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  1. Re: idiots, not from Trump, not authorized by Tr on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Regardless who is sendding the message, it is useless. If Bernie Sanders would e president, it would have been as stupid.
    He is not, so be pissed at the current POTUS.

  2. Re: Yeah, I am a trump supporter... on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    What event woyld justify sending such a message and will it explain what people must do in that event.

    Where I work we have a yearly fire drill, so in the event of a fire, people know where to go. So what would be a valud message for the whole country and will people all over the country know what to do?

  3. Re: The request for a TRO was already rejected... on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Please do tell why it is needed. I see absolutely no reason for anything around the whole of the US. Even something over a whole city is uaeless.

    Few masts perhaps. If rhere is a huge fire. You can then warn people inside that and people who enter it. Bit like when you entered a new country in thepast. Nationwide is useless.

  4. Re: Why would you want to do nothing? on The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I get paid to work a certain amount of hours. When I am done with one task, I am expected to tell them and they will decide if I can sit around, go home or get another task.
    On the other side, if I am NOT able to do my job in the allotted time, I do not work longer for free.

    All thus as an employee. If you are self employed, your conttract will be different.

    I just know that employees are hired per hour to work, not per task.

  5. Re: Why would you want to do nothing? on The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    It workung does not mean doing nothing.
    I used to be in a kob where I repeatedly said I was doing nothing. Company did not change the situation, so I occupied myself with other things.
    Made several levels of a game, did some coding unrelated to the job.and that was because I had to come in. Otherwise I would have done other things.

  6. So only one reason.

  7. If itis sms, the confirmation is standard. And if it is sendvia interwebs, it will also be. Justan ACK. of sorts.

    Well, as long as you can buy guns, you arefree, right?

  8. Perhaps that is because you are not 12 year old you anymore.
    I was 30 when I saw it and I thought it was just an average movie. Not bad, but certainly not great.

    From all the series, I liked Rogue One the best, although just by a hair. I giess when you are older, you see things less innocent.

    So should I go of your lawn now, because you are just getting old. The quality did not change, you did.

  9. Prices all over the place on Hackers Are Selling Facebook Credentials on the Dark Web For $3 (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    So what was the price. It was 2.30 GBP. That is 2.98447. It is close enough to 3.00USD that I would think that was the original price and it is calculated back to GBP.

    So where does the 2.60 USD come from?

  10. Re:Damn. Now I'm going to have to move... on GeoCities Japan Is Finally Shutting Down (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    ME TOO!

  11. That is all nice that it is considered a search. Now what? And by that I do not mean what it should mean. I mean what the actual result is in real daily life.

    If there is no acountability for those who abuse it, it is meaningless.

  12. Woah, carefull. We have a real anarchist in our mids. HACK TEH PLANET!

  13. Re:Knew this was coming on FBI Forced Suspect To Unlock His iPhone X Through Face ID (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the rough equivalent to a tiny luggage lock.

    Bought a new suitcase and they proudly said it had the TSA approved lock. When I said that means EVERYBODY has access to the content, I got a blank stare.

    What I do is put a ziptie through it when I travel, I understand that they will open it. I just want to KNOW when they opened it. Sure, some people will get a paper saying they did. There is no way in knowing if that was the case if they did not.

    So now if/when I see it was opened when I pick up my back before I exit, I can go to the border people and state that my luggage was openend when I was not with it and I want them to see if there is anything in it that should not be there.

    If there is, then it will be much easier on me to defend myself.

  14. That's what credit cards are for and so far each and every last business I've dealt with had no issue with being told that I'd have to split paying the bill over two months or so.

    That is absolutely not what credit cards are for. That is how they are used, but that is not what they ar for.
    The same as friends and family. It is nice to have them as a security net, but that does not mean you should cut out the other ones, because you do not trust banks. keep the money under your pillow, for all I care, or give it to your friends and family and say you will ask for it back when you need it.

