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> The amount is the maximum civil money penalty allowed by federal law. Sounds like an update to federal law is in order, at the very least tying that number to inflation (or perha…

Apple recently* announced their self-service repair: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apples-self-service-r... Possibly this was just to head off this kind of enforcement aim…

By "look at Israel", are you referring to this claim debunked by the AP? https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-644288348135 > CLAIM: The newest Israeli data on COVID-19 infectio…

Also, though: > So far, the CDC has collected and tested more than 100 samples of products, soil, and water from the four patients' homes, but none has turned up positive for B. ps…

> Drivers can contact Vertafore to see if their information was hacked by calling 888-479-3560. We have to call you to find out if you leaked our information? That's some idiotic l…

From the article: > The 2017 report includes two categories for AT&T, one for its oldest DSL technology and another for its DSL-based IP broadband with speeds of up to 45Mbps. [...…

I had the same issue with it playing episodes in an awkward order because I wanted it to show me the episodes in "most-recent-first" order, but I wanted it to play in the reverse o…

I think anyone who's used Siri would debate you about the "as capable as the others" part of your statement. Not to mention that when it was announced, several of its features were…

True, but the parent poster didn't blame it on Trump, he blamed it on the Republican party: > But it's predictable that one party would have appointed someone like him and not the …

People keep saying this like he's the person who chose Pai. The way these commissions work is: - it's staffed by members of each party - each party's leaders (typically in the Sena…

Not sure who you include in "your generation", but I'm 37 and I just spent the last 4 months or so watching a Super Metroid double-elimination tournament and enjoyed every minute o…

Getting a new ISP started is a pain. Witness the legal troubles Google and their partner cities went through when the cities passed "one touch make ready" laws to simplify the proc…

Their wiki page has some numbers for the last few years. Parks/Resorts (incl. cruises) made $3.3B in 2016; Studio Entertainment made $2.7B; Disney Media Networks (ABC/etc) made $7.…

If that sentence had been followed by something sarcastic, derogatory, or harmful, then I'd agree. However, since it's followed by "here's an actual problem I'm having that Google …

You can't use a single Joycon to play Breath of the Wild, for example (at least not as well as with the full controller). You need the second joystick to move the camera, all four …

From Wikipedia: > All iPods lack Touch ID, 3D Touch, NFC, GPS, an earpiece speaker and a noise-cancelling microphone. Depending on the generation, the iPod Touch may have a smaller…

Lots of Android phones do include microSD card slots, so (assuming you can get a phone for $100), you could just add ~$50 for a 128GB microSD card, maybe. (Edit: Added the parenthe…

Apple typically doesn't announce that far out, though. They usually announce when their products are much closer to market, once they've got a device or two built and in hand that …

He made a tiny mistake that, due to the mistakes made by the company/CTO, had huge consequences. As a first-day developer, he shouldn't really have had the ability to make a mistak…

What was said ("let her speak, please") doesn't fit any of those categories. It was an interruption, but not derisive, aggressive, or abusive.