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  1. "an energy suck..." on 'Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future' (grist.org) · · Score: 1

    stopped reading right there

  2. Future Hitler aproves new infrastructure ! on Germany Preparing Law for Backdoors in Any Type of Modern Device (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    This from a country that in recent history, twice!, persecuted minorities. Can you imagine what would have happened if Hitler had access to the government spyware infrastructure we have today ?! And all over the world nationalism is on the rise again, how could anyone think this is a good idea ..

  3. So did anyone make a note of the MAC address ? Or do you need to be authenticated before you can see the AP's MAC ? Or is there any other way to link the SSID to a static hardware address ? Then again, most chipsets nowadays easily allow spoofing of the MAC addr ..

  4. Re:It's over 250 kWh per transaction now and growi on One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses As Much Energy As Your House In a Week (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    $0.10 ... here in Belgium it's €0.30 / kWh !

  5. I'm pretty sure the Officer of the Deck's name was Zapp Brannigan.

  6. Re:Wow! on Terry Pratchett's Hard Drive Destroyed By Steamroller (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    all my modpoints for you sir, if i had any

  7. wake me when i can just say on Military Tech Could Be Amazon's Secret To Cheap, Non-Refrigerated Food (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Earl Gray. Hot.

  8. Re:What's what!? on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    mod parent up, GP is BS

  9. into thinking their on Uber Drivers Gang Up To Cause Surge Pricing, Research Says (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    this used to be a site by and for geeks, did anyone on the /. redaction finish high school ?

  10. Re:How do they do this? Good question on Something Big Is Warping Our Outer Solar System (futurity.org) · · Score: 1

    tl;dr; errors accumulate rapidly over time.

  11. reboot & encrypt hd sectors ?! on Windows 10 Will Soon Protect Files and Folders From Ransomware (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    didn't the last ransomware virus (petya or whatever) just reboot and encrypt the disk sector by sector, probably using good old INT 13h, then what is this going to help people ?!

  12. Re:This is CYA from Microsoft on Microsoft Blasts Spy Agencies For Leaked Exploits Used By WanaDecrypt0r (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    if Microsoft hadn't made the flaw

    you misspelled backdoor.

  13. Re:How much in bitcoin is that? on WanaDecrypt0r Ransomware Earns Just $26,000 In Ransom Payments (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    about ~14.5 BTC at the current exchange rate.

  14. $3.5 billion, pfff. Imagine the leaps in science and space exploration we could make in no time if those silly humons just got along ..

  15. Re:Why humanoid? on Russia Wants To Send A Gun-Shooting Robot To The ISS (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, and don't get me started about the plumbing !

  16. Come on people on Italy Bans Uber (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Now Uber can't use it's apps."

    so sad!

  17. Re:electrode material? on Interviews: Ask Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John Goodenough a Question · · Score: 1

    this should be the #1 question, please mod parent up

  18. Re:If there was a GoFundMe page... on Stephen Hawking Will Travel To Space (skynews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    aliens pick him up, think humans are way smarter than we are, and appoint us leaders of the Galaxy.

    What ?! One Trump isn't enough for ya ?

  19. US does a better job on Hidden Backdoor Discovered In Chinese IoT Devices (techradar.com) · · Score: 1

    at least the US designers try to obfuscate their backdoors

  20. Re:Not Interested on Netflix Just Announced a User Focused Security Application (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    mod parent up, this or netflix goes to the bin and it's back to tpb..

  21. Re:this future sucks on Why Astronauts Are Banned From Getting Drunk in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    -someone- must be earning a lot of latinum..

  22. everyone better start learning how to "speak" QAM64 or PSK in the very least..but like i said, the actual communications channel (sound/voice) probably has a lot of room for improvement, the bottleneck is likely language (protocol).

  23. It would seem language is the limiting factor on output bandwidth, i wonder if, for instance, japanese speakers can think faster than english speakers ..

  24. how to be a shill and a sellout on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    by EditorDavid