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  1. Re:ORDERS TO TROOPS: on Pentagon Reviews GPS Policies After Fitness Trackers Reveal Locations (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Given the amount of data, it seems like it defaults to "public-to-the-world" and not just "private to me (and my friends)" or "private" really means "we still collect and share your data, we'll just make sure it's anonymized". Who in their right mind would want to let the world know where they are regularly jogging, especially if you're away overseas in the military.

  2. Actually, it never happens. Electricity doesn't get offers at the time of necessity, the time to do a bidding transaction would destroy the grid. These prices, just like the oft-repeated German negative pricing is speculative pricing. It's the pricing on the equivalent of the stock market for energy. The actual consumers have a much more stable pricing model guaranteed or fluctuating over months, not seconds.

  3. I'm surprised this hasn't been a thing on Is It Time For Zero-Trust Corporate Networks? (csoonline.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've ran all my networks as zero trust systems, usually because the castle and moat system they call is managed by absolute morons.

    Zero trust models were proposed decades ago. About 15 years ago the NSA/DoD security recommendations (When they started releasing SELinux) were all about securing your hosts from whatever was already running on it.

  4. You'll probably run afoul of a dozen or so handicapped associations for their inability to hold a regular screwdriver and a number of patent and industry reps that have screwdriver contracts with the government.

    You say "independent repair shop" because you really don't want "everyone" to be able to repair their stuff without blowing their hands of.

  5. Re: Don't eat meat on Scientists Calculate Carbon Emissions of Your Sandwich (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Yes, don't eat local meats, instead eat a processed paste of fruits or beans and grass imported from somewhere halfway across the globe, made in a factory halfway across the country and sold in your Whole Foods all the way across the city

    You can't be a vegetarian and say you care about nature. The total production energy requirement (and thus cost) of your diet is unattainable to maintain by even many people in the US, let alone the majority of people in the world.

    Meat is generally not a luxury, cheaply produced meat and farmed foods is a staple because it packs the most energy output in the lowest amounts of energy input.

  6. Re:Clever, and it doesn't violate the FCC's rules. on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Spectrum is the brand name, TWC Business Services LLC and Charter Communications LLC are subsidiaries of Charter Communications Operating LLC. They have a BUNCH of subsidiaries, even as specific as Long Beach LLC and numerous other subsidiaries that operate very small geographical areas (probably to avoid legal scrutiny reserved to larger ISP). So legal-technical speaking, your "business" Spectrum is quite different from your "residential" Spectrum, I work with both regularly and they have different branding, the technical services can't even transfer you between the two.

  7. Re:Clever, and it doesn't violate the FCC's rules. on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    All this means is that "TWC Business Services LLC" must provide net neutrality to it's customers. Charter Communications LLC does not provide contracts for government/educational organizations and neither does TWC Business Services LLC provide residential internet services.

  8. Re: Finally! on The US Drops Out of the Top 10 In Innovation Ranking (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Perhaps you should realize that having graduated with a STEM degree means absolutely nothing. You KNOW nothing, I work with last year engineering students every year and I'm just boggled every year that these people with a team of 4 "engineers-to-be" can't properly think through a simple Arduino project in about 4 workweeks.

    If you want a job in STEM you start at the bottom. For tech and programming this means help desk, QC and all around gopher, if you're good you'll ride up the ranks. If you quit because you're expecting better pay directly out of school, you don't belong in the field.

  9. Re: My fear on Tesla Owner Attempts Autopilot Defense During DUI Stop (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Drivered taxis already don't let drunk people drive. To avoid liability drunks will need ambulances instead of driverless cars.

  10. It's good for open source software on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software? · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily for professionals but for people that used InDesign or Photoshop once a year, many have now switched to Inkscape, GIMP and other free or cheap alternatives.

    Commercially Quark is making a comeback (I remember when everyone switched to the still much inferior Adobe due to oppressive Quark licensing).

  11. You can always represent rational numbers as integers. Just multiply all numbers by 10 until you have no more floating point. But these days the compilers handle all this fancy footwork for you.

  12. Re: Which billionaire is funding this one? on 'New California' Movement Wants To Create a 51st State (wqad.com) · · Score: 1

    I would think it's a left wing wet dream. You get a no-contest Democrat vote for the most populous area of the state and the least populated, right wing area of the state gets virtually no representation. This translates very well for Democrats in presidential elections.

  13. In the mean time on Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Dubai is one of the fastest growing economies through heavy investment into business with a 0% business tax, 0 capital gains tax and a mere 5% sales tax on imported items.

