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  1. Re:trumpet winsock:win95:cygwin bash:win10 on New Windows 10 Preview For PCs With Bash, Cross-Device Cortana Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What about PowerShell?

    That was pretty reasonable.

  2. Re: Alternate hypothesis on Tech Firms Have An Obsession With 'Female' Digital Servants (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I was going to say this too.

    Why muck up a valid issue (adoption services when googling abortion ones) with a non issue that almost certainly has to do with response of people.

  3. Also, I think they should be able to side channel certs over mobile, for at least as much security as SSL.

    That wouldn't work for laptops, but would for phones.

    Another way would be to allow the cert to be checked post authentication over the internet, you could use SSL to check the cert, and see if it's properly signed or was a MITM (I assume this would work because you can't (in theory) MITM SSL). There's no reason the initial connection needs to be secure, it can be open, and then verified before it is trusted and used past authentication (this would require internet WiFi, and not LAN only).

    It surprises me that it hasn't been developed, as companies that are setting up mobile hotspots have a vested interest in this I'd think (and Xfinity is hardly a small corp).

  4. Re: Just like open networks? on MIT Demos Wi-Fi That's So High-Tech It Doesn't Need a Password (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    Security, you encrypt the connections and don't allow clients to talk.

  5. I've always wondered why I can't to passwordless, but encrypted Wi-Fi.

    I can do it with a credit card.

    It shouldn't be that hard to do, at least for phones where you can side channel a trusted cert over mobile do avoid MITM.

  6. Re:can someone give the TL;DR on Zero-Rating Harms Poor People, Public Interest Groups Tell FCC (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I'm saying that carriers shouldn't define the internet, especially in the wired world where much of the country has zero competition.

    Xfinity 0rating their own content doesn't just hurt poor people, it hurts everyone, it hurts poor people more though (according to this article that I didn't read) I was responding to the assumption you made that progressives believe 0rating deals should be illegal.

    Should Xfinity be allowed to 0rate their own content, give me a 250GB cap (which they've done, but don't enforce right now), giving me free access to their video service if I buy it, but making others very expensive?

    I'd argue that they shouldn't be allowed to do that.

    I'm simply saying that Progressives don't think 0rating should be illegal in my observation, simply that it should be done in a way that doesn't give one company advantages over others.

    Are you saying that Xfinity should be able to set arbitrarily low caps, then not apply it to their other business offerings, to gut their competition when there is literally no other option (due to laws and ordinances they've purchased)?

    Discriminatory 0rating hurts everybody (except for perhaps incumbent businesses), and that is why progressives are against that.

  7. Re:can someone give the TL;DR on Zero-Rating Harms Poor People, Public Interest Groups Tell FCC (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, I think the idea is that we think Xfinity shoudn't be allowed to 0rate xfinity on demand while not allowing Netflix to do a similar deal (or Hulu, or YouTue etc).

    There's a lot less pushback (that seems a lot sillier) to a company such as Tmobile allowing any company to get 0rated data if they meet certain criteria.

    Xfinity 0rating their own content allows them to severely cripple Netflix et al.

  8. Re: Huh? Was there a smartwatch bubble to begin wi on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I want that much battery in the smaller (and I'd want thinner) model.

    I'm willing to do $250 rather than $150, but $399 is too much, especially when adding the nicer bezel and band gets it up to $450ish.

    It looks like the early gen ones were crappy enough that that won't necissarily be happening though :/

  9. Re: Huh? Was there a smartwatch bubble to begin wi on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    13% (marijuana), which is significant, and high in the raw numbers (15-25 million is a pretty big market, if we assume watches have the same penetration).

    As for cheaper fashion watches that are smart, one of the issues is that much of the "style" part of a smartwatch is simple a download, yeah, there's a little bit to customize, but essentially, a ring or a square of metal, and a band, not too much there.

    I don't know how you're going to sell them annually once tey get good enough.

    Note: I get the smartwatch thing, just like I did tablets. I WANT one. and like tablets, I have a set of criteria.

    Tablets I wanted retina(ish) display, fast enough, and under $200, as son as a nexus 7 v2 refurb was available for $150, I got one.

    for smartwatch, I was 36 hours battery (for an honest 24), about half the thickness of the current ones (maybe 3/4), a very good black, and the size of the smaller ones now.

