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  1. Try uBlock Origin.

    Lower memory/CPU footprint than a lot of the others, and lots of places don't detect it (like Forbes).

  2. Re:Apple will buy one... on State Department Seemingly Buys $15,000 iPhone Cracking Tech GrayKey (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Apple's probably going to have to figure this one out the old fashioned way.

    By buying it through a shell company?

  3. How do you build a city where pedestrians and cyclists can cross the street wherever they want? A pedestrian free-for-all and max speed limit for cars of 5mph?

    I don't know, but they seem to be actively moving in this direction in NYC.

    Whenever there is an accident, everyone immediately jumps on how it must be the driver's fault. Never mind that people constantly cross against the light, "edge out" in to the intersection before the light, or cross mid-block outside the crosswalk.

    Bicycles move against traffic, not yielding to lights or pedestrians, often deciding that they get to share the sidewalk with pedestrians (as opposed to being in the street where they are legally supposed to).

  4. > or perhaps... he's not falling into dunning kruger effect?

    Or is suffering from Imposter syndrome?

  5. Re:These bugs could be just a back doors on Intel Did Not Tell US Cyber Officials About Chip Flaws Until Made Public (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They already do this. Who do you think actually controls the world's Crypto farming?

    NSA crypto-miners operating from a hidden server farm room built into the Hoover Dam for cheap power and minimal detection.

  6. Indeed, because the RUSSIANS metalled in the elections

    Absolutely, Trump definitely alloyed with them.

    I'm completely in favor of Alloying Trump and some Russians. Tell you what though ... if we Smelt him first and mix in some Tin I'm pretty sure we get his Bronzer to become Brass.

  7. Do you have a smartphone ?

    I do. Strangely, it doesn't keep track of when and where I charge my electric car.

    Don't worry, there's an App for that.

  8. Re:Perhaps, perhaps on Robots Are Being Used To Shoo Away Homeless People In San Francisco (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Then perhaps all those Republicans who are hellbent on outlawing abortion because it "kills a person" should enact laws

    Perhaps the Democrats hellbent on enlawfulling abortion should enact laws to allow for not just robots, but robots to take the homeless people loitering and grind them into dog food. After all, it would just be a really late term abortion for a clump of cells no-one wants anymore to improve the lives of everyone around.

    So I should put you down as a "Maybe" on the issue of Abortions into the 63rd Trimester?

  9. Re:they need some contempt of court a few days on Uber Trained Employees on How To 'Impede, Obstruct or Influence' Ongoing Legal Investigations, Ex-employee Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So if companies are legally People ... can they hold the Company in Contempt and force it to cease operation while it is "in jail"?

  10. Re:XP is the least important issue on Destiny 2 Misrepresented XP Gains To Its Players Until the Developers Got Caught (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually the most useful LFG site for Destiny is https://www.the100.io/?r=24312...

    When you join, it will automatically try to group you with up to 100 people of similar playstyles (based on a small list of questions about playtime and style).

    It then lets you set up LFG events both within your group, or open to the population at large (or you can keep them private until right before the event so your group can join, then throw them open at the end if you still need one or two people).

    I've only used it a couple of times, but clanmates have usually had a pretty good experience with it.

  11. To quote W.O.P.R. ... on Sean Parker Unloads on Facebook 'Exploiting' Human Psychology (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    "the only winning move is not to play."

  12. Re:Bricks and Mortar can't compete on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Ran into this at P.C. Richards a bunch of years ago when I got a new Air Conditioner.

    The choices were a light cheap model from China, or a more expensive model (made with more metal that the salesperson claimed would hold up better) that was made in the US.

    We opted for the US made one (for a host of reasons), and its held up long past the cheaper model we installed in a different room.

  13. Re:DIY Cryptocurrency Mining... on 2x Called Off: Bitcoin Hard Fork Suspended for Lack of Consensus (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm convinced most of the mining craze is being pushed by the GPU makers who can barely keep their units on the virtual Shelves before being sold out ... regularly ... of those models "used by Crypto Miners".

  14. Re:Climate change solved! on The Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Plunged Earth Into Catastrophic Winter (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Just think ... Tax Rebate Credits if your car "Rolls Coal".

  15. Nothing from your microphone ... on Facebook Exec: 'Just Not True' That We Listen To Your Phone's Mic (theoutline.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    " ... now your Camera ... no comment. But we do not use information from your microphone"

  16. If people stop going for PhDs, what criteria will Google use to cut the pile of applicants for their job openings?

  17. Re:Government's fault. on Many Junior Scientists Need To Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Now you're on to something.

    Need to submit an NSF grant on "the correlation between Lavatory Twitter use and Genius I.Q."

    (of course, as a proper scientist,you must follow the line of inquiry wherever it goes ... )

  18. Everything goes through cycles.

    To quote Psalms: There is nothing new under the sun.
    Or To quote BSG(updated edition): All Of This Has Happened Before And Will Happen Again.

  19. Re:If they really wanted vindication.... on Kaspersky Lab To Open Software To Review, Says Nothing To Hide (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You must be new around here .... our current administration isn't interested in facts ... at least that's what I've been told.

    They seem mostly interested in hearsay and getting ideas out into people's heads using the same techniques that despots like McCarthy used to spread FUD.

    I mean, I'm not saying that, but that's what people seem to be saying.

  20. Nah, shooting it into space takes too much work.

    Just build a wall around it, and make the Carbon pay for it.

  21. How about net neutrality AND dropping government mandated monopolies? Ever thought about that?

    Sounds good, so long as the "final mile" are turned into common carrier public utilities similar to the electric grid. That removes the barrier to entry, moves the infrastructure backbone to the public's side of the equation removing duplication of resources and allows competition in the service provider part of the equation.

  22. Re:For everyone nonamerican on NASA's Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet (scienmag.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress is that?

  23. Re:AMAZON AKBAR!!! (ululates) on Amazon 'Reviewing' Its Website After It Suggested Bomb-Making Items (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Can we suggest a Dash button for your IED purchase?

    Running low? Just hit the button and your frequently ordered item will be there in a Dash!

    Think Amazon for all your Jihadi needs.

  24. Exactly.

    Anything that is done in software, can be done in hardware.

    Likewise anything that is done in hardware can be done in software ... thats why we have these things that are all the rage now called VMs.

  25. Re:Those businesses exist because of Amazon on Amazon's New Refunds Policy Will 'Crush' Small Businesses, Outraged Sellers Say (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    and if you need, Amazon sells swords also!