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Comment One small issue with USB-C (Score 1) 224

The one quibble I have with USB-C is the pin doesn't seat far enough into a device. It's one thing if the connection is vertical. The pin is sitting in the port. However, when plugged in sidewarys, that itsy bitsy pin now has to bear all the weight of the cable pulling it down.

To me, that seems like stress which doesn't need to be there.

Comment WHy? (Score 1, Troll) 50

Why are they building a sea wall? What makes them think climate change is real?

If it's not real, as the governor keeps saying, then no sea wall is needed. If climate change is real, then everyone should get one.

You can't have it both ways. Unless you're being deliberately racist.

Comment Re:Goog Ad Revenue $270B in 2024 - cost of busines (Score 1) 11

Based on Google's last quarterly numbers, that fine is equal to about three days worth of revenue.

Google had $96.43 billion in revenue last quarter. Divide by 3 gets you $32.143 billion each month. Divide by 30 gets you $1.0714 billion each day. Times 3 comes out $3.2142 billion.

It can't even be called a fine.

Comment Re:Perhaps the issue is catagorization (Score 1, Interesting) 76

Funny, I don't eat at fast food any more, nor buy bags of chips to eat every week, or subsist on gallons of soda. And yet, I'm barely heavier than I was in high school (which was practically rail thin) and sit on my ass all day in the office.

It's almost as if what you just said isn't true.

Comment Make it easier? (Score 1) 134

The brokerage chief said private companies and government must make investing easier from an early age.

How much easier can it be? You're 18, you sign up on the brokerage web site of your choice, provide some information, and off you go.

Or, your parents create a custodial account in your name, they do the trading based on what you say, then when you're 18 it's all yours.

This isn't rocket surgery.

Comment Re:It will just be replaced (Score 2) 47

Try watching one of the free college football games on ESPN. Trying to figure out which scripts need to run to view the broadcast is a cluster fuck.

Even if you think you have it figured out you may get some bogus message about the cert not being valid.

As I said, these are for the free games, the ones being broadcast on ABC (ESPN and ABC are owned by the same company) so you don't need to sign up for anything. I can only image how difficult it is for the ones you have to have an account to view.

This is the 21st century. There should be no reason someone can't click on a video and have it play without needing to enable 20+ scripts and 30+ css/xml sheets.

Comment Too late in Texas (Score 5, Informative) 26

In 2023 Texas Republicans removed the mandate that companies must provide breaks for workers in high heat situations.

I believe a few other red states did the same thing, or were at least considering it. After all, when they're sitting in their a/c offices, what do they care about the guy working on the roof in 105 F temperatures?

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