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  1. Re:And the executive's jobs? on Bankers Publicly Embracing Robots Are Privately Fearing Job Cuts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In some sense, even making games automates people away. You are entertaining people with those games. This is going to take some entertainer related jobs out of the market since those entertainers have to compete with video games.

  2. Re: Truecrypt.. on What The CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    So am I.

  3. I think it more of a matter on how they are securing their OS. They are actively making it difficult to use third party anti-virus software.

  4. Re:Okay, what's the business model then? on LastPass Makes Password Management Free Across All Of Your PCs, Tablets and Smartphones (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are still features exclusive to premium and enterprise users: https://lastpass.com/features/

  5. Re:Just don't. on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, some people are just too dense for that. My cousin had a big sign up at her wedding that asked for everyone not to have their phones out during the wedding ceremony. Among other things, she was worried that people were going to just get in the way of the professional photographers and videographers. Guess what, some people took their phones out recording and got in the way of the professional photographers and videographers. My cousin was pissed.

  6. That is what I was thinking. We can't expect most people to pay more for less. If the vehicle can only provide 90% of the value, then they need to be at most 90% of the cost.

  7. What about battery maintenance? How fast does the battery capacity diminish? How much do the batteries cost to replace?

  8. Re:TIL Google has a cloud service on Amazon and Microsoft Are Running One and Two in Two-Cloud Race (fortune.com) · · Score: 2
  9. Re:How were crimes solved before cell phones? on New York DA Wants Apple, Google To Roll Back Encryption (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact is that encryption exists and it is not going anywhere. Even if Google and everyone else did roll back to previous encryption methods, the criminals would eventually just use alternative encryption solutions. Admittedly, it would probably take a while before it became a common staple of criminal activity but it would happen. As far as the dumb criminals go, I doubt that you need to rollback encryption to catch them. The likely did something else stupid that would get them catch.

  10. Re:"The reason for the order was not known" on Brazil Judge Orders Phone Carriers To Block WhatsApp Message App (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I predict massive blowback from the population. 90%+ off the Brazilian population uses WhatsApp.

  11. They use the Signal protocol: https://whispersystems.org/blo...

  12. Filtering tools exist. The problem is that they are no where near perfect. There are lots of false negatives and false positives. Filtering based on domain is easy enough but what do you do about domains that have multiple kinds of content (YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, etc.).

  13. People are always more moral when the morality implications don't effect them directly.

  14. Re:hmmm on Netflix to Soon Let Users Download Videos, Says Report (dslreports.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The same way Spotify does.

  15. Re:How do they even know you have a cell phone? on Alicia Keys Latest Artist To Enforce No Cell Phone Policy at Concerts (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm curious as to what they would have done if one of them actually did find a weapon let alone someone deranged.

    Die. They would die. I don't know why trained, armed security isn't standard in all large venues these days. Probably money and politics.

  16. Re:Liability? on Alicia Keys Latest Artist To Enforce No Cell Phone Policy at Concerts (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You do realize that cell phones didn't always exist, and people still managed to survive?

    What is your point? A lot of things didn't used to exist and yet enough people to survived their non-existence to continue to life of the species. That doesn't mean it is smart to get rid of all those things.

  17. Turnstile on Why Buses Need To Be More Dangerous · · Score: 1

    I went somewhere in Brazil where the buses had a turntile inside and second employee to gather tolls. The bus only had to stop long enough for customers to get into the font section of the bus.

  18. Re:Captain Obvious to the rescue!!! on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 0

    Back in college, I ran the command for shits and giggles on a system that we were redoing anyway. I would have been immensely pissed if I found out it bricked the system because some firmware was mounted as writable space.

  19. Power Storage on Tesla Truck 'Quite Likely,' Says Elon Musk (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't they need to fix the power storage problem before creating a fully electric truck? A lot of people have trucks for hauling things.

  20. Your household is not a person. Even with an ISP's help, an IP address would only identify who is paying the bill.

  21. Re:Ouch... on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    I have the money now. I just can't justify spending that much on this kind of device so I can play a limited set of games. Especially since, I don't even know what the experience will be like. Maybe if I could demo it somewhere but I can't. Also, I don't have as much time to play video games as I used to...

  22. Re:Ouch... on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    And your point is?

  23. Re:Ouch... on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    I was already ready to purchase one until I saw the price tag. I figured it would be in the $400 range. I just can't justtify spending $600+ on the Rift plus another $300+ on a new graphics card.

  24. Re:I don't see this as a problem, except for.... on SHA-1 Cutoff Could Block Millions of Users From Encrypted Websites (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    What is the point of developing in the browser if you are only going to support one specific version from one specific vendor?

  25. Re:Time to invest in hard hats on Amazon Reveals New Delivery Drone Design With Range of 15 Miles (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Barring physical damage, I have never heard of a battery suddenly failing. Even if they did, you just have two smaller batteries instead of one bigger one. Ultimately, the goal is not perfect non-failure but rather safe-enough given the benefits as judged by society. Just like cars.