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  1. Re: Activists as jihadists on Leaked 'Standing Rock' Documents Reveal Invasive Counterterrorism Measures (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Except the concept of irregular combatants is far older than the war on terror... And added to the international lexicon long ago, and for good reason.

  2. Nice redefinition you tried there... Shame one group was engaged in violence... The other was not. Odd how this article is attacking the group who did not throw any molitov cocktails. Odd that eh?

  3. What an interesting absolutist blanket statement... No doubt you have similar iron clad evidence to support this claim.

  4. Re:But they're still allowing some of us... on Windows Switch To Git Almost Complete: 8,500 Commits and 1,760 Builds Each Day (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are they allowing the use of Source Depot as a way to eventually check in to Git?

    It would seem better to draw a line in the sand and say "beyond this point, we are all using Git... though for historical reasons the old repos will be kept around for reference and SE"?

  5. Re:What were they using before? on Windows Switch To Git Almost Complete: 8,500 Commits and 1,760 Builds Each Day (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Source Depot... which is a modified version of Perforce.

  6. Re:I'd love to get this for my kids... on Microsoft To Launch Its Netflix-Style Game Pass On June 1; Live Gold Subscribers Get Early Access (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Who says a better plan has a higher cap?

    I'm paying for the faster Comcast data tier, which simply means I hit the same 1tb cap faster than those not paying more.

  7. Re:Illegal Court Order on Uber Threatens To Fire Engineer Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets From Waymo (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    California, where Uber is headquartered, is an at-will employment state

    Most states are at-will employment states... that doesn't mean that a smart company doesn't lay the groundwork with meticulous documentation of issues leading to termination to avoid any issues should someone opt to litigate... speaking as someone who has been on both sides of such a thing.

  8. Re: Two small comments on 'Without Action on Antibiotics, Medicine Will Return To the Dark Ages' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You are an idiot

    I think you are mistaking me for the image you see in the mirror again.

    dialysis is provided to everyone who needs it by the government

    Shame I never claimed otherwise, just the contrary, saying "and dialysis is widely available".

    I know reading is sometimes hard, but maybe next time, try arguing against something I actually said.

  9. Re:Illegal Court Order on Uber Threatens To Fire Engineer Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets From Waymo (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Like the police, lawyers not representing you don't have to tell the truth when trying to get you to do something which may or may not be beneficial to you.

    Remember, Salle Yoo is Uber's general counsel who is representing the company... not a single employee, and this action makes perfect sense as it creates even more groundwork for with-cause termination and perhaps claw-back of some benefits.

  10. Re:Equivalency on Federal Agents Used a Stingray To Track an Immigrant's Phone (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You should talk to the FCC about that then.

  11. Re:DUI and hit and run are not serious crimes? on Federal Agents Used a Stingray To Track an Immigrant's Phone (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    *Only* 4 DWIs?

  12. Re:Two small comments on 'Without Action on Antibiotics, Medicine Will Return To the Dark Ages' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    But what the rich can buy today will be available to the rest of us tomorrow.

    If I had any mod points they would be yours, 100x over.

    Take something as simple as Teflon, which is rather important in different areas modern medicine... saw it's earliest commercial value in air-conditioning on cars... for the very very rich.

    Back in the 60's when dialysis was a pretty new technology (dependent on Teflon btw), we saw the 'God Committee' decide ones 'social worth' of patients when choosing who would get it... fast forward a bit and AC is a standard feature of virtually every car, and dialysis is widely available, all because some rich folks wanted to be comfortable when being driven around.

  13. new antibiotics aren't going to be profitable.

    ...because?

    For one thing the drug companies make plenty on the existing ones.

    Currently. Do you think they are blissfully unaware of the possibility of a future where their current products are ineffective? Given likely know the time required to get such a thing approved (after the similarly long time to do the research), don't you think they'd be looking at future opportunities?

    For another they're too essential for life, so they're prone to price controls.

