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    Amazon Data Center Electrical Bills Are Secretly Funded by Taxpayers

    This is a law suit waiting to happen, given that someone with deep pockets is interested in litigation. State regulators may be negotiating these deals, but most electric companies are declared monopoly utilities at the local level. There are a lot of regulations with regard to transparency in...
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    Corsair AX1600i 1600W Power Supply Review @ [H]

    Given the power involved, I would assume that the AX1600i has a 20A plug on the AC power cable, but I couldn't find any info on Corsair's site. Can you confirm if that's correct?
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    More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked

    I don't think there a single utility that is handled at the Federal level, so this is not workable. Many ISP's are already treated as a monopoly utility in a given municipality, but that is something done at the local level, and the presence, or lack, of competition is usually the deciding...
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    Walmart Associate Delivery Pays Employees to Deliver Packages After Shift Work Ends

    If Walmart actually implements this, it'll last until: 1) the 1st lawsuit 2) Driver-less technology is rolled out and someone in the company discovers that they can save more money by delivering by a combination driver-less truck and drone system.
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    72% of Windows 10 Users use Cortana Less than Once a Month

    The EDU version doesn't have Cortana, for which I'm eternally grateful. It's supposed to be part of build 1703, which I'm trying to figure out how to avoid.
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    Munich May Be Dumping Linux for Windows 10

    As I recall from articles back when the move to LiMux was planned, there were a number of open source customized applications being developed for the city's needs. I don't recall what they were. So we're not talking about just moving from Windows/MS Office to Linux/Open Office. There was an...
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    Naked! Intel Core i5-7600K Kaby Lake How To @ [H]

    And the $64K question: How did the temps compare between all of those variations (stock, delid/relid, no lid) with the waterblock?
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    Naked! Intel Core i5-7600K Kaby Lake How To @ [H]

    I think the "along for the ride" version is much better for this type of subject; where you're going fairly in-depth on a technique or a detail. This isn't a product review, so I don't see the value in spending a lot of time editing or producing a polished video. In this particular case, you're...
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    Windows 10 Game Mode: Free FPS Boost Of A Few Percent, With More To Come

    If the photographer had pulled back a bit, we might have seen something interesting going on behind her. Just sayin...
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    Notebooks Make A Comeback As Tablets Tank

    I think that, in many instances, the idea of a tablet ended up being better than the reality. This is particularly true in the business environment. There are a lot of industries where the tablet is very useful. If your institution deals in material logistics to a large degree, like Amazon or...
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    Samsung EV Battery Gets 300+ Miles Of Range From 20-Minute Charge

    http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-s/sr.php
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    T-Mobile CEO Offers To Pay For Fire Fighters' $73K Verizon Bill

    A couple of things come to mind with this issue: 1) The COMMUNITY is up in arms. Translation: Verizon was asked to perform a billable service, gave the fire department a number of options, and the FD chose the most expensive one. They didn't choose it because it was the most expensive one; they...
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    NHTSA Proposed A Rule That Would Require Vehicles To 'Talk' To Each Other

    I feel ya'. My only vehicle for the last 15 years has been a motorcycle. Last year I started riding the bus to work and only drive on the weekends. The drop in stress is amazing, it saves about 200 miles of wear and tear a week, and I get about 3 miles of walking in a day.
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    NHTSA Proposed A Rule That Would Require Vehicles To 'Talk' To Each Other

    I have a few cheaper options: 1) Require all drivers to undergo real driver's training and licensing, similar to what is required for semi drivers. 2) Aggressively prosecute and strictly enforce sentencing for DUI arrests. 3) Same as above for driving without a valid license or driving with a...
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    Why Can’t Silicon Valley Solve Its Diversity Problem?

    Another factor: Title IX has become an industry, particularly in the public sector and the university systems. There are a large number of people and organizations that have a vested interest in keeping this myth alive.
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