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  1. Because he's black on How a Young IRS Agent Identified the Man Behind Silk Road (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gary L. Alford is black. That probably contributed to them not believing him.

  2. Ineffective, and rarely tried on JavaScript User Prohibitions Are Like Content DRM, But Even Less Effective (teleread.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, we all know that if they let you look at the page, your computer will download all the associated files and you'll have them. Just taking the files out of your Firefox cache is an obvious solution. Going in with developer tools already open is another one.

    That being said, most people don't even try these measures anymore. They used to be a lot more common. But even the average web user is getting more sophisticated.

    The new effort is to try to bake DRM into the browsers themselves.

  3. You can do things like block the default behavior of the hotkeys and stuff. But you basically can't stop someone from getting the source code, because the web is open.

  4. Microaggressions on Tor Hires Former EFF Chief As Executive Director (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a microagression for you: Fuck off MRA wanker. Go back to Roosh's site and whine there.

  5. Probably not, but who cares? on Tor Hires Former EFF Chief As Executive Director (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    There aren't really that many transgender people and she basically looks like a non-transgender woman. And if she is transgender, who cares?

  6. Re:yet more engineer bashing on Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes and this behavior is shameful.

  7. Tyson disses the Libertarian religion with facts on Neil deGrasse Tyson Touches Off Debate With Remarks On Commercial Space (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't say anything remotely controversial or anything that isn't obvious. A for-profit corporation figuring out how to get to Mars or doing any expensive basic research? No. Of course, not. Just won't happen.

  8. What about programmers? on Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Are programmers more likely to be terrorists?

  9. You stereotype Liberal Arts people and Muslims on Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The authors address everything you suggested. Engineers who are more likely to be religious and conservative are also more likely to be terrorists, than other people.

  10. Re:yet more engineer bashing on Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the authors are not engineers because engineers aren't trained to perform this kind of study. One author is a sociology professor the other is a comparative politics professor.

    Before you go crazy, everyone knows that few people are terrorists anyway, so few engineers are terrorists. They aren't trying to drive the engineers away with pitchforks.

  11. I think this will be increasingly common on How Computer Scientists Cracked a 50-Year-Old Math Problem (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    Math is a huge subject. I've heard most mathematicians can't read most mathematics papers. I believe we will increasingly see math problems solved by people who see new isomorphisms; people who realize that two problems in two fields are actually the same problem. I'm just waiting for the day that an important math problem is discovered to have been solved long ago in a different formulation.

  12. If they thought it was a bomb... on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    If they thought it was a bomb, why didn't they evacuate the school?

  13. Whoosh!!!!! on Julia Programming Language Receives $600k Donation · · Score: 1

    Many people are talking about stuff they don't understand, but I thought my sarcasm was obvious enough.

  14. JUILA IS TEH SUXX!!!111 on Julia Programming Language Receives $600k Donation · · Score: -1, Troll

    i never heard of juila, mind you, but my hand waving assumption is that it iz teh suxx. you can just use python and if yuo want fast then c++!! juila iz teh r and matlab recycled!!!11111

  15. Meh on Python Is On the Rise, While PHP Falls (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Some languages are better than others for certain tasks, and some languages, like PHP, are crap. While there are things that PHP will do better than C++, there's basically nothing that PHP will do better than Python.

    Likewise, I can think of no case for staring a new project in COBOL.

  16. A very strange protest on Paper Retracted After Anti-Immigrant Scientist Bans Use of His Software (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    The author believes his home country is too generous to outsiders which he feels harms his self-interest. In response, he withholds permission to use his software to further harm his nation which would seem to also harm his self-interest in indirect ways.

    Interestingly, he also protests US imperialism which he admits Europe is an accessory too. However, fewer refugees being created would be a natural consequence of stopping imperialism. So why doesn't he just focus his energy on that issue?

  17. Is it lighter and more efficient? on Atom 1.1 Is Out, With Lots of Graphic Improvements (blog.atom.io) · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this can be fixed, seeing as how it's based on Electron and therefore a Chrome Browser, but I would hope that it would use less RAM and take up less room on the hard drive.

  18. Why can't you mark a class with an interface? on Interviews: Ask Alan Donovan and Brian Kernighan About Programming and Go · · Score: 3

    I can understand the convenience of not needing to mark a class as an implementer of an interface. But on the other hand, it would be nice if you at least had the option of marking a class as an implementer of an interface, so your IDE could tell you your class is not complete.

  19. Why an un-googlable name? on Interviews: Ask Alan Donovan and Brian Kernighan About Programming and Go · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seeing as how it was created after the Internet was big, and one is constantly searching the Internet about the programming language one using, wouldn't you want a distinct name so search results are what the programmer wants? "Go" is the 35th most common word in the English language. When you search for "go" you get entries about games, movies, etc. Google, coincidentally gives the best results if the programming language is what you are searching for, but even Google gives you results for all sorts of things. The programming language isn't even a dominant result on other search engines.

    Obviously, if you use a search engine to find things about "JavaScript" or "Erlang" you get what you want. I can't imagine going through the trouble of creating a programming language and then failing to give it a distinctive name.

  20. Half assed on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    This is not about Chicago, but Evanston. I remember when trolls used to try.

  21. I fucking hate loud websites on In Midst of a Tech Boom, Seattle Tries To Keep Its Soul · · Score: 1

    I have figure out why there is loud classical music coming through my headphones, interfering with what I was listening to. And it's a stupid commercial on the NYT site. I was lucky enough to guess the on one of the first tabs I closed, but jeeze. Fucking annoying!

  22. No on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    I heard sitting at your desk instead of doing a standing desk is the new smoking.

  23. Terrorism on US Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital · · Score: 1

    The US knew the precise location of the hospital. They kept bombing for thirty minutes after the hospital called to say "stop bombing us". The US has engaged in a heinous act of terrorism against Doctors Without Borders.

  24. Oh, you have to use your Facebook account... on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, no one can anonymously review and libel you, because you need a Facebook account to use this service. Since no one has ever thought of using sock puppets on Facebook, it is a perfect system.

  25. Microcapacitors on Advance In Super/Ultra Capacitor Tech: High Voltage and High Capacity · · Score: 1

    RTFA It isn't about making giant capacitors to hold a ton of power. It's about storing power for microelectronics more easily. Replacing car batteries is a problem that can be solved at a later date.