Comment $360 million in interest? (Score 1) 82
The account owner should try to demand $360 million in interest for the 1 hour the money was in his account.
Comment Re:A 6 year old just shrugged and switched familie (Score 2) 132
in the linked news article:
The abducted boy "had some memories of the kidnapping and his trip across the country, but the adults in his life never answered his questions."
At that age, I'm not confident I could have done any better.
Comment Samsung explains directly they do enhance the moon (Score 2) 95
Samsung does say they use "detail enhancement techniques" in the last paragraph of their discussion website.
. --> "Finally, we apply detail enhancement techniques that bring out the details of the moon pattern to complete bright and clear moon photos." (translated from Korean)
Source in Korean: https://r1.community.samsung.c...
Comment Re: Seems legit (Score 5, Informative) 280
The fuel cost to run a typical portable generator used by a general contractor is about $0.70 per kWh. This does NOT include amortization of the generator cost.
The Tesla supercharger cost to 'recharge' 1 kWh is about $0.30, and with 20% loss, that means your cost per kWh is in the $0.36 ballpark.
Comment Re:Five laptops (Score 3, Interesting) 301
We had 8 field trainers and in one year they destroyed 5 laptops by dumping drinks in them. It is pretty obvious that if you put an open drink next to a computer when a person turns around that the sweep of their arms will tend to push drinks into the computer.
I sent out an email saying that open drinks are not allowed near company computers.
The 'affront' of being told not to do something traveled up the food chain until the Director of Marketing showed up at my desk wanting to know why I would send out such an "offensive email" and it was obvious she was there for my butt. I explained that in the last calendar year we had to replace over $8000 in laptops from the negligence of her trainers. She turned right around and then sent out an email to the trainers telling them that open drinks are not allowed near a computer.
To this day, that's the reason I still use only notebooks that have keyboard water drains (business class thinkpads, among others).
Comment Re:To be fooled again. (Score 1) 400
There are absolutely some intelligent people who were caught up in this, whether it was due to emotional vulnerability or loneliness is hard to say. But, if we don't address the lack of foundation and structure available as resources to those folks potentially in a vulnerable state, we will *absolutely* see many more conspiracy cults in the future.
I can totally see an earlier me getting caught up into Q hook, line, and sinker. The people who are still Q believers are our friends, family, co-workers, and fellow citizens. I might not know how to fix the problem, but I'm sure giving up is not the solution.
Journal Journal: Parler is back on AWS!
Parler is back on AWS... kind of! The whole 32TB data dump is on AWS.
https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Parler
Comment Google 100% opt-out option (theonion) (Score 1) 41
Remember, there is always the 100% opt out option :
Comment Re:Since people are going to ask (Score 1) 71
The market valuation of Facebook is US$226 per user. So, $10 is just not going to cut it.
Could you get a billion people to pay $200 for something they can get for "free" now? ("free" = I am the product)
Comment Not a facebook fan, but isn't this an overreaction (Score 1) 18
Looking at the actual changes they are making, the backlash seems like an overreaction.
Is it just desserts that Facebook/Whatsapp is on the receiving end of social media misinformation?
Comment App idea! Make money fast! (Score 5, Funny) 631
step 1: create a paid app named "Parlure"
step 2: lure in the Parler crowd
step 3: profit!
Comment Re: I've heard this one... (Score 1) 260
TFA is talking about an inverter. You're talking about a battery. They're very different things.
Comment Re: One disturbing bit: (Score 1) 484
"Descriptions of the game
I've heard this before. Do I misunderstand or are they claiming a legal prohibition on me transmitting a description of the game? Is there actually a law that prevents me from describing what I see?
Comment Re: so much unsaid for uber. (Score 1) 255
Damn, dude. That's quite a diatribe. You're right, of course. Uber COULD be any of those terrible things.
But have you ever used the service? Every time I have, they have been efficient, friendly, and professional.
Comment Incubation Periods (Score 1) 16
How will they account for the widely varying incubation periods of different foodborne illnesses?
Two of the most common infections, E Coli and Salmonella, can take several days to show symptoms.
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