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  1. Who is who? on The Pentagon's Ray Gun Can Stall Cars (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    "To deploy it, the driver would pull out in front of the attacker and turn it on."

    The person using it is not the attacker? So the attacker is the person being stopped...by the driver. Not the attacker driver, the driver who's deploying the device. Got it.

  2. Re:FEATURES! on The Smartphone Sales Slowdown is Real (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    > 5G essentially requires near-line-of-sight.

    Err, sure you aren't thinking of 5ghz wifi there, champ?

    > In a world (meaning the US)

    I'm pretty sure the world consists of other places too.

    > which also offers the advantage of not burning through the pitiful cell data allotment

    Perhaps this is a US thing. On other worlds, such as the UK, data isn't so expensive.

  3. Well, there's humans, and there's humans. Are these correctly motivated, engaged humans, or very very cheap humans for whom there's little consequence for clicking "yeah, pass, whatever"?

  4. EzInKy? on PSA: Amazon Will Increase Price of Prime To $119 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    >EzInKy writes:
    >Effective on May 11, Jeff Bezos says the price of Prime membership will increase to $119 from $99. Now, as
    >much as I have enjoyed the free shipping over these many years, I just don't believe that benefit outweighs the
    >increased cost of membership.

    Who the fuck is "EzInKy" and why would anyone else care whether they use Prime or not? The benefit outweighs the cost if the cost is less than you'd spend, or you can afford it, or prefer the convenience. There's no right or wrong answer.

  5. Windows 10 April 2018 Update is Coming On April 30 on Windows 10 April 2018 Update is Coming On April 30 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    So...20 days late? Not bad.

  6. Employee disses ex-employer on Former Reddit Executive Sees 'No Hope' For Reddit (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    He used to work there, so he can see the future. If this theory worked, companies should temporarily fire people, see what they can divine about what will shortly pass, then re-employ them and fix the problem.

  7. What's a provably random number? on Researchers Devise a Way To Generate Provably Random Numbers Using Quantum Mechanics (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Is 1 less random than 29840972.58792384 ?

    Perhaps they mean "randomly generate numbers"?

  8. "I'm sorry, but if I'm investing in a high-end, server-class CPU, I expect it to be supported for as long as is reasonably possible."

    You're not getting an update no matter what you post on Slashdot. Just pretend you're buying an Android phone.

    The CEO of Intel sold all of his shares just in time, huh?!

  9. Re:Inappropriate -- Why be secretive about it? on Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    " Wow..really? Do that many people really use Chrome as their browser of choice?
    I know my experience is purely anecdotal, but I don't know any of my peers that use it and I work in IT."

    Yeah, seems you and your friends are no longer qualified to make assumptions on which browser people use, amongst other things.

  10. Re:I think some need to learn basic math on Duolingo To Silicon Valley Workers: Move To Pittsburgh, Where You Can Actually Afford a Home (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Ours are now a bunch of mumbling, sniffing, think-accented idiots who are no help because they are graduate level, just following scripts with no understanding of how tech works and consequently no ability to diagnose or speculate things to try when the scripted approach fails. It takes a lot longer to get anything sorted. But hey, they're cheap.

  11. mosh and screen?

  12. Re:All about context on Cops Are Now Opening iPhones With Dead People's Fingerprints (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    > reach out to next of kin

    If they couldn't reach, would they move towards them? Perhaps they could shout?

  13. Re:FB's main staying power is the one stop shop... on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not quite as simple as that. myspace and friends reunited had users, but when facebook came along people took one last look back at the older, shittier sites and went "uh, yeah, bye" and jumped ship.

  14. Well, of course it does. on Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a better editor.

    Regarding the message "Chances are, you're behind a firewall or proxy, or clicked the Back button to accidentally reuse a form. Please try again. If the problem persists, and all other options have been tried, contact the site administrator." you get when you post a comment sometimes. I wonder if this message has EVER been an accurate description of what's happened, rather than someone who can type, typing a short message then pressing send.

  15. Arizona Bay - The prophecy is coming true! on Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    "Ahhh, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone...All the shitty shows are gone, all the idiots screaming in the fucking wind are dead, I love it...leaving nothing but a cool, beautiful serenity called Arizona Bay. That's right, when L.A. falls in the fucking ocean and is flushed away, all it will leave is Arizona Bay." - Bill Hicks.

  16. Re:Is The Article's Title For Real? on Slashdot Asks: What Do People Misunderstand or Underappreciate About Apple? (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    cons: their stuff looks really boring or really shit. I know a lot of people go on about the design, but you know what feeling of "uh...wow" when you see something they did 10 years ago and remember it looking a lot better. i get that when it's new. it just looks like a obvious, cheesy "this is what stuff will look like in the future".

  17. Re:Snap packages are great but on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Could Come with Snap Apps Preinstalled (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Who cares? The download differences (a few minutes instead of a few seconds) offsets the tedium of sorting out dependency problems. The size difference is a few pennies - who gives a shit about that?

    "An entire distro distributed as Snap package is plain suicidal."

    Huh?

  18. If no-one else is making them on Android Wear Is Getting Killed, and It's All Qualcomm's Fault (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    maybe it's because they're stupid,ugly things and nobody wants them. Or can you find anything else on the market which is popular but where only one company is producing them (a category, not a brand - don't say "iPhone").

  19. "And going forward, OpenSource.Net..." on New 'Open Source Initiative' Site Announces Anniversary Celebrations and Outreach Programs (opensource.net) · · Score: 1

    If you're not the sort of twat who says "going forward" a lot in the office (despite there being better options, such as "in future" or just...nothing) then why say it here?

  20. > Uber Study Says Self-Driving Trucks Will Result In More Truck Drivers, Not Fewer

    FTFY. It's really not a difficult rule to understand.

  21. Re:Cryptocurrencies? on India Rejects Cryptocurrency, But It Isn't Giving Up On Blockchain (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Or even just "data"; it's more general.

  22. Re:I use this thing called Cash on Google Rebrands All Its Payment Solutions As 'Google Pay' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    > It's legally accepted anywhere for all payment of debts and transactions.

    Not all payments. Try paying more than 1000 euros in cash in france, for example for paying someone to do your kitchen, or you're selling a car.

  23. And more importantly on How Do Americans Define Online Harassment? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    how do they spell it?

  24. Re:UFO existence on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On UFO Sightings? · · Score: 1

    > UFOs are just that - Unidentified Flying Objects.

    Naah - that's like saying "hackers are just people who like using computers". Hackers are - in the context of what people people when you say the word hacker - people who break into other people's computers. And UFOs are aliens in flying saucers.

  25. Re:Smartphones on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On UFO Sightings? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ah ha - another person who liked xkcd!

    https://xkcd.com/1235/