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  1. The most surprising bit of that news on At Least Two US Attorneys General Are Investigating Google+ Breach (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Really, at least 500,000 users of google+? Did they all move over from facebook recently?

  2. Re:I did this to myself a long time ago on The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously you are right. Unfortunately, Sturgeon's law applies to both employees and management. So the odds that good ones meet in a professional setting are slim.

  3. Re:1984 was not a suggestion, it was a warning. on Bill Gates-Backed Social Recommendation App Likewise Now Available for iOS and Android (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    You clearly don't know what 'friends' are. Talking to, or spending time with, actual people has nothing to do with Bill's concept of a friend.

  4. No, windows 10 is still running the August release of 18.04 by default.

  5. Re:Nannyland? on Netherlands Proposes Legislation To Ban Use Of Phones On Bicycles (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    Coastal defence in The Netherlands is regulated by law. It is maintained at mean sealevel+36ft, whatever the rise. We're also nannies about getting shit done.

  6. Re:Older is wiser? I'm shocked! on Millennials More Likely To Fall For Scams Than Baby Boomers (washingtonexaminer.com) · · Score: 1

    I think this happened on a much larger scale than just for the last generation. I've noticed that I'm way 'younger' in many ways than my parents were at the same age, and they were nowhere near as 'old' as my grandparents were at my current age. I guess the trend could be caused by the decline of life-threathening problems you encouter in your life-time.

  7. Re:Technically Illegal? on Engineering Firm Plans To Tow Icebergs From Antarctica To Parched Dubai (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    I don't think Dubai is a signatory of the Antarctic Treaty. Seeing what has happened in the past onder the responsibily of non-signatories makes me think that this prohibition is not going to help.
    http://adam.antarcticanz.govt....

  8. Yes, that's what old programmers used to do: build and test with efence and valgrid, and recompile
    https://linux.die.net/man/3/li...
    http://valgrind.org/
    Interestingly neither of these lang standing approaches (Hi Bruce) appears to be mentioned in the IEEE paper.
    Peer review ain't what she used to be.

  9. Re: The sky's the limit! on Justice Department Warns It Might Not Be Able To Prosecute Voting Machine Hackers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a relief
    I only get 400k hits on searching for Scada vulnerability (vs. 7.4M for XP)

  10. Re:Any legal opinions? on Internet Groups Urge US Court To Reinstate 'Net Neutrality' Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you made a smart choice to ask for advice here. /. is famous for its opinion on legal matters. Most posters are actually lawyers pretending to be geeks living in the basement.

  11. Re:Hidden from whom? on Scientists Discover Hidden Deep-Sea Coral Reef Off South Carolina Coast (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It wasn't hidden from wikipedia.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-water_coral
    There's even a picture from a coral from South Carolina dating to 2002

  12. Re:Forms of Government will Change on Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise (vice.com) · · Score: 1
  13. Re: Good job Bruce and EFF on EFF Defends Bruce Perens In Appeal of Open Source Security/Spengler Ruling (perens.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a very strange opinion. One of the parties in "Bradley Spengler v. Bruce Perens" must have thought a lawsuit was a good idea, so why does that party not deserve to be caught up in it?

  14. Weasel words. The input is parsed and transcribed. Who needs a recording?

  15. So this will be the weapen of choice on Gmail Now Lets You Send Self-Destructing 'Confidential Mode' Emails From Your Phone (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If that feature actually worked as advertized, it would be ideal for online threats and stalking.

  16. Re:Lay police work on US Government Seeks Facebook Help To Wiretap Messenger, Report Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Even worse. Why can't they just buy the data fhey need from Facebook? Must be cheaper than going through court.

  17. No, you are paying for them through inflated consumer prices.

  18. Re:Borrowing the entire defense budget on Trump Signs Defense Bill With Watered-Down ZTE Sanctions (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Even more perspective, the federal debt to China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, France, the UK, and Japan combined is about five times that amount (https://www.thebalance.com/who-owns-the-u-s-national-debt-3306124). Clearly those countries would have a problem when the US defaults. That must be the hidden defense strategy...

  19. Re:Is your face private? on Faces Are Being Scanned At US Airports With No Safeguards on Data Use (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the US can copy the GDPR? At least you will have a legal course of action if you accidentally end up in a database you don't belong in...

  20. Re:DRM is all about money and not about privacy. on Will JPEG's Next 'Privacy and Security' Features Include DRM? (davidgerard.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    ..there's no standard placement/icon/requirement to let you go back and review/change what you've agreed to..
    If you cannot easily see what you agreed to earlier, that would be in breach of article 12.1 of the GDPR. That is the very first article specifying the rights of the consumer. It may be stupid legislation, for protecting dumb consumers, but is is deliberate and thouroughly planned stupidity all the same.

  21. Re: Online courses on Should Online Courses Film Students Taking Tests? (mypalmbeachpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Should be easy enough.
    http://www.lexicolatry.com/201...

  22. Re:If commoditization would only happen... on 'It's Time to End the Yearly Smartphone Launch Event' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I think for house prices it has come and gone. Maybe Mr Greenspan can explain what he did to fix those low prices around 2001.
    http://www.longtermtrends.net/...

  23. Re:Good news! on US Recycling Companies Face Upheaval From China Scrap Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funny you should mention that country:
    https://www.liechtenstein.li/e...

  24. Re:Why I don't give to secular "aid" organizations on Scientists Stunned as Medical Non-Profit Group Abruptly Ends Research Grants (nature.com) · · Score: 0

    You mean Hamas?

  25. Hm,
    Excercise for the student: Replace each of your bullets with a pornographic reference. Can we now conclude that porn is science?