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  1. They settled a $22 million class action lawsuit, but they earned $5.2 billion last year. I don't think 0.4% of their income really hurts them much

    Experian's settlement of 22 million, is equivalent to a $124 to your average American

    *Based on the median single income [not household] in America is roughly $31.1k per year in 2017

    They leaked the personal information of millions. Their consequence was less than most speeding tickets to your average American.

  2. Agreed. Noteworthy, while people are flying off the rails about how she doesn't know 'tech' to describe this problem we have an actual business-case.

    Equifax. They need to be heavily regulated to operate in their oligopoly. Regulation does not mean you need to know 'tech'. They left their front door unlocked, and filing cabinets available for all to see after business hours... they don't care about your data

    They only care about making sure that those users who came in after hours are cut off from their 'free trial' turn into paying customers

  3. The obvious solution here... on As Costs Skyrocket, More US Cities Stop Recycling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just get Mexico to pay for it

  4. Re:Great more LISP weenies and ML professors. on College Students Are Rushing in Record Numbers To Study Computer Science (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's a bummer. Just curious, what school did you attend?

    I went to University of Connecticut, and I can tell you I had a mastery of C++ and Java before leaving school as those were the focus (1999-2004). My job has *not* been outsourced, went from Junior to Senior, to Manager now Director of my software division. Learning how to learn is probably the most important things you can comprehend in school. I started contracting in web development while I was in school. Even though my school days were post 1999 bubble, people at the time could still make money programming, especially discount rate college students.

    Do you have to be driven? Yes. Do you have to work hard? Absolutely. Is CS an awesome career? Yes! If a piece of paper is needed as the entry fee, then I would insist that its totally worth it. Total cost for me was $70k (tuition and housing), 100% financed as I had no financial support -- and I would do it all over again.

    Disclaimer: CS is only a good choice if you have a genuine interest and love for electronics and/or software. If you're came here just for the promise of money, you will suck at it.

  5. I'm so tired of hearing how 'this ruling, and fine was small -- but SYMBOLIC!'

    You knows whats symbolic? Fining them to the point of insolvency, and prison terms for the executives

  6. Wow.. yet another misguided application of technology.
    Why does this need to be decentralized? Answer: It doesn't
    Does this need to be efficient? Answer: Presumably yes, this solution won't scale well
    How straightforward is this solution? Answer: Its not, and the maintenance cost is super high

    Yes, I can probably do most of my job from a mainframe and cobol too, but that would likely get me fired since its not a responsible choice of technologies. Clearly, a lack of leadership going on here

  7. is the dumbest fucking thing I've read today.

    Side effects include: chafing, heart palpitations, eye dryness, dry mouth, back sweat. Use only in well-ventilated area. Pregnant women, the elderly, and children should avoid use. Do not use this product if you have high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, glaucoma, or difficulty with bladder function. Most serious side effects include loss of bowel control, paralysis, and death

    Dumber?

  8. Oracle cloud? on Oracle's CTO: No Way a 'Normal' Person Would Move To AWS (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was just quoted 120k... for an Oracle cloud solution... for a test environment

    No thanks.

  9. Re:Replace commuter turboprops? on The Electric Airplane Revolution May Come Sooner Than You Think (robbreport.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a nine-passenger aircraft. No matter how cheap it is, it can't replace a common turboprop commuter aircraft like the Q400, which seats 80-90 people.

    Uhh... I beg to differ. Reorient the seats, do some creative accounting with all the extra inches; give everyone the 12"-16" they need to squeeze in single file and sittting on shoulders... I can see 120-150 seats fitting into the 9 seater based on current trends.

  10. Re:OMG, what a concept! on AI as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Lets you and I form a company. Slashdot.ai -- where our AI finds the most cynical outcome
    With this kind of tech, we could predict elections ;)

  11. Re:OMG, what a concept! on AI as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't read this as an insight, but a way for recruiters to prey on a larger flock (and still not find relevant talent)

  12. I have not logged in since 2000. There is no leaving Facebook. They are still tracking everything I do in order to curate my shadow profile.

