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  1. Re:Who will care? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    A VPN encrypts everything so your ISP gets nothing.

  2. Re:Who will care? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    A VPN will shut out your ISP. Everything is encrypted on the way to the VPN so your ISP gets nothing.

  3. Re:Who will care? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You can also use a VPN which will encrypt all of your traffic through your ISP so all they see is gibberish.
    I use Opera which has a free built-in VPN... just one click to turn it on.

  4. Software kills computers.
    I have a 2010 MacBook Air which became progressively more stupid with each software "upgrade" to the point where it was unusable.
    I replaced it with a cheap Chromebook which has much better performance.
    However, it's tax time so I broke out the old MacBook to do my taxes. On a whim I installed the Opera browser and I feel like I have a new MacBook! Safari, FireFox and Chrome browsers would peg the CPU at 100% for literally minutes while they did god knows what. With Opera, CPU only goes to about 80% for a few seconds (ad block and VPN turned on).
    I'd like to know what the problem is with those other browsers but I'm happy now with Opera.

  5. Re:Lots of valuable information... on Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Pick your poison.
    Can you trust any VPN provider?

  6. Re:Isn't the cloud great? on Microsoft Yanks Docs.com Search After Complaints of Exposed Sensitive Files (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Research shows that there is a single "frequently stolen laptop" which has been stolen 137 times. This laptop is just a shite laptop which keeps getting stolen from Starbucks but it is so useless that people return it to Starbucks where it is stolen again by new unsuspecting thieves.
    Each thief who tries to use it enters their passwords into Yahoo mail and Facebook but it is so slow that they quickly realize that they are wasting their time and they can't even sell it to their dumb brother. Of course, this laptop contains a festering pile of malware so their passwords are immediately sent to The Great Orange One who reads their email and Tweets conspiracy theories about all of these people sending him sensitive super top secret data... so SAD.

  7. Re:maidanist recipe on Terrifying Anti-Riot Vehicle Created To Quash Any Urban Disturbance (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1
  8. Re: The climevangelists are busy today on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    That's, just, like, your opinion, man

  9. Re: The climevangelists are busy today on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    You're destroying your health and the environment

  10. Re: The climevangelists are busy today on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    A vegan world would also drop CO2 and Methane by 30%.
    Meat-
    Bad for you
    Bad for the environment
    Bad for the animals

  11. Re: What an innovative solution on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I like your idea for a universal basic income.

  12. Re: MODERATORS ARE CENSORING POSTS on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    Moderators are voting down bullshit.
    Thank you.

  13. Re: The climevangelists are busy today on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The world could currently support 10 times the current population if we stopped eating meat.
    www.cowspiracy.com

  14. Re: what's the next plan? on 'Moore's Law' For Carbon Would Defeat Global Warming (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    India and China are leading the world in renewable energy adoption.

  15. Re:Lots of valuable information... on Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Or use Opera browser which has free VPN built into the browser.
    (TOR provides additional protections beyond VPN)

  16. Re: Stop discussing vaporware on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If you can't make a working battery then all you have is hype.
    Call me if you get it to work.

  17. Re: Stop discussing vaporware on John Goodenough's Colleagues Are Skeptical of His New Battery Technology (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Elon Musk has a standard response to every new battery breakthrough. Just send a working battery. No hype, just send a battery.
    Weeds out a lot of posers.

  18. Re: Chinese crapware on Canonical Helps Launch A Snap Store For The Orange Pi Community (ubuntu.com) · · Score: 1

    iPhones and most of the electronics you buy are made in China.

  19. Re:Musk is about to dilute shareholders on Tesla To Raise Over $1.15 Billion To Help Offset Risk For Model 3 Production (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They just launched one of the reusable rockets last night so they seem to have overcome any issues.

  20. Re:Musk is about to dilute shareholders on Tesla To Raise Over $1.15 Billion To Help Offset Risk For Model 3 Production (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not really wise to bet against Musk. He does make outrageous claims and plans but he usually delivers (mostly late).
    Lots of hate for his success but that is not an investment strategy.

  21. Re: This is going to take some work on Researchers Convert Biomass To Hydrogen Using Sunlight (rdmag.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I don't eat margarine. It's full of toxins. Very unhealthy.

  22. It is illegal to lie to your investors.

  23. Re:Tax Breaks for the Wealthy on Norway Says Half of New Cars Now Electric Or Hybrid (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Black Mirror:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  24. Capitalism is great!... the best! on Big Tech Lobbying Is On the Verge of Killing Right To Repair Legislation In Minnesota (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a good example of our corrupt political and economic system.
    We have corporations who find it profitable to restrict customer access to the products they make.
    Customers want to be able to fix the stuff they've bought so they try to get the politicians to pass a law.
    Corporations don't want this law so they pay off the politicians who promptly forget about their constituents and pocket the money.
    Corporations and politicians working together to increase profits... screw the citizens.

  25. Tesla doesn't advertise. It doesn't need to. It always has a 2-3 month backlog of orders even with a 75% increase in production every year. It also has 400,000 orders for the model 3.