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  1. Yes, of course on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    But highly unlikely they will.

    Too many racists to actually do that.

  2. Problem is Canadians live in many countries on CBC Threatens Podcast App Makers, Argues that RSS Readers Violate Copyright (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    In some ways, the podcasts the CBC provides are a lifeline for Canadians who live abroad, but unlike the UK, they don't have a funding source.

    That said, I can't see the Supreme Court of Canada agreeing with this motion by the CBC. It just doesn't pass the smell test.

  3. Seriously folks, don't do addons.

    You can only trust the trusted. Not stuff that runs on them.

  4. As in billion dollar fines.

    No, that wasn't a joke.

  5. Will only help in non-West part of US on Google Will Display Election Results As Soon As Polls Close (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Washington State, Oregon, and most of California votes by mail or in early voting.

    All the votes in WA are legal if postmarked Tuesday or dropped at a free drop box location by 8 pm PST. Most of those won't be counted until Saturday at the earliest (Friday is Veteran's Day).

    Luckily for you, over half of WA has already voted, 40 percent of Oregon has already voted, and similar results in California, but technically, you can't call it until November 20th at the earliest.

  6. Also a violation of Canadian Constitution on UK Privacy Watchdog Says Facebook Agrees To Suspend Using WhatsApp Users' Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Just as with the CSIS ruling last week, the WhatsApp data transfer is a clear violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms privacy elements of the Canadian Constitution. Unlike the UK, Canada has a very recent Constitution and it has specific rights of privacy.

    This does not restrict specific warrants for specific people who are part of an active investigation, but does apply to all bulk data and metadata collection, usage, and transfer.

    Expect challenges to be filed and rulings for that.

  7. Because cost of living and education on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    In the US, you can't get an advanced computing degree for $1000. And we don't live on $500 a year.

    There. Answered.

    Now go move to India and stop whining about us cutting H1-B visas.

  8. Just vote by mail like the West does on Security Firm Shows How To Hack a US Voting Machine (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    There, problem solved.

    And stop making voting machines accessible to the Internet.

  9. Some of us are carbon negative on Study Links Human Actions To Specific Arctic Ice Melt (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Some of us grew up on tree farms and have always lived low impact lifestyles with renewables that made them carbon negative.

    It's not hard.

    There are simple things you can do. The easiest is make a run to Costco and buy up LED lights on sale, which literally saves you tons of dollars on your utility bill. The second easiest is replace your old fridge, washer, dishwasher, and dryer with modern Energy Star appliances (use your tax refund), which literally saves you tons of dollars on your utility bill. The third easiest is replace one of your cars or trucks with a modern plug-in electric car (which would still work when gasoline spikes to $10 a gallon and even today tends to cost about 1/10th the cost of buying gas (and has half the maintenance costs).

    Did you notice that every single one of those things saves you money. So, why aren't you saving money? Seriously.

  10. Re:Cart before the electric horse? on White House, 35 States To Boost Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Canada and many first world nations did this over the last 15 years.

    If anything, the US is way behind.

  11. Housing is crashing? Where?

    I can see 58 cranes from my window. Giant ones.

    Mind you, it's Seattle.

  12. Are you in the 1 percent or aspire to be? on Why Tesla's New Solar Roof Tiles and Home Battery Are Such a Big Deal (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If so, buy a Tesla roof and Tesla battery.

    If not, it's cheaper to buy your own, but build the whole system, as labor and permitting and utility connections are the most expensive parts.

    Panels are pretty cheap right now, less than coal, oil, or even natural gas.

    The advantage of going the Tesla route is you don't have to do most of the boring stuff.

    Zoning restrictions are likely to change soon. The nationwide electric vehicle highway system should be complete by Christmas 2017 in the USA.

  13. Re:Most common causes of bugs? on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is more of a "whose budget do things belong to" issue. Users always have laundry lists of what they want you to work on, but incorrectly think it takes zero time to model it, get buyoff, code it, and test it.

    Sometimes kicking it out of the door for internal usage is a good thing.

  14. Re:It's just a coincidence on It's Harder To Get an Uber or Lyft If You're Black, Study Says (time.com) · · Score: 1

    I've served in units which had cops as the majority of their infantry reserves.

    I don't need to see how dark the worldview of cops is, or why they see it that way.

    or why you can't get a taxi if you're not white in many cities, even if you have a doctorate

  15. It's just a coincidence on It's Harder To Get an Uber or Lyft If You're Black, Study Says (time.com) · · Score: 0

    Just like cops shooting people of color at 2-10 times the rate of whites is a coincidence.

    Right.

  16. Time spent in Jail by CEO and execs on AT&T Falsely Claimed Pro-Google Fiber Rule Is Invalid, FCC Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    But, no matter how much AT&T tells falsehoods, the CEO and other senior execs will spend absolutely ZERO days in jail.

    none.

    nada.

    nyet.

    zilch.

  17. FB loaded them into facial recognition DB on Over 10,000 Facebook Users Worldwide Falsely Check in at Standing Rock To Confuse Police (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Just a mention. Every single one of the people who "checked in" at Standing Rock were automatically loaded into the facial recognition databases.

    Illegally and unconstitutionally.

  18. My first business did something like this on City ISP Makes Broadband Free Because State Law Prohibits Selling Access (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of people had problems selling games by mail (this is before civilian use of the Internet was widespread, and high school grads got typewriters as gifts if they were college bound) in Canada, due to the market.

    But I looked at business law and taxes and realized you could set up a game business that didn't sell the actual game, it sold the service (kind of like microtransactions, where the game is free). This meant lower tax rates, higher tax deductions, and since it was a service and not a product no problems with customs or trade barriers.

    The same goes with providing Internet. Make the physical part (installation) free and have them pay later once they decide it's good enough and the morons stopping Internet competition by ISPs can be dealt with.

    Anyone under 35 will go, "Cool!" Older people will think it's free cause they don't get how this works. Everyone wins!

  19. Re:Also a violation of the US-Canada and Canada-EU on WhatsApp-Facebook Privacy U-Turn Now Being Probed by EU Data Watchdog (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a domestic law. It's the fricking Canadian Constitution itself. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is not a law, it's the fricking Constitution.

    CAPICHE?

  20. (checks under bed for bankers in jail)

    you're new here, aren't you?

  21. Also a violation of the US-Canada and Canada-EU on WhatsApp-Facebook Privacy U-Turn Now Being Probed by EU Data Watchdog (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Technically, due to the strong Constitutional privacy rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it's a violation of any data for any Canadian citizen involved in the EU as well, under current treaties.

    Constituion overrules all. Treaties are subject to them. You can't give away Rights or Freedoms or make exceptions in a Treaty.

  22. Re:President pardoning themselfs. on FBI Probes Newly Discovered Hillary Clinton Emails and Reopens Investigation (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Normally, the outgoing President pardons the incoming President during the dead duck session. That's when they also conveniently ignore Cheney burning his documents and crushing his email servers.

    At least in the past.

  23. At this point, I'm OK with an extra 4 years of Obama. Is there a constitutional loophole?

    Michelle. VP Warren.

  24. cares.

    about.

    the.

    damn.

    emails.

    All politicians are corrupt. You have no idea how corrupt. All of them.

  25. Re:predictable slashdot denial on Climate Change Rate To Turn Southern Spain To Desert By 2100, Report Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    In less than 100 years doctors will be extracting my brain to put it in a jar and connect it to a robot.

    well, a robotic hamster. it wasn't useful for much else