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  1. That's stupid. There is some price $N for every person where (a) having a Netflix account is worth $N/mo and (b) where having a Netflix account is not worth $(N+2)/mo.

    Technicalities: (a) There are 200 such prices, given a granularity of 1c in the price. (b) The price exists for everyone, but it need not be positive.

  2. Re:'Banning' the 'dark web' on Dark Web Mapping Reveals That Half of the Content Is Legal (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't do anything because ISIS exist outside of ISIS controlled areas as well.

    It wouldn't do everything. It would isolate those few from logistical and technical support.

    Making it easier for them to communicate would be better so you can try track them down.

    If we could reliably track them. Which you then point out we have a lot of trouble doing. Either might be the right decision, I don't know how well the tracking program works.

  3. Re:IdenTrust also not widely supported on WordPress.com Enables HTTPS Encryption For All Websites · · Score: 1

    It was FireFox 44 or Chrome as of last month.

  4. Re:Meanwhile on Newspapers Try To Stop Ad-blocking Browser Brave From 'Stealing Content' · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, but it's one thing to skip past the commercials (ala Tivo) or block ads. It's another to replace them in their entirety.

  5. Re:'Banning' the 'dark web' on Dark Web Mapping Reveals That Half of the Content Is Legal (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Kicking ISIS off the internet seems easy enough. Jammers + snipping physical lines would prevent anyone from ISIS-controlled territory from communicating with the outside world. Plus, a wall of course to prevent IPOverSneakers. And every knows Donald Trump is a wall builder. It's gonna be the greatest wall.

    You know, I have trouble with my cellphone inside some buildings. If the wall is high enough and thick enough, you might not need jammers.

  6. Let's Encrypt still not widely supported on WordPress.com Enables HTTPS Encryption For All Websites · · Score: 0

    I just heard "You're going to be getting a lot of calls from people because Let's Encrypt isn't a CA they trust, and instead of it just being encrypted, people will think it's broken."

  7. Re:Nope, sorry on Computer Created A 'New Rembrandt' After Analyzing Paintings (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Build me a robot that uses a mechanical brush with the same finesse, then we will talk.

    Umm... this one? I mean, sure I grant it's using a motor with much finer control than a brush, and extruding the ink in a controlled way, but both are being done to emulate the clumsier human motions of a hand with brush.

  8. Re:Monetization? on WhatsApp Enables End-To-End Encryption For All Forms of Communications By Default · · Score: 1

    Well, some things are encrypted (contents of the conversation) some are not (who you talk to, and for how often). I read this an admission that FB's data mining through natural language is not nearly as valuable as their meta-data about networks. And that's probably because their AI isn't sophisticated enough yet.

    Which is only a matter of time, because FB can throw literal billions at natural language AI and it would be a reasonable expense.

  9. Re:This is in no way random on TSA Paid $1.4 Million For Randomizer App That Chooses Left Or Right (geek.com) · · Score: 1

    She seems to be pushing it for each distinct group. And the 1.4 mil includes training (how?) and at least 200 of those stands of ruggedized iPads.

  10. Re:REally they only do it now? on Massachusetts AG Sues ITT Tech For Exploiting Computer Network Students (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    The rules on crappy college advertising changed in the past... 5ish years. Sometime during Obama's administration. The laws were changed so that for-profit colleges in general, and ITT like ones in particular, had to have better information on how unlikely it was to be worth it. Right about now is the first time people could have enrolled and gotten totally screwed, give or take.

    :

  11. Re:This is in no way random on TSA Paid $1.4 Million For Randomizer App That Chooses Left Or Right (geek.com) · · Score: 1

    without requiring an actual human to stand there and press the screen to randomly change left to right

    Well, the person is supposed to press the button for each group, it's not supposed to be randomly determined.

  12. Presumably the app takes inputs like lanes open, pre-check lanes open, historical information on speed of processing each lane, etc, to decide how many people get assigned to the pre-check lane. And training the supervisors to upload all that data is a major cost, right?

    I do see the ipad on a nice ruggedized stand/enclosure, and I'd imagine the 1M non-development costs include those units.

