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  1. I've seen ~4K paths in older browsers cache mechanisms since at least NT4, composed by taking a base directory and appending some additional info that included the encoded URL. I had to fix a bug where this was a problem when a stock tracking page was accessed with 'too many' symbols specified. I assume the browser (I believe it was IE, but I wasn't working on the browser so I don't recall for sure) was using "\\?\" properly to form those paths.

  2. Re: "simply right click" on Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You've been able to have really long paths forever in Win32, simply by prepending ""\\?\" to the path, which tells the Win32 APIs to not futz around with the path and instead just ship it straight down to the file system. If the file system itself can handle it, you're fine. There will still be other limits imposed, typically about 32K overall limit and 255 for each 'component', which is what they like to call each subdirectory or file that composes the overall path.

  3. Re:Flattened right out on Amazon Built An Echo Simulator You Can Use In the Browser (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, pancakes are delicious, and once they stood her back up she didn't cope with background noise much better than any of the other voice gizmos. Maybe dedicated hardware can help w/ that but I'll not be finding out.

  4. Flattened right out on Amazon Built An Echo Simulator You Can Use In the Browser (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    The server is flatter than a pancake, the /. effect is still a thing I guess.

  5. No sense of scale on Why Are We Spending Billions and Tons of Fossil Fuel On Search of Lost Planes? · · Score: 0

    Whoever floated this idea (snicker) has no idea of scale when it comes to how big the Earth is in general and the oceans particularly are.

  6. Battery Life on Motorola's Legendary RAZR Flip Phone Is Making a Comeback (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet it's a full on re-imagining of the RAZR, which is sort of cool but mostly sad. The thing I miss most is the 10 day battery life, and I doubt a micro-thin Android rebake is gonna bring that back.

  7. Re:A minute too late on Real-Life RoboCop Guards Shopping Centers In California (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they figure the presence of the robot would have given the shooter something to do for 60 seconds? I really don't know and agree, your question is solid.

  8. Re:Wrong tact talking about 'APIs' on Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I liked the wheel bolt pattern example I read somewhere here. If an automaker was allowed to declare that pattern protected IP then it would be illegal for aftermarket wheel companies to make custom wheels to fit without a negotiated license deal from the OEM.

    I think Joe average would get that and be outraged by the idea.

  9. It comes in a Chinese case.

  10. Re:Famous last words... on Jail Sentence For Popular YouTube Pranksters (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Pulling something like this on someone who's not in on it could easily get some pranksters shot dead on the spot, and there is the "fire in a theater" rule; I started to watch one of the videos but after about 20 seconds of brainless mugging I was ready for them to all be drowned like kittens no one wants. I'll take another run at it later when I'm nursing some Elijah Craig.

    *I* wouldn't shoot them unless they were directly threatening me but in a lot of places there are people who might not show that restraint.

  11. Re:Famous last words... on Jail Sentence For Popular YouTube Pranksters (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    People running out of a gallery w/ a painting under one arm would put a reasonable person in fear of their life? I guess I have to watch the videos in question, but seriously, I've seen some messed up 'performance art' around Venice CA that would make a sane person wonder if they wouldn't be a lot safer just leaving immediately. Maybe this is a UK thing?

  12. Re:Famous last words... on Jail Sentence For Popular YouTube Pranksters (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that a crime? Half the people on Venice Beach make me feel like I'm in a dangerous situation - can we lock them away someplace?

  13. Re:Famous last words... on Jail Sentence For Popular YouTube Pranksters (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't watch this sort of retarded stuff but wouldn't this fall under performance art as long as no actual kidnappings or robberies were perpetrated? I mean, if the abductee is in on it, or they sneak the 'art' in before running out with it ... what is the crime?

  14. Re:This article smells on Tesla's New Factory Project Imported Foreign Laborers (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, manufacturing plants virtually ALWAYS outsource construction; it's not their biz to build facilities, they operate them. I used to work in a business that did just this for manufacturing plants. It's the way it's done except for VERY small stuff the maintenance crew can handle. They don't 'offshore' it, but then neither did Tesla. I'm not a Tesla fan boi but fair is fair.

  15. Re:This article smells on Tesla's New Factory Project Imported Foreign Laborers (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Good analysis IMO. Mod parent up.

  16. Re: Summon into back of trailer mode? on Tesla Model S Owner Claims Vehicle Went Rogue Causing An Accident By Itself (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Building a car that can start and run into things with no driver in the vehicle is not remotely defensible.

    Well yes, one would think, and I agree. Yet people are tying to defend it.

  17. He probably has no idea how it happened, just that it did.

    None of that really matters; if you're gonna let the car self drive as a feature, that feature better be damn close to perfect. This isn't losing 10 minutes of email we're talking about. On top of that, the witness didn't report the guy 'summoning' his car, and there's no reasonable explanation for the owner doing so. Maybe the app is buggy, maybe the car is buggy, maybe the fob was against his pocket knife, who knows - it's still a broken feature that caused this accident.

  18. Except, the second eyewitness' account doesn't factually disagree with what the logs showed.

    Except it sorta does, and they were not friends. Apparently the witness saw the Tesla and asked a few questions about it, a short conversation ensued during which time the car stayed parked, and they went inside. A significant time later they happened to exit at about the same time and the Tesla was humping the truck.

  19. Sucks his nice shiny toy got damaged, but unless he can show a pretty solid reason it is not his fault ....

    Well there was a second eyewitness who doesn't appear to have a horse in the race so to speak. Is that not good enough?

  20. Re:Duress print on The Government Wants Your Fingerprint To Unlock Phones (dailygazette.com) · · Score: 1

    Can back up the encrypted data, but not decrypt it is my understanding. There is a white paper from Apple describing the Secure Enclave system, but it's been a while since I read it. Generally it's virtually impossible to prevent copying of the data at rest, but that data can be encrypted. That means 'the bad guys' can't read it, but it also means wiping it is a waste of cycles.

    But I'm not an expert iGizmo hacker.

  21. Re:Duress print on The Government Wants Your Fingerprint To Unlock Phones (dailygazette.com) · · Score: 1

    "They" are going to back up the original enciphered data first, of course. File that idea under completely pointless.

  22. Re:shut up before you kill us all on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    For who and who?

  23. Re:Front edge is too thick on Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Fair I guess but for a $1500 ergo desk it should really be at least slightly ergo IMO.

  24. There's a she said in that somewhere.

    But yeah, the front edge on that thing is too thick - if they'd constrained the PC case part to strictly further back or made a knee hole or something it would be great but as it is it looks horribly non-ergonomic, which given that it's a standing desk seems incredibly ironic.

    But I like the concept overall.

  25. Restore from backups