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  1. Russians hacked Hillary's e-mail on FBI Director Comey Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, that's wrong (if it's true). But it's like a cop opening your car trunk without a warrant. And finding a dead body. It's wrong and inadmissible as evidence. But the body was still there.

    Elections aren't about selecting the first person that manages to escape a guilty verdict on a technicality. Had Hillary not used amazingly poor judgement in her handling of official communications, there would be no ammunition for Russia, Trump, or the GOP to embarrass her with and drive undecided voters to the other camp. The fact that it was Russia, with no right or jurisdiction to conduct an 'investigation' is also problematic. But from a point of view of ethics and justice rather than legality, the voters chose not to overlook the smell of a body in the trunk.

  2. Africa is so much larger on Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims To Amend 500 Years of Distortion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess we should expect so much more from it.

  3. Number 166 (or actually 165) on O'Reilly Site Lists 165 Things Every Programmer Should Know (oreilly.com) · · Score: 1

    Start lists with an index of zero.

  4. Not that kind of chemistry on The First Practical Use For Quantum Computers: Chemistry (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Slashdotters will still have to rely on Tinder.

  5. Hotel Rooms? on Your Hotel Room Photos Could Help Catch Sex Traffickers (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe in the old days, but not so much anymore.

    I've watched porn from time to time. And one thing that struck me was; starting around 2008 when the real estate and mortgage markets collapsed, quite a bit of porn started to be made in rented, high end houses. I mean really high end*. I'm pretty sure some were on or near the Pacific Coast Highway in or near Malibu. Like maybe Streisand's neighbors. And there's still quite a bit of speculative property on the market, which only remains out of foreclosure due to rentals and Airbnb.

    *More than a few times I've thought as I watched this stuff that they really should move their naked asses so I can get a better look at the architecture or ocean view.

  6. Has anyone asked ... on Tech Billionaires Invest In Linking Brains To Computers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the computers how they feel about being tethered to some slow and stupid meat bag?

  7. ... if that guy is in a coma or just having a Windows update.

  8. Open, grassy areas .... on Google's New Campus Will Open Its Restaurants To The Public (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    ... open to anyone.

    So, like hobos living in tents?

  9. Re:This is why H1B is WRONG on Scientists Sent a Rocket To Mars For Less Than It Cost To Make 'The Martian' (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    But this isn't Asians working over here on H-1B visas. This is the beginning of the market for space moving overseas. And the customers who are doing the investing aren't necessarily Americans. So they don't give a rat's ass about investing in OUR liberty.

    America may not rise again. India is still largely a poor country. Most of the population lives in small villages with poor infrastructure as subsistence farmers. But India's advantage is the will set this group aside and get on with it's nascent space program. Meanwhile, our politicians have to kow-tow to a bunch of moron rednecks that think Noah was real and the earth is 6000 years old. Or a bunch of liberal retards that anguish over hobo tent camps while letting city infrastructures decay.

  10. No More Pneumatic Tubes? on Southwest Airlines Is Doing Away With Pneumatic Tubes, Paper Tickets (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, that sucks!

  11. This, exactly.

    Actually, the interpreter would only have to provide caption text, keyed to the video timestamps. YouTube can synchronize these. This service would only have to be provided once. Because the captioning would be saved for subsequent requests. And it does scale worldwide quite effectively. Because the video, captioner and student could be located anywhere in the world. In fact, I predict that most of these services would be provided from India.

    I think what got the plaintiffs to sue was that captioned videos were not available immediately for use, as they would be for hearing students. But my original argument is that deaf students have to make prior arrangements when attending live lectures. So this is a burden they must already deal with.

  12. Re:Could use one of these ... on That Laptop-Bricking USB Stick Just Got Even More Dangerous (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    sue you for damages

    That case will be heard just after the mugger who sues victims who arm themselves for creating a hostile work environment for him.

  13. Re:They'll probably need something like AEGIS on A US Ally Shot Down a $200 Drone With a $3 Million Patriot Missile (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Think ATF would give me a permit for it?

    No. Now go play with your dog one last time.

  14. Human level intelligence on Ray Kurzweil On How We'll End Up Merging With Our Technology (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    This could also mean that we're getting dumber faster than I thought.

    Idiocracy: The prophecy has come to pass.

  15. Another wave of used hardware is going to hit the market for Linux users any time now.

  16. Re:Tennessee on Math Teacher Solves Adobe Semaphore Puzzle (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes. As long as it doesn't involve counting back more than 6000 years.

  17. Could use one of these ... on That Laptop-Bricking USB Stick Just Got Even More Dangerous (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    ... built into a fake OBD II diagnostic port. Car thieves can pair electronic keys with a car with commands through this port. So now, when they break in and plug in their cracking tool .... poof!

  18. they book someone for only the lectures with hearing disabled peoples

    Yes. Which implies that the disabled people must make some sort of arrangement to have this service made available to them.

    Same can be done for on-line videos. Those that deaf people want can be forwarded to a captioner/translator. Maybe even the same people that attend classes to provide such service as a sideline. Problem solved.

  19. Re:Legal? Almost certainly. on 20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them (lbry.io) · · Score: 2

    lengthy jail sentences

    Can't do that. The person responsible suffers from debilitating claustrophobia.

  20. becoming students at UCBerk themselves

    So, what happens when a disabled person (deaf, for example) attends a live lecture there? The university presumably would be on the line to provide a sign language interpreter given notice of such a requirement.

    So, upon request just have the interpreter sit in front of a web cam and rebroadcast a picture in picture version of the material. This would only have to be done the first time, since that output could easily be saved and linked to the original. It's not a great burden upon the university, since presumably ADA would require interpreters be provided when needed. But in the case of a live lecture, arrangements would have to be made in advance.

    Sounds like these guys probably got butt-hurt because on-line content wasn't available at their convenience. Tough. You can't just show up for a lecture unannounced and expect a translator to hustle their ass into a classroom either.

  21. No problem on Buying a Samsung TV Online Could Jeopardize Your Data (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I buy all my AV gear out of the back of vans in parking lots.

  22. Re:Banning children of uneducated parent from scho on Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't deny nearly a fourth of the kids from education.

    Why not? The Washington State education system is woefully underfunded. Cutting out 25% of the demand will bring the budget back into the black. Just tell the parents to home-school the little runny-nosed ankle biters.

  23. Re:work from home on 58% of High-Performance Employees Say They Need More Quiet Work Spaces (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    work from home, alone

    Yeah. If you can enforce that alone part.

  24. Re:Not a huge surprise on 58% of High-Performance Employees Say They Need More Quiet Work Spaces (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    they've been around for at least 15 years now

    Oh, they've been around for much longer than 15 years. That photo is actually a pretty nice layout with standing drafting tables. Picture a bare room of similar dimensions with row after row of 6 foot metal desks. And the rows are so close together that if you need to get up from your desk, 10 people have to suck in their guts and pull their chairs forward so you can squeeze by to the aisle.

    Now, imagine that every fifth person is the idiot nephew of some big shot manager. Who thinks work is all about running sports pools and gabbing about last weeks Seahawks game.

  25. So ... on Researchers Convert Biomass To Hydrogen Using Sunlight (rdmag.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The research team used different types of biomass in their experiments including pieces of wood, paper and leaves

    ... they invented a goat.