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  1. Re:Fuck no on Should Developers Do All Their Own QA? (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Fuck you, a competent developer already does qa, or we wouldn't release it to qa.

    Wait, is it possible that QA didn't write the code, doesn't know its limits, and can put user testing on top of functional testing?

    YES you fucking idiots.

  2. Re:Kill the dinosaurs and reuse the spectrum. on FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Yesterday, and nearly every day before that. Lots of cord cutters in the same crowd.

    I have 22 channels to choose from, and they keep adding more. I can go the internet at will, but the local news is on at the time I expect. Why stream that when I can buffer something else instead?

  3. Re:I don't buy anything with DRM on Denuvo's DRM Now Being Cracked Within Hours of Release (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You're not the target audience then, and voting with your dollars affects almost nothing. Also, preaching to the choir probably doesn't do a lot.

    Lots of people spend money on DRM products, and probably don't even know what DRM is, or if it can be worked around. These are the targets, they are plentiful, and have money.

  4. DRM is about delaying the inevitable copying. If you get months, it is a success. Weeks would be well worth it. As we see here, just a few hours can make the presales worth it.

    You are misrepresenting the purpose to paint it as a failure, when this article clearly says otherwise. When that happens, look for a different purpose.

    This particular DRM team ran out of variants, another one will become more popular and suffer a similar fate. Meanwhile, publishers make money.

    Do not argue about DRM free games making more money, I am not a publisher. The goal is to hold off the invaders as long as possible, not crush them and stand victorious.

  5. Re:There's no escaping it on Mobile Phone Companies Appear To Be Selling Your Location To Almost Anyone (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    You're just creating a data set to train distinguishing real vs fake profiles.

    Sure you might avoid the bullet for a few years, but the value of a clearly real profile goes up, and soon they can guess which parts if you are real.

    Better to hide as much as possible. Turn off, as in pop the battery of, your phone when not in use.

  6. Re:I am afraid Chrome has now got the disease... on Google Chrome for Windows Gets Basic Antivirus Features (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    "Note this new sandboxed engine is not a general-purpose antivirus "

    WHICH STUPID MUTHERFUCKER ADDED BULLSHIT HERE?

  7. I'm looking forward to using mine as a toilet and sending their UX / UI teams lots of inspirational photos.

  8. Re:Simple fix on How Facebook Outs Sex Workers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you volunteer to educate users before they sign up to Facebook, it is a problem and not easily solved.

    No one can send friend requests, that's the setting you want them to change? That's why people join Facebook in the first place. If everyone does this, the site doesn't function.

    I'm guessing you don't understand people generally, that they confuse you.

  9. Not Facial Recognition on How Facebook Outs Sex Workers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Unlikely. Location, possibly inferred by comments on local politics or events, and definitely ip address and photo geotagging, put people in the same city.

    From there, a tenuous link can suggest people you may know, not people we think you know.

    People put extra weight on a successful suggestion that they didn't want, and ignore the wrong suggestions.

    There are all kinds of explanations here, but I would need to interview several people to figure it out exactly. Facebook is likely mingling ad data and hits to the fb "share" links and putting them together to get a composite identity. How they overlap may be as simple as that.

  10. Re:The one he has not written on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Favorite William Gibson Novel? · · Score: 1

    Case, you got to read the book, Case. If you do, Case, you'll understand why, Case. Case, its pretty obvious, Case. Case the Case, Case. Case Case Case, Case Case Casing Case.

  11. Re:It could also be argued... on Windows 10 Update Removes Windows Media Player (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Patents, or the lack of paying them.

  12. Re:Windows 10 is a good Idea? on Windows 10 Update Removes Windows Media Player (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, WMP and Xbox upscale DVD to 1080 like nothing else. I'm not buying everything in blue ray, so I dug it. No other player is close. As in, I can a/b that shit all day long.

  13. Re:I thought it was the same codebase? on Microsoft Exec Says Windows 10 Mobile is No Longer a 'Focus' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Regardless, they will double down on the tablet UI for desktops and servers. Fuck your keyboard skills, use a mouse.

  14. It's more than that. The answer to "how do I get past this error" is usually a code hack, such as turning off CRL checking. With no explanation on the impact, or a need to solve it another way.

    I find great advice for solving problems on a disconnected system, but very rarely the obvious caveats. And this is but one example of the kinds of answers that aren't just simplified, but flat out wrong. You need to solve it a different way.

  15. Amazon partnering with a big box store is new. Try on some clothes while you're there, order from amazon.

    I have some KSS stock for the dividend, and I'm encouraged about store traffic, but Amazon could turn them into a zombie USPS with tangible floor models.

    It's new and dangerous.

    Dividend is over 6%, which might last till bankruptcy.

  16. Re:Why does a language need an "Enterprise Edition on Java EE Is Moving To the Eclipse Foundation (adtmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Naming is stupid, geared to large business acceptance. Microsoft has the same .Net language, but with IDE differences instead of language differences. And they have a compact framework with a subset of language features like ME.

    https://stackoverflow.com/ques...

  17. Re:The dark covenant on Researchers Catch Microsoft Zero-Day Used To Install Government Spyware (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why no one here RTFs Anything.

  18. The jock itch on my nuts was the fastest growing fungus yesterday.

    There was 1 spore yesterday and 2 today.

    Then I took a shower, and the number is around one or below.

    100% in one day1

  19. Re:misclassified contractors should not be on the on 80% of UK Government IT Projects Suffer Delays Due To Tax Clampdown (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Also, 79% of contractors surveyed, not projects.

    Stupid is everywhere.

  20. You cant teach logic on Do Code Bootcamps Work? (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    You can teach the basics of a language in a boot camp, if someone already has math and logic skills. You can't teach coding as a naked skill, and certainly not from the ground up.

    VBA jockeys who want to be more formal might benefit, and people who need a structured introduction. But 10% success rate seems about right given the lack of an incoming filter.

  21. Re:So who is being ivestigated? on US Cops Can't Keep License Plate Data Scans Secret Without Reason, Court Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They are investigating whoever decided that "categorically" means "not involving categories at all".

  22. In my experience, sensitive areas are run by people who did not know about this. So it must have been more like a Sig int input site, gathering external data, like a Twitter scraper. Something partially exposed that needed protection.

  23. Re:The Deliverator is going to be out of a job on Domino's Market Tests A Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Car (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Next time fix the quotes and drop the attribution. Make them work for the reward.

  24. Re:It is misrepresentation on The IRS Decides Who To Audit By Data Mining Social Media (typepad.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you ignorant douche. People misrepresent themselves on social media all the time. They make themselves look happier, healthier, and richer all the time.

    You are advocating increased audits based on data known not to be reliable. Not effectual. At all.

    Ignoramus.

  25. Re:This data mining shit creeps me out. on To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    It's data mining, but also normal advertising, and any sales person.

    I actually cancelled service because they check up on how I'm doing too much. Then I get a call about why I cancelled. Then another to offer a discount. No, this is why I cancelled. Do you see that anywhere?

    Yes, the notes say you cancelled for this reason.

    And?

    We can offer you a discount.

    Get fycked, never call me.