    Odd that the existing ones aren't subject the same way.

    This is what "Austerity" and rampant non-stop tax cuts gets you.

    ... because... prior to austerity and '"Austerity" and rampant non-stop tax cuts'... governments were massively funding research into new anti-bionics?

    Interesting conflation you've got there.

  14. Re:There is no cloud on 'WannaCry Makes an Easy Case For Linux' (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    True, without the cloud on a Linux system, running the wrong binary/script can see you accidentally encrypting your personal files/folders with some distro/NIX specific malware... that can happen on almost any system where a regular app has read/write to user files.

    Relying on the cloud for a backup only works well if you've got A) non-automatic syncing of local changes to the cloud, B) remember to do manual syncs on a regular basis, and C) enough history in the cloud that if encrypted versions do end up elsewhere, that you have a way to go back to an encrypted version.

  15. FYI, "LOL" is a tell for cognitive dissonance, of course the rest of your comment just confirms it.

  16. I know, right? After 8 years of so many here being just fine with someone ruling with a pen & a phone, I'm happy now that more and more people are suddenly worried about an all powerful central government.

    Have you talked to your local rep about an Article V convention? If not, you should: http://www.conventionofstates....

    Given that elections have consequences, shouldn't we work to reduce the risk from either side having enough of a majority in DC to ram through what they want?

  17. Yup, plus a single exposed machine which is infected will then turn around and start scanning it's own subnet which may include machines which may not even have internet access.

  18. Of course I read it... it's quite lulz-worthy given the amount of fake belief of the tweet originally based on the headline alone. Some responses later noted the content of the actual article.

    Read a few of my previous comments maybe? While I didn't vote for Trump, I fully understand why he won... and why so many are eager to believe the fake news of the "rogue" twitter accounts... which is hilarious.

  19. Re:Wow, Deja-Fu. on Windows 10 On ARM Will Support x86 Apps From Outside the Store (liliputing.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember those sales pitches too, though they weren't talking virtualization, only a common hardware platform to rule/replace them all which each os had to target and bring full support for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    This new world of virtualization all the things is certainly going to create some fun debugging problems in the future, assuming anyone cares to run multiple levels on top of each other in another decade.

  20. Re:Fake Headlines normally end with ? on Expiring Section 702 of FISA Helped US Conclude Russia Hacked Election To Help Trump, NSA Chief Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Anyone can write a headline, it doesn't mean that what it says, or the content it is the title for is real... hence the whole #FakeNews narrative in many a place.

  21. Re:Makes people vote for net neutrality? so be it on How One Little Cable Company Exposed Telecom's Achilles' Heel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Except for the fact that in the United States, we don't do plebiscites at the national level, we elect representatives.

  22. Re:Good on France on Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Enjoy your weekly car fires and terrorist attacks.

    He did kind of signal that that was the future they can look forward to.

    This threat, this imponderable problem, is part of our daily lives for the years to come.

  23. Re:So they sell to anyone on Cloudflare Helps Serve Up Hate Online: Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    At least we didn't cozy up to the religious right, spawn the TEA partiers, and elect a cheeto.

    You personally may not have... but I know more than a few Bernie fans who were so disillusioned that they voted for Trump in the end.

    Heck, as I recall, the gal featured in this infamous tweet is one such person: https://twitter.com/emmaroller...

  24. Re: I'm a PC and I have a touchscreen on Microsoft Unveils the Surface Laptop, a Traditional Notebook That Is 'Better' Than MacBook Pro (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    While I often do slap hands away from my non-touch monitors at work, a well designed screen can make smudges less likely/visible. Plus, your average desktop monitor is more likely to develop a film of dust which makes previous touches more visible, something which is not as common on a laptop which gets a good bit more movement.

    Oh how I miss my old Lenovo Carbon Touch X1... and how much I hate the glossy & smudge attracting MacBook Pro I have today.