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  1. Re:What US Companies? on Huawei's Equipment Poses 'Significant' Security Risks, UK Says (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Why the rush to 5G? If security is that big of a concern, then wait it out. Don't rush to market just to roll out dubious hardware.

  2. Re:Think outside the box on Garfield Phones Beach Mystery Finally Solved After 35 Years (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They just need a shipping container of spilled plastic Odie dolls to compliment the cleanup.

  3. Re:No such luck on Warner Music Signs Record Deal With an Algorithm (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How do you program play it sadly with a glimmer of hope. Or happy with a sense of lost.

    You don't, and society will be conditioned to accept this "new normal".

    Generations from now, old music will be rediscovered and only then perhaps there's be another renaissance in discovering what it means to embrace the human element...again.

  4. Re:This should get fun.. on EU Set To Mandate Speed Limiters In All New Cars (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yes, the system would work on geo-fencing.

  5. Re:Solution looking for a problem? on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Color spectrum sucks with LED. In fact, LED wants to be more coherent light, so it takes effort to widen the spectrum. In that regard, halogens are superior. The problem with them is their energy usage.

  6. Whatever happened to John Carmack? Didn't he get enslaved by Facebook?

  7. Re:ASUS doesn't use a HSM for their signing? on Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates To Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    You *assume* they gave a fuck in the first place. No fucks given.

  8. Re:I don't think its the game guys... on Cities In India Ban 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Over Fears It Turns Children Into 'Psychopaths' (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    The more modern leanings on that subject are psychopaths are born not made, born with genetic cerebral defects, that are sufficient in nature to define them as a parasitic sub-species, they preys upon human society rather that contributing to it cooperatively. Sociopaths are made as a result of abuse, most often by psychopaths.

    THIS!

    Ever wonder about the myths of Vampires and Werewolves? The bite of a vampire (psychopath) will turn its victim into a sociopath all while draining it dry of energy only to be expended as a used husk. Or, a useful minion during the last discard phase known as the "path". It's pure evil. For those that don't turn, they either escaped or endured long enough to go "berserk"; they turn werewolf via temporary insanity. Werewolves might be an evolutionary adaptation against the vampires.

    So what can YOU do about being under the influence of a psychopath?! If early, leave ASAP. Keep your distance and remain silent. Go stealth. If too late, the alternative is to make your blood/energy tainted. Sour the experience for the psychopath. Make it worth so much of an annoyance and too much trouble that they leave you. Remember, you can't leave a psychopath - they won't let you be in control of that decision. Many will hunt you with arousal to the ends of the Earth. Again, you must make it a giant PITA to the point where the psychopath gives up. Wear garlic my friend :) Be that Jovian cock!!

  9. Sharepoint is a project that makes jobs. It's analogous to base-line budgeting in government finances whereas in IT, it consumes more resources to the point you get an entire IT sub-division of a Sharepoint department.

    It's beast, slay it while you still can!

  10. Democrats don't want a Fairtax, they want VAT! Actually, what the really want is Communism!. I swear to God and on my mothers gave and everything that is holy. The end-game with the left is communism. And sooner or later, you fucking retards are going to have to face it head-on.

  11. Re:is it really easier to set up operations on US Companies Are Moving Tech Jobs To Canada Rather Than Deal With Trump's Immigration Policies, Report Says (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Depends. Are these companies in high tax states such as California or New York? Then the answer is YES!. Texas?? not so much.

  12. It's purely a marketing move. I can see the advertisements now.

    "Windows so secure, we're porting over protection to OSX so that users of MS Office can also benefit from Microsoft technology"...or some such.

  13. Unborn.

    Two types of people in this world - those that wish to control the lives of others (including denying it), and those that don't.

  14. If you're truly paranoid - zero out the drives first, then take the platters apart and use sandpaper on them (both sides of each platter).

    Of course, there are many industrial ways to destroy HDDs, but the sandpaper method is the easiest and frankly, safest way of making abso-fucking-lutely sure that data will never be recovered.

  15. Re:Of all science, nutritional research is the wor on Three or More Eggs a Week Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease and Early Death, Study Says (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Genetics plays a role. But from what I've read, the biggest factor is gut flora and bacterial infection; often from bad oral hygiene (gingivitis). Meaning plaques build up in the brain and ostensibly the cardiovascular system as well.

    https://www.health.harvard.edu...

