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  1. What "conservative values" are they battling? on In China's Booming Tech Scene, Women Battle Sexism and Conservative Values (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    What "conservative values" are they battling? Sexism isn't a conservative value you twat.

  2. Yes, because you should be checking GPG sigs on Should GitHub Allow Username Reuse? (donatstudios.com) · · Score: 1

    Go has a pretty stupid package manager if it's relying on a URL to deliver binaries to clients. Any code (binary or source) should be signed and signatures cross-checked in a distributed registry. If you think github name resuse is going to stop this you need to switch languages.

  3. IT MUST BE THAT BAD NAPSTER on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    napster ist the problem npot thes E millential kids using modern downloadin and streamin services. napster is the probmelm. RESIST FELLOW EXECS RESISTS

  4. It's pretty easy to yank the onstar box on Car Manufacturers Are Tracking Millions of Cars (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    It's pretty easy to yank the onstar box in your vehicle. I recommend doing it just for security reasons. A CAN network should absolutely be air gapped.

  5. The NSA is a weapon, not a charity on NSA Deletes 'Honesty' and 'Openness' From Core Values (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a surprise? The NSA is a weapon, not a charity, so that's ironically the most honest thing they've done. They don't exist to make friends, they exist to dominate.

  6. I get what they're saying, but it's stupid. If you have two groups, one that doesn't smoke anything, one that vapes, the group that vapes would be more likely to try actual cigs.

    However, vaporizers themselves are pretty danged safe, and there is plenty of science showing this. Most of the problems with vaporizers are when people modify them so they being to combust the fluid rather than evaporate it.

  7. People use windows for industrial automation??? on Now Meltdown Patches Are Making Industrial Control Systems Lurch (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    People use windows for industrial automation??? Scary world!

  8. Literally no matter how many times you tell these people "It's not that we're against net neutrality, it's that we don't think the FCC is the right place to do it" they plug their ears and scream "YOU DONT WANT A 'FREE' INTERNET HEATHEN, IF YOURE NOT DOING IT OUR WAY YOURE WRONG". I'm happy to see them waste their money.

    Now if they were to lobby the FTC about the bad business practices of ISPs, I'd be all in. Every month I get a report of the text messages I send. I think every time I hit some sort of network mangement cap, I should also get a report from my ISP of exactly when and why it happened and how I can avoid it. Also no more of "up to speeds of 300mbts", they should not be allowed to advertise burst speeds, but only the steady state download speeds. Finally, if the terms change (new network management practices introduced), I should be able to easily cancel my contract with no penalty, since they were the ones that modified the agreement. With those rules in place, forcing ISPs to advertise what they limit will quickly destroy any market for "fast lanes" except for the people that actually want them.

  9. I mean technically no, but then there's predatory on 'Real People' Don't Need End-To-End Encryption In Their Messaging Apps, UK Home Secretary Says (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean technically no... nobody cares what I'm saying to my friends on a daily basis. But a private conversation can be spun 1000x ways when you don't understand the relationship or context. ...with extreme amount of sleaze bag lawyers, district attorneys, and predatory prosecutors we have, it's just good insurance to protect your private conversations.

  10. Re:A non-legislative approach on US Senators To Introduce Bill To Secure 'Internet of Things' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, "light touch" approach usually works out in practice better. If the Goverment would do that with net neutrality, we'd be much better off too ("Sorry, we only buy bandwidth from vendors that don't shape the traffic beyond reasonable measures accordings to FIPS-11231")

  11. Re: Doesn't belong here on Seeking YouTube Fame, A Teenager Kills Her Boyfriend (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually I've found that .22lr will slice right through a phone book (from a rifle), but it stopped 9mm and .45acp. Kinda crazy

  12. Making available theory on Pirate Bay Is Infringing Copyright, European Court of Justice Rules (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "Making available theory" I guess if you have enough money, you can convince a court of anything. Sad to see noble country of Sweden fall to this.

