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  1. Re:WRONG. U.S. military causes more war than anyon on Google Workers Urge CEO To Pull Out of Pentagon AI Project (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Blowback works both ways. You just want to blame the U.S. for blowing back on people who attack it.

  2. He is free to leave that embassy at any time. All he has to do is face the consequences of his actions. This has nothing to do with "copyleft" and stop being a shithead. It is about that little punk not wanting to wear a condom.

    Grow the fuck up, child, and stop being a fucking moron.

  3. No. He made his choices and is where he is. He can leave that embassy at any time to face the consequences of his actions, I know you and your ilk have a hard time understanding that actions have consequences but they do. Instead, he chooses to stay in that embassy, a prisoner of his own refusal to face the consequences.

  4. It is only "disturbingly easy" to cut off his internet because he is being a dick to his hosts.

    Kind of like if you went to your friends house and started watching very loud porn on your laptop via his wifi in front of his kids and refusing to stop. If he can't or won't make you leave, he sure as hell can kick you off the wifi to stop you.,

  5. No. He is not incarcerated. He has imposed his conditions on himself. He is free to leave the embassy at any time. He would still be able to access the internet if he could stop being an arrogant asshole for more than five minutes.

  6. I keep the internet in my pocket. on Ask Slashdot: Why Are There No True Dual-System Laptops Or Tablet Computers? · · Score: 1

    I have a USB LTE modem so I generally don't have to worry about using someone else's internet. I also have a VPN capable router at home so I can connect to the open WiFi and have my traffic encrypted back to my home network. And the VPN will run over LTE just in case I don't trust the local LTE.

  7. Re:Best. Prank. Ever. on Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin is not a competitor to the banking industry and if you think it is you do not understand bitcoin, banking, and the banking industry.

  8. Re:Think of the children! on Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you fail to realize what this actually means. Someone added something to the blockchain that makes it illegal to possess the blockchain, not just in Germany but in many countries around the world including the United States. As bitcoin validation requires a copy of the blockcain, this would allow many law enforcement agencies, including almost every western country, to arrest bitcoin miners for possession of child porn and seize their rigs. Because there is no way to remove something from the blockchain, it cannot be undone.

    A single image of child pornography in the blockchain makes the blockchain illegal to possess in the United States and many other countries.

  9. By saying "[t]here's a great deal of overlap between the two" you are implying that it is, in fact, "fair to just make that assumption" of the sociologists are socialists.

  10. Anyone know Ajit's numbers? on Ajit Pai Celebrates After Court Strikes Down Obama-Era Robocall Rule (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If so, please respond with them so we can call him.

  11. And, the answer is..... on Are Research Papers Less Accurate and Truthful Than in the Past? (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, they are less accurate and less truthful. The cause is a lack of honor and integrity in society.

  12. Re:How's that $15/hr min wage working for you? on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    It is funny that my comment is modded as troll but this is literally the first step in replacing fast food workers with robots. It will be, like the automation of so many manual tasks, an iterative process where more and more parts of the job are incorporated. V1 is flipping burgers. V2 will be adding spices and cheese. V3 will put it on the bottom bun. V4 will put on toppings and the top bun.

  13. Re:How's that $15/hr min wage working for you? on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is how it begins. Over the next 5 or 10 years, machines will be doing all those things and will have replaced many fast food workers because they are stupid enough to think they deserve $15.00 for flipping burgers.

  14. Re:Here is another way to cut backup crashes on Study Finds Automatic Braking With Rearview Cameras, Sensors Can Cut Backup Crashes By 78 Percent (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, and I do that. But, that doesn't help when I'm backing out carefully and someone decides they shouldn't have to wait and drives behind me AFTER I HAVE ALREADY STARTED BACKING OUT. Driving behind someone who is backing out is a dick move, something you are probably familiar with. And, you know when it is an especially dick move? When the car can't see you because there is an SUV or van blocking the driver's view.

  15. Here is another way to cut backup crashes on Study Finds Automatic Braking With Rearview Cameras, Sensors Can Cut Backup Crashes By 78 Percent (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Stop driving behind people when they are backing up.

  16. Re:HR is not to blame on Who Killed The Junior Developer? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Working for management doesn't mean they are answering to the right management when requirements are written. HR and IT are generally under different people with HR being a much shorter chain to the top. HR doesn't answer to IT management, it answers to HR management which generally doesn't understand the jobs it is filling and get's requirements from pre-defined job titles. This is why I saw an ad for a midlevel DevOps position that literally had the requirements for mid to seniro Developer and a senior Operations support engineer put together for a midlevel Ops salary.

  17. Re:H1-Bs did on Who Killed The Junior Developer? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember seeing a junior developer position that required 8 years of C experience. If someone is a junior developer with 8 years experience, I don't think I want them developing code for me.

  18. Re:Mistating the situation on Ask Slashdot: Could Linux Ever Become Fully Compatible With Windows and Mac Software? · · Score: 1

    A) I don't believe you can take a random box and do it. You can probably do it using a box filled with components you know work with Linux and using a distro you know and like because you know exactly what to pick. Also, I have little doubt you won't install a lot of things besides the very basics because simply copying the data can take longer than that

    B) You are a techy person. You have been using Linux desktop as your main home platform since 1997ish which means you have 20 years experience. On average, it will take an average person much longer simply because of the package selection and drive space allocation. And, when their printer or, worse, network card doesn't work what will they get from the community much of the time? "Fucking n00b, RTFM." BTW, have you used it exclusively or no? How about your wife, kids, or whatever, have they used Linux as their main home platform as well?

