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  1. So I guess this means on Young People Who Play Video Games Have Higher Moral Reasoning Skills (inews.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If I'm going to get PK'd for my sneakers or iPhone, it won't be gamers, it will be the non moral reasoning, non-gamers?

  2. MMM pancakes with walnuts on New Images of the Distant Ultima Thule Object Have Surprised Scientists (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    all we need now is some space twinberry (or space maple) syrup.

  3. were only for 240 "underprivileged" high schools, which is a drop in the NYC public school system bucket.

    The additional income from additional city taxes gained from the new employees is a much bigger bucket.

  4. Re:SSL over HTTP/HTTPS for the win on US Senators Ask DHS To Look Into US Government Workers Using Foreign VPNs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If you need to do this for testing, and policy blocks it, then the correct answer is to have your boss request a documented exception to the security policy.

    The security people will either do it, or work with you to find a better way. If they don't, your boss will have leverage to go higher. If you don't, and you are found to be attempting to get around security, the security people will have leverage against you.

    I know, as a security administrator, I would be asking why are you doing ssh over the Internet to outside servers that security doesn't already know about, wasn't involved in setting up and securing, and don't already have rules in place to allow ssh or vpn administration?

    Yeah, I actually sat on the connection exception review team. Still took a long while to get through the process.

  5. SSL over HTTP/HTTPS for the win on US Senators Ask DHS To Look Into US Government Workers Using Foreign VPNs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I needed to ssh into a server for testing. Company policy blocked ssh outgoing.

    If you get desperate enough, you can probably do it over DNS.

  6. They should just change their name on Facing Opposition, Amazon Reconsiders NY Headquarters Site: Report (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    to Omni Consumer Products and move to Detroit. /s

  7. Maybe they should consider the fact on AI Hears Your Anger in 1.2 Seconds (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    that I have a resting bitchy voice. Especially when not talking to a human that speaks english.

  8. Re: Banning ad blockers will never work on Spotify Bans Ad Blockers In Updated ToS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not entirely true. As it stands I don't want my CC# plastered all over 100,000 different website databases because we seem to have 20 breaches/second. If only there was a way to generate a pass...some kind of token...something that says "I have a business relationship with this business" that wasn't just a publicly accessible open-buffet single number.

    Like...a one-time number? A number that can only be used by one business. A single-person key of sorts. Better if we can vet the use of it and revoke it if it's being misused.

    I think I'm on to something here. Let me start a patent application.

    Way too late. Check with your bank/credit card service to see if they provide this service. Lots of them will generate a valid transaction code for one time use.

  9. I wonder if paid enough on Microsoft Brings AI-Powered Background Blurring To Skype (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Microsoft has another algorithm so the background blurring could be restored?

    I'm guessing there are plenty of governments and government agencies that would like to see more details...

  10. I think the narrative has been lost on Internet is Getting More Civil, a Study by Microsoft Says (fortune.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Civility, when enforced is not civility. It's other people/bots censoring you. (Like if Dice eliminated the AC option in Slashdot because usually AC posts are uncivil)

    Freedom is the right to say anything you want. Consequences of that free speech are another issue.

    Civility would be considering what you are saying before you hit the submit button so you can be the first poster. It's possible to be more considerate if you want to, you shouldn't be forced to be civil.

  11. Doing Gods work, for a cut on Bots That Collect Airline Compensation For Passengers (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    If the airlines bothered to spend any time or effort in "Customer Satisfaction" this would have never been needed.

    As a self funding solution, it seems like a good business. Until the airlines start deploying bots to ignore requests.

  12. Finally something the FCC should enforce on DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting (spreadprivacy.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If your browser tells sites to not track, and they still do, impose some hefty fines.

  13. My programmable thermostat on Nest Secure Has an Unlisted, Disabled Microphone (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    has 5 or so presets, cost nothing (thanks natural gas company) and doesn't have any microphones, or wifi.

    If I had a Nest, I'd probably break out the dyke cutter and remove the microphone.

  14. Re: One-eyed among the blind. on Parents Who Don't Vaccinate Kids Tend To Be Affluent, Better Educated (go.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So then they're off the hook for school taxes, right?

    LOL no. School taxes are based on owning property regardless of how many children you have in the household.

    The real value would be having 10 kids, same price as one.

  15. Re: One-eyed among the blind. on Parents Who Don't Vaccinate Kids Tend To Be Affluent, Better Educated (go.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's plenty of issues people have with vaccines that are based in science, often from the vaccine companies themselves. It's a parent's choice to teach a child their culture, just the same to vaccinate or not... you cant shove a lifestyle onto anyone. One way or another...

    Unless you're planning on home schooling them. No proof of vaccination, no public schools or most colleges for you.

  16. I heard there are a bunch on New US Experiments Aim To Create Gene-Edited Human Embryos (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    of Chinese Scientists who have some experience with this currently looking for employment.

  17. Everytime FoxCon makes another annoucement on Foxconn Says It Will Build Wisconsin Factory After All (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    reduce their tax credits by $500 Million.

  18. Re: I-94 to be tolled in 202x? on Foxconn Says It Will Build Wisconsin Factory After All (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The stretch of I-94 from Minneapolis to Chicago has got to be the most boring stretch of road in the country.

    Clearly you have never driven on the New York State Thruway.

  19. Now make it bigger and stronger on Robot Combines Vision and Touch To Learn the Game of Jenga (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 2

    and set it loose in an auto scrapyard.

  20. Inside vs Outside on How Many .com Domain Names Are Unused? (singaporedatacompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Last company had hundreds of internal subdomains almost none of which have any external visibility to the casual "Internet Researcher"

    Externally some domains were just redirects for companies that had been absorbed, or products no longer supported.

    That being said, there are a lot of people who spend their lottery scratchers money on squatting on domains, and will probably end up with just as much profit over time.

  21. Re: Outrageous!! on Plants and Animals Sometimes Take Genes From Bacteria, Study Suggests (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bacteria have never cared what scientists think

    Yeah, wait until they meet lawyers. /s

  22. Has anyone tried using on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    a VPN that shows its location as being in one of the target cities?

  23. Re:Tips for passwords on Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Make every single website you visit have a unique password.

    Then also change those passwords often.

    Do this to the point where you can't even remember the password and have to use 'reset password' anyway.

    Alternatively, use a password manager and make everything depend on a single point of failure

    Are there any password managers that nag you (after some period of time) to change your password on a certain site? Because that would be helpful.

  24. Re:Make sure to cut off it's head on Microsoft Warns Internet Explorer 10 Will Be Terminated In January 2020 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    What you wrote is deeply offensive to completely computer illiterate people who liked using the greatest clusterfuck of a web browser ever made. You should be more Politically Correct the next time. You should also buy and use some Apple gear, so you can better understand and empathize with the cognitive impairments completely computer illiterate people have to live with every day. The more people understand each other, the nicer a world we will all inhabit. =) Can I get my Nobel Prize from CNN now?

    I use FireFox to show my support for the downtrodden of society.

    I have a cultural sensitivity that doesn't allow me to purchase Apple products.

    I did have a hand soldered Apple II+ clone I built and a IIcx running AU/X work let me use at home but I've never actually purchased an Apple product in my life.