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  1. Re:The embargo is stale. on Is Buying Cuban Software Legal In the US? The Answer is Hazy (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Then maybe he should have payed in Euros.

  2. Re:Outsider on Scandal Erupts In Unregulated Online World of Fantasy Sports · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Still insider trading as he had access to data that the public doesn't.

  3. Imagine a Beowulf Cluster on CodeWeavers To Release CrossOver For Android To Run Windows Programs · · Score: 1

    How many Nexus 6's will I have to slave together to play Crysis?

  4. Re:Gnip? on Twitter Shuts Down JSON API and Names New CEO · · Score: 1

    Similar vein. Gnop was Pong clone, Gnip is just Ping backwards.

  5. No News on bikes? on Amazon Launches 'Flex,' a Crowdsourced Delivery Service · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's on the main page:

    Can I bike or walk?
    Currently we are only offering options to drive but in the future we may offer opportunities to deliver via bike or on foot.

  6. I dont get it on Snowden Joins Twitter, Follows NSA · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He was just a low/mid-level analyst who leaked a bunch of shit. Why are people treating him like any sort of authority on anything?

  7. What? on Mozilla Fixed a 14-Year-Old Bug In Firefox, Now Adblock Plus Uses Less Memory · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought Firefox didn't have any memory issues? That was the party line from Mozilla for so long.

  8. Re:Single line of code? on How Did Volkswagen Cheat Emissions Tests, and Who Authorized It? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or, "If they're cheating on this, what other things did they cheat on?"

  9. Re:Can someone explain? on The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > Can someone offer an explanation as to why this plane has not been adopted?

    Pork barrel politics and future private sector work. Why would they adopt something good and give up throwing projects to companies to guarantee them cushy jobs after they retire from the military

  10. Re:Color me naive.... on Volkswagen Ordered To Recall 500K Vehicles Over Its Own Malicious Programming · · Score: 1

    They do, but they also read the engine performance data over the CANBUS, so while they do have a sensor reading emissions from the tailpipe it's always used in conjunction with reading from the ODB port as well.

  11. I mean, look what Paxil did for Miranda

  12. Re:Yes, especially in Boston. on Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School · · Score: 1

    > Yes. Have we already forgotten the Boston lightbright scare?

    I'm pretty sure 'arab terrorists' and 'dirty hippies' are filed under the same bucket to these people.

  13. Re: Wow ... on TSA Luggage Lock Master Keys Are Compromised · · Score: 1

    She didn't have a stopover in NY, she was flying out of NY.

  14. Not an issue. on Some Uber Ride Data Publicly Accessible Through Google · · Score: 2

    However, what appeared to be a privacy red flag was not a "data leak," according to an Uber spokeswoman: "We have found that all these links have been deliberately shared publicly by riders. Protection of user data is critically important to us and we are always looking for ways to make it even more secure."

    That's why all the links are 404s now, since it totally wasn't an issue.

  15. Re:Exactly on Science Teacher Arrested After Crashing Drone At US Open · · Score: 1

    It's relevant because as a science teacher he should understand the physics involved and why what he was doing was REALLY STUPID. It's just as relevant if pointing out that a Ponzi scheme victim was an accountant. They should be trained well enough to realize what the hell is going on.

  16. Still uses WebView on Microsoft Builds Open-Source Browser Using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You could write a web browser in any language as long as you could call out to external libraries.

  17. Re:Dropping or firing an object from a plane... on North Dakota Legalizes "Less Than Lethal" Weapon-Equipped Police Drones · · Score: 1

    > FAA says no... firing an object from the air intentionally is illegal

    Pretty sure that applies to civilians, not government.

  18. Hah on The Muddy Truth About Kickstarter 'Staff Picks' · · Score: 1

    Kickstarter wont do anything that'll cost them free money.

  19. Re:Moronic on Backwards S-Pen Can Permanently Damage Note 5 · · Score: 1

    > Exactly this -- they need to release a new pen design that is impossible to insert in the "wrong" way (quick fix is to broaden the end, but the pen won't sit flush to the casing) OR it needs to not break when the pen is inserted the "wrong" way.

    Why would boradening the head not let it sit flush to the casing? It's done with bolts and screw everywhere every day.

  20. Re:Oddly specific on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is, it's a 500k CAD reward, which translates to ~380k USD.

  21. > I don't even know why the "Delete" button exists in Twitter, because it is stupid and doesn't do much. Various clients allow you to ignore it totally and keep the deleted tweet in your cache.

    Well they're all violating the ToS as well and will probably get their API access revoked also.

  22. Not News on Twitter Blocks API Access For Sites Monitoring Politicians' Deleted Tweets · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's part of the API ToS you sign up for when using the Twitter API. If you get a delete event, you're supposed to remove the referenced tweet.

  23. Re:Echo design on Why Google Wants To Sell You a Wi-Fi Router · · Score: 1

    > but Amazon tends to keep things too closely tied to their services for my taste.

    And Google doesn't? lol.

  24. Re:Well on Bitcoin Fork Divides Community · · Score: 1

    Pssh, Bitcoin MiniITX will be the new hotness.