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  1. That's correct. At one point AMD briefly passed 50% of retail desktop sales, thanks to the Athlon 64. Intel came back strong and almost crushed AMD who screwed up with the A-series and other pre-Ryzen processors.

  2. Apple was not beaten out. on Google Facing Billions in EU Antitrust Fines (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The EU is just sucking money out of US tech firms now. Android is free to use. There are no viable rivals that can do what Android does, other than Apple's iOS. Who would buy a new phone without a solid app platform, and pay extra to avoid Android? I don't get it.

  3. They have to keep track of who pays for ads? on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe both Facebook and Google are used to simply taking money from advertisers, rather than keeping track of all the details involved. That might require real people to do work and verify information veracity. I wonder what excuses they'll come up with to explain why they ignore laws that apply to everyone else.

  4. Re:Peak Oil on 'Carbon Bubble' Could Spark Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fear is still a major motivator of the news. The slide will be a slow one, as it has been for many years, and unlikely to be a bubble that bursts quickly, by itself, as we transition away from fossil fuel. We're not all moving to electric cards until they are cheaper and can easily and quickly recharge when traveling, and not until our old gas burners die on us. Power companies have been moving to wind power for years. Coal burning power generation is the only real loser here.

  5. What time is it now? on Woman Looking At Apple Watch Found Guilty of Distracted Driving (nationalpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Clearly, she wanted to know if the time had changed from a few seconds before, because cars don't have things like clocks on the dashboard.

  6. So they're attempting to pass this off as human. on Microsoft Also Has An AI Bot That Makes Phone Calls To Humans (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long the Chinese that communicated with this bit of software will keep doing so once they realize that it's not a person. I really dislike the "new" Microsoft for bragging that they're intentionally fooling people.

  7. Re:Real GDP is overstated here in the USA too on Satellite Data Strongly Suggests That China, Russia and Other Authoritarian Countries Are Fudging Their GDP Reports (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    What you wrote is not how GDP is calculated. Finance 501 taught me that GDP is the money supply times the velocity of money (how often the average dollar is turned over per year). That's it. The US simply prints more money to show an improving GDP. This was done after 2008 to make the economy appear better than it was. In reality the velocity fell by 50%. So, the money supply was doubled. We Americas went about out merry ways thinking that all is well and getting better. Any country that uses fiat money can play this game, Russia and China included/

  8. I don't see how a 10 inch screen on a system that will cost $520, when you add in the cost of the keyboard, will be desired by many people. Windows 10 for consumers is a mess that's getting messier, as Microsoft continues to not run full QA on it, making consumers their final line of quality assurance when failures are noticed every month now. Eventually, Windows will be used only in large corporations as consumers continue to move to smartphones and Chromebooks. Mac market share has doubled since Windows 8 came out, where Windows 10 didn't slow it down at all. Microsoft just doesn't care about consumers at all anymore.

  9. Going back in time changes polarity on Stephen Hawking Service: Possibility of Time Travellers 'Can't Be Excluded' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll take a pass on traveling back in time, since I believe I'll simply become anti-particles during the transit. That might be an unpleasant experience.

  10. They should make them misdemeanors on California High Schooler Changes Grades After Phishing Teachers, Gets 14 Felonies for His Efforts (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The fools that charge the kid with felonies risk putting a talented hacker onto a road to a life of crime by introducing him to real felony criminals in prison, if it went that far. While his hacks were easily reversible, they should show some respect for his skill at exposing the ignorance of this teachers, and put him on a good path and not possibly in prison, by forcing him to teach teachers how to avoid the folly that they fell for. This is the epitome of a victimless crime.

  11. Invest or reproduce stolen tech on China Plans $47 Billion Fund To Boost Its Semiconductor Industry (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    China has been stealing Western technology for decades. I don't believe they could advance as fast as they plan to without using stolen technology. Now, we'll need to wait and see if their "new" chips have the same security holes as recently unveiled Intel processors do.

  12. Re:Missing Linux Feature: Seamless OS Crossing on Microsoft Open Source Tool Lets You 'Bring Your Own Linux' To Windows (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Using two computers, one running Linux and the other Windows, and a KVM switch might be the simplest way to do what you want. Use a NAS to share files and you're pretty much covered.

