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  1. Re:Twitter has MORALS? on Starz Goes on Twitter Meta-Censorship Spree To Cover Up TV-Show Leaks (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    They boxed them up to make sure they are never used and diminish in value.

  2. As far as I know, all current batteries in non-Tesla BEV cars sold outside of China are made by LG Chem. Which becomes a bit of a problem if you are trying to scale.

  3. Re:So they're admitting it's biased on We're All Being Judged By a Secret 'Trustworthiness' Score (wsj.com) · · Score: 2
    If a credit card is always used with a Tor IP address, and then makes a request that is not from a Tor IP address the request not from Tor would be suspicious.

    Additionally, If you always hide your browser signature and you make a request that looks like it is a generic Chrome browser that would be suspicious.

  4. Re:Why do people think... on Dashcam Video Shows Tesla Steering Toward Lane Divider - Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    That's actually not true.

    There are large sections of 101 that waymo and Tesla's have no problems with that GM, Honda, Toyata, and Subaru's latest all fail miserably with.

    I bought autopilot to reduce the risk of being in an accident in a parking lot. (the autopark feature is bundled with auto pilot) The difference between AutoPIlot and the other lane assist software is that AutoPilot does what the other systems claim to do, but can't.

    All the ads the Auto industry has for autobraking, adaptive cruise control, and lane assist are grossly misleading compared to reality.

  5. It seems like in the end electric cars will mostly be made by LG, with Toyota and possibly Tesla having a small market share.

    If you 50% of the cost of the car is made by LG (the batteries and motor). Tesla makes their own batteries and motors (the batteries are a partnership with Panasonic). Toyota makes their own batteries in partnership with Panasonic. Everyone else is basically just wrapping a car around LG batteries. Toyota seems to be about five to ten years before they get to solid-state batteries, and Tesla is making improvements, and have the best current technology, but it seems like they have such severe cash flow issues that they may not be making the investments to keep their lead.

    Musk's announcements are clearly aspirational, but the cars are amazing and the model 3 is clearly pushing other companies to start developing real electric cars.

    Most Tesla owners I know planned on keeping a second car for road trips and found that road trips are more pleasant driving the Tesla than the other cars, even with the charging station issue. And, really the Supercharger version 3 with a Tesla model 3 isn't all that much worse than stopping for gas. (And not no worse than stopping at Costco for gas in California)

    I expect that the well-known car companies will wind up mostly failing with the transition to electric cars. I think Tesla is still a long shot to be around in 20 years, but GM and Volkwagon are having problems producing something technologically on par with the original roadster, much less something like the model S or model 3. Maybe Nissan will pull it off, but they dumped their own battery technology for LG.

    The one thing that Tesla clearly created was the market for electric sports cars. It will be interesting to see who will be the big players in it. But, Tesla seems to still be pretty limited by its battery production. It will be interesting to see how things change over the next few years.

  6. Re: Private detective on Ask Slashdot: How Is It Even Legal For Websites To Gather And Sell Users' Data? · · Score: 1
    That's done frequently by loss prevention services.

    You are assuming that the physical world doesn't do certain things that happen all the time.

  7. Re:just like companies, monetize it on Stop Saying, 'We Take Your Privacy and Security Seriously' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's about 1,000x that if the data falls under HIPAA. health insurance companies still have breaches.

  8. HIPAA fines are in the thousands per users data compromised.

    Anthem was still compromised.

    Personally, I lean towards having a robust plan for after the compromise. Defense in depth is highly underrated.

  9. the Greenland ice sheet alone holds enough water to raise sea levels 7 metres.

    About 3.2 meters. That's the real figure.

    Why are ACs so stupid? The 7m is a simple theoretical number, from dividing the volume of Greenland's ice by the area of the oceans. Hardly controversial.

    It is not a forecast.

    Ice has a lower density than water, and salt water has an even higher density.

  10. Although to counterbalance if you brick your model 3 while preparing for own2p0wn they will reflash the car for you and have declared that you are not voiding your warranty, so, half a brownie point?

  11. Re:Stop shilling or don't, but read or stfu on Is California's PG&E The First Climate Change Bankruptcy? (marketscreener.com) · · Score: 1

    Or just simply used the portion of proceeds earmarked for maintenance on maintenance.

  12. Re:Setting Fires on Is California's PG&E The First Climate Change Bankruptcy? (marketscreener.com) · · Score: 1
    That's not the only reason.

    They dumped toxic waste in the groundwater and then sent residents flyers touting the health benefits of having toxic waste in your groundwater.

  13. Re:Again demonstrates what I mean about IE being d on Microsoft's Emergency Internet Explorer Patch Renders Some Lenovo Laptops Unbootable (betanews.com) · · Score: 1
    Install, FreeBSD, a Linux distro like Ubuntu or RedHat, or convert the machine into a Hackintosh are a few ways to not use IE.

