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  1. The record high in Texas was 120 F in Seymour, TX in 1936 and -23 F in Tulia, TX in 1899. The range is considerably less along MO-PAC.

  2. Just traded in one Jeep Cherokee that would die in traffic and refuse to start. No fucks were given by Chrysler to fix it. The other has had continuous recalls since I bought it.

  3. Cut the cord a year ago. Tablo streaming and DVR OTA TV to four screens and mobile devices. Playstation Vue for sports and Netflix. Haven't missed cable. Saving $1300/yr.

  4. I get all my sports on Playstation Vue via Roku.

  5. Plugless Charging! on The Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging, Says Apple Supplier (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop calling it wireless charging. there are wires. It's plugless charging.

  6. Cricket Wireless on Slashdot Asks: Which Wireless Carrier Do You Prefer? · · Score: 1

    Used Cricket wireless for past 18 months without issues. Month to month, throttles after 12 gigs, AT&T network $55/month.

  7. Pure Nexus on Do Android Users Still Use Custom Roms? (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been rooted with a Custom ROM since the OG Droid. Running Pure Nexus on my N6p now. Building LineageOS ROM right now to try.

  8. Stimulus Control on How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What's Not (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    This has been well studied https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulus_control

  9. Crony Capitalism on Peter Thiel Is Joining Donald Trump's Transition Team (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A little conflict of interest here with his company Palantir Technologies and its half a billion dollars in defense contracts.

  10. A Case History In Scientific Method on Maths Becomes Biology's Magic Number (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    B. F. Skinner's exposition of the appropriate approach to conducting science: http://courses.umass.edu/psyc241/Skinneracasehist.pdf

  11. What is wrong with economics? on Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Supply and demand. Market is efficiently allocating scarce resources. Price increase will increase supply providing consumers with more of the scarce resource. It's a thing of beauty really.

  12. Google never seemed serious with glacially slow roll-outs in older neighborhoods while fiber-ready suburbs with qualified subscribers were left wanting.

  13. Only Individuals Pay Taxes on Apple Should Pay More Tax, Says Co-Founder Wozniak (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    All corporate taxes are passed on to the consumer in the form of higher price, employee in the form of lower salary or investors in the form of lower profits. Corporate taxes only serve to benefit politicians who can hide the tax from voters and solicit cash from corporations in exchanged for special treatment. Come on people you're smarter than this!

  14. Reason I left my Raspberry Pi at home. on Forrest Mimms On Modern Air Travel With a Bag Full of Electronics · · Score: 1

    Traveled from Austin to Breckenridge for the holidays but decided against taking my Raspberry Pi I got for Christmas and other assorted cables and hardware for this very reason.

  15. One reason to build on Ask Slashdot: Buy Or Build a High End Gaming PC? · · Score: 1

    Pre-built is cheaper for the same hardware. Build your own avoids custom case, space limitations, proprietary bits like power supply allowing you to upgrade easily in the future.

  16. Ubuntu + Teamviewer on Ask Slashdot: Good Subscription-Based Solution For PC Tech Support? · · Score: 2

    Install Ubuntu and Teamviewer on their computers and give yourself access. Ubuntu should take care of most of the problems and you can remote in for the odd problem that comes up.

  17. Not Brick on Google Lollipop Bricking Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 Devices · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Boot Loop does not equal brick.

  18. Re: Now if they will sell them without MS Windows on Ultralight Convertibles Approaching Desktop Performance · · Score: 1

    My YogaPro 3 works just fine with Ubuntu 14.04.

  19. Radioactive Samples on 1950s Toy That Included Actual Uranium Ore Goes On Display At Museum · · Score: 1

    This is the chemistry set I had circa 1967 https://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/endangered-species-the-chemistry-set/ with radioactive samples and a glass blowing set.

  20. Only Individuals are taxed on Obama Proposes One-Time Tax On $2 Trillion US Companies Hold Overseas · · Score: 0

    All taxes are ultimately paid by individuals either in the form of higher prices for products or services, lower dividends/earnings to shareholders or lower wages to employees. Politicians use the system to extort contributions from companies for preferential tax treatment. Stop the madness www.fairtax.org

  21. firstscope-telescope on Slashdot Asks: Cheap But Reasonable Telescopes for Kids? · · Score: 1

    http://www.celestron.com/browse-shop/astronomy/telescopes/firstscope-telescope

  22. This happened to my wife on IRS Can Now Seize Your Tax Refund To Pay a Relative's Debt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We had a $186.00 deducted from our tax refund this year for social security. Having never collected social security we called the SSA and was informed that the social securities benefits my wife received as a teen following the death of her father were overpaid as she had a part-time job at a pharmacy and they had deducted the amount. Mind you my wife is 53 years old now.

  23. Brain Hax on The Neuroscience of Happiness · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Therapy based upon this has been available for years. No need for a physiological explanation: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ804035.pdf

  24. Not a good idea on UK Steps Up the Search For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    History is dominated with stories of more advanced civilizations destroying less advanced civilizations.

  25. In to the dome on The Average Movie Theater Has Hundreds of Screens · · Score: 1

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/movie_theater_layout