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  1. Re:Mandate that SSNs are not proof of identity on Equifax Breach Provokes Calls For Serious Data Protection Reforms (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize that you could use the wrong SSN starting out, create all of your credit with it, and never use the real SSN?

  2. Re:Mandate that SSNs are not proof of identity on Equifax Breach Provokes Calls For Serious Data Protection Reforms (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    ....but banks allow for variation in SSN when creating accounts. Digits can be off by one at any place. SSN is not a good key. We use it as an identifier but not as a key.

  3. Re:We covered the dosing morons in an earlier arti on Silicon Valley Avant-garde Have Turned To LSD in a Bid To Increase Their Productivity (1843magazine.com) · · Score: 1

    "while sitting next to a pile of Monster drink cans or a week after they went balistic beacause the coffee ran out in the break room"

    LMFAO!!

  4. thank you

  5. An unsecured ("misconfigured") document database left publicly accessible? I'm shocked!

    The "misconfiguration" of these datumbase are the default.

  6. Re:Hopefully this will be the end of equifax on Equifax Breach is Very Possibly the Worst Leak of Personal Info Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "The US system is extremely convenient for smaller loans."

    Expensive loans whose availability serves to drive up the price of everything so you have to get a loan---for everything.

  7. mod up

  8. I have to agree somewhat. The credit issued using these agencies is mostly high-priced consumer debt.

  9. You could argue the benefit since debt begets more debt in aggregate which is destructive usury. Sure, some people can use loans to add a lot of value but they require much more than a credit report for those types of loans (significant equity/collateral).

  10. Re: On the Job Training on US Employers Struggle To Match Workers With Open Jobs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I call it being "hail married."

  11. Re:Basic Skill on US Employers Struggle To Match Workers With Open Jobs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I can answer the question in great detail but would not be interested in answering it on the phone during an interview. I would politely not answer the question with one of those standard responses, hang up the phone, and forget I ever talked to you.

  12. Re:Never give a number on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Future Employers Your Salary History? · · Score: 1

    I just answer with the amount slightly less than what I decide they need to pay me. Works perfectly. Treat it like the salary requirements question.

  13. Re:Do the right thing - stand against Trump's bigo on Trump's Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections For Foreigners (whitehouse.gov) · · Score: 1

    "Trump may actually be a good thing in the long run.
    He might get Democrats and Republicans talking to each other again, maybe looking past their minor differences and finding compromise."

    In his own way he is being a service to the country by shocking us out of complacency. Exactly what I hoped for and knew would happen.

  14. Re:Using a computer has become a minefield. on CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I often tell my son that computers used to be fun. A LOT of fun.

  15. Re:But, but, we have alternative facts! on Bill Gates Warns Against Denying Climate Change (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Its an escape route for the media. If any of it is proven true they can attempt to stitch together credibility.

  16. Re:I.Claudius on Actor John Hurt Dies At Age 77 (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    One of my favorites: Rob Roy. Love John Hurt.

  17. Good luck getting your guys to set up a Hadoop cluster to process a 500GB data source with a machine learning algorithm in 45 minutes. Three months later....still working out some kinks to the tune of $20,000+. There is a bitch slap of truth coming to troglodyte IT "pros."

  18. Re:WF is corrupt to the core on Wells Fargo Employee Informed the Bank of Fake Customer Accounts in 2006 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If a bank runs a batch and generates fees due to applying debits before credits you need to contact the CFPB.

  19. Re:WF is corrupt to the core on Wells Fargo Employee Informed the Bank of Fake Customer Accounts in 2006 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Upvoting this. I recently joined a credit union and was able to refinance everything through them for a significant savings, Much easier to deal with and much more helpful. When shopping for a camper or car they dug right in and shared the commercial NADA data with me so that I was armed with that information when I went to dealerships. Will never bother with a traditional bank again.

  20. Even if there were no shipping incentive I would still have Prime. There is way more going on then just the stupid expedited shipping. Movies, shows, streaming music, storage, books, etc...

  21. Re:Prime vs non-Prime on 55 Percent Of Online Shoppers Start Their Product Searches On Amazon (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Prime costs you nothing and in fact has a lot of net positive value. I cannot stand retail shopping in bricks and mortar anymore. If I have to wait in line at all I feel slighted, and in this market I am being slighted. Amazon improved our lives. Kroger offers online shopping and pickup now....not because they want to but because they have to, lest they get stomped by amazon.

  22. Post office does the same thing.

  23. Re:Samsung's business is Booming! on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually had to look to make sure this was not April 1st.

  24. I elect Trump and Hilary.

  25. Re:rotten at the top on Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees For Creating Millions of Phony Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    There will be many law suits over this. It will take at least a year after the dust settles to clear this up with everyone. The person who had to make the decision to fire 5k employees should definitely lose their job though as an abject failure.