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  1. Re:FaceID + ApplePay = Problems? on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That'd be a pretty easy criminal to catch

  2. Re:In related news, 95% of all people are stupid on 67% of Americans Use Social Media To Get Some of their News · · Score: 2

    I do read elsewhere, but I still come across (usually local) stories that show up on facebook before other sources. If it's something interesting, I might look for more info, but if it's something like "shark does bad job dancing at superbowl", I might just go "huh." and move on.

  3. Re:In related news, 95% of all people are stupid on 67% of Americans Use Social Media To Get Some of their News · · Score: 2

    Like this article for example. "Use social media to get some of their news"? Well I definitely do get a lot of news from Facebook, but it's not the primary source I use. I guess I'm included in the stat though since it's "some"

  4. But at 20KHz, you don't need much to block the audio. Something in your pocket (either the "small device" or your phone) probably wouldn't even be able to work.

    There's also the issue that the device won't respond back at the sub-audible frequency.

  5. Re:This is why... on China Plans 600 MPH Train To Rival Elon Musk's Hyperloop (shanghaiist.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So...what exactly is the scam part of it? From what I've seen, it's provided a bunch of teams of engineers a project to work on with some interesting challenges. Most of the teams are from universities. If the whole thing ends up not being practical, then they'll figure that out.

  6. Re:Permission control? on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Android Oreo Features? (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 1

    Android used to have this as well then it was removed, but available through an app "AppOps" (usually needed a rooted phone).

    Probably catering to advertisers that don't want users disabling their flashlight app's access to location/contacts/photos

  7. You could probably manually update it to Nougat with LineageOS and they say they've started work on getting Oreo builds

  8. Lots of people use wireless charging with lithium ion batteries. It gets a little warm, but they've taken that into account. The problems only occur when the batteries are defective.

  9. Re:The what? "Windows Store"? on The Windows App Store is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I went there once. I was using the new calculator and wanted to report how much it sucked, so I tried the feedback button. Then windows told me it didn't know how to handle it and told me to check the app store. The app store couldn't find anything to do either, so I eventually found the windows 7 calculator from a 3rd party source

  10. Re:Google Chrome on Bing is 'Bigger Than You Think', Says Microsoft (onmsft.com) · · Score: 1

    What about how Microsoft supplies Internet Explorer/Edge as the default browser on almost every new computer and that has Bing as the default for searching?

    The only time I use it is to do a search for "Chrome" which brings up a massive half page ad about how IE is better

  11. Re:I Switched to Bing on Bing is 'Bigger Than You Think', Says Microsoft (onmsft.com) · · Score: 1

    "9 out of 10 Nazis prefer Bing to Google!"

  12. Re:Preventing death saves money? How? on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't think of any way a human could be a positive for an economy?

    I guess businesses should start killing off their employees for costing them money

  13. Re:"Alexa, where did I put my ..." on Amazon Will Pay Developers With the Most Engaging Alexa Skills (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Not impossible, but it would require some investment in tracking tags and beacons

  14. Re:Cool that someone still stands for freedom on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    That only applies to your rights against arrest and government prosecution

  15. Re:So. What shall I use instead? on Discord Bans Servers That Promote Nazi Ideology (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They aren't called that, but you could try not being a Nazi and then you'd be able to use Discord

  16. Re:So. What shall I use instead? on Discord Bans Servers That Promote Nazi Ideology (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you a Nazi? If so, maybe you should rethink your position and then you can use any service you want!

  17. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    It's well known the DNC cheated Sanders and that Hillary received one (1) debate question ahead of time (that she gave a poor answer to anyways).

    The "adoption" talking points came from Trump Sr in an attempt to minimize the meeting. https://www.washingtonpost.com...

    Not to mention that discussing adoption would be a discussion of Russian sanctions...

    To be honest, I don't know the exact details. It's well established that the Russians hacked the DNC and dozens of state elections. It's also well established that they sought to help the Trump campaign win and the Trump campaign was complicit and willing to get them involved.
    Any number of things could have been discussed in the meeting, but the meeting itself it really just the tip of the iceberg that PROVES the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians.

  18. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1
    Well golly, that changes everything!

    Wait, no, it just changes "downloaded remotely" to "downloaded locally". It doesn't change at all that top members of the Trump campaign were meeting with Russians to work on the campaign. Tell me, does the right-leaning media ever show you this incriminating paragraph:

    The Crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.

  19. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1
    Well on the Russian side, they hacked the DNC servers and found information that they then provided to the Trump campaign and released on WikiLeaks.
    The Trump side publicized the information provided and used it quite often in their campaign materials, even pushing the insane conspiracy theories.

    This isn't surprise information that no body else knows. Most people are aware of this, it's just Trump supporters that stick their heads in the sand whenever someone tries to explain it.

    Please, do go on with your specific details and the impact of those actions on the minds of voters in places like, say, Wisconsin

    Sure, the voter in Wisconsin saw negative news reports on the Clinton campaign (emails hacked, campaign details, etc) and those reports + other stories were being pushed by the Trump campaign which caused them to be disheartened and not vote.

    Now you seem to be thinking that all the collusion happened in the 20 minute meeting, but that's not what anyone is saying. The meeting is just evidence that the Trump campaign was engaging in collusion willingly AND sought to hide that they were doing so.

  20. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean, the one where the Russians kept doing the same thing in 2016 that they've been doing for decades? That one?

    No, the Russians had a much larger campaign to disrupt the election involving the internet and social media that wasn't possible in the past.

    It is fun to see you throwing that sort of thing around with exactly zero attribution, of course.

    Well I guess if you've been living under a rock, here are the emails tweeted out by Trump Jr: https://www.nytimes.com/intera...
    And the relevant parts:

    The Crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.

    If that's not solid evidence on collusion, I don't know what is.

  21. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The Trump dossier (which is being revealed to be more and more true as time passes) didn't come out until AFTER the election in the news so it's unrelated.

    Hillary's email decisions weren't the "fake news", they were just a distraction from actual issues that the right kept hammering away (even though they're equally bad at email). Nice straw man though.

    Fake news was stuff like "Hillary Clinton has brain cancer and only 6 months to live!" or "Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring in the basement of a pizza parlor". The ridiculous stuff that's easily proven wrong and was just contrived to make people doubt Clinton's character.

  22. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh so by "phony" you mean the true narrative about the Russians that's been confirmed by all the intelligence agencies? And the true stories about how the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians?

  23. Re:I thought this was Slashdot. on Facebook Is Cracking Down On Deceptive Ads For Porn, Diet Pills (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    They ran a bad campaign and Clinton wasn't exactly an inspiring candidate, but the phony Russian stuff sure helped turn people off that might have been planning to vote but instead stayed home.

  24. Re: CNN is the source of Fake News on FBI Tracked 'Fake News' Believed To Be From Russia On Election Day (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Most news organizations reported on the dossier (though many left out the contents). Much of it has been revealed as true, but I haven't heard anything about it in months

    It's not like they were going on about how Clinton was responsible for a terrorist attack for years, even after she was cleared of wrong doing.

    Sure they have the occasional story that's not well sourced, but it's nothing compared to the right wing "news" organizations that push out lies.

  25. Re:Let's run the numbers, shall we? on Can Elon Musk Be Weaned Off Government Support? (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    $10 Million ($0.1 Billion)

    The point stands, but you're missing a 0 there