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  1. Re:Sakura Battery on Researchers Create Sodium Battery In Industry Standard "18650" Format (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's time to question what the fuck is wrong with the shitty "journalism" that tries and make huge stories out of nothing.

    Did you click the link?

    If you did, they got what they wanted.

  2. Re:Archimedes would know the difference... on Scientists Turn Gold Into Foam That's Nearly As Light As Air (www.ethz.ch) · · Score: 2

    I believe you are thinking of tungsten, which is much closer to the density of gold and has been found more than a few times in the center of "gold" bars.

  3. Re:Looks Like My i7-920 @3.8 Ghz on Intel Broadwell-E, Apollo Lake, and Kaby Lake Details Emerge In Leaked Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Yep, arctic silver 5. Core temp still sends me into shutdown at 95c a few times a week though.

  4. Re:Looks Like My i7-920 @3.8 Ghz on Intel Broadwell-E, Apollo Lake, and Kaby Lake Details Emerge In Leaked Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Either I can't find the edit post button or it doesn't exist. I'm curious what cooler you're using to get to 3.8 Ghz, I've been having temperature problems with mine.

  5. Re:Looks Like My i7-920 @3.8 Ghz on Intel Broadwell-E, Apollo Lake, and Kaby Lake Details Emerge In Leaked Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I'm perfectly happy on my 920, though it does tend to run hot it can overclock like a beast. I'm starting to think my motherboard won't support modern video cards before I have an actual need to upgrade my processor.

    It seems like most applications still benefit far more from increased clock speed than core count.

  6. If you care about privacy on Google's New About Me Tool Is the Anti-Google+ · · Score: 2

    If you care about privacy then why are you putting personal information on there to begin with?

    Sure it's a "requirement" last I checked but they've never said anything about my 5 different accounts all full of obviously fake shit.

    I find it so strange that when I was in school it was hammered into us from the moment we stepped into the computer lab to never use even the smallest details that could personally identify us. Our instructor even went around asking for our passwords regularly, if we gave it to her we were in for a 5 minute lecture on password security and had to change it.

    By the time I left we had personal email addresses made for us with our first, middle and last names that we were required to use if we wanted email access in school (Those who did use them had endless problems with their emails not being sent or locked out of their accounts if the email contained anything remotely vulgar or offensive, regardless of context).

  7. Re:Home for refugees? on Baidu Data Research Reveals China's Ghost Cities (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about them leaving Finland because "The internet is too slow, it's boring and it's too cold".

    Because that's the primary concern as a "refugee".

  8. Re:So just have the cars drive where it is easy on Autonomous Cars Aren't As Smart as They're Cracked Up To Be (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't know where you live, but here they change lanes around, close lanes, and reroute traffic on a nearly daily basis. Its been non-stop doing that for over 10 years straight.

    Hi Seattle!

  9. Re:I have no debt and a hefty savings account on Saying "Wasted" On Facebook Can Affect Your Credit Score (ajc.com) · · Score: 2

    The only area it's weak in is people who manage to get into their adult life without needing credit, but then if you've never had a car loan, a credit card, or any kind of debt, even if it's because you're financially well off, it's still probably a bad idea to hand you a 300k mortgage.

    And building credit isn't hard. You don't have to pay interest, just get a no fee credit card, use it for some of your purchases and pay it off every month. Most banks will give you a credit card if you leave a deposit covering the limit with them for a certain amount of time, or you can get someone to co-sign (usually a parent).

    Exactly what I'm going through now. Up until a year ago I paid for everything with cash or debit but I get the feeling it'll be awhile before I can pay for a house in full. My idea of "If I can't pay for it right now, I don't need it" kinda screwed me for awhile.

  10. Re:Seriously? on Anonymous Begins Publishing Ku Klux Klan Member Details Online · · Score: 2

    They say it be as it is, comrade.

    But is not.

  11. Re:Why is this even an issue? on Could Go Community's Threat of Public Shaming, Lifetime Bans Make Go a No-Go? · · Score: 1

    Hah, microaggressions. Aggressions so small you need a microscope to see them.

  12. Re:Not really open source on Atom 1.1 Is Out, With Lots of Graphic Improvements (blog.atom.io) · · Score: 2

    Incidentally, when I read the headline, I thought it meant that Intel's Atom processor had been given a GPU.

    Same, the only reason I clicked was to see how terrible of an onboard GPU they crammed into atom.

