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  1. Re:Amazon saw the writing on the wall. on New York Mayor Says Amazon Headquarters Debacle Was 'an Abuse of Corporate Power' (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    New York ranks No. 1 in losing residents to other states

    https://www.bizjournals.com/ne...
    They are leaving. I quote:
      Looking at New York City specifically, the area with the largest percentage of residents lost to other states came from the zip code 10075, in the Upper East Side, which faced a 9.3 percent decrease in its population from 2015 to 2016

  2. I was an aircraft mechanic for 45 years.
    I don't want to do any work on it, I don't even want to fly it. . . .
    I just want the flying car I was told we would all have by now ;)

  3. I still want my flying car!

  4. Re:Yeah, that's cool, but... on China Says It Has Developed a Quantum Radar That Can See Stealth Aircraft (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    No problem.
    We've closed the mineshaft gap

  5. Liquid hydrogen and oxygen are OK, but cold kerosene and liquid oxygen aren't?

  6. Re:A Christmas Story? on ULA Is Livestreaming An Atlas V Rocket Launch (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it was the glasses for me.

  7. A Christmas Story? on ULA Is Livestreaming An Atlas V Rocket Launch (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    It's Ralphie doing the commentary!

  8. Dumbasses gotta dumbass.

  9. New hashtag
    # Blank Check Republicans

  10. The Law of Unintended Consequences on Detroit Decides Against Banning Airbnb -- For Now (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    As demonstrated by this ordinance, approved by the Detroit City Council.

  11. For context, that's "twice as much mercury as the rest of all soils, the atmosphere, and ocean combined,"

    Why is there twice the mercury in the arctic? Or, should I just RTFA?

  12. They'll never notice it. on UK 'Faces Build-up of Plastic Waste' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Dump it in France.

  13. Re:"Best" for me is not the fastest... on Verizon and T-Mobile Are In a Virtual Tie For the Best Network In the US (androidcentral.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right, band 12 is the thing.
    My house was built in the '40s and with the walls being plaster and lath with wire mesh in between I pretty much live in a faraday cage.
    I'm on Project Fi and the best Tmobile signal I ever saw was 2 bars.
    They added band 12 about 3 weeks ago and I've had full bars anywhere in the house ever since.

  14. Trying to load some off the wall app and they get ransom-ware instead.
    Who'd of thunk it!

  15. Re:Does the Tin Man have a sheet metal cock? on Is Your Internet Connection Free From Bufferbloat? (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Steely Dan?

  16. OR Try This on Vulnerability Prompts Warning: Stop Using Netgear WiFi Routers (securityledger.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Asuswrt-Merlin on Netgear R7000 I've been using this for several months. http://www.linksysinfo.org/ind... Just about everything that's on the ASUS routers runs on the Netgear.

  17. A Live One is Still Missing on Uranium-Filled 'Lost Nuke' Missing Since 1950 May Have Been Found (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Off the coast of GA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  18. No, it's not a meme for me. I really want a flying car that I can kill myself in.

  19. I want my flying car Larry!

  20. Who? on Say Hello To Branded Internet Addresses (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Who the hell edited this?

  21. Re:hah! "may" ... yea right. on Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    yea right again

    "Phone vendors were unaware this backdoor has been placed into their products," Sawyer says."

  22. MOS?
    Mine was 67U20
    Maybe an idea where rotorbudd came from?

  23. Re:yes they should on FBI Should Try To Unlock iPhone Without Apple's Help, Lawmaker Says (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Its "Spooky Action at a Distance" for large objects!

  24. Twice the Cams! on Camless Internal Combustion and the Digital Age (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    My Ducati has cams for opening and closing the valves.
    Will I need a larger battery when they go all electric valves?

  25. Re:Read the book: Command And Control on Cold War Nuclear Target Lists Declassified For First Time (gwu.edu) · · Score: 1

    A great book explaining of the history of the cold war. And how lucky the world was.