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  1. Re:Actiate, use, re-activate on Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume these cards are being swiped from mailboxes, because the penalties for Postal employees tampering with the mail are pretty severe. If that's the case, just send the cards via certified mail, that should solve the problem.

  2. Re:Wonder how many C-levels shorted their stock? on Malware Attack on Vendor To Blame for Delta and Sears Data Breach Affecting 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Customers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt they want to fuck around with insider trading charges.

  3. Re:Tubes, or... on Update: Possible Active Shooter Reported at YouTube HQ (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Only available to YouTube Red members.

  4. Re:Are they still evil? on Verizon Has Been the Fastest US Mobile Carrier in Last Six Months: Wirefly (wirefly.com) · · Score: 3

    Then Verizon discovered they didn't have to be great, just a little better.

    Once I discovered this little gem, my life improved immensely. I think I'm going to put it on my gravestone.

  5. Re:Whoâ(TM)s to blame? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    We use guns and nets, and kill things for reasons other than sustenance.

  6. She might. The families of the people who got pancaked probably won't.

  7. Re:Marketing on Adobe Is Helping Some 60 Companies Track People Across Devices (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't ever buy anything from an ad you see online. Ever.
    It's the only way to stop the madness.

  8. Re:The key number here is 15 million per year on US To Seek Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    This isn't for security reasons; the government plans to monetize this information and sell it to immigration law firms, employment recruiters, etc. Hey, everyone is doing it.

  9. Re:Postal Service on President Trump Slams Amazon For 'Causing Tremendous Loss To the United States' (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Postal Service has a mandate to pre-fund their retirement program, mandated by Congress. This is where the deficit comes from. This is something no other government or private entity is forced to do. Do you think FedEx is pre-funding their retirement programs?

  10. Never imagined what a mess advertising would becom on 90 Percent of Affiliate Ads on YouTube and Pinterest Aren't Disclosed, Says Study (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I was younger I never would have imagined what a clusterfuck advertising would become. Between privacy concerns and lying and malware distribution and just plain making it frustrating to do even the simplest little thing online, I feel like we're losing (maybe have already lost) everything that was good about the internet. I can't help thinking that the most straightforward fix would be if nobody ever clicked on any ad, EVER. And never bought anything from an ad they see online. I know I do not.

  11. More likely to be death by tank.

  12. Re:Earth Day too long now? on World Cities Go Dark For 'Earth Hour' Climate Campaign (afp.com) · · Score: 0

    So we'd basically be making it similar to you and your wife's sex life?

  13. Re:Just Let the Market Take Care of Things on New York Councilman Proposes Bill That Would Grant NYC Workers 'Right To Disconnect' (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    My company does have official policies in place that employees are not to respond to e-mail or phone calls outside of working hours, although they are rarely observed. I think they were put in place because there were some lawsuits against other companies that they heard about that scared them. My own personal policy is to not check e-mail outside of office hours, but I will answer a phone call (it doesn't happen all that often).

  14. It'll save your ass. God help the pedestrians, though.

  15. Re:beliefs on DIY Explosives Experimenter Blows Self Up, Contaminates Building (fdlreporter.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I understand what you've teed up here, and I choose not to swing at that particular pitch, I do have to wonder why a 'reverend' is commenting on this. Anyway, my dad was a chemistry major in college among other things, and so had a lot of textbooks lying around when I was a kid. I remember looking through them to see if I could find a recipe for something that would go boom.

    I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the guy is a terrorist. He may just have been playing around.

  16. Re:How can this possibly be true? on Android Is Now as Safe as the Competition, Google Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You HAVE purchased a new phone in the last 9 months, haven't you? HAVEN'T YOU?

  17. So nice to see some accountability for these people. I also saw this today:
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-n...

  18. Re:Look at all you Debbie Downers! on Amazon's Alexa Is Coming To an Office Near You (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    "Alexa, begin auto-destruct sequence, authorization Picard-four-seven-alpha-tango."

  19. Re:Mostly Harmless on What Image Should Represent All of Humanity On Wikipedia? (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    I prefer the words "Mostly Tasteless".

  20. This is for mobile viewing. Hence the cell towers that aren't cell towers. The goal is to reduce data usage.

  21. Mars does not have plate tectonics, and has lost most of its water to space. Also, have no way to find or analyze diamonds on Mars, assuming they exist. On top of that, if we knew there was equivalent water on Mars it would be unreachable and do us no real good.

    So, nope.

  22. Re:Climate Change is real. on Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Terawatt is a unit of power, not energy.

  23. Deceiving headline on Why Humans Learn Faster Than AI (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    When you use a video game that has been specifically designed to be make sense to humans based on their past experiences and assumptions about the way things should work, of course they will learn how to play it quickly. The test has been designed for the subject.

  24. Re:Propping up the unicorn system on Amazon Buys Smart Doorbell Maker Ring For a Reported $1 Billion (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Alexa, show me who is at the door. Do I need to say more?

  25. Then I'm going to expect tits. And I'm not going to want to pay for them.