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  1. Nor was she prosecuted on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or for that matter inconvenienced in any particular way. And Richard Armitage, the person who outed her as a former field operative wasn't punished that I'm aware.

  2. “We were, of course, disappointed,” on "Big Bang Signal" Could All Be Dust · · Score: 1

    Well that is an understatement I'm sure.

  3. iOS NFC Only Being Used for Apple Pay on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 4, Informative

    The same basic information came out on Ars Technica the other day. But the slant on that was not that Apple was locking out 3rd party credit card processors, but rather that the NFC hardware was not being used for anything else because Apple was not ready to say the whole stack was perfect yet, from a security standpoint. This is all new code and new hardware, for Apple, and they would rather not have stories about massive credit card theft come out next week. So, this is an example of slant driving angry diatribes in the comments; if it'd been presented in a more neutral tone people would have judged Apple's actions in a more balance way.

  4. Static Analyzer? on Why Apple Should Open-Source Swift -- But Won't · · Score: 1

    So, you can build a proper static analyzer with GCC libraries now?

  5. Re:False premise on Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    So you are disagreeing with the facts of the summary which say that half of coders don't have degrees?

  6. Insuring a Phone If You Have Kids on Why Phone Stores Should Stockpile Replacements · · Score: 1

    By myself, it'd make little sense to insure a phone, but I have kids. And kids drop things. I've taken advantage of AppleCare's $69 replacement fee several times.

  7. Look at the Calendar - Red Circles on Xiaomi's Next OS Looks Strikingly Similar To iOS · · Score: 2

    Did you see the calendar app? It's got the red theming and elements such as today's date being circled.

  8. The Free Market Was Trying to Tell You Something on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 1

    When it priced this phone as the cheapest one in the store. When I go to Lowes and I see the cheapest screwdrivers, I know they aren't going to last. Thanks for the heads up free market.

  9. Re:Or Some People are Finally Employable on Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software · · Score: 3

    So you both think that I'm a negative stereotype and deny my existence.

  10. Or Some People are Finally Employable on Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So there is finally a job that focused, socially clueless people can excel at, and some want to take that away from them because it isn't fair for people who could do other jobs anyway.

  11. What is the use of school to Facebook? on US Tech Firms Recruiting High Schoolers (And Younger) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mark Zuckerberg got into Harvard, he recruits heavily from people who got into Ivy League schools. Why? Because IQ tests are banned for employment purposes, and he has to use the proxy of SAT scores which allowed people to get into competitive schools. Any actual benefit of attending said schools is purely secondary. Here he's found another way to find the smart kids, and they don't have to spend $30,000 a year to prove they are smart kids. It's a win, win.

  12. Except iOS after version 5 apparently on Android Leaks Location Data Via Wi-Fi · · Score: 1, Informative

    Also according to the article. Somehow iOS manages to have reasonable Wi-fi battery power without using this trick.

  13. Government Actively Keeping Fiber Dark in My Town on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 1

    Because my city council demands that any new company providing cable TV commit to wire every home and apartment building before getting permission to operate in my town, Nashua, NH, Verizon FIOS was driven out of town. As it happens they sold what fiber they'd laid down to a regional operator, so I can get fiber Internet, but not TV.

    I'm not saying that Comcast lobbied hard and spent a lot of money to get this rule enforced, but obviously this kind of barrier to entry benefits Comcast or any incumbent ISP greatly.

  14. Legacy Passwords on eBay Compromised · · Score: 1

    I hadn't changed my eBay password since I created my account, circa 1998, and it was 8 characters long all lower case. Replaced it with something more robust.

  15. Research the Term Non-ionizing radiation on The Feature Phone Is Dead: Long Live the 'Basic Smartphone' · · Score: 1

    And maybe you'll find peace of mind.

  16. Energy Usage of 12 PCs per Person Adds Up on Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's just wasteful. At least while doing things in the Cloud, there are efficiencies of shared resources.

  17. Have People Forgotten 'Force of Nature' on Why Darmok Is a Good Star Trek: TNG Episode · · Score: 1

    Because I wish I could.

  18. Probably Better Than My Method on Mathematician Gives Tips On How To Win $1 Billion On NCAA Basketball · · Score: 1

    Of betting against schools with the word 'State' or a compass heading in the name.

  19. Subsidies Require Website on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 1

    I believe, unless there is yet another rule change on this, that those seeking subsidies have to go through the exchange.

  20. A Relatively Minor Issue on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 1

    My impression is that this minor issue cost two hundred million dollars, and prevented anybody from signing up for insurance (as in 0 enrollments) for 5+ months. It also did it in the most public possible way, with a credible case for the Governor not telling the truth about what he knew and when. But I'm not from Oregon and this might only be a false impression. Perhaps someone who's followed this closely can fill in the details.

  21. Re:Explain Oregon Politics to Me on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 1

    typo meant "heavily favored"

  22. Explain Oregon Politics to Me on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 1

    I've read that the Governor is heavily failed to be re-elected. Why is this true given the clearly bad job his administration did here?

  23. Social Security is Going to Gobble Everything on The Billionaires Privatizing American Science · · Score: 2, Informative

    Given the many trillions of dollars committed to Social Security / Medicare, and the amazing ability of baby boomers to get their way politically, it seems pretty obvious that everything that isn't Social Security, Medicare better be prepared to go private.

  24. and yet you can find graphs like this on How Steve Jobs Got the iPhone Into Japan · · Score: 2
  25. Who else would provide the info? on Major Wikipedia Donors Caught Editing Their Own Articles · · Score: 1

    For example, I have need for the data about all the radio stations in the U.S. Who else but the radio stations themselves would have set up those pages?