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  1. Three examples: on The Dangers of Sharing Your Screen With Co-Workers (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Three examples: 1 Working with corporate database team member. That person needed to look up the system password for my database and brought up their master password list for all the DBs they managed. I managed to get a screenshot of that (maybe 30 various corporate DB systems). 2 Colleague shared screen for a meeting. We ended the meeting but he didn't stop the screenshare and I switched to another window to do other stuff. Came back later and he was busy messaging on a (non-explicit) dating site. 3 Twice, a colleague closed his remote sharing software but the sharing did not stop on my end. All visible trace of the software was closed on his PC but I could still see his desktop. Called him to troubleshoot and he could find no trace on his PC that it was running except that the screenshare software windows service was still running under Task Manager.

  2. Damm, can't pick the right joke. on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So many jokes possible for this topic, I can't pick one...

  3. It's a good start. Someday they may be able to remove all Facebook posts.

  4. Republican?

  5. Where can I get some!!

  6. 7 pm is Pizza. 2 am is "Pizza" on the receipt.

  7. Re:It's about damn time! on Microsoft is Updating Windows Notepad Application For the First Time in Years (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Takes a while for all the telemetry info to go to MS campus.

  8. Science is hard!

  9. That Hertz!

  10. Windows high performance on Windows 10 Is Adding an Ultimate Performance Mode For Pros (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen those words before, but never in the same sentence.

  11. Post Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched on The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched (space.com) · · Score: 1

    100 megatons?

  12. "Highly", "secure", "windows" on Microsoft Releases Standards For Highly Secure Windows 10 Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    "Highly", "secure", "windows". I've heard those words before but never in the same sentence.

  13. Re:The Big Question on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Was this his "last day at work" or just his "last day".

  14. Re:I'm okay with it on In Less Than Five Years, 45 Billion Cameras Will Be Watching Us (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Gotta count the NSA gene-spliced video transmissions from all of the insects in the world (other than eyeless insects).

  15. Re: I'm okay with it on In Less Than Five Years, 45 Billion Cameras Will Be Watching Us (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    You pretty much can't miss.

  16. My lawyer sense is tingling on London is Using Optical Illusions To Make Cars Slow Down (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    What happens when people start hitting real speed bumps at 80 kph?

  17. High costs and worse-case concerns on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget, pharma companies would need to spend a lot of time and money to validate longer lifespans for drugs. Also, they have to assume that some storage will NOT be as called for regards temperature and humidity and need to allow for that by being cautious about drug lifespans. Not every drug bottle kept since the 1960s will have been in good storage for all of that time.

  18. Re:The real question... on Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    Two spaces after a period except for just one space after the period that ends a paragraph.

  19. " ... Windows ... Can Crash Systems, Cause BSODs " FTFY

  20. Is nothing sacred!?

  21. Some people are motivated by more than getting enough calories and heat (more calories!) to survive.

  22. Like all their other "no change" changes on Nestle Discovers 'Breakthrough' Method To Cut Sugar In Chocolate By 40% Without Affecting Taste (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Like all their other "no flavor change" changes to their chocolate over the decades. This will just cheapen it a little bit more. They used to have good chocolate (maybe I'm showing my age with that remark) but it's bilge now. “There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper." John Ruskin

  23. Re:Researchers need to learn marketing on Let Researchers Try New Paths (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Caves! Those are scary. Not gonna try that.

  24. Cube-root law for large explosions? on Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    My understanding is that the kill radius goes up as the cube root of the explosion size. Hiroshima had heavy damage out to about 3 miles - let's call that the kill radius. Cube root 2000 is about 12.6. Even number, kill radius approx 38 miles. Smaller than Texas. Also, 2000 x 20 kilotons is 40 megatons. I think 10 megatons was a common size in the cold war so this isn't a huge leap in size for deliverable weapons.

  25. Re:Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever m on Windows is the Most Open Platform There is, Says Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, it seems to be pretty effective spyware.