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  1. Re:autism or not, reason should override "feelings on 'I See Things Differently': James Damore on his Autism and the Google Memo (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't know what inadvertently means, do you?

  2. Re:An unpopular opinion on Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Non-coalitions are shit. Look at the US and UK.

  3. Re:An unpopular opinion on Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The more serious problem is that you have a two party system. Democracy works best when no single party can gain overall control and every government has to be a coalition.

  4. Do you have a link to this thread?

  5. TFA identifies an old, well known problem. Poverty creates a feedback loop that makes it harder to lift an area up.

    What's a shame is that it gets reported as a click bait headline attacking Apple. It would be far more productive to frame to as a request to Apple to consider doing something good for that part of the city.

  6. Re:Jews, blacks, and the disabled not welcome on Facebook Still Lets Housing Advertisers Exclude Users By Race (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Housing is a special case. It's so integral to people's lives, it represents such an important opportunity for them in terms of affecting their quality of life, it gets some special protection. It's also a commonly used tool for creating segregation and deliberate discrimination.

    Housing is an area where the market fails. The most profit is made by causing social problems, i.e. to the detriment of the rest of society. As such, most places have extra levels of regulation.

  7. Re:The actual quotes on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be amazing if there was someone whose job it was to check these basic facts before posting the story. They could then edit the summary to correct any mistakes, using the standard summary editor tool.

    Then again, it wouldn't be Slashdot if the summaries weren't hyper-partisan bollocks most of the time.

  8. Re:Private eBay sellers? on EU Agrees To End Country-Specific Limits For Online Retailers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Private sellers will likely be excluded, this only seems to apply to businesses. Obviously the buyer will have to pay more postage.

    Having said that, eBay has a global shipping thing now where as the seller you just post to a local depot in your country. From there eBay handles shipping it overseas, with the buyer paying all the additional costs. It works quite well.

  9. Re:The actual quotes on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    The summary is wrong, they were just moved to an optional file instead of the default set.

  10. This brings nothing new. The same old solution from over a decade ago works just as well - connect to a VPN.

    Android supports this, I'd be surprised if iOS didn't as well.

  11. Re:Different on Russia To Act Against Google if Sputnik, RT Get Lower Search Rankings (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    RT 9/11 conspiracy theories playlist: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/...

    RT "Climategate" conspiracy theories playlist: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/...

    They are associated with Infowars too, regularly interviewing Alex Jones and reposting Infowars content.

  12. Re:So... do we actually have evidence of anything on Russia To Act Against Google if Sputnik, RT Get Lower Search Rankings (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    RT pumps out conspiracy theories on an industrial scale. For example, here is a compilation of 50 of their 9/11 conspiracy theories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

    Granted, Fox like a good conspiracy too, but even they can't match RT's dedication to manufacturing bullshit. They have reposted material from Infowars and had uber-conspiracy nut Alex Jones on many times. This story is a good example, this being the Infowars original.

  13. Re:Git-r-done on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 1

    Usually the person writing the spec doesn't even know how to specify security. They will write things like "must be secure against hacking", and tick that box because it prompts for a password now and then.

    The best advice I have for people with this problem is to specify that a security consultant must evaluate the software.

  14. Re: We aren't using Rust enough. on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 1

    Do you mean C++?

    Because in C there are operations with undefined results, but if you avoid using them then the operation of the code is well defined and guaranteed. I know some people dislike it being possible to compile code with undefined results, but with C all those conditions can be caught by static analysis.

    C++ on the other hand is not so simple at all.

  15. Re:More expensive than Apple? That's unpossible! on Microsoft Confirms Surface Book 2 Can't Stay Charged During Gaming Sessions (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    What same problem? Being unable to maintain a charge with the included charger under load? I did not know that was an issue.

    Yes. On older models with a removable battery the OS would limit CPU performance when the battery was not installed because of this. Obviously newer models glue the battery in.

  16. Re:this labeling is silly on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    The term "cuck" comes from the "manosphere", the term used to describe a variety of red pill douchbags ranging from pickup artists to MGTOW. 4chan's /pol became obsessed with it, but isn't the origin.

  17. Re:Who would be your "dream CEO" for HP? on HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman To Step Down (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Even the test and measurement side, now called "Keysight", is starting to suck. They need to develop a new MegaZoom ASIC for oscilloscopes, for example, but instead just keep screwing around with stupid crap like adding a touchscreen.

  18. Re:Honestly google fucked up on Russia To Act Against Google if Sputnik, RT Get Lower Search Rankings (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The algorithms themselves are heavily hand-tuned to prevent abuse. It's necessary because bad actors are also investing a lot of time and energy into finding ways to game the system.

    It's unavoidable when you opponent is another human. Spam filters are the same, they need human tuning to work.

  19. Re:More expensive than Apple? That's unpossible! on Microsoft Confirms Surface Book 2 Can't Stay Charged During Gaming Sessions (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not the USB C connector, Macs with the older MagSafe one have the same problem. It's a design decision.

    The issue is that they want to sell a small, under-powered charger. It has to be thin and light weight, rather than appropriately spec'ed. If they really wanted to they could sell a more powerful charger and just use two USB C ports to supply 200W.

    This also means that if^H^H when your battery is dead in a couple of years your Surface won't work properly any more.

  20. Re:Obligatory Futurama joke on To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I hear they have those those things on the internet now.

  21. Re:Socialism friendly quotes by tops NSDAP officia on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    Wait, are you saying that Honest John's Quality Used Automobile Emporium is not a supplier of reliable and reasonably priced family vehicles?!

  22. Re:The actual quotes on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    Why do you think moving those quotes to another file is "pretending they were never said"?

    Seems odd to think of it as trying to alter history. Fortune isn't a historical record. It's for novelty purposes, and potentially offensive quotes are separated into another file in case the user wants to e.g. use it in a work environment.

  23. Re:this labeling is silly on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 2

    The thread is titled "FreeBSD confirmed cucks". Calling people cucks is pretty much the alt-right's signature move. They are the only ones who see the world that way.

  24. Re:I refuse to be trolled on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 2

    Not saying I necessarily agree, but the argument is that quoting Hitler along side other respected people gives him an air of credibility and normality that he doesn't deserve.

    Personally I think some of them just demonstrate what a monster he was, and act as a warning. Those might be worth keeping.

  25. Re:Fukushima was older than Chernobyl on Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Its Reactors' Melted Uranium Fuel (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This didn't come to light until about a year after the accident. NHK has done some great documentaries about it, most of which are on YouTube.