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  1. Percentage growth on Jeff Bezos Confirms Amazon's Growth Is Slowing (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Percentage growth will tend to slow as a company like this gets very large. I don't see the detailed numbers on the chart in the article, but it seems like total sales is still growing but a decent amount.

  2. Re:Maths! on Cord-Cutting in America May Have Already Peaked (fool.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Also how many new subscribers are they gaining? I expect kids these days aren't signing up to start with, so they can't cancel something they never started using.

  3. Re:Disclosure, or just not making false claims? on FTC Allows ISPs To Block Apps But They Must Disclose It (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems very much about not making false claims. I'm guessing if there was a disclosure that they blocked all music streaming apps except their own, and told you about it up front, that would pass muster under this standard.

  4. Re:Grammy award on Dubstep Music Found To Protect Against Mosquito Bites, Says Study (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The good news is dubstep acts as a mosquito repellent. The bad news is, people would be forced to listen to dubstep.

  5. Ah, that all-too-common "highly" classified on In Massive Breach, Ex-NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Hoarding Highly Classified Secrets (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see what the actual classification level was. It certainly wasn't "highly."

  6. Re: Reality imitates art. on China's CRISPR Twins Might Have Had Their Brains Inadvertently Enhanced (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    We'll find out if they are much smaller than everyone...

  7. Hey, there's still porn on the internet on Ask Slashdot: What Could Go Wrong In Tech That Hasn't Already Gone Wrong? · · Score: 1

    I mean, that's why it was invented, right?

  8. Well, CDNs have to be global, or at least where your audience is. There might be a nexus for legal action, maybe some level of taxation but that's completely separate that where your HQ is.

  9. I think you're confusing where someone incorporates and where their content / CDN is.

  10. Exactly. The whole concept that ANY email from ANY domain is in any way secure (unless you're using digital signatures, or even looking at headers and seeing what domains the email traversed) is useless. I mean, I could send an email with the "from" as marriott.com and phish people. The "from" is one of the last things you would look at, from a security perspective. You should look at where any links go - the actual domain, or something else? Or even better, just type in the domain directly in your browser.

  11. Re:Did Musk really call it "big falcon"? on Elon Musk Renames Big Falcon Rocket To 'Starship' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Just needs Leonard McCoy asking "Are you out of your Falcon mind?"

  12. Just don't make a Doomsday device and keep it a secret. The whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?

  13. 10 million or 100 million soldiers won't do anything against our aircraft carriers. If they have weapons that can take those out, take our F22s even w/o radar lock, or otherwise out-smart our smart weapons then their soldiers can do whatever they want.

  14. Re:If I was a member of the ruling class on China's Brightest Children Are Being Recruited To Develop AI 'Killer Bots' (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    Then the Doctor lands and gives your cybermen emotion, and their heads all explode

  15. Maybe we should just come up with a doomsday machine. As long as we don't keep it secret.

  16. Re:Ender's Game meets the Termiator on China's Brightest Children Are Being Recruited To Develop AI 'Killer Bots' (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    That was Alien, not Terminator, I think.

  17. Re:Bank-grade security key? on Home Security Camera Sends Video To Wrong User (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It's like the phrase "highly classified" - it means nothing. In the US something can be classified as confidential, secret or top-secret. There is no category "highly." So what is bank-grade? I mean, we're talking key size here, so just give us a number. And obviously the implementation is broken if human error can put the same key on different devices.

  18. Re:As with most question titles: NO on Ask Slashdot: Do We Need a New Word For Hacking? · · Score: 1

    "Hacker" is someone who knows more about computers than the average Joe. Whether you use that knowledge to set up a home automation empire, break into WOPR and start WWIII, or program some Bitcoins (yes, I know), to most people that's hacking.

  19. Re:OMG on Flat Earther Plans To Launch Homemade Manned Rocket (apnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder if the mechanics of landing are just formulas or "science fiction"

  20. Re:Security clearance on Tech Firms Seek Washington's Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's called a DD-254 http://www.dami.army.pentagon....

  21. Re: Request your dcss clearance now on Tech Firms Seek Washington's Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And only if your employer is even authorized to hold clearances. You can't just get one because you want to.

  22. Re:Did anyone think it would be otherwise? on Artificial Intelligence Has Race, Gender Biases (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    We decided to play God, create life. When that life turned against us, we comforted ourselves in the knowledge that it really wasn't our fault, not really. You cannot play God then wash your hands of the things that you've created. Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore.

  23. Re:how... what... on Ask Slashdot: How Should I Furnish (And Secure) My Work-From-Home Office? · · Score: 1

    I assume he's worried about meth heads breaking in & stealing his stuff to sell to support their habit

  24. 6 seconds.. ? on Pornhub Offers To Buy Vine Because 'Six Seconds Is More Than Enough' (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe if they can figure out the part that everyone skips ahead to

  25. Re:It's like Spock on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 3, Funny

    My bad - I knew Spock had some cursing in that movie, though. Kirk used it a bit better, is the point. Spock didn't really have the hang of it, sort of like Watson.