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  1. This is almost the same story as french journalist a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Morandini">Jean-Marc Morandini. I wonder if they knew each other business or if they had a common inspirator.

  2. Why nuclear? on Toshiba Is 'Burning Cash At An Alarming Rate' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Do we have an idea why they invested into nuclear? The technology is aging, and everyone bets on renewable now.

  3. You haven't seen the extent of Russian trolling.

    Yes, I know they have troll factories to handle the load. But staring at the obvious foreign propaganda, make sure you are not blind to the more furtive propaganda from your own government.

  4. Simplier designs on Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? · · Score: 1

    The older cool point is about simplicity, in my opinion. Computers where more simple (I refer to the device itself, not its usability), and it was much easier to hack cool stuff on it.

  5. Propaganda on Czech Republic Sets Up Counter-Terrorism Unit To Counter Fake News Threat (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    [Russia tries] to manipulate public opinion in the Czech Republic in relation to Syria and Ukraine

    So basically the problem is that Russia is pushing its own war propaganda against government's own. Fake news is likely to be on both sides.

  6. Insighful answers on What's the Best Book You Read This Year? · · Score: 1

    Simple question, tons of answers that most moderators will have no interest in: it will be difficult to get an insightful answer here.

  7. Re:Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    No government that tried to do what you suggest would be able to function.

    Sure, but no government ever operated under the rules you proposed either. If you create a loophole to hold power forever while wrecking the economy, you could meet people that consider it attractive.

  8. Re:Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, provoking China is scaring, I agree. It has less nuclear nukes than Russia, but it still looks like a game where everyone loose.

  9. Re:Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Deciding on when to commit your country to war would seem to be at least as important as how to tax the population.

    Agreed, but I meant that history has shown us that the motivation for the people to start a revolution is usually about deciding how the existing taxes should be spent. War commitment also plays a role, the first example that comes to my mind being Russia's 1917 revolution.

  10. Re:Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Democracy has flaws, but it is the lesser flawed of all political systems.

    Take your proposal. It allows the elected power to choose the part of the People that will vote. For instance, it could collect all taxes on business (which will pass the cost to customers), reducing the voters to the people that get nothing from government benefits. Everyone else is excluded, even if they contribute more taxes (indirectly, as customers) than they get through government benefits. Don't you feel something wrong here?

  11. Re:Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In your system, elected power does not represent the People general will. This is not a democracy, but a lightweight plutocracy.

  12. Perhaps it can advise on quantity: "your leaver can stand one extra serving".

  13. Re:Coming soon to a China near you: on China 'Smart Restaurant' Uses Facial Recognition To Make Meal Suggestions (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You deserve +1 funny, but on the serious side, starving people has historically being one of the few efficient way to cause a revolution. Do not bet chinese leaders ignore that.

  14. Taxes and vote on You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    I support vote right at 16, since at 16 one can work, and hence pay taxes, and deciding on tax allocation is the root of democracy.

    Maturity cannot be a filter, since we precisely do not know how to define it.

  15. The app features 15 channels, including NASA TV, France One

    Is "France One" supposed to be TF1? It seems the web does not know anything about "France One"

  16. I have no account on all those social medias. Does that make me a suspect?

  17. 5 mph over limit? on Tesla Updates Autopilot To Make It Follow the Speed Limit On Roads (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    What is the point of a limit 5 mph over limit? If you want to have a limit, the legal one seems to make more sense,

  18. At least that trick is not going to inflict damages on civilians, and it may even reduce them.

  19. Re:0.53 per cent? on Canada's CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Service (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    The problem is with the reader, not the writer.

    Indeed, I now understand I should have readen "percent" and not "per cent". If it is 0.53% of revenue, then it makes sense.

  20. Bringing on international police cooperation will not work, as Ukraine does not control that territory.

    That creates a difficult diplomatic situation: in order to get a result, one country has to recognize the region's sovereignty. Or alternatively, one can blacklist the offending IPs

  21. 0.53 per cent? on Canada's CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Service (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 0

    Providers used to pay 0.53 per cent of their revenues

    One dollar earned, that is, 100 cents, means 53 dollar to pay. There must be something wrong in this sentence.

  22. It seems Apple is willing to demonstrate that EU courts are not really independent. EU justice court's judges are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states and hold office for a renewable term of six years (quoted from Wikipedia).

  23. Samsung currently sources its phone batteries from Samsung SDI, a subsidiary of the company

    Does that mean they do not even trust their own subsidiary?

  24. This is not basic income, this is socialized unemployment assurance. All European countries have this, although it may be shorter, or comes with conditions (age, duration of previous employment) or even strings (like showing you actually search for a job).

  25. Whats up with those dumb editors on slashdot. Can't they just explain what this [flash] stuff is??

    You do not know what Flash is? You are either very lucky, or very young :-)