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  1. Azure on Vint Cert Warns IPv4 Users: 'Time To Get With the Program' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Chicken and egg. In Azure, the only way you can get a public IPv6 address is by using a load balancer. You can't just put a single VM up on IPv6. Even if some other provider does offer better IPv6 support, Azure is #2 atm, so they'll need better IPv6 support as well.

  2. Re:Don't know who created it on Did Elon Musk Create Bitcoin? (cryptocoinsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    And then deny it shortly after

  3. Re:Lot's of issues with this truck on Walmart Says It's Preordered 15 of Tesla' New Semi Trucks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Tesla claims that you get 400 miles in 30 minutes on a supercharger.

  4. Re:I don't use nor trust google play on Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded 1 Million Times (fortune.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How to download WhatsApp from Fdroid?

  5. No. on Is the World Ready For Flying Cars? (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Self driving cars need to prove themselves on the ground first. I've heard that the AI needed for flying is simpler than that needed for ground based driving, but more is at stake, so I still think ground based AI is a necessary proving ground.

    It takes more energy to fly than to drive. Let's get a bit farther down the path of solving our energy issues before switching to a mode of transportation that gets 5 mpg (a 747 gets about 5 mpg, maybe not a fair comparison).

    It's inevitable that a car will fail mid-flight, it's going to happen. What if they fall out of the sky and take out little Timmy while he's sleeping? Should cars be limited to flying in certain corridors? Certain distances off the ground? State inspections today are a joke, what would need to be changed there?

    If they do become a thing, I'd expect at least initially that they will be so highly regulated that the common folk cannot afford one. The "state inspections" should be much more frequent and much more thorough. Insurance for when it falls out the sky would be needed. The management costs would be so high that a flying taxi like service (where the AI drives) seems like more of a possibility.

  6. That gives me an idea on Chrome To Force Domains Ending With Dev and Foo To HTTPS Via Preloaded HSTS (ttias.be) · · Score: 2

    This gives me an idea. gTLD wide HSTS should be done for some other gTLD as well. I'm thinking like *.bank and the like. It just forces any user of that gTLD to be at least somewhat security conscience and adds some good public reputation to those select gTLD. A private company that owns a gTLD could use this to increase the value of their gTLD because it will have a reputation of being more secure.

  7. Re:Why are you *not* using https? on Chrome To Force Domains Ending With Dev and Foo To HTTPS Via Preloaded HSTS (ttias.be) · · Score: 1

    These are dev environments we're talking about. They are often only accessible on local networks, sometimes even only on a localhost. Deploying https in a dev environment isn't really necessary for most development.

    People are getting upset because you wouldn't be able to obtain a cert signed by any reputable authority for a domain you didn't actually own. After this change, you have to deploy https on those gTLDs which would mean going through self signed cert shenanigans. As others have mentioned, people probably shouldn't have ever been using the dev gTld and should have used an IETF blessed gTLD for testing.

  8. I wonder if the original donors know that their blood is being sold for this use? I know that if I donated my blood thinking it was going to save a life, and it was instead sold for profit, I'd be a little disturbed.

  9. Re:One Man on Trump Is Pulling US Out of Paris Climate Deal: Sources (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Even in it's dysfunction, I still prefer congress. Gerrymandering and oligarchy arguments aside, they seem to be a better representation of "the people". If "we" are going to make bad decisions, I prefer to make them collectively. It doesn't make them right decisions, but hopefully more people will accept responsibility to fix the mistakes if they feel they helped cause them.

  10. One Man on Trump Is Pulling US Out of Paris Climate Deal: Sources (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trump has really highlighted how much power/influence we choose to give to a single person. It amazes me that a president can unilaterally enter into or exit from agreements of this magnitude. If he has any positive legacy, I hope it's a legacy where we decided to further limit the power of the presidency.

    If we were to write a book for children of good vs. evil, it would be hard to cast Trump as the "good guy". Even if he were cast as the "bad guy", he makes decisions that seem so clearly wrong that it would be rejected as too cliche.

  11. Re:This is going to end well lol on Bitcoin Surges 10% To All-Time High Above $2,700, Has Now Doubled in May (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure someone said the same thing when it passed $1k. If you bought in at $1k, you'd be feeling pretty good right now. With that said, I'm not buying any right now.

  12. Where's his partner Scully?

  13. Yes, keeping up with software updates on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    I subscribe to several repos at GitHub. When a new release comes out, I know. It's really helpful to help keeping things up-to-date. I use Thunderbird to subscribe to the feeds. On the personal/fun side, I subscribe to a few Tumblrs.

    RSS is useful to keep track of blog like sites that are update infrequently. I don't want to check the site everyday, but an RSS feed allows me to easily.

  14. And everyone's collective minds are in the gutter on We're Getting Closer To Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Are we just pretending that "Bones", "Organs", and "Implants" and not mildly amusing when used together in the same sentence?

  15. Anyone else picture on Japan Automakers Look To Robots To Keep Elderly On the Move (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone else picture robots chasing old people around?

  16. This story was first published on April 1st and is just now making it to the front page. The other story in the firehose is how they will be using Wayland instead of Mir. The next thing you know, Microsoft will join the Linux Foundation. (am i rite?)

  17. Thought we were still looking for that leprechaun?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  18. Just watched this scishow the other day. It explains why this type of distortion occurs and the trade-offs when you try to correct it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  19. A few years back when my boy was 4 or so, he experienced his first commercial. He had been watching YouTube on computers and Kodi for his first few years, so no commercials. Then we got a tablet and he watched YouTube through the app, which gave him his first commercial. "I don't want this", he tells me. Sorry guy, you just gotta wait.

    His little sister would just keep clicking videos until she got one without a pre-roll or the commercial was vaguely interesting. She often assumed she just clicked on the wrong video when she clicked a picture of some cartoon and it gave her a commercial.

  20. Reminds me of this recent story. Tesla wants to install batteries at the Australian utility companies to store power for night.

    http://www.reuters.com/article...

  21. He and I just had lunch yesterday. He is joking, but remains mildly annoyed with his commute length. Self driving cars are another solution he has proposed to ease traffic congestion.

  22. Word 2013 rated garbage on Wine 2.0 Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Word and Excel 2013 are still rated as garbage. The 2013 installer is only rated silver. That's some great office 2013 support. Are we all using Trump style facts now?

  23. Isn't this a duplicate of https://yro.slashdot.org/story... ? The other one was even posted by BeauHD as well.

  24. Well actually... on Google's New Public NTP Servers Provide Smeared Time (googleblog.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    *pushes glasses up* *straightens pocket protector*

    Actually, they would need to run the clocks 0.0013889% slower. If ran the clocks 0.0014% percent slower, they would gain 1.008 seconds instead of just 1 second even.

    Hire me Google. I'll save the internets for you.

  25. {game of the year} on PC Market Shows Signs of Recovery (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd switch to Linux if it could play {game of the year}. Until it plays that game without much Wine hassle, I can't see myself switching.