User: CaptainDork

Re:This is getting out of hand

On: Jibo, the $899 'Social Robot', Tells Owners in Farewell Address That Its VC Overlords Have Remote-Killswitched It (boingboing.net)

That's nothing you cant do yourself with just getting offsite hosting .

You mean like a cloud?

Re:This is getting out of hand

On: Jibo, the $899 'Social Robot', Tells Owners in Farewell Address That Its VC Overlords Have Remote-Killswitched It (boingboing.net)

I embrace cloud-based devices. I can (and do) store data in my home, but that's a single point of failure. When a device bricks, I can recover (from home or cloud), but if my home suffers catastrophic failure, I'm fucked.

I live in Southeast Texas and hurricanes are apex predators. The power poles go down and I'm on evac. I want access to my data, both the shit that makes life easier and the stuff, like insurance papers, that I need.

Re:WTF

On: Jibo, the $899 'Social Robot', Tells Owners in Farewell Address That Its VC Overlords Have Remote-Killswitched It (boingboing.net)

Maybe, maybe gnat.

Re:Chrome

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

It's am inside joke and we're the only ones who got it.

"News for nerds, stuff that matters."

We're the cool kids.

Re:Trump will fix it,

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

No need for Trump to get involved.

No one cares about the problem.

Re:Blame the green lobby

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

Green energy has the DNA of fossil fuels.

We don't use green to extract, process, maintain, repair, and recycle green.

Re:A better study

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

Maybe the investigators didn't want to perish in the study.

Re:Chrome

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

OK, it's modded to just 1, but I think it's funny.

Easily mitigated ...

On: Report Finds Widespread Contamination at Nation's Coal Ash Sites (washingtonpost.com)

... by altering the "safe," levels of contamination. [/s]

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

Well, I'd say, "Your momma wears combat boots", but these days, that's a compliment.

And I join you in thanking her for their service.

Re:WaPo is decrying the wrong thing

On: The Washington Post Decries 'Toxicity' in Videogames (siliconvalley.com)

I'm not a gamer, so this ecosystem is not in my wheelhouse.

I am a retired IT guy and can relate to your post.

You have explained it well.

Thanks.

Long story short ...

On: The Washington Post Decries 'Toxicity' in Videogames (siliconvalley.com)

... it doesn't matter much.

Re: Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

You DO know that neither participant was a student at Berkley, right?

Re: Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

I quite literally am not surprised that the reference links I post say exactly what I said, verbatim.

I am surprised that you are.

Your "retarded," remark is so high school. Why didn't you call me, "gay," or "unpatriotic," or a "libertard?"

In any case, you didn't get the memo, but every one of those goddam buttons are broken.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

You are missing a point.

When you load up a page that has those little widgets for Sharing -- the icons all in a row --- you are actually visiting those sites whether you are a member or not.

So my statement stands.

Re: Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

Read and learn before you post

Doesn’t the Bill of Rights grant us rights?

Nope, it only sought to enumerate and protect those that were considered important enough to list.

It does not contain phrases like, "The People shall have the right to free speech." It contains language like, "Congress shall make no law abridging free speech" or "..the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

If the People did not already have the right to free speech, how could Congress abridge it?

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Re:I've been seening a lot of these stories lately

On: Massive Database Leak Exposes China's 'Digital Surveillance State' (eff.org)

Does slashdot even try anymore looking to out state-sponsored disinformation campaigns? Did they ever?

I love this question and you know why?

Because I know the answer: /. is not what you think it is. It's a news aggregator. It posts "News for nerds, stuff that matters."

After a cursory glance you'll discover that members and AC, like yourself, comment on the news articles and stuff. /. is not a political investigative reporting site.

That's the answer to your first question.

The answer to the second is, "No, they never did."

We here at /. are very aware that we have inconvenienced you and we sincerely apologize for your lack of understanding as to how this goddam motherfucking site works.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

But they got yer ass whether you like it or not.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

You ALWAYS use Amazon, Google, Facebook, even if you are not a member.

"When you visit a site or app that uses our services, we receive information even if you're logged out or don't have a Facebook account."

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

NBC gets its videos from YouTube. It's cheap ... citizen reporters replace journalists. As long as the content is entertaining, the fucking source is irrelevant.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

This applies to climate change, as well.

Fuck a bunch of science, let's jump into the hand basket and ride the highway to hell.

Re: Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

The Constitution enumerates and enshrines your rights ...

Read it again. The Constitution does not grant rights. It forbids the government infringing or abridging them.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

You don't get freedom of speech.

Berkley is driving the truck. They get to say who rides shotgun.

That's freedom. Anyone who disagrees can get their own goddam truck.

Re:Just what we need.....

On: Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com)

I agree.

I was going to attack the "free speech," angle by pointing out that the US government is not guilty of that.

There's no search warrant, no probable cause, no court date, no fines, and Bezos is not slated for sentencing, bail, or a trip to the big house.

Nor is it censorship. The anti-vaxx crowd can still publish what they want to in other places and get their word out to the masses.

I can't buy porn at Walmart.

Re:Don't be stupid. Stop being stupid already.

On: Massive Database Leak Exposes China's 'Digital Surveillance State' (eff.org)

American leaders are not aghast at this revelation.

They are envious.