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  1. Alternative Headline on Facebook and Instagram Ban Developers From Using Data For Surveillance (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Facebook and Instagram Want Clients To Buy Their Surveillance Data

  2. The Facepalm of operating systems!

    FTFY

  3. Re:Using China's Backdoors on China Expresses Concern at Revelations in Wikileaks Dump of Hacked CIA Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
  4. Netflix + Amazon vs Pirated Content in the World on Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content (techinasia.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh wait it's missing one word
    Netflix + Amazon (Western content) vs Pirated Content in the World

    Netflix + Amazon (Western content) Pirated Content in the World

    It doesn't take much to point out Netflix & Amazon are still pretty limited in content across the world. Go travel for a vacation to some weird Asia place. If you can find internet, go on Netflix or Amazon. You will be very disappointed.

  5. due to Facebook. Their new app has caused an increasing number of men walking into car park poles, hitting their crouch and disabling their third leg feature.

    Since it requires time to recover their feature completely after being disabled, Facebook should add additional male enhancement content in the morning to ensure men's third leg feature can be fully recovered by the time it is night time.

  6. Android, a popular mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel

    [table] Operating system - Android [table]

    Android was first (currently not replicated by others, in a single year) operating system

    from your textbook

    Android (stylized as android) is a mobile operating system developed by Google

    from another page of the same damn textbook

    From the wiki 'textbook',
    Linux is an OS, Android also an OS, Windows also an OS, and MacOS also an OS.
    Linux kernel is the kernel. Android uses Linux kernel. Windows uses NT. MacOS uses Unix.

    In my book, Linux is a fat bird and Android is an edible robot. your augment is invalid.

  7. Re:Social media *is* the "real world" on Social Media 'Increases Loneliness', Says Study (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This became somewhat off topic but it is replying to op concern.

    YMMV, but social media is "online" interactions. Some people may use it like its their real-world interactions, but there are others that treat it as single room (anonymous) interactions. This variation can explain why some people (with kids mentality) post awful message in text in voice.

    First we need to understand that when Humans express something, it returns a feeling of satisfaction (aka reward). However during online interactions, those Humans can enter their sub-consciousness. Of those, people that treat it as a single room interactions can enter a state of sub-conscious where they feel like they are in another world with no consequence.

    As a result, while some people express positive in their sub-conscious, there are equal or more people express neutral or negative in their sub-conscious when assuming no consequence.

    For example, you are watching a street riot as a victim getting punched. What is your sub-conscious reaction? There are a number of reactions possible, but there is one that most humans would have. That is to punch back. Most humans in this case has a feeling of revenge as satisfaction. In real world, they pause as humans consciously make the decision to see the consequence of their action. Humans question themselves in the conscious state whether the reward was even worth. However when they are in a sub-conscious state with no consequence, they would just do it regardless.

    A more simple example would be picking your nose in your room without knowing. You picked your nose when you consciously assume you don't have negative consequence when picking nose in your room and sub-consciously want to do it, so in the end you did it.

    Long story short, those people that post awful things are expressing their sub-conscious reactions assuming there is no consequence, which unlike they normally do in real life consciousness. This is common for players in an online video game as sh*t talking (expressing) to others is rewarding. There are exceptions when some Humans do it in both consciously and sub-consciously where they do not see the consequence at all.

    The good news is there are some controls that can be placed. So as long as the 'reward' has been removed or a punishment has been added, it can remove this issue. Slashdot has been doing good so far by removing the reward.

  8. and no 'traffic engineers"?

    In traffic engineering, traffic system can be calculated for optimized traffic flow. Clearly, there hasn't been any engineer to continue upgrade the system as the existing system is unable to keep up with the capacity. Waze and other traffic apps are just fixing their problem for them. If they get a few engineers, they can at least find alternatives to maximize traffic flow before considering infrastructure upgrades.

    Just a few examples, including increasing the green light time for peak traffic into city, recommending specific route for low traffic, shifting lanes, changing intersection phasing (priority warning for drivers required), redirect city traffic permanently (not recommended but feasible depend on traffic).

  9. Re:It's not the highway infrastructure on Waze and Other Traffic Dodging Apps Prompt Cities To Game the Algorithms (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Encourage employees to work remotely where possible / Provide financial incentives for employees / flexible working hours

    Pointy Hair Boss said no, as he comes in 3 hrs late for the meeting.

  10. Browser Usage on Microsoft Browser Usage Drops 50% As Chrome Soars (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It might be due to the following.

    -Microsoft Announced that IE v11 is the last release on Windows. This for a reason led a number of IT now installs new Windows with Chrome (maybe for security reason?).

    -New Android phone default browsers are Google Chrome. We all know the sheer number of in Android market.

