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  1. Re:So, we've created a monster on America's Teens Are Choosing YouTube Over Facebook (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It was forshadowed: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas J. Watson. Chairman and CEO of IBM in 1943.

    Look at the computer and phones of today as terminals and "the cloud" as computers, the quote sounds more and more true.

  2. This has great opportunities on DeepMind Used YouTube Videos To Train Game-Beating Atari Bot (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    See how many movies actually are about Atari games. Now look at the amount of movies on e.g. youporn, redtube and many similar sites and you see where I am going with this.

  3. Re: Read the terms and conditions everyone! on Consumers' Privacy Concerns Not Backed By Their Actions (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    The thing is that these EULAs take away rights we already have. That should not be possible.

  4. Re: Second sentence says it all... on Consumers' Privacy Concerns Not Backed By Their Actions (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Even a legal degree would not make things clear. Plenty of lawsuits are about how both parties interpret a contract or anything else written, including the kaw itself.

  5. Re: Second sentence says it all... on Consumers' Privacy Concerns Not Backed By Their Actions (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    It is the fellow men for the people by the people. The companies are not my fellow men. They are not even people.

    If you think that your political system does not represent your vallues, change it. The 1% did. That is what the 2nd amendement is for.

  6. Tl;dr: version: We need GDPR.

  7. We will see new Captcha's:
    Please click on every image with a wedding in it.

  8. Re:Well, we sure as hell can't innovate ourselves! on Alibaba Co-founder Says Many Americans 'Want To Stop China' From Upgrading Its Tech (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    reapeat after me: Copyrigh infringement is not theft.

    (OTOH, IP could be seen as taking away the ability to innovate and could be seen as theft)

  9. Re:America's push to stop china's dumping/theft/et on Alibaba Co-founder Says Many Americans 'Want To Stop China' From Upgrading Its Tech (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    With the amount of flip-flopping Trump does, I am sure he keeps 50% of his promisses.

  10. Open source? on Microsoft and Apple Helped Build New Braille Display Standard (engadget.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    A few years ago I spoke to a blind Linux/Unix developer who was extremely angry that there was no open source reader available. Not sure if that has changed and if both Apple and Microsoft are behind it, I doubt this will not be open source either.

    I do hope for those who need it that I am wrong.

    (And the blind guy also explained that he was saving a LOT on video cards by not needing to buy them, not any monitors.)

  11. Re:This is why we are a Republic on California Senate Votes To Restore Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    t's how America was designed to work.

    Spoken like a true IT person. Only looking at the written requirements and only implement that, no matter how broken it is. And afterwards you can always say "Read the requirements. It is not in there.".

  12. Re:Owners accustomed to an otherwise-paperless.... on California Begins Trial Rollout of Digital License Plates (caranddriver.com) · · Score: 1

    In Belgium you pay yealy for your licence plate. So if you sell your car and not buy a new one, you have to give back your licence plate. If you do not, they will ask you to pay.
    If you forget to pay, they will go after you, just as when you did not oay your taxes.
    After that it will just be treated as any other debt you are unwilling or unable to pay. You have the plates? You pay. No plates? You do not pay.

    Now if you think you are smart and tell them your plates are stolen, that would be a bad thing when they find out.

    So no need to look anywhere. You either have the plates and you pay, or you have send them back and you do not have the plates and do not pay.

  13. Is that why I get "Sorry, this content is not available in your region" or are they just unwilling to get rid of their data mining on the website? (I an in Europe)

  14. Re:Just wait until they can afford to eat on China Overtakes US For Healthy Lifespan, WHO Data Finds (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It probably will still say that the life expectancy in the US is down.

    I expect that to go down for a while. People who are now not treated and not yet died have not been added to those statistics. They have diseases that would have been treatable in an early stage and are not in a later stage.

    No idea how long it will take to halt or reverse these numbers. I do not think we have seen the lowest numbers yet for the USofA.

  15. Re:Sounds liek an investigation, no evidence yet on Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Following Layoffs (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    At a previous company I worked I was the person providing most data via reporting. Almost never did I get a clear answer to the question "What do you need the data for. What are you trying to do.". Almost always it was so that they had the data IF they needed it.

