webcam (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    Just in case you missed it, James Comey has lied Congress, has lied to the American public and is not to be believed, listened to or repeated.

    Just sayin'.

  12. Well, There's This on New EU Rules Promise 100Mbps Broadband and Free Wi-Fi For All (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting
    While the specific plans may not be actually feasible and the budget may bloat to 20 times its original estimate, there is this:

    has redefined Internet access as a so-called universal service, while removing obligations for old universal services such as payphones

    Something those of us in the US would do well to emulate.

  13. Dear Editors on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 1

    Please, please, please, for the love of Gawd, hire a computer nerd to provide input on your TFA selection process. Then maybe, just maybe we wouldn't be subjected to stinking stupid crap posts like this that assault our intelligence.

  14. He said it's not the role of the FBI or tech companies to tell the American people how to live and govern themselves

    Finally, Comey says something I can agree with. Now take your own advise Comey and go shut the fuck up.

  15. Dear New Owners: on Welcome To Alphanumeric Car Hell (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    We appreciate that you are trying to improve /. and keep it going. We really do. But you need to hire a computer nerd that will slap you up aside the head when you try to post up TFAs that don't fit.

    Like this one.

  16. $5.00 Term on Early Human Ancestor Lucy 'Died Falling Out of a Tree' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    vertical deceleration event

    I'm going to have to write that one down.

  17. Is this part of that whole cluster-fuck where my fridge automatically orders milk when I'm low?

    No

    Thanks

  18. Tom Wheeler is Still a Dingo on FCC Calls On Phone Companies To Offer Free Robocall Blocking (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    This is just another time he didn't eat the baby. But he's still a Dingo.

  19. The card looks like it will fit in a standard case, but the cooling tower will be the size of a small house.

  20. One Thing Missing... on Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors (modernfarmer.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just like in our business, uptime is crucially important for these farmers. During the spring planting time and the fall harvest period, if that machine breaks, it needs to be RIGHT NOW. They can't wait a "few days" for the dealership mechanic to visit. And he's busy as all hell fixing our people's shit. This isn't just a bunch hay-seeds saying they want to break their knuckles for the fun of it. This is a very serious situation that can have devastating effects on the bottom line.

  21. Only way this guy is gonna see his shit again is with a time machine. Sorry bro.

    Uncle Al says "Save early, save often".

  22. I suspect they are just formalizing the already standard practices.

  23. My! So much speculation on Second Tesla Autopilot Crash Under Review By US Regulators (time.com) · · Score: 1

    The crash, according to the police report, occurred when Scaglione, 77, was driving east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike when the SUV hit a guard rail on the right side of the road. It then crossed over the eastbound lanes and hit a concrete median. After hitting the median, the vehicle rolled onto its roof and landed in the middle of the roadway.

    If the Tesla "Autopilot" was on, I doubt the car would have hit a guard rail.

  24. If Done Correctly... on 73% of Subscribers Would Download Netflix Content, Says Survey (allflicks.net) · · Score: 2

    I could use this a lot. I watch Netflix sometimes when camping using my phone as a hot spot. Gotta watch the data real close. If I could d/l the content I want to watch, say Marco Polo Season 2 like last weekend, I would consume more Netflix content.

    But if has to be done correctly. It would have to allow playback on a device that is different from the device that d/l the content.

  25. Only Slightly Off-Topic on Security Researcher Gets Threats Over Amazon Review (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The IoT is going to make Sky Net look harmless.