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  1. Setting content restrictions in iOS on iOS 10 Is Surfacing Hardcore Porn GIFs in iMessage (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    If you don't set the content restrictions in the iOS settings, you'll get unfiltered results. Who'd-a-thought!

  2. Just around the office of the CEO, and the boardroom during a board meeting. And leave them there.

  3. BioDrone Attack on Alphabet Partners With Chipotle To Deliver Burritos Using Drones (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Food poisoning delivered by drones. I'll have mine with extra ptomaine, please.

  4. No problem here on Facebook's WhatsApp Data Gambit Faces Federal Privacy Complaint (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They both had their fingers crossed when they made the privacy promises. But seriously, anyone who thought FB wasn't going to harvest data at some point from a company they bought was seriously mistaken.

  5. 2.5 million rides x $0.20 per ride = $500,000 per year, not millions. Unless there are a whole lot of smaller ride-sharing businesses in MA with a combined multiple times the volume of Uber and Lyft, this the post fails as a troll.

  6. I stand impressed ... on Microsoft Wants To Pay You To Use Its Windows 10 Browser Edge (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    ... by the sheer volume of people who think that anything they do on the internet, regardless the "precautions" they take to try to maintain their anonymity, is really anonymous. Or that Microsoft is more evil than ANY other tech company. But if self-delusion lets you sleep better at night, so be it.

  7. Long done on Slashdot Asks: Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Ends Today: What's Your Thought On This? · · Score: -1, Troll

    I switched to Windows 10 as early as I could. Those who have a pathological hate for MS will never switch, those who believe the haters and refuse to switch to Windows 10 get what they deserve, and those on the fence about switching to Windows 10 better move quick or risk paying for what they could have had for free.

  8. Wasted money on Movie Studios 'Take Down' Popular KAT Mirror · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they put their money into making really good movies, instead of spending it playing whack-a-mole with torrent sites, maybe people would go to the movies again. The current method of remaking everything with ethnically diverse cast members is boring, as was the previous method of using 3 minutes of poorly written dialog masquerading as plot between CGI content segments.

  9. Re:Numbers have NOT been released on Smartphones Lift Samsung To Best Profit In Over Two Years (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    First, I never mentioned Apple. Apple has nothing to do with it. I said that the great accomplishment described in the article equals the less than stellar profits Samsung made in 2012. The fact that a company making a product someone buys is profitable does NOT mean the company is ripping anyone off, unless they're a non-profit entity. It means we live in a prosperous, capitalistic society where only profitable companies survive year to year. However, when I read detritus like this article which poses a 17% increase in profit as a great accomplishment, I cringe. In fact I cringe at most % increase accomplishments because what matters is what the increase is a percentage of. Samsung is a fine company with good devices, but they've done much better, profit-wise, in more recent years, and this year's increase is only part of a recovery from a dramatic reduction in profit.

  10. Re:Numbers have NOT been released on Smartphones Lift Samsung To Best Profit In Over Two Years (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, and they've almost caught up to 2012's Q3 profit (search statista dot com)

  11. No.

  12. Is Skype still a thing? on Microsoft Kills Windows 10's Messaging Everywhere Texts, To Bolster Skype (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    I thought Skype died about the same time as Google+

  13. The ones looking at my life would be the ones nodding off lol

  14. Attention span deficient on Is The Future Of Television Watching on Fast-Forward? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Guo needs to have their attention span broadened, and their choice of quality programming is also suspect.

  15. Overrode the Pentagon ... more like advised on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, that's why we have a civilian government. The Pentagon doesn't have the final say, the POTUS has the final say, as Commander-In-Chief, and relies on advice from his/her advisers one of which would be the SoS. Nothing here to prosecute, just some has-been news item trolling for another 15 minutes of fame because he's tired of Ecuadorean food.

  16. Not in a million years on Get Ready To Be Bombarded With Ads When Using Google Maps (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I don't Google, just like I was never a Yahooligan. Problem solved.

  17. Re:What the second amendment actually says on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    So, unless women are in the National Guard, they need to turn in their weapons? Also, once men reach age 45 without buying a weapon or declaring their intent, they're excluded from the militia, and at age 64 men can no longer "re-enlist" in the militia, so I guess those men have to turn in their weapons too. Be careful what you rest your argument on, it can come back to bite you in the arse.

  18. What the second amendment actually says on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

  19. An old adage applies here. on Khan Academy Seeks Patent On Education A/B Testing · · Score: 2

    There's no need to patent the incredibly obvious when patenting the merely obvious will do!

  20. I also have a policy on Motion Filed In 1st Circuit To Enjoin TSA's New Mandatory "AIT" Screening (google.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    My policy is I disregard people who object to something solely to get 15 minutes of fame. If TSA didn't screen and a terrorist brought down a plane with a personal explosive device the same people would sue because they should have made AIT mandatory.

  21. He caused his own inconvenience on Forrest Mimms On Modern Air Travel With a Bag Full of Electronics · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It is not incumbent on everyone else to understand someone's homemade gadgets and electronic paraphernalia. A call to TSA and airport security would alert them that someone with electronic gadgets and parts was going to be passing through security. And he could have put them in his checked baggage and explained what they were as well. His behavior borders on trolling.

  22. Re:virus resistance on Disease-Resistant Pigs Latest Win For Gene Editing Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, pathogens can be transmitted by packages and packaging delivered by mail/UPS/FedEx from internet purchases. In fact influenza viruses don't die after a few minutes, influenza virus persists on environmental objects 5-15 days or longer depending on temperature, humidity and etc. If you need the references, let me know. The colder it is, the longer the influenza virus persists, which is a contributing factor to pandemics in winter. Your reference to "die" is because a minority of scientific authorities argue viruses aren't alive in the first place. But then a minority of experts also deny climate change.

  23. Re:Good Move on EU Rules Would Ban Kids Under 16 From Social Media (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Hasn't seemed to work for previous generations lol

  24. Alternatively on EU Rules Would Ban Kids Under 16 From Social Media (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    How about banning people who ACT younger than 16 from social media?

  25. Re:Sounds like buzzword marketing. on Chipotle Plans To DNA Test Produce After E-Coli Outbreaks In Nine States · · Score: 4, Informative

    They take a sample, extract all of the DNA, analyze it for sequences that are only found in pathogens, reject any lots of produce that carry pathogen sequences. The USDA requires a similar test on meat products like hamburger. The world needs a lot less wtf and more scientific literacy.