User: IWantMoreSpamPlease

Why South Korea?

On: 'Avengers: Endgame' Footage Leaks on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter (engadget.com)

That seems like an odd place to air extra footage...

Oracle sues in 3...

On: Much To Oracle's Chagrin, Pentagon Names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B JEDI Cloud Contract Finalists (techcrunch.com)

...2.....1

At least this is how I understand Oracle behaves when they lose big contracts.

I am no longer a programmer

On: Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job (nytimes.com)

and when I was, it was for mainframes, so the languages I know/knew (been trying to forget COBOL forever) would be of minimal use for game design.

However, it seems to be some of these mass laid-off employees could band together and form their own firm, no?
Clearly they've got the knowledge, and here would be a prime opportunity to make, not only a better game (free of P2P/P2W,etc) but a better working environment as well.

I dunno, I don't work in that field any more, maybe I'm way off...

Big deal

On: Cats Can Recognize Their Own Names, Study Suggests (gizmodo.com)

My monitor lizard (Varanus Rudicollis) knows his name, comes when called, and can count to 10 (the number of mice I feed him. If there are less, he'll hunt around for the remainder until he finds them.)

"internet-accessible hard drives"

On: Over 13K iSCSI Storage Clusters Left Exposed Online Without a Password (zdnet.com)

What's wrong with this picture?
Oh yeah, the same thing wrong with "the cloud"

I still can't believe "the cloud" ever took off with the IT world...

Re: The 1980's "everything plastic" paradigm...

On: Garfield Phones Beach Mystery Finally Solved After 35 Years (bbc.com)

This is the French we are talking about.
When was the last time anything worked in France? /h (maybe)

Could you imagine....

On: Oracle Tells Supreme Court Google Copyright Breach Knocked It Out Of Smartphone Market (crn.com)

A smartphone developed by Oracle?
I've been fortunate enough never to have crossed paths with Oracle's infamous licensing terms, but I could picture it now:

Every time you used your phone for any purpose whatsoever, you'd have to pay a fee to Oracle.

I don't get this marketing double-speak

On: Intel Says It Will Stop Developing Compute Cards

On one side of their mouth they say "We continue to believe modular computing is a market where there are many opportunities for innovation." while the other side says they will no longer develop new Compute Cards."

So, which is it Intel?
Why not just be honest and say "We couldn't compete in this market/make enough money, so we're leaving it."

I'd respect you more if you were honest.

Re:Curiosity

On: PewCrypt Ransomware Locks Users' Files and Won't Offer a Decryption Key Until - and Unless - PewDiePie's YouTube Channel Beats T-Series To Hit 100M Subscribers (zdnet.com)

If I don't decry what you are doing, then perhaps.
That's the point I'm trying to make that seems to be getting lost in the shuffle.

Although to be perfectly amusing, PDP himself should get the encryption virus...

Curiosity

On: PewCrypt Ransomware Locks Users' Files and Won't Offer a Decryption Key Until - and Unless - PewDiePie's YouTube Channel Beats T-Series To Hit 100M Subscribers (zdnet.com)

At what point, if any, do we start holding PDP responsible for the actions of his fans?
Perhaps I've missed it (and it's a good chance I have as I don't follow him) but I don't recall seeing where he's spoken out about the illegal activities being done in his name (hacking, encrypting, murder, etc) and in the USA it seems, if you're not condemning these actions, that's tantamount to condoning them...

I prefer the old classic

On: Comcast Unveils $5-a-Month Streaming Service Xfinity Flex (cnet.com)

'torrenting...still free

(/h or /s, you decide)

I bought a used laptop on eBay once

On: It's Scary How Much Personal Data People Leave on Used Laptops and Phones, Researcher Finds (gizmodo.com)

Used to belong to a tax accounting firm.
Fully functioning. Over 100k tax return forms still on the system.
*Everything*, was still there. Names, SSNs, tax id records, addresses, everything.

It's a damn good thing I was honest and DBAN'd that drive immediately.
I contacted the seller and told him this.
Never heard back...

