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  1. I always wonder: What would have happened if streaming services had been banned from creating content and studios had been banned to create streaming services? Sometimes less integration (through rules) gives us better capitalism, not worse.

  2. Re:What about the other units? on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's absurd. Defining fundamental units is difficult, problematic (as shown by all the work needed to replace the kilogram definition). Instead, is much more reasonable to have a system of interconnected units.

  3. Good news for my little Android app about antennas on Antenna Sales Are Rising, In Another Sign of Churn In TV Watching (startribune.com) · · Score: 0

    I thought I would get less and less users in my Android app. I thought anyone is moving away from watching OTA TV. Good news then for my little hobby app that allows you to find which channels are around you... =)

    https://play.google.com/store/...

  4. Re:They all have the same name on Should Calls From Google's 'Duplex' System Include Initial Warning Announcements? (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    And? These malicious callers don't need to respect the obligation of telling they are using a bot. Mandating that warning will only affect well intended uses.

  5. Re:Richard Stallman on Linux Developer McHardy Drops GPLv2 'Shake Down' Case (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    That is not a problem at all. If the FSF did something the community didn't approve, the community would then be able to go elsewhere and stop assigning copyright to the FSF for new additions. The FSF would "own" an ancient version of the software.

  6. Re: Why bother? on Reddit's Main Code Is No Longer Open Source (reddit.com) · · Score: 2

    There are more countries in America, even.

  7. CNET update: Turns out it wasn't a hack on CNET Warns 'Everything Looks Like A Hack' At DEFCON (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was a a unrelated ad campaing...

    Quote:

    Hakkasan, which hosts the event at MGM Grand, said the "vandalism" was part of the cheeky advertisements for a seasonal bikini contest it's been running since 2015. The "all-out war" is between the models in the competition, not between hackers and clubs. Hakkasan's spokeswoman said nothing on its network has been compromised. So maybe not everything online in Las Vegas is getting hacked this week, and this n00b learned to calm down the hard way.

  8. Netflix + TV antenna is th way to go for me on Cord-Cutters Are Ditching Their Cable Packages At the Fastest Rate Ever (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    No cable, TV for news and other stuff, Netflix for series, Internet, and that's it. BTW, I've created this Android app to find out which TV stations are available around you: https://play.google.com/store/...

  9. Won't somebody please think of those little mom and pop ISP that represent 95% of US telecommunications? So much regulations, it's so sad.

  10. Outrageous! on W3C Erects DRM As Web Standard (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Outrageous! There. I said it. Now I'll go back to watch "Suits" on Netflix.

  11. Just wondering... on NJ Legislator Proposes Fine For Walking While Phone-Distracted (philly.com) · · Score: 1

    Without knowing any details... would this have anything to do with the fact that private prison companies pouer a lot of money into politicians? Because it make sense to make ridiculous tough laws if you get money from for-profit prisons...

  12. Oh, No! This will crush Symbian phones sales! on WhatsApp To End Support For BlackBerry, Nokia, and Other Older Operating Systems (whatsapp.com) · · Score: 1

    Someone stop them! (?)

  13. Please, Avast, continue! on Airport Experiment Shows That People Recklessly Connect To Any Free Wi-Fi Spot (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Please, continue this research and expand it to every airport! And make it a permanent thing!

    Seriously: Avast is a "security" company that sells security to those feeling "insecure". So it's in their best interest to keep that feeling, seeing threats where there are none. In this case... why should a public WiFi network be more trustworthy than any other network in the middle of the big Internet? You should be doing SSL/TLS, SSH, etc. by now everywhere and that's it.

  14. Ask anyone what did the jews thought about Poland on Auschwitz Museum Releases Software To Rewrite Holocaust Nomenclature (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm the grandson of Polish jews that came to Argentina. Everybody knows, I've heard that from my family a dozen times, that the Poles were mostly antisemitic, they happily joined the nazis and they even happily stole the property of the escaping jews. I've heard that some people coming here at the time burned their Polish papers because of that. And now this museum is focused in some chauvinist correction than in remembering the real horrors of the time.

  15. Duplicate on Java Installer Flaw Shows Why You Should Clear Your Downloads Folder (csoonline.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
  16. Gun crazyness on Beyond the Liberator: A 3D-Printed Plastic 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol · · Score: 1

    Posts like these helps us, the rest of the world, be amused at US crazyness about guns. And, of course, the gun in this one is called "liberator".

  17. Shouldn't the server indicate the block scope? on HTTP Error Code 451 Approved For Censored Web Pages (mnot.net) · · Score: 1

    I think it would be useful to also specify a header with thich the server (or proxy) can tell the user agent the scope of the block. Mainly so that the user can know it the block can be circunvented by using a proxy or not.

  18. Re:This must be an ad for something! on Bitcoin Is Disrupting the Argentine Economy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've read the linked news. The 8000 convenience stores is a fake number. They say that somebody intended to partner with an existing paying network (for paying cell phone prepaid schemes). I assure you there are no 8000 stores here selling bitcoin. I bet there aren't 8000 people here knowing about bitcoin either. =)

  19. This must be an ad for something! on Bitcoin Is Disrupting the Argentine Economy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I live in Argentina and I haven't heard of any of this. Neiher BitPagos, nor any of the other things mentioned above. Here in Argentina bitcoins are, like most enywhere else, a marginal things only some nerds know.

  20. Re:It's my choice to kill my kid! on Bill To Require Vaccination of Children Advances In California · · Score: 1

    I know you are joking. But the real problem is that you would probably kill other kids as well, not just your own.

  21. Re:A decade behind the rest on OpenStreetMap.org Gets Routing · · Score: 5, Informative

    No. OpenStreetMap is more a data backend and its website is more oriented toward mappers than to regular users (although that is slowly changing). Routing services using OSM have been available for quite some time. OpenStreetMap is already ahead Google in many places where Google has broken and partial information.

  22. Sad on Buenos Aires Issues a 'Netflix Tax' For All Digital Entertainment · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm form Argentina and it saddens me that this post comments will fall among these categories:

    • Peple saying "don't cry for me XXX".
    • Argentines explaining that Argentina is the worst country, worse than the worst.
    • Uninformed right-wing people talking about Cuba, communism.

    Even the summary is wrong! That 35% is not a tax, just a pre-payment of the income tax that you can recover.

    All hope is lost.

  23. Re:To the slashdotters of the world on Buenos Aires Issues a 'Netflix Tax' For All Digital Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Yes, Cuba has a high value of that... It's off topic.. Take whatever index you want. The parent post is still BS.

  24. Re:To the slashdotters of the world on Buenos Aires Issues a 'Netflix Tax' For All Digital Entertainment · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'm from Argentina and... Oh, god, please someone mod this BS message down!

    Argentina has one of the highest Human Development Index values: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  25. It was not ineffective at all! on 5 Years Later, 'Do Not Track' System Ineffective · · Score: 1

    It helped divert attention to privacy issues to a dead end for 5 years!