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  1. conference dedicated to passwords. on T-Mobile Stores Part of Customers' Passwords In Plaintext, Says It Has 'Amazingly Good' Security (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel like an entire conference dedicated to passwords is maybe a little too specialized. Apparently enough people disagree with me, though. I wonder what kind of research they are doing.

  2. Re: go canada on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank-you, I really wanted a dictionary quoted are me this morning without any expLanation.

  3. Re: go canada on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    You're a partisan moron. You don't even know who I voted for, where I live, or what color my party is. All you know is that I like spending money on science and you turn it into an "us vs them" situation. Turn your brain on.

  4. Re: go canada on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Impractically speaking, resources are infinite. The problem is merely getting them. The only thing that isn't infinite is nitpicky anonymous cowards.

  5. go canada on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    More money spent on science is always a good thing, and discoveries made in any country help us all.

  6. Re: H1B company top to bottom on Microsoft Modifies Open-Source Code, Blows Hole In Windows Defender (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The puritan work ethic is dead.

  7. Re: H1B company top to bottom on Microsoft Modifies Open-Source Code, Blows Hole In Windows Defender (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There aren't many programmers who enjoy programming anymore. They are tough to find....Ever since the job became so lucrative. Besides, why do you think Americans are better programmers? It's not true.

  8. How about there's growing evidence Elon Musk is a Bernie Madoff wannabe

    No, he does it legally.

  9. Re:Intel in Deep Shit on Microsoft Will Bring 64-Bit App Support To ARM-Based PCs In May (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    "Moving away from Intel" doesn't mean they are moving away from x86. There are plenty of other manufacturers/designers for x86 chips (including Apple, apparently).

  10. Re:Sounds like a philosophy 101 question on There's Growing Evidence Tesla's Autopilot Handles Lane Dividers Poorly (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems like the Tesla "autopilot" is named just right.

    Fits your name.

  11. I feel like Tesla has more informative numbers here than they are revealing.

  12. Re:Illegal or just following the protocol? on Hacker Uses Exploit To Generate Verge Cryptocurrency Out of Thin Air (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It could be covered under standard fraud laws, depending on the exact wording of those laws (and how a judge can be convinced to interpret them).

  13. How long do you think this will last? Have you heard of Verge cryptocurrency before this? Don't you think it will be completely gone before the end of the year?

  14. True, in this case, we are looking for "how safe compared to normal cars"

  15. wrong statistic on There's Growing Evidence Tesla's Autopilot Handles Lane Dividers Poorly (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You don't want to know how many accidents there were in cars with autopilot, that doesn't matter. What you want to know is miles per accident *with autopilot engaged.* Using the other number is highly misleading.

  16. Please note, that just because it receives a microcode update, doesn't mean it's secure. The processors are still buggy as hell.

  17. That's what I was thinking, too. Just like the timecube guy.

  18. What we do have that nobody on either side wants to discuss or even acknowledge is a public mental health crisis.

    People have been talking about mental health in relation to guns for a while. Democrats have been talking about it too.

  19. It's just science fiction on Military Documents Reveal How the US Army Plans To Deploy AI In Future Wars (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In other words, the paper is just science fiction, trying to guess the future. Current capabilities are not enough.

  20. Re: Whoâ(TM)s to blame? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel like you're anthropomorphizing nature as an analogy, but that the analogy isn't entirely clear in your mind. At least, the metaphors you used aren't entirely clear to me after reading your post.

  21. Re:Of course we should on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, look around you. Every species you see right now will soon be extinct. (Soon, in geological terms which can be a long time).

  22. Re:Of course we should on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and humans killed most of them in the first place.

    Humans definitely did not kill most of the species that have gone extinct. Going extinct is the natural way of things, unless you're a creationist and don't believe in evolution or something like that.

  23. Re:Whoâ(TM)s to blame? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what saving a few endangered pandas will bring.

    Not much but they're really cute. Practically speaking most of these extinct animals didn't have a huge impact on the environment, like the Carolina parakeet with the limited range. Cool bird, though.

  24. Re:Whoâ(TM)s to blame? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I couldn't help myself, when I saw the incorrect usage of â(TM) I had to say something

    . Haven't you looked up the proper usage of â(TM) in Strunk and White's Elements of Style? They have some rather scathing things to say about such poignant punctuation propriety pilferage.

  25. It’s the US. Are university people kind and generous and understanding? Are they warm and friendly? Are they reliable and trustworthy? Are they open and accepting? Are they good?

    I can't speak for every university in the US, but the university people I've met have largely been open and friendly, warm and generous, etc. Some are not.