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  1. Re:Sign the petittion... on DOJ Will Not File Charges Against Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (politico.com) · · Score: 1
    You are right, that really is nothing fascist about that.

    However, a government that doesn't apply it's laws equally, that lets politicians act outside the law, we that may be leaning toward fascism.

  2. Re:That's amazing! on Facebook Is Using Your Phone's Location To Suggest New Friends (fusion.net) · · Score: 2

    While technically true, how many of those accounts are abandoned? My daughter, for instance, has all but left Facebook for other social platforms. She still technically has an account, but mostly ignores it. Same for most of her social circle. Yes I know anecdote data, but there have been a number of reports the last few years of some people drifting away from Facebook.

  3. Re:Why would I want 2 step on Google Is Finally Making Two-Step Verification Less Annoying (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Alternatively a usb token like this $6 one I use would provide a secure second factor.

  4. It isn't a federal thing. A few states (7) within the united states passed laws that did this.

  5. Re:Where can I find a UNIX-like Linux distro?! on Adios Apt and Yum? Ubuntu's Snap Apps Are Coming To Distros Everywhere (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Slackware current has updates a recent as today, how exactly is a still actively maintained distro a relic? Or are you referring to their website which hasn't been updated in ages?

  6. Re:Technology can't stop these on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Australia enacted gun control in 1996 and bought back guns to reduce the number in ciculation. Their murder has been dropping ever since.

    “In this paper, we re-analyze the same data on firearm deaths used in previous research, using tests for unknown structural breaks as a means to identifying impacts of the National Firearms Agreement. The results of these tests suggest that the NFA did not have any large effects on reducing firearm homicide or suicide rates.

    And a second report concluded that while the mandatory program did reduce the rate of “accidental” firearm deaths, it had no influence on firearm homicide in Australia and it also did not end mass shootings.

    In 2002 two people were killed and five were injured in a shooting at Melbourne’s Monash University. In 2011 three people were killed and three were wounded in the Hectorville siege. In 2014, three people (including the gunman) were killed and four were injured in a Sydney hostage crisis.

    http://truthinmedia.com/realit...

  7. So do we finally get the Global Link... on Samsung To Launch Smartphones With Bendable Screens in 2017, Reports Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    ... from Earth Final Conflict? Always wanted one of those.

  8. And this is why it isn't http://www.theantitrustattorne...

    tl:dr bundling is not the same as tying

  9. Did you not notice that the link was to The Onion?

  10. Re:Useless on WhatsApp Now Has a Desktop App, Available on Windows, OS X · · Score: 1

    Again just guessing, since they already have millions of users on mobile devices making the mobile device the master was the "low hanging fruit". Seems like a future enhancement could be to add making the computer be the master device. Or adding a secure synchronization between multiple devices owned by the same account.

  11. Re:Useless on WhatsApp Now Has a Desktop App, Available on Windows, OS X · · Score: 1

    If I had to guess, to use the same encryption keys and keychain as the app on your phone since your private key is not on whatsapp's servers. Otherwise there would have to be some, probably messy, way to transfer the keys and keep them in sync. While techies probably wouldn't have an issue, it would create friction for the muggle masses using the platform.

  12. Re:Tax Dodging is relative on Microsoft Hits $1 Trillion In Total Cumulative Revenue: Reports (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    Generally you would be better off taking a foreign tax credit than a foreign tax deduction. The tax credit reduces your US taxes dollar for dollar. In you Irish example if you paid $100 to Ireland you simply subtract that from the $350 you would have owed the US and now only owe $250. http://www.americanbar.org/gro...

  13. Re:Microsoft is dieing on Microsoft Hits $1 Trillion In Total Cumulative Revenue: Reports (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Remember when MS said windows would be for consumer PC's and OS/2 would be for professional use? Good times!

  14. eh? My next machine is likely going to be a System76 with Linux pre-installed. You can also get some models of Dell computers with Linux pre-installed.

  15. Re:Actually, the question **I** would like to know on GoPro Footage Gives You A Rocket's-Eye View Of Spaceflight (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    I kind of assumed the go-pro was mounted inside the rocket aimed through a quartz window towards a very small angled mirror, itself protected by a small faring, to see down the side of the ship. that way there would be minimal additional drag. At least that is how I would do it.

  16. Re:Federated authentication on Millions of Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Email Accounts Being Traded in Russian Underworld (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is why I don't ever use my google/yahoo/facespace/etc account to log into other websites!

  17. Glad I finally turned on 2-factor authentication for gmail, using a usb token.

  18. So your are roughly 20 times more likely to be killed by a medical professional than by a firearm.

  19. Re:Junkies, their handlers, and their dealers on Popular Dark Web Market Disappears, Users Migrate In Panic (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ...

    Then decriminalize drugs, but keep the "schedule" lists and charge for or refuse (one then the other, not your choice, the junkie's) help when they have medical issues resulting from their abuse of drugs. This is the stick.

    If you need psychiatric help to overcome depression, you get it for free. If you turn to "scheduled" drugs, you pay for the drugs AND are either required to pay for treatment (physical or emotional) or are free to go without help. Carrot. Stick. And it's cheaper to just provide the carrot than it is to build a bigger stick. The bigger stick hasn't worked, so it's time for the carrot.

    This is based on the idea that the addict can say no. More often than not, the addict simply can not say no. That is why they call it addiction.

  20. Re:Isn't that -more- expensive? on Americans Abandoning Wired Home Internet, Shows Study (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 0

    I think he means the ROI on paying to run a cable out to that one guy in the middle of no-where, apparently you in this case, and hoping he stays a customer long enough to recover the expense.

  21. Re:People still watch podcasts? on Google Play Music To Add Podcast Support on April 18, Says Report · · Score: 1

    I generally listen to audio only podcasts, and only while driving on my commute. The few times I watched a video podcast I cast it to the chromecast on my office TV.

  22. Re:facebook should stay out of it on Facebook Employees Ask Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try To Stop a Donald Trump Presidency (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought George Soros was the Anti-Koch brothers?

  23. Re:facebook should stay out of it on Facebook Employees Ask Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try To Stop a Donald Trump Presidency (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    And the New York Times is an ad delivery system, and ABC News is an ad delivery system, ...

  24. That is just saying you can't buy votes with something of value. which is not the only way to influence an election.

  25. I use Facebook to communicate with family (some) and very close friends (from real life). I don't get news from Facebook.