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  1. Re: Why would you go to North Korea intentionally? on Postcard From Pyongyang: The Airport Now Has Wi-Fi, Sort of (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes it is. Now what?

  2. That would be given the customers optiond. Not one of the things they like to do. They where reluctant to let the customers pick a color.

  3. Re: Finally doing what they should have done on Apple Apologizes For iPhone Slowdown Drama, Will Offer $29 Battery Replacements (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And you are sure they will not lie about that?

  4. Re: I don't see how this hurts competition? on Google Works With Hotels To Hurt Travel Competition (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    So what you are saying that the banking industry and the stockmarket are not a free market, because O do not see them being carefull. Just trying to stay legal and changing the law so legal will be different.

    I doubt any other market is different.

  5. Re: Why would you go to North Korea intentionally? on Postcard From Pyongyang: The Airport Now Has Wi-Fi, Sort of (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Curiosity. To me ot is saner than wanting to stand on the highest mountain in the world.

  6. Re:Firefox : pull-down menu on Web Trackers Exploit Flaw In Browser Login Managers To Steal Usernames (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Firefox 52.5.0 (64-bit)
    Fill out username and pass and remember it. It shows username and pass.
    Redo it and add a new username and/or pass and it will see nothing.
    Remove one of the two and it will show username and pass.
    I deleted the first one. So it did not show the second one when there where two passwords, but did so when only one was available.

    I already have different blockers and trackers, so I installed Privacy Badger. Well, guess what? There was no difference.

    Remember: you still get can get fucked against your will without a condom.

  7. The quality of German Bavarian Weizen beer. Nobody was allowed to make it that way. Belgian white is pale in comparison.

  8. Re:If polygyny is the problem, say so in the headl on The Link Between Polygamy and War (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    So it could as well be a symptom of the wars, not a cause. Causation is not correlation.

  9. Re: How much data is that per year? on The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Every Public Tweet On January 1st (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    How does it compare to other languages? Both using the same an different alphabets? E.g. German, Spanish, Arabic, Ivrit, Chinese, ....

  10. Is ths newsspeak? on Piracy Notices Can Mess With Your Thermostat, ISP Warns (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 0

    Pirates are the ones who coppy illegally. Crackers, now hackers are people who blackmail you.

    Nice try to try to link copyright infridgement with blackmail. Doubleplusgood. We where always at war with pirates.

  11. Re:That sounds like a shot across the bow on Obama Warns Against Irresponsible Social Media Use (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps at Prez Twitter. Or anything else you want to read into it.
    Or perhaps just a general warning to be all aware of the dangers.

    What I read into it is a general warning to be aware of the dangers.

  12. Re:If polygyny is the problem, say so in the headl on The Link Between Polygamy and War (economist.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Repeat after me : Correlation is not causation.

    For all I know, they have polygamy, because they have war, so the women who would be otherwise unwed due to the lack of men (because they died) have a change to get married.

  13. Re:Nothing to do with renewables on Consumers In Germany Were Paid To Use Electricity This Holiday Season (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    They are not used for grid storage. They are used as a buffer. The Australian ones can cover about 30 minutes of downtime. That then gives enough to get a solution I.E start up fuel or gas based energy or reroute delivery while preventing a knockdown effect in other areas.

    It is basically a very large UPS. The one you have before you start up the diesel generator at your NOC.

  14. Re:Only moments I use cash on Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    We are talking about cashless payments. Not about credit card payments. Maestro is the debit card system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    I use my Maestro bank card anywhere in Europe without an issue. I trvel most to Germany and Spain, so that is what I used. I have used them in all other countries as well, but not to th extend that I can use it as a reference.

  15. Re:Still better than humans on Researchers Fooled a Google AI Into Thinking a Rifle Was a Helicopter (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    We have had wars over less than what is "the right thing". Please don't.

  16. Re:Only moments I use cash on Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I never ad an issue with my Belgian Debit card. Those are Bankcontact and Meastro.Not sure how they are linked in the backend, buy I assume that the banks accept payment with (EURO) debit cards in Germany, so they can use their EC card in Benidorm and on Mallorca at Ballerman. ;-)

    Many stores in Belgium also do not take credit cards, but I have not seen one yet that does not take debit cards. Perhaps an ice stand or something like that or on a fair where the black market is still pretty active.

  17. This will make me as much money as I already invested in Bitcoins. I will just write a program that will ask both Google and Siri the questions and have them give the answers.
    This I can run 24/7.

    And while we are at it, please be faster with responding to your captcha. My car does not know if it is a car in front of it or a storefront.

  18. Only moments I use cash on Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Disclaimer: Living in Europe, Belgium. I only use cash is when I go out with friends or have drinks.
    The reason is that most bars do not have a have a wireless payment yet, so ordering a drink and paying is not really an option if you want to pay each time. Paying at the end of a heavy night has other disadvantages.

