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  1. Re: Malignant narcissist upset, news at 11. on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I reserve the right to refer to anyone as anything, that is why this country is so great. You on the other hand seem to suffer greatly at the thought of my exercising my right to an opinion other than yours or to free speech. I do feel sad for you, it must be a grim world where everyone who doesn't echo your opinion is an enemy...

  2. Re:Malignant narcissist upset, news at 11. on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    A sad medical condition, that will hopefully be treatable now or in the near future. I do admit that at sometime in the future medical procedures may make even that classification impossible if a complete reproductive system can be created, and implanted or cloned/grown.

  3. It seems the business strategy of buying up and shutting down their competition while failing to produce a decent product themselves has not been successful.

  4. Re:Malignant narcissist upset, news at 11. on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    But she is a man. Unless 'her' plumbing is functional rather than added as decorations 'she' is transgender male, not a female. I fully support 'her' choice to appear on the outside as whatever makes 'her' comfortable but cosmetics do not make gender, on either side.

  5. Re:love the subtle anti-brexit push on Apple Increases App Store Prices By 25% Following Brexit Vote (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    England (GB) is an island nation so the cost of many things has always been higher, American fast foods amongst them. For example compare the price of a BigMac in Hawaii or Alaska. I spent several contract terms there in the early 90's and found that the average citizen spent a larger portion of their income on basics like housing and food then in the US, even at that time. What I find odd is the currency based on sterling silver is falling in relation to a soft backed currency based on 'confidence'. Seems like someone is gaming the system. But I am not an economist so what do I know...

  6. Facebook on Facebook To Stop Paying Publishers To Make Live Videos (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Signs the even FB is tired of the vapid crap that appears on social sites as video ?

  7. Ahh but I am part of the 1%, not the 1% upper income, but the 1% who understands the implications of the lack of security and privacy. I'd assume you are as well, just by your presence on a place like /.

  8. You have a point but if I was going into/in politics I might want a private firm that was perhaps bound to not share any info or quietly private to do it for me, but I would sure as hell have someone do it for me.

  9. You would think that the first thing you would do after accepting the job as cyber security poster child would be to run out and make sure your shit was secure. Being a political appointee I would not expect Rudy J to do it himself, but at least hire someone competent to do a review for you.

  10. Re:it's the real thing on eBay To Combat Counterfeiters With Professional Authenticators That Inspect High-End Goods · · Score: 1

    No, because unless there is an ear drum to interpret the pressure wave it is not a sound.

    Does this mean I can now sue eBay for allowing fake goods to be sold ? Once they start vetting some doesn't that imply a liability or responsibility to verify them all ?

  11. No, not sure whether, he or she was arrested or just escorted from the restroom by mall security. We did not stick around to find out, but the mall was Sun Valley in Concord California, and according the GF's recollection it occurred in the first week of December 2016.

  12. Very recently my GF was at a mall in NorCal and went to use the restroom. She came out afterwards and looked very odd so I asked her what was the matter, actually I said snarkily " Did everything come out alright" and she replied " No that there was a strange 'lady' in there staring at people" Apparently the 'Lady' was strange enough that several others felt so uncomfortable with that they reported her to security. It turns out the 'Lady' was a guy dressed up as a woman hanging out in the bathroom peeping at women using the rest room, so don't tell me there are no issues with so called gender identification cases.

  13. Not to be an apologist for a telecom company, in this case Verizon, but holy crap 500 GB is a lot of 4G/LTE data used in a month, even 200 GB on a single cell device is a lot of data. I personally can't imagine using that much data or spending that much time on a smart device. What uses would other /. residents find for that amount of data, unless it was your only access point, e.g. you had no wireless at home or were on the road as a full time mobile user ?

