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  1. Re:Where... on Google Smashes the World Record For Calculating Digits of Pi (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can get even more precision: 10 (in pi base)

  2. Sounds like a great time... on Intel CPU Shortages To Worsen in Q2 2019: Research (digitimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ...to put Linux on older CPUs.

  3. Re:One vulnerability less on Researchers Find Critical Backdoor In Swiss Online Voting System (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Interesting. What's more secure: a heavy steel door or a 4096 bits key? Among the key combinations, one works for sure. The neophyte says "The door is not for me, too impressive ; but the key, if I'm lucky...". Back to votes, what's more dangerous: a hack that will allow someone working hard to change 1% of the votes, or some influent yet seemingly innocent media that pushes in one direction?

  4. Re:So Boeing Knew The Problem... on Boeing To Make Key Change in 737 MAX Cockpit Software (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    ... after the Lion Air crash, knew of the needed fix

    Boeing doing something while nobody is requesting a change is highly suspicious, and could be seen as an acknowledgement of responsibility.

  5. The 2 crashes are even more related on Boeing To Make Key Change in 737 MAX Cockpit Software (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Something struck me regarding latitudes: the Air Lion crash was 6 degrees South (Djakarta), the Ethiopian crash was 9 degrees North (Addis Ababa) ; both flights were close to the Equator (symmetrically). Could have something to do with sensors reliability.

  6. Re:Eyewitnesses on ground report flames before cra on FAA Says Boeing 737 MAX Planes Are Still Airworthy (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The FAA is not the only party taking part in the investigation. 1) it happened abroad (not the US) 2) many nationalities have been affected. The FAA will have no way to tamper with the BB data (though I don't think they would do that if the crash was in the US anyway). And since many countries have been grounding these planes, the FAA (...) will be pushed into investigating in a quicker manner.

  7. Re:Eyewitnesses on ground report flames before cra on FAA Says Boeing 737 MAX Planes Are Still Airworthy (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, let see what the black boxes have to say before jumping into conclusion.

  8. Re:The FAA is known to avoid change on FAA Says Boeing 737 MAX Planes Are Still Airworthy (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The question you might ask is: what would do the FAA if the "problem" was affecting the Airbus fleet?

  9. Re:Southwest still uses 'em on FAA Says Boeing 737 MAX Planes Are Still Airworthy (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There were 2 experienced pilots. None of them having a clue how to fix such a dangerous situation is suspicious...

  10. I wouldn't worry much on Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1

    a few days before the UK has to decide if they stay or leave. The UK is quite likely to stay in EU (rather than face a hard brexit).

  11. Traffic cameras to reduce number of collisions? on Google Maps Adding Photo Radar Warnings For Drivers In Canada (huffingtonpost.ca) · · Score: 0

    Always thought the main purpose of traffic cameras is "money grab".

  12. Re:Why is this news? on Tesla Showroom in Southern UK Damaged By Accidental Fire (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Good old wc at work.

  13. A much newer table on Periodic Table Turns 150 Years Old (economist.com) · · Score: 1
  14. Re:The periodic table was published by Mendeleev on Periodic Table Turns 150 Years Old (economist.com) · · Score: 1
    Wiki

    Lavoisier defined an element as a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by a chemical reaction.[5] This simple definition served for a century and lasted until the discovery of subatomic particles. Lavoisier's book contained a list of "simple substances" that Lavoisier believed could not be broken down further, which included oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, phosphorus, mercury, zinc and sulfur, which formed the basis for the modern list of elements

    which happened almost 100 years before Mendeleev...

  15. Re:In other news on A Third of All Chrome Extensions Request Access To User Data on Any Site · · Score: 2

    Extensions code is downloadable / readable easily ; it's in javascript and the Chrome "manifest" does a lot of the "pre-work". Most extensions code is rather small and can be checked for malware. Extensions can also be copied locally and modified, then used in Chrome (in dev mode).

  16. Re:So it has come to this on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So I guess if it won't reboot, then it must be dead

    Not dead. Bricked..

  17. Re:Implement a vending machine on Programming Interview Questions Are Too Hard and Too Short (triplebyte.com) · · Score: 1

    I went to an interview and was handed a programming test to implement a web based vending machine. After 4 hours of programming I went to the interviewer and said I'm not going to finish this today

    I went to an interview and was handed a programming test to implement a web based car sales site, including commands, history, payment, invoicing, stock, rental, repairs schedule mgt... After a year of programming I was told it's ok.
    Was well paid, though.

  18. Re:BBC story=intrusive video ads on The US Cannot Crush Us, Says Huawei Founder (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The link to the story reminded me why I stopped reading BBC News online. Too many video ads, and when you scroll down they keep interfering with the text I am trying to read. Too disruptive, I closed down the webpage quickly.

    Interesting. Have none of that. Incidentally my browser has uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger installed.

  19. TFA "Since the data is kept in memory in the browser process, a malicious website could try to exhaust the memory of the browser process and make it more likely to crash"

    Google is the best at algorithms, how could they miss checking such an obvious trait and ensure the FS does not go over x MB?

  20. In the future... on Relative's DNA Solves A 1993 Murder Cold Case (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Who knows what new technology will allow authorities to uncover what you were doing years ago...

  21. Not sure we need a detector on Gravitational Wave Detectors Upgraded To Hunt For 'Extreme Cosmic Events' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    when the next comet splashes into earth, we'll probably notice without the help of a detector.

  22. One reason? on Samsung To Stop Making 4K Blu-Ray Players, Report Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    "One of the reasons for pulling out could be that the existing players' format support has lagged behind the rest of the industry"

    The more likely reason is that nowadays many people prefer to watch stuff from a streaming media, Netflix, Az... And besides the few otakus always seeking the highest pixels, most people don't upgrade/buy their existing BR/DVD players to the latest thing.

  23. a few years back, MS Office had a document password protect feature which was cracked instantly by an open source tool.

  24. but it seems people who want to buy an iPhone don't care enough, to the point they'd switch to android.

  25. Re:This is one reason on Android Phones Can Be Hacked Remotely By Viewing Malicious PNG Image (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, but the risk is not only money, the exploit can also strongly affect your privacy since the attacker has access to the whole device (photos, emails, discussions, mic, camera...)