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  1. Re:NPR advertising Kapersky this am on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A good 75% of any given news day is given over to propaganda and press releases. There was a story about how they candy you like identifies the type of person you are, on my local station. It was all vague astrology type answers. I told my wife that someone from some candy lobby got paid; and she said I ruined her whimsy.

    I'm trying to teach my kids to notice things like this, think about why something is being talked about, not just what they are saying.

  2. Re:NPR advertising Kapersky this am on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    NPR reporters are very impartial and go to pains to maintain that, sometimes it's irritating to see how they don't call people out. There are also entertainment shows on NPR that do some of what you mention, these shows are often coming from a particular viewpoing, however it should be obvious to the informed listener. Many of their entertainment shows maintain an impartial perspective, but sometimes the interviewers are fooled, I listened to this interview, and was really disgusted at how the interviewer allowed herself to be led and assume certain fallacies.

  3. Re:Law Enforcement Backdoors on Justice Department To Be More Aggressive In Seeking Encrypted Data From Tech Companies (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    never leaked that we know of...
    The people who collect such things don't advertise it. It's like the Pre-Columbian Americas. The ones in the know just want to make money.

  4. Re:Law Enforcement Backdoors on Justice Department To Be More Aggressive In Seeking Encrypted Data From Tech Companies (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Encryption is a race, mandating back doors will not do anything except speed that race up. Anything with a backdoor will be shunned as soon as it's used, and anyone who relies on backdoors will be too far behind in the race to deal with the advanced encryption that's coming.
    It's better to lose some now and stay lean, then to get fat and happy and lose everything later.

  5. Re:In order to make an omelet... on Justice Department To Be More Aggressive In Seeking Encrypted Data From Tech Companies (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I blame doomsday evangelicals, they should be rooted out.

  6. Didn't you take civics? I know your trying to be funny, but many people don't pay attention.

  7. Re:This government needs even MORE power! on Justice Department To Be More Aggressive In Seeking Encrypted Data From Tech Companies (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Government can do many things well, unless it's sabotaged. It's no mistake that military, police, and fire are agreed on as necessary and mostly functional. It's the disgreed on parts that are deliberately broken as a "example" to show everyone how bad government does. There are plenty of parts that once ran great until they were sabotaged.

  8. Re:*BSDs are rendering Linux irrelevant. on OpenBSD 6.2 Released (openbsd.org) · · Score: 1

    It's 100% analogous, the base for most distributions is one of those, but that doesn't mean there are only three linux's. There are other distributions that don't start with those bases, but most do.

  9. Re:*BSDs are rendering Linux irrelevant. on OpenBSD 6.2 Released (openbsd.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and most linux OS's are really Debian, Redhat, or SuSE.

  10. Re:*BSDs are rendering Linux irrelevant. on OpenBSD 6.2 Released (openbsd.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but embedded OS work is a different animal then system admin or devops work. I dabble in embedded systems, but the other side pays my day wages on Linux.

    I am learning BSD although I've been pretty happy with embedded Linux. I like to learn.

  11. Re:Force all Liability on the Lenders on The Case Against Biometric IDs (nakedcapitalism.com) · · Score: 1

    The US screws up any attempts at banking verification. Everyone in the world uses secure PIN debit cards and the US matches the secure chip with a fucking signature, for transactions over $20, who gives a rip about anything under that amount, AMIRITE?

  12. Re:Yeah, about that on Can Cheap Android Tablets Bridge the Digital Divide? (teleread.org) · · Score: 1

    obligatory Samuel Johnson quotes incoming:

    "Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances: it is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest; they support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for the morrow."

    What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such sweeteners of their existence (says Johnson)? it is surely very savage to refuse them every possible avenue to pleasure, reckoned too coarse for our own acceptance. Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding; yet for the poor we delight in stripping it still barer, and are not ashamed to shew even visible displeasure, if ever the bitter taste is taken from their mouths."

  13. Re: When will people finally realize on Google Accused of Racketeering. Lawsuit Claims 'Pattern' Of Trade Secret Thefts (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been unable to get the linux spotify client to work on opensuse and was also using the web client on chrome (ugh!). However, I recently realized I can bluetooth connect my phone and pipe everything over to the laptop from the Android client.

  14. Yeah, I'm saying his wild accusations are about as accurate as the normal consensus on that legitimate lawsuit.

  15. Re:Or you could just... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    We could address almost all of these issues with a stronger social safety net. Parents who don't have to work 2 or 3 jobs would have more opportunity to build family bonds instead of letting their kids look for family on the street. The number one cause of marital stress is financial in nature.
    I also think we should ban handguns or limit them severely.

  16. I only see references to Soriatane, which has a 3 year recomendation of no pregnancy and birth control, pregnancy tests, etc. I'm not surprised by your wild inaccuracy. A cursory search seems to indicate it's still available, maybe not insurance carrier will cover it in your rural area.

  17. I'd love to see a citation on that. Sounds like the classic hot coffee lawsuit.

  18. Puerto Rico is poor because it is part of the US and a part of the world that has been sacked by colonialism for centuries now.
    Citation: https://monthlyreview.org/2015...

  19. Re:What a stupid question on Nearly 4 Million People In US Still Subscribe To Netflix DVDs By Mail (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    These are also probably older consumers. $8 a month is less then they spent on 1 DVD with a 2 day late fee.

  20. He's crying because his salary doubled but his housing eats up 110% of that increase.

  21. Re:Compared to inflation on Netflix is Raising Its Prices, Again (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Really?
    Although, I guess it skips most of the actual nudity.
    Super hero shows don't do it for me and I didn't really enjoy stranger things.
    Try Ozark, Narcos, & Marco Polo.

  22. Re:Compared to inflation on Netflix is Raising Its Prices, Again (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as you can get past the first episode's gratuitous nudity and or violence. They always seem to have some sort of mostly unrelated sex scene.

  23. Re:Niggers aren't people on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In my experience, white people are much more likely to take an adversarial tone with police, and often get away with it.
    https://www.salon.com/2015/03/...

  24. Re: Stasi... just *you* pay for it! on Amazon's Echo Spot Is a Sneaky Way To Get a Camera Into Your Bedroom (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a set it and forget it device. Most people pay attention to their cellphone.

  25. Re:Stasi... just *you* pay for it! on Amazon's Echo Spot Is a Sneaky Way To Get a Camera Into Your Bedroom (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is spot on. Putting one of these in your house is like keeping a pile of milkbones in the backyard and being surprised when a pack of dogs show up. It's irresistible to an authoritarian, which is clearly where the US is headed if we don't do something about it.
    Surreptitious surveillance devices are like tossing gasoline on the fire.