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  1. Re:Summary cuts off too early on Eating World's Hottest Pepper Sparks Brain Disorder, Thunderclap Headaches (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for pointing that out. I was wondering why it said he developed a blood flow issue from the pepper despite not finding any such issues. Before I saw your post I was going to ask about that and question why they used a CT scan when it seems like the sort of thing you'd want to use an MRI (or fMRI) for.

  2. So now people won't be able to see on Steam Spy Announces It's Shutting Down, Blames Valve's New Privacy Settings · · Score: 2

    How many thousands of hours I have in games like Fallout 4 without getting "you beat the game!" achievements?

  3. As the princess said, a relevant quote on China Removes Four News Apps From Smartphone Stores To Tighten Control (scmp.com) · · Score: 1
    "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

    But why tighten your grip if you aren't already afraid you're losing it? I think the Party sees the writing on the wall. The development they're pushing contains the seeds of their demise.

  4. And that's not even their business model! on Comcast, AT&T, Verizon Pose a Greater Surveillance Risk Than Facebook (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
    It's one thing for Facebook to do it - it's their model and was never a secret that it was how they could provide service for "free" - but ISPs are a subscription service. You pay a monthly fee for service! If I'm paying for a service, there's no excuse for harvesting and selling my data on top of that.

    They are more than welcome to provide a cheaper or free tier of service supported by data harvesting if they want. Given that my bill seems to go up every year, I reject the potential assertion that they could currently be harvesting to provide service at a lower price.

  5. How'd they get Cisco routers? on 'Vigilante Hackers' Strike Routers In Russia and Iran, Reports Motherboard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering all the controls and export bans, I'm a bit surprised. Especially with Iran. I didn't think they were allowed to buy such devices.

  6. Almost like those are BETA versions. Oh, wait... on Is Microsoft Trying To Make Windows 10 Mail Worse? (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    They are! The author is talking about insider builds not being perfect. Well, duh.

  7. Opportunity knocks! on Stan Lee's Stolen Blood Was Used To Sign Marvel Comic Books (tmz.com) · · Score: 1

    If I sell you a comic signed with what I tell you is Stan Lee's stolen blood, how exactly would you verify provenance? You can't. He isn't going to give you a DNA sample to test against. But I will also sell you a skin scraping to test against for a nominal fee. I guarantee that the samples will match.

  8. Sounds like the sort of thing that loses customers on Online Gaming Could Be Stalled by Net Neutrality Repeal, ESA Tells Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Are ISPs likely to want to do that?

  9. Re:She wasn't a very good vegan. on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you just suggest that what she did was justifiable?

  10. Re:She wasn't a very good vegan. on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I enjoyed the way you put that, but vegans don't eat anything from animals because they are against animals coming to harm. Not because they don't like eating meat. That's why they're so much more annoying than vanilla vegetarians.

  11. Re:She wasn't a very good vegan. on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Veganism isn't about not eating meat, it's about not harming animals. That's why they don't consume animal products. Humans are technically animals, no?

  12. Re:Cash fails safe, electronic payments don't. on Swedes Turn Against Cashlessness (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Stealing cash is generally less complex than stealing electronic funds, yes, but only to a point. From a purely financial perspective, I'd rather be physically robbed than electronically. A mugger can only get what cash you have on your person. A hacker or identity thief can get everything you have and more.

  13. Ah. A shell game.

  14. She wasn't a very good vegan. on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 0
    If you believe that "meat is murder", that doesn't change the fact that murder is still also murder.

    There's nothing like the hypocrisy of madness.

  15. Re:The parents are the drivers of this on Schools Are Giving Up on Smartphone Bans (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
    *applause

    I wonder if it would help to just tell parents flat out that they are advocating less education in exchange for a trivial boost to convenience.

  16. Re:Access in an emergency case on Schools Are Giving Up on Smartphone Bans (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
    So? If it isn't an emergency (which would result in the kid going to the office anyhow), the communication must not occur. Parents don't get to interrupt class time all willy nilly and distract kids unnecessarily. If it's an emergency, call the office. They can do more than just inform, they can have support people handy, they can filter a parent's panic so as not to make things worse, they can provide information to the parent, and make sure it's actually a parent that the kid is communicating with. They are the firewall that insulates the students while in class.

    I'm old enough to remember beepers, and how those were banned in class not just for being disruptive, but because they were being used to facilitate drug deals. Schools are controlled environments and they need to stay that way.

  17. Like a woman can't go kill crazy unless it's over a man.

  18. Cash fails safe, electronic payments don't. on Swedes Turn Against Cashlessness (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a major advantage. The only way cash can break is for the government backing it to fail completely. Electronic funds have many more points of failure, plus somebody is quietly taking a cut of every transaction.

  19. Re:Well, which of these is faster: on Ask Slashdot: Should CPU, GPU Name-Numbering Indicate Real World Performance? · · Score: 1

    Unladen, European.

  20. Well, which of these is faster: on Ask Slashdot: Should CPU, GPU Name-Numbering Indicate Real World Performance? · · Score: 1

    a BMW 320i, Mercedez Benz E300, or a Chrysler 300C? It ain't just processors.

  21. Re:It Is A Frigging Mystery Is It Not on President Trump Slams Amazon For 'Causing Tremendous Loss To the United States' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, it's pretty easy to check that assumption. Did Trump express concerns about Amazon "well before the election", and thus before the Post was writing "true but unflattering things" about him?

  22. Illogical claim in article on President Trump Slams Amazon For 'Causing Tremendous Loss To the United States' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The tweet was likely prompted by an Axios story on Wednesday that claimed Trump was weighing "going after" Amazon over alleged antitrust activities or violations of competition laws.

    A tweet from Trump about Amazon was prompted by a story about Trump thinking about Amazon? That doesn't follow at all. Axios figured out he might say something, and when he did it's being attributed to Axios? Does it not make more sense that Trump was going to say something regardless and Axios just figured it out beforehand?

    Is that post hoc ergo propter hoc?

  23. I live in the Atlanta suburbs and my favorite part on Atlanta, Hit by Ransomware Attack, Also Fell Victim To Leaked NSA Exploits (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    is how the new Mayor's name is a command. "Keisha, lance bottoms." She should have been a nurse.

  24. Re:One Billion dollars. . . . on Atlanta, Hit by Ransomware Attack, Also Fell Victim To Leaked NSA Exploits (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I have offices on Peachtree Road and Street. It's the same damn road!

  25. So whoever released their tools gets a pass?