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  1. New application... on EU Commissioner Says No to Bill Gates' Robot Tax Idea (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The European Commissioner in charge of the Digital Single Market
    Can be replaced by a robot.

  2. Action is required on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The countries that are doing something about climate change should implement trade sanctions against the USA.

  3. Travel sites are useful on Hotels Now See Online Travel Sites as Rivals (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I use the travel site to find the best room and rate.
    Then I call the hotel directly to book usually at a better rate.

  4. Re:Let the filling of the Feeding Trough begin on Trump is Launching a New Tech Group To 'Transform and Modernize' the US Govt (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    So it just could be that Trump has cloudy judgement.

  5. The obvious flaw in their plan on Car Thieves Arrested After Using Laptop and Malware To Steal More Than 30 Jeeps (abc13.com) · · Score: 1

    Trying to make a getaway driving 15 cars each.

  6. There is a solution to Microsoft Kernel control: on All Windows 10 Kernel Mode Drivers Must Be Digitally Signed By Microsoft (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1
  7. Would you like to play Global Thermonuclear War?

  8. I'm more into streaming talk.... on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    CBC Radio One

  9. Re:Nothing new on Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk · · Score: 1

    They would only float in TEST mode.

  10. Parking Break

  11. They will have a new interface soon on 20-Yr-Old Compaq Laptop Is Still Crucial to Maintaining McLaren's Multi-Million Dollar Cars (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    The laptops will be automatically upgraded to Windows 10 shortly.

  12. Just one Idea on Google Search Will Soon Include Live TV Listings (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Could Google export results for loading with xmltv?

  13. Let me get this straight... on Rogue Source Code Repos Can Compromise Mac Security Due To Old Git Version (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that if your hardware vendor has a deity level above root then that is a bad thing?

  14. Re:Handwriting for security on Slashdot Asks: Do You Prefer To Handwrite or Type Notes? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    No. I just write programming specifications. By hand for security.

  15. Handwriting for security on Slashdot Asks: Do You Prefer To Handwrite or Type Notes? (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cursive writing is so unreadable it is better than encryption.

  16. It is inevitable on Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Someone will forget to charge their phone when parked in the desert.

  17. Re:Customer support? on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows supports customers?

    Do you have an example?

    It downloads the next version for the customer when they forget to ask for it.

  18. Apple should just move on New Legislation Would Ban US Government From Purchasing Apple Products (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Close all offices and manufacturing in the US and go. The US does not need all those jobs and taxes.

  19. Note to content providers: on Netflix's Doomed Battle Against VPNs Begins (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let me pay to have your product streamed into Canada. Otherwise I will just get the shows free by other means.

  20. Re:Shouldn't these things ... on The Bizarre Reactor Scientists Hope Will Save Fusion Research (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    That would be an acceptable replacement for my VW Clean Diesel.

  21. There are also proprietary languages on The Most Important Obscure Languages? · · Score: 1

    There are also proprietary languages such as OpenEdge ABL (Advanced Business Language)

  22. It will be taken down by a DMCA request. on Pixar's Universal Scene Description To Be Open-Sourced · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pixar is too close to Pixels.

  23. Thanks for posting this on Holographic Principle Could Apply To Our Universe · · Score: 1

    I feel much thinner now!

  24. Not what I am looing for in a watch on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 0

    They lost me at 18 hour battery life.

  25. Re:SWATting... Swatting? Who knows... on UK Suspect Arrested In Connection With PSN/XBL 'Lizard Squad' Attacks · · Score: 3, Informative