  19. Mistating the situation on Ask Slashdot: Could Linux Ever Become Fully Compatible With Windows and Mac Software? · · Score: 2

    Computer literate people with some tech skills also like to use it as their desktop OS.

    No, People with a lot of tech skills who don't mind spending a lot of time manually adjusting things on their computer use Linux as their desktop OS. People with better things to do use Windows or OS X.

    But most "everyday computer users" or "casual computer buyers" still feel they have to choose either a Windows PC or an Apple device as the platform they will do their computing on.

    No, most "everyday computer users" or "casual computer buyers" don't know or care about Linux and those that do know there are too many things in Linux require a lot of tech knowledge and the ability to use the command line that they don't wish to learn.

    This binary choice exists largely because of very specific commercial list of programs and games available for these OSs that is not available for Linux.

    The problem is the mindset of the Linux faithful.

    "Closed source applications are EVIL!"

    "Software should be free!"

    "We want source code!"

    "You need help?!? RTFM, you fucking n00b!"

    "No one should use Windoze! You want us to make Linux more user friendly and accessible? Fuck you, Windoze Luzer!"

    Until Linux gets a larger desktop user base, those applications you want to see on Linux won't be available because there is no profit in it. Linux won't get a larger desktop user base until the community gets it's collective head out of it's ass. Until then, the only hope for Linux on the desktop is a killer app and I don't see that coming anytime soon.

    Bottom line, almost all Linux development is geared toward server use and even the people who want to see Linux succeed on the desktop either can't or won't do what is necessary to see it happen.

  20. Re:This is 2018. on Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    A) I said "dominant" then you tried to use the quantity of a non-dominant species as a measure of dominance. Are you deliberately dishonest or simply stupid?

    B)The metric was set by context of the conversation. Trying to challenge the already established metric used is dishonest, so it appears we have the answer to my question in A.

  21. Re:None of this Happens to Me on Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    Same here. I haven't had any problems like this. In fact the only uninstall I had was when I updated from Win7 to Win10.

  22. Re:This is 2018. on Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't believe you have been marked insightful. The simple fact is that Windows is the dominant operating system for desktop computers. Apple's OS X is good but it has no where near the market share because is only available on proprietary hardware at a premium price and it has no where near the application base. And, don't even bring up Linux on the Desktop, which is just a joke.

    If you are still saying things like "f you are still using Microsoft Windows... I feel sorry for you.", you are nothing but a troll.

  23. Re:BeauHD is a moron on Cryptocurrency Miners Are 'Limiting' the Search For Alien Life Now (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you limit your pool of applicants to those who will pass a drug test, you wind up having to take any gibbering idiot who will come along — usually some kind of evangelical, and those people are universally batshit insane.

    I don't use illegal and/or non-prescribed drugs and I am neither evangelical nor batshit insane. I do think that people who use illegal and/or non-prescribed drugs are personally and mentally weak. If you can't deal with your life without using drugs, there is something wrong with you and your life and you should change yourself and/or your life. Grow the fuck up and take responsibility for your problems instead of hiding in drug induced stupor.

  24. One study? on Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Informative
    That is it? No corroborating studies?

    Beyond nutritional composition, neoformed contaminants, some of which have carcinogenic properties (such as acrylamide, heterocyclic amines, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), are present in heat treated processed food products as a result of the Maillard reaction

    The Maillard reaction is what gives ALL browned foods their distinctive flavors. This implies that ALL foods that have been browned, say a chicken breast in a skillet, will have those same "neoformed contaminants".

    Participants were invited to complete a series of three non-consecutive, validated, web based 24 hour dietary records every six months (to vary the season of completion), randomly assigned over a two week period (two weekdays and one weekend day). To be included in the nutrition component of the NutriNet-Santé cohort, only two dietary records were mandatory. We did not exclude participants if they did not complete all optional questionnaires. We averaged mean dietary intakes from all the 24 hour dietary records available during the first two years of each participant’s follow-up and considered these as baseline usual dietary intakes in this prospective analysis.

    This is pretty sloppy research methodology. It contains a form of self-selection and has two few data points. In order to be included in the study only two data points are required over two years and the participants chose when and whether to provide information.

    How did this pass peer review? Get back to me when you have some real science.

  25. Re:I fail to see how that improves privacy. on Microsoft: We're Developing Blockchain ID System Starting With Our Authenticator App (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    After ReadingTFA, it appears to be "OpenID + Blockchain for PII".

    The article states "people could store, control and access their identity in ... an encrypted identity datastore called an Identity Hub, a server called Universal DID Resolver that resolves DIDs across blockchains, and verifiable credentials." It's 'decentralized system trust is based on "attestations" or claims about parts of a person's identity that other entities endorse' and provide " access to a more precise set of attestations without having to process as much of a user's personally identifiable information."

    It looks to me like the goal is to move personally identifying information from dozens of apps and websites off to a centralized, encrypted store which will be matched with a blockchain token that allows limited access to the PII. My concern is that, while this decreases the locations PII is stored, it is, in effect, putting all one's eggs in one basket making that basket a huge target.