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  1. Jefferson Lab Open Day May 19th on First Measurement of Distribution of Pressure Inside a Proton (phys.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you are in the Newport News, VA area on Saturday, the Jefferson Lab is having an open day from 9AM to 3PM. https://www.jlab.org/

    Also the press release from the lab itself about the Proton pressure QUARKS FEEL THE PRESSURE IN THE PROTON

  2. QANTAS not Quantas on Tesla Model X Breaks Electric Towing Record By Pulling Boeing 787 (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    It was originally an acronym, not a name. /rant

  3. Re:Linux is gay and so is Slashdort on Ask Slashdot: Is It Linux or GNU/Linux? (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is one of those pointless topics. like Mac versus PC.

    As opposed to the important topics such as vi vs (whatever that crappy other operating system is)

  4. I've already seen this documentary on AI Systems Should Debate Each Other To Prove Themselves, Says OpenAI (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
  5. It's a frickin helicopter* on Uber Shows Its Flying Car Prototype (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is no flying car, it's a glorified helicopter with some bits of an aircraft tacked on. A flying car this is not.

    ---

    *As opposed to a European helicopter (brought to you by hooked on phonics)

  6. Re:Nothing "new" here on New Service Blocks EU Users So Companies Can Save Thousands on GDPR Compliance (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    for good (privacy protection)

    Good is rather relative here: it's purpose here is evading privacy protection.

    It's not so much as evading privacy restrictions as locking out users for which privacy protections have been mandated.

    If anything you could use it as an indication to ether do or refuse to do business with a company based on what side of the GDPR fence you want to be.

  7. Agreed - so instead of talking about the "7M Gallons, the horror!"... let's talk about the environmental protection controls and oversight that are going to ensure that this operation is safe.

    Which brings us into the realm of the EPA - which these days is problematic to say the least.

  8. Just looked through the article - they estimate that ~40% of the water will be evaporated - with 60% going back. So that means this is only going to "drain" 2.8M Gallons per Day... and how much of that evaporated water will fall back into the lake as rain too?

    We simply can't have it both ways: we have to find some middle ground with manufacturing if we want the jobs. As long as they are using the natural resources responsibly and not polluting them or making a long-term impact... we need to allow them to do their thing.

    No industrial process is going to the 100% clean

    So the big question is what else goes back with the water?

  9. Excuse me .. It's *very honorable* hacking on North Korea Linked To Global Hacking Operation Against Critical Infrastructure, Telecoms (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    And not only that, I suspect that it is also bigly stable genius level hacking. After all, only the best people are doing it.

    Now excuse me while I go watch some TV^w^w^w read some Intelligence Documents on the subject.

  10. What, no "AI coding bootcamps" to drive salaries down?

    Only because the AI's themselves are against this.

  11. Re:please enquote "Scientists" on Pasta Is Good For You, Say Scientists Funded By Big Pasta (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    I like the way you verbed that noun. AFAIK "enquote" isn't a real word. But I guess it is now.

    Personally I would have said (or written) "...you should have used quotes around 'Scientists' to indicate..."

    To quote Calvin

    Verbing weirds language

  12. Re:Slashdot Poster Explains the Poor Working Condi on Amazon Employee Explains the Poor Working Conditions of An Amazon Warehouse · · Score: 1

    Slashdot Poster Explains the Poor Working Conditions of An Amazon Warehouse

    It's a warehouse.

    Maybe. But Amazon also employs people for software/tech jobs to keep all their automation running. I have a fulfillment center near near and I have always heard stories about how crap the pay and conditions were for even the tech jobs.

  13. Re:Close to the edge on Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    "Big show tonight on @seanhannity! 9:00 P.M. on @FoxNews"

    So now the President of the United States is cutting promos for Hannity.

    This is just the best.

    The Hannity promo was to promote a program that did a hit job on Mueller. But of course Trump would never admit to that.

  14. Netflix will just build its own Cannes on Netflix Pulls Out of Cannes Following Rule Change (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If things like this preclude Netflix from attending places like Cannes, it only makes sense for Netflix (and every other non-traditional studio) to get together and build their own awards festival. It's not like Netflix is going away anytime soon, so this is a loss for Cannes.

    Of course there'll be the obligatory Blackjack and Hookers.

  15. Seriously?!?!?!?!? on Japan Team Maps 'Semi-Infinite' Trove of Rare Earth Elements (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 3

    The Duped story is the one before this one. WTF editors .. get your shit together

  16. Just remember - there is no trade war on US' Proposed China Tariffs Would Target Robotics, Satellites (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S. Now we have a Trade Deficit of $500 Billion a year, with Intellectual Property Theft of another $300 Billion. We cannot let this continue!

    When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose!

    And this folks, is what leadership has come to mean today.

  17. Re: Why Apple gets away with this bullshit on Latest macOS Update Disables DisplayLink, Rendering Thousands of Monitors Dead (displaylink.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that's why we make sequential backups at frequent intervals..

    That's why I made 2 separate Time Machine backups prior to doing the upgrade on Monday, even though I never had an issue. Funny how Apple also provides you with the tools to protect yourself.

  18. Re:This is why I run linux on my 2013 MacPro Deskt on Latest macOS Update Disables DisplayLink, Rendering Thousands of Monitors Dead (displaylink.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you create paragraphs on your Linux MacPro desktop? Sure doesn't seem like it.

    Give him a break. He bought a Trashcan Mac Pro to run Linux. I am seriously concerned about his/her/it cognitive abilities over that decision alone.

    Either that or he's a troll, as the iPhone throttling was a trade off between battery capacity and phone performance.

  19. I mean 2011 .. I hate typos.

  20. ROFLMAO.

    Sure does. On Monday I upgraded my early 2001 MacBook Pro and haven't had a single issue with the external monitor I have.

    And even if I did have an issue I could have rolled back to one of 2 complete backups I made prior to the upgrade (made using the built in Time Machine functionality)

  21. The rest of the world would go with an IP of 4 on Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service With a Focus On Privacy (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? 1/4 of course!

  22. Does that mean ICQ? on US To Seek Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I think I might be able to dig up my ICQ account number.

    But what about all of those through away emails that I created on hotmail, let alone all of the ISPs that I have had email through?

  23. What sort of swear is it? on A Chatbot Can Now Offer You Protection Against Volatile Airline Prices (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Is it:

    • a "Cross my heart" swear?
    • a "Pinkie Swear" swear?
    • Or some kind of other swear?

    We really need to know this in order to validate what type of security risks is involved in using this service.

  24. And if the tool is so cheap? on Documents Prove Local Cops Have Bought Cheap iPhone Cracking Tech (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I have previously heard cracking techniques described as "security vulnerabilities". Given the ludicrously cheap price of this GreyTool and the huge amount of cash in Apple's bank accounts if I was Apple I would be buying a copy (via assorted shell companies) and seeing how they work and then rolling the countermeasures back into their products. Doing so would be a great way to get cheap security research done for you.

    Alternatively Apple could show that the product doesn't work as advertised, or provide advice on how to mitigate its functionality by updating their "security best practices" document (that I am sure they have somewhere)

     

  25. Re:What kind of news is this? WHAT IS THIS "S MODE on Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    From TFA

    Windows 10 S is eerily similar to Chrome OS. Windows 10 S —now Windows 10 "S Mode"— limits users to installing apps only available on the Windows Store. This is exactly how the lightweight Chrome OS works, which also limits users to installing apps from Google's Chrome Web Store and Play Store only.

    But yeah. The F in TFS is verging on FuckedUp