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  1. Re:Where will the money go ? on Will London Monetize Wifi Tracking Data From Its Tube Passengers? (gizmodo.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    > Londoners get £1940 spent on them per head of population, whereas places like Yorkshire only get £190 spent per head of population.

    Thanks to Brexit this may change, soon.
    Inner London had a GDP/Capita of ~80K€, Yorkshire had a GDP/Capita of ~20K€ in 2013, so what could possibly go wrong?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Re: Not everything need to change all the time on Apple is Really Bad At Design (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    > A super fast CPU will drain the battery super fast too lol

    A super fast CPU will sleep most of the time.

  3. Re: And then there's this on Apple: iPhones Are Too 'Complex' To Allow Unauthorized Repair (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    > AirPort card (proprietary apple wireless network, for those too young to remember).

    I stopped reading here, because the first Airport Card did 802.1b. There was no proprietary wireless standard by apple, they just made Notebooks with buildin antennae and a socket for a PCMCIA card to connect to them before anybody else.
    They branded their antenna-less version of the Orinoco Gold (?) Airport.

  4. Re: This guy has no idea how Face ID works on 'Dear Apple, The iPhone X and Face ID Are Orwellian and Creepy' (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    > While it doesn't mean someone can remote access the data from it, it does mean someone could load their own firmware on to an iPhone 5S's Secure Enclave

    Youâre not an engineer, are you?
    It means that you can have a look at the encrypted binary before installation. It does not mean you can sign and install your own binary.
    I donâ(TM)t get why they encrypt the binary at all - it does not make a sound implementation more secure...

  5. Re: Great news for law enforcement ... on Hacker Claims To Have Decrypted Apple's Secure Enclave Processor Firmware (iclarified.com) · · Score: 1

    No, having access to the unencrypted firmware does only make a system less secure if you believe in security by obscurity.
    This will make the system MORE secure in the end.

  6. Re:Good luck California! on North Korea Now Making Missile-Ready Nuclear Weapons, US Analysts Say (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice try, Obama is history.

    The US now have Bozo the demented clown in charge for at least 4 years on the playground that is given by history.
    What Obama/ GWB / Clinton/ Nixon did or didn't is _completely_ irrelevant in theory of "guilt".
    It is _only_ relevant if it helps understanding and forecasting the behaviour of the current players involved.

  7. Land borders of the U.K. on Porn Websites in UK Ordered To Introduce Age Checks From Next Year (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The U.K. has a land border with the Republic of Ireland and a border with the Kingdom of Spain.

    It may even have one with the French Republic because of the tunnel

  8. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    > Bill was kinda ok except for the stupid focus on the political correctness garbage.

    If event that decent gayness of Bill hurts the boys feelings that badly I say:
    Doctor Who needs WAY MORE SALT to rub it in.
    And maybe a female doctor.

  9. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say dog turds but I think at least Moffat and Capaldi (GREAT doctor) knew every minute that this would be his their series and so it feels.
    There were a lot of great ideas and devices and the acting was fine - and I actually liked the introduction of Bill ("Doctor What?") and loved Nardole - but something was missing.

    It didn't feel like "We'll fscking act until we die in the end(*), this is Sparta!" but more like "Oh, I really liked this, lets finish it properly."

    * Or regenerate or are saved by a sonic twist or the pilot.

  10. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    > Missy was the first direct image of such.

    I think the problem is mostly that there's a group of men who has no trouble imagining a female foe / super-villain but is really challenged by identifying with a female super-hero.

  11. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    (spoilers)
    > They chose, however, to make it one of her two most defining characteristics.
    > There was nothing subtle about that character.

    So - concerning sexual orientation - is Bill travelling on with the pilot in the end of series 10
    a) subtle, maybe because it's a fscking romantic arc that comes to a beautiful conclusion, repeats "The doctor and X" and "Ashildr and Clara" and - admittedly - is an unexpected deus-ex.
    b) non-subtle, because the pilot is a girl

    If it's b) I understand subtle means "invisible, go AWAY, at least behave hetero."

