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  1. Re:Good grief on Gizmodo: Don't Buy Anyone an Amazon Echo Speaker (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes and no, while cellphones are not always on, they can still be hacked and made to listen via rogue apps. Its just with these newer devices, always on functionality is easier to get to once hacked!

  2. Re:I got karma to burn on Almost All of FCC's New Advisory Panel Works For Telecoms (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trump was elected by folks who have no idea of how government runs. They were scared of extinction of their way of life, their religious beliefs and they compromised other things for the preservation of their choices. The entire business over bureaucracy stuff was just fluffy excuses.

  3. Re:Google is not a political club or Slashdot on Google's Other Ugly Secret: Some Managers Keep Blacklists (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    First off, I read the manifesto. My point is this - hypothetically if this was a paper submitted to a journal this would be rejected in the first round and here would be some of the comments :-
    1) Go read XYZ, your central premise has been debunked many times
    2) Go travel in these parts of the world where you will see the long held view that women are inferior in XYZ professions is clearly shown to be incorrect.
    3) Go read references ABC about cultural impact on womans careers etc.

    Again, the fact that these have to be explained simply indicates that people dont even want to read anymore. They have a narrow world view and they would rather die defending it than change.

  4. Re:Google is not a political club or Slashdot on Google's Other Ugly Secret: Some Managers Keep Blacklists (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly this! And not to mention he made his anecdotally-evolved views public in a company forum as if they were peer-reviewed facts. I have no problems with people discussing differences between genders etc but this was not one. This was an poorly formed opinion trying to establish legitimacy via popular votes.

  5. Success on US Ends Controversial Laptop Ban On Flights From Middle East (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Its main aim was not to improve security so much since any idiot can figure out that people can re-reroute their flight plan to circumvent this ban. Its main goal was to create hysteria over terrorism, to point the blame at specific countries and to show that the guvmint is trying to do something about it.
    It was not well researched or implemented but its goal was never that.

  6. Re:I was wondering the same thing on HBO and Cinemax Come To Hulu, But You'll Need the New App To Watch (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The advantage maybe more for HBO, no price reduction for them but they may not have to manage so many users simultaneously. HBO may be in a position to dominate because of GoT and some oversubscription of bandwidth may be somehow managed on Hulu's side? Just a thought.
    Otherwise, I dont see how simply convenience of using HBO from Hulu's site is any better than just paying for HBO now.

  7. I see this everywhere - its the Cloud. Companies are not investing so much in maintaining their own IT systems now. They are using a bunch of features provided in the cloud. So mostly, there is no need for so many Indian IT firms. The few ones that are still running are just getting bigger because they are getting more business.

  8. Re:Does this predict ruling? on Supreme Court Partially Revives Travel Ban, Will Hear Appeal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The problem is that executive branch does have the power to enforce such bans. They can always get lawyers to write up the correct language needed. In this case, Mr-cannot-keep-his-twat-shut made so many comments explicitly displaying the nefarious reasons for his ban that made it easier for the appeals courts to use that against the ban. At the Supreme Court level, this had a good chance of passing. Either way Repugs come out winners because even if they lose, they can say tried and the liberal judges on the court rejected it.

  9. There is info in the article exactly about this. They've done a good job about updating mostly however, for one of their phones they walked back on their promise to update to Android 7.0 within a year. So, basically with anyone else other than Google, cant really expect much regarding OS updates. They do have a strong community though.

  10. Bad link editors!! on Cook Says Apple Is Focusing on Making an Autonomous Car System (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2
  11. Re:Very little fault of Rotten Tomatoes on Movie Studios Are Blaming Rotten Tomatoes For Killing Movies No One Wants To See (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Thats actually a good point now that I think about it. Generally, I dont go by the overall score at all. I read what most of the critics are saying. That usually tells me almost everything I need to know to either prepare myself for watching the movie or to not go at all.

  12. Very little fault of Rotten Tomatoes on Movie Studios Are Blaming Rotten Tomatoes For Killing Movies No One Wants To See (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I agree there are some good movies that have poor Rotten Tomatoes ratings which makes me wonder if I missed a movie because of RT reviews, I would still consider them to be a pretty good indicator of movie quality. The studios are just mad that RT tells me what I need to know about crappy movies before I spend my money on them!

