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  1. 2 reason why on Donald Trump Says US Military Will Not Allow Transgender People To Serve (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are two reasons for this:

    * Physiological - There's enough issues with men and women serving together in high stress situations. This would be another distraction.
    * Political - Just like his attacks on his attorney general this is a distraction from the fact that the Republicans could not get Repeal and/or Replace of ObamaCare through again.

  2. Re:What are they doing?? on Google To Add 'News Feed' To Website and App (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They've done it before. I think it was called Google Start. You could pick from a set of widgets or put an on a windows to use another website. Back then though it was optional,

    I honestly think they've forced out so much of the old guard has left that they've forgotten their history.

  3. Re:Vaporware on Atari Is Back In the Hardware Business, Unveils Ataribox (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    They're targeting a different market. The AtGames portable has the emulator market tied up. I'll bet they're taking an early swipe at the NES Classic but with an online market. The guts of the machine will most likely be AllWinner Android box with modified version Android 6. So you can also get streaming services and use prebuilt dev tools and games already on the Play Store. Version 2 or 3 is where they'll go after the the Switch market once that shakes out.

  4. What it needs to suceed on Atari Is Back In the Hardware Business, Unveils Ataribox (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I figure it will run a modified version of Android (most likely) or Ubuntu. I would say Android because then they get access to Android library. Ubuntu would be great because you get more bare metal performance and better integration with some of the developer libraries. I'm hopeful. But unless they either make it really cheap (like those AtGames machines) or the same price point as the Switch with more power I see it bombing fast. You can get emulators on your phone to play all the classic games. Heck Atari has re-released all of its hits 3-4 times already on Steam, Android, and iOS. Atari, nostalgia has it's limits. You need to bring new content, new IP's, and/or make you platform really developer friendly.

  5. Not the best headline on 3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million To Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008 (dslreports.com) · · Score: 2
    The original title is:

    For Every 1 Net Neutrality Comment, Internet & Cable Providers Spent $100 on Lobbying Over Decade

    These companies are not trying to kill Net Neutrality, They're altering it. They've positioned themselves now to were all outside traffic will come in at the same rate on the same pipe. While their proprietary services are on their intranet and not subject to same rules.

    For example: Go90 will not be under the same rules as Netflix, Hulu, or YouTube. Verizon will not have to cap Go90 will not charge data rates for this service. But Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube cannot buy priority access. Over time the external streaming service will degrade and customers will start turning to Go90.

    I know its not a popular view but when you make everyone the equal, the services that produce most of the consumed content is punished. So the viewers are also punished.

  6. If what you're saying is true why would Hulu and Netflix fight it so much? It wouldn't affect them at all.

    You're thinking in a purely technical way. Cable companies have a legal loophole. If an ISP can identify content as coming from a single source, even through its coming through AWS based CDN's they can still filter it. Its still the same codecs and software coming from the same set servers. Net Neutrality allow you to classify that a one source and put a cap on its bandwidth.

    Net Neutrality can become a cable provider's dream come true. Setup your switches to filter sources and downgrade their performance. Then push your service as not having these limitations.

    Hear some reading that may help:
    - The Sad Reality Of Net Neutrality
    - Group finds 5 main flaws with proposed Net Neutrality rules

    AT&T's Hank Hultquist openly mocked these groups' knowledge of such issues in August, calling them the "Church of Extreme Net Neutrality," who preach the "old time religion of the dumb network" without taking all facts into consideration.

  7. AT&T has a lot to profit from in Net Neutralit on AT&T Pretends To Love Net Neutrality, Joins Tomorrow's Protest With A Straight Face (techdirt.com) · · Score: 0

    What most people don't realize is that Net Neutrality is a forced equality. That means Hulu and Netflix will be streamed at the same rate as everything else. Right now their Uverse internet service has to give Hulu and Netflix priority because their customers demand it. When Net Neutrality goes into effect Hulu and Netflix will be downgraded to match, or equal, the same service level as everything else.

    Customers can't complain because its now the law. But of course AT&T is a VOD, cable, and satellite service you can subscribe to. You AT&T service would not be effected by Net Neutrality since those are not on the internet, Net Neutrality, like almost any new law, takes power away from the individual.

  8. Government owned entities are the biggest culprits on Only 100 Companies Are Responsible For 71 Percent of Global Emissions, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Just look at the Top 10:
    1. China (Coal) - 14.3%
    2. Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) - 4.5%
    3. Gazprom OAO (owned by Russia) - 3.9%
    4. National Iranian Oil Co - 2.3%
    5. ExxonMobil Corp - 2.0%
    6. Coal India - 1.9%
    7. Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex - owned by Mexico) - 1.9%
    8. Russia (Coal) - 1.9%
    9. Royal Dutch Shell PLC - 1.7%
    10. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) - 1.6%

    For consistency why isn't these countries pursues with same venom and vitriol as Exxon and Shell? Exxon, Shell, and all privately held companies are held to much higher environmental standard then anyone of these state owned companies.

  9. Re:Excuses on Trump Administration Officially Delays 'Startup Visa' Rule (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The ones that come to mind are:
    • Encourage citizenship
    • Keep money in the US
    • Stop the loophole that prevents the US from taxing foreign nationals
  10. Daily Caller cites an article from Bloomberg.

