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  1. Re:What's That Sound? on Anti-Aging Start-Up Is Charging Thousands of Dollars for Teen Blood (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    He's matching up all his golf club shafts?

  2. Bogus Health Claims on Anti-Aging Start-Up Is Charging Thousands of Dollars for Teen Blood (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why isn't the FDA shutting this down.

  3. Thats definitely true, and XML libraries are more prone to vulnerabilities due to XML features.

  4. Isn't compression more effective for XML as it would reduce the redundancy and likely eliminate the file size advantage of JSON.

    I would also argue that in many ways XML is easier for humans to write than JSON unlike the supposition in the summary.

  5. Re:Orrrr... on PC Market Could Return To Growth in 2019 (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure that is the case - what tasks are you using your PC for that are still CPU bound? I'm using an i5-3570k and the reason I haven't upgraded is simply that nothing I do makes the CPU feel slow.

  6. Matter of Money on India's Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored at Home (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if bug bounties values sound impressive, if you start thinking about it as salary it often isn't worth it for developers in the west to work on. You can spend a lot of time to maybe find a vulnerability which has a variable pay-out depending on the severity and someone else might submit first leaving you with nothing. Sorry but no thanks.

  7. Re:And this is why I carry cash on Chipotle Says 'Most' of Its Restaurants Were Infected With Credit Card Stealing Malware (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is that you'd rather be mugged at gunpoint than having your credit card skimmed.

  8. Its very early in the investigation and the leaked information could cause issues with juries?

  9. Tyranny of the subscriptions, no one cancels them. Ask your local gym what % of people actually come in.

  10. All the games everyone has played already mixed with ones no one wanted to play.

  11. Re:high dollar on US International Tourism Market Share Is Falling Under Trump (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Quickly looking it seems to be slightly higher in early 2016 vs 2017. I know I skipped a trip to Defcon last year in a large part due to the USD.

  12. Re:THose two things aren't exclusive on 'Coding Is Not Fun, It's Technically and Ethically Complex' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that jives with current popular music which eschews instruments in favour of electronic noises. Its certainly a lot easier to use synth than mastering at least one instrument.

  13. Re:THose two things aren't exclusive on 'Coding Is Not Fun, It's Technically and Ethically Complex' (qz.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Lets be honest though, if you aren't working in algorithms most of the work doesn't have a whole lot of complexity. Its usually a small part problem solving then a lot of time implementing & testing.

  14. Re:yeah right on 'Coding Is Not Fun, It's Technically and Ethically Complex' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    As opposed to what? Academic code? Government code? Open source?

  15. Re:You want aliens go find the evidence on Could Giant Alien Structures Be Dimming a Far Away Star? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    In fairness to alien crackpots, the logic is the same as religion. What causes lightning bolts? Its a man in the sky throwing them!

  16. Re:New CEO is clueless on Ford Ousted Its CEO And Is Doubling Down On Self-Driving Cars (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Meh. 4 wheels. 5 wheels. A selection of colors and trim levels....

  17. Re:New CEO is clueless on Ford Ousted Its CEO And Is Doubling Down On Self-Driving Cars (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Being a CEO is more about pushing around the money, then actually knowing the details of the product.

    I think evidence would suggest that is how many American companies including car manufacturers have run into problems. People with a business background do a good job of squeezing profits out of a successful business, however they seem to inevitably end up playing catch-up to the market.

    The CFO's job to push money around, its the CEOs job to understand the market, the products and how to allocate the resources. I don't see how someone can effectively do this without working their way up through the business.

  18. Toss Both on PayPal Sues Pandora Over 'Patently Unlawful' Logo (billboard.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How is it reasonable that anyone can own a blue P in a bland font.

  19. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not advocating that everyone drives downtown. Taxis also take more space as in addition to the trip they drive to/from the another fare.

  20. Re:no different than any other industry, eg airlin on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The flaw is that Uber is no different than traditional taxis except it uses a mobile app. Its like 90s patents all over again, tack "on a computer" or "through the internet" to any mundane idea and suddenly its 'novel'.

    Its more like me starting a company for the sky sharing market, where I sell seats on planes that ignore all FAA rules and use highways for landing strips. Don't regulate me bro, I'm innovating.

  21. Brother from Another Mother? on Uber Threatens To Fire Engineer Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets From Waymo (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If these two assholes can find each other I guess the saying is true, there really is someone out there for everyone.

  22. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Roads are a scarce resource in large cities, we don't actually want a large number of taxis on the road. The part of the medallion system that is dumb is that it isn't tied to the driver.

  23. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem was that both the number of companies and the number of taxis were severely limited. This led to a low supply and high prices along with no motive to give better service.

    The part that you're overlooking is that roads are a scarce resource in cities, so we really don't want a large number of hire cars circling adding to congestion. I'd say the second half of the argument is also false, you don't have to look hard to find a lot of complaints about drivers for either of the Internet taxi dispatchers.

  24. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pretty much this, we ended up with regulated rates because when taxis did what they wanted we ended up with unpredictable and predatory pricing.

  25. Sci-Hub was founded in Kazakhstan, by a Kazakh native. Why hasn't the US court declined to hear the case since they clearly do not have jurisdiction.