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  1. Data Breach ? on Facebook Shareholders Force A Vote On Ousting Mark Zuckerberg (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cambridge Analytica wasn't a data breach.

    Every piece of data they gathered was allowed by the site rules

  2. Their system is really simple too on UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a clay pigeon shooting team with unlimited shells

  3. Corrosion problems on Forth Road Bridge in Scotlan on Engineering Experts Knew Italian Bridge Had Corrosion Problems Before It Collapsed, Report Says (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When they identified corrosion problems with the main cables on this bridge, they installed dehumidifiers for the cables. They also built a replacement bridge and now use the older bridge as a public transport route, a traffic level it can easily cope with. Perhaps this should have been done with this bridge too ?

  4. Re: Half the UK providers already advertise "fibre on Government Spells Out Plans For UK-Wide Full Fibre By 2033 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    My line is fibre. They moved the connection 60 feet from the exchange to a cabinet and told me I had fibre broadband. They didn't bother to do anything about the 3 miles of garbage copper between the cabinet and the house but they've ticked their box and I have fibre broadband

  5. Pretty normal practice by Microsoft on Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Their own open source hosting site at Codeplex didn't pull in the numbers so they shuttered it.

    Now they've decided they need something in that area they just go out and try to buy the market...

  6. Re: Great on Gamers Behind Fatal 'SWAT' Call Now Face Life In Prison (wlwt.com) · · Score: 1

    There;s your problem right there.

    Cops are civilians whether they are on duty or off duty.

  7. There's a thing called the rehabilitation of offenders act.

    It details things like how long you must declare convictions to employers.

    The same time period should be used to determine if a newspaper article should be indexed online

  8. Re: OS updates on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Pixel 2 XL is a decent phone. All the whining about the display in reviews isn't a problem in day to day use

  9. Interesting notion on Trump's New Infrastructure Plan Calls For Selling Off Two Airports (politico.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I presume he already has a couple of friends lined up to buy them ?

  10. Got one today. Came with a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter and a USB-C to ordinary USB adapter for connecting sticks in the box. Not seeing what the problem is here ?

  11. Slow to post on Rupert Murdoch Pushes Facebook To Pay For News To Guarantee Quality (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I was laughing so much at the idea of Murdoch and quality news being in the same sentence that I passed out...

  12. You have to pay for all that military spending somehow. Did you think the money grew on trees? It comes from taxes and deficit spending.

  13. Re: misclassified contractors should not be on the on 80% of UK Government IT Projects Suffer Delays Due To Tax Clampdown (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "Right now if you're a contractor working in the public sector through a PSC you have the worst of both worlds; you don't get holiday or sick pay, pension, or other benefits but you *do* have to pay income tax and NI at permie rates."

    Well, you see, your Personal Service Company is your employer, it's up to them to provide benefits as part of the remuneration package you agree with them.

    If you arrange a legal fiction to get around paying self employed tax and NI you should at least be competent at it

  14. Re: As a UK IT pro on A Quarter of IT Pros Find Their Job Very Stressful (itproportal.com) · · Score: 1

    Fell into it myself. Used to be an accountant now I'm part of an IT department supporting specialised hardware and software all over the world for a French based multinational company.

  15. As a UK IT pro on A Quarter of IT Pros Find Their Job Very Stressful (itproportal.com) · · Score: 1

    I do my job without needing a degree. Ability is more important than a bit of paper

  16. Not a PM Candidate on British PM Candidate Promises Social Media Crackdown (politico.eu) · · Score: 4, Informative

    We don't directly elect our Prime Minister so Theresa May isn't a PM candidate. Wish people would get this right

  17. Re: Totally. on Hacker Leaks Michelle Obama's Passport (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    Britain, France, the actual natives that were there before the European invasion.

  18. Isn't this already settled law on 21st Century Fox Sues Netflix Over Executive Poaching (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    From back when Microsoft hired pretty much the whole of Borlands programming tools staff ?

  19. Probably the usual Microsoft implementation on Microsoft Is Bringing WebVR To Microsoft Edge On Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    A few years late and slightly incompatible with everyone elses

  20. Re: It was a terrible deal for Britain anyway on China To UK: 'Golden' Ties At Crucial Juncture Over Nuclear Delay (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, yes, if it wasn't for the fact the plant will be owned and operated by EDF. The French state owned power company. Not seeing a private sector there

  21. The first hit is free....

  22. Re: Get ready for the patent trolls in on Yahoo Preps Auction For 3,000 Patents Worth $1 Billion (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, 1 billion worth of patents will suddenly generate hundreds of lawsuits lasting yeafs with claims of eleventy billion per suit.

  23. Re: updated bluray icon on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    What blu ray icon ?

  24. Nobody making money here on Department of Homeland Security Still Uses COBOL (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Someone could be making mega bucks to sell them a system that does the same thing.

    Of course it would be slower, lacking features, years late and way over budget, same as any other modern government software programme

  25. Wait chain on Slashdot Asks: Would You Pay For Android Updates? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    First you have to wait for a new version of Android. Then you have to wait for the manufacturer to integrate their special bells, whistles and bloatware. Then you have to wait for your carrier to add their branding and bloatware. It takes time to add all that bloatware