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  1. Re:self driving cars will do the same in fleet mod on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Once a significant number of cars are automated it would seem to make sense to have some sort of coupling / decoupling mechanism in place front and back of vehicles to optimize distance, drag and energy use. At that point, what is the advantage a train has on a car?

    Sure, let's talk in 30 years.

  2. Re:This fails the smell test on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    who verifies the signature on the bottom of the bottom turtle?

    I think the point is that if the bottom signature is verified with software and a signature that's fused into a chip, you need to replace that chip to defeat it. If you can physically modify the hardware, all bets are off.

    Who watches the watchers?

    If you don't trust the Apples, Googles, HTCs, and Samsungs, the folks that are fusing keys into chips, don't buy these products. I guess I'm comforted by the fact that if these guys like money, and if they screwed up it'd be the death of them.

  3. Re:Well.... on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Still waiting for the links, to reputable sources. Or is that impossible considering all of the "fake news" nowadays?

  4. Re:Threatened on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Oooh what a cutting remark! Now you've really triggered me!

    On second though, actually, nah, I'm good.

  5. Re:Threatened on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess is that you are not a native english speaker. You need to dial down your trolling. It's too obvious.

    Better luck next time.

  6. Re:that's gonna totally work! on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    It's gonna work just as well as banning underage drinking, poverty, pot smoking, illegal guns, prostitution

    IKR? They can try banning murder and rape, but it's obviously pointless because there's still murder and rape. Why bother having any laws at all?

    Brilliant.

  7. Re:Blame the technology on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    They are so hyper focused on finding something to rag on the the current presidency they ignore news that Americans are actually interested in.

    Or maybe, it's because the current presidency is a freak show. He's up in the middle of the night tweeting threats to other nations. Do you really expect the news not to cover that?

  8. Re: It gets even better.... on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right. The indictments were not about collusion.

    So far.

  9. Re:Threatened on Lawmakers Worry About Rise of Fake Video Technology (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    OMFG. Are you telling me that our society is crumbling around us and all we can do is distrust our media, law enforcement, and politicians and overthrow our government?

    Yeah, we see you there Troll.

  10. I eventually put a pin through his coax, which apparently burned out his linear. Ha Ha!

    And you're a psychopath. Have fun with that. Ha ha!

  11. Re: Well.... on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Trolling? Because you say so?

    No, because your communication is aggressive and toxic. You clearly aren't trying to convince anyone. You are just attempting to be insulting and divisive. That, or you are so maladjusted you don't understand how to communicate with the humans.

    Just look at the number of data breaches, illegal activities by banks, corruption by politicians in the US and you will quickly figure out you actually have no more "rights" in the USA than you do in most of the rest of the world. And any punishment/legal action in the USA means the lawyers will get rich and victims will get about $1 if they are lucky.

    Exactly. A bunch of unsubstantiated, inflammatory speak.

  12. Re:Well.... on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I would mind just as much as I mind when US-based entities do it.

    So you are of the mindset that as long as one person is raping you anally, it's all good if more join in?

  13. Re:Well.... on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So, what you are saying is that the 96% of the worlds population that don't live in the USA should be suspicious of US products.

    Yes of course they should.

    Good luck with your trolling. You're doing a great job.

  14. Re:This fails the smell test on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't have to modify the OS if you've modified the BIOS or what is used to verify the BIOS signature. Before you say "phones don't have a BIOS", then replace "BIOS" with "boot code".

    I can only speak about Android, but I assume Apple devices work in a similar manner.
    https://source.android.com/sec...

  15. Re:This fails the smell test on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The excuse that Apple controls the OS isn't even a solid argument as the firmware is still in the hands of the OEM and susceptible to tampering.

    That's almost certainly not the case. The firmware images must be signed by Apple. It may be flashed by the OEM but unless they have Apple's private keys they aren't modifying it.

  16. Re:Well.... on FBI, CIA, and NSA: Don't Use Huawei Phones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Honestly, the Chinese government has no power or authority over me, so if that government took my data I'd mind a whole lot less than if it was my own government.

    So you won't mind if (chinese) hackers get your financial data and empty your bank account or charge up your cards?
    You don't mind if they get personal data and sell it off at a price to whoever wants it?
    You don't mind if they use it to perform corporate espionage, if you have work data on your device?

    If it was a US corporation doing something illegal, you'd have legal recourse (at least in theory). Here you do not.

    I think you need to think about that one a little harder.

  17. Re:What did you expect? on Google Autocomplete Still Makes Vile Suggestions (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Stupid fat retarded cunt who doesn't know what "Islamist' means, google that.

    Man you must have gotten beat up a lot of a child.

    The autocomplete results in the search box are just search results. You can think of it like a meta search. You are searching for search phrases. The algorithms that builds that meta data can gamed as well. A naive approach would be to just spam search for a particular phrase to make Google think it's a popular. In reality it's a lot more complicated than that, just giving an example so people like you can hopefully comprehend.

  18. You apparently are unfamiliar with the programming. You don't learn how to program a real self-driving car in a free online class called "how to program a self-driving car."

    You are apparently unfamiliar with threaded conversations. I didn't say that.

  19. Being a system app doesn't grant you access to read the data from other apps. System apps are allowed to be granted certain permissions not available to regular apps, but "read all data on the device" isn't one of them. To do that you'd need to have rooted the device.

  20. You should learn to program and take a "how to program a self-driving car" free online class. Regular idiots off the street are programming their own self-driving vacuum cleaners, often using just an accelerometer and a contact sensor on the front!

    I'm guessing you are trolling here but just had to comment to make sure you know the difference in difficulty between a self driving car and a Roomba.

  21. Plus this adds plausible deniability.

    Except there's no court of law here. If they feel like, Facebook can terminate your employment because they don't like your haircut.

  22. Re:What did you expect? on Google Autocomplete Still Makes Vile Suggestions (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    So, the assertion is backed up with common fucking sense.

    SEO. Google it.

  23. Re:Wait a minute... on Google Autocomplete Still Makes Vile Suggestions (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    The fact that you cannot even cope with the idea of racism doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

    Did anyone say it didn't exist? You see, the alternative to "everything is racist" isn't "nothing is racist". Most things in the real world (to which you clearly are lacking experience) operate in the gray area between the two.

    No, the problem is you;re such a precious snowflake that you go into a blind tizzy when someone so much as mentions racism just in case someone accuses you of it.

    Unfortunately for you, the evidence of certain people going into a blind tizzy is forever memorialized on the internet now for all to see.

  24. Re:Wait a minute... on Google Autocomplete Still Makes Vile Suggestions (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most modern racist statements goes off the following ideas.

    1. Racism isn't a problem ...

    This is a polarizing, divisive statement. You are telling everyone that doesn't feel racist, and doesn't experience racism that THEY are racist. I am not sure if you are trolling or what, but if you have an interest in actually effecting change you should change up your tactic. Accusing and blaming people just makes them defensive and closed to your ideas.

  25. Re:What did you expect? on Google Autocomplete Still Makes Vile Suggestions (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    For example "Islamists" is rarely used positively

    Among who? The 1.6 billion muslims in the world? Are you sure about that?