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  1. Re:Single Blade Razors on Ask Slashdot: What Is Missing In Tech Today? · · Score: 2

    Single blade razors are not gone. I have been using them for years now. I recommend Merkur and Edwin Jagger handles (as low as $20 when on sale at Amazon). For blades, I like Derby, Shark, Astra, Personna, and Feather (in order of perceived sharpness.) Except for Feather, those are often in the range of $10 to $12 per hundred. Get a shaving bowl and badger brush, and you're ready to go.

  2. First, the state will probably have to process the payments through an exchange to avoid the Btc / Dollar bounces. That's not a huge problem, but one analogous to accepting payments in gold or silver.

    The second issue I see is that payers will have their payment wallet instantly connected to their real identity. Payers who are careful about security can probably avoid this, but how many will think their previous Btc transactions will be anonymous after they willingly give the state a connection by an accidental security lapse?

    I am no Btc expert, so please flay my point if need be.

  3. Re:Uber's ethics will be a problem on What We Learned From Day 1 of the Uber and Alphabet Trial (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I disagree in this case. Intent is an important element of crime, and their previous "lack of ethics" should be a factor in considering intent.

  4. The principal is around 50 on This Chinese Math Problem Has No Answer. Perhaps, It Has a Lot of Them. (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    "If a school had 26 teachers, 10 of which weren't thinking, how old is the principal?"

    I think his or her age will be around 50. A young principal would have got rid of the non-thinkers, but this one has been around enough years that there is some kind of loyalty/blackmail thing going on with those 10 teachers. If he were closer to retirement, he would not be as worried about blackmail; he could push back for a short while until he got his retirement locked in.

    So he or she has been there a long time, but still not too close to retirement, so I'll guess 50.

  5. Re:What the hell is this? on Facial Recognition Integrates With IFTTT (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    So if a single Fourier transform is analogous to taking the first derivative of a function, does this imply going three deep and then (for some reason) uncompressing the result?

    Sorry, but the explanation eludes me.

  6. Re:Brocoin Astrology on Bitcoin Watchers Running Out of Explanations Blame Slump on Moon (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Combine astrology and blockchain?! That's brilliant! Find a way to include biorhythms and Pokemon and you're ready for ICO!

  7. I agree. No mod points right now. I disagree with the person who says that rear-end accident creators might not be at fault. Unless there is a clear case of jumping into traffic ("failure to yield"), I think the blame is on the one who did not brake.

  8. The title says that licensing new spectrum (with a bias to "Big Telecom") will make it harder for small ISPs to compete.

    First, how would "small ISPs" actually use the newly licensed spectrum if they did get authorization? Would they buy the new access points that magically appear to use this spectrum? Are the big equipment producers in WIFI even interested in licensed spectrum? I think these are material questions.

    My conclusion is that this is just another spectrum lottery, and the end result is noone is harmed and very few benefit.

  9. I am still hoping that my Worldcom stock will turn around.

  10. A company that can make tea is best situated to make use of blockchain technology.

    Clearly they are ahead of the beverage serving computer in HGTTG. "Share and enjoy!"

  11. Re:Gambling time! on Bitcoin Futures Surge In First Day Of Trading (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I don't want to hear the complaining about all the money lost when the bottom falls out and the panic selling starts.

    Actually, I think you really do want to hear the complaining. :)

  12. Embedded software engineers are also scarce, many employers are trying to train their EE guys which lead to the IOT security fiasco as they try implementing plug and play tech without much thought.

    Really? I recently signed up with Upwork, and they rejected me. "Unfortunately, at this time there are already many freelancers with a similar skillset to yours and we cannot accept your application."

    I listed embedded experience in 6809, PIC, MIPS, and the Trimedia PNX1302 VLIW processor. I am pretty sure I also listed four device drivers for Linux and FreeBSD. I guess there must be a glut of people with these skills.

  13. Does Google have a nexus in Missouri? If not, what legal issue can proceed? If Google were incorporated in Antarctica, could anyone sue them? Just asking for the sake of legal jurisdiction.

