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  1. Bad title on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is a bad title. Like other noted, planes can land without visibility, and TFA does not tell about landing problem.

    What TFA says is that planes are grounded in an attempt to curb pollution.

  2. Compliance attrempt on South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Would it be in-line with the law to sell computers without display? That would surely prevent showing pornography.

  3. Re:How was that fixed? on A $300 Device Can Steal Mac FileVault2 Passwords (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I do not get it. Wasn't that supposed to happen before system boot? There is an hypervisor at work in UEFI environment?

  4. How was that fixed? on A $300 Device Can Steal Mac FileVault2 Passwords (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    How was that fixed?

    I guess they cannot close thunderbolt DMA access without redering it unusable to boot. Hence I suspect they just randomized the location where the password is fetched in memory. And of course they probably made sure it is erased after use. Anyone has a clue?

  5. Total count? on Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    How many accounts do Yahoo have?

  6. Standard protocol? on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there a standard protocol for V2V? Or is there a given protocol backed by the feds? Otherwise it seems rather useless.

  7. And how is Zo different than previous attempts?

  8. Buy your employer on If You Get Rich, You Won't Quit Working For Long (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are rich enough, you can buy your employer. Funny things can start there.

  9. Unexpected on American Express Will Give All Parents 20 Weeks Of Paid Leave (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I am gladly surprised, as I did not expect a big multinational company to give anything to workers without fighting. Perhaps there is some fine print somewhere?

  10. Three environments on Xbox One Games Arrive On Oculus Rift With New Streaming App (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Whether you're taking on Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, or any other Xbox One game, you'll be able to play in three different environments from the start -- each titled 'Citadel,' 'Retreat,' and 'Dome,

    I cannot even remotely figure what theses "environments" are about. Anyone can enlighten me?

  11. Re:git sucks just like all new opensource on First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are looking for the autoconf package. While there, also install automake and libtool, as there are little chance you will not need them.

  12. Re:India explanation on Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels In Almost Three Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're overestimating the Indian government's abilities here

    Indeed, the government has little abilities to regulate bitcoin exchange in its own. But it has some teeth when bitcoin hits the local economy, either when bitcoins are converted into local currency, or when they are used for domestic financial transactions.

    In both case, regulation can uncover actor's identity and force cooperation with the tax administration. In such a situation, you can still remain anonymous and dodge tax for foreign income that is spend outside of the country, but I guess that is not the biggest concern for the government.

  13. Re:"Castro's single-party government" on Google Global Cache Is Coming to Cuba (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    The word is "dictatorship". Or, if you prefer: "tyranny".

    Theses are not synonyms. The dictator handles all powers for the sake of general interest. Many democracies have provisions for such a status if the country is hit by a serious crisis that render normal institutions unable to operate. The Tyran also handle all powers but its power is illegitimate.

  14. Re:You Clueless Asshat on Google Global Cache Is Coming to Cuba (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Castro doesn't permit his people to have internet, (...) The Castros can't have the peasants find out the truth about the outside world.

    Cuba is not North Korea. Personal Internet access is missing, but offline exchange happens thought el paquete, leaving many opportunities to learn about foreign news. Moreover, tourism is strong at Cuba, which is another way though which outside information can enter the country

  15. Re:India explanation on Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels In Almost Three Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If government is cracking on tax dodging, then how can they consider bitcoin as safe? In order to be used, money will have to be converted back into rupees, and this conversion business can be regulated. Government can monitor it for tax dodge, or even tax it on its own.

  16. India explanation on Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels In Almost Three Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The India explanation is strange: if a note is removed from circulation, people would tend to use lower value notes. Why would they move to bitcoin?

  17. Perverse method on Alphabet Donated Its Employees' Holiday Gifts To Charity (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    How to remove perks without sparking protests?

    - First, turn them into donation to a charity. Nobody can oppose donation to a charity without being labelled as a bastard.

    - Second, gradually reduce do,nation to charity over the years. Employees will probably not notice or complain since they do not get the gift

  18. Perhaps the DHS did not do it? It could be the work of a hacker that infiltrated DHS and use it to probe states.

    Given that most states gave permission to DHS to perform penetration testing, it makes the DHS the perfect base for such activity.

  19. The current trend in labeling since transistors started on their vertical adventures is to extrapolate an "equivalent" feature size based on overall transistor density.

    And when did it start? I mean what was the last non-extrapolated feature size?

  20. Therefore a 14 layered 14nm chip would be labeled as 1nm? They will soon announce sizes smaller than a single atom!

  21. Diversity of sources on Information Overload No Problem For Most Americans: Survey (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Having a lot of information from the same source will probably entrap the consumer in a cognitive bubble. Diversity of sources is the important point.

  22. This is quite narrow. A 10 nm wide track fits less than 100 atoms of silicium.

  23. Re:Only downloads? on Vinyl Records Outsold Digital Downloads In the UK Last Week (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    And you believe the RIAA? ;-)

    Their report is the basis for the news we talk about, I found it in TFA.

  24. Do we have some information about the protocol? Kerberos, SAML, OpenId, proprietary?

  25. Great a single point of failure, hack 1 account, hack them all !

    OTOH, once you have only one login to manage, it gets easier to catter its security. Users can manage one long password, but have trouble to do so for multiple sites.