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  1. Re:Open source platform for Voice control on Princeton Students Develop Open Source Voice Control Platform For Any Device · · Score: 2

    The solution is just to attach a hub. It isn't meant to be a production SBC. They can't meet their price point by adding more connectors to a larger board.

  2. Re:Huh? Why was Monsanto even on the list? on Comcast Takes 2014 Prize For Worst Company In America · · Score: 1

    The food safety alarmists are all about FUD. However there is a serious problem of pesticide producing crops destroying critical parts of the ecosystem needed to sustain pollination (bees and butterflies for instance). There is legitimate reason for concern about the overuse of these sorts of crops.

  3. Re:But oh my gosh! on German Wikipedia Has Problems With Paid Editing — and Threats of Violence · · Score: 1

    You do realize that Germain Wikipedia operates with the special flagged revisions extension that indicates which pages have been approved through editorial review.

  4. Of course on Stem-Cell Research Funding Institute Is Shuttered · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows stem cells are bad. We can't let rational thought and facts get in the way of our crusades.

    Seriously, at this point the anti-embryonic stem cell movement has tarnished the name and scientists should pick a new name to avoid these sort of issues in less objectionable forms of stem cell research.

  5. Re:Utterly gutless on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    No they're just delayed with having new rubber stamps made.

  6. Mostly pointless on Raspberry Pi Compute Module Release · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Compute Module is primarily designed for those who are going to create their own PCB. However, we are also launching something called the Compute Module IO Board to help designers get started.

    Anyone going through the process of developing a board can get a simpler and less constrained solution by slapping down the three ICs directly and not have to deal with the cost and headaches of integrating a separate module.

  7. Re:Article is not very clear. on Australia May 'Pause' Trades To Tackle High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    From High Frequency Trading Acceleration using FPGAs Leber, Geib, and Litz:

    High frequency traders utilize a number of different strategies, including liquidity-providing strategies, statistical arbitrage strategies and liquidity detection strategies. In liquidity-providing strategies, high frequency traders try to earn the bid-ask spread which represents the difference of what buyers are willing to pay and sellers are willing to accept for trading stock. High volatility and large bid-ask spreads can be turned into profits for the high frequency trader while in return he provides liquidity to the market and lowers the bid-ask spread for other participants, adopting the role of a market maker. Liquidity and low ask-bid spreads are desirable as they reduce trading costs and improve the informational efficiency of asset price. Traders that employ arbitration strategies, on the other hand, try to correlate pricing information between related stocks or derivates and their underlying prices. Liquidity detection comprises strategies that seek to discover large orders by sending out small orders which can be leveraged by the traders. All strategies have in common that they require absolute lowest round-trip latencies as only the fastest HFT firm will be able to benefit from an existing opportunity.

  8. Re:Stop using GNU TLS on Not Just Apple: GnuTLS Bug Means Security Flaw For Major Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    You should poke through the OpenSSL code some day. It's pretty stinky.

  9. Re:I'll wait and see on The Verge: Google Is Working on a TV Box Of Its Own · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What more do you want from set top box that actually hides behind the TV?

    An Ethernet port.

  10. Re:Not enough data on Linux Developers Consider On-Screen QR Codes For Kernel Panics · · Score: 1

    You don't need high levels of error correction. That is meant for printed codes that may be damaged. You aren't likely to be displaying on a screen that is so broken that large chunks are missing.

  11. Re:Not enough data on Linux Developers Consider On-Screen QR Codes For Kernel Panics · · Score: 1

    The 40-L QR code format (177x177) encodes 2953 bytes. That is a useable amount of data for a kernel dump.

  12. The same as VoA on More On the "Cuban Twitter" Scam · · Score: 1

    This is no different than Voice of America radio which has been broadcasting propaganda for decades without anyone getting their panties in a bunch.

  13. Re:"Open source computer"???? on Intel Releases $99 'MinnowBoard Max,' an Open-Source Single-Board Computer · · Score: 2

    You can implement ARM, MIPS, SPARC, x86 (if you're a masochist) and other architectures on FPGAs. You can modify them to your heart's content and have an absolute guarantee that it isn't backdoored. If you're really paranoid about the underlying FPGA being compromised, you can validate the contents in real time with another manufacturers device.

  14. Re:From Germany. on CryptoPhone Sales Jump To 100,000+, Even at $3500 · · Score: 2

    You deal realize that the GSM crypto was intentionality weakened at the request of EU intelligence services. The NSA had no role in making it weak.

  15. Re:The Million Dollar Question on Mystery MLB Team Moves To Supercomputing For Their Moneyball Analysis · · Score: 2

    Canada managed to dodge the cricket scourge and it's still in the commonwealth.

  16. Re:OK Cupid founders also gave to anti gay marriag on Was Eich a Threat To Mozilla's $1B Google "Trust Fund"? · · Score: 1

    Obama's opposition was a political calculation and not an expression of his real belief. It may surprise you to find out that politicians regularly lie to get elected.

  17. Re:Local content? on The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind of a Mess · · Score: 1

    The RPi has a seriously compromised Ethernet implementation along with other design flaws and is known to be sluggish running XBMC.

  18. Re:Local content? on The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind of a Mess · · Score: 2

    Just get an Android box running XBMC. You can get decent examples like the Matricom G-Box MX2 for $99.

  19. Because a mechanical connector is too good for them and we're all anxious for new ways to waste battery power and wipe our mag stripes.

  20. Re:Wait... What? on NASA To Catalog and Release Source Code For Over 1,000 Projects · · Score: 1

    On the upside, you wouldn't be assessed any taxes.

  21. Permanent DNF on Hacker Holds Key To Free Flights · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This kid is asking to be put on a permanent Do Not Fly list. Emperors don't like peons who point out their absence of clothes.

  22. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 1

    He wasn't denied a job. He was publicly shamed after he attained a high profile position. Eich was free to stay on as CEO and wait for the kerfuffle to die down.

  23. Re:So no more .net redistributable? on .NET Native Compilation Preview Released · · Score: -1

    These programs still need to access the .NET libraries which are part of the redistributable. They're just doing it through something akin to managed c++ rather than the normal CL interpreter.

  24. SSDs... for Macs on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 0

    SSDs... for Macs.

    Reminds me of the exorbitantly marked up LaCie SCSI drives for suckers.

  25. Re:And...? on Details You're Not Supposed To See From Boston U's Patent Settlements · · Score: 1

    It does also list the holdouts who haven't settled yet. Curiously, Cree and Lumileds are completely absent which makes one wonder what sort of deal they have.