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  1. Re:No windows 10 in Federal prison on Windows 10 Calculator Will Soon Be Able To Graph Math Equations (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    No windows 10 in Federal prison

    Sorry Trump traitors.

    Actually, I'm pretty sure US prison computer systems either do make use of Windows 10 or are transitioning to it.

  2. Link to the paper on Scientists Have Discovered a Shape That Blocks All Sound (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the paper published in Phys. Rev. B 99 in case anyone is interested: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.024302

  3. They got burned in 2018. It was one of the weakest midterm flips of all time. Typically the midterms flip HARD against the new President's party.

    Pretty much, yeah: https://fivethirtyeight.com/fe...

  4. Re:"History"? on Apple Expected To Announce iPad Pro With USB-C Next Week (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The product has been around less than three years. Does that really qualify as "history"? And isn't every Apple products new update the "most significant in the product's history"? How many times can Apple go to the well with that horseshit?

    But... they have animojis now!! Such a breakthrough takes true courage

  5. Re:Of course on Scientists Claim To Have Solved the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    they built a model of the USS Cyclops, a carrier that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle

    Actually it was a collier, a coal transport cargo ship - there weren't very many carriers around during the Great War.

  6. Re:Starting? on Fake News 'Crowding Out' Real News (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Besides, as the vilest writer hath his readers, so the greatest liar hath his believers: and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only for an hour, it hath done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.

    Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.

    Jonathan Swift, 1710

    This has been undoubtedly been going on since before the first written word; the only difference now is its apparent visibility.

  7. Re:So what? not really needed and this was well kn on HHS Plans To Delete 20 Years of Critical Medical Guidelines Next Week (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1
    Clearly physicians care about it:

    "Killing these resources to save a few hundred thousand dollars per year is a penny-wise, pound-foolish decision, and your health and mine will be poorer for it," said Dr. Kenny Lin, a family physician in Washington, D.C., who is also on the faculty at Georgetown University's medical school.

    Dr. Roy Poses, a Brown University professor of medicine and president of the Foundation for Integrity and Responsibility in Medicine, said doctors "will be losing an important resource for research, education and evidence-based practice."

    The prior politicization of the NGC is also somewhat notable:

    Underscoring how medical research like that maintained by the NGC can be politicized, AHRQ drew the ire of then-congressmember Tom Price in 2016 when it published a study critical of a drug manufactured by one of his campaign donors. According to ProPublica, one of Price's aides emailed "at least half a dozen times" asking the agency to pull the critical research down.

  8. Re:Delete your account on Facebook Really Wants You To Come Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed, precisely the same thing happened to me (they even claimed the IP was originating from Taiwan) but then when I authenticated this "invalid attempt" somehow vanished.

    Thanks Zuckerberg, was a great reminder to delete the account!

  9. Re:Convergence on The US Drops Out of the Top 10 In Innovation Ranking (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Well... generally life expectancy is a pretty big medical outcome. Considering how much the US spends it's kinda sad it is somewhere around 30-something to 40-something place.

  10. Re:Python is the Most Troublesome on Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    Non-English speaking countries don't want to use it, due to the default ASCII character set.

    Everyone at this point should be using python3 which doesn't have any such restrictions. Python2 will be formally deprecated in 2020.

  11. Re:Ars story highest voted comment on Intel's Remote Hijacking Flaw Was 'Worse Than Anyone Thought' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    if the hash is constructed using a nonce and each subsequent request uses a new nonce, the timing attack wouldn't get much useful

  12. Where I live, lots of people charge at work, often free.

    Where you live likely isn't the median for the industrialized world.

  13. Re: Mindshare on Skype For Windows Phone Will Stop Working in 2017 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's remember that Windows Phone 8.1...the newest version being discussed here...is 4 years old. It's from 2012.

    Actually, no it isn't. It was released July 2014.

  14. Re:How is this more convenient? on Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Keyless entry is ridiculously insecure - many systems out there can be easily broken into if there is a key somewhere in the vicinity: http://www.engadget.com/2016/0...

  15. Re:Indoctrination of the younger generation: Compl on Majority of Americans OK With Warrantless Internet Surveillance (ap.org) · · Score: 1
    Maybe you missed this:

    Americans under 30 supported warrantless surveillance much less than older Americans.

    Only a third of Americans under 30, but nearly two-thirds 30 and older, support warrantless surveillance.

    It's the younger generation that is calling bullshit on this so it doesn't exactly fit with your "these millennial kids are idiots" theme.

  16. Re:Not to overplay the "ironic" label, but... on Snowden: Clinton's Private Email Server Is a 'Problem' · · Score: 1

    What public service, exactly, has that charity funded by the way?

    Wait, really? Is this a serious question?

    They've been heavily involved in relief and development in Africa, post-earthquake relief in Haiti, working on retrofitting buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US, help promote womens rights and allowing minorties access to better education. Sure there's a question about the transparency of the organization but they do a good deal of public service.

  17. Re:Why is that illegal? on Girls Catfish ISIS On Social Media For Travel Money · · Score: 1

    If ISIS went out of business, intelligence agencies would no longer be able to justify their expenditures in combating ISIS and would have to put in some actual work to find a replacement target.

    Damn where would we find one of those... Maybe China? Or Russia?

  18. Re:Lies on What Will Happen When Cascadia Subduction Zone Slips · · Score: 5, Informative

    There actually was an AMA on this yesterday or the day before. The scientists involved stated that much of the article, though grounded in reality, was hyperbole:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3da1mh/we_are_earthquake_experts_ask_us_anything_about

  19. Re:The felony wasn't. on Gyrocopter Pilot Appears In Court; Judge Bans Him From D.C. · · Score: 1

    According to news reports the weight is ~350 lbs; it's over the 250 lb limit.

  20. Re:Headline Is Wrong on Why There Is No Such Thing as 'Proper English' · · Score: 1

    Well when the requirement to read the article is enriching Rupert Murdoch's pocketbook I could understand the hesitation.

  21. Re:Bullshit Samsung on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 2

    I have a feeling Valve may be one of the rare few that fits this -- maybe because they're privately held but they don't do stupid moves just to squeeze a tiny bit more cash out of consumers.

  22. Re:Escaping only helps you until a war. on Davos 2015: Less Innovation, More Regulation, More Unrest. Run Away! · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The key here is not a ten percent tax rate but ten percent of wealth.

    I assume the GP was stating this in reference to a suggestion by Thomas Piketty as to what would be a more "just" (in his definition) tax approach to tackle inequality.

  23. Re:Convenient! on Crowds (and Pirates) Flock To 'The Interview' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are you implying that this was a publicity stunt planned by Sony?

    The idea that Sony would be willing to accept the liability massive costs with disclosing private information of its employees really beggars belief; what money they could have made from the film would really not be worth the potential risk here.

  24. Re:THERE HAS NEVER BEEN CLIMATE STASIS! on The Shale Boom Won't Stop Climate Change; It Could Make It Worse · · Score: 1

    What people seem to ignore here is that classical liberalism and fascism are significantly dissimilar; conservatism in the US is more along the classical liberal vein while fascism is more along the monarchist/statist vein.

  25. Re:Doesn't solve the problem on A Smart Electric Bike: Taking the Copenhagen Wheel Out For a Spin · · Score: 1

    Indeed weather is a large problem. I think the GP here is being a bit disingenuous when considering the circumstances people need to consider when bicycling in tougher conditions.