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Comment Re:Seems like a bad strategy on Nintendo's part (Score 3, Informative) 62

That sounds like the most toothless threat ever. What's the risk to Nintendo? By the nature of OSS projects, they can't be banned from using them. And unless you have some evidence that Nintendo is using them in conflict with the licence, litigation seems pointless as well. What, people are not going to work on OSS projects because Nintendo may benefit?

Comment Re: Mod the ARTICLE flamebait (Score 1) 392

"Electricity first, then ethics" - as if it ever were an ethical matter to most. People were happy to transition out nuclear for renewables because they didn't worry enough about phasing out fossil fuels as quickly. Whoever thinks that's the ethical position, doesn't really grasp the situation we find ourselves in. Now, Germany has been leading in the transition to renewables, so they deserve to be cut some slack. This desire to ridicule their 180 on nuclear in the short term seems to be tied up mostly in the desire not to talk about the the actual problem here, instead of being about the ethics of nuclear power.

Comment It's neat, but also a clever marketing campaign (Score 1) 186

And not just for Tesla either. Interesting how the video is published through the Twitter account of a personal injury consultant, no? It's not linked from the Tweet that's mentioned in the article and news outlets are actually conversing with this guy for the rights, even though their involvement seems lateral at best. Look for the video online and you find the same dude posting the tweet wherever they will have it (instead of just posting the YouTube copy that's also available, of course https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Also, is it really prediction, or is it just the Tesla noticing the car right in front of it suddenly breaking? Look at its break lights and course change (0:04 to 0:06).

Comment Probably not the whole story (Score 1) 524

If employees were limited to a specific build of a Windows-based machine, with a limited choice in peripherals that had been properly tested along with the rest of the system. And if their upgrades were basically limited to some minor upgrades or replacing the whole thing, I bet the MS Windows machines would have been roughly the same TCO and the Apple ones.

Instead, people were likely free to have more specific demands and wishes granted by sysadmins and people purchasing hardware. Not a surprise to me that taking that freedom away will save money. Not saying taking that freedom away is a bad thing either, just that it feels like we may be looking at a comparison of apples and oranges...

Comment Fixation on the app (Score 1) 51

Everybody seems fixated on how to get an app to run properly in the background, but the problem isn't with the app, it's with the service provider. Instead of getting Chrome to play YouTube videos in the background, how about getting YouTube to allow streaming only the audio part of its content (probably including ads, but that's fine - it's the business they're in).

That way, millions of developers can try their hand at creating the perfect apps for using this content, instead of doing something counterproductive like running web browsers in the background.

Comment Re:Solution! (Score 1) 410

Maybe don't go to countries that don't have service centers for hardware you depend on? Or rather, bring hardware you depend on from a brand that gets service in the countries you go to? (Or doesn't require the guy doing the repairing to buy into the brand's whole marketing bullshit scheme, so anyone could do the repairing?)

Comment What I don't get ... (Score 1) 72

... is why they insist on trying to land it on its feet. It's not like it's going to be taking off seconds after. Why not land it in a material or construction that can take a hit and not care so much about whether it is perfectly upright at the last seconds? It almost looks like Hollywood putting rocket shoes on their stuntmen, instead of having them land in a net, on cardboard boxes or a nice air cushion...

Comment Wrong argument (Score 1) 196

Whether not Pluto is a planet is simply a matter of checking against the definition. If we, in doing so, find the definition either to be too vague to allow us to classify Pluto, or we find the definition lacking - then we can have a discussion about fixing the definition. And after that, deciding whether Pluto is a planet or not is a cinch. So, it this guy has valid arguments about the clarity or completeness of the "planet" definition, by all means lets have that discussion. Although I also fail to see how redefining a category has any scientific value if it's not done in the context of being able to make statements about said category.

Comment Re:file transfer (Score 1) 466

If you have an old modem lying around, you can either call in on still existing service providers and do your thing online, or stick a modem in the other machine as well and call that. No specialized software required and unless you threw everything out, you're likely to own some old modems of you own this hardware.

Comment Re:Its a cost decision (Score 2) 840

You overestimate the value of your time. Or rather, all of use underestimate the value of a blender and the resources (material and otherwise) that go into it. But I guess we'll need another generation that will see the future cost to tell us what assholes we were for wasting perfectly good appliances.

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