Slashdot Mirror


User: Narcocide

Narcocide's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
3,234
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 3,234

  1. Re: No surprise at all - it's about the stock pri on Is Elon Musk Greatly Exaggerating Tesla's Battery Technology? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3

    Your argument is tantamount to saying basically "Why bother shitting in the toilet? It doesn't change the amount of shit. We might as well just shit on the living room couch, on dinner table, and in fact wherever we happen to be at that moment. We might as well just shit everywhere because that's easier."

  2. Re:Lol... on Taking The Profit Out Of Killing 'Net Neutrality' (cringely.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You just basically claimed that we don't need existing net neutrality regulations then described a solution that consists primarily of exactly that. They really brainwashed you good. I suggest you see a professional. Seriously. Wake the fuck up.

  3. One word: Comcast. on Taking The Profit Out Of Killing 'Net Neutrality' (cringely.com) · · Score: 1

    If you really think they won't just throttle all of it you're mad.

  4. Interesting, not really what I've been hearing. on Firefox Quantum Is 'Better, Faster, Smarter than Chrome', Says Wired (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder how much they got paid.

  5. Re: Appcast should block LUDDITE software! on Ajit Pai and the FCC Want It To Be Legal for Comcast To Block BitTorrent (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Comcast already throttles all encrypted traffic.

  6. I want one to fold my laundry too.

  7. Study shows... on Study Finds Different Types of Alcohol Can Determine Different Moods (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... stuff we already knows.

  8. Re:An unpopular opinion on Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The part where his vote counts 25:1 against Californians' votes.

  9. Re:10/90 on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, the big issue here is that it's common knowledge consumers by and large refuse to be bothered to get educated and the bulk of the major software development companies out there aren't don't have leadership ethical enough to be able to resist taking maximum possible advantage of their naivety. Unfortunately this knowledge gap is also being turned against our own government even as our own government participates in using the very same knowledge gap on the general population. It's a huge ugly mess, really, and it says a lot about the spiritual deficiencies of humans as a whole, and I still completely in all seriousness blame Microsoft for starting it.

  10. Re:We aren't using Rust enough. on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just in case the uninitiated might confuse this for a serious statement; to be clear he's completely trolling.

  11. Re:Is the U.S. government no longer a democracy? on Intel: We've Found Severe Bugs in Secretive Management Engine, Affecting Millions (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you shilling for Broadcom here? What makes you think their black box is any more secure?

  12. Re:Give me the list of impacted hardware on Intel: We've Found Severe Bugs in Secretive Management Engine, Affecting Millions (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't bet on the Pi being backdoor-free, either.

  13. Seconded.

  14. Breaking news! on Flat Earther Plans To Launch Homemade Manned Rocket (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rocket scientist trolls entire world by building a rocket out of garbage while claiming not to be a scientist. Plans to adhere to the scientific method while claiming not to believe in science.

    Godspeed, you mad scientist. Onward for science!

  15. Re:Require a national job board on Trump Administration Tightens Scrutiny of Skilled Worker Visa Applicants (inc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's no practical way to actually force them to hire qualified US applicants. They can just make up ridiculous requirements and then wave them for the cheapest H1B that comes along. This is how it's already working. All this action could possibly do is drive up the cost of H1B workers. Most likely it won't even do that. It'll just consolidate the hiring process to some agency the Trump family profits from directly. It won't actually create more real jobs for citizens, or break the salary stagnation problem.

  16. Re:Duh! Autocomplete REQUIRES some tracking on Over 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Gee, you don't make it sound very welcoming or enjoyable. I can only imagine you think the best way to make yourself feel better about your miserable life is to drag other people down to your level. It stinks of a trap. Or, maybe that wasn't your intent and in reading this you just realized you're still a petulant child after all?

  17. They don't have to. Banner ads are perfectly capable of doing this type of tracking without the page's help.

  18. Re:This is (sort of) old news on Over 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The only thing you're doing is giving them more information to fingerprint you with.

  19. Re:True, but. on Security Problems Are Primarily Just Bugs, Linus Torvalds Says (iu.edu) · · Score: 2

    A bug is never just a mistake. It represents something bigger. An error of thinking that makes you who you are.

    -- Mr. Robot

  20. Re: They're bugs, unless they're not on Security Problems Are Primarily Just Bugs, Linus Torvalds Says (iu.edu) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The backdoor in SELinux isn't in the code, it's in the setup documentation.

  21. Re:Mere Mortal question on Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020, Report Says (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    The short version is that now all your new computers will be capable of contracting viruses that you can't get rid of just by reformatting all drives and reinstalling your OS.

  22. Re:Got issues? on 10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    I would have some concerns about them getting access to some banking and financial info...

    Careful there, you're dangerously close to noticing a crack in your own logical facade.

  23. Maybe the writer of the article... on Critics Debate Autism's Role in James Damore's Google Memo (themarysue.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...also has autism.

  24. Re:One in a million on 10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Lots of conventional light sources also give off IR. Many of the historically more common ones actually give off more IR than visible light. If the software isn't as smart as they claim, I could see how the lights themselves could be confused for part of the sensor's own dot pattern, and possibly lower the accuracy of the reading. I could have told them this myself, but I doubt they would have listened. What really surprises me is the thought that maybe Apple didn't even bother to hire someone who understood light to review this technology.

  25. Re:Picture on 10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It's probably worth trying independently, but supposedly the sensor is capable of depth-mapping so the child would still have to paste a printout of the family portrait onto similarly shaped mannequin head or cardboard frame of some sort.