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  1. Yes, it made a great doorstop on Ask Slashdot: Do You Miss Windows Phone? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I do miss it.

    Zune zuna zune, windows phone, zuna zune

  2. Good think KM pipeline cancelled on One-Degree Rise In Temperature Causes Ripple Effect In World's Largest High Arctic Lake (folio.ca) · · Score: 1

    Right?

    Because as the temperature increases, the permafrost will release it's carbon near bodies of water, very rapidly.

    It's science.

  3. As if FB board members were from Russia on Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Says Data From 87 Million Users Could Be Stored In Russia (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh.

    Wait.

  4. Was not injured THIS time on California Police Ticket A Self-Driving Car (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    The second the AI knows the cops are out of range, however ...

  5. Mine always says Nom Nom Nom on Researchers Develop Device That Can 'Hear' Your Internal Voice (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Guess it's working perfectly

  6. There are more than that on Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Facebook Data From 87 Million People (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    And, yes, you're included due to some people having lots of friends.

    Ask the correct questions.

    Are we talking people in the US? Are we talking people in the UK? Are we talking people in North America? Are we talking people in the EU?

    American citizens live everywhere.

  7. The best ones are French Literature degree holders on McAfee Finds That Gamers Are Strong Candidates for Cybersecurity Jobs (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Surprisingly, the best ones are actually French Literature bachelor degree holders, followed closely by those with various foreign languages (other than their own).

    The problem is that the vast majority of people who apply for such positions are gamers. As my gaming friends worldwide could tell you, it is very possible to be both.

  8. Technically they don't have a choice on Facebook CEO Says Not Planning To Extend European Privacy Law Globally (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    EU privacy rights apply to EU citizens in the EU and North America under data treaties, and to a whole list of other nations.

    So, in effect, if FB doesn't do this, it's in violation.

  9. Re:So NSA should be disbanded for incompetence? on US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    2, you just jelling, either that or you've realized there is no escape from charges ...

  10. But the Russians in control of the US don't care.

  11. This is correct on US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What's surprising is how long it took you to figure it out.

    Oh, and all your cloud storage and Bluetooth make it so easy.

  12. Not everyone can steal legally on President Trump Slams Amazon For 'Causing Tremendous Loss To the United States' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all of us can steer federal and other nations business to our properties like he does.

    And then underperform the market.

  13. Joke is on them, then on Google Home Can Now Control Your Bluetooth Speakers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They may have an office two blocks from my home, but they can't control my analog wired (twin strand) speakers no matter how much they try to resemble Norse pirates by yelliing "blue tooth" until they're blue in the face.

    Engineer that!

  14. Ask yourself, who would design chips so that they could be backdoored?

    There you go.

    Oh, and, yes, we're in your keyboards, mice, printers, and so many devices in your "smartphones".

  15. Re:Facebook Tweaks Privacy Tools for not to get .. on Facebook Tweaks Privacy Tools To Ease Discontent Over Data Leak (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Same with Canada. Privacy rights are in the Constitution.

    Sucks to be FB.

  16. You built this city on selling our lives as products.

    You reap the whirlwind.

  17. Re:on call? on Most Tech Workers Would Ignore a Call From Their Boss Outside Work Hours (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When I was a steelworker (USWA) I got paid triple time if called in during holidays and vacations, and double time if called in during time off. If I was on call, I got paid 50 percent during that time period.

    If you want us there, pay us.

    Simple.

  18. Seriously, do you actually leave your cell phone on during events?

    If it's that important, it's Monday.

  19. The other two-thirds on Nearly a Third of Tech Workers Are Ready To #DeleteFacebook (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Had no idea how bad FB was.

  20. Totally suited for Kaiju on More Than 75 Percent of Earth's Land Areas Are 'Broken,' Major Report Finds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What, you thought we weren't being attacked?

  21. It's even worse.

    Try it!

  22. Depends on definition of soul on Ask Slashdot: Is Beaming Down In Star Trek a Death Sentence? · · Score: 1

    Obviously, twins have different souls, so you kill the person you beam down, and the copy created has it's own Evil soul that only appears to be Good until your back is turned.

  23. Look, I support the artists, not the music industry.

    I buy my LPs and CDs (and DVDs) direct from the artists at performances, where they get 50 percent of the take, not via Amazon or some digital intermediary who takes 99 percent of the cash and maybe, if they feel like it, gives the artists less than 1 percent.

    Oh, check out Giants in the Trees and Golden Gardens, they are excellent!

    I'll be buying more at performances like UpStream this summer.

  24. Re:China already doing it on BMW Says Electric Car Mass Production Not Viable Until 2020 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Look, BMW just doesn't want to do this, because of profit factors,

    2020 is only 18 months away. That means they have already started to tool up, this is just PR to keep the shareholders at bay while they try to catch up.

    Correct. And to now state they can't get sufficient materials because they were asleep while China and S Korea glommed onto all the necessary parts, but they knew this was coming. I have internal docs from Davos where they talked about this, so they did know it was coming. BMW talked about it, China talked about it, S Korean and US car manufacturers talked about it in on-air interviews, and at trade shows.

  25. Re:China already doing it on BMW Says Electric Car Mass Production Not Viable Until 2020 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually my gaming laptop is from Lenovo. And my prior laptop (decades ago) was a ThinkPad.

    That said, it has more to do with BMW being slow on the uptake, and letting China and other car manufacturing countries (hi, South Korea!) grab all the material sources for battery tech needed for vehicles. That's on them. They thought, incorrectly, that their competitors were US based. But they're not.