User: OptimalCynic

Re:faster bookmarks

On: Opera Releases Its First Chromium-Based Browser

Opera has had this great feature for a while that lets you save sets of tabs as a single group under a meaningful name and then load them up again when you want them. It's much better for that use case than keeping heaps of tabs open. No doubt that's been canned as well.

Re:Youtube could potentially dominate all other vi

On: YouTube To Offer Subscription Service This Week

Some of us have been doing that for years with torrents and RSS.

Re:Seriously you can get VC money for this?

On: From 'Quantified Self' To 'Quantified Car'

I guess you don't read slashvertisements.

Re:Last Sentence

On: Federal Magistrate Rules That Fifth Amendment Applies To Encryption Keys

No, compel means force. "Do it, or you'll rot in jail."

Radios

On: Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath

Why do the Boston police use open radios anyway? If they used encrypted sets there wouldn't be people listening in on the scanner. Well, not as much anyway.

Re:Imagined != Invented

On: Smartphone For the Blind Invented In India

Yeah, and I'll bet it doesn't work as well in reality as they think it will. Anyone remember that Rainbow Versatile Disc thing?

Uninstalled

On: Facebook's Android App Can Now Retrieve Data About What Apps You Use

Uninstalled.

Re:Cookie based opt-out

On: RapLeaf Is Back and Bad As Ever

Or you could use privoxy, which has URL matching, not just host blocking.

Re:Cookie based opt-out

On: RapLeaf Is Back and Bad As Ever

Thanks, that's pretty much the answer I was hoping for.

Re:Cookie based opt-out

On: RapLeaf Is Back and Bad As Ever

Yeah, it's how I log in to Slashdot.

Re:Cookie based opt-out

On: RapLeaf Is Back and Bad As Ever

I'd love to, but what kind of safeguards do you have? You ask for a lot of personal information, seems like creating a single point of potential failure to me. I think what you're doing is great, I'm just a bit paranoid about this.

Re:If they start doing serial offense

On: Speeding Ticket Robots — Laws As Algorithms

That already happens. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2125552_driver_rammed_speed_camera_and_set_it_alight

Re:Just set it to clock speed

On: Speeding Ticket Robots — Laws As Algorithms

They might not get fired, but they won't get promoted without issuing enough traffic tickets.

Buzz

On: The RFP and IT Logistics For Washington's "Pot Czar"

At least the summary is fully buzzword compliant.