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  1. Cool on Interviews: Ask 'Ubuntu Unleashed' Author Matthew Helmke · · Score: 1

    Good read

  2. My AI hacked your AI on Harnessing Artificial Intelligence To Build an Army of Virtual Analysts · · Score: 1

    Is this what finally leads to the Singularity or Skynet?

  3. Stupid on Dutch Police Train Bald Eagles To Take Out Drones · · Score: 1

    The bird will be injured and never attack a drone again or worse, killed.

    Try catching my 650 with 15 inch carbon fiber blades, a smart bird wouldn't get near it.

  4. If a person using windows 7, say for their work happens to find that the computer upgraded overnight (automatically of course) and ruined the apps he or she needs, could there be successful litigation?

    Can M$ get proper fucked for doing this?

  5. The only thing that still baffles me on Microsoft Edge's Private Browsing Mode Isn't Actually Private (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Is why anyone believes things like MS's browser not being "private" is a mistake, or Apples "goto" fail was a bug (some of many fails for both corps) or that there isn't an obvious collusion between the gov and the tech sector, and all the spying and dirty tricks you see are not "bugs" or "mistakes" they were planned all along.

    Eisenhower warned us, we didn't listen, it came to be, now we are "proper fucked".

  6. How fast Apple started "falling apart" after Jobs died, which makes me think Jobs really was Apple and can't be replaced, or now that he's dead people aren't afraid to point out Apple's flaws.

    In either case, the Koolaid appears to be wearing off for even the die hard fanbois.

  7. Sigh... on Facebook Expands Online Commerce Role, But Says "No Guns, Please" · · Score: 1

    Stop using Facebook.

  8. Re:does this mean less propaganda? on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    If you wanna see the full effect of that post something negative about Amazon next time there's an article on them.
    Amazing how fast you get modded down.

  9. Now /. is dead.

  10. Out of curiosity... on Former Mozilla CEO Launches Security-Centric Browser Brave · · Score: 1

    Could you compile something similar using standard Linux builds and/or repositories?

    Leave out the crap sort of thing.

  11. Which way is east in space?

  12. Yep on Benefits of a Homebrew Router (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Bought a dual NIC fanless MITXPC never looked back, I love the machine it's quiet reliable and small.
    You can get them with more than 2 NIC's as well (I suggest you do for versatility reasons) there are a few builds you can run on these things PFSense, Smoothwall, etc.
    http://www.mitxpc.com/
    http://www.smoothwall.org/
    https://www.pfsense.org/
    http://suricata-ids.org/downlo...

  13. Re:You know it's true. on 10-Year-Old Muslim Boy Probed For 'Terrorist House' Spelling Error (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    But we aren't really, not any more than we were before mass media.
    It's the constant news "telling" you what it is and how you should feel about it.

    Stop consuming mass media, watch your fear level drop.

    Try it.

  14. Now he has to meet the president and get an all expenses paid trip through school.

  15. Enjoy it... on Tension Escalates Between Netflix and Its TV Foes (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    One day it will all be ads on Netflix, just as it is on "TV".

  16. SIgh... on How Amazon's Drone Deliveries Will Work (yahoo.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Amazon wants to show how safe their drones are" and yet in every news story "drones" are the new menace, I guess they are only "safe" when in the hands of a large greedy corp.
    Between 200 and 400 feet eh? So what happens to all the hobbyist in your flight path Amazon?
    Oh yes once again corporate "rights" trump anything or anyone with out sufficiently capitol to invoke litigation.

    What happens to the concept of air space ownership when your delivery flies over my house?

  17. *sigh* on Are Phone Numbers Doomed To Die? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop using Facebook.

  18. The Future on French Conservatives Push Law To Ban Strong Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    If you only study the single grain of sand you never see the beach.

    All of the things occurring in the MSM you see day to day are not separate isolated incidents that arose organically.
    They are parts of the terrifying whole.

  19. RIP on David Bowie Dies At Age 69 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years, and authorship and intellectual property is in for such a bashing.

    Indeed... if only it were true David, going to miss this guy, grew up with his music and strangeness

  20. But there will still be a way to buy my hookers and blow, because you're kidding yourself if you don't think the black market economy is massive.

  21. Drought on Giant Methane Leak in California Won't Be Capped For Months · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the "warm spot" deflecting rain and causing the drought in California could be tied to this leak.

    Could you imagine if they could prove it was...

  22. Lazy... on Does the Internet Spur Social Change, Or Lazy Activism? (usc.edu) · · Score: 1

    Does the Internet Spur Social Change, Or Lazy Activism?

    Lazy activism and much worse.

  23. STFU on A Silicon Valley For Drones, In North Dakota (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    They're not terribly reliable, they have a pretty short range, and they're loud.

    I have one that flies over 100 Km, that's not "short" by any means.

    Reliable? An electric engine is about as reliable as you can get and the Flight Controllers (consumer versions) work fine when properly used and set up.

    Loud? At 10 meters you can barely hear most of mine, at 100 meters you won't hear any of them.

    Hardly loud....

  24. Why? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this shit on /.?

  25. They aren't "hoverboards". on 15,000 Hoverboards Seized As Unsafe In United Kingdom (nationaltradingstandards.uk) · · Score: 1

    They are for idiots, be thankful you no longer have to guess who is the douche, you can tell right away by the wheels under their feet and the Apple watch on their wrist.

    You thought multirotors ("drones") were the threat? Think again; as you are far more likely to be injured by an idiot on one of these than by a multirotor.