  14. Not horrible on Volkswagen Unveils 'ID Buzz' Electric Microbus Concept (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The thing is not horrible looking. I like the idea of dual motors, would be even more impressed with 4 motors, one directly hooked to each wheel, but they are getting there. As for the noise, I've always wanted to have a recording of an old steam train instead of a car sound anyways, or maybe even an mp3 of horse hooves from a stage coach. The range seems a bit short, but in reality for most cases recharge time is more important than actual range. YMMV of course...

  15. Document on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Deal With A 'Gaslighting' Colleague? · · Score: 1

    Document emails, circumstances and audio record anything and everything you do. If the job is worth the effort then you can endure a bit more and get enough to support yourself. I'd advise that if the 'guy' has been there that long you should just prepare quietly and move on to greener pastures. Sadly what so many don't realize is that you can do everything right and still lose.

  16. Echoes of time changes days gone by on CloudFlare Was Hit By Leap Second, Causing Its RRDNS Software To 'Panic' (silicon.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I always remember time changes as busy nights in support when I worked for a large bank. The spring forward was usually a breeze, just a matter of a lot of server verifications and log checks, but the fall back was usually a messy night. Much harder to deal with and resolve issues involving duplicate timed log entries and transaction logs. I don't really miss those days...

  17. I had the Yuma Sun coming in dead wood only because of the comics. Their digital subscription doesn't include the Sunday Comics or the mass of inserts you normally see on the Sunday paper and I missed them. I recently dropped the digital version when they began charging an additional fee to get both the printed and the digital version. It seemed odd but economically it was cheaper and fit my needs better to just get the dead wood version. I can only surmise that there was an additional licensing fee for the comics online, and that it was significant enough that the publishers felt they could not pass it on and maintain a low dollar cost point that people would continue to pay.

  18. What service can I use... on Music Streaming Hailed as Industry's Saviour as Labels Enjoy Profit Surge (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What service can I use to download to my stand-alone mp3 player ? I really don't care if they only play for a limited time, I just need a variety I can play while I am out fishing and have no network connection. I routinely stream at home or where I have Wi-Fi, but at the river I don't get cell phone service thus have no network access at all and buying CD's is getting harder to do.

  19. Better yet... on South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The state of South Carolina could hire an OSS programmer to design a filter/firewall that could be made available free of charge from the state web site to parents of children who feel the need to filter web sites. Simple to read and follow instructions could be provided and the cost could be borne by the state rather than passed on to those that don't give a shit...

  20. Cleaning the lines or the lack of is one of the worst things about taps. Using shared lines delivering different types of brews to the same tap would seem to compromise the taste of all the brews. Much the same way the coke free style delivery system makes your root beer taste like orange soda.

  21. Serious question ? on Apple Will Charge You $69 To Replace a Lost AirPod (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    Why do Airpods require an iCloud account for use ? Is there an actual technical reason or just because they can ?

    (1) Requires an iCloud account and macOS Sierra, iOS 10, or watchOS 3.

  22. Slashvertisment on Super Mario Run Is Now Available (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Does Slashdot get a cut for anyone foolish enough to want to play this crap who follows the direct link. This should appear as a brown paid advertisement, except that the editors were stupid enough to post it without even getting a cut.

  23. FBI and NSA on Newly Uncovered Site Suggests NSA Exploits For Direct Sale (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the FBI and the NSA are having a garage sale in order to raise funds for the next 4 years while they still can. Trump is going to have them operating on Fisher Price computers.

    https://www.bedbathandbeyond.c...

  24. Some races you don't want to win on Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Yahoo now reports one Brazillion accounts compromised. Someone needs to tell them that this isn't the race they want to win. Much like 'catching' a cold or 'taking' a piss, but I guess if you are losing by every other metric you find one you can excel at ? Bottom line is all of their accounts were hacked and STILL nothing of value was lost.

  25. Why ? on A Typo Led To Podesta's Email Hack, Says Report (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you use an email link to change your password anyways, given the possibility of a faked or hijacked domain ? You should obviously go to the source and perform admin functions though the official tools and channels provided by that source even if someone vetted the email for you.