    There is a headless version of Windows Server that should allow you to run windows apps without IE, although IIRC, Quickbooks server relies on IE for remote connections, so your mileage may vary as to how viable headless windows is for running server applications.

  14. Re: Not dealing with Oracle = big win on Oracle's CTO: No Way a 'Normal' Person Would Move To AWS (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    MariaDB has pluggable backends. You can use InnoDB, ISAM, flat files, /dev/null (seriously), extradb, and Cassandra as a backend for it (And probably more that I can't think of off the top of my head.).

    Depending on what you are doing, that might be an issue.

  15. Re: Got it on Oracle's CTO: No Way a 'Normal' Person Would Move To AWS (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    What exactly is a "cloud native database"?

    A distributed database that is designed to span data centers and withstand serious network faults. A couple of examples would be CockroachDB and google spanner.

  16. Re:Sick of big companies snooping your dns? on Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how they plan on monetizing it. But, from talking to their salespeople that have been wanting me to pay $1,500 a month for their DNS service. I'd guess they are looking at this as a freemium offering. Where they will allow corporate users to have private DNS entries that are only available to their logged in users. And based on their pricing model, I'd guess that would be about $1k a month plus a per-user fee.

  17. Re:older Linux admin on Ask Slashdot: Do Older IT Workers Doing End-User Support Find It Gets Harder With Age? · · Score: 1
    Use google?

    sudo systemctl enable rc-local

    But, with packer, docker, kubernetes, and other ways of building immutable infrastructure you typically wind up worrying less about how am I going to upgrade this, as the answer is: "I'll just delete it when the upgrade comes out tomorrow"

  18. Re:Anti-Trust on Microsoft Browser Usage Drops 50% As Chrome Soars (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    How does that analogy make me "incorrect for the most part"?

    True or false:

    (1) Google/Chrome have pushed new protocols as replacements for established standards (e.g., SPDY to replace HTTP).

    (2) Google/Chrome frequently implement bleeding edge "standards" in ways that don't work in many/any other browsers/engines (e.g., numerous posts on sites like Codrops illustrating new effects that actually only work in Chrome because they rely on non-standard features).

    (3) Google/Chrome have dropped support for older functionality, only to replace it with new tools to do the same things (e.g., basically any popular plugin now).

    (4) Google/Chrome produce a browser that in principle supports lots of new CSS features but in practice has numerous rendering bugs if you deviate from the most basic use cases (e.g., radial gradients that are mostly unusable due to banding/pixellation issues).

    1. SPDY was implemented in firefox as well and became the basis of HTTP2, which most web browsers support. True, but they pushed a new open standard that didn't lock you in
    2. -ie-, -o-, -webkit-, and -moz- are all not supposed to be used, but because they are there, and because we have css preprocessors, many of them are used. The problem is that not only do people use -webkit- css extensions they sometimes don't bother with anything but the -webkit- extension. (which will be a problem when google drops support of the -webkit- extension they were using because it is officially unsupported beta functionality.True, but it is currently the standard practice of all browsers, and there is a movement to kill this off
    3. Flash and java applets were/are .... Well, let's just say I'm happy that they are dying.True, thankfully
    4. That's more or less true for all modern browsers. It's one of the reasons frontend developers make so much, and are so hard to find.True, But, that is the same for all browsers.
  19. Re: Thanks Obama! on More Fast Food Restaurants Are Now Automating (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh I should patent that. A robot that spits in the food of undesirable customers.

  20. Re:Backported to 2.6? on Linux Kernel 4.10 Officially Released With Virtual GPU Support (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1
    Compiling your own more modern kernel is an option for almost every system. (You might need to install a more recent gcc, depending on the age of the distro)

    For many distros, once you find the documentation of their prefered way to package and install the kernel, it is almost trivial to build a new kernel.

  21. That sounds about right. Contesting a mortgage in court one would expect to cost about $100,000 or so, if it is a fairly straightforward breach of truth in lending laws. That's why there are so many self represented litigants. Laws are only for people who can afford a six figure unexpected expense. Most Americans can't even afford a $600 unexpected expense

  22. Re:Of course it can be more secure. on Can the Cloud Be More Secure Than Your Own Servers? (Video) · · Score: 1

    You need to wrap it in lead before burying it in cement.

  23. Re:24/7 dedicated security teams... on Can the Cloud Be More Secure Than Your Own Servers? (Video) · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points.

  24. Re:Sexy job on The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google · · Score: 1

    While that works to have some developers like that, you at some point need developers that can look at the program as a whole and figure out that with a minor refactoring you can delete 40% of your code, because it is essentially redundant.

    High end developers are not needed for a lot of things, but having a couple on staff can make the other developers a lot more productive.

  25. Re:min install on Outlining Thin Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    Tom's root boot linux was two 3.25" floppies. I didn't know there was a smaller distro.