  13. Re:Electrons?? on New State of Matter Detected in a Two-Dimensional Material (phys.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Are thought to be indivisible?? Since when?

    Electrons were certainly thought to be indivisible when first discovered (see also, atoms, protons). The answer to "since when", because that's since the electron was discovered in 1897. But you meant to imply that the electron was already know to be constituted of component particles. So a better way to do that would be an incredulous "is this XXXX?" or similar that expressed a belief it was already common knowledge.

    Pedantry aside, wikipedia tells me that all 6 leptons (which include electrons) are indivisible. So, I dunno. The Standard Model certainly assumes that they are.

  14. Re:That sucks ... on Chrome Extension Caught Hijacking Users' Browsers (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But, I think it points to a broader problem:

    I think the broader problem is auto-updating software.

  15. Re:True. Definitely. Welcome to survivor bias. on People Often Deride Game Changing Technology as 'a Toy' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    That Timex+Microsoft chimera watch that downloaded data by the blinking[*] CRT montor?

    I lost the drivers for mine. Does anyone know where I can get new ones?

  16. Thanks! It's always nice to feel appreciated!

  17. Re:Two part strategy to deny access to USA website on North Korea Officially Blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    Second part is to not provide internet access in the first place (at least to the non-elite).

    In the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, Second Step happens first!

  18. Xamarin does not offer Unity3D-scope features for game development. I assume (but never looked into it) that it offers cross-platform 3D API calls.

    In my example, people were using Unity3D for app development (with a basic 2D GUI). (Admittedly, these were game developers who were more familiar with Unity3D. But the real issue was they already bought their Unity3D licenses, and the Xamarin licenses were more expensive.). That meant all the GUI felt the same across all the versions of app, but not like a native UI at all.

  19. Don't worry, we will get back to your typical unrelated crap posts soon enough, and you'll be happy for the next 362 days.

    Except for when Apple has its conference and it's all Apple news (although mostly for consumers, not devs.), and when Google has its conference...

    OMG, it's almost like a conspiracy to allocate news stories by what's going on in the world as opposed to ensuring an even ticket punch of issues/topics every day regardless of what's happening.

  20. Did you even RTFS? TSA pre-check was supposed to have millions of enrollees, which would make the processed faster. Which required less personnel. So, they assumed their program would work and started using the lower manpower goal. Turns out, the program is not popular, so the lower manpower is inadequate.

    Recently; in 75% of the airports I've traveled - the TSA Precheck line was closed.

    Which is the issue, because that line moves twice as quickly (at least).

  21. Re:Holy crap ... on Microsoft Makes Xamarin Free In Visual Studio, Will Open Source Core Xamarin Tech (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    What the hell is Xamarin

    It's a cross-platform wrapper for Mono (an open-source version of C#/F#/.Net) that compiles to iOS and Android applications. There's a big push in Xamarin to try to make the UI (a) sane for the developer regarding versions and (b) proper native UI interfaces (not HTML5) that conform to the expectations on each device type.

    It also exposes the sensors/other phone things. If you like C#/F#/etc. (although not VB.net, cause that's a bad language and only bad people like it) this is a product that used to be in the $1,000+ going free.

  22. Just want to point out that I called Xamarin going free a little while ago: Post Here.

    This is great, great news, something I've been really looking forward to. I've known people to make apps in Unity3D because it was cheaper than Xamarin, even though Xamarin is a better product.

  23. Re:ISIS is exploiting... on Why ISIS Is Winning The Online Propaganda War (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Two base principles of economics: People are rational in maximizing utility, and people have different utility functions. People value the religious aspect of ISIS at different rates. There are going to be a few who value it very highly and many who value it negatively (see, non-Muslims). The more people value the non-ISIS alternative, the fewer people will opt for ISIS.

  24. Re:Automatic Password Filter on CNBC Just Collected Your Password and Shared It With Marketers (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know. It seems awful susceptible to accidentally leaking the password in the case you accidentally use it in a ********.

  25. Re:It's just confusion from the poll on Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They defined it pretty fairly. A place where whistleblowers and journalists exercise their rights and hackers and illicit goods marketplaces communicate.

    I mean they left out the entire privacy for individuals bit, but on balance....