  13. Re:Suicide drones on US Army Tests Swarms of Drones In Major Exercise (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, not exactly anything new but what is more suspicious to buy? Which is easier to source, cheaper, etc.

  14. Suicide drones on US Army Tests Swarms of Drones In Major Exercise (itworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would think the real threat would come from swarms loaded with TATP or some other easy to manufacture explosive. Simply attack a target by swarming it and then exploding upon impact.

    What do you do when there are huge swarms of flying suicide bombers coming at you?

  15. Why did NASA lie about it being destroyed? on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the article NASA knew exactly where it was, that it was not destroyed and had even come to inspect it.

    "NASA knew it was still available. In my mind, they tried to play a trickery game. They wanted me to loan it to them, but I think they just wanted to get it into their possession. They offered me [perks], they offered me everything but cash," the junkyard owner said. "NASA told me when they came out to inspect it that they had looked for it for 25 years. It is the von Braun, the first and last they made. I was told it is the rarest of all the units."

    So what's the deal?

  16. RFID on Ask Slashdot: An 'Ex Libris' For My Books In a Digital Age? · · Score: 1

    Funny you should mention RFID; this is exactly what my public library uses. My retired uncle was actually hired to install them. If I recall correctly they were inserted in the spine of the book.

  17. Re:Maybe Johnny just doesn't give a fuck on Revisiting Why Johnny Can't Code: Have We "Made the Print Too Small"? · · Score: 1

    people say that businesses would *never* respond to a labor shortage by *training* new employees; they'd just not hire anyone.

    What? Every job I've had is a lie?!

  18. Re:They don't understand what it means on Americans Show 'Surprising Willingness' To Accept Internet Surveillance (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wish we could edit posts on here.

    http://www.vanityfair.com/news...

    According to Robbins’s lawyer, “the district photographed Robbins 400 times during a 15-day period last fall, sometimes as he slept in bed or was half-dressed. [...] Other times, the district captured screen shots of instant messages or video chats the Harriton High School sophomore had with friends.”

    Creepy fucks.

  19. Re:They don't understand what it means on Americans Show 'Surprising Willingness' To Accept Internet Surveillance (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall them pushing for child porn charges because one of the kids noticed the webcam light on as she was undressing.

  20. Re:A truly rare find on Jefferson-Designed Chemistry Lab Discovered In UVA Rotunda (virginia.edu) · · Score: 1

    [Citation needed]

  21. Almost anything could be considered art.

    This post is art.

  22. Re:Guns are the problem. on US Toddlers Involved In Shootings On a Weekly Basis (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Out of 310,000,000 million guns

    310 million million guns. I knew I made a typo somewhere.

  23. Re:Guns are the problem. on US Toddlers Involved In Shootings On a Weekly Basis (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I would argue the opposite.

    Out of 310,000,000 million guns in the country (Data from The Congressional Research Service, 2009), 0.0028% of them were used in homicides in 2012

    https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...

    And according to the violence policy center, defensive gun use (Justified homicide and non-fatal use) from 2007 to 2011 was 338,700. That would come to about 84,675 per year, which would be 0.027%.

    Meaning that defensive use occurs 9.64 times more often than unjustified homicide.

    http://www.vpc.org/studies/jus...

    Unless I seriously fucked up my math, it is extremely unlikely to be killed by a criminal with a gun in the United States.

  24. Agreed. It's no different than any other dangerous object when you have a kid: You make sure they can't get to it until they are at an age where they can act responsibly.

  25. Re:Your laws ignore my rights on EFF: the Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared (eff.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hah, don't worry, the sarcasm was plain as day.

    It is directed at those who are now wearing that same tin-foil hat they accused others of wearing. I hope it fits them well.

    This is what really gets to me. If you try to mention any of this to the average person, they will scream tinfoil hat all day long. Even if you show them undeniable proof of some wrongdoing, the same person will act like they knew it all along and you're an idiot for thinking it to be news.

    Great example was Snowden.

    Me: Don't say anything stupid or incriminate yourself online, everything is recorded by the NSA
    Mr. X: Stop being so paranoid, there's no way they could possibly do that. Take off your tinfoil hat.

    Me: See? I told you they've been doing this without our knowledge
    Mr. X: Of course they have, what's so surprising about it? Stop acting like this is anything new, anyone with a brain already knew this

    There is no winning with them.