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  1. It's not clear to me if Assangs actually attempted to crack the password of simply said he would in a chat.

  2. At the time of the incident, the suspect's name was Bradley. Not sure what the legal procedure is when a suspect changes their name in the middle of a case, but I can see how it would be confusing if half of the documents had one and and half the other.

  3. Re:So people are whining about security? on Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair On New MacBook Pros (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If it shipped from the factory with the Supermicro compromise, this new security check probably wouldn't have caught it anyway.

  4. Tracking devices on Police Use Fitbit Data To Charge 90-Year-Old Man In Stepdaughter's Killing (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A cell phone is a tracking devices that happens to be able to make phone calls. Seems like fitness trackers are just that.

  5. Seti vs crypto mining on IAU Ad Hoc Committee Publishes Revised Set of Definitions For SETI Terms (arxiv.org) · · Score: 1

    I wonder what would forward the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life more, using SETI to analyze radio telescope data or using that compute power to mine crypto-currency and giving that money to researchers?

  6. > Sometimes there's a picture but more and more often it's a stock photo that has no direct connection to the incident.

    Ars Technica is so bad for this. Tangentially related stock photos that add nothing.

    Many web sites load 200K or more for 2k of actual text.

  7. Time is money on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    Job seekers are spending many, many hours sending out resumes, writing custom cover letters and doing multiple rounds of interviews for no money. One must wonder how many times they failed to received a response back. Just sounds like turn-about is fair play.

  8. A long time ago I read that it's mostly Windows that benefits from hyper threading because it doesn't save states when it does a context switch, making switching tasks much more expensive than on Linux or *BSD.

  9. Too bloated for MCU on Microsoft Built Its Own Custom Linux Kernel For Its New IoT Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "Windows IoT runs on microprocessor units (MPUs) which have at least 100x the power of the MCU.

    Read: We're using Linux because even the lightest version of Windows if far too bloated to run on MCU devices.

  10. Re:Or take away her gun on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No because she could have just as easily have ran over people in the parking lot with her car. Gun control will not stop violent people from finding a way to act out. It's treating a symptom and not the cause.

  11. Re:Copyright law not are not just for elecronic me on Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    You raise an interesting point. What I don't understand is how independent photographers are supposed to make a living if the large news organizations can use their content for free. It seems like copyright only works for large corporations.

  12. Re:Anti competitive on Google's Chrome Ad Blocking Arrives Tomorrow (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think the idea here is to undermine more aggressive adblocking software. The adblocking genie is out of the bottle and the only way to combat it is to subvert the whole ecosystem by having a built-in option that's "good enough" for most people, yet leaves Google's ads untouched -- unlike 3d party ad blockers.

    So if you don't run an ad blocker (70%, last I checked), it will be seen as an improvement. If you do run an ad blocker, you'll see it as a weak offering.

  13. Signal permissions on How Facebook Outs Sex Workers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's what they say they need all of that for.

    https://support.signal.org/hc/...

  14. At work we have an cloud-based Outlook that transcribes voicemail to text. It's so comically inaccurate that we sometimes forward the results to the sender and we both get a good laugh.

  15. Re:That's a lot of value judgement... on Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. "Like" does not necessarily mean I support the position of the poster. I may like the writing style or the use of a good argument. I may think it's something that more people should evaluate. I might "like" something so a friend feels better about themselves. I may believe that a site will show me more posts on a controversial topic if I click "like" or upvote it.

  16. I've noticed that I tend to disagree with certain critics and if they rate something poorly, I'm more likely to see it.

  17. Re:Follow the money on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course there are exceptions, but in aggregate, faster internet = more disposable income.

    Thought I agree with the article that most web pages are needlessly bloated. I'm not a web developer, but I've seen a few demos of web sites where the customer comes to the developer's shop and is shown a demo of the new site. The page is hosted locally and many elements are cached on the developer's computer, so of course it's much faster than the average home user is going to experience. The customer rarely understands any of this.

  18. Follow the money on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A lot of what drives modern internet design is e-commerce. If you're on a slow connection, you probably don't have much money to spend, so why should anyone care? Or so the thinking goes....

  19. Re:Good reason to avoid proprietary ham software on A Ham Radio Software Company Has Been Blacklisting Users For Leaving Negative Reviews (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I got into ham radio mostly because I like playing with and modifying hardware and it's nearly impossible to do anything useful to computer hardware because it's too advanced. It's still possible to build a useful radio or build one from a kit.

    Raspberry PI's and Arduinos are really helpful to those of us that aren't EE's.

    Totally agree about the (incompatible) state of digital voice modes.

    I am a bit perplexed as to why Open Source software isn't bigger in ham radio, though it does have a presence. I like the ARRL but I think they have too cozy a relationship with the Big Three radio manufactures. The ARRL should be lobbying the manufactures for compatible digital voice modes and promoting Open Source more. I dislike the "Maker" name but think it will bring more software people into ham radio.

    Thanks for taking the time to post on /.

    73's K7LMD

  20. I've always been interested in electronics but never learned much beyond simple DC circuits until I studied for the General exam. If you're interested in electronics or how WiFi works, ham radio is a goo d way to get started.

  21. Re:Good reason to avoid proprietary ham software on A Ham Radio Software Company Has Been Blacklisting Users For Leaving Negative Reviews (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Actually, he's working on the next generation of SDR (software defined radio) and is a digital radio pioneer. He's building YOUR next radio.

  22. nuclear diamond battery on Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    A good idea until they put them in phones and they explode in your back pocket.

  23. So I can sort my porn collection into softcore and harder. Duh.

  24. Is it even a price hike, after being adjusted for inflation?

  25. Licensed amateur operation on A Solution To the Security Guidelines Proposed By FCC For Home Routers (imgtec.com) · · Score: 2

    Does this address the problem of FCC licensed amateur operators that can legally operate on adjacent frequencies and higher power levels?