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  1. Adverse effect on The Smog-Sucking Tower Has Arrived in China (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The possible adverse effect is that it may slow down efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, of which smog have been a hugely annoying byproduct.

  2. Volatility on Japanese To Pay Utility Bills Using Bitcoin (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    How do they address bitcoin change rate volatility?

  3. Compatible with EU rules? on From Bicycles To Washing Machines: Sweden To Give Tax Breaks For Repairs (mnn.com) · · Score: 0

    I wonder if EU commission will let that happen without complaining it violates EU's crazy free market rules

    In the sick brain of EU leaders, a VAT incentive can be considered an unfair hidden state help for some actors. On the other hand, who could stand against such a green measure?

  4. If I recall the fiber telecom courses correctly, at 1 Tbs/s, we get close to the optical fiber maximum bandwidth.

    However, we have no switches that can handle that. The only way to actually use the huge fiber bandwidth is to use wavelength multiplexing, but when we do that, this Nokia groundbreaking innovation is of little use.

    And in any case, this innovation is not directed toward consumer's last miles link. It is not a possible competitor to Google Fiber and other similar services.

  5. Re:No desktop on Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Bro, this is 2016, no one uses a desktop!

    At least, I suspect the app developer does!

  6. I bet someone is going to analyse the noise and derive data being computed by the device from it.

  7. No desktop on Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is only available as smartphone app; Google considers it makes no sense to prepare a trip on a desktop?

  8. Too slow, too late on GM Commits To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If climate changes following current path until 2050, I am not sure GM will still exist at that time. Supply chains and customers will have been wiped from earth's surface.

  9. Re:HPKP was ill-thought, and thus has seen little on Mozilla Checks If Firefox Is Affected By Same Malware Vulnerability As Tor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    HPKP carries a massive DoS risk that cannot be mitigated if you suffer a breach of key, sabotage, or a simple operational error.

    True. If someone manages to spoof your server's response, an evil HPKP header can be sent so that your server will not be reachable anymore. The best protection against this is to implement HPKP on your server, so that the evil HPKP header cannot be accepted.

  10. Re:Pay taxes on Laurene Jobs Awards $10M To Pet Charter School Network of Zuckerberg, Gates · · Score: 1

    Remember that tax spending is supposed to be directed toward citizen general interest, which is supposed to be determined by democratic process.

    There are two "supposed" in above sentence because the system is heavily corrupted in some countries. But letting a few select people decide where money should go has even less chance to serve the general interest. Key point is that people who decide cannot ever be revoked if citizen are unhappy about their decisions.

  11. Someone with a forged certificate can impersonate a web site. This is not a vulnerability, this is a feature of the threat model: we blindly trust CA for issuing only legitimate certificates.

    This weakness in the security model can still be addressed, because fortunately we already have a workaround for it: HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP).

  12. Can't we make them pay taxes, instead of letting them directing money wherever they feel it is good? This is a new form of aristocracy.

  13. Source on 23 Years Later: the Apple II Receives Another OS Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I understand this is an independent developer's work. How can he name the software like Apple's product, and even print "(c) Apple Computers Inc" on it? Shouln'd that awake Apple's army of evil lawers?

  14. After crises, after Greece on New EU Rules Promise 100Mbps Broadband and Free Wi-Fi For All (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    After mishandling 2005 crisis, after destroying Greece, EU attempt to show itself in a positive light. I suspect it is too late.

  15. Is it smart to start a pump and dump scam campaign the day your extradition trial starts?

  16. Game changer? on New Ransomware Poses As A Windows Update (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Is it a game changer? Previously, ransomwares were encrypting your files silently in the background, and now it does the same while displaying a Windows update box. No big change.

  17. By dodging taxes, Google is indeed using citizen as fuel.

  18. Not taking notice of experts and plowing on because you believe in something is important. It's much easier to do when you're young

    Ignorance of experience promoted as a virtue. While there, they could also skip science classes, as it may badly influence their spirits.

  19. Re:Access to evidence on Turkish Journalist Jailed For Terrorism Was Framed, Forensic Report Shows (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Because despite what you might think, Turkey has a modern liberal legal system

    I did not judge Turkey legal system, I just noted something did not make sense: if whoever planted evidence knew it would be discovered, why did that person did it? If the legal system works, that person will be indicted and probably jailed at some time.

  20. Can't we vote for status quo? Because all proposals seem nonsense to me. Where has the lizard gone?

  21. Access to evidence on Turkish Journalist Jailed For Terrorism Was Framed, Forensic Report Shows (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    How did Mr Spencer got access to the evidence, that is, the PC?

    The story suggests the journalist was framed, but by who? If it was by Turkish government, then why did it let a third party had the opportunity to review the fake evidences?

  22. Extracting RSA key from Cisco Pix on Computer Science Professor Mocks The NSA's Buggy Code (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    The scenario of extracting RSA key from memory leaks on Cisco Pix reminds a lot about Heartbleed. Does Cisco Pix use OpenSSL?

  23. How do they access? on Scammers Use Harvard Education Platform to Promote Pirated Movies (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    TFA says access requires an .edu address. How did spammers get in? Did they hijack student's accounts?

  24. Re:Creepy to a next level on RealDoll CEO Aims To Make Its Sex Dolls Love You Back Via AI App (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You think people didn't talk to their sex dolls before?

    I must confess I never dared to think about it

  25. Greenhouse gas emissions on Airbus Details Plan To Build Flying Taxis (autoblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Such initiative will not help curbing down greenhouse gas emissions...