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  1. Barcode only (no human readable number) and prohibition of cameras from anyone working the polls should be enough.

    Also, UUID over serial number.

  2. Now we risk losing anonymity.

    You can make it harder to track who (UUID not a serial number for example), but someone at the polling place could on the sly track the last four digits to people, and since the ballots are tracked by place, you'd likely be able to uniquely identifiy every vote.

  3. If you lend someone $250 and they start avoiding you to pay you back, it was money well spent.

    My grandfather used to say that.

  4. How much does windows really cost on a computer?

  5. Re:does broadcast-only include people with interne on Antenna Sales Are Rising, In Another Sign of Churn In TV Watching (startribune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd bet a lot of sports too.

    Since (non basketball) sports are usually on broadcast, and have lower time shift value than other content. Other stuff you can be on the Netflix schedule with your peer group, or Hulu and only be a day behind for a lot of stuff.

  6. Re:Whatever on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought it was an intentional attempt to make the language more phonetic.

  7. Re:I have an AI at home, too on Google Just Put an AI in Charge of Keeping Its Data Centers Cool (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume that's exactly what they did.

    If some areas could be a couple degrees warmer ambient, and it doesn't mess up any of the internal sensors heat, the AI let is slide.

    It can be response to subtle changes in a way that a person or traditional temperature settings couldn't be.

    Additionally, it can likely move the physical location of cloud things predicatively in a way that would be hard for humans (I assume this counts as part of temperature control), or maybe keep an area with more things running if if means another area can use air cooling only.

  8. Re:Costs to NYUTuition on NYU Offers Full-Tuition Scholarships for All Medical Students (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    If Harvard simply kept their endowment in an index fund, the increased growth vs their current management of the endowment would be enough to cover all tuition and protect for inflation.

  9. Re:Don't DL anything until the user scrolls to it on Built-in Lazy Loading Lands in Google Chrome Canary (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Infinite scrolling sounds like a more accurate description of the disaster I'm thinking of.

    Except it's short bursts of very finite scrolling. They really just need to load the 500 or so various clearance items, and let me shop.

  10. I loved my lightgun.

    Playing house of the dead at home was awesome sauce

  11. Re:Percentage errors on Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I go to a festival, they search every bag for liquid, with I don't know what kind of a failure rate, but it's more than 1% of the bags of wine wrapped in towels that get through.

    With this system, they can more thoroughly search 1% of the bags, and only have 1% get through.

    Seems like it could be useful to me.

  12. Re:They forgot..... on Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    I used to pack my shampoo in the top of my garment back where it was surrounded by a dozen or so hangers.

    Never had an issue.

  13. Are you sure you're not in a best use area for assessments?

  14. Re: Cmon life on Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Driving is my biggest.

    I consider there to be 2 types of cravings.

    Social, and triggered.

    The social ones I need to willpower (vaping does nothing for them), but the strong ones are well helped by a good vape.

    Coffee, and driving are my 2 major triggers. As is a need for a 10 minute break at work.

    I used to chain on my way to work, 2-3 on a 15 minute drive.

  15. Re: Cmon life on Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There is no way I could go six months without coffee and alcohol.

    Well done!

  16. Re: Cmon life on Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's my plan.

    I'm not sure it will work entirely.

    Smoking definitely had a couple of components to the addiction, nicotine probably being about middle in them.

    Vaping has broken the connection of nicotine to smoking, but I still crave smokes every now and again. Vaping covers the triggered cravings, but not the social ones.

    I'm down from a pack a day to a pack a week though

  17. Re:Don't DL anything until the user scrolls to it on Built-in Lazy Loading Lands in Google Chrome Canary (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It's for items lazy loading.

    Instead of paying through items, I get a couple dozen every time I approach the bottom.

    I can evaluate a couple dozen clearance suits, or shoes, or jackets, or whatever in far less time than it takes to load.

    And when I hit back and need to reload the couple hundred I've scrolled though (25 at a time), it is painful.

    I'm sure a lot of it is bad developers, but will the Chrome method fix that?

  18. Re: Cmon life on Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    A lot of vapors seem to think it's "completely safe", and the ways that it isn't completely safe are not understood.

    I never assumed it was, and tell people it's a lot safer. I assume that inhaling 400 (f) air is likely to cause subtle harm. I'm also not certain that a coating of oily solvent type stuff is good for the lungs.

    Still, I smell better, save massive amounts of money, am likely healthier, and have cut my nicotine consumption by about 90%, I assume I'll be quit in a few more months and save even more money.

  19. Re:Don't DL anything until the user scrolls to it on Built-in Lazy Loading Lands in Google Chrome Canary (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oh, that is the worst!

    instead of one time waiting a little longer, not when I scroll it stops every couple of seconds.

    I HATE it when sites do that.

    Especially if it's a shopping site, I can scroll quite quick deciding what I want to buy or not, and whenever I hit back after adding to cart, the place is lost.

  20. Re:Gee, can't imagine why... on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When the minimum wage was 50% higher?
    Sure, college loans caused some problems, but capitalism has lead to a significant reduction in entry level pay too.

  21. Didn't it show early promise, but not work?

  22. Re:Rolling blackouts can fix it. on Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass Blackouts Someday (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Would you call a grid with rolling blackouts stable?

    I'd think stable means I can reliably get power off of it at a voltage close to what is expected.

  23. Re:just the faxes, ma'am on Malicious Faxes Leave Firms 'Open' To Cyber-Attack (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure,

    but would you really say fax is safer because it's harder to legally snoop on?

    Also, there's a decent chance if I fax something, it's going to be converted to e-mail anyway (I'd bet well over 50%).

  24. Re:just the faxes, ma'am on Malicious Faxes Leave Firms 'Open' To Cyber-Attack (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, people don't want to e-mail sensitive information, but have no concerns faxing it.

  25. Re:More applicants than jobs on Artificial Intelligence is Coming for Hiring, and It Might Not Be That Bad (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Under Trump, or since 2013?