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  1. "addictive games" ? on Driver Killed a Pedestrian in Japan While Playing Pokemon Go (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you played Pokemon Go?

  2. Conservatives label me as hard left when they find out I believe that global warming is a man made phenomenon. Liberals label me as hard right when I point out the BS in social justice and other movements like BLM.

  3. Re:Lack of anonymity impacts freedom of expression on US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    "Freedom to do or say something can entail the responsibility to still be accountable for what you do or say, and still be freedom in nearly every other sense of the word."

    I like how you quietly slipped 'to do' into the freedom of speech argument to try and make your point more valid. Freedom of speech says nothing about what you can do other than opening your gab and gurgling into the wind.

    "...if you consider freedom synonymous only with anarchy" Wow, that argument is really clutching at straws. We already have defamation laws that protect individuals against slander and libel. Some may see these laws as being in contention with free speech rights, but they are there to protect other rights of the individuals being slandered. Apart from that there should be absolutely no consequences to free speech. Anything else is a false guise of free speech. End of story.

  4. Re:Lack of anonymity impacts freedom of expression on US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    That's not a repercussion, that's you practicing your own free speech. A repercussion would be a loss of freedom, property or money.

  5. Re:Lack of anonymity impacts freedom of expression on US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    "Why should freedom of expression necessarily mean freedom of accountability for such expression?"

    What exacly counts as accountability? Is it just "Did you say that?" "Yes I did" (end of story)? Because under any other circumstances, like if there are repercussions to your free speech, then your speech isn't really free now is it?
    What is there difference between "free speech with repercussions" and "no free speech"?

    '"if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide" either, because I do believe that everyone has something to hide, even if they haven't done anything wrong.'
    No, everyone has done something illegal, even if they don't know it.

  6. Struggling to figure this out... on Google's Not Investing in Young Startups Anymore (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "He also said that he was mystified by the reluctance of some portfolio companies to avoid a stock market flotation."

    "Reluctance to avoid" to me means that they want to do a stock market floatation, then he says...

    "They would benefit from the rigor and discipline that the public market requires,"

    Which implies the first sentence should have been: "He also said that he was mystified by the reluctance of some portfolio companies to WANT TO DO a stock market flotation."

    Is it just me confused?

  7. You think twitter needs to do something about hate on Stopping Trolls Is 'Now Life and Death For Twitter', Argues Backchannel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    I've read hundreds of comments here about how twitter needs to deal with these "haters" like Milo... What about this hate?
    https://i.redditmedia.com/vFlv7wp2V8YTGmKkeeyaglj08kPpO-q_MRDWZu1213Q.jpg?s=f07b4ce4c91e2be693f54fb923d9fd38

    Double standard much?

  8. Re:Link to the story on One Billion Monitors Vulnerable to Hijacking and Spying (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The first thing that defcon page mentions is there being "multiple x86 processors" inside my monitor. This is what instantly made me close the page and pity anyone who takes any of their information seriously. There are EXACTLY ZERO x86 processors in any modern monitor you buy. There are some ASICs and a low power processor handling the OSD, but not a single x86 processor.

  9. Re:Beware International Travel on Japanese Olympic Champion Racks Up $5,000 Bill Playing Pokemon Go in Brazil (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "A lot of people might travel internationally and just assume that their phone will serve them data at the same cost as in their home country."

    Ahh, yes... assumption - the mother of all fuckups. Why would you assume that? Other than being are a complete abject moron...

  10. Re:In other news; water is wet, the sky is blue... on 'Tor and Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts' (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.gov.uk/buying-carr...

    The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and a fine of £5,000.

  11. My new hope for humanity... on Facebook Makes Little Progress in Race and Gender Diversity (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ... is these shitty tax evading behemoths running themselves into the ground trying to constrain equality of outcome instead of equality of opportunity.

  12. Re: Terror Alert delay is the Insightful news? on It Took Nearly Three Hours For France's Terror Alert App To Respond To Nice Attack (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    LOLO, the irony is killing me XD

  13. I'm glad to see that google is taking impressive steps at forwarding humanity!

  14. Re: Fair Use Threatens Innovation, Copyright Holde on Fair Use Threatens Innovation, Copyright Holders Warn (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Literally the EXACT OPPOSITE of everything in this story is true. These "rights holders" can go fuck themselves after they finish spinning this story.

