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  1. Re:What was visionary in 2012 is a crime in 2016 on Justice Department, FBI Are Investigating Cambridge Analytica (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    So are you willfully ignorant of the whole contract violation part that Cambridge Analytica engaged in that the others didn't? Or are you just that clueless?

  2. Aren't jokes supposed to be funny? on Richard Stallman Demands Return Of Abortion Joke To libc Documentation (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Offensive or not, that deserves to be removed based on it being just plain lame.

  3. Re:How can it not be safer? on Sorry Elon Musk, There's No Clear Evidence Autopilot Saves Lives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A Tesla will happily drive you into a stopped fire truck, or a turning semi trailer, or a freeway divider while you're driving at full speed. So yes, it's actively instigating accidents that humans are pretty good at avoiding. See google.

    I'm a huge fan of Tesla, but their autopilot scheme is a farce.

  4. Re:What the Left/Right wing wants.. on Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A *LOT* of policy makes much more sense when you look at the reality of the voter pools.

    God forbid a democracy take into account the will of the voters!

  5. So how much has Space X saved already by not junking that may rockets?

  6. Organizations find agile is garbage on Survey Finds 'Agile' Competency Is Rare In Organizations (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, itâ(TM)s a bunch of snake oil. Get over it and learn to shop a product.

  7. Re: several hundred feet of visibility ahead on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    A quick google search shows you're making things up.

    But that's the whole point. If a person can see the barrier, the computer should, too. If it can't see a fixed barrier on a freeway, it will kill people. That's not fit for the roads.

  8. Re:several hundred feet of visibility ahead on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    Tesla has LIDAR now?

  9. several hundred feet of visibility ahead on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    "The crash happened on a clear day with several hundred feet of visibility ahead," ... which makes you wonder how the hell the computer missed a farking wall in the middle of the road.

  10. Why should Apple QA your garbage screens? on Recent iOS Update Kills Functionality On iPhone 8s Repaired With Aftermarket Screens (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    These things have broken before, and apple fixes them (error 53). Unless you have a contract with Apple, why do you think they'd spend time doing the QA on your shady 3rd party screens?

    Your customers want a lower price bracket, they get a lower support bracket. Wake me when Apple refuses to fix it.

  11. Re:Talk to some mathematicians on Justice Department Revives Push To Mandate a Way To Unlock Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and when they talk to the mathematicians, perhaps they'll give them the answer you gave ;)

  12. Re: And then a hero comes along on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But proving the earth was flat wasn't his original intention at all. He was trying to build this rocket for ages, then realized he could get the funding from flat earthers because they are dumb, so drummed up a bunch of interest and cash saying he could prove the earth was flat.

    So yeah, some guy grifting stupid people for his own silly endeavors. The american dream.

  13. Talk to some mathematicians on Justice Department Revives Push To Mandate a Way To Unlock Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Current crypto isn't good enough. No amount of talking to consumer tech / engineers / "security researchers" will make it work.

    Like moving from symmetric key to asymmetric key, a whole new way of doing crypto mathematics will be needed to solve this. So get some mathematicians on super-magic-only-good-guys-can-spy algorithms.

  14. Seriously. Google and Facebook are on the same side. Google wants themselves and others to make money from your data.

    Part of Appleâ(TM)s lockdown policy is so that these apps canâ(TM)t hoover every little bit of personal data from your phone. Unlike google, Apple have far more to gain by protecting your privacy.

  15. They also violated the terms of service of Facebook data collection. ie. Facebook has a stupid honor system. If you're saying Obama did the same, you'd better show up with some proof.

  16. I'm sure they're of stellar quality on Amazon Is Hiring More Developers For Alexa Than Google Is Hiring For Everything (gadgetsnow.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows you can just snap your fingers and hire piles of capable engineers who deliver excellent products!

  17. They were flying at exactly 25k feet for the entire segment of that video?

  18. Wonâ(TM)t somebody think of the organizations on Project Gutenberg Blocks German Users After Outrageous Court Ruling (teleread.org) · · Score: 0

    We should all be allowed to break the law if weâ(TM)re a âoecash-strapped organisationâ? That makes total sense!

  19. Misinformation on Apple Says the Leaked iPhone Source Code is Outdated (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    That code may contain ROM source code, which can't be updated. It'd be for older chips, but if it's ROM, it's never out of date.

  20. Correct: A field invented by _gay_ white men.

    Your computer is definitely based on a turing machine.

  21. Re:Get a Balloon, or a plane ticket on Flat Earther Plans New Rocket Launch, Predicts Super Bowl-Sized Ratings (phillyvoice.com) · · Score: 1

    Or on the side of a mountain

  22. Re: So did Russia also sponsor those attacks? on Russia-Linked Twitter Accounts 'Tried To Divide UK' After Terrorist Attacks (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    That also explains the chemtrails that cause climate change!

  23. So did Russia also sponsor those attacks? on Russia-Linked Twitter Accounts 'Tried To Divide UK' After Terrorist Attacks (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Or is that just too much conspiracy?

  24. conjecture much? on Ask Slashdot: What Are Ways To Get Companies To Actually Focus On Security? · · Score: 1

    "this has not happened yet (mainly because the bad guys know that this would get organizations to shut their barn doors, stopping the gravy train.)"

    So companies could do it if they knew it was a problem, but they don't because they're blissfully unaware, and the only people that would tell them won't?

  25. Re:For one simple reason... on Nearly 4 Million People In US Still Subscribe To Netflix DVDs By Mail (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Yup, that's me. I prefer to stream it, but if I want to see a movie, and it's not in the streaming pile, it's often in the DVD pile.