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  1. Re:Personally I don't care on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And? Good work ignoring 2/3 of my post.

  2. Re:More make-work, less productivity on Wondering Why Your Internal .dev Web App Has Stopped Working? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No it's not. This isn't task based.

    Not doing it, and doing it correct is both fast and easy. If it's not then *you* are doing it wrong. But that was clear when you mentioned managing expiring certificates on your own dev server. Why would you set an onerous expiry date on a certificate used for internal development?

    when it isn't necessary. But I repeat myself.

    Yes you do, but simply saying something doesn't make it so.

  3. Re:How about this... Forget the Tatto on An Unconscious Patient With a 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' Tattoo (nejm.org) · · Score: 1

    You wildly over-estimate how long it typically takes to recuss someone and how long it takes to legally confirm someone's wishes.

  4. Re:They need to start prosecuting these fuckers on 'Bomb on Board' Wi-Fi Network Causes Turkish Airlines Flight To Be Diverted (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Second, they need to start prosecuting these morons that cause flights to be diverted

    You mean the pilots, crew, and panicing stupid passengers?

  5. Re:Does it mean that probably there were no hacker on High Sierra Root Login Bug Was Mentioned on Apple's Support Forums Two Weeks Ago (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    Hackers doing what? Pretty much all random hackers are script kiddies attacking common services. If you have an internet facing machine chances are they are going to try SMB authentication, check if you have wordpress running, and check if you have SSH running. If they are going to try remote access they'll use Windows RDP.

    Why target a MacOS system specifically? The only thing you'll achieve is rule out 94% of desktop targets and 100% of server targets.

  6. Re:It's the most obvious thing on High Sierra Root Login Bug Was Mentioned on Apple's Support Forums Two Weeks Ago (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    Daily? I used to get them minutely. Actually I got default admin credentials tested on all my internet facing services. Even when using fail2ban to implement temporary blocking measures (e.g. 5 min after 3 failed attempts) that didn't dissuade anyone.

    Heck I got constant connection attempts even when set to certificate only. I had to change the damn port, to get them to slow down.

  7. Re:How about this... Forget the Tatto on An Unconscious Patient With a 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' Tattoo (nejm.org) · · Score: 1

    Instead of putting DNR on your chest... Why not provide the contact information of somebody who understands your medical history, your wishes, has a copy of your living will properly executed and has a valid medical power of attorney?

    Because that would also be ignored. Or do you think people who violated clearly spelled out and signed DNR are going to bother instead to attempt to contact some dude on the phone while you're flat-lining?

  8. Re:More make-work, less productivity on Wondering Why Your Internal .dev Web App Has Stopped Working? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    bullshit and the fragility of having certificates up to date

    If it actually is bullshit and fragility then you're doing it wrong. Especially considering this is your controlled machines on an internal network you're doing it VERY WRONG.

  9. Re:Fuck off with this security bullshit. on Wondering Why Your Internal .dev Web App Has Stopped Working? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    So on behalf of all the developers at my company, fuck you Google. Keep it up

    On behalf of all the developers outside your company, great work Google. Keep it up.

    Nanny states develop in an attempt to shield idiots from themselves. If you were affected by this there's a good chance you're part of the problem.

  10. Pretty much why Chrome on Android is a separate app too.

    Or maybe Chrome on Android is a separate app because ... you know ... it's a web browser which qualifies as being a separate app and doesn't have anything to do with the core OS. There's pretty much no reason to build a browser into your core OS unless you're Microsoft ala "trust us it's too complicated to remove and we didn't put it in for anti-competitive reasons" or Apple ala "fuck you all, all your browsers are nothing more than skins and must use our rendering engine".

  11. Re:Getting pretty decent for road trips. on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    300 miles at 80MPH is under four hours.

    Precisely.

    Do you seriously think most people cannot drive for four hours straight? That is nothing.

    Here, hold my beer while I do stupid shit. What I think is irrelevant. Driving skill and reaction time IS significantly impaired after between 1.5h to 2h of continuous driving. No agency in the world be it health, transport or road safety recommends driving for more than 2h without a break. Most company policies from large companies do not allow employees to drive for 2h without a break.

    I am fully alert after ten hours driving, much less four...

    Yeah, I'm also fully alert and fine driving after drinking half a litre of vodka because just like 95% of males and 90% of females who ever filled out a survey on it, I'm a far better driver than everyone else and the averages and studies do not apply to me.

    Mind you if you're ever driving for more than 4 hours in the EU for business without at least a 45min break your company can face quite a huge fine, not to mention if they don't have a fatigue policy for driving longer than 2 hours they are opening a can of legal worms.

