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  1. Re:is in rude health on Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It’s a British idiom.

  2. Why would a couple of banks worth trillions in assets combined file a phony lawsuit to do the bidding of a some piddling patent troll? The idiocy of your post is astounding.

  3. Yes, but they also have to pay rent on the store, labor costs, advertising, etc. Which makes the real cost much more than a few cents.

  4. Personal opinion doesn’t have to be rational or follow rules of law.

  5. Re:So a D.igital S.ignal P.rocessor chip. on Google Worked With Intel on a custom AI Chip For Its Pixel Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to be a pedant but Vault 7 was the CIA.

  6. For all intensive purposes?

  7. No it was meant to be Eigth. msmash forgot the ‘G.’

  8. Good ole Slashdot editors. Just as incompetent as ever.

  9. Re:Um... Isn't this just default Linux permissions on Windows 10's 'Controlled Folder Access' Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why was this rated up when it’s not even remotely close to how the feature works?

  10. The vast majority of people do.

  11. Re:What a surprise! on Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It’s now the EssentiallyDead phone.

  12. For ever from let’s encrypt unless your domain expires.

  13. You can get free certs...

  14. And how exactly would you know that the signature on the card was the card’s owner or not anyway?

  15. retailer verifies that your are the rightful owner of the account by comparing the signatures

    Good joke. Never once seen any retailer that has done this let alone that some random cashier is not a handwriting expert.

  16. Re:That's not what the signature is for on MasterCard Has Finally Realized That Signatures Are Obsolete and Stupid (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course the signature doesn’t verify anything. It was never meant to. The summary claim that signatures are for fraud prevention is laughably wrong.

  17. Re:Signature is just for legal reasons on MasterCard Has Finally Realized That Signatures Are Obsolete and Stupid (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    The only chip and pin card I’ve personally seen so far is a Target RedCard.

  18. They should have but then they bowed to all the companies that whined and complained even just about having to get chip readers.

  19. Re:Reveaking your 'secret weapon' on Canada's 'Super Secret Spy Agency' Is Releasing a Malware-Fighting Tool To the Public (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    Why would they need to reverse engineer it when they have the code? Secondly, yes it might but at the same time that will help improve the tool.

  20. It’s both.

  21. "If you have not played with calling and the video calls on Echo Show, you should try it because that is revolutionizing how you can communicate," Prasad said

    Who actually believes this swill?

  22. Yeah it’s a database stored on the phone.

  23. Re:Fuck You Very Much, Apple. on The Impossible Dream of USB-C (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Sure and that’s the fault of the USB standards group for doimg a horrendous job. Hardly seems to be Apple’s fault.

  24. Re:The elephant in the room .... on OxygenOS Telemetry Lets OnePlus Tie Phones To Individual Users (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    And your proof is where exactly?

  25. Re:Uh huh... on Bold Eagles: Angry Birds Are Ripping $80,000 Drones Out of the Sky (cetusnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then map the area in a way that doesn’t fuck with the wildlife. Otherwise, boo-fucking-hoo that the pissed off eagles are downing your drones. These people deserve nothing but crocodile tears.