    Seems like our government is finally learning what it means to grow an economy, cut taxes for businesses and let them repatriate money.

  14. In general, I would say tax deductions. It's also in restricted stock units, so they may be trying to get rid of holding onto stock by giving it away to their employees.

  15. Most cheapo home routers do not run Linux, I've never seen a Linux-based router crap out completely even if it's running low on RAM.

  16. Re:Do the napkin math on Lyft Says Nearly 250K of Its Passengers Ditched a Personal Car In 2017 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with public transportation elsewhere (eg. Europe) is that the costs are also "public", so everyone is paying to use the bus even if they never take it and then everyone can get a very cheap or even free ride.

    In the US, there are subsidies but most of the companies are private and you pay $2-5 per trip if not more, the busses don't run every 30m and aren't obligated by law to have bus stops every other mile so they only service and plan times and routes that are profitable or at least break-even.

    On either continent, in bigger cities people are automatically driven to public or hired transportation because having a car is more of a hassle and very expensive so public or hired transportation makes sense to use. But many people that eventually get enough money to move out of the city will revert back to car ownership in a heartbeat.

  17. Shitty router brands unite. I had the same issue almost 10 years ago, until I installed OpenWRT on my Asus. No more issues. Then the Asus burned out and I got a Buffalo router. Also, never had issues.

  18. 100,000 packets bursting on a WiFi over a few seconds does not get close to the 1M PPS most routers should be able to push these days (you got to figure in that WiFi is for most of these systems a half-duplex broadcast).

  19. 200MB? You mean 200Mb/s.

    Gigabit Ethernet handles:
    1,000,000,000 b/s / (84 B * 8 b/B) == 1,488,096 f/s (maximum rate)
    1,000,000,000 b/s / (1,538 B * 8 b/B) == 81,274 f/s (minimum rate)

    If they crap out at 100,000 packets your router is indeed shitty, that's what 100Mb/s networks peak out at.

  20. Re:Its the router stupid on Google Home and Chromecast Could Be Overloading Your Home Wi-Fi (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You can still get a very shitty router. I noticed MANY routers are simply underpowered. They have 3 antenna's, a 1.2GHz chip, some shitty software and a power supply of 500mA, replace that with a 1A and given the system doesn't overheat, it won't "crash" or power cycle anymore. Also, crack open the case and put a decent power sink on the chips.

    I have gotten some mixed results from Asus, I've actually melted the plastic off a Netgear home router by attempting to use its gigabit ports, the Linksys is a big stay-away, TP-Link the name says it all, toilet-paper link.

    If you want a really stable, good router, that's compatible with DD-WRT or OpenWRT go with Buffalo or shell out for a professional system, they're maybe twice as expensive but well worth the extra range, US-based support and hassle free experience.

  21. Re: Industrial systems should be super-simple on Now Meltdown Patches Are Making Industrial Control Systems Lurch (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    VB6 and .NET coders are cheap and the code can be cobbled together (although unreadable) with the most guaranteed billable hours and most expensive support packages ever.

  22. Re:Swedes try product because of marketing on Contraceptive App Natural Cycles Blamed For String of Unwanted Pregnancies (standard.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Women are only fertile 20% of the month with an average 'success rate' of fertilization being ~15-20% per month, especially when you practice abstention during your fertile period. So the app at 93% actually seems to have a slight increase or at very best a zero-effect for the chance of pregnancy.

  23. Re: Very high level of confidence in TREASON on 'Very High Level of Confidence' Russia Used Kaspersky Software For Devastating NSA Leaks (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    In computer security, if your security is weak enough it becomes a "public unsecured server". Eg. anything you find through Shodan is imho a "public unsecured server" because a search engine can find it.

  24. Re: I believe it and so should you on 'Very High Level of Confidence' Russia Used Kaspersky Software For Devastating NSA Leaks (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    In computer security any lack of "intelligence" makes the issue at hand usable by anyone from a 10 year old in their moms basement to any government, friendly or not and it also affects everyone.

    Hence why we WANT the FBI/NSA to publish these issues because today it's some low level NSA rent-a-coder being hacked, tomorrow it's the nuclear arsenal or the economy or some other government agency because even other parts of the government doesn't get to know these details, there is no "secret patch list".

  25. Re: Very high level of confidence in TREASON on 'Very High Level of Confidence' Russia Used Kaspersky Software For Devastating NSA Leaks (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    If the attack was successful, then it's the American company's fault for not better protecting. If you deal with government secrets, leaving them out in a bar for anyone to see is considered treasonous, not one of the many passer by that could copy and publish it.