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  1. Applied to Slashdot today on Fake Mouse On Twitter Mocks Overgeneralized Scientific Research (twitter.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Silicon Valley Is Replacing Libertarianism With Socialism, In Mice.

  2. Insider fighting? on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Calculator (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    For a moment there we almost had a revelation on what really goes on in Redmond

  3. And if you enjoy the transport network part on How 'SimCity' Inspired a Generation of City Planners (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Give the open-source Simutrans a try. As "public player" you can redesign cities and networks of farms, resources and factories; then let the game engine take things from there, while you (and perhaps your friends in network mode) serve the cities and factories with carriages, trucks, ships, trains, or aeroplanes in the timeline.

  4. Where is the control Earth without humans against which to verify these models?

  5. Thank goodness my flip-phone is still on 2G. Not sure what I will do when I need a new real-keyboard, no-camera Telephone that is really just a telephone.

  6. How does *anyone* enter those funny blobs? Do folks have hidden 3,000-key keyboards hidden in their basements?

  7. Re:the ultimate code language on Emoji Are Showing Up in Court Cases Exponentially, and Courts Aren't Prepared (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely (blob). (blob) (blob) (blob). (blob) (blob) (blob) (blob) !!!

  8. Seems their sales and marketing... on Red Hat Rejects MongoDB's 'Discriminatory' Server Side Public License (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    ...wasn't Web Scale.

  9. The key fob only transmits a signal when you push the button. And what does the key fob have to do with starting the car? That's done with a key. Of course you can hot-wire a car, that's been a thing since there were keys. Article is confused.

  10. Python also has a crack dependency on tabs versus spaces, despite tabs being equivalently set at every 8 spaces as God and DEC (but I repeat myself) intended.

  11. It boils down to on Deserialization Issues Also Affect Ruby -- Not Just Java, PHP, and .NET (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    • Data read from a file or network is only as secure as that file or network.
    • There are reasons why the Unix Way abolished binary data files wherever possible in favor of plain text files; read The Art of UNIX Programming by ESRaymond.
  12. Remind me again why anyone would want a computer which they do not control? Was not the whole point of personal computers that you are in control of your own system? These so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" are the antithesis of empowerment, the archenemy of personal freedom. How many times do MAGA (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon) have to kick you before you wake up?

  13. from proprietary closed-source programs, in a proprietary environment on proprietary hardware? The fact that free software like the Linux kernel is in the mix is irrelevant -- all the other layers cannot be audited. Then because computers are scary, it is called "smart" and named a "telephone" so you think it's safe. Why any computer-savvy person would even want to be in the same room as one of these gadgets -- much less carry one, much less pay for the privilege -- beggars belief.

  14. Wait, these cameras point at the user? Seriously? What kind of narcissist would want a camera that points at THEMSELVES? Would that not be some kind of mental disorder?

  15. Flip-phone without a camera? on Which Company Makes the Best Camera Phone in 2018? Not Apple · · Score: 1

    More to the point for actual tech folks: Is it still possible to get a flip-phone without a camera? You know, a telephone that only does telephone things with an actual keyboard. I have a nice camera when I need one, and a computer for network stuff. Keep It Simple...

  16. "Posts" not "drops" on Exploit Vendor Drops Tor Browser Zero-Day on Twitter (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The link was posted (added), not dropped (removed).

  17. Just when you thought it was safe to compute again on Uber Will Turn Your Smartphone Into An Automatic Crash Detector (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Clippy's cousin rears his ugly head. Honestly, why would anyone with the vaguest understanding of technology want to be anywhere near one of those allegedly "smart" so-called "telephones" much less pay for the privilege of being constantly spied on?

  18. "Hate crimes" are just crimes on AI Still Useless at Catching Hate Speech, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unless there are "happy murders" and "love frauds" ?

  19. Only one zero? Are you sure?

  20. The first release was "dropped" --? on Linux Turns 27 (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that mean it was discontinued? If a manufacturer drops a product, that means they no longer make it. That is the opposite of what happened on 5 October 1991.

  21. Like in War Games: The only way to Win with Windows, is not to mess with Microsoft.

  22. Allegedly "smart" so-called "telephones" on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Unsafe at any speed. Does the Pentagon not still prohibit cameras of any type on secure installations?

  23. "Smart" means "idiot" on Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    More proof that so-called "smart" devices are a euphemism for "computers that you do not, and cannot, control." Mr. Stallman gets proved right again and again.

  24. "Almond Flesh Cocktail"

  25. Western Electric never needed this on Corning's New Gorilla Glass 6 Will Let Your Phones Survive 15 Drops (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    My current Model 500 has been dropped perhaps hundreds of times over the last five decades. I only worry about what I drop it on.