  16. Re: Recycling is a dead end on As Costs Skyrocket, More US Cities Stop Recycling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The solution is to automate trash sorting with AI and robotics.

    Humans don't do this well. And with the usage of advanced sensors, the kind of AI being discussed here would be on the level of human intelligence. And that brings up an entirely other economic dynamic for all facets of human civilization. Hint: economic deflationary forces (slave machines don't demand a living wage)

    The solution is to just burn it and reclaim as much energy as possible.

  17. Re: Recycling is a dead end on As Costs Skyrocket, More US Cities Stop Recycling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Say...whaaaat??!! Let me understand this correctly. Are you saying that smelting ORE is CHEAPER than melting down scrap aluminum? There must be some economic dynamics here that has nothing to do with energy savings.

  18. Re: Recycling is a dead end on As Costs Skyrocket, More US Cities Stop Recycling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Modern dishwashers use about equal or less water than washing them by hand. The savings scale with the load. The more dishes you have, the greater the water savings with with a dishwasher.

    Bonus points if the electricity is from renewable resources (solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, nuclear)

  19. Re:Probably a tab hoarder. on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    She's a women, the type that in fact has a small but noticeable hoarder complex. She's also a task-master that can multitask like no other human.

    I'm convinced that I married an alien, and that she uses my puny computer just to mock how our technology is inferior.

  20. Re: 32GB useful for dev on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Shamefully, it's Windows 10. And Windows is the worst OS to be using for security. But, it does have AV (BitDefender), and surprisingly works well. The majority of RAM is consumed by the browser processes. It's not uncommon for me to use the computer only to find it slow with the HDD very active from paging out to disk; and that's with an SSD. Sure enough, about 98% of the memory is used per Task Manager. The good news about Windows 10 is that it will use RAM compression before it pages out. So for there to be any HDD activity means tasks ought to be closed ASAP to free up resources.

    Between the processes and tabs, I'd say on average about 200 web pages open. Insanity, I know! But that's how it goes.

    I really need to get her moved over to Brave like I use. It blocks ads really well which should in theory reduce RAM and CPU usage in addition to being more secure (because it's the Ad servers that get hacked and serve drive-by-malware).

  21. Office 365 ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) in concert with DKIM and DMARC cut back on the amount out phishing and malware linkage substantially. I'd say well over 95% detection if I had to make a guess. Might be closer to 99% actually.

    It still doesn't negate the need for proper employee education, but having good tools helps as well.

  22. Re: 32GB useful for dev on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I get the humorous innuendo jokes. But seriously; she's performing eCommerce work, researching for home-schooling, development, and other stuff. A stay-at-home mom that's also internet savvy is the stuff of PC nightmares.

    I originally built that machine for myself about 5 years go purely for high-end gaming. Life priorities change, and my wife effectively owns that computer for her own. It's ok, I don't have time for gaming anymore, and what computing I do is at work or on a laptop.

    I'm being dead serious when I say that the amount of web browsing activity has pushed that computers CPU and RAM harder than gaming. The only component that got a major workout from gaming in fact was really the Video Card (GPU).

    If I'm going to replace the PC, it's going to get 32....maybe 64GB of RAM.

  23. Re:You can upgrade the RAM yourself, but expensive on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    AIO designs are a crime against humanity. You can't clean dust from them easily or at all. Upgrades a giant PITA even for the most experienced DIYer. And you're paying for the proprietary design layout.

    If you're going to be spending that much money, build a PC and run Linux if you must. But holy shit, I'd rather see you donate your money to a non-profit cause than to Apple's pocket book.

  24. Re:32GB useful for dev on The Most Powerful iMac Pro Now Costs $15,927 (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most RAM these days is used by the web browser; specifically if you've got multiple windows and tabs open at the same time. Games by contrast, can get away easily with 8GB. Ditto for most CAD files.

    I have a wife that does a lot of research online. Trust me, 16GB isn't enough regardless of being Firefox or Chrome.

    Fucking browser bloat!!!!

  25. Personally (and as others have stated before me), I believe the data loss to be intentional; to reduce liability for illicit copyright infringing content as well as reduce cost in infrastructure support.

    As for the loss of all that human progress: well, it's often said that the best lessons learned are from the mistakes we've made. So, not a total loss; and there's still plenty of time to (re)create.