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  1. Re: Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    That's an argument for using publicly copyable records or cryptographic signing, not for block chain.

  2. Looks like Home and Pro users are guinea pigs for more than just the semi annual updates now. How did this even make it out of testing?

    Microsoft is working towards continuous integration, with builds on every commit, and releases every week or so. That is what an engineer from the Windows team excitedly told me.

  3. Re:Those got invented well over 50 years ago. on Procter and Gamble Unveils New Device That Aims To Remove Signs of Aging (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    but as I have a dick and failed big time at the game I'm, um, shit I just said I've been a loser all my life.

    No shame in that.

  4. Re: Simple solution: Charge per stream on Netflix Password Sharing May Soon Be Impossible Due To New AI Tracking (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Similar time periods is not "the same time"

  5. Really cool tech if it works on Procter and Gamble Unveils New Device That Aims To Remove Signs of Aging (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is really cool tech, micro-makeup application. I can see a use for it, but I never want to use it.

    I don't mind looking old, I mind being old. The appearance isn't the problem.

  6. Re:Simple solution: Charge per stream on Netflix Password Sharing May Soon Be Impossible Due To New AI Tracking (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They want to stop you from sharing your password with your brother who lives on the opposite coast and watches TV at a different time than you. There would only be one stream, but at different times.

  7. Re:Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no question of the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate. At best you might say that's an argument for greater public access to these records, but that's for Hawaii to decide.

  8. Re: That was premeture on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The DAO hack was a hack on the Ethereum, it showed how their version of the blockchain was vulnerable, and required a patch (along with rewinding transactions).

  9. Re:Supply and demand on American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High · · Score: 1

    The supply curve and the demand curve are still there, they aren't broken.

  10. Re:And Jane face it it's been a while on Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    A primary reason so many people have problems with systemd is that it intermingles the complexity along its entire axis of execution instead of isolating it in a discrete manner.

    Mmmmmmmm what a beautiful sentence.

  11. Re:Pure Poettering inspired incompetence on Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    Could be worse, they could be IBM. Oh, wait......

  12. Re:Pure Poettering inspired incompetence on Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    That is true, when he started designing it, Lennart had Apple's launchd in mind.

  13. Re:Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    That's an argument for digital signing, but it's not an argument for using blockchain.

  14. A dire amount. An amount with dire consequences.

  15. Re:Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Blockchains are not inherently inefficient

    Blockchain will always be several orders of magnitude slower than mysql.

  16. Re:Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It is also highly resilient. City hall burns down or the russians invade and destroy all county offices, there will still be a record you were born.

    This is like backing up your stuff by putting it on P2P. You hope someone has a copy, but they might not.

  17. Re:Thats what you get for running systemd on Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    These bugs were mainly the result of improperly validating/sanitizing input. Once again. The developers weren't thinking about hostile input when they were writing code, and didn't test corner cases. It worked for them!

  18. Worst idea ever on Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    No reason to use a blockchain here. A blockchain is great because it is a public database without the need of a trusted entity. The tradeoff is, it is extremely inefficient.

    When you are issuing a birth certificate, you already have an entity that must be trusted to issue birth certificates (the state, and doctors). There is thus no benefit for putting that info in a blockchain, you might as well use a standard database.

  19. Re:Things are about to get interesting on So You Automated Your Coworkers Out of a Job (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    For the last century we've been focusing on automating physical labour and we've made a lot of headway, but automating data oriented tasks has been kind of ignored.

    Until the 1950s, a "computer" was the job title of a human. They would hire entire rooms of people to sit and do calculations all day.

    Excel? You're not going to believe how many data oriented tasks that has automated.

  20. It's not hyperbole? Point is the scientific consensus is that we won't be frying because of AGW, and if you think we will, then you are full of shit.

  21. Bro you need to watch this and educate yourself. Please don't comment again until you at least skim through that and see the 10 reasons not to talk to a cop.

  22. Re:Good news on Chrome's Ad Blocker Will Go Global On July 9 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    This ad-blocker allows so many ads through, that most people won't even notice they have blocking enabled.

  23. Re:Won't block YouTube ads. on Chrome's Ad Blocker Will Go Global On July 9 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't. It blocks ads on pages that don't advertise like Google does.

    Basically, this is going to mean the end of auto-play ads with sound, and not much more.

  24. Re:And that someone is always a sysadmin on The Feds Cracked El Chapo's Encrypted Comms Network By Flipping His System Admin (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not everyone's like this. How do you find someone like that?

  25. Too bad there's a shortage these days on Calcutecs that can do shuffling. It's the securest form.