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  1. In related new, Newegg was sold to a Chinese co. on Computer Parts Site Newegg Is Being Sued For Allegedly Engaging In Massive Fraud (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when you sell your American business to a Chinese company. Lying, bank fraud, copyright infringement, selling known defective products, lying to consumers, not complying with fair business laws, lying in their advertising, etc is what Chinese companies do. The culture over there resembles Turkish street vendors.

  2. orly on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't Red Hat finally release the moon after the ransom was paid? I thought I read that. Also Apple Sues Apple To Start The Solar Power Project sounds completely like something they would do.

  3. How would this possibly work? on Windows 10's 'Controlled Folder Access' Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Blocked from access by all programs by default? So I go to photoshop and hit open and the open file dialog box is blocked from accessing any folder anywhere in my user directory? That's helpful. Is that really how this works or is this more like "nothing can get past the UAC" type of BS?

  4. This doesn't work in any modern browser on The Internet Is Ripe With In-Browser Miners and It's Getting Worse Each Day (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Alarmist nonsense. Within like 15 seconds all major browsers I know of will pop up something to the effect of "a script on this page is using a lot of CPU time" or whatever and pause it while allowing you to terminate that one single process and stop running the script. So it's impossible for a browser to be secretly wasting all your CPU time without catching it nearly immediately.

  5. Oh no, my fat got triggered on Google Maps Ditches Walking Calorie Counter After Backlash (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For real, wanting to go somewhere and wanting to get exercise are two completely different things. It's rarely overlapped where I don't care how long it'd take to get there so I'll burn some calories on foot. So it is completely useless and somewhat insulting, especially to people like me with mobility issues when it comes to walking. BUT screw those in-denial fat ass whiners who can't handle being told they're disgustingly unhealthy and need to do something about it. If they can't handle that simple fact, let alone taking steps to do something about it, that's THEIR own mental illness. DO NOT cater to those types.

  6. quick question on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Do I need to patch my Windows PC, my router, both, or exactly one of the two but it's not important which.

  7. Or... on Voice Assistants Will Be Difficult To Fire (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You COULD just not be stupid and not buy one in the first place. I can type faster than I can speak and I know how to structure searches to get what I want. AI does not. Plus the massive privacy concerns mean nobody should be dumb enough to put one of these in their home.

  8. Fruit juice and meditation can't do shit about cancer and only hipster morons think so

  9. Who needs cash? on In a Cashless World, You'd Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out (mises.org) · · Score: 1

    Last time my area was without power people wanted food, generators, inverters, and gasoline not cash. We knew cash wasn't dead and buried obviously, as it was a localized tornado, but nobody really was all that interested in paper money compared to things they immediately needed.

  10. How does this work? on Someone Is Trying to Knock the Dark Web Drug Trade Offline (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    If you tried to DDOS anything on the Tor network, you either know the real server's IP address, in which case send it to the FBI. That or you go through some crappy volunteer-run gateway or relay or whatever and I guarantee that would freeze up and disconnect you before a more capable actual web server. So how exactly are they doing this?

  11. Yeah, obviously on Legal Online Gambling Could Return To the US (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    And it's called Counterstrike Global Offensive and you don't need to be 18. I can't wait for congress to drop the hammer on that garbage.

  12. How are they going to patch the fact that anyone with a device like this in their house is an idiot? Or that the NSA knows damn well that nobody of interest to them would talk about their top secret plans in front of a voice to text-capable, internet-connect device?

  13. Why Facebook shouldn't have attached their name to on Facebook Announces $199 Oculus Go Standalone VR Headset (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    So this one must REALLY spy on you and record your voice and show ads and track you via GPS and probably process your entire DNA profile and sell it to your health insurance company. I don't trust Facebook. Nobody trusts Facebook. At this point the damn thing will probably have paid loot boxes and microtransactions.

