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  1. Nope, don't listen to podcasts or radio on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    Nothing against them, just prefer to read what people have to say. And I don't listen to radio because by 48 I own all the good music I need and not exactly sure current events are worth keeping up with constantly.

  2. Use linux when you use Tor? on Windows DRM-Protected Files Used To Decloak Tor Browser Users (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I find it funny how all the work arounds listed no one suggested the best work around. Use linux, don't use windows.

  3. I don't stream my music. While maybe in the future that might be okay, with no data caps, everyone having very very fast internet. But when my Internet it down, as it happens, i still have music to listen to.

    My internet goes down, I still have TV shows and movies to watch.

    Plus my music is flac quality.

  4. I don't need or use a watch on Ask Slashdot: What's The Most Useful 'Nerd Watch' Today? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With having a cellphone, I haven't bothered to buy a watch in about 2 decades.

    But I did buy a Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos Development Tool.

    It's a watch based development system for MSP430 chips.

    Sort of the father of some of the wearable devices, in it's own way.

    But this is the ultimate Nerd Ware. You program it to be useful. No one else did. (kidding, there are some programs peeps wrote)

  5. NSA has failed us again on Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    NSA has failed us again. Instead protecting America, they are wasting their and our time by mass collecting data on citizens. Instead of making sure exploits are fixed to keep our systems secure, they hold onto them so they can use them against us and other countries.

    If am I to believe this Russian hacking our systems like the Government is pushing, then the blame goes straight on the NSA and those who backed them.

  6. Re:I think this is fairly common in history... on Seattle Man Accused of Using Social Media To Set Up Fake Porn Agency (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    ...ever since the invention of Photography.

    How many young girls haven't been lured from the promise of a model career, but can't afford to pay the photographer or agents, and gets into the hands of fake agents and "hobby photographers" with professional looking gear.

    But this happened via "social media" so it's new news. Right?

    And what the fuck does this have to do with Slashdot anyways?

  7. It's safety measures are to land? Nice. on Amazon Patents System To Defend Drones Against Hackers, Jammers and Arrows (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    So it's safety measures are to land, which means then thieves no longer need to check doors for packages, they can just threaten the UAV's with arrows. Granted some idiots shooting arrows in the sky isn't a comforting thought...

  8. Re:Cue the hipocrisy... on NSA's Best Are 'Leaving In Big Numbers,' Insiders Say (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All well and good. The NSA possibly protects us from our enemies. But who protects us from the NSA? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    But so far the NSA hasn't been protecting us for our enemies. In fact, they are doing so bad at protecting us, the Russian had no problem making everyone vote for Trump. So either the NSA is doing a good job or the NSA fails badly at it's mission.

  9. As a person who owns 2 hacked 3DS's on Nintendo Offers Up To $20,000 To Hack the 3DS (silicon.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Nintendo is really late on this boat, not even sure why they are doing this now.

    The 3DS was hacked a few years ago, but required a 4.5 or less version firmware.
    Then like 2 years ago, a entry point was found under the 9.2 firmware, while 9.2 was the current firmware, and it was a community found exploit, which led to custom firmwares that didn't need hardware cards (like the Gateway or Sky). Since then we've had excellent work on hacking the 3ds, found multi entry points, homebrew entry points and other stuff. Best thing is the Freeshop, which allows you to download games for free off the eshop.

    So ya, Nintendo is really late on this bus, mainly seeing as the Switch comes out in March 2017 and honestly the 3DS will probably stop being supported next year.

  10. Re:Go back to make it illegal. on Crowdsourced Volunteers Search For Solutions To Fake News (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 2
  11. Go back to make it illegal. on Crowdsourced Volunteers Search For Solutions To Fake News (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In 2013 Obama signed a bill which part of allows the use of propaganda in the USA legal again (made illegal in 1947). Which is why we have so much fake news now, media sources aren't required to fact check since that would expose the government backed fake news.

    So how about we make this sort of shit illegal again?

  12. Re:Obama in 2013 signed in that propaganda was oka on False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    shit, should of said wasn't' allowed since 1947.

  13. Obama in 2013 signed in that propaganda was okay on False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In 2013 Obama signed a bill that in part, allowed the use of propaganda in the USA. Something that wasn't allowed before then. Since then we seen effects it has had. Mainly in this election with the fake stories being ran along side real stories.

