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  1. Extend the Internet "library" to one point on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Introduce Kids In Rural India To Computers? · · Score: 1

    Per area, One internet connection in a public place, one learning video website, and instructions in their language how to record videos in their language. Do not confine them by topics. Like the developed world, one of them will be appointed "helpdesk" to make it work for everyone else.

  2. Lets try this again on Spy Industry Leaders Befuddled Over 'Deep Cynicism' of American Public · · Score: 1

    If the law defines just about every citizen as a lawbreaker of some sort, just about every citizen will be motivated to distrust and obstruct the law. Accept that you and yours are not safe. Trading away freedoms and protections will not alter this. Changing the faces representing government from time to time will not change the recollection of past injustices and criminal activity by that government.

  3. And the system security is perfect on San Jose May Put License Plate Scanners On Garbage Trucks · · Score: 1

    Anyone want to lay bets on how long it will take for a system like this to be breached? You'd have to hope the information is only leaked to shame people and not facilitate any number of types of crime.

  4. NDA? on Nintendo Fires Employee For Speaking About Job On a Podcast · · Score: 2

    Did he sign a NDA when he was hired? If so, the company reaction wouldn't be that surprising.

  5. Re:Another indication of the failed war on drugs on Drone Drops Drugs Onto Ohio Prison Yard · · Score: 1

    Northern California was only six months into legal marijuana dispensary grows when "home invasion" robberies started. It turned out that there were only so many harvesting teams. A couple teams made extra income after the harvesting by selling the information on which houses had large piles of pot waiting to be shipped out. Its going to have to be legalized everywhere in the country before a number of the inherent problems will ease up.

  6. A new training tool on Technology and the End of Lying · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see a study on how long it takes people to use this tool as a training aid, to become a less detectable liar.

  7. Re:Acquired skill on Short Sleepers Might Be Benefiting From a DNA Mutation · · Score: 1

    Completely disagreed. I forced myself to six hours a night, and drove myself into a depressive episode. After I recent, I examined details of exercise, diet, stress levels, then tried the same experiment and again got the same result. I need 8.5 a night.

  8. Cost effective on Learn-to-Code Program For 10,000 Low-Income Girls · · Score: 0

    If more women code the average coder will be paid less, right?

  9. Re:Bug bounties in general on Tesla Rewards Hackers With Bug Bounty · · Score: 1

    Early last year there were over 300 bug bounty programs advertised on the internet. Right around 10% of them offered more than $100 for high severity bugs or security vulnerabilities. Most of them rewarded the reporter with a t shirt or mentioned on a corporate website in lieu of financial compensation.

  10. Riiiiiiiight. on Tesla Rewards Hackers With Bug Bounty · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They want to pay "hackers" less than pen testers, with ambiguous escrow or payout deadlines, and trust that all vulnerabilities found are reported, or reported well. What could possibly go wrong.

  11. "Sure, $manager. Before I start, I'd like in writing that my consulting rate is (10x my current rate)."

  12. Re:"weapons grade encryption" on 'Logjam' Vulnerability Threatens Encrypted Connections · · Score: 1

    Defensive technologies also enable combatants, sometimes more than a particular offensive technology.

  13. Re:Well you want offensive ? on A Plan On How To Stop Sexism In Science · · Score: 1

    A meritocracy doesnt just measure the ability to succeed at a primary task. It rewards success at most or all relevant tasks. Clearly political lobbying to influence economics is a related task for a large company.

  14. Time tracking on Technology and Ever-Falling Attention Spans · · Score: 1

    I started keeping real time time tracking in Excel, and then moved to a combination of TimeDoctor and Trello. It didn't take too many weeks to realize that rapid thrash between tasks was synonymus to stressful days (for me). On advice from a friend, I try to schedule two time blocks a day to be heads-down on one topic per. It seems to help.

  15. Re:caveat emptor on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If Wikipedia is a necessary utility for the Indian population, wikipedia should charge or be funded by that government. Otherwise free is what it is, neighbor.

  16. Follow the money on Google Knocks Explicit Adult Content On Blogger From Public View · · Score: 1

    Did someone at Google decide that they could make more in ad revenue if they could participate in more restrictive regional markets?

  17. Maybe... on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    This might be useful for fitted goods, like body armor. Take measurements of a soldier while they are in basic, get the armor prototype finished before they deploy, and then encode/ship the armor. The fact that the encoding process is destructive is of no matter. When the soldier gets to his/her deployment, print off their gear, or the pieces that can be assembled into the gear. If they need any replacements, just keep shipping the printing materials out. The logistic details of shipping square blocks of material around is probably far easier than shipping individual goods.