    While I agree that everyone should leave, but short of that, they need heavy regulation

  13. Re:Missed opportunity: Riker's Island on Amazon Picks New York, Northern Virginia For HQ2 [Update: Confirmed] (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    ...Riker's Island prison. Close it, sell it to Amazon, make it HQ2... What's not to like?

    Minimum wage laws.

  14. Re:And nothing has changed on Amazon Picks New York, Northern Virginia For HQ2 [Update: Confirmed] (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    The HQ2 contest was a scam all along, Bezels has already decided where he wanted to put the new HQs and indeed Bozos already had residences at those 2 new cities not far from where the new HQs will be. It was a ploy by Beelze' to reduce taxes as much as possible and of course it worked.

    My thoughts exactly! The choice of NY and DC as your headquarters was clearly a foregone conclusion. They obviously knew before the contest started that these were the locations. You don't move into NY or DC for a tax reasons or for good employees, you do it because you want the influence that comes in having a presence in those areas.

    You want to conquer the world, these locations are your venue.

  15. Less than perfect on Chinese News Agency Adds AI Anchors To Its Broadcast Team (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Heres some feedback to help penetrate the American market:

    • The shot should contain at least 3-5 people
    • Each person should be different news rooms
    • The audio track should overlay all 6 people talking at once
    • At the end, cut to Trump calling it 'fake news'
  16. Re:Who Does the time for HIT and RUN (crime) on Former Top Waymo Engineer Altered Code To Go on 'Forbidden Routes', Report Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, why are there not criminal charges pending? Perhaps they stopped and reported it. But had they done that, why did the PR at Waymo not cite the police report? Conversely, a police report would have been created for the victim in the case of a hit and run -- where is the investigation into the Camry? Shoddy journalism. Fairly one sided view of the incident

  17. Re:Failed state on California Moves To Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    California is in a perpetual competition with itself to come up with the most freedom infringing, pointless legislation possible... if it wastes money, achieves nothing, and oppresses people, Moonbeam Brown will get behind it.

    Yet they are the 5th largest economy.

  18. Re:Welcome to the future. on 20 States Take Aim At 3D Gun Company, Sue To Get Files Off the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    why bother to print one? why the fear of printed ones? just a gun.

    ... The cost associated with 3D printing is a race to the bottom.

    You're price points don't reflect what the price will be in 50 years - when it's pennies to print a weapon, with no regulatory hoops to jump through, no background checks, and no mandatory waiting period.. the question is then, why bother buying a traditional weapon?

  19. Re:This is probably how it went down... on Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The Uber manager also doesn't know how to spell Pittsburgh

  20. This is probably how it went down... on Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Developer: We've just completed QA on this new feature -- autonomous Uber in manual mode
    Manager: Brilliant! We just need another 8bn round of funding and we can deploy manual mode to Pittsburg!

  21. You knew this was coming on Facebook To Put 1.5 Billion Users Out of Reach of New EU Privacy Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Zuck will never remove your data. Doesn't matter what regulation gets handed down

  22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.

    United States V Paramount Pictures (1948) was case that decided the fate of movie studios owning their own theaters and holding exclusivity rights on which theaters would show their films.

    Netflix, as much as you want to own the entire creative pipeline, this is no longer allowed

  23. Re:Dead or just temporarily unusable? on Latest macOS Update Disables DisplayLink, Rendering Thousands of Monitors Dead (displaylink.com) · · Score: 1

    With the new macbook air pending -- I have a feeling tomorrow's headline is:

    Apple announces a line of docks compatible with X, Y, Z models that uses an external gfx card (and costs 500USD)

  24. Re:Just more offloading of responsibility on Businesses Under Pressure To 'Consumerize' Logins (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is for places with no well established IT department.

    My company contracts directly with many large/established bay area companies, I can tell you that there is a tremendous amount of pressure for SAML2/OAuth compliant integrations so their saas identity provider can control access and provisioning of users with service providers. They require it these days

  25. Because you paid the ransom on Lock Out: the Austrian Hotel That Was Hacked Four Times (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    He paid a ransom of two bitcoins, saying "at that time it was about $1,882."

    There's your mistake. Once your hack results in profit, it's easier to keep a 'customer' than find new ones