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  1. Re:How do you know it's more expensive? on Trump Personally Pushed Postmaster General To Double Rates on Amazon, Other Firms: Report (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you miss the part where the postmaster general said that these arrangements are beneficial to the post office?
    Is there any data to back up your claim that they're losing money on the deal?

  2. Prisons are now a business. Recidivism is a feature not a bug now.

  3. Re:Restore on Senate Democrats Force a Vote To Restore Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, but..

    I'm wrong, but...

    Hillary would have been worse...

  4. Re:Restore on Senate Democrats Force a Vote To Restore Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not a single word of that is true or could be supported by anything in this bill of the original NN regulation.

    It's easy to write accounts like yours off as a troll, but I think you're probably really and fucking crazy.

  5. Re:Good job Apple! on iOS 11.4 Disables Lightning Connector After 7 Days, Limiting Law Enforcement Access (macrumors.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wrong. US Customs was/is asking to view and download data from travelers' devices.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/usa-border-phones-search-1.4494371

    Blanket sweep, no warrant, no stated purpose, no rules on what was done with your data.

  6. You have to realize that these devices and tools are global. So while we may have a healthy debate on whether the police in your country are acting in good faith, we can probably wholeheartedly agree that there are oppressive governments in the world. Denying the good guys these tools is the price for denying them to the bad guys.

  7. Re:Why does this still happen? on Twitter Says Glitch Exposed 'Substantial' Number of Users' Passwords In Plain Text (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    How does that help? If I send a username and password, they were logging both and anyone with access could log in as you. If they were using your plan, I'd send a username and hash, they would still have been logging both and anyone with access could log in as you.

  8. Re:Meh. on 8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I get that you'd prefer a display rather than a smart TV (and they sell them, just look under monitors rather than TVs and expect to pay more). However, I don't see why that would actually stop you. I have a 'smart' TV with the wireless disabled and Ethernet disconnected.

  9. It's probably your cookies that are revealing where you are.

  10. Re:Chrome and Firefox Only on Many VPN Providers Leak Customer's IP Address via WebRTC Bug (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Edge and IE have webRTC disabled by default. So the MS browsers are safe. I know, I was shocked too. :)

  11. No - Don't do it on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Make? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nope. No one is ever happy. If you make less, you're pissed. If you make more, it's not enough more, and you're pissed.

  12. Re:Come on, who would have no hit her? on Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Woman in First Fatal Crash Involving Pedestrian (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    No, involuntary manslaughter needs the death to be caused by recklessness or criminal negligence, or from an unlawful act.

  13. Not automation, just more work. No new tools, no new 'bots. We do 'more with less' with usually just ends up being you decide what isn't critical and that part doesn't happen. Training and documentation are the usual victims, which just makes a disaster in the future.

  14. Re: FaceBook has a malware scanner????? on Facebook's Mandatory Anti-Malware Scan Is Invasive and Lacks Transparency (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you just clicked something incorrectly.

  15. Re:Automation on From 1999 To 2016, America Lost 11.4 Million People From the Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's so obvious that people who track this stuff for a living aren't sure.

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but do you have any data, or just your gut?

    Where I work zero jobs were lost to automation. All of our cut jobs just had their duties dumped on someone else, who in 2009 was just happy to still have a job. Unfortunately after a decade, the company, and some employees, have forgotten that what they do used to be three jobs.

  16. Re:Confusion on Americans Are Saving Energy Because Fewer People Go Outside (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Right? I'm not sure where they got to staying indoors more from data that says people travel less.

  17. Re:Apple makes tech for the "time is money" crowd on Apple's 'What's a Computer?' Ad is Annoying People: Business Insider (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    Depends. I can stream from my iPhone to my friend's chromecast, from the youtube app.

  18. Re:Sounds like... on 37% of Netflix Subscribers Say They Binge-Watch While at Work (netflix.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nope. I don't care if you're watching Netflix, listening to Pandora, or whatever as long as you aren't annoying the people around you and are getting your work done.

  19. Yes and No on Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57? · · Score: 1

    Yes, then I found out they broke the QuickJava extension, which is the only reason I use FF. So now I'm going back.

  20. Re:Never used Snapchat on A Huge Redesign Is Coming To Snapchat (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Why can't you delete them?

  21. What problem does this solve? on Browsers Will Store Credit Card Details Similar To How They Save Passwords (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    They still need your card data, they still need a payment processor. So, now we don't have to enter our CC, it just sends it behind the scenes. So, this helps lazy people and means that a browser flaw could allow an attacker to charge my CC.

  22. Requires javascript to be enabled on Can The Pirate Bay Replace Ads With A Bitcoin Miner? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Does anyone go to pirate bay with JS enabled?

  23. Re:No, it didn't on South Park's Season Premier Sets Off Everyone's Amazon Echo (maxim.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the GP, but I have one and really like it. The voice recognition is good and pretty much anyone can use it and it's not too far off the price point of a nice wireless speaker. The usage is the best part. I can use it, my wife can use it, my kids can use it. My wife hates technology, so that she can be in the kitchen and call out "Alexa, play the Gypsy Kings" and the Gypsy Kings starts playing makes it worth it.

  24. Re:They did it at my office on Apple Employees Rebelling Against Apple Park's Open Floor Plan, Report Says (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Not even joking. Two monitors improves worker performance from accounting to IT to graphics. Keeping people at one for some aesthetic reason is crazy.

  25. Re:They did it at my office on Apple Employees Rebelling Against Apple Park's Open Floor Plan, Report Says (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    One monitor? Are they animals?