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  1. Re:1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual. on Prosecution of UK News Photographer Collapses After Recording Disproves Police Testimony (wordpress.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Does anyone here know if English law works that way?

    This is one of those times it is important to distinguish between Britain, England and, in this case Scotland.

    This happened in Scotland and Scotland has a different legal system. You need to ask if Scottish law works that way.

  2. Read my post again. Note carefully the part of the article that I quoted.

  3. Even more bizarre, Holmes was ripping off rich people. That usually has serious consequences.

    However, perhaps in this case, what happened was that she took money from VCs, who only expect something like 1 in 10 investments to pay off. So, really, it was business as normal for the VCs.

  4. Nonetheless, Kromtech researchers warn that some of these images also contained backdoor-like capabilities thanks to the embedded reverse shells.

    This means that even if victims stopped using or removed the malicious Docker images, the attacker could have very easily obtained persistence on their systems through other means, possibly granting them access to the system at a later time.

    So you are saying that when the image is run under Docker, it can write to the host filesystem, open ports, etc.. Isn't it sandboxed?

    I am not sure how one can claim to care about security without a secure sandbox.

  5. Re:TomTom ... on Apple Maps Was Down For All Users Earlier Today (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    So you haven't worked out how to download offline maps on your phone?

    My phone does this automatically for the area around my home and work.

  6. Re:I keep pointing out that Uber could fix this. on A British Plumber May Show Uber the Future of Employment (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If your work in the UK, you're subject to UK employment laws which means if you act in a manner equivalent to an employee then you are one as far as the government and especially the inland revenue care.

    But, in the UK, the employer is solely responsible for the employer's part of National Insurance. The UK has no way to force an offshore employer to pay NI for an employee. Hence you *may* be able to avoid half your NI contributions.

    However, most people doing this simply take a small salary, which is below the NI threshold, and the rest of their income is received as dividends.

  7. Re:Thought this would take a different turn on A British Plumber May Show Uber the Future of Employment (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    British plumbers are notorious for high prices and bum cleavage.

    High prices? You obviously haven't employed a plumber in California.

    As for the bum cleavage: to each his (or her) own.

  8. Re:Yes, The World Is Returning To Normal on Antarctica Is Melting Three Times As Fast As a Decade Ago (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but on the other hand, by the time all this happens, I'll be WELL into my "dirt nap"...and well, I don't really care that much, nor am I frightened of it.....

    The classic /. poster: never reproduced! No kids to worry about.

  9. Re:When the sun is out. on Solar Has Overtaken Gas, Wind As Biggest Source of New US Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, energy use may increase at night.

    Electricity usage is lower at night and during winter.

    Stop trying to push a strawman.

  10. Re:When the sun is out. on Solar Has Overtaken Gas, Wind As Biggest Source of New US Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You are correct, but I don't think anyone is suggesting that solar or wind can replace other energy sources for residential heating.

    As for lighting: just use LED bulbs. The energy use for lighting becomes insignificant.

  11. Re:When the sun is out. on Solar Has Overtaken Gas, Wind As Biggest Source of New US Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In winter when its dark and everyone returns from their job and wants to internet, TV, to warm up, cook, read? Then its back to the grid and the sun is not out.

    But they don't turn the A/C on.

    In most of the USA, electricity demand is higher in summer, when there is more sunlight.

  12. Re:Conservatives on Solar Has Overtaken Gas, Wind As Biggest Source of New US Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Conservatives are supposed to be pro-business

    Conservatives may have been pro-business at one time. For many years now, conservatives have been pro-incumbent-business.

  13. Licensing cost? on It's 2018 and USB Type-C Is Still a Mess (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this whole mess ultimately due to companies trying to charge too much for licenses to their proprietary charging technology?

  14. Re:North and South combining is a massive victory on In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And how the fuck have we gotten to the point where somebody like you, who seem nominally literate, will fawn over somebody being a sociopath - strong or otherwise?

    It's quite simple: because Trump normalized overt racism and misogyny. As long as he keeps the racists and misogynists happy, they will keep voting for him.

  15. Bloomberg? Why? on Bloomberg's Inside Look At Tesla's Model 3 Factory (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Bloomberg has published a slew of negative stories about Tesla, so why give them an exclusive like this? Is it some attempt to get Bloomberg to change its obvious stance?

    To support my assertion of Bloomberg's negative stance, I point readers to Bloomberg's Model 3 tracker, which has been and remains consistently low in its estimates, without acknowledging that its model is producing wrong numbers. Musk announced that Tesla is producing 3500 cars per week, while Bloomberg's estimate is 2560.

