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  1. Yea I saw that once and at first thought 'neat'. Then I realized a porch pirate can use this to know who in their neighborhood just had packages delivered, it shows how many stops to go and where the driver currently is - doesn't take much to figure out which houses had packages delivered by refreshing the page a few times.

  2. I was reading up on this lately, the problem currently and in the recent year was the price of DRAM skyrocketing. Once again we can blame the DRAM manufacturers. Oh BTW, they are finally ramping up for more production of memory chips used in these GPU applications, any day now...

  3. Re:Apple is so screwed on App Store Breaks Records, Customers Spent $1.22 Billion In One Week (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They should go to the razor blade model, I'd love a free phone :D

  4. So stalking is now a victimless crime? on Google Wins Dismissal of Suit Over Facial Recognition Software (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    C'mon.

  5. Re:Whatever happened to... on First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied To Sednit APT (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Now don't go spouting things like common sense to manufacturers. This is the 21st century after all.. Also I was under the impression that many UEFI BIOS like to write to itself for settings and note taking (sigh) within the bios screen etc. That would require TWO flash chips so that one could be made write protected with a hardware jumper (hey those things are expensive).

  6. Re:APT? on First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied To Sednit APT (threatpost.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yea, a definition would be quite apt here: Advanced Persistent Threat. (per wikipedia APT)

  7. Remember when html was mostly color agnostic? on Chrome on Windows 10 To Get Dark Mode Feature Soon (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    And most pages were rendered in your preferred colors? I miss those days. So chrome is trying to bring that back. How innovative.

  8. Re:Model Airplane incident on Severn Bridge, a Main Route Between England and Wales, Shuts as Drone Flown From Tower (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When did they renamed them drones

    When they took all of the skill out of it.

  9. Would you bother to read 'Bridge closes when man climbs to top'?

  10. Re:I don't get what the fuss is all about on Google Chrome's New UI is Ugly, And People Are Very Angry (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In chrome 70 linux (maybe they changed it?) the new design makes inactive tabs light grey text which is fine, but I have a bookmarks bar and the whole thing is light grey text - this is an eyesore. The round stuff isn't too bad but they added a doughnut icon to the right in the url bar - oh I look real close and it's a tiny head within a circle and the tooltip says 'you'. THIS LOOKS LIKE A DOUGHNUT! I bet it looked a lot more distinguishable in the square button form. Most of the round buttons on the url bar have a square active area, however the security icon has a round active area, so it is not consistent. My point is some of these changes do not look thought through or even quality controlled.

  11. Re:Material UI was more of the wrong progress. on Everything We Knew About Fuchsia's UI, Armadillo, Is Gone (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    Really, the usability of UIs have mirrored very closely the change from computing as a workstation to computing as a consumption device. It's the golden age of consumption, yay :/

  12. Re:Collectors' items on Sears, the 125-Year-Old Iconic Retailer, Has 24 Hours To Survive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Craftsman is it's own entity now. It is sold at Ace Hardware and Lowes. Don't know about quality, most claim it went downhill years ago. Some of the older tools are indeed sought after.

  13. Re:Put Sears on Layaway on Sears, the 125-Year-Old Iconic Retailer, Has 24 Hours To Survive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a round-a-bout way of saying embezzlement. Someone had to say it.

  14. 5G-reliant technologies, like self-driving cars

    Really?

  15. Re:It's not just problems outside the US. on iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the holidays, most people are (not at work, therefore) using much more network bandwidth than normal. Your cell tower or even the server you are using could just be seeing a lot more traffic than normal, so things slow down. But as for this Apple issue, it's quite a funny debacle if you don't own an Apple product...

  16. Re:Why so many product updates over Christmas? on iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 1

    The deadline was probably 'get this done before holiday vacation', and this is the result.

  17. Re:The whole idea of huffpost is racist on US Geological Survey Unable To Provide Indonesia Tsunami Data Due To Government Shutdown (huffingtonpost.com.au) · · Score: 1

    It is a political hit piece, nothing more. As for Indonesia, it is just bad timing that things happened while someone was 'on vacation', it should also be a lesson.

  18. "But I want it now." on 'Amazon Prime is Getting Worse' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, grow up.

  19. Who funds this crap? on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    It better not be the taxpayer. If so, heads should roll or be thrown out of an airplane with a parachute, at 66 feet.

  20. I am sure there is a TAX deduction angle... on Facebook Donates $1 Million To Support Wikipedia (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    in there somewhere, just another way to avoid paying taxes that help we the people.

    Is it really a donation if all of it comes out of what should have been taxes? In the end the people never win.

  21. Ha hah hahahhaaaaaaha AH. on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That is all.

  22. Re:Amazon is totally screwed on Inside the Unrelenting Scams of the Amazon Marketplace (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sold by or Fulfilled by Amazon. Stick to this and so far I have had no problems - but then I don't buy much from them anymore and I do my due diligence before buying anything.

    Their prices are generally the same now as other retailers, and the marketplace just gets in the way when I do try shop there.

  23. Internet connected things are not really yours... on Logitech Disables Local Access On Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One firmware update, and bam! your automated house is now a dark soul-less doorstop. The problem is no one will learn from this lesson.

  24. If all long-term product defects made news.. on Some 2017 iPad Pro Displays Suffering From Bright Spot Above Home Button (macrumors.com) · · Score: 0

    The list would be so long no one would bother to read it. Why is apple so special? Every product has flaws that show up over time, doesn't mean you get a free repair once it is out of warranty. If it matters get the extended warranty, or use the learning experience to choose a better product next time.

  25. Re:Fundmental Problems. on Spam Calls Jumped Over 300% Globally in 2018 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    All true, but the biggest fundamental problem here is the enabler - the phone companies that do nothing to fix caller id spoofing, etc.