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  1. They just keep finding new ways of further destroy on Mozilla Says Ad on Firefox's New Tab Page Was Just Another Experiment (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You can tell they're running out of option and well on their way out. This is what happens to a an initiative that becomes so large that its only purpose is altered to only sustain itself.

  2. Re:Nice leftist echo chamber you got here on Google Searches Show That America Is Full of Racist and Selfish People (vox.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What does your crying have to do with the content of the article? Or are we just screaming "fake news!" at the sight of anything that challenges our dissonant views?

  3. That is a flat out lie.

  4. Re:We sent you an email!! on 39 Years Ago The World's First Spam Was Sent (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thank you sir. It's technologically inept individuals like yourself that keep me at work and put a roof over my head.

  5. Re:And they're already coming up of ways its misus on Computer Scientists Have Created the Most Accurate Digital Model of a Human Face (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're right. Forgive me. What was I thinking considering the ethical implications of implementing an algorithm based system that arbitrarily tags individuals as criminals.

  6. And they're already coming up of ways its misuse on Computer Scientists Have Created the Most Accurate Digital Model of a Human Face (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    From the article:

    The method could be used to view what a criminal suspect caught on camera would look like from a different angle

    I am leery of technologies that rely heavily on probability in the legal system. The digital output of this program could make very erroneous assumptions on facial features simply based on historical data that is fed to it. What if the criminal being sought is a very dangerous individual and this system ends up marking an unsuspecting bystander as a target and gets shot and killed amid confusion?

  7. We deserve Trump on Trump Order Helps Offshore Drilling, Stops Marine Sanctuary Expansion (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know that, right? We wanted this. Wanted the chaos. God help us all.

  8. Re:CS degrees are overrated on LinkedIn Testing 1970's-Style No-CS-Degree-Required Software Apprenticeships (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    So, if a CS degree is overrated, why isn't college in general overrated? If college in general is overrated, why isn't high school overrated? What you're saying is that education is pointless, and everybody is born with an inherent talent set that can't be improved upon.

    That's a horrible conclusion. Education is very important.I simply stated CS degrees were overrated.They don't prepare you for actual work conditions. The various principles of computer science be self-taught and practiced in the age of online content. Programming was not something I did by sitting in classes listening to lectures. I wrote what I knew with my limited knowledge. It was an organic process for me that lead me to discover things by realizing the inadequacies in my own code first hand. When I hit a wall, I agonized for days on end figuring out what I did wrong and why it didn't work. I didn't read about the pitfalls in programming in a class. I unknowingly *experienced* them through which I learned to avoid them. Organic. This not to say you can't do this through formal education, but if there's an option that avoids a lot of headache and financial debt, then what's the justification for it?

  9. CS degrees are overrated on LinkedIn Testing 1970's-Style No-CS-Degree-Required Software Apprenticeships (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I say this simply because as a developer with no CS background. I've worked with graduates who could belt off different concepts from definitions they've memorized but don't know how to implement it or more importantly, don't know how to spot errors. My job interview consisted of maybe 1-2 minutes of discussions on my background before a 45 minute long whiteboard session where I had to hand write various algorithms and solutions to problems the interviewer would present.

  10. Yet another case for VPN tunnels on US ISP Goes Down As Two Malware Families Go To War Over Its Modems (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    Hacked modem or not, assuming you actually use a respectable router (e.g. VyOS/Edgerouter), you can at least avoid main-in-the-middle attacks due to the fact that that packets will be encrypted by the time they ingress your modem on their way to the CMTS. That being said, it still won't stop the modem from becoming a zombie device itself. ISPs have a burden to resolve this as A) they and they alone lock down your device and manage it remotely via SNMP and B) their network is sending you the malicious unsolicited data from their network to yours.

  11. How about content providers pull out of Europa on Netflix and Amazon Could Face Content Quotas In Europe (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm talking the whole shebang: Google, Netflix, Yahoo, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Let's see how fast and to what degree of stability could the EU sustain its own content network without major US backing.

  12. Firefox? on Engineers Plan The Most Expensive Object Ever Built (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Why is the last link directing me to a Firefox download page?

  13. Re:25 years and nothing to show for it on Torvalds Hasn't Given Up On Linux Desktop Domination, Will 'Wear Them Down' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Infrastructure !== Desktop FTFY.

  14. Re:25 years and nothing to show for it on Torvalds Hasn't Given Up On Linux Desktop Domination, Will 'Wear Them Down' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I was referring to the article in hand, Linux on the desktop.

  15. 25 years and nothing to show for it on Torvalds Hasn't Given Up On Linux Desktop Domination, Will 'Wear Them Down' (cio.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except a tattered community full of distros that aim high but accomplish nothing.

  16. so much... on More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    so much butthurt in this thread.

  17. Re:I don't use my car to cross the Atlantic... on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    If AAA games ever do run on Linux, and run just as well as they do on Windows,then that will be the beginning of the end for Windows.

    Yes, but that will never happen. It didn't happen in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2015, and it won't happen now.

  18. I don't use my car to cross the Atlantic... on Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver (phoronix.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    And Linux users shouldn't expect to play AAA games any time soon. Linux was never meant for gaming.

  19. Re:Jesus christ on Nissan Leaf HVAC-Hack Vulnerability Disclosed (bbc.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been a stagecoach driver for 200 years and I have yet to come up with a reason why my wagon needs a combustion engine. They all seem to work just fine with a horse.

  20. OR usher in the new age of high-frequency lawmaking! Though, with the way our congress is moving right now, it would likely get stuck in a recursion trying to pass and repeal laws over and over again.

  21. For all of you getting the ad-block message... on Virgin Galactic To Unveil New Version of SpaceShipTwo (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Try this bookmarklet: https://gist.github.com/joepie... Don't set a precedent by walking away to another website. You have a right to keep your computer secure from unwanted scripts.

  22. If AdBlocking is freedom-hating... on Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia' (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...then I must a sadistic communist, as I have a suite of self-made chrome addons that will identify Analytics platforms and trigger false events, among blocking specific ads. :-)

  23. Go AMD! on Samsung Begins Mass Production of World's Fastest DRAM (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are the underdog and the warrior that has stood the wrath of Nvidia! I will keep buying your products until the bitter end!

  24. No private company should stick their neck out on Questions Linger As Juniper Removes Suspicious Dual_EC Algorithm (threatpost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the NSA is doing what NSA needs to do. That being said, if they forcefully compel a company to allow backdoor into products, the government should be prepared accept all subsequent financial liability (that is, bail out the company) that would likely arise as a result of the would-be PR disaster. No private company should stick their neck out for the government.

  25. The more important question on DUI Charges Dismissed Against Woman Whose Body Brews Alcohol (cnn.com) · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    Because she blew a blood alcohol level of nearly 0.40, police procedure is to take the accused to a hospital, as that level is considered extremely life-threatening.

    Why would medical professionals knowingly release a patient despite the knowledge she had life-threatening levels of alcohol in their body? Assuming they didn't diagnose her of the auto-brewery syndrome right away, you would think they would at least keep her overnight for observation.