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That was an enjoyable movie, aside for the fact that the writers thought fiber optic cables are used for hidden cameras.
Re:Brandless has shut down on Monday February 10, 2020 @08:04PM (#22295078)
Maybe it's all just a scheme to funnel Saudi oil money into the US economy.
Re:The Science of Wi-Fi on Airplanes on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @08:34PM (#21698832)
Starlink receivers will use solid-state phased array beamforming antennae, so nothing has to physically "swing" to a new satellite. With a reasonably accurate accelerometer and inertial sensor, it's easy to compensate for aircraft movement.
Re:Juul Shipped At Least 1M Contaminated Pods, New Lawsuit Says on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:08AM (#21394613)
Interesting coincidence that this FUD article comes out 3 days before Altria's quarterly earnings report. Time to buy some call options?
Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:55PM (#21383362)
The display shim fix worked for me too! But the watch only costs $20 on eBay anyway, so next time I'll probably just buy another one.
Right, but unlike consumer versions, Windows Server doesn't make it mandatory.
However, the Smartcar CEO replied in another thread that they use Readme.io for their docs, which can autogenerate using Swagger, which automatically parses hints in code.

So it is definitely possible that the codebase got stolen and the perps missed changing a few hints, resulting in the Otonomo samples generating identical sample code, as shown.

Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35 on Saturday March 02, 2019 @11:01PM (#19292636)
So you're replacing one substance with another? How is that better?
Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:51PM (#19099802)
Well, the easiest way is to just not use the service...
Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:44PM (#18828846)
Just don't go supersonic until the plane is over the ocean?
Re:Net successfully snares space debris on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:27PM (#18041227)
What if you intentionally de-orbit a critical piece of infrastructure?

It could indirectly cause bodily harm, e.g. cause autonomous cars suddenly lose GPS lock and crash into things.

Re:Hackers Steal $70M in Bitcoin on Friday December 08, 2017 @01:48PM (#15880894)
Yep, the real challenge now is how to spend it all without getting caught!
Re:A Final Farewell on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:28PM (#15866133)
I use both of the BofA and Citi virtual credit card services, as I used to do a lot of QA testing on payments processing systems. They both seem to be using the same backend service.

I even made a crappy WinForm app that would generate a ton of credit card numbers at once: https://github.com/ch4/ss_gen

Re:Kano’s next learn-to-code kit is a build-it-yourself laptop on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:22PM (#15340721)
This kit is targeted for younger kids. A soldering iron presents a real risk for injury, and most parents will probably not want to buy something like that for their kids.

If parents wanted to extend this kit to include soldering, they could just as easily buy an additional Pi HAT kit from Adafruit...

I don't understand this desire to make the Internet a "Safe Space" which doesn't offend anyone. The Internet is inherently "unsafe". If you can't stomach the thought of someone wishing a happy birthday to a dead dude, why not just let them know that the person is deceased?

As for confidential data, it should be encrypted at rest, so that the decryption key disappears along with the deceased. No estate or court order can decrypt that data.

Re:Solar Roof on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:36PM (#14312717)
Sharing power via net metering is better (for the environment) because there's no conversion loss from charging a battery.
Re:Solar Roof on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:02PM (#14312523)
In your calculation, $10/kWh is a bit high... the national average is $0.12/kWh
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @01:36AM (#14095045)
Probably mobile users.

That's the only time I ever browse without adblock and, yes, I have actually clicked on a hiring ad, which led to my current job.

Re:Bitcoin Miners Signal Revolt Amid Sluggish Blockchain on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:37PM (#13863179)
BTC does actually have a baseline value: the cost of the electricity spent to mine it.

Of course, whether that value is $1 or $1000 depends on the number of people who believe in the currency enough to pay for the power to mine it.

Re:NeXT: Steve Jobs’ Dot.com IPO That Never Happened on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @07:22PM (#13603532)
Please upload this somewhere!
Re:Thomas Edison’s Ambitious “To-Do” List from 1888 on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:38PM (#13196564)
Wow, thanks for sending me down that hourlong Wikipedia rabbithole ;)
Re:Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:31PM (#12820357)
Except that you still don't know which generation of processor the MBP has- I still see tons of deceptive Craigslist ads for MBPs that have a "2.0Ghz" processor, with no indication that it's a model from 2011, which is not at all comparable with a "2.0Ghz" processor from 2015.

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