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  1. "Secret"?-Generics. on Secret Amazon Brands Are Quietly Taking Over Amazon.com (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes that's the ONLY* way to making one's dollars go farther.

    *Couponing is a job unto itself, and lots of restrictions, to gain the same benefits as generics.

  2. huh-Farming in an Arcology. on New Autonomous Farm Wants To Produce Food Without Human Workers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Well it's indoors so that's a big bonus.* Weeds and insects easier to control. Vertical farming better use of land. This will also fit when we go into space, or underground. Also with developments like fogponics, and aquaponics, easier and more diverse foodstuffs. CRISPr makes things more interesting.

    *Greenhouses, or cheap solar powering LEDs.

  3. Build 8088 if you care about security. on Some Apple Laptops Shipped With Intel Chips In 'Manufacturing Mode' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    RISC-V, or make an 8088 out of FPGAs.

  4. Have anyone actually used it for cars? on An Open Source Resistance Takes Shape as Tech Giants Race To Map the World (factordaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Maps are becoming more important with the rise of autonomous vehicles. That's why Nokia was investigating the use of cellphones as means to keeping maps current, and accurate. One would also think with all the drones flying around the citizens mapping movement would be in high gear.

  5. Wait a minute...doing it right. on Researchers Crack Open AMD's Server VM Encryption (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Consider it an incentive to not skimp on hypervisor programming.

    The problem, say Fraunhofer AISEC researchers Mathias Morbitzer, Manuel Huber, Julian Horsch and Sascha Wessel, is that SEV, which is designed to isolate VMs from the prying eyes of the hypervisor, doesn't fully isolate and encrypt the VM data within the physical memory itself.

    I wonder if that's because doing so would incur too much of a performance penalty?

  6. Malls actually would benefit from this. Think of it as a sort of mini-city. In fact the mall in downtown Indianapolis would benefit mostly because of it's great location. The one's on the east side would benefit, but that's mainly because of the expressway. It also has a lot of warehouses left over from the economic downturn that could be converted.

  7. uh, what-Impossible! on Vermont Wants To Pay Companies To Let Employees Work Remotely (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Three meg?! Shhhh! Don't let the "addicted to video" broadband people hear you say that. They still thing anything less than the FCC definition is blasphemy.

  8. Pretty much. Would have had a low ID if I did it in my AC days, but it really was a bragging point more than anything. ACs back then were pretty much treated like everyone else.

  9. Re:Usenet on Ask Slashdot: What Is Missing In Tech Today? · · Score: 1

    Usenet still exists.*

    *Or so my bill keeps telling me.

  10. Back-talk. on Ask Slashdot: What Is Missing In Tech Today? · · Score: 1

    So here is the question: what tech, in your particular profession, industry, personal area of interest, or scientific or academic field, is currently "missing?"

    LISP!!! :-D

  11. Opera middle-man. on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 1

    I think Opera came up with an ideal compromise. A middle-man proxy that did filtering and compression. Fast pipe on their end, slow on yours.

  12. Re:Solid object stops bullet. on Macbook Saves Man's Life During Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting (chron.com) · · Score: 2

    It would be if it was a pack of condoms. Trojans indeed.

  13. Re: Rich People Diet on New Study Finds 'Mediterranean' Diet Significantly Reduces Brain Shrinkage (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Long as one can consume it all before the expiration date, otherwise it's wasted money.

  14. New study finds Mediterranean diet significantly reduces brain shrinkage.

    Be popular if it reduces, ahem...the other kind of shrinkage.

  15. Re:why does it have 600 people? on Building a Coder's Paradise Is Not Profitable: GitHub Lost $66M In Nine Months Of 2016 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    1 to change the light bulb. 599 to write up an action plan about changing the light bulb.

  16. Just wait till Amazon invents transporters. The transportation industry in it's entirety will be obliterated.

  17. What do *humans* need a chatbot for? on Microsoft Formally Introduces Zo, Its Latest AI-Powered Chatbot (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I suppose it's begging the question but what does one need a chatbot for? There already are billions of people to talk to. Some of them are even dateable.

  18. Re:They could always work elsewhere. on Struggling Workers Found Sleeping In Tents Behind Amazon's Warehouse (thecourier.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Next they'll start dating our women.

  19. Struggling writers found sleeping In tents behind Random House HQ

    So, think anyone will notice the difference?

  20. Next Next Gen Shaders on Qualcomm Debuts 10nm Server Chip To Attack Intel Server Stronghold (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or use a GPU (http://shader.kaist.edu/packetshader/)

  21. Apparently people have forgotten SeaMicro and AMD's microserver push. The comparison between AMD and Qualcomm has nothing to do with fabs and more to do with x86 dominance in the server market as mentioned in the article vs ARM in the same.

  22. Open Warfare...on exploits. on Adobe Flash Responsible For Six of the Top 10 Bugs Used By Exploit Kits In 2016 (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    So has anyone written an open source version of the Flash browser plug-in?

  23. Maybe turn the Eiffel Tower into a giant ionic collector?

  24. Qualcomm doesn't make monopolies. on Qualcomm Debuts 10nm Server Chip To Attack Intel Server Stronghold (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    It potentially could end up freeing the server space from a monopoly. You know? The thing Slashdot's always rallying against.

  25. It would be interesting since AMD cancelled their ARM efforts in the server space.