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  1. Sideloading? on Malware That Fakes Bank Login Screens Found In Google Ads (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    The articles don't seem to say, or I missed it. But I assume for this to work you would need to have side loading enabled.

  2. So it's not the speech which is the problem. The problem is something else altogether.

  3. Re:Moderators are the opposite of free speech on Former Twitter Employees: 'Abuse Problem' Comes From Their Culture Of Free Speech (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the way you apparently choose to express yourself, I'd say moderating downwards is completely justified. Free speech doesn't require equal attention for every piece of vulgar garbage that gets anonymously submitted.

  4. Re:Facebook can't possibly win this on Facebook Rolls Out Code To Nullify Adblock Plus' Workaround (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't they just put the ads into the regular Facebook feeds? Isn't this what they are moving to already? Indistinguishable from normal postings as far as any external tool is concerned. And they could still gather all the tracking they desire from their own system.

  5. I once bought wool socks for a guy with endlessly cold and wet feet. He cried and hugged me. I once bought a room for the night for an old man stuck out in the freezing rain. Similar reaction. There are professional beggars and there are people truly in need. I don't have any good suggestions on how to tell the difference based on a single random encounter.

  6. Re:Marijuana prohibition is a farce on Online Drug Sales Triple After Silk Road Closure, Says Report (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt we have the receptors because of a long association with the plant, as it seems you are implying. Apologies if I misunderstand that. A quick search didn't shed any light on why humans have the receptors though, they have some role in our biology. It is fairly common for organisms to be reusing the same compounds in different ways, given that they all evolved from a common ancestor.

  7. Re:but it doesn't have to be that way... on Nicholas Carr Says Tech 'Utopia Is Creepy' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    How much money is the correct amount for social media?

  8. Re:Coming soon to... on One Billion Monitors Vulnerable to Hijacking and Spying (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably they would need someone to write a GUI in Visual Basic first

  9. Re:WTF PA? on Pennsylvania To Apply 6% 'Netflix Tax' (allflicks.net) · · Score: 1

    Yes, thank you for this vastly superior summary.

  10. Technically on Dental Floss May Have No Medical Benefits, Says AP Report (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They dropped the recommendation since the legal requirements for evidence were not met. That's not the same thing as stating flossing has no benefits. Although from some associated stories folks were saying modern toothbrushes were able to clean the same areas as flossing, which implies flossing may once have been useful but no longer useful. For myself, I will keep doing it due to the various bits of food that get stuck here and there. My toothbrush might get them, unless I am not as careful or not paying attention when I brush that area, which is a real possibility. We'll call it a useful backup method.

  11. Re:Good thing you have a choice on Bar In UK Uses Faraday Cage To Block Mobile Phone Signals (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I don't know why, but my Dad's house (in the USA) blocks cellular phone signals. Step out side and you are good, inside there is no signal.

  12. Re:I don't on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Keep Your Credit Card Secure? · · Score: 1

    I great illustration of how risk management is the best security strategy. No risk to you, and there's no need for security. Of course, that only applies to you, not the bank.

  13. If the company and board were making good decisions, the company would have better performance. Since they don't know better than to overpay for a resource even at the highest level, the company is going to have some problems.

  14. Re:..doesnt factor in connection cost. on Subscribers Pay 61 Cents Per Hour of Cable, But Only 20 Cents Per Hour of Netflix (allflicks.net) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have Netflix on while on /.. Which probably explains the low quality of most of my posts.

  15. They don't think we want to watch that, they want to make us think we want to watch that.

  16. " One of the reasons why Twitter hasn't grown as rapidly is because of a confusion among many" is a very dubious statement. While I don't doubt many are confused, it is the confusion of indifference not the confusion of 'I really want to use it but I am too confused'

  17. Re:Breaking news: investors are idiots on Nintendo Shares Plummet After Investors Realize It Doesn't Actually Make Pokemon Go (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The Twitter generation has started investing.

  18. How will they use it? on Facebook Took Its Giant Internet Drone On Its First Test Flight (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Will it also beam reliable power and political stability? There's a reason these areas don't have broadband already.

  19. Re:Burnt out doc here: on Technology Is Making Doctors Feel Like Glorified Data Entry Clerks (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    From the other side, I worked at a hospital while it was implementing EMR, and the MDs could not be bothered to participate in anything like what you describe. Not just for the EMR, but for any technology implementation. They did have time however, to get sold crappy Windows NT backed devices by salesmen. To be fair, it seemed to be a problem of incentives, since they had to keep their patient/hour (or something like that) metric up so they resented anything that took their time away from that. I was in one design review meeting where a high-ranking doctor had been compelled to attend. He didn't contribute, just sighed loudly from time to time until the project head asked him to leave. In the end they just ended up replicating the paper forms everyone was already used to.

    In the end, they ended up rolling out the EMR to the ED, and were surprised when it actually significantly increased efficiency. I left soon after that, but from what I saw I would be surprised if any lesson was learned from that.

  20. Re:Most "automation" isn't, just like this. on Technology Is Making Doctors Feel Like Glorified Data Entry Clerks (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    The Doctor is a Time Lord and thus can read it far faster than any human.

  21. Re:Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots on DARPA Will Stage an AI Fight in Las Vegas For DEF CON (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    The other omission is attackers don't need a software flaw to attack a computer, all they need is a human user who wants to watch online movies, pay a mysterious invoice, find out why their package had a problem, avoid trouble with the tax authorities, ad infinitum.

  22. You can tell from the pixels this is fake

  23. Re:Google Maps in China is a quarter mile off on In China, Fears That Pokemon Go May Aid Locating Military Bases (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll try it when in Kunming next month, thanks.

  24. Re:In other news; water is wet, the sky is blue... on 'Tor and Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts' (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    or perhaps "Criminal's refusal to turn themselves in hinders anti-crime efforts"

  25. Re:Google Maps in China is a quarter mile off on In China, Fears That Pokemon Go May Aid Locating Military Bases (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That's interesting. I've always switched to China Unicom when there. I assumed that the infrastructure was the same and the same blocks would apply. I guess the OP reference might have some sort of VPN also.