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  1. Re:Don't use Facebook on Facebook on its Fake News Problem: 'There's So Much More We Need To Do' (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I think it's a fairly common strategy for Slashdotters.

    I doubt that's true. My guess is that the abstainers are just a very vocal minority. Like how people without TV love periodically announcing that they don't have TV and those of us that haven't cut the cable just keep our yaps shut.

  2. Re:Nice of them to take Election day off on Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks Hours After Trump's Win (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some more headlines:
    Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks Hours BEFORE Trump's Win
    Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks DURING US ELECTION
    Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks ALL THE FUCKING TIME...

  3. Re:I somehow think Trump wont stop any mergers on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What was the name of your Great Great Grandfather on your mother's side? Virtually everyone has no idea who is beyond their grand parents.

    If you're a direct descendant of a POTUS, you probably don't fit that group. And Trump has demonstrated that he cares very much about his children carrying on the family legacy - Presumably for as many generations as possible (at least those that share the family name.)

  4. Re:Sounds familiar... on Google Hits Back at EU Claim Over Android Abuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    John Oliver explains brilliantly here.

  5. Re:Sounds familiar... on Google Hits Back at EU Claim Over Android Abuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a pyramid scheme - It's a multi-level-marketing opportunity! Guaranteed riches*! Ask me how!

    *Riches not guaranteed.

  6. Re:A leader who defuses the situation? on Russia Says it Was in Touch With Trump Campaign During Election (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Clinton and Obama were steadily ratcheting up the fear and blame on Russia.

    That worked particularly well on the Ukrainians. They really bought into Obama/Clinton's fear-mongering. Don't know what they were so worried about - Russia's peaceful now.

  7. A better plan would be to break California into multiple smaller states (say 10)...

    There've been multiple calls for splitting it into 2 or 3 (North/South/Bay Area). But since Southern California has the numbers but not the per-capita-income, it doesn't stand a chance at a vote.

  8. Re:mountains of diamonds on Scientists at De Beers Fight the Growing Threat of Man-Made Diamonds (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    She has a nice house and a Tesla, and I get laid everyday. It is win-win.

    I'm assuming that you're just having fun here, but a even a fully agreed-to and signed pre-nup would be invalidated if it included language describing prostitution.

  9. Re:Prison Locations Are Secret? on UK Government Wants Prisons Geoblocked By Drone Manufacturers (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe that OP was referring to "we must think carefully about how much information we are willing to put into the public domain and therefore make available to the criminal community." As in, what information would be released that could be useful to the criminal community? Prison geo-coordinates don't seem particularly sensitive as criminals could figure out the location of the prison using other methods. That is, unless the UK does a fairly thorough job of hiding their prisons.

  10. A speed limit is infact a limit, so the FCC is correct - the plan is not unlimited.

    So you're demanding unlimited speed? Good luck with that.

  11. Yes, well, your entire life span is also ephemeral in such a timeframe, does that mean that anything that happens to you is inconsequential?

    Yes.

  12. Re:What's the reason for reason? on Google Creates AI Program That Uses Reasoning To Navigate the London Tube (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Opus means 'Work' (see 'Magnum Opus', so nothing to do with water.

    Opus is nautical. He's a penguin. See Bloom County.

  13. so answer the question: should these cars be let on the road before or after those bugs are worked out?

    If we wait until we're sure that all the bugs are worked out, the cars will literally never be allowed on the road, despite being enormously better than the alternative. Should we refuse to let people drive until we're sure that they'll never make an error?

  14. Re:My state/county can barely afford asphalt on Tesla's Sales Increase - But Next Will We Need Smart Roads? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    One does have to wonder what's going to happen when all the advertisers realize that no one is actually buying anything.

    Ah, that explains why all of the business that bought into the whole advertising fad have gone under.

  15. Re:The only way this will get fixed on Bruce Schneier: We Need To Save the Internet From the Internet of Things (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is when the manufacturers of the devices get hit with DDoS attacks and it disrupts their business.

    What motivation would vandals have to go after the manufacturers? You'd be begging them to interfere with you with no apparent up-side.

  16. I guess there's one born every minute on Fake Call Centers in India Scam Americans Of Millions (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm astonished to learn that there are actually people out there that accept that trading gift cards is a viable method for taking care of back taxes. This is less convincing than a Nigerian prince needing payment so that he can collect money for you.

    My faith in humanity continues to wither.

  17. Re:Maybe, maybe not on Upcoming Blade Runner Sequel Gets a Title: Blade Runner 2049 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll wait until it's been out on DVD for a while before I watch it.

    If you wait long, you'll have to choose from the "Workprint," the "Theatrical Cut," the "International Cut," the "Director's Cut," and the "Final Cut."

  18. My guess is that "pornographic" will be roughly equivalent to "containing nudity." Nudity, of course, being the most dangerous thing a person can be exposed to. Gods forbid that a child sees a nipple.

  19. Re:Clearly Samsung's QA department..... on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect if the washing machine manual came with the warning "If you don't balance your clothes, this washer very well might sling itself apart, and cause personal injury or property damage" people would pay much more attention.

    What fraction of consumers would you guess RTFM for their washing machine? Or even have one - A great many of us inherited our washer with our residence with no manual.

  20. Re:News Flash! on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm happy being the center of my pointless existence. Takes the pressure off.

  21. Re:News Flash! on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've never understood the need to leave a legacy...

    The point of a legacy isn't some sense of satisfaction post-mortem, it's the notion that as long as some part of you carries on, what you're doing now isn't pointless.

  22. Re:Seriously...music off YouTube...? on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I have to imagine the quality of this music is pretty dismal?

    "Dismal" is relative. The popularity of these sites suggests that the quality is "good enough" for the consuming audience.

  23. Re:Valuable skills on UK's Top Police Warn That Modding Games May Turn Kids into Hackers (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Learning tech skills and becoming a "hacker" doesn't seem negative at all to me until it's coupled with "low level cybercrime." I think a better summary of this "study" is:

    Cheaters may later become law breakers.

  24. Hackers don't depend much on aerial photography to practice their trade.

  25. Re:It's missing the full picture on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually, it costs about the same energy to separate hydrogen from oxygen as it will release when united again. There's that nice thing called Laws of Thermodynamics.

    That's not the way those laws work. They tell you that you'll get no more energy out than you put in. They say nothing about the energy being released being "about the same" as the energy put in. According to this it's a little over half.