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  1. $4,999 more to go on Bitcoin Falls Below $5,000 For First Time Since October 2017 (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    And then it'll be time to move on to the next speculative craze. My money is on collectable emojis.

  2. Re:Read the license agreement... on Nasty Adobe Bug Deleted $250,000 Worth of Man's Files, Lawsuit Claims (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except Adobe can't just waive away any liability with the stroke of a pen. There are existing laws and precedents which would supersede that clause, including implied warranties of fitness.

  3. Re:What a crock of shit on The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    You obviously did not watch the whole video. At 1:13 of the video, the drone clearly moves towards them, the mother bear looks directly at it, freaks out and swipes. After that, the drone backs off. It's likely the drone operator knew what they did which is why they didn't move the drone toward them again until after the baby bear was safe at the top.

    Sounds like I'm full of shit then :) I watched the original viral video, which didn't show that sequence. I couldn't see the (full) video posted in this article because it's unavailable for my location (USA).

  4. What a crock of shit on The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    The only information accompanying the video says that it was captured on June 19, 2018, in the Magadan region of Russia. No one knows who shot it, which drone was used, or how close it flew. But âoeit doesnâ(TM)t matter how far away it was, because I can tell from the bearsâ(TM) behavior that it was too close,â says Clayton Lamb of the University of Alberta, who studies grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies and uses drones to map the area where they live.

    They have no idea how close the drone was but they are somehow certain the bears behavior was affected by it? Based on what exactly? The POV from the drone indicates it was very far away, likely out of earshot and certainly out of view. If they could even hear it probably sounded like bees to them. At no point in the video do the bears even look at its direction.

  5. And those 22% are likely all fake accounts on Only 22% of Americans Now Trust Facebook's Handling of Personal Info (fortune.com) · · Score: 0

    I can't imagine anyone saying they trust Facebook with their data.

  6. Looks easily survivable to me on Watch What Happens When A Drone Slams Into An Airplane Wing (sacbee.com) · · Score: 2

    Provided no critical electrical or fuel lines are pierced in the process. And that looks like a worst-case scenario impact. That said, still wouldn't want to be flying on a plane that has a collision.

  7. Can't they just share the keys with employers? on Slack Doesn't Have End-to-End Encryption Because Your Boss Doesn't Want It (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Why not have end-to-end encryption for security while also optionally allowing employers to see employees' messages by giving them access to the encryption keys?

  8. Maybe they should work on an unhack feature? on Facebook Is Testing An Unsend Feature For Messenger (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That takes back users' private data stolen by hackers?

  9. Tie my encryption down mate, tie my privacy down on Apple Rebukes Australia's 'Dangerously Ambiguous' Anti-Encryption Bill (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    At least they gave us the wonder of the world that is Margot Robbie.

  10. I thought searches were supposed to reflect realit on Microsoft Tackles 'Horrifying' Bing Search Results (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If those pages are the type people are reading most often for those given search terms then Bing is doing its job. I don't expect morality to be a weighting factor for a query (horrible as that may be).

  11. Method to block unwanted calls on iPhone on State Attorneys Urge FCC To Combat Neighborhood Spoofing (biglawbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps there should be a "block neighborhood numbers not on your contacts list" feature.

    iPhone has a way to block calls that aren't on your contact list. Go to Settings -> Do Not Disturb -> Allow Calls From and set it to 'All Contacts'. Then turn on 'Do Not Disturb' (the half-moon icon in the Control Center).

  12. Re: Technology is the answer, not the FCC on State Attorneys Urge FCC To Combat Neighborhood Spoofing (biglawbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    The robocallers would have to know the name of someone you know. Plus Google's technology can ask other verbal challenges. It'll be an arms race but one I think Google will stay comfortably ahead of.

  13. Technology is the answer, not the FCC on State Attorneys Urge FCC To Combat Neighborhood Spoofing (biglawbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    At Googleâ(TM)s presentation yesterday they demonstrated a feature in the upcoming Pixel 3 phones where an AI bot will answer your call and ask who the callerâ(TM)s name and the purpose of the call. Itâ(TM)ll then transcribe that info in a notification, where you can then choose to take the call or send it off into voicemail/disconnect.

  14. Primary reason for lack of injury on Tesla Model 3 Achieves NHTSA's 'Lowest Probability' of Injury Ever (thedrive.com) · · Score: 0

    Is the low probability that Tesla will ever deliver your Model 3 preorder.

  15. Don't think so - Bloomberg says they have 17 independent sources for this story.

  16. Art experts say it is worth 2x shredded on Banksy Artwork Self-Destructs At Auction Right After Being Sold For $1.3 Million (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which tells you everything you need to know about how specious and capricious the valuation model is for the art market.

  17. Re:Apple's full-court press against this story on Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What's Going On With Bloomberg's China Hack Story (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 0

    You focused entirely on the server story so you did in fact miss everything about the implications of this story.

  18. What I'm surprised at is that they didn't ask anyone in the industry about the details. You can always theoretically wire something into a mobo and hide it. You can't practically get something that small to do everything they said it could do. Even James Patterson could tell the difference.

    Bloomberg had several sources inside the industry about the details, including Apple themselves.

  19. Re:Apple's full-court press against this story on Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What's Going On With Bloomberg's China Hack Story (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 0

    You are missing the forest for the trees. This has widespread implications which extend well beyond the initial infiltration of server motherboards.

  20. Apple's full-court press against this story on Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What's Going On With Bloomberg's China Hack Story (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 0

    So far Apple has made two official, vehement denials and now we have this unofficial back-channel denial as well. This is highly unusual for Apple, one of the most secretive companies in the world. Engineers don't give these types of anonymous accounts without approval from executives, because doing so guarantees they will lose their jobs...so we can interpret these anonymous accounts as the third official denial from Apple.

    Why is Apple trying so hard to deny a story that Bloomberg insists is accurate and very well sourced? And why are other tech companies like Amazon doing the same? Because they all realize this has the potential to destroy the very core of their supply chains. This would be extremely disruptive and costly to their businesses. It would take years for them to move production out of China and scale it to the level they need.

    In other words their businesses are facing an existential crises.

  21. Meanwhile Apple gets $9B/year from Google on Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Giving Up Your Data For Better Services is 'a Bunch of Bunk' (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Tim Cook rails against Google's privacy invading/trading business model yet earns a reported $9B/year to make Google the default search engine for Safari and various Apple services like Siri. In other words, Apple wont abuse user privacy themselves for profit - they get paid to enable Google to do it on their behalf.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-28/apple-looks-down-on-ads-but-takes-billions-from-google

  22. Amazon is robbing Paul to pay Paul on Amazon Is Eliminating Bonuses, Stock Awards to Help Pay for Raises (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Otherwise known as Three-Card Monte.

  23. Sounds just like Dell's Mobile Connect on Microsoft Announces App Mirroring To Let You Use Any Android App On Windows 10 · · Score: 1
  24. Phil left this out of his iPhone presentation on iPhone XS Passcode Bypass Hack Exposes Contacts, Photos (threatpost.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "This is the best iPhone we've ever made...for anyone who wants to bypass our industry-leading secure enclave technology"

  25. Re:Factory gated? on Tesla Meets Q3 Product Goals of 50,000 To 55,000 Model 3s (electrek.co) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reminds me of the final scene from Gung Ho:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_gLOUbQZgk