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  1. Re:Ten Years Gone on US is World's Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is our banks are significantly more capitalized (they have more cash and cash equivalent assets) and less leveraged (they have less debt per dollar) than in the last crash. If true, those are significant fixes to the major contributors to the 2007 financial crisis. What data are you looking at?

  2. Attack Surface on Rolls-Royce Wants To Fill the Seas With Self-Sailing Ships (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    As a malicious user I love the idea of being able to remotely pilot a Qmax lng tanker into my target. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that. Not a thing.

  3. Has the genome of the virus been published?

  4. Re:ULA is on life support. on The Military Chooses Which Rockets It Wants Built For the Next Decade (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This 1100 contractors thing is why space is as expensive as it is today. ULA only builds a small portion of their rocket systems. They are really an integrator that assembles many thousands of components from many thousands of vendors.

    SpaceX's other big disruption was making the vast majority of parts for their kit. That doesn't get discussed as much as it should.

  5. Re:These results are not correctly referenced on Artificial Sweeteners Are Toxic To Digestive Gut Bacteria, Study Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    *chute

  6. Re:These results are not correctly referenced on Artificial Sweeteners Are Toxic To Digestive Gut Bacteria, Study Finds (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends on the concentration. Above 95% concentration of CO2 unconsciousness occurs in seconds. It's used as a low-stress way stun pigs before slaughter and results in better meat quality than electrocution or a bolt gun.

    The process is informative. A group of pigs (they prefer to be in groups) goes down a cute into an elevator. The hatch closes and the elevator drops into the pit. If they make any noise at all (other than falling over) after the elevator gets in the pit then something is wrong.

  7. Re:The real competition for android is not iOS on Microsoft Is Embracing Android As the Mobile Version of Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If you believe the mission statement, the end game is "to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more." I hear that literally every time Mr. Nadella speaks. He's platform agnostic too. He wants to change the world on Windows, Android, Linux, iOS, on desktops, in the cloud, on phones, on tablets, everywhere.

    I wouldn't work for Microsoft if EEE was still the vision, but I understand why people are skeptical. It's a different company under Satya. That said, There were a lot of bridges burned, and there is no ctrl-Z for that. They have to build new bridges instead.

  8. Copy that. If you do see anything, Window Key-F pulls up the Feedback center where you can report it and upvote issues that others have reported. That data really does drive decisions on what gets fixed.

    (Microsoft is still not paying me to say that.)

  9. As a long time BOFH fan I can assure you that Cosmic radiation is the root cause for all of it. :)

  10. Perhaps I am confused... on Seattle Police Department Is Offering An Anti-Swatting Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Let me make sure I understand. If I register in this database then the police will actually check to see if I'm a danger to myself or others before shooting me?

    America, we have a problem.

  11. I've been running it for about a week on an HP G4 Zbook. No major surprises or snafus. My fingerprint reader didn't work immediately post-upgrade, but works now. I assume it grabbed the new driver from Windows update, but haven't followed up to check.

    (I work for Microsoft as a Platforms PFE supporting enterprise customers, and I understand that makes my opinion invalid. They aren't paying me to say this. They aren't paying me to say that either.)

  12. Re:What is the most devices.... on Windows 10 Passes 700 Million Devices (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My understanding is that a device is a PC, a laptop, a console, a tablet, an IOT SOC, a HoloLens, a surface hub, a phone, or any other piece of kit running Windows 10.

  13. Re:Does anyone really believe the government here? on Cody Wilson, 3D-Printed Gun Pioneer, Arrested In Taiwan (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    The US government got a 16 year old to join sugardaddy.com and manipulated Wilson into messaging and arranging an encounter with her?

    It's far more likely that she was caught for a minor offense, marijuana possession over some arbitrary limit being a very real possibility, and offered up her sugar daddy to get out of the charges. That would look bad if the DA had to disclose it, so the caring and compassionate police officers referred her to counseling in another jurisdiction. The counselor has mandatory reporting for sexual abuse of minors, and 1+2=3, Cody Wilson goes to jail.

