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  1. Re:Insufficiently scrutinized? on The Man Behind the EU's Copyright Law is 'Surprised' By What's in the Proposal (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They didn't pass a law, they passed an amendment to proposal.

    This is a very long way from the end of the process.

  2. Re:My Fantasy Reading List for September 2018 on Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    The BBC screened Hamlet earlier this year, and I decided to read it this month too.

    Also Crash Override by Zoe Quinn.

  3. Re:Facts Considered Harmful on Facebook Will Start Fact-Checking Pictures, Videos (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What you mean is that reality has a left wing bias and any site that reflects that is therefore also biased.

    Give us an example of bias from any of these left leaning orgs.

  4. Show us how to trivially verify it then. Why not post a link if it's so trivial?

    You might start by defining who "they" are.

  5. Re:Reagan did pretty much what the left on Leaked Video Shows Google Executives' Candid Reaction To Trump Victory (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Facts and being right aren't nearly enough. There has to be a narrative for people to get behind. Change we need, blame immigrants, build a wall..

  6. Re:Nobody cares what Emil thinks on Leaked Video Shows Google Executives' Candid Reaction To Trump Victory (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This is the other ridiculous claim from the right: anyone with a political opinion cannot act in an unbiased way. Because Google execs have opinions then Google itself must be biased.

  7. Re:Oh $hit... on Facebook Will Start Fact-Checking Pictures, Videos (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Here's the list of fact checking organisations:

    Associated Press
    Factcheck.org (Please use 'appeal' in subject line)
    PolitiFact
    Snopes.com
    The Weekly Standard

    Four neutral, and the Weekly Standard on the right. If one of them decides the content is fake there is no appeal. The Standard has already started abusing its power to censor left leaning publications.

  8. Re:Facts Considered Harmful on Facebook Will Start Fact-Checking Pictures, Videos (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually they have a right wing bias against liberal sites that are more favourable to the Democrats.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

    TL;DR they have five organisations doing fact checking, four neutral and one (Weekly Standard) overtly and unashamedly biased to the right.

  9. Re:Why did I bother reading this? on Almost 'All Modern Computers' Affected By Cold Boot Attack, Researchers Warn (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Secure part of the CPU that doesn't support read-back. The register is write only.

  10. Re:much ado about nothing on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There has been more outrage at the suggestion it gets changed than there was at the terms themselves.

  11. Weird mixture of virtue signalling and straw man. Claim they don't know something without any evidence or even hint that they don't (your assumption that SJWs are ignorant doesn't count) and then site is your own superior talking point.

  12. It's already succeeded. Lots of projects have been using different terms since the late 90s.

    As SJW in Chief I've been using leader and follower.

  13. Re:Why did I bother reading this? on Almost 'All Modern Computers' Affected By Cold Boot Attack, Researchers Warn (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    We have known about this for over a decade and AMD systems are now immune.

    AMD introduced encrypted RAM last year. RAM is encrypted with a random key generated at boot time with only 1-2% performance hit. Key cannot be recovered and is regenerated on reboot. In fact VMs can all have their own keys of you like.

    Naturally cold boot attacks become useless on such systems.

  14. The most incomplete and problematic adults I've met are the ones who think that people with disabilities and mental health issues are incomplete and problematic.

  15. Really? I've had a decent career without having to give presentations to hostile audiences. Some smaller, less formal stuff, sure, but but what is being described here.

  16. Re:The camera improvements are significant on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    The iPhone camera is top 5. It gives you a somewhat artificial photo, but not unpleasant. That's particularly true in low light situations.

    The better bokeh effect is nice, close to the Pixel 2 from last year but because it's optical it's less flexible.

  17. Re:Watch on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a carrier issue. I used eSIM chips in products for years and they work great on every UK network. That's because the company I get them from has deals set up with every UK network.

    Apple needs to do those deals. Maybe they did some kind of exclusivity thing or maybe they just don't want to, but it's their fault. The carriers support eSIM just fine.

  18. Re:OS updates on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    My wife has an iPhone 6 that is really slow since the last OS update. That update took to a bunch of storage space too and of course there is no SD card slot.

    I gave my ancient Galaxy S3 (2012, 6 years old) to my friend and he still gets security updates. It runs well.

  19. Re:Sweet on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Correction, when you take your brand new top of the line iPhone out of the box there is already a better spec Android phone, and an equivalent spec one for half the price.

  20. Re:Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The UK government already told internet companies that it wants them to go far, far further than this.

    Brexit will make it worse once you lose your human rights, of which freedom of expression and privacy are two. The current PM has said repeatedly that she wants to get rid of them.

  21. Re:Who gets to decide what is extreme? on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Many search engines adjusted their results for inquiries regarding vaccines and autism. They did it after being criticised for giving people links to sites that were endangering children's lives by giving bad information.

    Libraries do this all the time, selecting which books to buy and discarding ones that are discredited or found to be problematic. They don't see themselves as book warehouses, they as themselves as sources of knowledge.

    Search engines want the be the source of all information and knowledge. It's reasonable to expect them to be responsible, and I'm sure they would mostly agree.

  22. Re: Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    There is actually a list of designated terrorist organisations on Wikipedia.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

    Note that the US has one of the longest lists and effectively the same ban on their content, just without the 1 hour time limit.

  23. Re:Censor what WE say is unacceptable ... on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 1

    It only applies to larger companies and only those with interests in the EU where EU law applies. Such companies already have 24/7 coverage.

    There will be a system put in place for making the requests, it won't be by phone.

  24. Re:Sweet on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Same evidence you have that Google spies on you.

  25. As a buyer of a long range, affordable EV you now have a few options.

    Model 3 Short Range
    Hyundai Kona
    Kia Niro
    Bolt EV
    Leaf 60 (due this year)

    The Model 3 at $35,000 is by far the most expensive, but also has the lowest range and is extremely low spec and spartan. Oh, and that's list price, and Tesla doesn't do discounts.

    So as a buyer you have to ask yourself why it costs so much, and the answer is that it comes with a bunch of stuff that you pay for but can't use, like the autopilot sensors. So maybe you would prefer a car that gives you more usable stuff for your money.