    Basically a thinner current gen of the smaller moto 360 with 25-50% more battery for
    $250, if companies keep trying, it'll be there soon.

    effective fitness tracking would be nice too (the non fitness oriented ones don't really do a good job in reviews).

  10. Also at 70+ a barrel, Canadian tar sands start to get profitable.

    The last time prices shot up those operations really got going. They're shut down now, but they'll be quicker to get going again.

    The Canadian reserves put a top on the price.

  11. Re:16GB storage on Apple Unveils Smaller iPhone SE, Starting At $399 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I keep all of mine in the cloud, but have a fairly large playlist downloaded at all times I can just shuffle.

    I have unlimited data, so usually I create "radio" stations, but like to have access to something without reception.

  12. Re:16GB storage on Apple Unveils Smaller iPhone SE, Starting At $399 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Really?

    I don't have an iPhone, but I made sure to get 64Gb when I last purchased.

    I don't like clearing photos off my phone, and I like to download a lot of podcasts and pre-download some music.

    32 sort of works, but it starts to run out after a year or so, 64 gets me two years or so.

    My 16GB only has 5 free, but I don't think I'll need to put much more on it, but I would much have prefered to pay $100 more fo 64GB and give up the SD card (making the phone $250).

  13. Re:16GB storage on Apple Unveils Smaller iPhone SE, Starting At $399 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a BLU Studio Engery 2, I LOVE it.

    $160 including the SIM adapter and 64GB SD card.

    It really lasts all day, and is smaller than almost every Android device with acceptable speed and display.

    It lacks things my previous phone had (now broken motox 2014), but over-all I'm happier with it, getting an honest 20 hours of heavy use.

  14. Re: What about pedestrians? on MIT Study Shows Stop Lights Won't Be Necessary In The Future (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure the car that can handle slipping through cross traffic can handle stopping at a stop sign and checking for pedestrians.

    If anything, you won't be able to rolling stop.

  15. Re: What about pedestrians? on MIT Study Shows Stop Lights Won't Be Necessary In The Future (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Most neighborhoods aren't littered with stoplights now, so I'm not convinced theyd need to be littered with brushes.

  16. Re: Just to be clear .... on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Call it a trade secret.

  17. Re: Just to be clear .... on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Pillow over the head is a terrible way to kill someone, trust me.

    It'd be appropriate, because he's a fan of violent action fantasy, but onlikely to be even slightly relevant to his death.

  18. Wait so on A New Reality For IT: the 18-Month Org Chart · · Score: 1

    Is this companies realizing investing in their employees is the best long term plan for a good and cost effective workforce?

  19. Re:Have you tried asking them? on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Shelved OSS Project Fixes? · · Score: 1

    I think OP meant they would had had to anyway, as in they were planning on it, so why not just do it.

  20. Re:Enforcement of GPL is a gain on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
      services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
      of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
      Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
      Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the linux
      kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.

    Maybe the court sees it that way, maybe not. Only one way to find out, and we shall soon I suspect.

  21. Re:Enforcement of GPL is a gain on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    The general (not unanimous, and untested in courts) opinion is a binary linked to GPL code is required to adhere to the license.

    This isn't bundling a stand alone binary, it is a binary linked to the Kernel.

  22. Re:No winners here. on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you can run a script, as long as it compiles from source and says the license.

    You can't distribute as a binary compiled against the kernel.

  23. Re:So not only are they scumbags, but... on Uber Losing $1 Billion a Year In China (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Good thing there's Lyft...

  24. Re:What's holocaust? on Auschwitz Museum Releases Software To Rewrite Holocaust Nomenclature (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Hitler wasn't elected to president, is supporters forced him to be appointed Chancellor, and then increased the Chancellor's power.

    Hindenburg won the run-off, the Nazi's did win a plurality in parliament while government still functioned.

  25. Re:Cuban Cars on Preserving Cuba's Classic Cars (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I meant less classic due to age (79 vs 50s or 60s).

    I don't have it anymore, I needed a part that was going to take too long to get (a random hose for the power stearing), overall it treated me really well though. It was super low mileage (old lady death car under 200k when I sold it), and the AC didn't work, but I was never sidelined by it, I did all the preventative maintenance though.