It's written in Sharpie at the bottom, you can't miss it.

Here.

Or a former president of a South American country implicated in the mass smuggling of drugs. No, not Maduro, the other one.

That didn't stop him releasing Changping Xiao.

Why hasn't he just sent Trump a bribe and received a full pardon like the rest of them?

Stop-start is meant to do most good in dense urban areas, where the concentration of cars is higher, as well as that of people. Reducing the number of vehicles running at busy intersections can make a surprisingly large difference to air quality. There are some modest reductions in fuel usage to be had but as with hybrids they're mostly realised in city traffic. (A hybrid doesn't get better mileage when cruising than a non-hybrid with an equivalent ICE engine.)

It's definitely a repeal-whatever-Obama-did thing, but there were some legitimate complaints about stop-start systems when they were used on non-hybrids. If you're waiting at a traffic light you have an idea when you're about to go, so you start to raise the clutch pedal or you start to release the brakes and that leaves enough time for the engine to start, but if you want to quickly get onto a roundabout when there's a gap the slight delay is noticeable and inconvenient. People generally expect their cars to move as soon as they press the accelerator. When hybrids became more common this wasn't an issue, since instant torque from an electric motor feels even more responsive than an ICE engine. The complaint was fair but there's a big emphasis on "was"; these days it's just a concocted reason to oppose anything vaguely green.

You've reminded me of the first time I drove an electric car (a Volkswagen ID). I got in, turned the key to the second (i.e. "run") position, and nothing happened. I was puzzled because the car obviously didn't have a starter motor, so why would there be a third position? I just assumed you turned the thing on and off you went. It turns out that you had to turn the ignition key in exactly the same way as an ICE vehicle. Later I wondered if this was intended to keep the driving experience similar to ICE vehicles, or if VW were just re-using the ignition switches they already had in stock.

SafariBlock doesn't work on slashdot. There's literally an ad for one of those IQ test scam sites at the top of the page using Robert Downey Junior's likeness. Other times it's Natalie Portman.

Note who was chairing that hearing. They don't call him Gym Jordan for nothing.

Remind me, why doesn't slashdot have an ignore function again?

I see people are back to proposing the "Evil Bit" solution.

Yes thatâ(TM)s exactly the sort of nebulous fear mongering that I see masquerading as news articles. Out of curiosity, which lobby group do you work for?

Cost, obviously. Convenience, reliability, the fact that you don't need to faff around trying to find a link that actually works. These things aren't aimed at hax0rs, l33t or otherwise. They're easy enough to use that your granny could do it.

Sounds a lot like allofmp3.com

You'd be surprised. A friend of mine has one and though it sometimes freezes for a few seconds the quality is just as good as what I would expect from Sky. I was tempted to get one myself but for a couple of football games it's not worth the hassle.

One other thing, the box was some sort of nvidia device (Toblerone shaped) and the UI is so much snappier than any STB or smart TV I've ever used. As ever, the pirates' user experience is better than the paying customers'.

These so-called âoedodgy boxesâ let you watch content that otherwise you'd have to pay for. For example, a full subscription to Sky TV including film and sports channels is close to $100 per month. Subscriptions for these boxes will run you about $100 per year.

The people running these services are essentially re-broadcasting paid-for content for a fraction of the price. The big companies are starting to notice too; I've seen a few scaremongering 'news' articles about them these past few months.

They have changed the player app so you can no longer scrub through videos that are playing on your feed. If you're watching something and you don't care about the audio it was a handy way to avoid ads.