    Trump told a friend in the last few weeks that he still considers the merger to be a bad deal, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the conversation was private.

    The basis of article is an anonymous source. I can't belive anything an unknown source say in these times of 'fake news'. I need solid facts.

  11. They were called 'The Discovery Channel' and 'PBS.' Both were created to be an education only networks, The Discovery Channel as a pure educational cable network that dis just documentaries. However after teh first 2 years it was no where near profitable. So it it got spun off into a commercial entity showing primarilly reality television series, such as speculative investigation. Then it started making a ton of money. PBS went political, the cable networks came, and finally YouTube stole most of their audience. PBS is barely holding on with life support..

  12. Effects on overall speed? on OpenBSD Will Get Unique Kernels On Each Reboot (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The rebuilding process shouldn't be that long. Especially if most of the modules are (mostly) precompiled. But with the random order that things will be re-compiled, will a bad order effect the overall performance of the system?

  13. Re:Allwinner. Nope. on Raspberry Pi's Smaller, Cheaper Rival: NanoPi Neo Plus2 Weighs in at $25 (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Linux kernel is a custom version with no source available.

    Huh?

    The post was very self explanatory. They compile the kernel internally and drivers are all closed source. So yes the source for Debian and Ubuntu code is free (as in beer) but you will not be able to compile them and get the system running without the proprietary code. At best without the proprietary code you'll just be able to get a command line.

    There has been very little support on these boards in the past beyond the community. So updates are slow and sporadic.

  14. Its not exactly an apples to apples comparison but I found this:

    http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6850K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-1800X/3606vs3916

  15. I read through. Its a handful of options such some processor space specific for biometrics recognition so the software isn't involved. Also there it chunck out the memory into slices. If a check bit is not set right on the slice its assumes something wrote directly to memory and throws and error to the OS.

    I agree, hardware security is only as good as the software that is using it. It also takes away processing power from my core operations: Emulating the NES version of the Legend of Zelda at 240 frames/second.

  16. Sure we'll do that if... on India Presses Microsoft For Windows Discount in Wake of Cyber Attacks (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure we'll do that if give us a 20 year tax break on building new manufacturing facilities. Someone has to build all the wireless keyboards, mice, and Clippy Amiibos for the next Smash Bros. game.

    I see you may need help doing that hadouken..

  17. Re:It makes sense... on Wall Street Journal To Cut Back Print Outside the US (ft.com) · · Score: 2

    I thought they did regional print on demand to avoid the high shipping costs.

  18. Dual processors like this are a bad idea on Samsung Begins Production For Its First Internet of Things-optimised Exynos Processor (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    With the two processors running separate OS's one can be hijacked and run malware or worse without the other processor even knowing. Didn't they learn anything from Intel?

  19. Coming soon: a high speed intranet that makes Google Glasses actually work... at an decent price. Alexis, map out the closest taco stand.

  20. Don;t believe anonymous sources on Tim Cook Told Trump Tech Employees Are 'Nervous' About Immigration (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There are some many 'anonymous sources' in the news today you don't know what to believe. When I see those words I automatically think 'fake news'. If it true just come and say it.

    BTW: An anonymous source says that /. is about to make me their CEO.

  21. Pump and Dump on NYTimes: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment. (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This kind of jump, especially against an well established currency sounds like a Soros-esce pump and dump scheme. The idea is simple:

    * Buy a bunch of currency which drives the cost of buying more currency up with another currency or precious metals
    * When the currency hits its peak sell off all of your stock of said currency
    * When the currency crashes buy back your stock back for pennies on the dollar or what every your currency's equivalent is.
    * Rinse and repeat until you become an enemy of the state

    Give it 6 months and you'll see a huge crash and then it will normalize at about 1/3 of its current value. After that look for gradual but steady increase in price.

  22. Stop China, India and the Russian Federation on Ethiopia's Coffee Is the Latest Victim of Climate Change (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    These are largest polluters in the world per acre and have almost environmental guide lines. At least none that readily enforced. They are largest reason for this tragedy.

  23. Re:Second that on Apple Issues $1 Billion Green Bond After Trump's Paris Climate Exit (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    The idea of the accord is good: use renewable energy. The implementation of not applying the same standard to all members of the accord was what is wrong. The standards are based at specific point in time, China, India, and Russia come to mind. Their economies have since picked and so has their pollution output. There was no solid way to re-assess a country's progress/regress.

    Also detestable dictatorships were getting million from rich countries to pay for 'green credits.' I don;t like the idea of paying people to think about planting tree while they use our money to oppress their people.

    If a private company is willing to fund green energy without paying a dictatorship to harm their own people I'm all for it. I'm just tired of the US, one of the cleanest countries, funding countries that are not even trying to reduce pollution.

  24. Sounds like my meds on Moderate Drinking Can Damage the Brain, Claim Researchers (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm on an anti-seizure medication and it has the same warnings. And its made explicitly treat my condition with minimum damaging affects on my brain. I would imagine something brewed with little to no consideration on the long term implications would have a worse effect, We just have to admit that everything we take into our bodies have both positive and negative effects. We just have to be responsible for what we consume and how much.

  25. The Germans already have on US Space Firms Tell Washington: China Will Take Over the Moon if You're Not Careful (yahoo.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Haven't you seen the documentary called Iron Sky?