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  1. Probably Not Good News on Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox and Wants Your Feedback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It sorta feels like when a big company pays millions to put their name on a stadium shortly before it becomes apparent that they really shouldn't have paid those millions.

  2. And Albert whatsisname was an immigrant, and he turned out to be a pretty good physicist.

  3. immigrants or foreigners? on Boston Globe Outs Secret TSA Tracking Program 'Quiet Skies' At Airports (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between "immigrants" and "foreigners".

  4. Re:Who cares on Shareholder Sues Facebook After Stock Plunge (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait till it goes the way of MySpace.

  5. Re:How about not blowing away work? on Windows 10 To Use Machine Learning in Latest Attempt To Make Reboots Less Annoying (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I (almost) always do a backup before I reboot my computer. But I have been on Linux since 1999. Thank $DEITY.

  6. Re:How about not blowing away work? on Windows 10 To Use Machine Learning in Latest Attempt To Make Reboots Less Annoying (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You're talking like it is your computer, rather than a ==> Microsoft <== computer.

  7. Also, Slashdot shouldn't post articles citing RT.com sources.

    No kidding.

  8. Re:Congratulations! on Fukushima's Nuclear Signature Found In California Wine (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    No kidding.

  9. Re:Further Evilication of Google on Project 'Fuchsia': Google is Quietly Working on a Successor To Android (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Some even say it will only allow network booting with caching on device, so really locked down.

    Well, that would sure make the buying decision very easy.

  10. The Heart of the Matter on Leaked Documents Show Facebook's 'Threshold' For Deleting Pages, Groups (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The reality is the average person on our planet is a fucking moron...

    This isn't a problem that can be fixed.

  11. Don't Like What We Do? on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Why doesn't Google/Alphabet say, "Fine. You don't like what we have to offe? We will shut it down for a week. The citizens of your various EU countries will provide some feedback about that.

  12. It has been "Real" before... on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    When I got into the game, 'bout 1980, IBM was having legal troubles because of "bundling".

    Some time later, it was Microsoft with legal troubles because of "bundling".

    Now it's Google. And bundling.

    My, how things have changed!

  13. Back in the olden days... on New Book Paints Different Picture of Workplace Behavior At Google and Facebook · · Score: 1

    During the 1980s, I remember reading an article in InfoWorld (a magazine about IT for the enterprise - a magazine aimed at managers) in which Steve Jobs describes his first experience with acid.

  14. It is pretty weird that Tesla and GM have the same market capitalization - about $55 billion. Tesla has a lot of potential, but it seems most of it is already in the stock price.

  15. I can't even fertilize my petunias with this bullshit.

    That is one advantage of analog over digital.

  16. Re:Go away, Electric Universers on Telescope Offers 'Clearest View Yet' of Milky Way - Including Plasma Filaments (ska.ac.za) · · Score: 2

    'Cause you can see the filaments! Just like in a toy plasma globe! Plasma can conduct electric currents, which proves the filaments conduct electricity!

    This means we don't need dark matter OR the General Theory of Relativity!

  17. Re: Electric Universe on Telescope Offers 'Clearest View Yet' of Milky Way - Including Plasma Filaments (ska.ac.za) · · Score: 4, Informative

    For that the stars would have to be electrically charged. A lot.

    Best to explicitly make the point that stars are not (significantly) electrically charged. It seems most EU nutters believe that they are.

  18. Re:It's electric! on Telescope Offers 'Clearest View Yet' of Milky Way - Including Plasma Filaments (ska.ac.za) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The original submission included a comment with more information about the theory of a plasma universe.

    I bet it does.

  19. If Occam's razor can provide a better way to interpret these facts, please shave.

    FTFY

  20. Um... how did they get deaf gerbils?

    The authors also induced deafness in a group of implanted, trained gerbils...

  21. They patent "putting a microphone where you want to hear people"?

    Or, is it a patent on "monitoring employees"?. Does the fact that they are specifying the employees to monitor (check-out clerks) make it patentable?

  22. Re:Amazing stuff on Software Beats Animal Tests at Predicting Toxicity of Chemicals (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're doing lethality studies...

    I imagine that you would still want to do animal studies.

    Untill you are really sure of the AI/ML, you don't prescribe it to people just because the software says "3mg per kg of body mass" is fine.

  23. Re:Why so little malware? on Malware Found in Arch Linux AUR Package Repository (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I made this comment in the story that is about to roll off the bottom of the page...

    At home, I have used Linux - first Redhat, then Fedora - since about 1999. I have never used any sort of virus/malware scanning software. As far as I know, I have never had any malware. I don't know how common this is.

  24. At home, I have used Linux - first Redhat, then Fedora - since about 1999. I have never used any sort of virus/malware scanning software. I don't know how common this is.

  25. Hey Inforwars has great news. Didn't you see the on about how the elites keep their sex slaves on Mars? CNN wouldn't dare publish such news.