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  1. manishs must be shopping for a new car on Mitsubishi Overstated Mileage For More Vehicle Models, Japan Ministry Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That's fine but don't involve the slashdot tech world in your search.

  2. Former DoD sysad on Hillary Clinton Used BleachBit To Wipe Emails (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I used DBAN routinely in 7 wipe mode. I'd be surprised had she not chosen something like that in spite of the cloth remark.

  3. Priced Hamilton tickets lately?

  4. podcast==on demand radio on Amazon Wants People to Pay for Podcasts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I for one will not pay for it since the challenge is the same as over the air radio, endorsements. The podcast owners need to figure that out.

  5. Programming is not the important thing on Google Launches Android Programming Course For Absolute Beginners (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    problems begging solutions are. When I was programming professionally I never thought being able to program was as important as having a problem to solve requiring a programming language. App development is the same, find a reason to program, solve the problem in your mind, apply a language and you are a programmer.

  6. stuff that matters. Social media news.

  7. What is the rush? on Tech CEOs Declare This the Era of Artificial Intelligence (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly, AI will be part of the future and the transition will not be pretty on a human level. Jobs will be lost, processes will change and the world will adapt. Rushing this by tossing out meaningless declarations by CEO's will not change. There is not timetable for the AI revolution. Let's adapt when ready.

  8. Business has always embraced the unknown and as if it's exotic. Startups have this figured out, investors not so much.

  9. Flatline is the word you should have used on Microsoft Is Laying Off 1,850 to Streamline Its Smartphone Business (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    as in dead

  10. Expect "expert" opinions to bounce around on the cancer link and smartphones for years. Adults don't want to believe they have put their children at risk and don't want to give up their smartphone either.

  11. Sex in cars on Slashdot Asks: How Long Before Self-Driving Cars Become Mainstream? · · Score: 1
    It's a matter of incentive:

    URL:http://observer.com/2016/05/self-driving-cars-will-lead-to-a-lot-of-sex-behind-the-wheel-expert-warns/

  12. Obesity is a recent problem on Neuroscience Explains Why Dieters Rarely Lose Weight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Obligatory get off my lawn post but here it comes anyway. Back when I was young (1960's) there were fat kids but not nearly as many and some of those that were considered fat back then would not be considered so now. Our parents were bigger then the kids but not remarkably so. Most of this stark change in obesity rates has taken place in 1 generation. To me, that is the question that needs an answer. What has caused this dramatic change?

  13. Healthier for the livestock on Lab-Grown Meat Is In Your Future, and It May Be Healthier Than the Real Stuff (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Not sure about the rest of us though

  14. Chrome + IE Tab addon on Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer For Most Popular Desktop Browser (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    For the few sites that prefer IE, IE Tab completes the deal for me. Occasionally use Firefox but it seems slow in comparison to Chrome. Win7 OS as basis for my observations.

  15. BeautifulPeople, whew, on Over 1M BeautifulPeople Dating Site User Details Leak Online (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    finally a data breach I don't need to be concerned I am included in.

  16. Re:A battery that never needs to be thrown... on Researchers Accidentally Make Batteries That Could Last A Lifetime (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My thought as well. We won't see this in our devices any time soon unless it comes from Elon Musk via Tesla.

  17. Rule of law on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 2

    Norway style. It's that simple really.

  18. Year of Linux on the Desktop (tm) on Head of Oracle Linux Moves To Microsoft (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Finally.

  19. college dropouts? on At 40, There's Never Been a Tech Company Quite Like Apple (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That term has always been meaningless when it comes to entrepreneurs. What could they possibly learn from academia? They have the idea, they have the motivation.

  20. Understood - but how level the playing field is seems to always be the question with NPR. Insert competition and complaint du jour but the issue pervades.

  21. Decline public money on Slashdot Asks: Should NPR Stop Promoting Its Own Podcasts and NPR One App On Air? (boingboing.net) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    problem solved. It's been a constant criticism. I enjoy what NPR offers but understand the dichotomy for lack of a better word.

  22. Red Hat/DoD/MITRE - I see the relationship on One Solution to MITRE's Overworked CVE System: Build a New One (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    The US Dept of Defense (DoD) is a Red Hat customer and required to react to IAVA's/CVE's. MITRE provides system engineering support for the USAF among other branches so it seems like a good working relationship to me. Red Hat has been supportive of the IAVA/CVE patch process and working to better the system is a win-win in my opinion.

  23. Kipling I'm not on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 2

    "President lamented that his daughters hadn't taken to coding the way he'd like"

    It's that way for many things. I never took to writing a great novel either although I took English, writing and literature most of my school years.

  24. Legimate use of a drone on Australia Deploys Shark-Spotting Drones To Keep Watch Over Beachgoers (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    There has been some use of drones by a local water rescue team for a secluded beach area on the east coast of the US. It's a matter of cost and effectiveness. The coast is not protected by a standard lifeguard service so having these eyes in the sky gives the mobile water rescue teams the ability to cover large areas via ATV's.

  25. State supported, or is it state sponsored, institutions I suppose is the leverage the feds have.