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  1. Thank goodness for interest! on FBI Accepts New Evidence in 46-Year-Old D.B. Cooper Case (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine what all that cash will be worth now with all that interest over the years.

  2. Time to update firewall rules on Should Plex Stop Allowing Users To Opt Out of Data Collection? (www.plex.tv) · · Score: 1

    Should have done it long ago .... Plex server virtual appliance, welcome to the WAN blacklist. Enjoy.

  3. Re:Conservatives and their "innovation" arguments on A 'Netflix Tax'? Yes, and It's Already a Thing in Some States (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Because you're already taxed for the ISP connection, and data is data.

  4. Re:How to describe backdoors on How Security Pros Look at Encryption Backdoors (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I'll use that - good job.

  5. Re:87.6543% think stats are fake on How Security Pros Look at Encryption Backdoors (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    The millennials have grown up without "expectation of privacy", and many don't even seem to understand the concept ...

    Perhaps, but I also notice many of the older generation (mine and older) who have become used to the illusion of data privacy and the fact of relative anonymity. We still have most of the real world privacy we ever really had, but data collection and availability has tended to reduce the real world anonymity some people seem to cherish. People who live in smaller villages have not had anonymity and they get along fine.

  6. Re:"This is by no means an easy task." on In Defense of the Popular Framework Electron (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    If they lack good automated testing and so on I can see how the entire process could blossom, particularly if l10n is going to be involved and the tests have to go across many languages. The change itself might not be the long pole in the tent.

  7. Re:Deadly without deaths? on Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Sparks Outbreaks In UK (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suppose you're one of those people who think words mean things.

  8. Re:My 3rd computer was an Amiga on A New Amiga Will Go On Sale In Late 2017 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it's ironic, but after using assembly on the Amiga I got a 286 PC, looked at the instruction set, and then learned C back on the Amiga. Ironic because that's the best language choice I ever made, but motivated by loathing.

  9. My 3rd computer was an Amiga on A New Amiga Will Go On Sale In Late 2017 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My 3rd computer was an Amiga back in the late 1980s. Good machine, had some really good concepts for the time, and it was great to learn programming on.

  10. Re:Biology is a non-starter for inequality on Fired Google Engineer Says Company Execs Shamed and Smeared Him (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    This country is founded on equality.

    Founded on equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Equal under the law, which events in the last decade have shown is more an ideal than a reality, but it's a good goal. The founders never intended to imply all people were equally talented and capable. People are not interchangeable cogs, that's just a fact of life. Having said that, I'm reasonably certain the female engineers at Google are just as talented and capable as their male counterparts, and so on.

  11. Begun, the CPU wars have on AMD Ryzen Threadripper Launched: Performance Benchmarks Vs Intel Skylake-X (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    This is interesting now but in 4-8 months is when the market will begin to really adjust and the competitors will be more squared off. Expect a very interesting holiday season. Now if we can just get that memory price down.

  12. Re:Existing infrastructure? on New Catalyst Is Better At Splitting Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    This 'fuel' is a relatively stable metal powder.

  13. Re:Why is the video getting money at all? on Warner Music Files Copyright Claim on A Silent 'Star Wars' Video On YouTube (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The entire film should be in the public domain by now.

  14. We outlaw hate speech ...

    We still have free speech here. Whether that's viewed as good or bad probably depends a lot on how one values freedom. We like freedom, so we think it's working great. other places can make other choices.

  15. What does Germany have to do with the freedoms and protections we enjoy in the USA? Maybe you need to reread my post, where I said "this wouldn't fly in the USA" ....

  16. Re:This is absolutely... on Cable Giants Step Up Piracy Battle By Interrogating Montreal Software Developer (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    In America, if a bunch of armed people (who are not officers of the court engaged in legally sanctioned acts) try to enter a private home by force we call it a home invasion and the guns are often pointed at the invaders, not the other way around. If they tried this in Texas they'd probably get ventilated.

  17. Citation for both needed.

  18. Re:Good work, Canada on Cable Giants Step Up Piracy Battle By Interrogating Montreal Software Developer (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually this wouldn't fly in the USA, plus unlike Germany we have actual freedom of speech here. Canada, sadly, gets neither apparently.

  19. Dubai elsewhere? on Hyperloop One's Full-Scale Pod Reaches 192 MPH In New Nevada Track Test (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I want to know where Dubai elsewhere can be found on the map.

  20. The technique is a way to allow CRISPR to be injected early enough to prevent chimerism. Previous techniques used CRISPR but had issues this technique avoids.

  21. Re:blah blah GATTACA blah FRANKENSTEIN blah on In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    This is actually more than Gattaca; Gattaca was just about pre-screening and selecting "the best of both of you" from a huge number of traditionally test-tube fertilized options. There was no gene editing in Gattaca, just sequencing and selection. This new thing is full on genetic engineering, admittedly in it's own infancy.

  22. Re:We used to be able to make nuclear plants on US Nuclear Comeback Stalls As Two Reactors Are Abandoned (theaustralian.com.au) · · Score: 1

    At least we all get a trophy

  23. Re:But why? on How Rust Can Replace C In Python Libraries (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The post I replied to said :"But for today's 48 core CPUs, C is a very poor choice, because it does concurrency badly.", which I still think is a foolish statement given that (almost) every kernel ever and a lot of very concurrent applications software is written either partly or completely in C. I never said it was the best choice for every application. I would say that Rust is close to the worst choice.

  24. Re:How is accuracy measured? on Google Says AI Better Than Humans At Scrubbing Extremist YouTube Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Again, define better. If the measurement is to be faster and cheaper with acceptable accuracy then it's very possible for the AI to be "better". Better is an inherently ambiguous word.

  25. Re:based on comparison with what? on Google Says AI Better Than Humans At Scrubbing Extremist YouTube Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Define better.