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  1. Re:Good. on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize who winds up paying those costs in the end, don't you?

  2. Re:OMG Regulation on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    a) that is a huge expense that probably is still under the amount of fraud they have to cover
    b) they can blame the retailer and again that is not fraud they have to cover
    c) if they do have to cover more fraud, they just raise the rates

    In the end its us that has to pay, both in higher prices and interest rates - they just pass the costs of incompetence on to you.

  3. Ah, but this probably tracks you tracking the prices. That's data that can be sold!

  4. Social problems are not humanity problems. on Sundar Pichai of Google: 'Technology Doesn't Solve Humanity's Problems' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Starvation, lack of a home, those are real problems. Even then humanity goes on, until it doesn't.

  5. Why does this make it sound like on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The metric weight/mass system is based on a house of cards? I thought it was infallible.

  6. Re:so the datas not really encrypted on Flaws in Self-Encrypting SSDs Let Attackers Bypass Disk Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Or it is stored encrypted, but the encryption key used is internal to the drive and the password just unlocks the use of that encryption (internal key). Hence they can have multiple passwords, yours, the vendors, and a three letter agency, which all simply enables the internal encryption keys. Which means you are basically just down to password level security.

    -- disclaimer: I know nothing

  7. Re:Really? on Are Touchscreens Robbing a Generation of Surgeons of Their Dexterity? (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think hand writing with a pen or pencil requires much more physical dexterity than smearing your fingers onto a flat surface. Schooling used to require daily hand written exercise for years, even just taking notes for a few minutes each day - I do think it matters.

  8. Re:What's with the pro-Trump nationalism? on System76 Thelio Computer is Open Source, Linux-Powered, and Made in the USA (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    'Made in USA' has always been a way to be proud of our country. Making it political is just pure crap on your part.

    Although honestly at this point when I am shopping, 'not made in China' is about the best I can hope for anymore. Does that sound better to you? Maybe we should have 'not made in China' stickers become a thing.

  9. But I have do not track enabled.. on Google Launches reCAPTCHA v3 That Detects Bad Traffic Without User Interaction (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    This can't possibly work for me. /s

  10. Re:Still dependent on X after all these years. on Trivial Bug In X.Org Server Gives Root Permissions On Linux, BSD Systems (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Good ol' X, often berated, never surpassed. Kind of means they got it right all along.

  11. Re:How can it be a sphere anyway? on Measurement Shows the Electron's Stubborn Roundness (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 0

    Ugh please don't bring up that silly theory that hasn't had one useful thing accomplished in reality except for lots of grant money.

  12. This is good news for Quantum theorists. on IBM Finally Proves That Quantum Systems Are Faster Than Classical Systems (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The money will keep flowing. Now build something out here in reality that actually does something useful.

  13. So which is worse for you? on Microplastics Found In 90 Percent of Table Salt (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    The extra salt or the extra plastic?

  14. "iPhones new parental controls do not work." on iPhone's New Parental Controls Block Sex Ed, Allow Violence and Racism (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    FTFY, how about just state the facts instead of sensationalizing everything. Honestly anyone that knows anything about how the internet works should only be surprised when filtering actually works as intended.

  15. Amazon wanted to be Ebay... on eBay Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Over 'Seller Recruitment' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    With the current state of their 'marketplace', well now I view them in the same way as Ebay. Mostly a junk shop. Amazon used to be my first stop, now it's the last resort. Congratulations!

  16. Takes advantage of empty space? on Researchers 3D Print Custom-Sized Lithium-Ion Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess that's a neat proof of concept since maybe phone makers can make the battery fit all around the internal components that stick up off the circuit board, speakers, microphones, and wrap it around the headphone ja... oh wait!

    As for the publisher, at first I thought it was just a blank page until I scrolled down, then it looked like it was made for display on a phone. Then another whole page of blank space before more content... turns out that was all ad space, thank goodness for ad blockers, although I don't see how they get traffic that comes back, even with no ad blocker their content just gets lost in the ads.

  17. Millenial discovers user and group permissions? on Researcher Finds Simple Way of Backdooring Windows PCs and Nobody Notices for Ten Months (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess that is news.

  18. Re:Wow on Qualcomm's New Wi-Fi Chips Are Meant To Rival 5G Speeds (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please don't post drunk, or with broken apple keyboards, that was hard to read.

  19. If apple really got it's way on The New and Improved MacBook Keyboards Have the Same Old Problems (theoutline.com) · · Score: 0

    You wouldn't get a keyboard at all.

  20. Re:Most appear to be coupons. on The Long, Long History of Long, Long CVS Receipts (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    There is phenol-free thermal paper. Don't know if that helps much or just has different bad ingredients, plus it costs more.

    Most recyclers also don't accept the plastic bags the store gives you. Seems that just might be a bigger concern at this point. In-store recycling of these bags is more of a publicity campaign to make the problem appear solved.

    Canned food is lined with plastics, no one seems to be complaining about recycling them yet (except it was BPA plastic early on, so they did fix that complaint)...

  21. Most appear to be coupons. on The Long, Long History of Long, Long CVS Receipts (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the problem? If wasted paper is your complaint - these customer directed ad+coupon are much better than the useless weekly junk mail pamphlets that just get tossed by almost everyone.

    Want a short receipt? Cut the coupons off, there, short receipt. First world problems.

  22. Fingerprints are next...

  23. It's a tablet with a stand... on Google Announces 'Home Hub' Smart Display With 7-Inch Screen, No Camera (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    How innovative.

  24. Re:This or Facebook's? on Google Announces 'Home Hub' Smart Display With 7-Inch Screen, No Camera (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like your are playing their game, you have already lost.

  25. Re:If they call my cell phone... on Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    Your situation will be good until the old copper develops an intermittent issue somewhere off your property that they won't fix because 'copper is deprecated, so we will convert your line to fiber at no cost to you'.