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  1. Re:a maintenance nightmare on First US Offshore Wind Farm To Usher In New Era For Industry (ap.org) · · Score: 2

    Define cost-effective.

    E.g. how much of the costs of fossil-fuel is externalized (pollution, fuel-generation, tax-breaks/incentives) vs included in the actual price? Ditto for wind, solar, wave (ahem), and nuclear.

    A googling showed 300 incidents/year (ranging from ice-buildup on blades, to people falling off during construction) for wind-power, while the US alone have ca 30 deaths just from mining coal - shouldn't we include these when estimating costs? I notice pretty much every post here only looks at consumer price, with no questions about how they got there, or concerns for human lives.

    Note: Wind power is not completely safe, and several ongoing cases over here are about workers being subjected to severe toxins during construction of the blades.

  2. Re:Can anyone say wind turbine boondoggle? on First US Offshore Wind Farm To Usher In New Era For Industry (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Eh, no, in the US-of-A, externalized costs of fossil-fuel magically disappears and never has to get picked up by anyone.

    (Evidence: See pretty much 90% of the posts in this thread)

  3. Re:Thank the fuck christ on Google Play Store Drops Google+ Integration (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that place is fucking annoying with the intelligent conversations, sharing of experiences, friendly and useful communities, and the gawdawful niceties people are saying to each other.

  4. Re:sharp edge on Apple Said To Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Pro-tip: Uninstall Flash and Skype, and not only will your laptop be quieter, it'll help with battery-time.

  5. Re:Airport lounges suck on Hacker Uses Fake Boarding Pass App To Get Into Fancy Airline Lounges (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    As a frequent flyer, I don't need them to be fancy, just to be quieter than the main areas, to have some snacks, a shower, a clean toilet, comfortable chairs ...

  6. Re:Fuck Security on 1,000+ US Spies Are Protecting Rio Olympics, Says Report (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Might want to distinguish between "City Officials" and "City Inhabitants" there....

  7. Re:But nothing about forcing them... on Washington State Sues Comcast For $100M Over 'Pattern of Deceptive Practices' (komonews.com) · · Score: 2

    If you need to tear up the streets to lay a bit of extra fiber, I suspect you have some really odd streets ...

  8. Re:"if you're serious about security" on New Site Checks Your Browser's Fingerprint · · Score: 1

    Make a plugin, that randomizes some of the tracked values?
    Sometimes it reports an extra font, sometime removes a font from the list, sometimes add a random plugin's name, perhaps occasionally change the reported OS ...

  9. Re:What's the big problem? on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Only place I ever had my credit-card signature checked was in the US :)
    But this piece reads exactly like the complaints when chip+pin started rolling out in Europe almost a decade ago.

  10. Re: I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
  11. Re:I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    To quote the man himself, " I could shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters. "
    Unless you have photos of Trump with an underage rent boy, his supporters don't care what he has done.

    I thought a lot of his supporters were catholic.

  12. Engine spec...? on ULA Interns Launch Record-Breaking 50-Foot Rocket (space.com) · · Score: 1

    What type of engine was used? Hybrid? Bi-liquid?

  13. Re:"What Difference Does It Make?!?!?!" on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Just for a comparison, list of parties in Denmark : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. Re:"What Difference Does It Make?!?!?!" on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Think of it as, if a media-outlet is seen as being anti-Hillary, then when Hillary inevitably wins, that outlet will have a harder time getting access - they are basically playing ball, or playing it safe, and had no option but to support the clear winner.

  15. Re:"What Difference Does It Make?!?!?!" on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    From the outside, it looks like American politics are about voting AGAINST someone, instead of voting FOR your preferred candidate.

  16. Good thing they didn't make the penalty for copyright infringement jail time

  17. Apparently not. Even where freely permitted, ISPs have been shown to carefully divide things up down to the level of which side of the street you live on.

    Just in case anyone wondered, have seen these exact things in a few European countries ...

  18. I have heard the last few years' entries into the Eurovision Song Contest from France ... Bagpipes would be preferable.

  19. Re:All they had to do on Juniper OS Flaw Allowed Forged Certificates (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Forcibly rename the company, "I Can't Believe It's Not Security!" ?

  20. Re:This from a country? on Emirati Man Gets 3-Month Prison Sentence Over Instagram Insult (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Because I know that the most-common religion there is Catholicism, or because I think that King Willem-Alexander is just another man, and shouldn't have special laws protecting him from insults?

  21. Re:This from a country? on Emirati Man Gets 3-Month Prison Sentence Over Instagram Insult (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The Netherlands just imprisoned a man for insulting another man .... That's a catholic country.

  22. Re:So,basically the verification bill will be usel on UK Proposes Mandatory Age Verification For Porn Sites (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Unless I'm missing something, how exactly do they plan to enforce this for overseas sites?

    /quote>

    Use their position in the EU to enforce it against the 26% of porn hosted in the Netherlands, as well as other locations in the EU.... oh, wait ....

  23. If you want to change Queen, you'll need a farcical aquatic ceremony.

    a'what? Aquatic ceremony? ...do tell....

  24. Re:speaking of blind angles on Japan Says Yes To Mirrorless Cars (carscoops.com) · · Score: 1

    A driver will only occasionally turn their head to watch blind spots. They might forget.

    That would be extremely bad driving habits. Keep in mind that in most places if you don't check your blindspots when changing lanes during the drivers test it is at least a significant point loss and likely an automatic fail.

    I took a refresher-course after moving to Belgium, since I hadn't actually been driving for some years, and I wanted to also learn about differences in laws - the instructors basically told me that they never bother telling students to check their blind spots, because "why bother"....

    Since moving to Belgium, I've largely stopped riding my bike. Experiences like the one above, and people's driving-habits in general here, scare the shizzle out of me.

  25. Re:It's all fun and games on Japan Says Yes To Mirrorless Cars (carscoops.com) · · Score: 2

    You _may_ want to pay a little bit more for your cars in the future ;)

    Unless you're in the US - never been in a car in the US, where stuff weren't coming loose/falling off...no idea why though.