  14. A real account of how this works on 100K Lose Power As America Faces Its Third Hurricane In Three Weeks (go.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in Wisconsin but we lost power for 3-4 days because of a tornado on more than 1 occassion and here's how it really goes. Not to be rude or arrogant, just being 100% real, the people with weeks of electricity-free foods to eat, a water filter, and a generator, solar array, or a car + high wattage inverter were just fine and the not so responsible people who pretend catastrophes will never happen to them were in big trouble. This is why I consider myself sort of a prepper, although not for the end of the world, just for real stuff that really happens. I just watched a few youtube vids, bought like $100 worth of stuff, and tada all set for massively bad weather occurrences. FEMA agrees with me that everyone should at least take basic steps like this. So everyone complaining about how bad the situation is, it's bad BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PREPARE! That or their entire house was destroyed. But most are just simply without power.

  15. Apparently there's nothing that Microsoft won't at least attempt to slow down

  16. still waiting on AMD Unveils E9170 Embedded GPU (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh good. I'm still waiting for an apology for their last atrocity, the E1 CPU. It's slightly slower than a 1999 model pentium 3 and they tried to run Windows 8 on it.

  17. Lies on Fully Driverless Cars Could Be Months Away (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    They can't drive in the snow or rain. They can't drive into the sun. They can't understand road construction. They can't dodge potholes. They basically can't drive in real world scenarios. No way in hell are these coming out in a month.

  18. This is almost definitely enclosure-specific on High Sierra's Disk Utility Does Not Recognize Unformatted Disks (tinyapps.org) · · Score: 0

    So assuming it's an enclosure with a 2.5 or even 3.5" drive in it, some of their controllers can't initialize a drive even in Windows because they're too simplistic and outdated. I've ran into this before and now I only get Orico USB 3.0 ones because I randomly tried them and they work. I wouldn't necessarily blame the utility but it may just be the enclosure and yes, store-bought externals can have the same problem.

  19. Good for batteries on Solar Powered Smartwatch Successfully Crowdfunded on Kickstarter (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    To charge a small amount often is good for the battery. Charging from 95% to 100% goes slower because of a lower voltage difference. If the battery is nearly empty, current flows faster and creatures dendrites on the inside of the batteries' terminals. So recharging every time you step outside instead of once per day at night is quite beneficial.

  20. Complete misinformation on Chaos and Hackers Stalk Investors on Cryptocurrency Exchanges (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So some butthurt author wrote an article whining about BTC-E. I've got news for you. NOBODY in the bitcoin community trusted BTC-E. They were always the shady exchange and nobody with a brain used them. All the other major exchanges have been around for years with little to no incidents. So the moral of the story actually is do some damn research before choosing an exchange and all the rest are safe. This is such a FUD article I can't even believe it.

  21. orly? on iOS 11 Is Causing Massive Battery Drain Problems (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    A larger, more complicated OS with more code and more processing time because of it uses more electricity? Whaaaat? I thought phone processors ran on magic and newer was always better.

  22. What they SHOULD censor on 'Banned Books Week' Recognizes 2016's Most-Censored Books (and Comic Books) (newsweek.com) · · Score: 0

    They should be censoring the SJW propaganda garbage that Marvel calls comic books right now. It's damaging to society and makes weak-minded people lose their touch with reality evidently.

  23. Whaaaaaat? on Apple: iPhones Are Too 'Complex' To Allow Unauthorized Repair (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple is lying and exaggerating about something to make more money? WHAAAAAAAT? This is my surprised face. The only thing that will stop them is laws, the end. We need right to repair laws and that's that.

  24. Seriously though on New Antibody Attacks 99% of HIV Strains (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    This is about the 10th time they've cured AIDS/HIV just in Slashdot's reporting. This is solar panel and battery efficiency all over again. I think both are at about 105% efficiency cumulatively. Why is HIV still a thing now?

  25. They hired Anita Sarkeesian. "Terrorism" probably means you politely disagree with LGBT lifestyles.