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  1. Re: Appcast should block LUDDITE software! on Ajit Pai and the FCC Want It To Be Legal for Comcast To Block BitTorrent (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You donâ(TM)t need HTTPS, any random port and self-signed certs using public key cryptography will work.

    Iâ(TM)m actually glad they go after this than something worse like mandating all CPUs only run pre-approved code, with engineering CPUs licensed by these ass-hats. With encryption and tools like VPN, we can always solve this.

  2. Re: They can't stop it on The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A podiatrists can not perform neurosurgery, it requires additional certifications that regional medical centers that are a certain grade of medical facility must have on staff at all times.

    Irrespective, licensure does not improve quality, it only limits supply. Thatâ(TM)s the goal of the AMA, to limit licensed doctors to drive up costs and therefore profits for its members, at the expense of unlicensed would-be practitioners and the customers of those being licensed.

  3. But all that doesnâ(TM)t matter. Do you really think Apple Co. bosses yelled âoeget me census data on race! Weâ(TM)re going to find the next most majority white neighborhood to open a store!â ?

    No. Of course not. They opened up their ERP system and looked at where most Apple IDs home or work addresses are locacted and though to themselves: would it be more convenient for our customers and better for our bottom line if this cluster of users had easy access to a Apple store?

    Just because something ends up a way doesnâ(TM)t mean it is because of it. Too bad, we have to teach that to this schmuck writing this study.

    Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc.

  4. Re: Have you ever actually read Orwell? on FCC Announces Plan To Repeal Net Neutrality (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This. I am actually OK with dismantling Net Neutrality, on the condition that they make it illegal for cities to contract with one cable company or another and offer exclusivity or tax-payer subsidies to those companies to operate as a sudomonopoly. The best antidote for abuse of consumers isnâ(TM)t regulation, its free and open competition.

  5. Re: OH MY GOSH BEAUHD! on Report Claims That 18 Nation's Elections Were Impacted By Social Engineering Last Year (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesnâ(TM)t matter. We arenâ(TM)t allowed to question why someone votes a particular way, and free speech allows everyone to say whatever they want. It sucks that some use this to subvert some people's vote, but thats the price we pay for both free speech and open and free elections.

  6. Re: 2016 MacBook Pro! on Ask Slashdot: Which Laptop Has The Best Keyboard? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I second this. I hated the new MBP keyboard style. And I forced myself to get used to it since I do all of my development on OSX (now Mac OS), and with the new keyboards, the writing is on the wall. Penalty for the walled garden I suppose.

    However, after using it for about a week almost exclusively, going back to the 2012 MBP I used to have is TERRIBLE! I couldnâ(TM)t believe how confounded my expectations were. I also ran through a typing test, and Iâ(TM)m faster on the new MBP vs the old one. When I returned to my office from onsite at a client, I headed strait for the nearest Apple store to pick up one of the new keyboards so it feels consistent. I donâ(TM)t know why, but the change is hated, even when itâ(TM)s significanty better, and I donâ(TM)t understand why. When I upgraded from one resolution to the next over the years, each time I felt better for it immediately. Iâ(TM)m not sure why the keyboard progression doesnâ(TM)t âoefeelâ the same way. My typing speed and accuracy is higher, my fingers are fast getting used to shortcuts on the touch-bar, and yet, I hated moving to it, and saw it as a necessary evil! Why do we get used to resolution and dimension changes easier than keyboard mechanical changes?

  7. Re:Well on Apple Wins $120 Million From Samsung In Slide-To-Unlock Patent Battle (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What? Are you nuts? Computers work completely different from reality. If I use a pin code to unlock something, and that decrypts a volume, or allows a download, it works NOTHING like a physical lock which has gears and aligns pins to slip into and out of traps. You obviously know nothing about how computers work to say "if it works in reality, making it work on a computer is not patentable". So If I have a child and it learns to talk, and I make a computer talk, that talking solution is not patentable? What about being able to store and read a document? Does every file format that represents "real data" have its patents invalidated because "I could make a real piece of paper look like that document"? Thank goodness you aren't in charge of our patent system, your worse than the current clowns.

  8. Re:Its ok... on Tesla Posts Biggest Quarterly Loss, Slashes Production of Model X and Model S (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Many companies spend more money than they make starting out and reinvest more money than they make as they ramp up operations. That's pretty typical (take a good look at Amazon). They have a solid sales strategy, an exciting product roadmap and lineup, as well as a CEO with a proven track-record of dealing with struggling finances.

    People will give him money because they believe in his strategy and ability to execute.

