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  1. Re:Skylake is awesome on Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book Reviews · · Score: 1

    Pentium 4 came out in 2000. Core architecture came out 10 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Re:Skylake is awesome on Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book Reviews · · Score: 2, Informative

    There hasn't been a 3x general CPU performance improvement over the the past 10 years cumulatively let alone from just a few generations ago.

  3. Ahmed should invent a stopwatch too on 'Clock Kid' Ahmed Mohamed and His Family To Leave US, Move To Qatar · · Score: 1

    So that can watch his 15 minutes of fame elapsing with sub-second accuracy.

  4. Awesome article, would buy again! on Amazon Lawsuit Aims To Kill Fake Reviews (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    A+++++

  5. What kind of website name is that? on Beware: FBI, Other Agencies Might Go After Your Voluntary DNA Records (theneworleansadvocate.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    23andme? Sounds like a site name a 40 yeard-old web-wannabee would use to throw up a quick site about snail collecting or something. I understand it refers to chromosomes but that's a bridge too far to accept.

  6. There's a much easier way on An Experiment Could Determine Whether Gravity Is Quantized (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Just google it.

  7. Users have always been alienated from advertising on In Battle With Ad Blockers, Ad Industry Fesses Up To Alienating Users (iab.com) · · Score: 1

    It took the mainstream acceptance of ad blockers before ad firms finally realized what was already obvious to everyone whose career is not tied to selling ads. Talk about needing to have a house fall on you before getting the point.

  8. Me chinese, me make joke, on IBM Permits China To Review Source Code (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    me steal source code when you're a dope

  9. Re:Firmware is not software on Why Cybersecurity Experts Want Open Source Routers (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    It's dangerously stupid for people who aren't familiar with firmware to express opinions about why firmware shouldn't be open-sourced.

  10. Since Micorsoft is accepting ads for Windows... on Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's pool our money together and buy a Start Menu ad for Linux.

  11. No expectation of privacy if you use facebook on If You're Not Paranoid About Your Privacy, You're Crazy (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's like keeping your front door wide-open and putting a sign in your yard that reads 'Steal my shit' then getting mad when you're robbed.

  12. Re:There is a reason that they circumvented... on Volkswagen Seeks To Repair Its Image By Focusing On Electric (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't be so certain that Europe has higher standards or that they even enforce them. They're just as corrupt as we are:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09...

  13. Bill was good at compromising open 'ports' on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Much to the chagrin of Hillary.

  14. Routers may be only defense left for privacy on Ask Slashdot: Is There Space For Open Hardware In Networking? · · Score: 1

    With many modern OS's adding spying and telemetry features and then disabling all the tried and tested methods to bypass them it may wind up that the router is the only way to retain our digital privacy. So yes, I think open source networking has great utility.

  15. Science can't be wrong? on Author Joris Luyendijk: Economics Is Not a Science (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    If that's the measure by what represents science then we're in trouble.

  16. Too sweet for my tastes on The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Too much syrup.

  17. Re:This is what routers and switches are for on Pushing the Limits of Network Traffic With Open Source (cloudflare.com) · · Score: 1

    High-performance routers implement their routing/switching logic in hardware.

  18. This is what routers and switches are for on Pushing the Limits of Network Traffic With Open Source (cloudflare.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they only need to "shuffle" packets around (ie, not crack open the frames and actually interpret the data beyond making routing decisions) then routers/switches are better suited for this. If they actually need to do something more with the data then that quoted 5.8 million packets/sec. rate will drop very quickly for each single line of code they add that does anything with the data.

  19. @world, just lost my job at twitter #techboomover on Twitter To Begin Layoffs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    This may be the tipping point the for Tech Bubble Version 2.0

  20. Microsoft deciding copying Google was a good start on Microsoft's Mission To Reignite the PC Sector (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Like adding privacy-violation features such as Window's 10 telemetry. They must have figured if it worked for Google why not for Mr. Softee too?

  21. I SHA-T in my pants when I read this on First Successful Collision Attack On the SHA-1 Hashing Algorithm (google.com) · · Score: 0

    I have nothing more to say.

  22. Jimmy Wales wails whether web will wreck wankers on Jimmy Wales and Former NSA Chief Ridicule Government Plans To Ban Encryption · · Score: 1

    Couldn't resist suggesting a new headline.

  23. Re:New age ideas, old age greed on 'First, Let's Get Rid of All the Bosses' -- the Zappos Management Experiment · · Score: 2

    I completely agree. What's ironic is that Tony uses all the money he makes hoarding the equity in his companies to finance his creativity elsewhere, such as the Vegas downtown project. It would be nice if he spread some of that wealth so others could find an outlet for their ideas as well, an outlet that doesn't involve making Tony more money.

  24. New age ideas, old age greed on 'First, Let's Get Rid of All the Bosses' -- the Zappos Management Experiment · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The biggest issue I have with Mr. Hsieh is that one of his core values is employees should be motivated by factors other than compensation. I can certainly agree with the premise but the problem is he doesn't offer much in exchange for the lack of compensation. Employees are exposed to all the difficulties of a young, startup atmosphere, including long hours, uncertain work/living environment (move to downtown uprooted lots of employees), volatile policies (holacracy implementation), etc... But employees get none of the benefits that normally come with those issues, specifically compensation.

    When Tony sold Zappos to Amaozn he became a centimillionaire several times over. Yet none of the rank and file earned a penny off the sale, per Tony's core belief that employees shouldn't be motivated by compensation, which apparently includes equity compensation as well. If you're going to treat your employees like guinea pigs for your social theory experiments at least give them some carrots for the distressful uncertainty it creates.

  25. Re:I hate it because it's terminally unfunny on What Non-Geeks Hate About the Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    The absence of a laugh track by itself does not alter how funny a performance is - it simply fakes its appeal by using social proof. For that I don't see how your analogy to MacBeth performed in flippers is comparable. There are sitcoms that are funny without the crutch of laugh tracks.