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  1. Re: Raise the price, please on Samsung is Loading McAfee Antivirus Software On Smart TVs (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Tinfoil still works!!!
    Wrap that rascal!!!

  2. Does anyone with more than two brain cells still believe RT is relevant?

    Before yesterday I would have said no. But the sheer entertainment value of the comments on the two stories about it here have made me reconsider.

  3. Re:Cricket is AT&T - locked for 6 months on Verizon Asks FCC To Let It Lock New Smartphones For 60 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    With the sudden burst of MVNO carriers the pre-paid carriers suddenly found their budget phones being bought and used on these MVNO. So they started locking things down. Most of the pre-paid carriers are subsidiaries of the big four carriers so they kind of shot themselves in the foot by sub-licensing their network to so many smaller companies.

  4. Slippery Slope on Pinterest Cracks Down on Anti-Vaxxers, Pressuring Facebook To Follow (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The minute you start culling your content you open yourself up to liability. Ooops, you missed one and now you are being sued for allowing that content to reach little Johnny's sensitive eyes. People can sue for anything and any reason. This gives them an attack vector. Dewey, Cheetum, & Howe are just waiting for opportunities like these.

  5. I got a hub just so I could ask "Hey Google, At what point did Alphabet become a criminal organization?". It still isn't as witty with comebacks as Alexa.

  6. T2 the sequal on Apple's Newest Macs Seem To Have a Serious Audio Bug (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll be back!

    Come to think of it Apple is just the type of company to create something like Skynet.

  7. The Chinese have been doing this for decades...but so have most other countries including the US. China just has no shame in trotting out their copy to the world stage. And remember...

    Good artists copy, great artists steal. - Pablo Picasso

  8. Re:Just use the Moto G/X series on Google Plans Cheaper Smartphone To Draw Users Into Internet Empire (nikkei.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    And right now they are all $100-$200 off. The X4 is $149 for the 32GB model. IP68, SD, 3.5mm, BT 5.0. I like my current phone but I may just order one!

  9. I prefer Waterfox since it allows me to use the same add-ons I use on the desktop. I tried the Samsung browser when I had a Samsung device and it was meh. I'm sure it being pre-installed on all Samsung devices is skewing its actual "user" base.

  10. Re:Apps to use fewer apps? on Is the Next Big Thing In Tech -- Disconnecting From It? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Says the guy who's been on /. since ~2000.

  11. Re:Response: on NYPD To Google: Stop Revealing the Location of Police Checkpoints (nypost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Many PD have used this tactic. But in Waze when the alert pops up the driver can confirm it, ignore it, or report that it is inaccurate. And unless the PD is using a GPS spoofing utility someone has to physically be wherever they want to place the fake checkpoint. Because you need an account to use Waze numerous fake reports can get your account suspended.

  12. What's old is new again on Google Tests 'Never-Slow Mode' for Speedier Browsing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what BlackBerry did with their system. They would strip off all code that wouldn't render on a BB and only transmit what would. Back then it saved money on data as well as sped things up.

  13. Re: C# Killed Java on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Java? (jaxenter.com) · · Score: 1

    C# may have killed Borland C++ Builder

    The reports of C++ Builder's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

  14. Re:Net Neutrality is a red herring on New Net Neutrality Bill Headed To Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember the old adage..."Nobody ever got re-elected by repealing an entitlement."

  15. Modern UX design on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The current crop of UX designers seem to be following the philosophy of listen to what your audience wants and make sure to avoid that at all cost. We've gone from vivid intricate icons to stick figures in shades of grey!

  16. I call your Basic and raise you C64 Assembler

  17. Hey EA and Ubisoft! THIS IS HOW A QUALITY COMPANY DOES THINGS. Please take note. Oh who am I kidding? EA is the Beelzebub of game companies.

  18. Were these actions prior to the Mueller investigation or due to the investigation? If these occurred because of the investigation my observation stands. I don't know anything about Stone and I doubt you know much more than me unless you know him personally. I don't take anything the media, be it CNN or Fox, says at face value anymore. So I'll take anything they claim with a healthy dose of skepticism. I'm not saying they didn't do anything wrong.

  19. I find it unsettling on FBI Arrests Trump Associate Roger Stone Over His Communications With WikiLeaks (nytimes.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    All of the indictments relating to the Mueller investigation have been over missteps by people being interrogated by the Mueller investigation! I mean come one one guy was indicted for lying under oath because he was at a function with a Russian official and shook his hand but didn't realize who he was so when asked if he had met him he said no.

  20. You're trying too hard.
    I could have said Ed, Em, En, Ex, vim, Elvis, or any number of hundreds of vi clones/derivatives. but you knew what I was talking about.

  21. So... on 'I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse For a Week and It Was Amazing' (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    You became a VI user and ditched Emacs?

  22. Re:Sugar causes plaque on We May Finally Know What Causes Alzheimer's -- and How To Stop It (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Not correct about what? You keep dodging the question. Alzheimer's is most definitely also referred to as diabetes 3 and the link between sugar and plaque has been well established for over a hundred years. And the paper you linked does not even mention plaque. I'm not even sure what you are trying to argue against. I never said Alzheimer's and vascular dementia are the same condition.

  23. Re:Sugar causes plaque on We May Finally Know What Causes Alzheimer's -- and How To Stop It (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope to sugar causing plaque or nope to Alzheiner's being called diabetes 3? I can assure you both statements are correct. and as far as vascular dementia and Alzheimer's goes...both can be mitigated with a low carb (sugar) ketogenic diet.

  24. Sugar causes plaque on We May Finally Know What Causes Alzheimer's -- and How To Stop It (newscientist.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's a reason they call Alzheimer's Diabetes 3.

  25. Hess on WeWork's CEO Makes Millions as Landlord To WeWork (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was told a yarn when I worked at Hess about how all the artwork in the building in Houston was owned by Hess himself and when he retired he leased all the artwork back to the company. He allegedly made more after he retired then when he ran the company.