    This is why no one fact checks anymore, no need to.

  14. Obama is responsible for it. on Russian Propaganda Effort Helped Spread 'Fake News' During Election, Experts Say (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Obama in 2013 signed in a bill that among other things, allows the use of propaganda on US citizens. That includes fake news. So whether or not the Russians did fake stories, our government allowed that sort of stuff to be used against us.

  15. Then you should of voted for Bernie. on Silicon Valley Investors Call For California To Secede From the US After Trump Win (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You pushed for Clinton, even though Sanders was a better candidate. What did you expect?

  16. Re:Complete? on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Not providing HDMI is indeed a mistake, but what's unforgivable is the lack of even COMPONENT outputs, or even VGA. It would have been easier to convert the output to RGB than to convert it to composite, and you would have way better clarity on today's televisions.

    As the summary says, it's for the Brazil market, a market that is mostly Standard Definition TV's.

    So it's not a mistake, it's intentional because they aren't selling it to the USA or Europe. Since Sega seems willing to have the Megadrive be produced again, why don't you put together a company, throw some specs at Sega and get their permission to make a modern Megadrive? Then you an correct all the wrongs you see done and make some money.

  17. Don't have the computer networked. on Microsoft Promises To Defend World Chess Champion From Russian Hackers (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's easy to keep hackers out by not connecting that computer to a network.

  18. Free? It cost $8 on the Humble Bundle on LastPass Makes Password Management Free Across All Of Your PCs, Tablets and Smartphones (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.humblebundle.com/l...

    Last Pass is part of the "LifeHackers" Humble Bundle. Cost just under $8 for it (and others).

    Guess that's okay because it's charity right?

    But the $1 for Directory Opus is a great deal.

  19. Gas Chamber ruins integrity of lock on Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    By putting in a chamber to hold the gas, you then ruin the integrity of the lock by make the metal weaker and easier to cut thru.

    If I am stealing bikes, like I did when I was a junkie, puking isn't going to stop me from finishing the job and grabbing the bike. By putting in the gas, you made it easier to cut thru the lock, so I'm guessing it won't stop as many people as you think.

  20. Two minutes and 34 seconds is hardly eight times faster than three minutes and 40 seconds for the same transmission.

    The 32GB iPhone writes at 42MB per second, which is nearly eight times slower than the 128GB version's 341MB per second

  21. MicroSD slot you stupid bitches! on Amazon Japan's Manga-Ready Kindle Has 8 Times the Storage (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    While I don't actually need to have all my books on my kindle, it would be really fucking nice if I could put all my books on my kindle and get it ordered how I like. A microSD slot would do that for me. But whatever. It's not like I actually buy ebooks thru Amazon anyways.

  22. Razorblade defeats it. on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Scissors, razor blade, and knife are a few objects that can defeat this. Do it at the bottom of it and no one needs to know it was damage when you turn it in. But hey, security theater needs money also.

  23. Guess I better get downloading then on Comcast Rolls Out Nationwide 1TB Data Cap (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Since I don't have any caps currently, guess it's in my best interest to download all the shit I want now.

  24. Doesn't matter who is doing the hacking, what matters is how serious the USA takes with it's security measures to protect computers/devices from being hacked to begin with. And to be quite honest, the USA Government doesn't take it's computer security serious at all. That you can tell from letting Clinton off with her mismanagement of her server and the fact that our Government wants back doors in everything even though they keep being told that is how you get hacked.

    Let's not even get into the encryption bullshit.

  25. Cool, but how does that help anything? on Elon Musk Proposes Spaceship That Can Send 100 People To Mars In 80 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    While sending 80 peeps to Mars is cool, what are they going to do while they are there? I mean, it's cool and all, but we are getting a head of our selves. We don't have a base on the moon, we don't have a base on Mars. We don't have a way to build them, because we haven't even bothered with that stage. I'm down for people going to Mars, but I more down to hear about how we are doing the small steps needed to get to the point in time first.

    Make a fucking base on the moon first. Use the moon to figure out how to do it, so when we do decide to send people to Mars, we'll have experience with keeping peeps alive on other planets (or not earthly objects). But until then, I don't give a fuck about a space bus that can take 80 or over 9000 people.