    And a broken car could mean the need to buy a new car.

    I live in Belgium. I see that I have enough to last me a year without income. I have had a situation where I had no income for 9 months (and then got all my unemployment money + some extra cash from the old company) for paperwork issues. 3 months? That is nothing.

    I had to borrow money from my parents. Not a nice feeling. Happy I never had to do that again. I did not borrow from friends for longer than a week, because that is not what friends are for.

    And I as hell no way put anything on my card. I was in debt at the bank for something like 1.000 EUR or so, but nothing on the card. Not a cent. Not with the interest rates they are charging.

    And putting your extra money into your home will be an unwise investment. I asume that you do own it 100%, as you do not trust banks, so a loan for that would have been unpossible for you. Once the house has been paid, everything you put into it will be upgrades and they are almost worthless in resell value after a certain point.

    And I hope you know what a leaking roof costs. What a new watre heater costs and what a new elevator costs when they break. Living in an appartment shares those costs, but does not mean they do not exist. Nice if that comes at the same time the car breaks.

    Oh, sure you go to family and ask them to solve your issues. If that is the case, I would not worry either. But then I would not be really living from payceckto paycheck.

    Living from paycheck to paycheck is if you have no financial cushion to all back on. And you DO have that.

  15. Re:Why pay $13,000 when you can learn yourself? on Former Students Say Steve Wozniak's $13,200 Coding Bootcamp Is 'Broken' and Sometimes Links To Wikipedia (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I wasd not even thinking that. I was thinking how sad it is that 13.000USD is "affordable" for education.

  16. Re:Great, this is kinda like opt out death by poli on Seattle Police Department Is Offering An Anti-Swatting Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    GP is absolutely right that police officers would do well to realize they are "not in Iraq

    From what I read, them thinking they are in Iraq would improve the situation.

  17. Re: Not sure I like on Facebook is Equipping K-8 Classrooms With Robot Sets To Boost Tech Diversity · · Score: 1

    Replace gacebook with company and I agree. If you day "... but the state ..." it means you think the democratic process in your country does not work.

  18. Re: Sounds like a relaxation oscillator on Vigilante Engineer Stops Waymo From Patenting Key Lidar Technology (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to late to change carree. Just replace "on the internet" with "on a self driving car" on the last patent-trolling-wave we had. Boom, money.

  19. Re: USPTO asleep on the job on Vigilante Engineer Stops Waymo From Patenting Key Lidar Technology (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The USPTO got the money for the patents, so it worked as designed.what should happen if prior art is detectedd, bothe the company and the patent office need to pay a fine.

  20. Re: Wrong answer on Seattle Police Department Is Offering An Anti-Swatting Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That is not how you militarize the Gestapo, er, police.

  21. Re: Easy solution? on New Zealand Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Just add a second userr.

  22. Re: Backup, wipe, cross border, restore on New Zealand Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Bur e phone? I biy s burner sim card. Ah the joys of living in a country where we have the best veer, chocolate and a law that forbids blocking of phones.

  23. Nuce if you are going to a place where you have an office. Not always the case.
    We all know ways around this. That does not mean there is no problem in all of this.

  24. if you can not avoid it on New Zealand Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (msn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a Chromebook and I run Crouton on it with Debian. Adding a ne user tat does not have that is pretty easy.
    So I could just add a user with some pasword. If that where not possible, i would change the password to "pass" for the duration.
    Or even better would be if they press "Enter" instead of CTRL-d to go to restore mode. Ir I do it myself.
    That way I have a blank PC when I arive. Setting things back takes an hour., if that.
    Same for the phone. Just restore factory settings. I could even pop in a cheap sim card and blank sd card.
    Sim card can be had for 6EUR. Who cares they know it is in my name. It is not as if I am going to use it.

  25. How many people would still go to work, because they get fired if they don't?
    How much people will not see a doctor, because they are too expensive?

    If we hit that 1% fatality rate, it is already too late.
    The people will already be sick.