    ... Because that's what America's justice system is.

  14. Re:What do you mean by "Windows 10 Pro Host?" on Linux On Windows 10: Running Ubuntu VMs Just Got a Lot Easier, Says Microsoft (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the general gist of it, yes. Something similar happens if you are using CredentialGuard or other Virtualization based security features.

  15. Data Point on FDA Chief Considers Ban of All Flavored E-Cigarettes (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    My son attends a public high school in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Of his circle of friends 2/3s have tried a Juul, and 1/3 are current users.

    Quoting him, "They say it looks like a USB stick, so if your parents see it you don't get in trouble."

    Congratulations Nicotine industry, you've figured out a way to hook another generation. Well done.

  16. At the fulfillment center in Murfreesboro Tennessee 40 hours is available for the asking. I don't have data for any other locations.

  17. The average pay at an Amazon warehouse for a fulfillment worker is $12.35 per hour. Working full time that is more than $24k/year.

    WIC eligibility is up to 185% of the federal poverty level, $30,451 for a family of two.

    SNAP eligibility is up to 130% of the federal poverty level $21,398 for a family of two.

    The federal poverty level numbers are
    $12,140 for individuals
    $16,460 for a family of 2
    $20,780 for a family of 3
    $25,100 for a family of 4
    $29,420 for a family of 5
    $33,740 for a family of 6
    in 2018

  18. Counterexample on What Dropbox Dropping Linux Support Says (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    I am a Linux user that uses and pays for Dropbox.

  19. Not Hypothetical on Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    This isn't hypothetical. At a prior gig I was discussed resume screening with a coworker. He indicated that he'd round-filed my resume because of my @aol.com email address. I only got an interview because of a persistent person in HR.

    I'd had that email address since AOL came on CDs in magazines, but that conversation caused me to switch to gmail.

    (Thanks for being honest Dave. That conversation has helped me advance my career. I am in your debt.)

  20. Re:Dumb Question on Internet Groups Urge US Court To Reinstate 'Net Neutrality' Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this markedly different from AT&T or Verizon offering free calls to other AT&T or Verizon customers? That was a thing back when people used cell phones to call people.

  21. I have to ask a dumb question.

    Are there any concrete examples of violations of net neutrality since the regulatory change?

    To me the Firefighter's issue doesn't count, because ISPs are still allowed to set bandwidth/data caps under NN. Am I wrong about that?

  22. What's in the database? Sources? on Democratic National Committee Says Hackers Unsuccessfully Targeted Voter Database (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much Cambridge Analytics data they have in this database?

  23. Someone at Intel might want to read about... on Intel Publishes Microcode Security Patches With No Benchmarks Or Profiling Allowed (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone at Intel might want to read about the Streisand effect.

  24. Nvidia Mining? on Nvidia Is Giving Up On the Cryptocurrency Mining Market (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    My understanding was that Nvidia's kit was terrible for GPU mining. That might be outdated, but I know it was the case in 2013.

  25. The disadvantage is.. on Flight-Simulator Enthusiasts Confident of Real-World Skills (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Anecdote. I started taking lessons to get my license after thousands of teenage hours spent in flight simulators. Sitting in the plane I felt like I'd been there before. Even the ATC calls, courtesy of radio chatter mods, were as I expected. The first lesson was great. We flew around and saw where I lived from the air, all cool stuff.

    It's time to go back and the instructor asks if I can find my way back. I said yes, tuned the GVE VOR and started flying to the radial back to KCHO. I explained what I was doing and then he asked why I was doing it. I said "It's the only way I can find the airport."

    He shook his head and said "look out the window". Sure enough, there it was near the horizon. Big green spinning light staring at me.

    Derp derp. That was the bad thing for me. I never could get used to flying and looking out the window. :/