Re: 32GB useful for dev

On: The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com)

I find this interesting. I run Cent Browser at home (A fork of Chrome) and with 25 tabs open (just counted them) Cent, and all its sub processes, eats up 1.5 Gigs of RAM.
Now, I have 32GB (ECC DDR3) of memory in my system, so I don't notice, but you are not the only one complaining of high RAM usage from a browser.

Now, I am totaling the memory usage from Resource manager...are you calculating it is a different way perhaps?

Re:I'm not surprised

On: Actresses, Business Leaders, and Other Wealthy Parents Charged in Massive College Admissions Scandal (npr.org)

Italian car fan here.
I've owned several Alfas (Spyder, GTV, GTV6, 164) Lancias (beta, and a real, honest to god 037) Abarth (the real Abarth, not what passes for them these days) a Maserati (Biturbo, don't hate, they were beautiful cars) and the occasional British car (TVR 2500, and a '71 MGB)

There is nothing like driving a car that was built by hand, by people who did it for the love. It's in every fibre of the car, every noise it makes, and in every car repair bill you get (1000$ for a pair of wipers/arms for the 164)
Nothing like it in the world, and while I no longer own those cars, having consolidated down to a single ratty 308GT4, I did it all honestly. Hard work, careful planning, and some luck.

I'd do it all over again too. Sure these cars get outrun by a modern V8, but so what? If I want straight line speed, I'll go back to playing with dragsters

But overall, I agree with you, fuck the corrupt rich,
Behind every great wealth is a great crime.

Re:The best eyewear supplier I've found.

On: How Badly Are We Being Ripped Off On Eyewear? Former Industry Execs Tell All (latimes.com)

Assuming you don't need:
(1) Variable-focus lenses
(2) Any sort of scratch-resistant coating
or
(3) High-index lenses

Because then the price goes up a LOT more...
(for the record, I use them, but their glasses are nowhere near 99$)

Sneak peek

On: Microsoft is Creating Windows Lite For dual-screen and Chromebook-like Devices, Report Says (theverge.com)

I have seen this actually. It's a combination of several things:

The lightweight nature of Windows CE
The user friendliness of Windows ME
The stability of Windows NT.

The name of it is taken from all three:
Windows CEMENT
 

Is it malice...

On: Linux Users Are Unable To Manage Their Apple ID on Applecom (9to5mac.com)

or incompetence (on Apple's part)

Re:How on earth is this company still existing?

On: Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo (techcrunch.com)

I hate to sound cynical and jaded, but the system is geared in such a way that it takes a LOT of money to get elected, pretty much guaranteeing the politician has to be in the pockets of some kind of large corp, or PAC, or "interested party" (make of that what you will) which ensures big money gets taken care of way before us "little guys"

I don't see a legal solution here to this problem either.

Is it time to

On: 'The Fundamental Problem With Silicon Valley's Favorite Growth Strategy' (qz.com)

resurrect fuckedcompany.com?

Re:Hosts file

On: OSNews Suffered 'Likely' Data Breach, Contemplated Going Offline Permanently (osnews.com)

I'd say you got your answer, judging by the replies to your statement

Re: How long will you have a choice?

On: 'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' (techcrunch.com)

Another BB K1 user here. and very happy about the keyboard being real. Fantastic phone, even with Android (or possibly in spite of Android)
I'd like to root mine to dump some of the crap pre-installed, but alas, can't have everything...

Re:Wow

On: Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com)

No,

That's *courage*

Re:It's not just shady web sites

On: Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com)

Under Chrome/Centbrowser there is an extension called "AutoplayStopper" I have tested out and it works 100% of the time. Also "flash control" to catch flash stuff.

No he didn't

On: An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future (wired.com)

>>Ford's character would whip out a gun and shoot

Did you even see the film??

Re:Looking at Windows 10

On: Microsoft is Working On a New Iteration of Windows To Take On ChromeOS, Report Says (petri.com)

I love Linux. Specifically Ubuntu 14.04LTS. They got it right with that. But there are some things it just won't do (primarily stuff at work) so at work, I deal with Win10, 8.1, 7, XP (offline), NT 4.0 (also offline) and DOS (err...) where needed. Wish I could fit Ubuntu into the mix, but alas....I cannot.