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  1. And the mirrors showing what's behind you. After all, you've just been there and know what it looked like. If you wanted to see it again, you'd turn around and maybe park up so you could see it again for longer, but who has that kind of time?

  2. They have better eyesight than humans and like shiny things, so yeah, a couple of tame crows that will bring you the shiny things they find is not a bad idea.

  3. Judging by the way people drive, a steering wheel is still optional

  4. Re:Guy made a mistake on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 1

    He was in the source code management section where you manage source code (and you click on the Git logo to get there, it even has a tooltip on the icon). If that's confusing then God knows what his code looked like.

  5. Re:Version Control = Good on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 1

    Arguably he didn't use it then either and most likely has never used it.

  6. Re:Version Control = Good on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a complete lack of understanding of any source control. He probably thought "oh, this has Git built in, okay, I've heard of that, I'll create an account" and then assumed magic pixie dust backup like Dropbox would keep his files under source control as he never did an initial commit. "But my files were there and I set up a repository! That's all I need to do and Microsoft fucked me!"

  7. Re:Exploit requires access on Unpatchable 'Flaw' Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Works on my heap of shit Astra... I suppose newer cars would fail quicker. But I'm not meaning fuel injection, of course that wouldn't work. I mean pumping the fuel from tank to engine. There's most of a car length of fuel filled pipe after the pump which just sits there (unless it drains back) when the engine is off.

  8. Re:Exploit requires access on Unpatchable 'Flaw' Affects Most of Today's Modern Cars (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    A simple denial of service is to pull the fuel pump fuse. Good luck diagnosing that one quicky as the car will start with what is lying in the pipe. You might even get a half a mile before it conks out and you'll think something failed *then* not that you had the problem before you started driving...

  9. Re:Cool that someone still stands for freedom on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Alrighty then. Go fuck yourself. This isn't an incitement to violence, just a directive.

  10. Overcomplicated or what on Google Allo For Chrome Finally Arrives, But Only For Android Users (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, in order to use this on my device, I have to go into an already installed app (so why do I need this?). Then in that app I have to use the camera to scan a QR code generated by a link, meaning it has to be on the screen of a *different* device. One that I can't use the end result on anyway.

    So I need two devices to run code in the app so I don't have to use the app. TFA in this case means Totally Fucking Awful. Who signed off on this shitty process?

  11. Re:Cool that someone still stands for freedom on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    At what point does free speech, which is protected, become hate speech, which isn't?

  12. If they are the only providers of landlines in the area, then no, as there are federal statutes that state that everybody should be able to call emergency services if they need to. And by that, I don't mean run two miles to the nearest phonebooth only to find it vandalised.

  13. Re:Let us have our fun. on 'I'm a Teapot' Error Code Saved From Extinction By Public Outcry (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 1

    The joke is all of those don't implement 303s properly, and that's a "serious" one. I don't see you complaining about that.

  14. Re:No on Can Primordial Black Holes Alone Account For Dark Matter? · · Score: 0

    Betteridge thanks you.

  15. Re:1 letter change on The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    That's weird. I'm seeing hunter2 on my screen instead of asterisks.

  16. Re:Sounds dangerous to me on London is Using Optical Illusions To Make Cars Slow Down (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Justice of the Peace Aloysius Swiveleyes: "So, you freely admit to driving without due care and attention in a built-up area, thereby causing damage to your vehicle and being a danger to other road users and pedestrians? And you want the council to pay for the damage?"

    Brainless prat who thought he'd got a payday win coming his way: "Yes, m'lud"

    Swiveleyes: ""I've heard enough. I find for the defendant. Plaintiff to pay costs and additional victim compensation charge of not less than fifty pounds. And now I'm going to retire to my chambers and have a biscuit. Take him away!"

    _That's_ what happens. At least it does in UK courts.

  17. Re:As an American driver on London is Using Optical Illusions To Make Cars Slow Down (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    We wouldn't want to jog little Tarquin as he's playing games on his iPad as we drive him the 200yds to school now, would we? That's why Chelsea tractors drive so slowly.

  18. Yeah, the thing about referenda is that the results do not legally oblige the government to do anything or even recognise them. All the "the people have chosen, we have to do the will of the people" bullshit is to cover up the fact that _they_ wanted out of EU but knew they couldn't just announce that in Parliament.

    Much better to place the blame on the populace "look, they wanted it, so we're giving it to them" so when it all goes to shit as they double deal to get the best for their wallets, not the people, they can wash their hands of it.

  19. Paging Sam Slade on Football-Playing Robots Compete At RoboCup 2017 (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Hilarity ensues...

  20. Re:When History Works Against You on Unpaid Internships Lead To Lower-Paying Jobs, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "they review your employment history they will consider your past pay to determine what to offer you"

    The trouble with that is it is no business of theirs what you were paid at a previous position. They are offering a position that pays X. That's what you are interviewing for.

    They can only surmise what you were paid once they get forms like a P-45 from you and they can only get that upon confirmation of employment and a signed contract.

  21. Re:call center - lazy gits on Why Your Call Center is Only Getting Noisier (mckinsey.com) · · Score: 1

    It's duck season!

  22. Yep. Compare and contrast Visual Studio Code.

  23. Re:Safari is the new IE6. RTFM it's not just ads on 'Apple's Refusal To Support Progressive Web Apps is a Detriment To Future of the Web' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus you don't need three different codebases written in three different languages by three different teams thus ensuring a lack of feature parity in all of them. Or have to publish them in three different places in three different ways with three different release windows.

  24. Maybe you meant to say: "Talk to the hand, 'cause the Zuck don't give a fuck"

  25. Re:So... not actually addressing the issue on iOS 11 Will Prevent Your iPhone From Automatically Connecting To Unreliable Wi-Fi Networks (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    No, my point was that to give the user the fastest response the phone switches networks for them. The priority is on the speed of transfer (which is fair enough, users want content NOW),, not any associated cost that might arise from it.

    Maybe Apple think that if you can afford their stuff you're most likely on an unmetered plan or don't mind a few dollars extra on your bill at the end of the month. Or maybe they didn't even consider the unintended circumstance because it didn't affect any of those who thought it was a good idea. I'd go with the latter because of the complaints mentioned in TFS.