  11. What Would Happen? on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If All Software Ran On All Platforms? · · Score: 2

    I would have woke up, thinking it'll be the best idea ever. Only to find out, it's called a web app.

  12. Re:Windows is easier for the average person to use on The City of Munich Might Stick With Linux (fsfe.org) · · Score: 1

    Just to let you know they previously
    "replace their no longer supported Windows NT4 workstations"

    It's so old that any new OS like Windows 10, Linux or MacOS would have been just as hard without relearning.

  13. It's a Phishing Email on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Handle A Bogus Copyright Infringement Notice? · · Score: 1

    It is very like they (ISP or other 3rd party) don't know who downloaded what thing.

    HOWEVER, if you do anything like a reply, you are now on THEIR LIST. Regardless of you did it or not, replying confirm your email and potentially cause you to be phished for further spam and virus.

    The best action is to DO NO ACTION on their behalf. Just mark it as spam and continue your life. Unless your ISP disconnected your internet connection, you should not get yourself phished.

    Also if they've disconnected your internet, now you do have a position to sue them. It's a win-win for you by keeping your cards until the end.

  14. What happens? Expectation vs Reality on What Happens When Robots Can Deliver Your Groceries? (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Expectation:
    Robots start delivering peoples' groceries.
    Reality:
    Poorly Designed Smart Electric Shopping Carts on sell
    (may contain Plain Text Password Security)

  15. Are you telling me that my smart kettle isn't smart!?!

    That's ok, I'll train my kettle how to do algebra and it'll one day be a smart ass. If not, I'll buy another one for $19.99.

  16. Re:There will be no civil war on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Then it wouldn't be called civil war then. It would just be called protest, riot, or massacre as it will be very one sided.

  17. Re:Well no fuckin shit on Why Your Boss Will Crush Your Innovative Ideas (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Until the first woman presents a cost-saving analysis claiming the old contest is not effective, and brings back the innovation contest with the award of $100.

  18. Re:Instant Noodles don't cause obesity elsewhere on First Signs of Obesity In Some Arctic Groups Have Been Linked To Instant Noodles (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly, you're eating it wrong.

    or you just need to be more Japanese. /s

    But based on some science studies, it could be due to metabolism. A lot of Asian have higher metabolism in general, which means they use up the food energy faster an renew their body faster (body oil, hair, etc). While those with lower metabolism means they us up the food energy slower (bigger muscle, bigger body, etc). Not to mention Asia local food are in general smaller in portion in comparison to like western portion because Asian usually have a relatively smaller stomach requirement.

    However in regarding to obesity in general, it is based on a very simple concept, you eat it, you gain it. When you ate something and you haven't moved, some of the energy is stored. When you store a lot of energy, some became fat. When you use more ready energy than the body has, you use up the stored fat. So if you care about being obesity, just find a way to use up the energy of what you've ate or just eat less (tricking your stomach being full can result in eating less).

  19. This is based on other people's conclusion, but it could be due to the factor of faster charging.

    The lighting cable provided higher charging compare to the microUSB or USB-type B, so it makes sense that Apple would want a newer and better design, the lighting cable. However with USB-type C, Apple has to consider the more powerful charging that other smartphone will now have compare to the iPhone. Apple has only a few choices, 1) to build a new lighting cable which will probably be bigger, 2) use the existing design to save manufacture and design cost, 3) pick alternative (there are other ways to increase battery charging speed in exchange for lower battery life), or 4) not doing anything. It seems like they've picked the second choice.

    source:
    http://www.pocketables.com/201...
    https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/10...

  20. Google Pulls the Plug on Google Pulls the Plug On Its Pixel Laptops (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    and nothing of value was lost.

    Just remember not to spend too much of your time into whatever they introduced. Your time is worth more than that.

  21. Those three were paralyzed on Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant To Type Eight Words Per Minute (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    But now they can do more. I approve the research.

  22. Re:Needs to be handled differently, IMO .... on Tinder Wants AI To Set You Up On a Date (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "Woo"
    I can see how she got that.

    +1 for you

  23. YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Y on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    just to replace it with an Unskippable 60-Second Ads instead. Oh wait...

  24. Re:In an odd way it's inspiring. on 34 'Highly Toxic Users' Wrote 9% of the Personal Attacks On Wikipedia (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It shows that a small group of people can make a difference

    Until one of them farts in the elevator. Then that's not making an inspiration difference, but making it really stinky.

  25. Next Semester on College Network Attacked With Its Own Insecure IoT Devices (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    College decided to provide free seafood on weekends to avoid getting attacked again.

    Next Semester, another 5000 IoT devices were compromised looking up Steak Houses...