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  1. Re:But wait, there's more! on Amazon Moves "Buy Now" Into the Physical World, With the Dash Button · · Score: 1

    You just know that people with no kids would buy that too, just so that they could re-enact launching a missile every time the kitchen towels were running low.

  2. Re:Would like it if I could pick the product on Amazon Moves "Buy Now" Into the Physical World, With the Dash Button · · Score: 1

    The same-day Amazon Fresh service seems to have such thing (I found it when searching to see if this new product was a joke).

    https://fresh.amazon.com/dash/

  3. Re:Important information for TV producers on A Critical Look At CSI: Cyber · · Score: 1

    They only use the keyboard, even when opening, moving and resizing windows in a GUI environment.

    You mean like Alt-Space M or Alt-Space S in Windows?

  4. Re:Classic Case on Technology's Legacy: the 'Loser Edit' Awaits Us All · · Score: 1

    I searched for "confirmation bias is false" and got lots of hits. so what's your point?

  5. Re:Videos for future moments on Ask Slashdot: Terminally Ill - What Wisdom Should I Pass On To My Geek Daughter? · · Score: 1

    Yes, my wife mentioned reading about a similar situation recently. This must be it

    http://m.startribune.com/lifes...

    You can't really know who that person will become in future years well enough leave a meaningful message. Better to just create some good memories now.

  6. Re:It's a vast field.... on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    In this case state that you only accept applications encrypted to your public key.

  7. Re:Download from the source on How To Hijack Your Own Windows System With Bundled Downloads · · Score: 1

    For a while, at least, the installer from winscp.net included an installer for other bundled software.

  8. Re:what would be useful on Google Announces Image Recognition Advance · · Score: 1

    findimagedupes builds a database of fingerprints (basically a scaled-down monochrome image) and can call an external program with the matching duplicates. You could read the resolution in the external script using jhead or exiftool.

  9. Re:Nice, but seems we could have better. on Researchers Develop $60 Sonar Watch To Aid the Visually Impaired · · Score: 1

    Yes, I first heard of similar devices decades ago. Back in the 70s, I think, there were handheld units and I remember seeing a sonar system built into spectacle frames (I don't know if it was a practical design, not sure how it was powered).

    I think that the story here is that it's cheap and built into a watch, although I'd have thought that a handheld device would still be better for aiming as well as battery life.

  10. Re:oh boy! on Tech Recruiters Defend 'Blacklists,' Lack of Feedback, Screening Techniques · · Score: 5, Funny

    For example, pretending to not discriminate on age by asking precisely selected interview questions.

    "Reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention. Now, imagine you see some children on your lawn. What's your reaction?"

  11. Re:Um on Charity Promotes Covert Surveillance App For Suicide Prevention · · Score: 1

    It depends on how the app works.

    Does it work like an old-style program that performs some computation and does something, or is it a 'cloud'-based app, i.e. it sends all the raw data off to some server somewhere?

    Given that it is said to send an email instead of just display a notification, I suspect the latter, in which case you're sending those potentially 'followers only' tweets off to a third party.

  12. Re: Idiotic premise on We Need Distributed Social Networks More Than Ello · · Score: 1

    I could totally see it being coupled with email accounts

    Yes, if either via a separate program or as part of an existing service, everyone had a personal mailing list, the 'social network' aspects would be separated from the transportation method. You would 'follow' someone by sending them a subscribe message (or your app would do it when you clicked a button).

    A reader could display a digest of all such mails from the people you follow (maybe sorted by tags added to headers).

    Someone without any specialized program could still subscribe and get your mails. Conversely a webmail service like GMail could dress it up to look G+, where someone replying to one of your messages would appear as 'posting on your page'.

    The initial draw of a social network is the ease of broadcasting your (possibly inane) thoughts to everyone who wants to hear from you. You don't do that to everyone in your contact list because they've not signed up to know what you had for breakfast. A way of collecting a willing audience is all that's needed.

  13. Re:and speed was never the point of dropbox on BitTorrent Performance Test: Sync Is Faster Than Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox · · Score: 1

    And all the others were uploading an online copy too, so this isn't a like-for-like comparison (I think that DropBox, at least, supports direct local network copying but would probably be making the online backup at the same time).

  14. Re:More changes I don't want ... on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 3, Informative

    It wasn't threading, it was displaying a thread as one scrollable page that was the innovation. I'd not seen a newsreader or mail client that did that before. Combined with collapsing of quoted text (which was an old idea, I think it was in Eudora or Xnews or something, at least), it's an easier way to read through a thread, removing one level of navigation (paging through messages merged with scrolling down a single message).

  15. Re:Safe deposit box on Ask Slashdot: What To Do After Digitizing VHS Tapes? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You should consider creating par2 parity files, which can repair as well as detect corrupt files.

  16. Re:Just one detail they've overlooked on Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses · · Score: 1

    Garmin GPS units have been showing ads for years. It used to be a small message on the search screen or something, but I read that the newer ones display on the screen when they sense that you're stopped (e.g. at lights). So when upgrading I switched to another brand, despite being a fan or Garmin.

  17. Turn targeted ads to your advantage on Opting Out of Big Data Snooping: Harder Than It Looks · · Score: 1

    At the start of every day, go to amazon and Google and search for lingerie (or appropriate underwear for your gender of choice).

    All day long, web pages you visit will be filled with pleasing images.

  18. Re:System requirements on Anonymous' Airchat Aim: Communication Without Need For Phone Or Internet · · Score: 1

    People are comparing this to packet radio. Well, the first software I used for internet access was ka9q, originally for HAM use. And it ran on DOS. So there's no need to feel left out.

  19. Re:QWERTY Keyboard on This 1981 BYTE Magazine Cover Explains Why We're So Bad At Tech Predictions · · Score: 1

    There were some with a full set of calculator keys which included a stylus clipped to the strap.

    Also there was the PalmOS Fossil watch (a stylus, but no keyboard).

  20. Re:So If I Drop My Phone on Google Project Ara Design Will Use Electro-Permanent Magnets To Lock In Modules · · Score: 1

    Only if you don't opt for the airbag or parachute modules.

  21. Serious omission on USB Reversable Cable Images Emerge · · Score: 1

    Just as with the lightning connector, they make a big point that the plug is reversible but NO mention of whether the socket can be used either way around!

  22. Re:other suggestions? on Canonical Shutting Down Ubuntu One File Services · · Score: 1

    And it has versioning via the website. You can see all recent activity, revert to old versions and undo deletions.

  23. Re:England != UK on UK Bans Sending Books To Prisoners · · Score: 1

    Helpful diagram

  24. You first on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 0

    An anonymous reader writes "Whenever I install a fresh operating system on my computer, I immediately grab a handful of programs that I simply must have.

    And yet won't tell us what they are?

  25. Re:Ya think, Zuck? on Facebook Estimates Around 10% of Accounts Are Fake · · Score: 1

    due to FB's policies, legitimate users feel compelled to put in fake names, birthdates, locations, schools, employers, etc.

    Or in fact not put most of those in at all. Facebook is still trying to guess which continent I live on (it occasionally asks if I live in cities related to my friends list). I haven't given any info about education, work or interests (although I'm sure there's a big profile on what interests me based on what I click on).