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  1. Part of the recent lay-offs? on Tesla Is a 'Hotbed For Racist Behavior,' Worker Claims In Lawsuit (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    With the massive lay-offs at Tesla recently I have to wonder, was this man simply layed off because of poor performance and trying to get money some other way now?

    I'm not saying Tesla isn't racist, I have no clue what goes on in the company but it seems that he's been happy to work at the "racist" company until he got fired.

  2. Re:So, they've reached the end of the alphabet on Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' Final Beta Now Available For Download (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    I assumed it was base64, in which case we still have quite a few characters to go. Perhaps less if we don't consider case, but still :)

  3. Re: Gotta say on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 1

    Translators only translate languages, not culture. Wars are still likely

  4. Of course you can drive stoned. It will impair your reaction time a bit, but to be fair... It's probably still better than most older drivers can manage.

  5. Re: Sad on Samsung Permanently Discontinues Galaxy Note 7 (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    As far as I know all exploded notes were caused by using cheap and broken usb cables so I'm not sure that point is valid.

  6. So just takes the worst measurement you can find? on Amazon Makes It Almost Impossible To Calculate Their "Virtual CPU" Equivalent (informationweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Imho there is only 1 valid measurement for cloud solutions, how much will certain performance cost you. And you can only really find out by testing it for _your_ specific goal. Some apps require more cpu, others more disk, others more ram... there's no single number to indicate your price/performance index.

  7. Re:Two ideas on Google Research Leads To Automated Real-Time Pedestrian Detection · · Score: 2

    Well, the question here is. Given that 26.2% at 15 fps, does that make the probability of a detection within a second (1-.262)^15 = .010491689? So less than one percent?

    Or is it far larger because the results are not actually independent?

  8. Why not set a limit to total weight? on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 2

    I've never really understood the stupid luggage limits, I'm a fairly light guy so why do I have to pay more for a few kilos of extra luggage while the person next to me weighs 30 kilos more? It's never really been about the weight but just about adding costs... and this should have happened a long time ago ;)

  9. It all depends on the workload... on New PCIe SSDs Load Games, Apps As Fast As Old SATA Drives · · Score: 1

    Different SSD, different target...

    What would you expect? Loading games and applications is mostly about reading a large block as data as fast as possible and your CPU processing it. The CPU is the larger limit if not the actual transfer speed. Random IO (where these are much faster) is not that big of an issue for most games.

  10. Re:physical access on Why Screen Lockers On X11 Cannot Be Secure · · Score: 1

    Actually... I've had the kde screensaver crash on me at some point which effectively unlocked my machine.

    Also, I've seen notifications come through the lock which allowed you to task-switch out of the lock. I believe I once had this on OS X lion as well, although it could have been an earlier version.

  11. Re: Bullshit on At Oxford, a Battery That's Lasted 175 Years -- So Far · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Even without the power a bayonet will do that to you

  12. Re:Strange on How Silicon Valley Helped the NSA · · Score: 1

    No, I don't think we should give up. I am just trying to point out that making people aware of this has more effect than refusing to use these services.

    People are not aware that this happens and/or is possible.

  13. Re:Strange on How Silicon Valley Helped the NSA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even besides that. It doesn't matter if you're ok or not. Even if you don't share your information, if one of your friends has your information on a phone and shares this with facebook it will still be shared...

    Regardless of whether you've ever consented to share it with facebook or anything else.

  14. Re:Ok, so they know when you want another drink... on Robotic Bartender Programmed To Recognize When You Are Ready For a Drink · · Score: 1

    EXTERMINATE!

  15. Most definitely on Would You Let a Robot Stick You With a Needle? · · Score: 1

    Most of the times they screw up when tapping blood from me so I would have more faith in a robot

  16. Superior in some ways, not in others... on Ask Slashdot: Is Postgres On Par With Oracle? · · Score: 1

    Both Oracle and Postgres have some merits.

    Personally I would say, if you need more modern features/possibilities, go for Postgres.
    If you don't like to do things manually (materialized views for example), use Oracle.

  17. Heavy? on Google Street View Backpack Now Available To Volunteers · · Score: 1

    That thing looks like it's at least 20 kilo's, not a very comfortable hike I imagine. Cool that you can but I would imagine it needs a little bit of slimming down before you can conveniently take it with you.

  18. Jailbreak? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 0

    Maybe I'll consider taking a look at iOS 7 once the jailbreak is available. Till that time... no way. iOS might be slick and snappy but it's also damn unusable for the power user.

  19. Re:Basic html and css on Ad Exec: Learn To Code Or You're Dead To Me · · Score: 1

    I think you forgot about the twitter button

  20. Still has potential, but needs some work on $13 Txtr Beagle Ebook Reader To Sell For $69 · · Score: 1

    It could still be a great device if they'd simply fix the software

    The bluetooth transfer idea is quite useful assuming it's used in a smart way. Having a screen where you can see your latest mails, messages, stock info, etc... all the time even in the bright sun could be useful.

    Especially if it works for a much longer time than your phone will. I still see potential, but I have a lot of doubt that they'll use it.

  21. Re:There is nothing special about programming on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I agree. Everyone can learn to write basic programs. That isn't to say that everyone can become a good programmer.

  22. Re:CRC on Ask Slashdot: How Do I De-Dupe a System With 4.2 Million Files? · · Score: 1

    100 byte chunks would work just as well, but with a smart raid card and 2GB raid cache the difference in execution time is fairly low actually. When creating this I did try 1k blocks first and it didn't have any noticable (i.e. wall clock) slowdowns in the long run and did give me a few false positives.

    YMMV though, for my use case this was useful. For you that might be different

  23. Re:CRC on Ask Slashdot: How Do I De-Dupe a System With 4.2 Million Files? · · Score: 2

    Indeed, I once created a dedup script which basically did that.

    1. compare the file sizes
    2. compare the first 1MB of the file
    3. compare the last 1MB of the file
    4. compare the middle 1MB in the file

    It's not a 100% foolproof solution but it was more than enough for my use case at that time and much faster than getting checksums.

  24. Re:I think... on Google Building Privacy Red Team · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately Ghostery and/or Adblock are not always an option.

    My bank (ABN-AMRO) has recently updated their website and with that added Omniture tracking to all pages. If you use Ghostery (as I do) the site just stops functioning entirely and the entire Internet banking system doesn't work anymore.

    So unless I permit Omniture to see everything what I am doing and effectively giving them access to my bank account including transferring money to other accounts... I cannot access my Internet banking system anymore.

    BIG FAIL from the ABN-AMRO in my book. If you're going to use tracking/analytics software like this, make sure your website keeps working if it's not available...

  25. Re:iTunes is great on Google To Start Punishing Pirate Sites In Search Results · · Score: 1

    And is not available in all countries.

    I'd probably get series through Netflix (iTunes is really garbage, even on OS X) if I was in the US, but I'm not so I have to make do with alternatives...