  13. Re:We are the trolls on Imzy, the Kinder and Gentler Reddit By Ex Employee, Is Shutting Down (imzy.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is so true. As someone who has been on Slashdot and Reddit for the past 5-10 years (on Reddit close to when it started), it seems most discussions have become hyper-partisan and you are no longer sure if you are talking to someone who is interested in having a serious conversation about the topic or just wants to vent out his feelings often as facts! And yes, I cant say I am completely clean on this either.

  14. Re:They voted for their Jobs on Net Neutrality Goes Down in Flames as FCC Votes To Kill Title II Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes and No. Hillary was an awful candidate no doubt but a lot of people still voted for her because she was better than the alternative lunatic candidate. Regarding the people being ignored I think partly those people also rejected a lot of progressive policies over the years via electing Republican governors, state legislators etc. Hate goes both ways.
    And the fact that Trump told them all they wanted to hear should not have been enough for them to vote for him. On top of that the vitriol he spewed over his campaign, sorry, I have no sympathy for anyone whoever voted for him even if they claim they were suffering in the prev. administration.

  15. Re:Ignorant voters on Net Neutrality Goes Down in Flames as FCC Votes To Kill Title II Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I am agree to your comment, I am still amazed by the extent of Republican corruption this year. And yes, the DNC had their share too but it pales compared to whats going on now with the power structure on Republican side with the Healthcare bill, the budget and scandals etc!

  16. Yes, current news has become so disheartening!

  17. Ignorant voters on Net Neutrality Goes Down in Flames as FCC Votes To Kill Title II Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is what we get America. Voting largely along party lines or for religious reasons! You thought Trump wait till you see what Betsy Devos, Jeff Sessions, Scot Pruitt are going to do. I am hoping here the states will do the right thing and add some laws against this but I am not sure how much authority they will have. Also, state legislators are probably cheaper to buy anyway!

  18. They funny thing is Le Penn has also filed a complaint about hacking by the "extreme left"! So whether that is supposed to attack the credibility of Macron's accusations or add to them, we dont know.

  19. I would guessed this is Trump himself given his predilection towards petty online fights but your vocabulary is slightly better than Trumps.

  20. Not Trump's rollback on Seattle Restored ISP Privacy Rules in the First Local Blow To Trump's Rollback (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It should be called Republican rollback. Trump probably https://politics.slashdot.org/... no idea what an ISP does!

  21. Monopoly really on Facebook Owns Four Out of the Five Most Downloaded Apps Worldwide (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    FB and messenger are pretty much one and the same. The other two are companies that Facebook bought to continue its dominance. If this does not show monopolization due to corp then I dont know what does!

  22. Re:So now they'll believe the science? on House Approves Bill To Force Public Release of EPA Science (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nope, thats not it at all. This is because they will put up some excuse and create "alternative facts" over everything the EPA does so as to pretty much destroy the EPA if they have not already done so. Only an idiot would think that Republicans, especially this administration, cares about science!

  23. Re:Serious question on GOP Senators' New Bill Would Let ISPs Sell Your Web Browsing Data (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If you think about it the root cause is mostly religion. Most recent Republicans have exploited religious leanings and gotten votes from rural America. They are just the best politicians money can buy right now. Dems are no better but generally their vote bank is a little more educated and conscious compared to the right.

  24. It also reduces automated trolling on A Norwegian Website Is Making Readers Pass a Quiz Before Commenting (niemanlab.org) · · Score: 2

    I have seen facebook posts by a tonne of accounts that seem to be posting every 2 minutes.I was pretty sure those were bots. Maybe their scripts will need to be more intelligent now?
    On the flip side I hope the questions are not biased towards a point of view which would then result in filtering out a complete side of conversation from comments!

  25. Trump scare maybe on Intel To Invest $7 Billion in Factory in Arizona, Employ 3,000 People (cnbc.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A lot of folks even in important positions are geniunely scared of Trump. Yesterday there was an article on how no Repug senator will vote no on Devos because they dont want to face Trump. That could be the case here as well. By sidestepping Trump, Intel does not want to start a twitter war with him!