  12. Re: The New Formula on The White House Now Has Zero Science Advisors (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 0

    Does "charitable cause" include giving money to a "church" ?

  13. World on a wire / Welt am Draht on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 1

    It's why I felt a little let down even by the first Matrix-Movie. "Welt am Draht" is a slow, dark, captivating 44 year old play on the "Simulations within Simulations"-topic by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
    No super-heroes, no digital effects, just some ancient hardware in a server room.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. Not sure about the negative comments on OpenELEC 8.0 Linux Distro Released For PC, Raspberry Pi, WeTek Hub (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a satellite dish and receiver (gigablue) on one side of the house distributing DVB-S(2) signal by LAN/WiFi to two TV-Sets, each with a RaspberryPi 3 and Openelec.
    It works very well, is easy to use for my MSO and I'm not aware of any other product capable of doing this.
    I'm looking forward to what the update will bring.

  15. Very much this.
    Spoiled by his success he complains about people who are broke enough to act out his stupid ideas for $5.
    He seems like the emperors brat who's having fun because the paws will dance to the rhythm of his clapping hands.
    There is good potential for enlightening in this situation, though.

  16. > she is entirely justified in rejecting you.

    The idea that a woman needs to _justify_ rejecting someone is so... wahahahahaha... good look with your (sex-)life and please stay in your mothers basement.

  17. Yeah but no but yeah but no on Trump Trades in Android Phone For Secret Service-Approved Device (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I use both iPhone & Samsung. If Apple doesn't give info to authorities on the terrorists I'll only be using Samsung until they give info.
    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2016

    https://twitter.com/realDonald...

  18. Intensive factory farming on 'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    > Until we make use of anti-biotics in agriculture an international crime

    You can't have a cheap burger or cheap poultry without antibiotics, so this will not happen.

  19. The 7th voyage on Google's New Public NTP Servers Provide Smeared Time (googleblog.com) · · Score: 2

    by Stanislaw Lem comes to my mind reading this.
    "Well, the Monday me on Monday night became, Tuesday morning, the Tuesday me, and so on."

    http://webcache.googleusercont...

  20. Re: automatic lane changing and Autobahn on Germany Tells Tesla To Not Advertise Autopilot Feature, Fears Drivers Will Become Less Attentive (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems my explanation made it appear a little more complicated than it is.
    While we're at it, let me quickly explain to you the offside rule in football: ...

  21. automatic lane changing and Autobahn on Germany Tells Tesla To Not Advertise Autopilot Feature, Fears Drivers Will Become Less Attentive (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    We don't have a general speed limit on German highways, the speed driven in the leftmost lane frequently exceeds 120mph by a lot, so the differential speed between cars in different lanes can be quite high. While you are driving 80mph (130kmph) in the middle lane a car will pass you at 130mph (210kmph).
    This only works because one of the rules on the Autobahn is that - except from a few circumstances - you are supposed NOT to overtake on the right. The lane on the right of you is always slower than your lane.

    So I'm wondering
    - does the autosteer-feature of tesla obey this rule or will it pass by a slower car on the right
    - when auto-changing lanes to the left, what is the maximum speed difference the Tesla checks for (i.e. how far back does its radar / camera-system check whether a car is approaching).

  22. Re: I used to think that. Then I used Apple pro on Apple Is Fighting A Secret War To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    There never was a charge for note.
    Does that logically mean you never checked?

    (Btw: your point should have been: "adding a drawing is only possible in notes on iOS)

  23. Re: Fighting a war....because you don't own the ph on Apple Is Fighting A Secret War To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > if you don't have insurance otherwise they seize the $30K vehicle because you didn't pay the $1200 for last years insurance.

    And I say $deity bless them seizing every uninsured car before its irresponsible owner has the chance to hit me on the highway, possibly ruining my life and not being capable to at least pay for the expenses.

  24. Re: I used to think that. Then I used Apple produ on Apple Is Fighting A Secret War To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > my point was [MS Paint] is more than Apple provides for their users

    Or that pathetic excuse for a troll could just open Apple notes and draw along.

  25. Greek, not Latin. on The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    nt