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  1. I don't mind a smart speaker ... on Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... it's the smart microphone that is always listening the one I don't like.

    It's just a matter of time until somebody gains unauthorized access to the microphone on one of those devices and starts recording every sound in your house. No way they are getting my secret lasagna sauce recipe.

  2. Re: Shiva Ayyadurai on Judge Dismisses 'Inventor of Email' Lawsuit Against Techdirt (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
  3. s/VScode/hard drive/g on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 1

    "I had just installed a new hard drive as an alternative and I was just playing with the cables and it shorted, AND ALL MY FILES WERE DELETED, ALL OF THEM, PERMANENTLY! who the hell is the ****** who made the option to permanently delete all the files on a drive by accident even possible?"

  4. Ghostbusters bested Rogue One and Stranger Things on The 2017 Hugo Awards (thehugoawards.org) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's right, the Ghostbuster remake got more votes than Rogue One and Stranger Things in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form category:

    1.- Arrival,
    2.- Deadpool,
    3.- Ghostbusters,
    4.- Hidden Figures,
    5.- Rogue One,
    6.- Stranger Things season one.

    I mean, WTF.

  5. /* PLEASE NOTE on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    WHEN YOU READ THIS THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD SCREAMS

    however, the lameness filter complains, so this useless text has been added
    */

  6. Since when is 15 almost 25?

  7. LOL

  8. I see this as a good thing on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    So we are making progress. Reverse engineering the human brain has been proven extremely difficult. An intelligent program so complex that it's almost imposible to explain or understand is in my view the correct path, just like the human mind is so complex to understand or explain. And even better if it's fuzzy intelligence: you have no certainty it's going to make consistently good choices, just like any human.

  9. Re: tabs4lyf on Douglas Crockford Envisions A Post-JavaScript World (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    One for the dark lord in his dark thong

  10. handwrite all day long on Slashdot Asks: Do You Prefer To Handwrite or Type Notes? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Handwritten in a sketchpad. For some reason I can't stand ruled notebooks.

  11. Proofread much? on 'Blackhole' Exploit Kit Author Gets 7 Years (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or just copy/paste?

    millions of dollars stolen from small to mid-sized businesses over several years. Paunch, the accused creator of the Blackhole Exploit Kit, stands in front of his Porche Cayenne. Fedotov, the convicted creator of the Blackhole Exploit Kit

  12. Opinion: Slashdot is dead on Opinion: DevOps Is Dead (techcrunch.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please, somebody get CmdrTaco to start a kickstarter to get the site back ...

  13. Re: Only if you Exclude Technological Limits on Why String Theory Is Not Science (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points. Most informative comment in a long time.

  14. Good thing I used CmdrTaco's info on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 5, Funny

    when I signed for ashleymadison.com

  15. So it's like ... on Thync, a Wearable That Zaps Your Brain To Calm You Down or Amp You Up · · Score: 1

    ... using brass and pewter on yourself?

  16. The tablet future is Surface-like on Is the Tablet Market In Outright Collapse? Data Suggests Yes · · Score: 1

    Microsoft got that one right. Surface devices are far more than the Android/iPad tablet toys to kill time or hand to the kids. Tablets are devices looking for a use case: I don't see myself putting my phone aside to use a phone with a bigger screen, and that's exactly what you do when you drop the iPhone to use an iPad. In fact it makes a lot more sense to have phone/tablet combinations with different platforms (Android/iPad, or iPhone/Android Tablet).

    In any case, tablets as big phones are the ones that are having a rough time. But Surface-like devices, with Intel CPUs and a full blown desktop OS, those are the ones that will remain because they fill a real use case. This one for example ... not even $100 for a quadcore intel 'laptop' (that kind of tablet is the real chromebook killer ... maybe not laptop killer, but it would cover at least 50% of laptops use cases):

    http://www.brandsmartusa.com/T...

    The hardware is still kind of junk (mostly the display), but eventually it will catch up. How can you compete with those specs and prices, and we are talking about a full blown desktop OS.

    In my opinion what makes the Surface so unattractive to most users is that it uses Windows. An iPad like device with OSX would be a real killer. Let's hope Microsoft at least gets Windows 10 right, because it doesn't seem Apple wants to enter that market.

  17. Check you address here on 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise · · Score: 3, Informative

    Use this page to check if your address is in the leaked database. I'm using the list (without passwords) that was published here in slashdot in the above comments. I'm not capturing the email addresses of the people using the tool:

    https://bigjocker.com/qd/googl...

    If you don't trust me (and I don't blame you), just download the file posted a few comments above this one and grep yourself:

    ngranek@trantor:~/Downloads$ grep bigjocker google_5000000.txt
    ngranek@trantor:~/Downloads$

  18. Motorola Milestone was the best phone ever on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    I personally still miss my old Motorola Milestone I used to have. The keyboard was so easy and fun to use, and the phone itself was so well built. No phone I've used ever since can compare to it (iPhones, nexus, samsungs, Motorolas and a few other).

    Personally I'll never be as accurate typing on a touchscreen with SwiftKey or whatever than I was with the Milestone's physical keyboard. I've spent quite a lot of time testing the few sliders out there every time I'm looking for a new phone, but as the poster said that functionality has been abandoned for some reason, and the only alternatives out there are really crappy low end devices.

  19. Can we asume ... on Julian Assange Plans Modeling Debut At London Fashion Show · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... he will bare it all?

  20. Simple on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 3, Funny

    Use java

  21. Re:Editing? on Sophisticated Spy Tool 'The Mask' Rages Undetected For 7 Years · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's missing an A before Hoy ... sorry about that

  22. Editing? on Sophisticated Spy Tool 'The Mask' Rages Undetected For 7 Years · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is ridiculous. What kind of editor publishes a note so badly written? You should at least read summaries out loud to see if you would look like an idiot. That would have certainly worked in this case. At least add a preview button for summaries like you do for comments for pete's sake.

    Hoy many errors can you spot?

    "Kim Zetter of Wired's Threat Level reports that Kaspersky Labs discovered a Spanish-language spyware application that employs "uses techniques and code that surpass any nation-state spyware previously spotted in the wild." The malware, dubbed "The Mask" by Kaspersky's researchers, targeted targeted government agencies, diplomatic offices, embassies, companies in the oil, gas and energy industries, and research organizations and activists had been loose on the Internet since at least 2007, before it was shut down last month. It infected its targets via a malicious website that contained exploits — among which were the Adobe Flash player vulnerability CVE-2012-0773 — that affected both Windows and Linux machines. Users were directed to the site via spearphishing emails."

  23. You had me at ... on Scientist Seeks Investment For "Alcohol Substitute" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Professor Nut

  24. Re:No chance! on Could a Grace Hopper Get Hired In Today's Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    Not having a degree in CS has not been an impediment for me. It just rises the bar for the technical interview, which is nice.

  25. Re: name? on Ask Slashdot: Is an Online Identity Important When Searching For Technical Jobs? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

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