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  1. Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make fun of the locationally challenged.

  2. Re:Just part of their war on... everyone on Google Has Made YouTube Slower on Edge and Firefox, Mozilla Alleges (neowin.net) · · Score: 2

    And given the whole demonetization-bullshit flying low on YouTube right now, this just might be the right time to do it. Quite a few content creators are desperately looking for alternative places that let them get a cut of the ad money, if Amazon played its cards well, now is the right moment to do so.

  3. Re:Fight back - make your site slow too on Google Has Made YouTube Slower on Edge and Firefox, Mozilla Alleges (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Me too! I'll make my own site! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact...

    Wait, why reinvent the wheel?

  4. Re:Chrome is the new IE 6 on Google Has Made YouTube Slower on Edge and Firefox, Mozilla Alleges (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    When they start being as obnoxious to support, watch me drop support for Chrome.

  5. Foraging behaviour. Yeah. Right. on 7 PM and 2 AM Are Peak Demand Times For Pizza, Study of Internet Traffic Finds (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    This is it. Not that people get home around 7pm and dopeheads getting the munchies have few other convenient options after midnight.

  6. Re:Here's an idea for a new study... on 7 PM and 2 AM Are Peak Demand Times For Pizza, Study of Internet Traffic Finds (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much do you tip?

  7. Re:Folks reall have "time" on 7 PM and 2 AM Are Peak Demand Times For Pizza, Study of Internet Traffic Finds (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Simple: Next time you pull an all-nighter binge coding, you know when NOT to order your pizza.

  8. Get a better country. :)

  9. Re:SoyBoys on Impossible Burgers' Key, Bloody Ingredient Wins FDA Approval (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The estrogen should take care of that too, your chest will look like it's been waxed 10 minutes ago.

  10. Re:As a vegetarian since 15 years... on Impossible Burgers' Key, Bloody Ingredient Wins FDA Approval (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't care about raising and killing, I worry about the cost. Essentially the energy wasted to raise an animal that you then only get to use a fraction of hurts my capitalist heart when you could get the same from some dirt cheap soy with a bit of flavoring.

  11. Is my father, whose knowledge of computers ended with machines that belong in a 60s James Bond movies, qualified to enter?

  12. Re:SoyBoys on Impossible Burgers' Key, Bloody Ingredient Wins FDA Approval (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You're just jealous that I get to fondle some nice tits!

  13. Re:Name Change? on Impossible Burgers' Key, Bloody Ingredient Wins FDA Approval (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Frankenburger wouldn't be too much off, considering that we already have the Hamburger.

    Fun fact while we're at edible towns. The town of Vienna is called in German "Wien". Which, yes, makes the people living there "Wiener".

    Trying to scare us with Soylent Green? Please, we've been eating each other around here for millennia!

  14. I kinda doubt the food is aimed at hard-core vegans.

  15. Re:As a vegetarian since 15 years... on Impossible Burgers' Key, Bloody Ingredient Wins FDA Approval (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's just awesome for you. Unfortunately there are people who do like the smell and taste of meat. And their only chance to get this so far was to raise and kill an animal for that meat. Now, unless they really like the idea of killing an animal for meat and that's their reason to eat meat, this is a great alternative for them.

  16. And CreateRemoteThread was originally meant to facilitate writing drivers. Now guess what both inventions are hardly used for (because there are better ways to do that now) and what kind of use they have left.

    Hint: It's not a benign one.

  17. Re:I Enjoy their calls on 24 People Have Now Been Sentenced In India-Based Phone-Scam Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You're wasting a perfectly good opportunity to troll a person in real life without any remorse or repercussions.

  18. Re:Impressive on 24 People Have Now Been Sentenced In India-Based Phone-Scam Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    then you both have no clue. The feature that allows this to happen is actually a business feature utilised by millions of legitimate businesses.

    ...to trick their customers into thinking their call center is actually not in Bangalore. Yeah, what a noble cause.

  19. Re:this is how you tell friendless nerds on Cord-Cutting Keeps Churning: US Pay-TV Cancelers To Hit 33 Million in 2018 (Study) (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a bug, it's a feature. 90% of a soccer game is boring. So I ran it on a second screen while programming in the first. When I heard the pub next door roar, I knew it was time to turn the head to see a goal in all its glory.

  20. This is one discrimination I could have liked on Facebook Signs Agreement With Washington State To End Discriminatory Ad Targeting (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What's not to like about NOT getting to see ads?

  21. MS, learn a lesson from Square Enix on Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox Will Focus On 'XCloud' Game Streaming (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    They tried to "stream" a game, not only some sequences but having the game essentially run on their servers with the players' computers handling more or less just input and graphics rendering. What I'm talking about is the original Final Fantasy XIV (not the 2013 re-release but the original one in 2010). To say it was unplayable would be more praise than the result deserved. And we're talking about a fairly simple MMO here where delays are not quite so noticeable as in other games that depend highly on precisely timed input, where a key aspect of the game is that you feel in control.

    But it seems some kids have to touch the stove themselves to believe it.

  22. Part of my job is to disassemble code and look for security flaws. It's a pretty expensive way to hunt for security flaws, but when the stakes reach 7 figures, it starts being worth it.

    If the potential revenue (or damage, depending on what side you're sitting on) is big enough, someone will start looking for security flaws even if it means digging through obfuscated, self-modifying assembler code in a custom virtual machine.

    Hell, game crackers do it for free, so...

  23. Re:Not what the web was made for on In Encryption Push, Chrome Flags HTTP Sites as 'Not Secure' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Back when the web was designed, it was filled with engineers and technogeeks whose interest in information was one where your status and "street cred" depended on the value and veracity of your information.

    In the current time of fake news, lies and deceit, your status depends mostly on how many people you can dupe into hating your opponent in any way possible because you yourself don't have any positive traits either, so you have to get people to hate the other guy even more.

    In this climate, yes, I DO want to be able to verify that the information I get is from the source I wanted to get it from and has not been tampered with in transit.

  24. Re:Crying Wolf on In Encryption Push, Chrome Flags HTTP Sites as 'Not Secure' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I can see why you posted as AC. I, too, wouldn't want my name attached to this display of ignorance.

  25. Re:HTTPS is centralizing the internet on In Encryption Push, Chrome Flags HTTP Sites as 'Not Secure' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    A revoked certificate isn't much different from a self-signed certificate. You can still connect to the server, there is just no guarantee that you're actually talking with the correct server. Which is something you kinda need someone to vouch for unless you want to manually verify every certificate of every server you communicate with.