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  1. MS and LinkedIn will datamine GitHub on Linux Foundation Celebrates Microsoft's GitHub Acquisition (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    They will harvest Githib looking for coders who are active in various areas of programing and use that information to enrich their LinkedIn job search capabilities.

  2. This app probably uses predictive analytics on Google's In-House Incubator Made a Waze-Like App For the New York City Subway (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    With a history of actual travel times and delays the app probably does an "educated guess" ie predictive analytics to find the best combo of bus/subway/walking to get to your destination. When I was in high school I had about 4 choices for each direction, each taking about 45 minutes without delays or outages; this app would have been useful.

  3. A household needs to make at least $250k/year on Even Apple and Google Engineers Can't Really Afford To Live Near Their Offices (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Modest minimally livable fixer-uppers within 20 minutes of Apple in Cupertino cost about $1.5M, with mortgage and property tax that's about $7,000 to $8,000 per month, or about 35% of your monthly income.

  4. Sounds like my 3 German cars on German Navy Experiences 'LCS Syndrome' In Spades As New Frigate Fails Sea Trials (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Audi, BMW: "chronic repair parts shortage" ... "newest cars [ships] face problems so severe that the first [of the class] failed"...

  5. Next we'll hear that telex is dropped on Belgium Ends 19th-Century Telegram Service (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    maybe in about another 100 years

  6. Title should be "Republican Narrative is False" on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    please correct

  7. But can FB reconstruct a hashed photo? on Facebook's New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    TFA says FB will hash an image and then delete the original. But to implement a similarity metric with previous "hashed" images of the same person, they will need a distance function that works on hashed values of all the photo's features that they capture. Unless they have conquered homomorphic encryption, FB will likely need to reverse the hashed features and then do similarity measures with previous photos, and will also be able to reconstruct "deleted" photos.

  8. But this book of random numbers gets 4 stars on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Alexa, send this text to what's-his-name: blah blah

  10. Re:You only need to patch the CLIENT on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or patch the router to protect those clients that have not yet been patch.

  11. "Some things are hard to think about" on Code is Too Hard To Think About (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Should be the real title. Eg, POTUS can easily start a nuclear war, here are the directions: https://www.bloomberg.com/poli...

  12. Re:Obviously bullshit statement there on Code is Too Hard To Think About (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    That's right, there isn't just 100 million lines of code, it's more than 150 million lines. This probably includes all libraries and OS fully expanded. Google is your friend for finds LOC in cars, eg http://www.thedrum.com/opinion...

  13. Re:I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secu on Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    "PR material" is different from claims on the product or packaging or the warranty. And the

  14. I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secure on Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    If D-Link had included statements that their products were secure, then the FTC would have probably had a stronger case. But because there was probably no security guarantee then no case. "Let the buyer beware."

  15. So they think it's so easy to uninstall Kaspersky on Kaspersky Software Banned From US Government Systems Over Concerns About Russia (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will they try to use the Kaspersky uninstall tool and expect everything to be removed? Only a full clean reinstall of Windows will remove everything. And is there an independent tool to run to confirm that Kaspersky has actually been removed?

  16. Robots will need a third hand on Bricklaying Robots and Exoskeletons Are the Future of the Construction Industry (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To dole out cash payments to building inspectors to pass their work. The construction industry, developers, and government inspectors are all very corrupt.

  17. And the wall could be made out of CO2

  18. no doubt

  19. Congress will simply use this data to extort on New Data On H-1B Visas Prove That IT Outsourcers Hire a Lot But Pay Very Little (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    greater contributions from companies that rely on H1Bs

  20. A pedestrian tax will be next on Oregon Passes First Statewide Bicycle Tax In Nation (washingtontimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    $15 per limb at time of purchase

  21. Re:Back up a sec...Zillow was NOT right. on Zillow Drops Complaint Against Blogger After Backlash Over Copyright Claim (geekwire.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You need to read up on Kate Wagner: https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2...

  22. Which of a,b,c,or d applies to Google? on Google Slapped With $2.7 Billion By EU For Skewing Searches (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wondering, which or Article 102 applies to Google?

  23. JDPowers ranks us at Number 1 on US Ranks 28th In the World In Average Wireless Broadband Speeds (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    ... when compared to countries with population of exactly 321.4 million people

  24. Buffer overrun exploits on Twitter Will No Longer Count Usernames Against a Tweet's 140-Character Limit (phonedog.com) · · Score: 2

    are in Twitter's near future

  25. FCC will say this outage was good for consumers on FCC Investigating Coast-To-Coast 911 Outage For AT&T Wireless Users (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    FCC now lives in the world of alternative facts