    But don't worry man you and I are 2 of a kind. We are awesome! We're better than everyone.
    The difference is one of us is facetious and the other is a dangerous idiot who doesn't know when he's impaired.

  12. Re:the collision would have vapourised them on Bacteria Found On ISS May Be Alien In Origin, Says Cosmonaut (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why? We know of bacteria that lives in methane environments, at extreme cold, extreme heat, extremely acidic environments. We know of things extremely hard and extremely soft, and combine all that with bacteria being extremely small and thus having extremely low inertia the question of whether or not an extremeophile can survive hitting a windscreen isn't anywhere near as interesting as how it got there in the first place.

  13. Re: and the IRS jail you for cheating on your taxe on Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Transactions paid in kind are exempt, but they stop being paid in kind if the transaction from one currency to another and then back results in a net gain or loss.

  14. Re:Personally I don't care on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And if he did he wouldn't have a problem either given the proliferation of charging stations you willfully ignore.

    And even if they were there he may be like me, someone who frequently visits sandy islands but owns a small hatchback. I don't dictate my life by odd events, that is what hired cars are for.

  15. Re:34 million of them are currently updating on Windows 10 Now on 600 Million Active Devices (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    34 million people changed the default settings which were to update in the evening and not in the middle of the day to something that disrupts them, and then don't acknowledge the notification that the system gives them that it will happen and they have a chance to avoid it?

    Holy shit, man. Since we're over populated I think I found 34million dead weights we could eliminate. The CO2 savings alone make it worth while.

  16. Re:And they still haven't gotten a clue on Windows 10 Now on 600 Million Active Devices (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    And the most important thing to remember is that if people had the choice of installing Windows 7 on new machines, the Win10 numbers wouldn't even be THAT high.

    You're talking like a geek. What is actually important to remember is that people don't give a shit what OS is on their machine and will run with whatever works / what comes with their device.

  17. Re:Dubious Build Quality on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    but they keep having to bring them in for service once a month

    Wow, observer bias much? What did you read that in the Daily Mail which is repeating the article about one guy who breaks something every month and call it data?

    Tesla's reliability is generally considered well above average.

  18. Re:Getting pretty decent for road trips. on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    My 10 year old Clio gets 625miles out of the tank. But all of that is completely irrelevant since I never drive more than about 150miles without taking a break anyway.... even on really long roadtrips.

  19. Re:Getting pretty decent for road trips. on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    which per day would usually be composed of at least two 300 mile segments.

    NO! If you're doing 300 mile segments in one stretch you'd a danger to yourself, your family, and every other car on the road after about 150miles.

    Do whatever roadtrips you want, but unless you have a completely self driving car, don't pretend that this requirement is in any way sane.

  20. Re:Personally I don't care on EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't care what the range is, until there are charging stations everywhere

    That's because you are applying an unrealistic view to a technology you don't understand. You're like the people who insisted that the first cars come with buggy whip holsters.

    Charging stations? A close friend of mine who's been driving an EV now for 2 years has *NEVER* used one and couldn't give a shit how many there are, where they get built or how quickly his car would charge at them.

    That is the same opinion shared by very many EV owners, and it's also the opinion shared by the oil industry which is putting a shitload of research into figuring out how to not lose retail convenience shopping margins from their forecourts.

  21. Re:S'all good man on Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They are. Just like everything is anonymous until you tie a real identity to it. Do nothing but buy and sell bitcoins in bitcoins that you mined youself on websites with no identifying information about you and they'll never know who the bitcoins belong to.

  22. I personally wouldn't use the word "innovative" to describe that process.

    Because you're superficially looking at only the surface rather than the developments in each of those departments. Especially in the advertisement industry their department has effectively revolutionised the way that companies not only target adverts but also are able to trial advertising changes on target groups.

    There's a lot of very clever development going on behind the scenes, not the least of which is heavy development and innovation in the design of the systems that support their massive infrastructure. A lot of companies are looking to both Facebook and Google for datacentre design.

  23. Re:How fast is the ISS going? on Bacteria Found On ISS May Be Alien In Origin, Says Cosmonaut (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Funny

    They came to great us and we splattered them. Remember this date. The first strike in the war with the aliens was from us. #ashamedtobehuman #buglivesmatter

  24. Re:Why celebrate? on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    What is this television provider thing you're talking about and what does it have to do with the amount of 4K content available from Netflix, Youtube or this antiquated thing called Bluray.

    Was television some kind of a predecessor to all of these?

  25. Given that it is the only notable feature

    I'm not reading the rest of your comment beyond this as you have just made it clear that you know nothing about systemd much less the problems it set out to solve, how it goes about solving them, and the technical reasons for its very wide spread adoption.