  13. Why haven't they hired professionals yet? on Atlanta, Hit by Ransomware Attack, Also Fell Victim To Leaked NSA Exploits (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, Atlanta. You seem to never learn. How about hiring some proven professional network admins that actually setup an optimized server and network security?

  14. Re:Citizen, you have violated section c of ... on Jaywalkers Under Surveillance In China Will Soon Be Punished Via Text Messages (scmp.com) · · Score: 2

    I wonder how many "rebels" will wear masks, sunglasses, wigs, overcoats, and walk with a limp as they jaywalk, just to "beat the man".

  15. Re:They're not interested in Linux per se on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    They're focusing on Windows Enterprise, Home and Pro are test beds now. since they gave up final QA testing since they moved to Agile. As long as MS can make a ton of money from large corporations with Windows Enterprise, they will. Home and Pro are another matter and should lose market share to less annoying OS's like Chomebooks (schools) and Macs (market share is now 10%, double what it was a decade ago).

  16. Re:Also on Slashdot Outage Update · · Score: 1

    A nice warm weather break during the winter is always appreciated. Just wait. You'll get the nasty cold-ass weather back soon enough. Summer will be here soon enough. Cheers.

  17. Let a mathematician go first on Math Shows Some Black Holes Erase Your Past and Give You Unlimited Futures (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    This seems risky, even if it were possible to approach a black hole. In this case, I'll choose to not believe what my teacher tells me.

  18. Re:I've got a feeling feeling... on Is There a Warning in 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    This seems to be the real reason the show is on. The first episode, the only one I've seen do far, was predictable in how it would end, and annoyingly far left-wing in it's use of characters

  19. Why not move manufacturing? on Apple To Transfer Chinese iCloud Operations To Chinese Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple is being pushed around by the Chinese government. They really need to begin building automated plants in the US. China can suck it. The fall of the Western world started when we gave China the know-how and resources to build our cheap stuff more cheaply. Then they moved on t to better stuff. Now they're controlling the whole system. Apple will eventually lose much of their company if they stay in China. Get out now. Apple: you can survive on Western profits, you sellouts.

  20. MS's version of Agile on Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre Patch Is Bricking Some AMD PCs (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    3 1/2 years ago MS announced their intention to use Windows 10 Home and Pro users as the final line of QA, before the Enterprise version gets updated. The reason given was that Enterprise users pay a lot more and are their key customers. The only reason Microsoft might miss consumers, should they leave Windows in droves, would be the loss of the free QA work. Linux is a better alternative for many consumers. Mint is great. Chromebooks are ideal for the elderly that only want to check email and do Facebook. Everything else is available online. Windows is no longer needed by consumers. Typed on my Windows 10 workstation.

  21. Data mining on 'Productivity Is Dangerous' (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Your Facebook user name and data are scraped to be added to whatever a company may have on you, when clicking on these liked spam links. The information will sit forever growing, or be used to target ads at you and your friends. Never click on these links, or take an "IQ" or "trivia" test on Facebook. People that do that are unwittingly giving a little bit more of their privacy, including their thought processes, away.

  22. Coding is magic on Ask Slashdot: How Can Programmers Explain Their Work To Non-Programmers? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tell them that coding is magic. You write lines of code that translate into a program that does what you want it to do, every time. It's like casting a spell ,except that coding is real.

  23. Intel: "Trust me!" on Why Linux HDCP Isn't the End of the World (collabora.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    We've seen what Intel's Management Engine did, it made systems less secure while keeping a backdoor to your system open at boot. Now, nothing to concern yourself with here either. No thanks, Intel.

  24. South Korea must be the primary target market on Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon and Google own this market already. Microsoft is once again too late to market to matter. Samsung Bixby? No one really cares outside of South Korea..

  25. In this case, the business isn't the problem on Contact Lens Startup Hubble Sold Lenses With a Fake Prescription From a Made-up Doctor (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If they sold contact lenses with bacterial infections I'd worry. Providing a product that accurately meets a prescription is what they're supposed to do. If anyone fakes a prescription, they're being stupid. There's not a damn thing you can do with contacts that don't meet your needs. Someone wasted a lot of time looking for a story. Too bad it doesn't matter in any meaningful way.