    When we go out with friends, we just split the bill. Throwing a lot of cash on the table is easier than having either pay per person or transferring money to friends.
    There are several ways of doing the transfer of money for free. And that is also where the problem is. There is no standard yet the cab do it right away. I can transfer money via the European banking system for free, but that is cumbersome for small amounts. And as there are several ways to do it directly, you will need several ways to do it and hope that the other has one of them, so cash is easier.

    For almost everything else I pay with either a credit card that I pay at the end of the month, so no interest or via debit card. So buying a magazine or a can of whatever or a snack will be paid by wireless. That is possible to 25EUR. After that I need to type in my 4 digit pin.

    Remember that there is not or almost no tipping. If we go to a 1 star restaurant, we perhaps round up to the next 5EUR or 10EUR on a (4 people) 500EUR bill. People get paid for their job. Tipping is not expected and mostly just rounding up.

    When I am in Germany or Spain, cash is much more a standard to use. Many places there will not accept cards or not under a certain amount. Spin is catching up fast, as far as I can tell. Germany? Not so much.

    Also note the the credit card company can see where I bought something, not what. Same with the bank. The store will not have the card number, so it will not be able to link purchases to you, unless you have a store card,

  19. I have a wristwatch at home. It was great in an era where I did not have any other way of knowing the time. Now? I have something that does, so no need for a useless wristwatch.
    They are sold as accessories. If you like them, great, but they are not very useful to the majority of people.
    If it where only about usefullness, people would not buy expensive watches.

  20. Yes, if he does it on somebody who is underage and it would not be a bad idea for many first to have one made in e.g. henna to see if they like the design and/or the capability of the person doing the tattoo.

    Also many people will wear long sleeves to hide their tattoos for various reasons. You are unable to do so with Facebook. And at various times things that where hidden on Facebook where suddenly made visible as if the tattoo artists came in on the job interview and took of your trousers to show the tattoo of the dolphin on your ass.

  21. Re:There *is* an easy line to draw on Should Regulators Force Facebook To Ship a 'Start Over' Button For Users? (hunterwalk.com) · · Score: 1

    Living in Belgium, it is a good start, but it does not go far enough.
    But first there are some clear exceptions. You can ask to correct the information, but often can not ask to delete it, as it is needed for other things.
    e.g. billing information needs to be kept several years. e.g. 10 years. You can not just ask to delete that.
    Another thing is that selling information to others is extremely restricted. I worked at a company that had clients who had end-users as customers. We sold the clients contract to another company, but where not allowed to give that end-user info to the new company. Several hoops where needed.

    Now where does it nog go far enough? Data collection in other ways. Especially how Google is doing it. They use opt-in. Yes, I could put a robots.txt file on my website, but that is an opt-out. Taking images of my house is only possible to opt-out of in Germany. Having my picture taken in many places can be done without my consent.

    To understand this, you need to know the difference between the US and Europe about privacy.
    In the US everything that is not public is private. In Europe, everything that is not private is public. That means that I can expect privacy, even when I am in a public place.

    And to me privacy is so obvious that the Founding Fathers took them for granted and did not include them. Without privacy all other rights are meaningless.

  22. Re:Greetings are from the greeter’s point of on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 1

    Living outside the US, I have met several Americans that where confused when I said "working" when they asked what I was going to do on July, 4th,

  23. Re:Yes, but that's not the issue. on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 1

    I have never seen Christmas as a Christian holiday. To me it is just a period you do not have to work and spend time with family. I work in Brussels together with many Muslims and probably several Jews and Atheists and what not. Most of them do something with their family for Christmas and they wish each other a merry Christmas.

    They even talk about how stupid it is that the winter market is not called a Christmas market.

    To me Happy Holidays is just the whole period from the 24th till the 2nd of January where most people will have some or all days off. To me that means like "Have q nice time off" where "Marry Christmas" means "Hove a nice time with friends and family during the 24th and/or the 25th.

    So the latter is more personal, the former more generic. And as an agnostic, I do not care, as long as I can enjoy my paid vacation as God intended it.

  24. Still better than humans on Researchers Fooled a Google AI Into Thinking a Rifle Was a Helicopter (wired.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Many believe their imaginary friend is real. just because they where told by others that that imaginary friend is real. OTOH we won't believe a sign that said a bench has wet paint and we need to

    Now that the system knows it was fooled. Will it be fooled again? Because "Fool me twice and I won't be fooled again."

    I do not think the system was actually "fooled" It was taught the wrong thing. If anything, it was mislead. Just like you can tell a kid that the candy came out of its ear or you stole its nose.

  25. I have two pocketwatches. One from both my grandfathers.I took them when my sister and myself emptied the house.

    I took them because they look nice on a wall. As a watch, they are useless to me. No idea what their value is, but it ain't priceless. I just can't be bothered to sell them.

    And I am sure people would give money if a smartwatch was owned by somebody famous.