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  1. I've turned off local and regional "if it bleeds it leads" nonsense for decades. For my ($0) money, Reuters world news is about as relevant and impartial as it gets.

  2. Re:Why would you expose the admin interface to WAN on Backdoor Account Found in D-Link DIR-620 Routers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I was expecting this level of paranoia. A 30-minute session in a program I won't mention because neckbeards annoy me, problem solved, and program closed, is better than exposing a router 24/7.

  3. Re:Why would you expose the admin interface to WAN on Backdoor Account Found in D-Link DIR-620 Routers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    If I were to help my parents out with their router, I'd simply remote in to one of their computers and proceed. There is absolutely no way I'd ever expose critical infrastructure to the wild wild web.

  4. Re:On news of the invasion, on Giant Predatory Worms Are Invading France (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but their tanks go twice as fast in reverse.

  5. Re:Because Facebook isn't a European company? on European Lawmakers Asked Mark Zuckerberg Why They Shouldn't Break Up Facebook (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    its

  6. I like Amazon on Amazon Is Banning People For Making Too Many Returns (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    They've improved immensely. I ordered a bridging router that didn't meet my needs and all I had to do was tape a return label to the box and I had a refund in my account within an hour of dropping it off. They seem to aggressively curate third party vendors, as the quality and consistency of items delivered has been stellar in the last couple years. I'm still angry about the one-click patent, but the centuries of time saved driving to B&M... yeah I can live with that.

  7. Do you read the best used by dates on a milk carton? Your tax break has a very short expiration date whilst the expiration date for the 1% doesn't expire. The neutral GAO has already concluded this is a blasted nightmare. The US is headed the way of Greece.

  8. I'll refrain from ad hominems.

    He handed a trillion dollars in cash to the rich, pulled out of the Paris Accord, pulled out of the Iran deal, and inherited an economy that takes typically a decade to swing one way or the other. I'm not butthurt. My parents are staunch right-wingers and both are beyond pissed at the jackass in the white house.

  9. He screwed the economy and foreign policy, which means the midterms will result in a long-needed political reset.

  10. So if I go on a weekend bender in Vegas I can't call a cab.

  11. And I figure if I have kids with three eyes they'll be able to hit a 110mph fastball.

  12. Re:Why is spelling still a thing? on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Your spell checker is working well. You were thinking of... wait for it... "can't".

  13. Re:Why is spelling still a thing? on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Your spell checker is working well. You were thinking of... wait for it... "They're"

  14. Re:outsourced by fools... think of the children... on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Math is intensely important in technical areas. Quick estimates across variables keeping the result to an order of magnitude is invaluable in a quick meeting to decide if further analysis makes sense. Spelling is also important. For all intensive purposes, in ten cities are fun examples that will pass a spell check and expose one as ignorant.

  15. Re: Say what now? on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    Which state banned the wife rearranging the furniture without the permission of the husband. Was it Tennessee? I've always pictured 4am bruised shin followed by 2pm "Brothers, we have a domestic crisis at hand".

  16. Safer, easier on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what it's called but I saw a guy many mornings on Collins St Melbourne, on basically a single wheel with two foot rests, kind of like a Segway but miniaturized. When he came to a red light he would just 'stand' there, and it was incredibly pedestrian friendly. Way cheaper than a scooter if your intent is to plow through sidewalks.

  17. Ah the glorious NOP opcode 0x90. Back in the day I knew assembly just about as well as C.

  18. Re:Very Old News... on North Korea Announces Plans To Dismantle Nuclear Test Site (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It's obvious what's going to happen. Ten years of building a new test facility, meanwhile cashing in on an economic cash influx from relaxing sanctions.

  19. I was going to say they'll be back on Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    My first thought was they'd be back on the next boat in, but if the bait actually worked (rats are incredibly suspicious and I'd have figured them to strongly prefer eggs) and there's a lot left, there's nothing alive on the island that's adapted.

  20. Re:Prelude to interrogation on Australia To Ban Cash Purchases Over $10,000 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but the cash price and the debit price at checkout are the same. The banks have to make a living too, and it's faster to paywave than to fumble around with notes and coins.

  21. Re:Prelude to interrogation on Australia To Ban Cash Purchases Over $10,000 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    In most cases there's nothing to pay off. My savings account was linked to a Mastercard number and I never paid anything ever above the purchase cost.

  22. Re:Prelude to interrogation on Australia To Ban Cash Purchases Over $10,000 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    In 11 years I drew precisely two cheques. It was like autographing a dinosaur. 99.9% of my financial activity was direct debit, automated credit, or pay wave.

  23. Common knowledge in AU on Australia To Ban Cash Purchases Over $10,000 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I was there for 11 years so I'm not blowing smoke. Any home project, after you get quoted, you ask what's the cash price. It comes down about 40%. 10 grand can pay for virtually every home improvement imaginable.

  24. Re: Should be simple enough to try it on animals f on States Turn To an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this my voice? Is THIS my VOICE? Oh well.

  25. Data access is a bitch on Facebook Fires Employee Who Allegedly Used Data Access To Stalk Women (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I was a contractor for a health care company and was horrified at the sensitive data I had access to. There were no easy solutions. Spend days imperfectly sanitizing terabytes of data to troubleshoot a client issue, or jump right into the client site to resolve the issue today. I'm not ashamed to say I nearly had a mental breakdown, as in a similar scenario a colleague of mine did the wrong thing in calling out a workmate's antidepressant meds because data access is a bitch.