Comment Re:What makes you think they capitulated? (Score 1) 136
So they're all owned by billionaires. Everything is or at least 90% of everything.
4% of wealth in America is owned by billionaires.
Comment Re: pay for the environment (Score 1) 205
It's ten years to payback where I am.
Where is that?
Also the whole 'pay now save later' only works for people with money in the first place.
Financing is available for solar installations.
Comment Re:Not worth it (Score 2) 71
Comment Copper and gold (Score 0, Redundant) 36
From the summary:
Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 pounds of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
The entire camera weighs less than 3 pounds and contains a few grams of copper and less than a milligram of gold.
Comment Re:A specious assumption, on the face of it (Score 3, Informative) 34
American auto manufacturers exclusively make cars which have very little marketability other than in the U.S. itself.
Last year, America's automobile exports were worth $54B.
Comment Re:For how long? (Score 1) 22
I would imagine they decay into something else in like 10e-15 seconds.
Comment C != C (Score 1) 70
It could be a case of confusing correlation with causation.
People who are easily confused and have trouble paying attention to the road will choose other professions.
Comment Re:Possible solutions (Score 0) 115
The best solution is to fire all blind police officers and hire police officers who can read and verify license plates before pulling anyone over.
Comment Re:What kind of hash? (Score 2) 53
Is it a hash of the actual file, or a perceptual hashing of the image scene?
It is a hash of the actual file.
Comment Re:"Free" isn't free (Score 1) 53
To be fair, I don't see Brian saying it is free.
The freeness claim appears to have been added by Slashdot editors.
Comment The most important question of all... (Score 1) 27
Can we finally know whether or not there is beer on the sun?!
Comment Re:Fool me (Score 1) 54
This is about electing the governor.
It is a statewide election, so gerrymandering is irrelevant.
Comment Re:Crap (Score 4, Informative) 249
Same with my Toyota Innova.
I have to tap "Agree" before I can use the car.
After tapping "Agree", it turns on the radio, so I also have to turn that off again. Every time.
I'm not sure what I'm agreeing to, since the terms and conditions aren't listed on the screen.
Comment Re:Great (Score 2) 49
I have such fond memories of EA from the '80s, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a completely different and unrelated entity.