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  1. Re:Version Control = Good on Developer Accidentally Deletes Three-Month of Work With Visual Studio Code (bingj.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He was from I understand trying out a revision control system that was pretty buggy.

    In general I have found out that source control systems related to the Microsoft environment are tricky. They used to have something called Source Safe, it was fine until the repository disk was full, then you lost everything.

  2. Re:Container ships are amazing vessels... on How Hackers Are Targeting the Shipping Industry (bbc.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Virus? on How Hackers Are Targeting the Shipping Industry (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It really doesn't matter and it still highlights that segmenting your network is a good idea.

    Different parts of the business shall be isolated from each other and avoid central servers. Using well-defined interfaces between the different business areas and closing all the traffic between the segments from all non-essential traffic is also important.

  4. Re:it's gotten ridiculous on Toyota Patents Cloaking Device To Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference between a Chinese cheap camera/monitor and a manufacturer vehicle integrated one is that the manufacturer has to take responsibility for failures and the consequences of a failure and they have to incorporate that into the price. For the Chinese camera you just scrap and get a new one if it fails and if no accident happens then it's no big deal. If an accident happens you as a driver is responsible.

  5. Re:it's gotten ridiculous on Toyota Patents Cloaking Device To Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent (thedrive.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The reason is that the A-pillar has to be stronger today to cope with crash test requirements. The more sloping windscreens initiated by the hunt for lower aerodynamic drag also contributes to put the A-pillar closer to your eyes.

    At the same time many vehicle manufacturers now work on replacing the exterior mirrors with cameras. It's not necessarily a good thing from all perspectives though as it's one more thing that can fail and something that makes the vehicles even more expensive.

  6. Re:We can already see the future on 'See the Future Firefox Right Now' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    However you can't decide which sites that are permitted to only session cookies and which sites that you trust more.

  7. Re:We can already see the future on 'See the Future Firefox Right Now' (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Firefox had it but dumped it some years ago and the resolution was to use plugins to do the same job.

  8. Re: Negative agreements aren't legal in some place on Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    It has gone downhill since the 70's.

    And it started with the end of the Apollo program.

  9. Re: Negative agreements aren't legal in some place on Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    Kafka was an optimist. Things are worse than what's depicted in a Kafka novel. Douglas Adams came closer to reality combined with a huge dose of absurdity and irony.

  10. Negative agreements aren't legal in some places. on Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals (boingboing.net) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The habit of having a "negative agreement" where you have to check a box and send back if you don't want a service is not legal in some areas.

  11. Re:We can already see the future on 'See the Future Firefox Right Now' (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    And they have killed off a bunch of useful plugins by changing the API as well, so now I have transited to Pale Moon. Even though some plugins aren't supported there most of the essential are - or there are replacements.

    And in Pale Moon you still have the ability to block third-party cookies without having to resort to a plugin.

  12. Re:California vs. Arizona on Silicon Valley Billionaire Fails To Prevent Access To Public Beach (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No trespassing on public land would make sense if there's a high risk of sinkholes or other unsafe things. But then it's good to supplement the sign with information about why.

  13. Re:They're liberal when it suits them on Silicon Valley Billionaire Fails To Prevent Access To Public Beach (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Similar here in Sweden, up to 300m from the shoreline is public land.

  14. Re:platoon formation on Tesla Looking To Start Testing Autonomous Semi In 'Platoon' Formation (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    And Tesla aren't first on this anyway, Volvo have been working on this for a long time.

  15. Re:dumb machines on You Can Trick Self-Driving Cars By Defacing Street Signs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on where and how large the coverage is. There's one case already in Moscow.

  16. Re:Countermeasures on Cyber Threats Prompt Return of Radio For Ship Navigation (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell those who died on the Fitzgerald recently this.

  17. And time to light up them lighthouses again.

  18. Re:dumb machines on You Can Trick Self-Driving Cars By Defacing Street Signs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So if you cause interference to the GPS system and repaint a few signs and lines then you can cause one heck of a confusion.

  19. Re:dumb machines on You Can Trick Self-Driving Cars By Defacing Street Signs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    A human can often figure out when a sign is out of place and either ignore the faulty sign or even figure out the correct sign that should have been in place.

  20. Re:Firefox may not survive WebExtensions. on Firefox 55 Arrives With WebVR on Windows, Performance Panel, and Click-to-Play Flash (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be more interesting to see the figures in a few weeks.

  21. Re:Firefox may not survive WebExtensions. on Firefox 55 Arrives With WebVR on Windows, Performance Panel, and Click-to-Play Flash (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Now I went for Pale Moon, and suddenly I'm back to the browser experience I'm used to since a long time - with the plugins working.

  22. Re:Firefox may not survive WebExtensions. on Firefox 55 Arrives With WebVR on Windows, Performance Panel, and Click-to-Play Flash (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    On the contrary - ripping out the base for extensions that are very useful now pushes me to consider the Pale Moon browser.

  23. One good add-on that no longer works is the Self-destructing cookies add-on.

  24. Re:And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The backlash is coming, just look at the election of Trump which is the result of over-stressing the "minority" dogmas.

    Some men are assholes, it doesn't mean all men are, but every man is equally punished for what a few assholes do.

  25. Re: Social Bots Spreading Fake News on First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role In Spreading Fake News (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    So the Trump tweets are actually made by a bot. Would explain Trump - he's actually a bot. But so are most politicians.