  15. Why do any of these companies store your CC information? Surely it's only needed to authorize the transaction, do they need it for more than that?

  16. Lens on a fiber on Micro-Camera Can Be Injected With A Syringe -- May Pose Surveillance Concerns (phys.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is just a lens on the end of a piece of fiber optic fiber. In order to be a camera, it needs to be able to record the image it focuses on, since this can not record anything with out being attached to something else, I do not consider it a camera on its own, it is simply a lens on a fiber.

  17. Tech Company? on Kickstarter Just Did Something Tech Startups Never Do: It Paid a Dividend (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kickstarter is a tech company? Really? What tech do they manufacture and sell? I was obviously under the misunderstanding that they were a crowd funding company... Guess i was wrong and should be waiting for my new KickStarter OS or phone or something...

    Or has the definition of tech company changed to any company that uses 'tech'? By that standard my dads building company is a tech company... He uses a computer too!

  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (Furry Superheroes Are Super Gross - FURRY FORCE)

  19. Re:I doubt it was innocent mistake on Too Fat For Facebook: Photo Banned For Depicting Body In 'Undesirable Manner' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I have the exact same problem. I am, and have always been pretty fat, and I know it is unhealthy and unattractive. I try ridiculously hard to keep it under control. I eat about 1500 calories and no candy. I'm 6 foot tall. I walk at least 40 minutes every day. I constantly feel like I am absolutely STARVING. I often feel so hungry that I want to throw up, this happens at least once a day.

    Then I get assholes, who have always been as skinny as a beanpole and can eat thanksgiving dinner every meal with out gaining any weight, who tell me I am lying about how much I eat, I cant possibly walk or move at all, being skinny is SOOOO easy, etc. etc.

    The science is clearly not out yet on all factors of weight gain, and a simple "calories in = weight gained" model is bullshit flawed quack science... I'm not going to complain about fat shaming being a bad thing, I think everyone should be encouraged to loose the extra few kg they are carrying around, but this bullshit idea that naturally skinny people have that being skinny is easy REALLY pisses me off.

  20. Re:Ok, why? on Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem is that often these false takedown notices are made against people who are using youtube as a legitimate source of invome. Youtube will redirect all monetisation from your video with the fake takedown notice into the pockets of the person who made the fake takedown notice. There are other issue with these trikes blocking content creators from posting videos. Youtube are also impossible to contact and never respond to any inquiries about a false takedown notice. The whole system effectively just lets you steal money from other people.

    Here are some content creators talking about the problem, they can explain it better than I can:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqFAMOtwaI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvCbNDGwypk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K59XnF-hN78

  21. Re:Delete the fucking delete button. Apple would. on Google Chrome To Disallow Backspace As a 'Back' Button (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    LMAO, I really hope this is satire! XD

  22. Where? Im guessing you're not talking about... on The Average Age For a Child Getting Their First Smartphone Is Now 10.3 Years (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Zimbabwe, right?

  23. Re:Confusing Summary on IBM's Optical Storage Is 50 Times Faster Than Flash, And Also Cheaper (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 1

    PCM in blu ray discs stands for "Pulse Coded Modulation" while PCM in memory chips stands for "Phase-Change Memory". These are not the same PCM, whoever wrote the summary is very very confused.

  24. Summary, and possibly the story, are nonsense. on IBM's Optical Storage Is 50 Times Faster Than Flash, And Also Cheaper (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    "To store PCM data on a Blu-ray disk, you apply a high current to amorphous (non-crystalline) glass materials, transforming them into a more conductive crystal form. To read it back, you apply a lower voltage to measure conductivity -- when it's high, the state is "1," and when it's low, it's "0.""

    1. We do not write to blue ray disc by applying a voltage, we shine lasers at it.
    2. The summary seems to have confused the fact that Chalcogenide is used in both RW Optical media, and phase-change memory.
    3. The summary thinks that IBM has invented a new optical memory, when they are clearly talking about phase-change memory.
    4. The summary has confused two acronyms of PCM - Phase Change Memory and Pulse Coded Modulation.

    This whole summary is utterly cringe-inducing and complete garbage. Sorry.

  25. Re:shave your heads in protest on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    LOL. Shaving your head while living in a non-Muslim/westernized state would achieve exactly one thing: Making you look like a skinhead. If you think those desert people give one flying rats ass about you shaving your head, you have another thing coming! This is probably the most naive thing I've read on /. in a long time Hahahaha!