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  1. SCR files? on Google Chrome Wants To Block Some HTTP File Downloads (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Including .EXE but forgetting about .SCR, .COM, .BAT, .LNK, and possibly other extensions that are treated just like .EXE files?

    (Yes, .BAT files which are valid PE executables will run as executables, and it won't try to execute it as a command prompt script)

  2. Re:Uh.... "billions"? on FTC Fines Four Operations Responsible For Billions of Illegal Robocalls (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Sounds like you are assuming a single source of calls that operates in real time. That's not how any of this works.

  3. We've seen this before... on Gab Wants To Add a Comments Section To Everything On the Internet (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We've seen extensions letting you comment on any webpage before. The obvious downside is that you need to inform a third party of what URL you are visiting in order to fetch the comments.

    So it's basically spying on users, and it would be very hard to implement this in a way that does not spy.

  4. Clippit not Clippt on Microsoft's Cloud Evangelist Adds 'Clippy' To Their Business Card (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    "Clippy's" name was never Clippy, it was always Clippit.

  5. Re:Register null.dev on Google Launches New .dev TLD (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it support sharding?

  6. Locked bootloaders killed them on Ask Slashdot: Are Custom Android ROMs Still a Thing? · · Score: 2

    Locked bootloaders killed the custom Android OS on many different phones.

  7. Oracle's Whims on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Java? (jaxenter.com) · · Score: 2

    The thing I've recently heard about Java is that you are subject to Oracle's random whims. Right now, you can get and use the runtime environment and development environment for free, but you don't know if they will randomly decide to charge you a ton of money to use it and send an army of lawyers after you.

    That seems to be the only "dead" part of Java, the idea that you can actually use it without Oracle screwing you over.

  8. It's that thing they announced one time, but didn't let you join, thus killing the service early.

  9. There is a problem with how it updates it... on Microsoft's Problem Isn't How Often it Updates Windows -- It's How It Develops It (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There actually is a problem with how it updates it. You see, Windows was designed to emit a two-byte NOP at the beginning of every function, just so it could be hotpatched to redirect to a longer jump instruction. This mechanism would allow reboot-free updating of core system files.

    I don't see any reboot-free updating of core system files here.

  10. There's also DreamHost.

  11. Never had the rights on Richard Stallman Says Linux Code Contributions Can't Be Rescinded (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Then there's the case where they never had the rights to the code in the first place, and could not legally contribute it. I guess that kind of thing could be rescinded.

  12. Re:Wait... on Google Promises Chrome Changes After Privacy Complaints (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    No, they didn't log into chrome, they logged into Gmail. Then Chrome's login system hijacked the cookie. Big difference.

  13. Nice "news" on Thieves Who Stole GPS Tracking Devices Were Caught Within Hours (nbc4i.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Read the date on this one: June 7 2017.

  14. Number 7 will shock you! on Reimagining of Schrodinger's Cat Breaks Quantum Mechanics -- and Stumps Physicists (nature.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    two physicists have devised a modern version of the paradox by replacing the cat with a physicist doing experiments -- with shocking implications.

    Is this just another way of saying "Number 7 will shock you!"

  15. Too bad early 3D paged poorly on Sony Announces PlayStation Classic, a $100 Mini PS1 (polygon.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too bad early-generation 3D graphics have aged very poorly. Especially how the original Playstation doesn't even have perspective-correct texture mapping, everything warps and warbles as it moves on the screen.

  16. What you can do and can't do on US Lawmakers Say AI Deepfakes 'Have the Potential To Disrupt Every Facet of Our Society' (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What could be possible:

    * Cryptographic signatures on raw data leaving a camera, or Cryptographic signatures on the default recording app as the videos/photos are taken

    Probably won't help that much though, but might help to identify unedited footage.

    * Give images/videos timestamps signed by a third party immediately as they are taken

    This can prove that a piece of information existed no earlier than that time.

    None of these can thwart recording a video screen playing back pre-edited video.

  17. Submarines on Will Future Nuclear Power Plants Float? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    It would be really hard to keep Submarines away from these things. Fat target and all.

  18. FP16 support on Nvidia Unveils Powerful New RTX 2070 and 2080 Graphics Cards (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when the consumer cards can do accelerated 16-bit floating point math.

  19. Let the battery bulge on Apple's Amsterdam Store Evacuated After iPad Battery Explodes (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Make it a little thicker, just so the battery can release gas and bulge rather than explode.

  20. Let's see.. on In World First, Danish Court Rules Stream-Ripping Site Illegal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's see... We have a web service that grabs copyrighted material from a third-party website, then distributes a mechanically-derived work of that copyrighted material... Sounds about right.

    Needs to be client-side to avoid the step of redistribution.

  21. People have working root exploits that use Rowhammer, so it's not useless.

  22. Re:Password manager on 'Have I Been Pwned' Is Being Integrated Into Firefox, 1Password (troyhunt.com) · · Score: 1

    How about client-side salted hashes? Nobody can randomly guess something like 63DA4171F2D985441F1AE0C4F3C2AA27 as a password.

  23. Re:Netflix should flip the script on 'Netflix and Alphabet Will Need To Become ISPs, Fast' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heh... "move to another ISP".... good one...

  24. Step 1: Open administrator command prompt
    Step 2: Kill Explorer
    Step 3: Kill all the Cortana processes (Explorer automatically restarts them)
    Step 4: Using administrator command prompt, Rename C:\windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_something to have .old at the end so Windows can't start it any more.

    Warning: May possibly break Windows Update? Not sure.

  25. Re:HDCP will doom it by stifling game exposure on Atari Launches Linux Gaming Box Starting at $199 (linux.com) · · Score: 2

    You're assuming that HDCP actually works and isn't bypassed by a cheap HDMI splitter cable.