  9. Re:Why does Ebay not do escrow? on eBay Launches Authentication Service To Combat Counterfeit High-End Goods (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Because eBay probably doesn't just sell to those who are skilled in detecting knock-offs. Honestly, I don't know how they could tell. We recently purchased a knock-off Cisco kit from Amazon, that was Prime.

    It blew my mind when Cisco told me this part was fake, it looked identical to the original. I wonder how eBay will validate the authenticity since the knock-offs are getting pretty darn close.

  10. Re:Smokers are the worst on Startup Plans To Clean Up Cigarette Butts Using Crows (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Citation Needed

  11. Yup, sorry. I didnâ(TM)t think a citation was needed:

    âoeSwitching to Google as the web search provider for Siri, Search within iOS and Spotlight on Mac will allow these services to have a consistent web search experience with the default in Safari,â reads an Apple statement sent this morning. âoeWe have strong relationships with Google and Microsoft and remain committed to delivering the best user experience possible

    From: here

  12. No. It isnâ(TM)t. Having funds to pay for that isnâ(TM)t abusing position or monopolistic. Iâ(TM)m sure a hedge fund could drum up a competitor and make the same payments no problem, just pony up the capital. The real dilemma to competitions is convincing Apple brass that your new search engine is worthy to their users. If itâ(TM)s not, no amount of money will suffice. They just ditched bing in Siri for that reason, and Microsoft had a fortune to make that work.

  13. Re: Did you know... on Security Researcher Finds a Fundamental Flaw in iOS (krausefx.com) · · Score: 2

    Itâ(TM)s not a real attack unless you can get it onto the phone. Has an app with this dialog code made it past the app review process? Can you pop it up on safari? If so, then a simple change to that one dialog box (like making it a different color to indicate secure) will fix that. If not, then nothing to see here. Just developers playing in a sandbox justifying the app review process.

  14. Re: Translation on GM Exec Says Elon Musk's Self-Driving Car Claims Are 'Full of Crap' (smh.com.au) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A person gets all the information about where he car is and has to go based on two sensors (basically two cameras with stereoscopic vision) in your head, positioned sub-optimally inside the vehicle, with one point of view at any one time, and sensors for speed. If you include the persons ass, throw in a cheap accelerometer too.

    There is no reason to think cameras and an accelerometer canâ(TM)t figure it out with software to the same degree. But the cars cameras have better vantage points, near perfect operation once the software comes around, and will emphatically understand the rules that govern the roadways better than we could, as well as the dynamics and limitations of the vehicle it is operating. Cars can absolutely get autonomous with less than GM claims.

  15. Re: FFS this again? on Code is Too Hard To Think About (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I canâ(TM)t even begin to tear down this non-story. These ass-hats havenâ(TM)t opened their eyes to see what software is doing for them, and what programs have enabled (at the hands of programmers using those very same IDEs). Generally, programming works! Yeah, so itâ(TM)s an evolutionary process, but a highly refined one! Tesla crashes into a semi-truck? Whoops! Make a patch, deploy code, now the system is smarter. Rince. Repeat. Eventually the program work be worth thinking about it will be so good (remember Windows ME?).

    âoethough did little to actually change, this basic alienationâ this is the biggest pile of horseshit I could find in the story. Iâ(TM)m sorry. Compilers do change the basic alienation. They make the code you have to work with readable. They allow you to work on modular code, broken down into basic functions and classes. Again, asshats who donâ(TM)t (or shouldnâ(TM)t be) programming.

  16. Re: Google is qualifed to investigate a competito on Google Investigates Facebook's Russian Political Operatives, Will Address Congressmen (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    What I keep wondering is.... is this true illegal? I can say anything I want.... âoeHillary Clinton used to be a man, and had gender reassignment surgery! Donâ(TM)t vote for her.â and that would be completely within the rights of the first ammendmant.

    Iâ(TM)m free to say whatever I want. Now advertising.... that is just paying others to say it for you. But letâ(TM)s forget about that (for the moment). Letâ(TM)s assume Russia paid to advertise something online. Fine. Whatâ(TM)s the charge? Tampering with an election? No. They didnâ(TM)t. They didnâ(TM)t change peopleâ(TM)s vote? They changed peopleâ(TM)s mind. We donâ(TM)t get to decide what criteria people use to formulate their decision, we only have the obligation to count it. So far, I havenâ(TM)t heard of anyone actually doing anything illegal. Shitty? Yes, but why are we investigating when we canâ(TM)t even identify the law that was broken?

    This is all just theatrics. With a president like Trump in the WH, the last thing we need is more theatrics.

  17. Re: Google is qualifed to investigate a competito on Google Investigates Facebook's Russian Political Operatives, Will Address Congressmen (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    What I keep wondering is.... is this truely illegal? I can say anything I want.... âoeHillary Clinton used to be a man, and had gender reassignment surgery! Donâ(TM)t vote for her.â and that would be completely within my rights thanks to the first ammendmant.

