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  1. Re:Routers? Firmware? on California Bans Default Passwords on Any Internet-Connected Device (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Puhleeese, my fios router came with a little sticker right on the device near the serial number with the default username and password unique to the device, this isn't rocket science. If the manufacturer wants to make it a nightmare for their own customer support, that's on them.

  2. Re:It's time for revolt on California Bans Default Passwords on Any Internet-Connected Device (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I also think we're better off without California's rules.

    I want the freedom to die of lead poisoning.

    I want to only have to flush my toilet once.

  3. Re:There are more than two arthropods on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It goes into the history on my Windows Phone :D
    Now I'm curious what brand phone you have. Sounds poorly designed.

  4. Constitution does not require you to buy a phone.. on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't like it? Don't use it. Speak with your wallet.

  5. Re:An entire industry goes on record... on Entire Broadband Industry Sues California To Stop Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They should be treated as what they are: A regulated common carrier. If they want to control what goes over their networks, then they should be held responsible for everything that goes over their networks, that'll teach em.

  6. If you make viewers work, they will cheap out. on The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you make viewers work to find their shows by making them have to subscribe and pay for each network individually, they will just put that work into finding the 'free' content instead. Providers and content producers still do not understand this.

  7. Re: All theories were fringe theories at one point on DARPA Is Researching Quantized Inertia, a Theory Many Think Is Pseudoscience (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What if your facts and measurements are proven to be based on well known theories that this proves to be flawed? Uh oh.

  8. The question is it Genuine Leather? on HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Or that man-made crap that will quickly peel, stiffen, split, crack, and tear?

  9. 'respond to hazards faster than a human' on Germany Launches World's First Autonomous Tram (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's great but can it anticipate a hazard beforehand? I give an example of a dog that broke free from it's owner and is rumbling down a hill towards the road, will an autonomous vehicle see this and slow down or just go full speed ahead and only react once the dog is on the road in it's path and too late to stop in time?

  10. Re:School start times are often too early on MIT's Elegant Schoolbus Algorithm Was No Match For Angry Parents (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    I used to get on the bus at 7:02am (home at 2:45pm), every school day for four years. 8:02am prior to that for middle and elementary school. If you stick to a routine your body adapts and biology doesn't suffer. As for parents and work time conflicts, this was back when one parent could be a homemaker while the other, yes usually the father, could support an entire family with one full time lower middle class blue collar job. There was even enough for college and retirement because they didn't live beyond their means.

  11. My first thought. on MIT's Elegant Schoolbus Algorithm Was No Match For Angry Parents (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is that problems like this didn't happen when only one parent had to work to support a family. The 'homemaker' stayed home and handled things like weird school times, plus you know, actually teaching their own kids about life. Now both parents have to work, isn't it nice that now it takes two people working full time jobs to earn enough that used to be done by ONE full time parent? This tells me that your job is only worth half the value it used to be! Progress for corporations, at the expense of your family, indeed.

  12. Funny how that never seems to happen to their prices.

  13. Cheap 'copy-and-paste developers' (they are coders since they were told that is where the money is). Surprise, the security division is those same developers. Marketing wants more features, and wants the product out on time regardless since the 'hardware is ready'. Lastly security is hard but those that know that aren't cheap or are retired (sometimes not voluntarily).

  14. I like your analogy, but to that I say 'sink or swim'. Decades have gone by, meanwhile the government has done nothing of merit to reverse the trend. Will it hurt? Maybe. Unfortunately, the chances are good that the corporate lobby will mitigate this by any means necessary. Ironic since it is mostly their greedy fault.

  15. Re:Welcome to 2018 all in the USA. on Despite Data Caps and Throttling, Industry Says Mobile Can Replace Home Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Where is 'here'? You left out the most important thing about which upon you base your entire troll?

  16. To infect everything with insecurity. That is all.

  17. There goes the pension fund. on To Fight Climate Change, California Says 'We're Launching Our Own Damn Satellite' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    New York City also announced that its pension fund would invest $4 billion in companies offering climate change solution over the next three years.

    What could possibly go wrong?

  18. Re:Daily Bills on Uber Glitch Stops Payments To Drivers, Prices Surge (sandiegoreader.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone willingly incur dept for their employer? Oh that's right they are a 'contractor'. Seriously if they stop paying, then stop working, if uber thinks it is important to have a functioning service they will fix it. Seems they can collect money just fine though. Unless they are simply so far in debt and playing dumb while trying to make off with as much cash as possible before bankruptcy filings.

  19. Notice that each one of those is easier and quicker to type into a keyboard/touch screen.

  20. Borrow from chess. on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    King and pawns, no not Black and White :D And yea, when the entire world is one society shit like this will just keep coming back up. Someone somewhere will always be offended by something, eventually the entire world will be boring beige with no other choices, until beige offends someone...

  21. So it has a permanent hard-coded sim on Apple Moves the iPhone Away From Physical SIMs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So that the phone can always be identified - got it. Except in China where both sims can be swapped out. Makes you wonder who pressured apple to do this.

  22. Can someone explain the academic ecosystem? on China Now the Most Prolific Contributor To Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Math (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Reading past news about this, isn't being published a requirement for advancement? Or at least increases your academic resume? My understanding is that it is like a big social circle jerk, whereby having more publications gives you a one-up on fellow academics. In this case quantity is more important than quality, and peer review is basically a rubber stamp. Please correct me if wrong.

  23. children can't vote.

  24. So many choices... on Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    But where is the Iphone Xhpj?

  25. This is their goal, to siphon all money they can out of the working class and into the hands of the already rich without consequence for any harm that happens along the way. That is how they stay rich. And like morons we allowed corporations to become these unstoppable money siphoning machines. Good luck fixing this in a peaceful way this since the corporations now own your governments and make their own laws.