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  1. Re:What's the SQL look like? on LA County Is Using An Algorithm To Clear 50,000 Pot Convictions Faster (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd guess it's more likely a nasty excel macro.

  2. Re:"for once" on The Robot Revolution Will Be Worse For Men · · Score: 1

    I'd say the problem is that the 'for once' is extra stupid, both for being sexist and wrong. Every slowdown in manufacturing and low skilled labor has had a larger impact on men.

  3. Re:Internet Explorer? on Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix For Internet Explorer Zero Day (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    We still have a couple legacy apps that are IE only. :(

    It's sad. We've been saying for years that this is a problem and it needs replaced, but it's still there. So it sucks that we can't remove it from our machines, and it's good they're still doing security updates.

  4. It works but we don't know why on Researchers Make RAM From a Phase Change We Don't Entirely Understand (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' Isaac Asimov

  5. Re:I'll take "Karma's a bizotch" for 500, Alex on Former Edge Browser Intern Alleges Google Sabotaged Microsoft's Browser (ycombinator.com) · · Score: 1

    It might be funny, but two wrongs don't make a right.

  6. Just as much as google on CNN Contributor Urges: Stop Calling Facebook a Tech Company (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Google is an ad company too. That's where they make their money.

  7. Can't speak to what that one does, but ad networks pull cookies and do other fingerprinting. So Facebook wasn't open, but an ad network cookie was there, so it could get your ID and feed it into the network. Boom, ad can now connect to you all over the place.

    It's super creepy.

  8. Re:I can actually hear him gritting his teeth on How New, Polite Linus Torvalds Points Out Bad Kernel Code (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    The subtle difference between "you are a moron" and "you did something moronic".

  9. Re:I must be missing something on Windows Defender Becomes First Antivirus To Run Inside a Sandbox (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The AV product has to open and test the file. This can be a way for malware to hijack the AV product itself. By running that test in a sandbox, the malware has another hurdle (escaping the sandbox) before it can do anything.

  10. Re:This Neubauer guy is a class act on 16-Year-Old Dethrones Tetris World Champion With Difficult Hyper-Tap Technique (kotaku.com) · · Score: 2

    It is a retro gaming competition. Even the sportsmanship is retro! :)

  11. Re:Nope... on Giant Spiderweb Cloaks Land in Aitoliko, Greece (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    They're eating mosquitoes. That's got to be points in their favor.

  12. I just came here to laugh. Not even the Federal Government is dumb enough to use Oracle's cloud offering.

  13. Re:Women's clothing is what women buy on Science Confirms That Women's Pockets Suck For Smartphones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always thought that the people who make women's clothes must actually hate women. Seems like a market opportunity, but I've looked for clothes that would fit my wife better, and they aren't there to buy. I don't get it.

  14. Re:Seems reasonable on Baseball Players Want Robots To Be Their Umps (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't even going to instant replay. It's a real-time overlay of the pitch that shows if it's a strike or not. The ump is very often wrong. The announcers don't even skip a beat, they just say, he's calling strikes a little outside tonight.

    I think Baseball is hella-boring, but this is cool enough that you should check it out. If you scrub through this you can see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6EDJ7IHfGE

  15. Re:The only thing that will stop bad robot with a on Killer Robots Would Be 'Dangerously Destabilizing' Force in the World, Tech Leaders Warn (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    That's the real concern. Not that they'll Skynet us, but that the political pressure that keeps us out of conflicts go away when there are no bodybags.

  16. Re:A simpler explanation on Amazon's Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now I almost want to buy one of these to see what shows up. :)

  17. Re:Good on Researchers Find That Filters Don't Prevent Porn (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Get an app that allows you to whitelist sites. Any blacklist will be out of date or full of holes. With a whitelist, you pick where they are allowed to go.

  18. Re:How about regulation of all biometrics - period on Microsoft Calls on Congress To Regulate Face Recognition (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    If it's just being used to match, you could store a hash rather than the source data. If the hash of the credentials you supply match, you're in, but they can't lose the data because they don't have it. Same issues with storing passwords this way, but a hell of a lot better than storing the source data.

  19. Blockchain is the most trackable currency ever invented. No secret government anything needed.

  20. Re:people would just pay the full cost of services on What if People Were Paid For Their Data? (economist.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The genie is out of the bottle, and this is just another revenue stream. Much like 'pay TV' that is still full of ads, data monetization is probably here to stay.

  21. Re:WTF Tramadol? on Feds Ran a Bitcoin-Laundering Sting For Over a Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if you can cut some other drug with it. Either that or junkies have figured out some way to make it fun.

  22. Patent on what grounds? on Nearly Half the Patents on Marine Genes Belong To Just One Company (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    How is this even possible? How can you patent it before you know what those genes do (even if you think that they should be patentable in the first place). It's like someone patenting random shapes of wood because they might figure out if they're gears some day.

  23. Re:Bunch of garbage on Microsoft's Interest In Buying GitHub Draws Backlash From Developers · · Score: 1

    The future of MS is Azure, not Windows. So they don't care what tools you use, what platform you're on, as long as you deploy to Azure. From that perspective this buy makes perfect sense. Most of the dissenters are people who think Windows and Office are still the center of the MS universe.

  24. Re:what about outside the state? on Uber Driver Kills His Passenger (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Because there isn't one database where they can find that data. Each state (and sometimes each City/Jurisdiction) has their own records, not all electronic. You have to run a background check in each location to get a full report.

  25. Re:A problem with an easy solution on Uber Driver Kills His Passenger (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm a very infrequent Uber user, but for me it's about convivence, cost, and cleanliness. With Uber I pull out my phone and can get a ride from just about anywhere to just about anywhere within minutes. I also know my cost before I get in. They're also better cared for vehicles. I'm sure some taxis are clean, but the few I've been in have been terrifyingly dirty.