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Comment Today I learned (Score 1) 205

by m2shariy on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:30PM (#58004174) Attached to: 'I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible.'

Now if you really want to complain, try living without Google, Microsoft, Apple, Linux and Amazon. Those companies are, like it or not, part of our modern life.

that Linux is a company

Comment Re:Not relevant (Score 1) 135

by m2shariy on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:32PM (#57581986) Attached to: Apple Maps Has Surpassed Google Maps in Detail in 3.1 Percent of the US

But, but, they are retina maps!

Comment Nothing new here (Score 1) 91

by m2shariy on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:31PM (#57133674) Attached to: Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi

Positive Molecular Locator is well-known device which works exactly in the same way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment How cute! (Score 2) 58

by m2shariy on Monday February 26, 2018 @06:05PM (#56191101) Attached to: Pop-Up Cameras Could Soon Be a Mobile Trend

And each of them little pop-up cameras will have it's own tiny pop-up flash, aww..

Comment Blowing a raspberry? (Score 1) 83

by m2shariy on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:16PM (#56041981) Attached to: 'Hello!' Says the Human. 'Hello!' Pipes the Orca Right Back.

Good grief!

Comment Re:Yeah, right (Score 1) 232

by m2shariy on Friday January 12, 2018 @03:31PM (#55917275) Attached to: GM Will Make an Autonomous Car Without Steering Wheel or Pedals By 2019

Or you need to stop in the exact spot to insert a card into card reader when exiting parking. Or there is a road work and a person is redirecting traffic. Or you just need to move the car a little bit.

Comment Dont eat yellow snow! (Score 0) 74

by m2shariy on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:48PM (#55060299) Attached to: Scientists Create Smart Labels To Tell You When To Throw Away Expired Food and Makeup

We really need a way to test if snow is not too yellow!

Comment Power from a magnetic field (Score 2) 124

by m2shariy on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:17PM (#54622329) Attached to: The Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging, Says Apple Supplier

Shake the phone really quick next to a fridge magnet == free wireless charging from the magnetic field!

Comment Rounded corners! (Score 2) 757

by m2shariy on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:23PM (#54342685) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is the 'Special Appeal' of Apple Products?

They are rectangular! And they have amazing rounded corners!

Comment Re:Link is ? (Score 1) 66

by m2shariy on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @01:10PM (#54038245) Attached to: Alphabet's Jigsaw Wants To Explain Tech Jargon To You, Launches Sideways Dictionary

Blank page, login link at the bottom. They don't like ad blockers so much?

Comment Did they dare (Score 1) 21

by m2shariy on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:42PM (#53972179) Attached to: Apple Is Expanding Its War With Qualcomm

To make a rectangular chip?

Comment Neural lace, eh? (Score 1) 110

by m2shariy on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:02PM (#53776729) Attached to: Elon Musk Thinks We Will Have To Use AI This Way To Avoid a Catastrophic Future

How very Culture.

Comment Re:Correct title (Score 1) 73

by m2shariy on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:13PM (#53739033) Attached to: Dropbox Kept Files Around For Years Due To 'Delete' Bug

This is a feature which allows to undelete data during grace period. Every provider must have that. This specific issue is that 1. the grace period was way too long. 2. the data was accidentally undeleted.

Comment Re:Make sure they are only have limited ammo on-bo (Score 1) 265

by m2shariy on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @12:18PM (#52835537) Attached to: Pentagon Chiefs Fear Advanced Robot Weapons Wiping Out Humanity

Absolutely. Kill bots have built-in kill limit, they shut off as soon as it is reached.

Comment Robosexuality (Score 1) 134

by m2shariy on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:02PM (#51490939) Attached to: Our Hidden Neanderthal DNA May Increase Risk of Allergies, Depression

Do not repeat the old mistakes, bots!

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