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  1. Re:like what? on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Techies Improving The World? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Capitalism. Venture capital firms are not seeking to solve problems, they're seeking a return on investment.

  2. Re:When you're dead... on Autonomous Vehicles Won't Give Us Any More Free Time, Says Study (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    In the same amount of time that a few Teslas have screwed up, countless more humans (even by percentage of pilot-type of vehicle on the road) have lost their lives due to being ultimately poorer instruments at the task of driving. While the idea of dying in a crash that was a computer's fault is horrifying, it's simply much less likely than dying due to your own human error.

  3. Re:When you're dead... on Autonomous Vehicles Won't Give Us Any More Free Time, Says Study (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Autonomous cars are already far safer than non-autonomous cars and we're on what, year 2?

  4. The story is that despite the announcement that the new generation of processors will be fully supported only by Win10, you'll still be able to use Win7 with them.

  5. Re:Only in Google Fiber Cities + Chicago on Comcast Rolls Out $70-Per-Month Gigabit Internet Service In Chicago (pcmag.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And the fact that it's just a promotion doesn't make this "$70/mo gigabit" like Google Fiber, this is $140/mo gigabit. They can start people at whatever price they want to get them in the door.

  6. Orbiting Sun's nearest neighbor.. doesn't get much more nearby than that. Were you hoping it was hiding in our own goldilocks zone right next to Earth?

  7. Oh, you're right. It's supposed to read "Wild! Abuse Allegations? 'Taint Indiegogo Helmet Maker, Skully!"

  8. Re:Just like trying to ban guns on France Says Fight Against Messaging Encryption Needs Worldwide Initiative (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Text communications, regardless of platform, unless encrypted, are sent over the line in plain readable form by anyone to whom the traffic is visible (such as others on the network, the ISP or the NSA). This is basically for efficiency's sake, why add or change the data when you can just send it bitwise as-is? But it makes all standard communication over the internet insecure in this basic manner, which is why encryption is critical for any personal communication among free people. The real kicker is even a crummy ISIS programmer can almost certainly come up with some decently strong encryption without any backdoors, but legislators probably can't understand this.

  9. Unless you count games like Downwell...

  10. High-school dropout*

  11. Re:And... on North Korea Hopes To Plant Flag On The Moon Within 10 Years (ap.org) · · Score: 2

    Now we know what Kennedy meant by "the other things."

  12. Yeah, that doesn't have anything to do with this, and the article is literally directly below this one if you cared anyway. Why do they keep appending these end bits referencing other articles?

  13. Re:Pointless appeasement still pointless on Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Works for Google.

  14. This. Extrapolating movement and cranking up the framerate in certain parts of the scene while other parts run at lower framerates or move out of sync is a sensation that constantly reminds me I'm watching a video and breaks the experience altogether. Being immersed in a world where this is occurring would be maddening.

  15. Re:We need a penalty for retarded judges on Federal Court: The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Your Home Computer (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    What we need are machines that can't be hacked

    My God, why hasn't anyone thought of this before?!

  16. Re:Not surprising on Domino's Ends Free Pizza Promo With T-Mobile Due To High Demand (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Apparently it doesn't have to be sustainable. They got the word out, the promotion worked, and now nobody has to give away any more pizzas.

  17. Re:Ok, why? on Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, the way the DMCA is written, YouTube is supposed to follow the DMCA takedown request essentially blindly while any appeals are supposed to be filed by the user directly. I feel the same way as you, though, that the site hosting the material should have some responsibility. I'm sure the MPAA feels something similar about YouTube's responsibility for infringing content..

  18. Re:Out of State plates on Amazon Beats Microsoft In 'The Battle of Seattle' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I work as an "Amazon Flex" driver from time to time, it's the driver's side of the "Prime Now" 1hr and 2hr delivery program. Amazon currently offers the ability to work in any city with Prime Now (though a technical limitation only allows this one time at present) so it's likely Seattle is seeing a lot of these transplants since it's a very easy way to move to a new city and ensure you already have work. These are personal vehicles so many of these drivers probably aren't concerned with updating their plates right away.

  19. 8 9 on Mathematicians Discover Prime Conspiracy (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    7 did it.

  20. Re:Yesterday's retracted news on San Bernadino D.A. Says Shooter's Phone Could Harbor "Cyber Pathogen" (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't have to read the news to know there's no way this is a serious possibility.

  21. Re:"Belief" in Evolution required for Gravity Wave on Americans' Evolution Knowledge Isn't That Bad, If You Ask About Elephants (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because if you can't draw conclusions from evidence you're not going to be able to use science.

  22. Re:What the fuck on Why Facebook Really Shut Down Parse (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    "as a Service." Now, if someone could explain what "Facebook Login" is...

  23. Re:Huh? on Why Facebook Really Shut Down Parse (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    "as a Service"

  24. Re:fresh clean water? on EasyJet May Trial Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Taxiing (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, the humanity!

  25. * And, I'm sure, neither does Edge, I just wouldn't touch Edge with a 10ft pole regardless.