    I have send bullshit numbers to managers because I overslept. Never got a complaint that the data was not correct. So they either never looked at it, or they did and did not understand what they where looking at.

    e.g. if your monthly number of whatever is 100 and you get a day with the number 50 of whatever, you must know that it is you need to look at closer.

    The few that did gie a good explanation for the request of numbers would get all the help and we would be looking together if there where others things that needed to be looked at. Setting up alarms, so they do not get daily reports that won't be read, but weekly ones that had more useful info and alerts if needed.

    Those where the ones that numbers where an indicator to show what was going on, not a goal of and by itself.

  16. Re:Holy shit on Imgur Launches Video · · Score: 1

    I doubt that 30 second video is a serious issue.

  17. Re:This comes a bit early on De Beers To Sell Diamonds Made In a Lab (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Realdoll is pretty realistic. It just lies there and does not move.

  18. 1671? If only copyright would go back that far. No panick, we are workingon it.

  19. Re: Picard: Who the fuck on London Launches World's First Contactless Payment Scheme For Street Performers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I have noissue notgiving anything. But I will also not sta d there and then give nothing.
    Most of the time I do not stop and go on my way and am annoyed by the speakers they have added, so that I can not ignore it.
    If I add money when I am entertained, can I remove money when I am not and am annoyed?

  20. Re: You've never thrown a coin in a hat? on London Launches World's First Contactless Payment Scheme For Street Performers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I do this in supermarkets where they trie to push food ir drinks in my face. Sometimes when I say no, they try again. One time a woman was so insisted that I asked uf she understood the concept of "No means no.".

  21. If you stop for more than a minute, you owe them. We are talking about performers, not beggars. The first will get something if they are able to entertain me. The second group I nnever give anything where I live as there is enough of a social net for me not needing to feed their alcoholism or pther addiction. There is also help for thag.
    I already pay for it vua taxes. No need to do a gesture just to make mefeel good.

  22. Why would they do that? on Cyber Thieves Claim To Hit Two Big Canadian Banks (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would they claim to have done it? Even if true, why would they admit to it, even anonymously. Most thieves would want this sort of thing never to get public and will deny everything from the start.

    Or might it be the bank that claims it? That would be worse. Why would they claim it and not state it. Are they not sure that it happened? Or are they not sure that it was theft or even illegal and not just a standard transaction?
    I can imagine the call I might get:
    "We have no idea where your money went. Probably some hackors or russions or terroristsers. You know how it is with these Intertubes. Oh well. These things happen. If we get your money back somehow, we will call you. Now have a nice day and sorry."

  23. When it only is happening in the Tech Scene, it means that it is not happening anywhere else.

    Or has tech Scene added so it would be more likely to being posted on /. ? Because I somehow doubt that the tech scene is in any way different from any other scene.

    Writing it to be just about the tech scene removes from the importance of the real issue.

  24. Re: It is about "take out" on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    In Getmany I went to apublic place, bought a beer in a plastic cup. Paid 1 eur extra and got that back when i gave back my plastic cup. Yes that will be harder than just throwing it wherever you feel like. Even harder than throwing it into a bin.

    Throwing things into a bin does not work as we are trying that now.

  25. Re: Manufacturers bear brunt of responsible cleanu on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    One does not exclude the other. It is also a lot more effective. Thegoal is to reduce waste and the most convinient wau is to make the companies responsible.

    And controling 100 manufacturors is a lot easier than checking 350MM peoplle.

    In Europe companies are not as holy and fragile that they need protection from the things they do. People are.
    What would otherwise happen? Nothing. Jere and there an individual might get a fine, but companies will push straws just to make money. The cleanup still needs to be done and suddenly everybody has to share the cost, except the companies who will now want straws in your cookies, because profit.

    When they have to pay, thecompany will either realize that they need to calculate the waste disposal into their price. Now prices increase just because of that. Companies like lower prices, so they find ways to reduce waste.

    So ot is better to have the party that makes the polution pay for the cleanup. And that still does not mean you can not punish others who litter as well.

    Starting at the end is treating the symptoms. Starting at the cause is like treating the problem. And if the companies don't like it, they can stop making those products.