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  1. Re:I saw the update half done on SEC Charges Elon Musk With Fraud Over His Statements To Take Tesla Private (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Admit it, you just wanted to tell us how you got back at your ex-wife.

  2. Re:Puzzles on Myst, One of the Most Influential Games Ever, Turns 25 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    You can now find the whole Myst saga on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/8699/Myst_Collection/

  3. Re:Puzzles on Myst, One of the Most Influential Games Ever, Turns 25 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Just so that you know, Syberia 3 is really disappointing.
    But Cyan made a new game too, Obduction. It's not connected to the Myst saga, but it's a satisfying experience nonetheless.

  4. Re:5 minute game on Myst, One of the Most Influential Games Ever, Turns 25 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not Ubisoft who released the 25th anniversary edition, it's Cyan after getting back the rights for III and IV from Ubisoft, and tweaking them to work on modern systems.

  5. Re:U.S.A. Where everybody has guns on Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com) · · Score: 1

    Stabbing requires proximity, guns do not.

  6. Re:BUT 1.6 million? on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you're confusing non-profit and charity. Non-profit simply means that it doesn't have a legal obligation to maximize profits for its shareholders.

  7. Re:U.S.A. Where everybody has guns on Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com) · · Score: 2

    It is somewhat more difficult to stab someone to death, not to mention drive a truck in an office building.

  8. Re: We have CC at our office on Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com) · · Score: 2

    Except when they go on a shooting rampage, of course.

  9. I got my last 2 jobs on LinkedIn on Does LinkedIn Suck? (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm serious, I also had my doubts when joining it, and yes the spam is annoying as hell.
    But I managed to land 2 jobs now thanks to it (and in the 2nd one I did not apply, I was contacted by a recruiter) so I wouldn't call it useless, at least in my personal experience.

  10. Re:Steve Jobs weeps on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Xs Max sounds like an energy drink for people with virility issues.

  11. Re:Monopoly is meaningless? on Amazon Hits $1 Trillion Market Value Milestone (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    AWS is definitely the most profitable division, but I'm not sure it's the one with the highest earnings.

  12. I think they just forgot a licence from a preview version for partners only into the mainstream release.

  13. Re: Rebound due? on Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost Everything Crypto Tumbles (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Currencies fluctuate this much only in Venezuela, Zimbabwe and 20's Germany. If Bitcoin was a national currency, we would soon see the rise to power of a CryptoHitler.

  14. Re:it was done 3500 years ago on The World's Largest Solar Farm Rises in the Remote Egyptian Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought they were landing pads for the worst spaceship design ever conceived.

  15. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing. I don't have "sick days", I have a state-certified family doctor which orders me to stay home if he thinks I'm too ill to work. State pays for the first 3 days of leave, then my company has to. Of course I need to present a certificate to my employer for that.
    But still, right now I'm undergoing a root canal surgery that is costing me basically 70% of a monthly salary. I could have gone with public health care, but the wait would have been quite long, which is not ideal when you have a blinding toothache. But that's the exception, not the rule. Still quite ironic if you think that in 2 months I'll have a new employer which offers dental insurance, but you take it as it comes...

  16. Re: And will it still work on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    It wasn't, that's why I complemented it with a further comment.

  17. To be honest, I'm one of those red badges, about to transition to FTE in a different .
    I work in a relatively small office (around 300 people) so I can't really say about behemoths like Mountain View or Dublin, but in the day-to-day operations red badges are not much different than white ones. You still get invited to events and initiatives, you have lunch with whoever pleases you independently of badge color, and while it's true that you don't get full FTE benefits, that's simply because you're hired by a different company (I work for an actual company selling a service to Google, not a mere intermediary like Adecco). Health insurance is a very American concern, I live in a country with universal health care so the impact on the whole benefit package is much smaller.
    It still allows you to enter in a big corporate environment and puts you in the radar for other big companies (that's exactly what happened to me, I didn't apply for my new position, I was proposed it).

  18. Re:0wned by Google on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 2

    Whatever, they don't have to. They provide a U2F-compatile chip, they're not the only actor in the market, and they don't manage your certs. And the fact that someone alleges that this could be somehow used to steal data is ludicrous, and really don't understand what U2F is for and how it works.

  19. Re:0wned by Google on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    You have no idea on how U2F works, do you?

  20. Re:And will it still work on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 2

    Probably forever, considering every single Google employee and a sizable part of TVC users has at least one device using it. Don't expect U2F support to disappear from Chrome in the next two decades.

  21. Re: And will it still work on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    NFC has a small security issue in which it's enough to have a smartphone close by to make it work. This leaves a small corner case where the user is not physically present but an attacker is just swinging by (admittedly, very close by). Bluetooth requires the user to turn on, connect, and press a physical button to authenticate, therefore is required for higher level access to corp resources from smartphones.

  22. Re: And will it still work on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 2

    And to add to this, the Pixelbook, which has only 2 ports and is extensively used internally in Google, has a hardware security key built in the power button.
    It makes sense that soon we'll see that in smartphones too.

  23. Re: And will it still work on Google Launches Its Own Physical Security Key (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    Google uses only MacBook Pro internally.

  24. Your bank didn't give you an OTP generator? Dude, change bank, I got mine 9 years ago.

  25. Re:What's in a name ? on Visualizing the Best and Worst Paid Jobs in the Tech Sector (howmuch.net) · · Score: 1

    Google's EMT?