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  1. Re:Too bad on Apple Might Discontinue the MacBook Air (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    i have replaced mine with an ipad pro... so maybe thats their thought!!

  2. however his point remains valid...

  3. Re: They still don't fucking get it. on 'Reskilling Revolution Needed for the Millions of Jobs at Risk Due To Technological Disruption' (weforum.org) · · Score: 1

    you realize grease was a movie...

  4. Re:I've Seen This at my Worksite on Lyft Says Nearly 250K of Its Passengers Ditched a Personal Car In 2017 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "wrench on it myself" you are not the uber/lyft client :)

  5. Re:Sci-Fi future on China Builds 'World's Biggest Air Purifier' That Actually Works (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    hehe, so is the level of pollution

  6. Re:Cut Apple some slack on The Human Cost of the Apple Supply Chain Machine (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    this is 100% true, wealth trickles down, so the bottom gets a penny (trickle) for each 1000$ unit.

    now if we only had torrent down economics... but i think that's illegal.

  7. Re:Not analyzing payload on Cisco Can Now Sniff Out Malware Inside Encrypted Traffic (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    the C level believe in magic, and cisco sells them magic... so they buy it.
    if you try to explain to them technical things... then the product is no good.
    i have been in so many meetings where the term "magic sauce" is used to explain things from the vendor. and no one cares what that is...

  8. Re:Not analyzing payload on Cisco Can Now Sniff Out Malware Inside Encrypted Traffic (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    so would using free service like opendns...

  9. Re:And yet.. on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    its probably a circular argument as the universites complain that the reason for increase is lack of funding. :)

  10. Re:Still many benefits in US on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    in both cases, income inequality to the rescue.

  11. Re:And yet.. on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    you can put a price to everything... if you so choose.

  12. Re:And yet.. on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    tax benefits only come into play once you are focused in making money rather than providing education. The tax benefits are a symptom of a broken system.

  13. Re:Rand Paul plans to filibuster in the Senate on House Passes Bill To Renew NSA Internet Spying Tool (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump was targeted by this... lets see how Putin tells him to feel about it.

  14. Re:Still many benefits in US on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    double the going rate of US?
    sign me up.

  15. Re:And yet.. on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    student grants and supports are part of funding.

  16. Re:And yet.. on Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    you can blame the feds/states taking funding away and making them a business first. hey enjoy that tax break.

  17. Re:Firewall on Apple To Transfer Chinese iCloud Operations To Chinese Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    i think apple has an intel based CPU with IME to protect us from that.

  18. Re:This worked so well for Microsoft /s on Apple To Transfer Chinese iCloud Operations To Chinese Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    but... but... cloud

  19. Re:First on Apple To Transfer Chinese iCloud Operations To Chinese Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    China is not a free market...

  20. Cortana is same from discontinuation new target acquired, cancellation is 3,2...

  21. Re: Why the hell would anyone want or need this? on Microsoft Announces First Mobile Carriers To Support Always Connected PCs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    you sure its not ::1

  22. Re:Careful what you wish for... on Senate Will Force Vote On Overturning Net Neutrality Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    scaremongering doesn't require point or reasoning.

  23. Re:does it mean on Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    " Spectre is not that interesting and nowhere near as silly as Meltdown" currently... i agree. though if some one can exploit it further and weaponize/make it available the issues would be much more severe.
    it seems that the scope is pretty minimal except we don't know the full story yet.

  24. Re:does it mean on Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    looks like Apple, MS and others are saying it can be mitigated by patches. so the issue remains with Specter as far as i know.

  25. does it mean on Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    that installing this update will make my OS and any apps on it unable to exploit the Specter vulnerability? or just that safari and webkit is mitigated