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  1. Tastes like... on Scientists Develop Nutritious Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon · · Score: 1

    Bacon or "bacon flavor"? That's a big difference.

  2. I doubt Google is the problem on Study: Women Less Likely To Be Shown Ads For High-paid Jobs On Google · · Score: 1

    Two issues I see:

    • The advertisers (not Google) may be targeting men
    • There are more advertisements for women-only products (makeup, fashion, etc.). The ad algorithm sees a more specific match for the demographic and displays a woman's ad rather than a generic, anyone ad.
  3. Re:Next Ask Toolbar on The Next Java Update Could Make Yahoo Your Default Search Provider · · Score: 1

    They've been bundling the Ask toolbar with the Java installer for years now. It sounds like they are just switching to Yahoo instead - or maybe both. The article doesn't say.

  4. Re:So long, Chrome. on The Next Java Update Could Make Yahoo Your Default Search Provider · · Score: 1

    This isn't a Chrome issue. This is a Java issue.

  5. Emulator on Commodore PC Still Controls Heat and A/C At 19 Michigan Public Schools · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they are only having problems with the hardware, why not just put an Amiga emulator on a new computer?

  6. More than computer? on Commodore PC Still Controls Heat and A/C At 19 Michigan Public Schools · · Score: 1

    For that much money, I'm assuming they are replacing more than the computer that controls the HVAC, they are probably replacing the HVAC system itself. Neither the article or the linked video make that clear.

  7. Re:Antitrust? on Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware By Microsoft · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've never seen the Bing toolbar bundled with anything (including any Microsoft products). As far as I can tell, it's a 100% opt-in manual download.

  8. Re:You do not seem to care on Edward Snowden: the World Says No To Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Of course there are intelligence agencies in Europe. The difference is that no European country conducts anything resembling the systematic highly intrusive data collection that NSA does.

    Making that statement means one of three things: you are naive, you are stupid, or you are a troll.

  9. Re:You do not seem to care on Edward Snowden: the World Says No To Surveillance · · Score: 2

    I guess you and your fellow European citizens had better grab your pitchforks and torches because every major European country has an NSA equivalent - UK and Germany are notable examples.

  10. Re:Yes, but can it launch Waze on Siri, Cortana and Google Have Nothing On SoundHound's Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the word "country" in the question.

  11. Entry Level? on How Much C++ Should You Know For an Entry-Level C++ Job? · · Score: 1

    Based on most job postings I've read, I'd recommend about 10+ years of experience for an entry level position.

  12. Re:Keylogger on Google Announces "Password Alert" To Protect Against Phishing Attacks · · Score: 1

    You describe the process in another comment as "Some Javascript downloaded from Google scans all the text you enter..." Oh, now I get it. So it doesn't log your keystrokes, it just monitors all the text you type. Thanks for the distinction.

  13. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but when I take the train I don't drive it and they still put windows on the cars. The passenger area of a commercial airliner also has windows. What would I want to take the windows out of a self-driving car? I like to see where I am and where I'm going even when I'm not in charge of getting myself there.

  14. Of course, but nothing's different on Is Facebook Keeping You In a Political Bubble? · · Score: 1

    Of course Facebook is keeping you in a bubble... of exactly the things you chose to put in your bubble. It's no different than any other source of news. Fox News, MSNBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post - all bubbles telling one part of one side of the story.

    If you don't actively look for other sources of information or other sides points of view, your news sources aren't going to give you "fair and balanced" information.

  15. The Stars My Destination on Researchers Make Spiders Produce Silk Strengthened With Graphene · · Score: 1

    Space elevator, here we come... in a few hundred more years

  16. As usual, the title is misleading on 25 Percent of Cars Cause 90 Percent of Air Pollution · · Score: 1

    Except where they clarify in the article's lede, the title, summary, and article makes it sound like these 25% of vehicles cause 90% of the air pollution on the entire planet. Let's not forget that the millions of cars on the road are nothing compared to large factories or even a small fleet of cargo ships.

    Certainly let's do something about those old cars, but that's not the real problem.

  17. Keylogger on Google Announces "Password Alert" To Protect Against Phishing Attacks · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Google wants you to install a keylogger for your safety.

  18. So what you're saying is that Biggie Smalls was giving out good financial advise? "Mo Money, Mo Problems"

  19. Re:Source of the order on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 1

    The exact same way they are doing it now.
    (I have no idea.)

    The summary seems to say that only high-value targets are being intercepted, and that Cisco is trying to protect those customers by shipping to somewhere other than their place of business. If that's their new form of protection, it doesn't change anything if the NSA knows who it belongs to.

  20. Re:Boxen? WTF? on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you never read The Jargon File. It's required reading for any hacker.

  21. Re:Boxen? WTF? on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How can you call yourself a /. reader having not read The Jargon File?

  22. Source of the order on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 1

    Seems easy to circumvent. The [GOVERNMENT ABBREVIATION] monitors the original online or phone order and knows who ordered it. Who cares where it's being delivered.

  23. Poor first sentence on Researchers Find Same RSA Encryption Key Used 28,000 Times · · Score: 5, Informative

    First line of the article:
    "What if the key to your house was shared with 28,000 other homes?"

    The fact is, you very well might share the key to your house with more than 28000 other homes. Common lock brands you can buy at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. create a surprisingly low number of different key/tumbler combinations.

  24. "Adjusting" is the key word on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Obviously anyone used to an Earth day will have problems coping. If we ever colonize Mars, the first generation immigrants will have it rough, but their children will find it perfectly natural.

  25. Nothing new... on Which Freelance Developer Sites Are Worth Your Time? · · Score: 1

    As the saying goes...

    Price, quality, speed - pick two. The article doesn't seem to say any more than this. The foreign consultants apparently are very good at the price aspect.