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  1. Google has been doing "offline" voice recognition directly on phones for a few years now.
    http://stackandroid.com/tutori...

    Adding a translation layer that also runs locally isn't that far fetched.

  2. Re:Wait a minute... on Google and Facebook Failed Us (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Exactly. Google is a search engine. All it does, and all it SHOULD do, is return indexed results based on the query the user gave it. I don't want a search engine to try and apply some kind of arbitrary "truthyness" filter, I want it to give me everything it can find that has the words I requested contained within it.

  3. Re:Still a kick on the bum on Equifax CEO Richard Smith Who Oversaw Breach To Collect $90 Million (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there will be consequences for someone. Probably for the poor developer who wanted to update the buggy Struts module, but wasn't told not to by upper management because it would delay some new marketing roll out.

  4. Re:"politicians and employers"? on The Shorter Your Sleep, the Shorter Your Life: the New Sleep Science (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    So if I stay at work because I want to, you're going to force my employer to pay me exponentially more even if he didn't ask me to stay?

    Yes. You are doing work for them, they are getting a benefit from it. If they don't like it, they can implement a policy that limits maximum working hours.
    If studies show that it is harmful to your health, and the employer allows you to do that in the clock, they are liable for injuries sustained at the workplace. They have an incentive to keep you from hurting yourself while on the job.

  5. Re:"politicians and employers"? on The Shorter Your Sleep, the Shorter Your Life: the New Sleep Science (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Ok - lets change it.

    How should they stop it? Not allowing overtime? Micromanaging salary people more to make sure they get the full 40 hours from their employees during their assigned shifts and then not allowing them into the building / online after those 40 hours?

    Having a sleep test to even walk into the building in the morning? Warn than fire people up if they have an outside of work life that conflicted with this article's definition of enough rest even though they are productive at work?

    Force employers to actually pay employees for the time they work, at a rate that increases for every 15 minute block over 8 hours in a day. Having to pay increasingly higher rates for hours beyond a healthy limit would act as a disincentive to work employees to death.

  6. Re:Opening themselves up to trouble on Governments Turn Tables By Suing Public Records Requesters (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Case 2 can be resolved by simply denying the request.

  7. Re:About the same thing that happens with aircraft on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If a Hyperloop Train Failed? · · Score: 1

    But you can not contact them as you are one a "track" and have special skids that can absolutely* not leave the tracks.

    *Except in cases of mechanical failure, metal fatigue, etc...

  8. Presumably, cutting off app access would save power, as the OS could tightly manage the connecting polling while "off". Even though the radios are still on, they could be automatically cycled down, and only brought back up periodically to poll for "important" stuff, saving power. Of course, Apple is the one decided what counts as "important".

  9. Re:About the same thing that happens with aircraft on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If a Hyperloop Train Failed? · · Score: 1

    But there is nothing in the tube that they can hit :D

    Contact with the tube its self could be catastrophic.

  10. "Some of these vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as part of the bootloader (thus compromising the entire chain of trust), or to perform permanent denial-of-service attacks," the research team said (PDF)"

    I think they actually mean:
    Some of these vulnerabilities would allow a user to execute arbitrary code as part of the bootloader (thus allowing users to have some control over their devices), or to perform installations of custom Android versions with better security than the one that the vendor still hasn't updated after 4 years," the research team said (PDF)

  11. And your content is copyrighted.

    Yeah, by me, not Slashdot.

  12. Re:My server, My rules on Judge Says LinkedIn Cannot Block Startup From Public Profile Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Not showing information to users without logging in would be a good start.

    What you cans see without logging in is public information.

  13. Re:What's the best way to comment? on FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Period By Two Weeks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Truckloads of money.

  14. Re:Swift Compiler on Developers Explain Why iOS Apps Are Getting Bulkier (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Doesn't it prune unreachable code?

    If you have hundreds of megabytes of unreachable code, then you have bigger problems than your compiler.

  15. Unfortunately, the telescope doesn't run on steam power.

  16. Re:then dont' make it public on LinkedIn Says It's Illegal To Scrape Its Website Without Permission (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly, "403: Forbidden" exists for exactly this reason.

    A program asked a web server for a particular page. The web server said "here you go!", instead of returning a 403 error.
    If this is about copyright infringement, then sue under a law that applies to that.

  17. Let me guess - you think that 'gold' is real money? Why? It's just an arrangement of atoms with a few limited industrial applications, completely distorted by irrational speculation. But it's shiny, right?

    No. I think they money in my bank account is real. I'm just saying that it only exists as a pattern of 1s and 0s, in a computer system. I'm saying that isn't fundamentally any different than other digital currency, like BitCoin.

  18. They "stole" some bits arranged in a fashion that some people assign a value to. Try to convert those bits to USD, and watch the exchange price plummet.

    How is that any different than the "money" in your bank account? It isn't like that money physically exists anywhere. Iit is also just an arrangement of bits in a bank's computer system.

  19. "communicated, or caused to be communicated" would cover it.

  20. I'm not saying that I don't believe you, but I don't believe you.

    Even if you make $10,000,000 / year, your federal taxes will be 36.91%, FICA is 2.41%, and NY State will be 8.59%, for a grand total of 47.91%. Rates are significantly less for more realistic incomes.

  21. What excuse are they pretending they have for doing this?

  22. If I tell you that my absolute final offer is $42, then of course I'm going to walk away from the deal if you don't agree to it. What part of "Final Offer" isn't clear?

  23. Re:No one is forced my ass on Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If class action lawsuits were not effective at punishing companies, then they would not be trying to hard to get out of them.

  24. It gets really hot, so it is harder to steal without burning yourself.

  25. You know... That layout looks an awful lot like the layout for this site.