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  1. Re:Includes manual override and black box on EU Set To Mandate Speed Limiters In All New Cars (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Trucks in the EU have had, for decades, a black box recording their activity. Recordings are specific to drivers. No one seems to mind those.

    Many new cars in the .EU already have speed limiters built in. My old Mercedes did - it was great fun. They are really useful if you are driving in town and there are speed cameras/traps. They are also a lot of fun. You can accelerate hard and not risk going over the speed limit.

    So it more looks like the EU is just getting car manufacturers to make available already tested tech into all new cars.

  2. chloroplasts? on Self-Healing Material Can Build Itself From Carbon In the Air (mit.edu) · · Score: 0

    So everything is going green... literally

    Would this work in space? The availability of carbon up there is more limited but self healing space craft might be useful.

  3. Re:Science: Is it replicable? on Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a Sham? (nypost.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sadly, in psychology, it goes further than poorly designed studies

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. Re:64gb for the dells on Laptops With 128GB of RAM Are Here (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I would think you would want the ecc option - if you are loading that much data into ram to work on it will probably be a task that takes a while and requires accuracy and stability.

  5. Dixons is a pretty mediocre retailer and I would not be surprised is they had severely under-resourced security in place. Frankly, something like this should be enough to take them to bankruptcy.

  6. Re:Not news. on Bitcoin Tumbles Most in Two Weeks Amid South Korea Hack (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Are you comparing rare elements dug out of the Earth with bitcoin? One has limited supply, the other is unlimited. When it gets too difficult to mine one coin, just go and invent a new one. When you've dug all the gold out of the Earth then that is that.

  7. I for one welcome our new speck overloards. May your reign be wipe free.

  8. Research on 1.1.1.1: Cloudflare's New DNS Attracting 'Gigabits Per Second' of Rubbish (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would be very interested in following the research they are undertaking. Anyone know how/where this will be published?

  9. Re:Hasn't worked out well in our history on Would You Fear Alien Life or Welcome It? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think advanced human civilization meets less advanced civilization and all goes wrong is something we can apply to aliens from outer space. For one, humans meeting humans in the same space mean they are potential competitors or at least hold territory the more advanced guys would like to own.

    Aliens from outer space might want Earthly resources, or they might not, it is not a given. Given the aliens traveled here using technology we do not possess my guess is the need for Earth-like resources could be met by visiting a whole range of unoccupied planets. So they are probably here to meet us. So I'd be more upbeat in the long term outcomes of aliens popping over to say hello.

  10. Seems near on Cisco Can Now Sniff Out Malware Inside Encrypted Traffic (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But what happens when they detect something?

  11. Re:It means that they can tax him ... on Ecuador Grants Citizenship To WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    He only eats nothing burgers with salty fries

  12. I really hope this happens. At the moment I manually block all shared sites... about as successful as swimming up a waterfall.

  13. Smith and Wesson have an awful lot to answer for then.

  14. Re:Original sealed container on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    This is the thing - there is a difference between manufacturers' inventory where drugs can be stored safely and patients holding onto drugs. For the latter - there are issues with some drugs hanging around. There is a risk that they might be misused by others in the same home. But probably more importantly, in many cases if the symptoms for which they were prescribed have not been successfully treated, or changed then it is probably a good idea that a clinician re-evaluates. We do not really want people stockpiling medication, self-diagnosing and self-prescribing. Plus, usually patients are given a course of treatment and enough medication for that treatment plan. If there is any left over then something has not gone as planned. So for storage at home expiry dates are pretty much a non-issue.

  15. Re:And the navigation... on Britain's Newest Warship Runs Windows XP, Raising Cyber Attack Fears (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If compromised systems had clippy enabled as a consequence then I am sure the world would take security a whole load more seriously.

  16. I have no idea why two-factor is not more common. All the stuff I have set up for personal use has it enabled but none of the corporate systems I use so (except for one that also needs a dongle). You know what I would like to see? A near field dongle-like key, something that can be embedded in a phone or keyring or ID card or something. There seems to be the beleif that secure means more difficult and so many have opted for the less secure easier to access route. You can have exceptional security and easy access though.

  17. Re:Hopefully apples too on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very much so. Especially when there is a bit of glue residue left after the label has been removed. I do wonder, though, if this might effect the quality of the fruit. Avacados have thick skin, as do banannas, so they are probably ok. But apples, peaches and so on?

  18. Re:I was recruited for a dev position and felt bia on Google X Worked An Older Employee Until He Was Hospitalized, Then Laid Him Off (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I will always give feedback when asked - but most of the time that is (honestly) because someone was better suited to the role. Just because you don't get a job doesn't always mean you created a bad impression. The worst thing about hiring, for me at least, is interviewing a bunch of great people, all of whom I could work with, and only choosing one or two to employ.

  19. As I understand it - in some areas data and communications cannot be stored outside of the respective country relating to that information. So if Google hand overseas comms in the US then they likely go against data protection laws in other countries.

  20. Correlation is not what it seems on Studies Link Some Stomach Drugs To Alzheimer's Disease and Kidney Problems (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 2

    I would think that PPI use is also strongly associated in many case with certain lifestyle choices. Stuff like poor diet, lack of excercise, alcohol use. And also stress. PPI use and dementia could both be symptoms of the same underlying cause.

  21. No shame on Slashdot Asks: Are You Ashamed of Your Code? (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    I avoid shame by making sure my code does not work and is not seen by anyone else.

  22. I've just checked. My ZX Spectrum, which is in a box under the stairs, is still secure. Never been hacked. Take that black hat hackers.

  23. I don't mind having some software monitor my activity and provide opportunities to make like simpler. I quite like the idea. I have a huge problem with that information being sent off and collected in some far off place. I'm already quite spooked by the lack of privacy in Windows 10. But I'm also a bit spooked by Google and a bunch of other vendors who seem to expect to have access to quite personal information. I'm not a fan of big government - but this is one area I would like a bit more clarification on, if they are listening.

  24. variety on Wrong Chemical Dumped Into Olympic Pools Made Them Green (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do feel the color options for Olympic pools could be greatly expanded. Green and a slight blue are not enough, We should have red pools and purple pools as well. Deep blues and pinks wouldn't go amiss either. But not yellow pools, that might be distracting.

  25. I was supposed to be doing things. Now I'm decades old game and having fun.