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  1. Re:Did they share the wrong NDA? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as you're OK with the offer being withdrawn at that point.

  2. Re:Did they share the wrong NDA? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    You can put whatever you want in a contract. And then if the employee has the time and money to fight it in court they could eventually prove it was unenforceable.

  3. Re:Same old news on Scammers Abuse Multilingual Domain Names (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You cannot have a browser that doesn't leak memory because of the complexity of "the DOM". Websites are insecurable because of the way html is written and driven.

    Abandoning XHTML for html5 (anything goes edition) was maybe the worst move in w3c history. And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't really like XML.

  4. Re:It's not unicode - DNS uses punycode on Scammers Abuse Multilingual Domain Names (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    No reputable CA should be signing EV certs with punycode that looks like English words.

    Let's Encrypt will happily do it. Because certs only validate that you're connecting to a server linked to the same people that own the domain. And unless you want to teach people which CAs to trust and which ones to be unsure about, this is not the answer.

  5. Farsight Security on Scammers Abuse Multilingual Domain Names (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    small screens make lookalikes even harder to spot....Farsight Security

    Yes, this does sound like a job better suited for Nearsight.

  6. Re:"crypto" means cryptography on Facebook Reverses Its Crypto Ad Ban (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    That argument was lost with words like "phone" as an abbreviation for telephone. And co-ed (co-educational) somehow meaning only women. Pro as Professional is an entire prefix that only means one use of it when alone. And if you want to go way back, gymnasium shortened to gym reduces to naked in Greek (when you look at the original word parts).

  7. Re:Why are there two? on Wi-Fi Alliance Launches WPA3 Security Standard (securityweek.com) · · Score: 2

    Short version: because when you fire an employee you want to cut their wifi access without changing everyone else's password.

  8. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hey look, it's the same argument used for poor working conditions and a low minimum wage!

  9. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The EPA has all but been disbanded. Since they've abdicated their responsibility, the courts are what's left.

  10. Re:Is using MoviePass really stressful? on MoviePass is Going To Start Charging More For Popular Movies Next Month (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Except it doesn't work because they all have Chinese backing and can easily starve out MoviePass.

    They also get full price on the tickets bought. They should love and promote Movie pass until the day it goes under.

  11. Re:Type 2 help? on Can Two Injections of Tuberculosis Vaccine Cure Diabetes? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    That's been known for a while.

  12. Re:how is it not computer? on The World's Smallest Computer Can Fit on the Tip of a Grain of Rice (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most of the early computers had no persistent storage either. Computing is separate from storing. A calculator fits the definition of computer, just not general-purpose computer (though that's typically implied by the term "computer" in vernacular).

  13. Well, OK. Their current wireless charging maxes out at 7.5W, while the wired charging supports up to 29W. And any details of what's in Apple's AirPower standard are still not released, so I don't know if it includes anything over 7.5W. It takes over 3 times as long to charge this way - so I doubt they're leaving it as-is.

  14. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Indeed Amazon uses Vertex:
    https://sellercentral.amazon.c...

    But they still have a lot of work to do in order to present data and store/process the results of the query. They also resell those services. So they may have the incentive to run their own system. It really depends on how reasonable the rates at Vertex are for an entity the size of Amazon.

  15. Without their proprietary extensions - so it will charge very slowly if at all.

  16. Further, if they want to be hip - they never let the apple logo on the back get covered up. Even case makers leave it exposed. Why not make the apple and stem the electrodes of a cradle charging system? Still a sealed unit. But we've moved beyond two pin charging, I guess.

  17. Re:Strands on Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't eat the burger vertically and you'll be fine. It's pretty easy to find and eat from the narrow edge.

  18. Re:they missed a buzzword, I'll beat 'em to market on Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    That's one way to use up all that mining heat.

  19. Re:Chewy? on Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    All ground beef comes out of the grinder through the grinder holes in "strands" of ground beef. Since the grain of the meat is already ground, it doesn't really matter if you keep this alignment the same or not. This would be an extremely minor difference since the strands are somewhat compressed together compared to the patty as a whole.

  20. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You said there was a "module" for "e-store." You're the one making it sound like a specific product. There are 3rd-party products for existing platforms that do this, but they are already expensive and the price is likely to go up now.

  21. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone build?

    Many already have. And I really don't think e-store is as big as you think, as I've never even heard of the platform.

  22. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Not going to answer about e-verify?

    Are you saying every small business should use cookie-cutter solutions? Where is the competitive advantage in that? If you already have a custom system because it was easy to do, you have to throw everything out in order to use a pre-made sales tax system. The size of the business does not dictate that you do things poorly.

  23. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Why in simple hell would anybody, for crying out loud, build?

    Amazon did. Lots of companies do. Part of it is planning for long-term growth, and another part is being in control of your own systems.

    Also, the few companies that offer sales tax calculation as a service can charge as much as they want - you have no cost controls. What on earth do you think e-verify has to do with sales taxes? You're hardly making sense here.

  24. Re:Terrible for small businesses on Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    What the simple fuck is hard about that?

    Building or licensing a system like Amazon's.

  25. Re:"Just Electricity" on World Trending To Hit 50% Renewables, 11% Coal By 2050: Report (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought those were only good for recycling steel.