    Iâ(TM)m free to say whatever I want. Now advertising.... that is just paying others to say it for you. But letâ(TM)s forget about that (for the moment). Letâ(TM)s assume Russia paid to advertise something online. Fine. Whatâ(TM)s the charge? Tampering with an election? No. They didnâ(TM)t. They didnâ(TM)t change peopleâ(TM)s vote? They changed peopleâ(TM)s mind. We donâ(TM)t get to decide what criteria people use to formulate their decision, or where they get their criteria. We only have the obligation to count the votes of those who are legally allowed to participate in the vote. So far, I havenâ(TM)t heard of anyone actually doing anything illegal. Shitty? Yes, but why are we investigating when we canâ(TM)t even identify the law that was broken?

    This is all just theatric, and with a president like Trump in the WH, the last thing we need is more theatrics. Stupid people watch the news, and believe what they are told. Other stupid people will read an ad, and believe what they are told.

    The only way you could have changed the outcome is to teach people critical thinking. Unfortunately, that doesnâ(TM)t seem to be happening.

  18. Re:And this is news? on Apple File System in macOS High Sierra Won't Work With Fusion Drives (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is news because some people with Fusion Drives expected to be upgraded to the new release and the new filesystem, but now won't. They may be developers, integrators, or whatever, and this lets them know that APFS is delayed for their kit until later.

  19. Re: Only if we let them... on New Book Argues Silicon Valley Will Lead Us to Our Doom (sandiegouniontribune.com) · · Score: 1

    What a load of horseshit.

    1. Those large companies still have to follow laws of the land, which are written and decided upon by our chosen representatives (at least here in the US). Remember, it's your vote that puts them there collectively.

    2. You don't have to join anything or participate in shit. You can if you want to, but you don't have to. Most people have. Your complaining because the herd went in one direction and you don't want to follow, but you don't want to be alone? Take your self-riteous horseshit and do what you will, but don't complain that others have done what they will. Join, or don't. You still have the choice, don't moan and bitch because you don't like your choices.

    3. Computers are the biggest boosters of intelligence we know. We are collectively smarter and more capable than our civilization has ever been in history by leaps and bounds; both on an individual level and as a whole. We have known the longest period of major peacetime since WW2, are feeding more people than ever thought possible, moving right along to renewable energy, and gearing up to take the next steps in human space travel.

    If Silicon Valley was taking us to a bad place, no one would follow. Once they embark on bad places, people will leave. Don't underestimate the drive people have to do what's best for them.

    The future is brighter and better than ever. We just have to stay the course.

  20. Re: This demonstrates the article about libertaria on Union Power Is Putting Pressure on Silicon Valley's Tech Giants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Shut up, you with your stupid.... facts. Your ruining a perfectly good jealous rant!

  21. Re:Taxing revenue may actually be the best thing on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If you think you can tax revenue, your smoking something good. What would your tax rate be? Now take every industry with margins lower than that and wipe them out. Or, raise the prices across the board of every single item you ever buy or sell, or pay for, or charge for by that amount. Now, add in a 5% overhead for actually calculating and collecting those funds to the cost of running the agency assigned with such a task.

  22. Re:Taxing revenue may actually be the best thing on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No, not might. Will. A $200 tax on a $1m transaction will stop if the transaction was done to earn $200 in profit. Look up high frequency trading to learn more.

  23. Re:Taxing revenue may actually be the best thing on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure it does: its called a consumption tax. Oh, and everyone uses google and amazon. I'm sorry, but they do. Your accountant who needs a laptop might buy it from Amazon. Their prices rise, so she has to charge you more. See? Lookup the monetary price system to learn more.

  24. Re:Taxing revenue may actually be the best thing on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    A free market does not require an infinite number of buyers or sellers. Thats just garbage. A free market allows buyers and sellers to exchange goods and services without having to deal with a third party. Hence: "Free" from outside influences. Slavery doesn't count, because you need a third party to coerce the slave to work for no wage and against will. you can't do it, otherwise, someone else could come and enslave you.

    Child labor on the other hand, if the child agrees to the wages: Imagine if for a moment, Nike said "We are going to use child labor happily!". Whatever potential labor savings this decision would yield, would cost them more in terms of lost sales from people opposed to child labor. This is the free market at work. If you don't agree to something, you don't have to pay for it. Subsidies makes you pay for something you don't necessarily want or agree with, which is why they are bad. Effectively, the taxman is spending your money through coercion.

  25. Re:Taxing revenue may actually be the best thing on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Your an imbecile who's price wouldn't be worth shit.