    Looking back, does anyone (!) want to go back to Altavista searches? Or Inktomi? Or that other search engine that got big bucks from mesothemioma and bulk email ads per click? I must have cost them a lot from my clicks :)

  14. Interesting start. on Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton To Lessen Worker Fatigue (futurism.com) · · Score: 2

    This sounds like an interesting start. It's not powered armor, but a trivial gain in weight carrying power is something. Yes, 15 pounds per arm is very low. But it's a start and they can collect data to help refine their system. With time, they might create a suit with useful powers.

  15. Re:As was pointed out ... on Twitter Exploit Let Two Pranksters Post 30,000-Character Tweet (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Q: "You have been staring at that screen for a half hour! What are you doing?"
    A: "Hang on, I'm waiting for the verb!"

  16. Re:Not Mosquitos on Flying Insects Have Been Disappearing Over the Past Few Decades, Study Shows (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would gladly destroy every bee on earth if I could sit outside without spraying a ton of chemicals on myself to prevent mosquito bites carrying disease.

    I agree that mosquitoes are despicable vermin. Most bugs have some purpose in the grand cycle, and I leave them alone so long as they stay outside where they belong. But I have to ask, just what the hell is the place of mosquitoes in the scheme?! Yes, if the price was agreeable, I would support the 100% elimination of this bug forever.

  17. Flooding one end to find the other? on Someone Is Trying to Knock the Dark Web Drug Trade Offline (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder if this is a way of finding the customers. The dark system may hide IP addresses, but if someone can affect the timing on one end, that itself can be a signal. If they can flood one end, maybe they can look for indications of that congestion at the other end.

  18. Re:McKinesy? Why people listen to these jokers? on Hello, Mobile Operators? This is Your Age of Disruption Calling (mckinsey.com) · · Score: 1

    "I can take bad debts and consolidate enough of them and they will be good debts. Then I will slice off the good debt and magically we have transformed 10 million dollars worth of junk loans into 10 million dollars worth of gilt edged widows-and-orphans securities!

    That is a great way of putting it. It makes me think "Homeopathic Debt Securities." Diluting it makes it stronger!

  19. Re:The absurdity of authors on The Absurdity of the Nobel Prizes in Science (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    A paper has 5,154 "authors"? Did each one contribute two words to the paper? That's absurd!

    (obPython) Maybe they were translating a dangerous joke into German.

  20. Re:Time to add encryption to civilian GPS? on Russia Suspected In GPS-Spoofing Attacks On Ships (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Informative

    How do you sign a stream?

    Break the stream into blocks (it probably already has blocks), get a checksum for each block, and sign the checksum. Send them on a separate channel if you don't want to modify the original stream.

  21. Re:Every time on ARM TrustZone Hacked By Abusing Power Management (acolyer.org) · · Score: 1

    Better yet, don't name your product with a name that can later become ironic, like "TrustZone." Try naming your product "ShitStorm" or "ClusterFuck" instead.

    "With a name like that, you know it HAS to be good!" Like that old Saturday Night Live skit where they come up with bad names for the jelly. "Fruckers! You know it must be good!" Followed by "Monkey Pus!", "Painful Rectal Itch!", and "Death Camp! Look for the barbed wire on the label!" Then "10,000 Nuns and Orphans! What's wrong with that? They were eaten by rats!"

  22. Combine it with Uber on 'Bodega' CEO Apologizes, Insists They'll Create More Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of planting fancy vending machines, why not double down on "because... Internet!" and combine it with Uber. The driver would have a mini store in the trunk and the Magical App would connect the customer with the nearest driver with matching inventory. They could call it something like "web van".

  23. ... And apparently I can't spell lycanthropy correctly the first time.

  24. Rewolve? on Security.txt Standard Proposed, Similar To Robots.txt (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...who should be competent enough to get the information to a qualified person to rewolve the issue.

    Thanks for mentioning that. I totally missed the lycantrhopy part.

  25. Re:False Advertising on Linux.com Raves About New Snap-Centric 'Nitrux' Distro (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    A complete disgrace when a bunch of virgins who jack off to anime children being raped by tentacles can do a better job than you at setting up a proper looking UI.

    "Sir, your ideas intrigue me. Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to?"

    Welcome to Tentux, the UI driven by Anime and tentacles!