User: turkeydance

only FOX squirrels do this

On: There's a Logic To How Squirrels Bury Their Nuts (berkeley.edu)

CNN squirrels are the nuts

Re:You mean U.S.A.'s first dark sky preserve

On: Idaho Wants To Establish America's First 'Dark Sky Preserve' (idahostatesman.com)

yeah, America has at least one ( on purpose) already

everything leads us to our doom

On: New Book Argues Silicon Valley Will Lead Us to Our Doom (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Proximo: In the end, we're all dead men.

Big Soda? can i buy one?

On: Sedentary Lifestyle Study Called 'A Raging Dumpster Fire' (arstechnica.com)

maybe everything Big is Bad now: Big Pharma, Big Government, and the Big 12

"small token" of appreciation

On: NSA Launches 'Codebreaker Challenge' For Students: Stopping an Infrastructure Attack (ltsnet.net)

a job?

Re:RIP

On: There Will Be 22 Million Cord Cutters By 2018, Says Report (dslreports.com)

2.6M die per year ( CDC ). wonder if they are counted as "cord cutters", too?

your money was stolen

On: Credit Karma To Launch Free ID Monitoring Following Equifax Hack (reuters.com)

thought you would like to be third in line to know...Credit Karma

let's just forget about numbers

On: Equifax Says Almost 400,000 Britons Hit In Data Breach (bbc.co.uk)

and say Everybody got Equifaxed

plenty of time to choose another wireless provider

On: 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com)

nope. in some areas where i travel Verizon is "it" and the only provider. AT&T, Sprint, etc. don't work at all. no bars. no nothing.

Re:Who's AL?

On: Many Machine Learning Studies Don't Actually Show Anything Meaningful, But They Spread Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (theoutline.com)

it's a condiment: A1

just like Carnac the Magnificent

On: Many Machine Learning Studies Don't Actually Show Anything Meaningful, But They Spread Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (theoutline.com)

without the fun part.

originally, it was "between 30,000 and 50,000"

On: Wisconsin State Legislature Signs Off On $3 Billion Foxconn Incentive Package (venturebeat.com)

...now it's 13K. the trend is not your friend.

that Dallas-Houston route might get some gov $

On: Hyperloop One Reveals 10 Strongest Potential Hyperloop Routes In the World (techcrunch.com)

since Houston has to rebuild.

Target wants exclusivity for merchandise it sells

On: Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices (gizmodo.com)

but not for what they use. hypoc on display. quote: Target Corp. has reportedly demanded exclusivity from its suppliers when it comes to some of the chain’s best-selling products. According to an article in Internet Retailer, the chain feels undercut by e-retailers offering the same products for less money. Exclusivity would mean that if you want that sleek Michael Graves Tea Kettle, the only place you’ll find it will be at a Target store or on Target.com.

Earthquake at VaTech...cooincidence?

On: Ford Disguised a Man As a Car Seat To Research Self-Driving (techcrunch.com)

BLACKSBURG, Va. An earthquake shook the ground just 22 miles from Blacksburg, Virginia Wednesday afternoon. The 3.1 magnitude quake occurred at 1:33 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

old story about talking cars....

On: Ford Disguised a Man As a Car Seat To Research Self-Driving (techcrunch.com)

waaay back in the day, when Ford/Chevy made "talking cars", as in the female (always female) voice "your door is a jar" or ajar or something like that, a new Buick bought by a church-going lady ran off the road after leaving the dealership. she said that "haunts are in my car" (haunts are ghosts). this experiment has a little "haunt" potential, even if it's only distracted drivers calling 911 to report it. and yes, those would be data points.

stealth uses this same function

On: Why Bats Crash Into Windows (nature.com)

to disturb the accurate reflections of enemy radar

..."to governments around the world"...

On: Researchers Catch Microsoft Zero-Day Used To Install Government Spyware (vice.com)

yep. yours, too, and to all the places you'll go.

great movie sequel title

On: BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

the Bo(u)rne Vulnerabilities. well, not that great

..."reluctant to locate"...

On: The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com)

editor is a dead-end job, too.

under no immediate threat

On: ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual That Targets Windows Machines (schneier.com)

except dumb remote access keystroke extensions.

these are Proposed Guidelines, not rules

On: California Bans Drones From Delivering Marijuana (theverge.com)

which won't be obeyed, anyway.

EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On

On: Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com)

everything

yeah, i read it

On: Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? (stackoverflow.blog)

"All the numbers discussed in this post are for high-income countries"....it doesn't say how many H-I countries there are vs. how many not H-I.

Hertz/Avis used rivalry to boost both

On: Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyft (wsj.com)

back in the day. but Uber won't work with anyone or anything. http://www.slate.com/articles/...