  16. Re:Now we know. on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    even with tracked arrays, you can collect for a maximum of around 8 hours a day with any efficiency, so you will need 3.5Kw of solar source over your 8 hours.
    Doesnt sound too bad does it? not figure in practical Solar load factor, around 20%, so you need 17.5 Kw of solar cells.

    You applied the capacity factor twice.

    Your estimate of required charge is greater than I actually use. Instead, try this:
    Total annual mileage (in two cars): 20,000
    kWh/mile: .25 (generous, it's probably less).
    Total annual charge in kWh: 5,000

    My 5.25kW array produces about 8,000 kWh/year.

  17. Re:Now we know. on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Like I keep trying to explain to people: Electric vehicles aren't cheap to operate because they're more energy efficient. They use nearly as much energy as ICE vehicles. They're just cheaper to operate because the coal and natural gas used to generate electricity are roughly an order of magnitude cheaper per MJ than gasoline. If you want to reduce CO2 emissions, buying an EV presently doesn't help. When you replace an ICE vehicleswith an EV without changing the makeup of your electricity sources, all you've done is shift your CO2 emissions from the car's tailpipe to a fossil fuel power plant's smokestack. That's why the claim that EVs are "zero emissions" is BS at present. You need to replace fossil fuel power plants with nuclear and renewable plants to cause a reduction in CO2 emissions.

    BULLSHIT!!!

    https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-r...

    Electric vehicles are far more efficient than ICE vehicles. eMPG figures for electric vehicles are typically well over 100. This represents how far an electric vehicle can travel on the same amount of energy that is in one gallon of gasoline.

  18. Re:Alternative fuels? on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the hope is that if fuels can be made solely from the air then we won't need to refine fossil fuels anymore.

    But doesn't it take energy to create the fuel from the atmospheric CO2? Where does that energy come from?

  19. Re:Now we know. on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    It is YOU, not "them".

    It may be *you*, but with 2 electric vehicles and solar panels to power them, it isn't me.

    Some of us have invested our cash to reduce our CO2 footprint. Some of us have put our money where our mouths are.

  20. Re:I hope so. Net neutrality isn't. on Net Neutrality Will Be Repealed Monday Unless Congress Takes Action (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The only way your reading is correct is if you discount some of what it says because it is "slanted".

    Try this one:
    https://www.cbtnews.com/why-th...

    What was intended to be a relief for the auto industry is proving to be a burden, with manufacturers choosing to continue to adhere to the higher standard for all vehicles rather than follow divergent product development strategies for 2 different standards.

  21. Re:I hope so. Net neutrality isn't. on Net Neutrality Will Be Repealed Monday Unless Congress Takes Action (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...

    Mostly False, sucker.

    The laws do not render it illegal for Californians to do laundry and take showers on the same day.

    I may have been wrong, perhaps, you don't get your "facts" from Fox news, instead, it's Zero Hedge.

  22. Re:I hope so. Net neutrality isn't. on Net Neutrality Will Be Repealed Monday Unless Congress Takes Action (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But if that is so great, why can't people in CA shower and wash clothes at the same time?

    You really are a sucker for misinformation, aren't you.

    I would add you to my foes list, because your posts are clearly devoid of facts, but unfortunately /. only allows 200 friends and foes and my foes list is already full of people who have drink the Fox news/Breitbart cool-aid.

  23. Re:I hope so. Net neutrality isn't. on Net Neutrality Will Be Repealed Monday Unless Congress Takes Action (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    The car industry is FIGHTING the government's capriciousness.

    Where do you get your "facts" from? Fox news?

    https://www.autoblog.com/2018/...

  24. Re:Congress should pass comprehensive net neutrali on Net Neutrality Will Be Repealed Monday Unless Congress Takes Action (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Note that one good thing about Trump as President is that it MIGHT make Congress stop abdicating its responsibilities to the Executive Branch.

    I think that the majority party have show themselves to be completely craven towards Trump. They are not going to rein in Trump and his administration unless a revelation (perhaps from Mueller) forces their hands.

  25. Re:Even better on Microsoft Sinks Data Centre Off Orkney To Test Energy Efficiency (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    the point of this project isn't to cool a datacenter using the ocean as a heat sink. It's to build a self-contained datacenter which can be customized to order, is easily shipped (fits on the back of a truck), then deployed at the bottom of the ocean where it operates for years without human intervention.

    So why put it at the bottom of the ocean? Why not in a container near the ocean? In most of the places where this will be deployed, land is cheap. The Microsoft document you point to isn't very clear on the advantages, but it does include this:
    "The world's oceans at depth are consistently cold, offering ready and free access to cooling, which is one of the biggest costs for land-based datacenters."
    It does also mention the idea of co-locating with a turbine, but I think the statement above suggests that energy efficiency is one of the primary goals.