  13. 3 passwords tries = a lockout, STUPID on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some 'Best Practices' IT Should Avoid At All Costs? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    3 passwords tries = a lockout is the STUPIDEST "security" scheme ever. At an old job, a disgrunteled person used a script to login to the CICS region with the admin usernames very quickly. They locked out all admins in less than one min. Someone had to physically travel to the data center in another state and use some sort of local console to get in.

  14. I suppose if Texas calls for Pro-AR15 laws in CA? on Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Lobby Against Texas 'Bathroom' Bill (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I suppose if Texas calls for Pro-AR15 laws in CA, Google, Apple et all would be just as happy to support said bills?

  15. No. Needs to go to the FTC, because Comcast undoubtedly needs to be reigned in on other fronts.

  16. How to improve science: avoid Politics, Economics, on 'Science Must Clean Up Its Act' (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 2

    Stop offering opinions on Politics, Economics, and Religion and STOP issuing doomsday statements in an attempt to garner attention. If you're wrong, which inevitably we are often slightly mistaken, 100% of your research will be thrown out for one bad fact.

    Example: It's impossible to even have a rational discussion about global warming anymore.

  17. This time, we're taking away the SCREEN on Apple To Refresh Entire MacBook Lineup Next Month, Air and Pro To Feature Kaby Lake (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This time, we're taking away the SCREEN. SCREENS were invented as a part of 1960s/1970s MAINFRAME technology and are outdated. The entire computer will run with SIRI.

  18. Not invented here... once again. Sigh. on Google's Upcoming 'Fuchsia' Smartphone OS Dumps Linux, Has a Wild New UI (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not invented here... once again. Sigh. I hope it dies

    What Google needs to do is upgrade Android to use cgroups for app isolation, and switch to using JVM bytecodes so they can recycle the vast amount of work in the OpenJDK project.

  19. Any "Objective Repeatable Task" is automatable on The Parts of America Most Susceptible To Automation (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Any "Objective Repeatable Task" is automatable.

    Objective: The goal can be clearly defined in simple words. There are few input parameters to the problem that affect the output. The output is easily measured. The decision process for the input parameters has just a few steps.

    Repeatable: The input parameters are similar and the outcome is similar.

    Examples: Roofing. Laundry. Cooking. Manufacturing.

  20. Very very charitable act, but needs an asterisk on Microsoft Co-founder Pledges $30 Million To House Seattle's Homeless (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Very very charitable act, but it does make the problem worse in the long term. People value things for the price the pay for them. I'd love to see free housing on a temporary basis (1mo-6mo) and after 2mo you have to show income, and you can apply for extending that deadline twice once you have your spending reviewed. You should be able to get a minimum wage job within a few weeks, and begin work/training for a skilled labor job after you've got basic income coming in.

    Call me old-fashioned, but I believe in hard work. In my blue collar teens/early 20s, I have done everything from assembling buses to commercial roofing. Both of which paid significantly more than minimum wage and only took a few weeks of training.

  21. OMG THE POOR CHILDREN! Trump hates them!

    I thought such titles were banned on /.? I mean there's obvious disadvantages/advantages of the plan, but what's disappointing is the very liberal mods on /. can't are having trouble presenting just the facts anymore.

  22. Needed for Warp Drive on Physicists Observe 'Negative Mass' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the fundamental "flaws" in Warp drives is need for exotic states of matter like negative mass. One step closer to FTL travel! Only 2000 years more of technology development needed!

  23. MOD: Please Fix article title on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    He's not being arrested for "hacking the election" he's being arrested because of other crimes:

    * https://krebsonsecurity.com/20...
    * https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...

  24. Why do the oscars matter? -- Especially on /. on Why Typography Matters -- Especially At The Oscars (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 2

    Just saying, the sewage from a bunch of out-of-touch elitists has never really interested myself or a lot my fellow kind.

  25. I can't wait to see Apple's take on DongleDrivenDevelopment for the desktop. Likely have no ports for anything, but it will be REALLY THIN.