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  1. Re:Good news for their stock on Cisco Systems To Lay Off About 14,000 Employees, Representing 20% of Global Workforce (crn.com) · · Score: 1

    The database design of that can easily be done in 2 hours. Filling that sucker, on the other hand...

  2. This is for Quantum Key Distribution, right?

  3. The city of Amsterdam has, by its own last estimate, 100000 people living in it that it has no idea of. And I don't mean the homeless: these people live in houses, pay and receive money (cash), have cellphones and children that go to school, and show up in hospitals which provide them with free healthcare (which those hospitals then have to balance against the people that /do/ pay). There are laws (and local regulations because, hey, it's Amsterdam) in place for each and every one of those aspects of their lives.

    Sometimes, in this country, it makes sense to stop and wonder why on earth you should choose to live a, you know, /regular/ life.

  4. Re:NIST is now stuck grasping at straws on America's NIST Seeks Public Comments on Cybersecurity and Cryptography (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    Huh? It was the RNG algorithm based on ECC, not ECC in itself, right?

  5. He did a Q&A on reddit, and it felt very eh.. smarmy. As in: only softball questions ever floated to the top.

  6. It's classified U//FOUO! You could have probably gotten that document through a FOIA request.

  7. Re:Russians really hate Hillary on Assange Implies Murdered DNC Staffer Was WikiLeaks' Source (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Iran-Contra. That stuff's like, on drugs man. And perpetrated by the most powerful man in the world.

  8. Re: So the tax returns aren't public? on Assange Says Wikileaks is 'Working On' Hacking Donald Trump's Tax Return (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Obama has pretty much said the same thing about the NATO allies - at pretty much the same point in time, too. With the exception of the US, the UK and Estonia, NATO allies are far behind in their defense payments, and have been for years. Some form of punishment is in order.

  9. You get one of these on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Keep Your Credit Card Secure? · · Score: 1

    https://www.secrid.com/en/

    Made in my home town - hooray!

  10. Humbug on How Technology Disrupted the Truth (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Since Mr Farage held or holds no executive power, he cannot say that the money saved will go to the NHS, or that it be spent on growing daisies, for that matter. Those are not his political promises to make, or break. He _can_ say that it might be used for the NHS, and he _can_ say that it might not.

  11. "Eventually GEMBLE contacted Valve, apologized, and asked them for a job"

    My mouth is still hanging open. Some people really, really have no idea how this world works.

  12. Re:Question on Interviews: Ask Perl Creator Larry Wall a Question · · Score: 1

    It isn't. It does, but it's your own fault.

    See how easy it is to answer very subjective questions?

  13. Yes, this is usually how it works... on 'Eat, Sleep, Code, Repeat' Approach Is Such Bullshit (signalvnoise.com) · · Score: 1

    But only for one or two years or so. And only when you're young. And only voluntarily. How do you think concert pianists get to where they are? They 'eat, sleep, play the piano, repeat'. It's how *everyone* gets to a good level of proficiency at *anything*.

  14. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So, if I understand correctly, to make all the diagrams and illustrations in your case documentation, you have used a GIMP? I see... Say, what else does this GIMP of yours do?

  15. 'pornography enthusiasts' - really?

  16. One life? on New "Perfect Game" Donkey Kong Record May Be Unbeatable (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    I think I see him lose one life at least just before he finished.

  17. True dat. Taxes should be so simple, anyone can do it.

  18. Re:Well that makes no sense on Panama Papers Source Breaks Silence Over 'Scale Of Injustices' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess the leaker was German. Some unaffiliated, left-wing, single, anarchist hacker. His 'perfect English' is simply translated and submitted back for approval by the Guardian. That makes it also sound so 'political'. But the undertone of the piece can easily be German: he thought he'd punked the system, and the system was only punked to the point of 'meh'. So now he is DISAPPOINTED. And now he's really going to TEACH THE WORLD A LESSON!!1! My guess that he'll make a mistake any day now, for all of his juvenal anger.

  19. Crypto wars go way back on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The current round goes back to at least the exposure of PGP.

  20. Re:Wait until they start making a bit of money on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The public is just as guilty. When we shout that everybody should have a mortgage, and everybody should be able to go to college, everybody will be bearing the brunt of the price increase that accompanies all those subsidies and risk-taking. There is no such thing as a free lunch, but try explaining that to people with voting rights.

  21. Wait until they start making a bit of money on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All of a sudden, they will 'support capitalism', whatever that even means.

  22. Re:Yes... Vwery interesting... on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    But the observer is simulated as well. As is the experiment. For a simulation, it would probably be easier if proof of superposition state were impossible.

  23. Re: regulation on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    How likely is this to happen? The total surface area of the front of the motors, divided by the total surface area of the front of an airplane. Which is not insignificant. I'd say about 1/5 on most plane types.

  24. The US, UK and NATO have all scrapped Confidential. Too costly.

  25. Just an irk on Monster Black Holes May Lurk All Around Us (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    But the human habitation analogies in this piece make me cringe just a bit.