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  1. Re: Rape and murder. on What Mistakes Can Stall An IT Career? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    He got fired for raping and murdering his employees at work?

  2. Re:Don't be a retard. Don't look directly at the s on What It Looks Like When You Fry Your Eye In An Eclipse (npr.org) · · Score: 1
  3. Then he'd need a Moto Z Force with a custom module.

  4. Re:Wiping after x failures on Recent Blu Update Locks Users out of Their Phones (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't see that. The encryption "works" by limiting access to someone who knows your passphrase. If someone is allowed infinite time to brute force your passphrase then it's not the fault of encryption failing.

  5. It's about Trump again, isn't it? on FCC Chairman Keeps Up Assault on Social Media (axios.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    He dare not confront his boss directly, so he makes veiled statements whose meaning is clear to the Twitmeister.

  6. Re:User chethan177 was actually first to report on MacOS High Sierra Bug Allows Login As Root With No Password (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Hey, It Just Works.

  7. The Chinese version is definitely cheaper.
     
    For $39.99 you get a 720p wifi camera with "Cloud Service Available", so obviously they are getting that thing in orbit for next to nothing.
     
      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016F3M7OM

  8. Re:Local Blogs on New Victims in the 'Billionaire War on Journalism' (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The irony is that he was "unarmed" in the sense that he was not holding a weapon, nor was he actually reaching for one. He would probably be alive today had he not behaved responsibly and told the officer who stopped him that he was in possession of a firearm. That statement apparently made the officer nervous enough to shoot Castille who was in fact reaching for his wallet.

    And why was he stopped?

    Kelly confirmed the authenticity of the pre-stop police audio, in which one officer reports that the driver resembled a recent robbery suspect due to his "wide-set nose."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile

  9. Re:We should all avoid taxes on 'Panama Papers' Group Strikes Again with 'Paradise Papers' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Using cash to avoid payment of taxes is in fact evasion.

    And the IRS pays finders fees to folks who assist them in obtaining evidence of the act.

  10. Re: Should be expired on CBS Sues Man For Copyright Over Screenshots of 59-year-old TV Show (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't like the present system of copyright extensions but your examples are of concrete objects. The actual house, chair, wiring, and ore are singular items.

    However the design of the house, chair, and possibly wiring, may be subject to some sort of copyright or patent protection, so in that sense I guess that they are similar to a book or a movie.

  11. Re:Why is his daughter still posting? on Apple Fires Engineer After His Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Even better, the apology clearly tells viewers that the moral of the story is to obey rules.

    Think Affluent

  12. The people who make these games go in a panic when field issues happen; and for very good reason. The OP that got modded +5 insightful doesn't understand regulated markets and his moderators don't either. Sorry if that insults you.

    No insult registered on my part, but you are ignoring the point that most people who throw their hard-earned money away in casinos don't know the inner workings of the "industry" either - they just watch their money go down the toilet. They may find it "exciting" for some time but ultimately they just threw away some cash. And there are those who hope, hope, hope that they'll win enough to escape the cash-poor life they are stuck in, and when the machine says "YES" but the casino says "NO" their hope turns to sadness and anger. If they were the ultra-informed folks you seem to suggest they are they wouldn't be feeding coin after coin into a machine for hours on end in the first place, now would they?

    Also, you don't "accidentally lose your house" (speaking to OP). When a gambler reaches that point, they needed to get help yesterday. And trust me, there are plenty of outlets to get help with gambling addiction.

    But there are many who lose their whole paycheck in a single visit to the casino. Mortgage gets missed, family food supply runs short, whatever. Does the casino say "We see you made a mistake Bro', here - take back this money"? No. The casino says "Bye bye Sucker!"

  13. Re:The 2015 lawsuit alleged forgery on Computer Parts Site Newegg Is Being Sued For Allegedly Engaging In Massive Fraud (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow, what an interesting story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_Muntz.

    Thanks!

  14. Re:The 2015 lawsuit alleged forgery on Computer Parts Site Newegg Is Being Sued For Allegedly Engaging In Massive Fraud (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    When questioned about this, the NewEgg sales team admitted that "we lose a little money on each one we sell, but we make it up in volume".

  15. How would one "have reason to believe a machine" was not reporting a win? All one knows is that one's money kept flowing into the slot and not coming back, as is the norm.

    The house of course easily knows when the machine fails -- the machine awards more money to the player than they expected it to, so it's broken.

    Such is the beautiful logic of casino gambling :-)

  16. Re:Cheating on Data Science Meets Sports Gambling: How Researchers Beat the Bookies (newscientist.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $6,500 according to TFA, but they didn't even offer to pay her that much.

    Casinos sell the dream of a big win. It's an illusion and they literally bank on that. So when the unexpected lightning strike occurs they should be on the hook to pay out even if it's because their software messed up. How many times does it mess up in the other direction, failing to display a win when a win should have occurred? Nobody publishes these figures; the casinos don't want them known.

    What happens when a gambler loses his (or her) home "in error" because of their gambling addiction? Does the casino say "Sorry, the only reason we won that money from you is because you made a mistake and bet more than you could afford to lose - here, take it back"? No. They don't.

  17. That plant was asking for it!

  18. Re:As with most things... on Data Science Meets Sports Gambling: How Researchers Beat the Bookies (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    At least they didn't send a couple of "goons" out to break their legs. Look on the bright side of gambling for a change!

  19. But at the better casinos at least they offer you a free steak dinner in lieu of the $43,000,000 payout:

      http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/slot-machine-winner-steak-dinner-trnd/index.html

  20. Re:Unacceptable on Tesla Faces Lawsuit For Racial Harassment In Its Factories (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't see the word "Hispanic" in TFA. But I did see where the guy's supervisor may have been a bit unprofessional, eh?

    After a month or two on the assembly line, employees regularly began calling Lambert racial epithets, the suit says. The minute-long video, taken by a supervisor with Lambert’s phone, shows young employees flashing gang signs while the supervisor rapped how he was going to cut Lambert up in pieces and send body parts to his family, according to the suit. The video narration is laced with the N-word.

  21. Re:Share the backend code? on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Apply For A Job When Your Code Samples Suck? · · Score: 1

    Ha ha. Ya got me there!

    What about "build.c" in the "linux/tools" directory here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/v0.99/linux-0.99.tar.Z

    But I dunno. If you read the comments, that programmer doesn't sound all that sure of himself. Maybe take a chance on him? Lowball him and see if he bites?

  22. Re:Share the backend code? on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Apply For A Job When Your Code Samples Suck? · · Score: 1

    Ask Linus for 500 line of his code and see if you get a complete fucking program back.

    https://github.com/jezze/grub-legacy/blob/master/grub/main.c

  23. Re:Change circumstances too on Magic Mushrooms 'Reboot' Brain In Depressed People, Study Suggests (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you mean that the correct method would be:

    # yum -y update brain* && reboot

    But you're right, at least for some who experience "reactive depression".

  24. Was no due diligence done to see if the sub-contractors were capable ...

    Gov't Decision Maker: "This one's the cheapest, take them."

    In the US that's more or less the requirement, after taking things like Equal Opportunity and Small Business into account, provided the bidder claims that they have the basic competence to do the job. Privatization is the way to go! </s>