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  1. And their mission? on NASA: Revolutionary Camera Recording Propulsion Data Completes Test (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Dear National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
          More Space please.
    Sincerely,
    Everyone paying attention.

  2. Extra Dimensions on Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Physicists are all about extra dimensions, but suggest that electricity or magnetism plays a role in our macro universe and you're laughed out the door.

  3. I don't know if it's a leak, but taking it for a spin through 5 common homepages has this 1-tab Servo at 750mb Real memory and 3.5gb VM size.
    But it's also extremely buggy, so normal for a developer preview.

  4. That's presuming all companies are Apple when in-fact Google gives away Android including source code. They also built-in mechanisms for third-party stores allowing any apps to be installed. Then, they further improved quality-control in these by running installs through an optional blacklist of dangerous apps.

  5. Instead of funding a censorship oversight committee, lets fund an open (and/or state-approved) search (think NOAA for weather).
    Most weather forecasts are decoration atop NOAA forecasts.

  6. Is this a legitimate use of Torrent technology? Hosting a simple site with torrent links is cheap, but illegal if the material's copyrights disallow it. But it's open material?

  7. Re:C99 and C11 on Microsoft Open-Sources 'Checked C,' A Safer C Version (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    That's broken & unportable:
            Q: How do you port it to a safe-access-only language that zeroes allocations?
            A: By using an entropy source (random number generator).
    Reliance on undefined behavior is asking for failure. Running code that does so is a security risk.

  8. Technology enables progress. Next: less regulation on Comcast Users Must Now Pay $50 Per Month Extra To Avoid Caps (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    - we need 10x the ISP competition, and not just everyone leasing the line from a company already in control.
    - Last Mile Monopoly: This is easily beat with analog TV spectrum which solved this problem way back in the 1950s. Reuse it openly for digital last-mile internet and watch the competition soar
    - Peering Routers: I want to share through my neighbor's devices. They can be far more capable over the 1/4mile range than we allow them to be.
    - These things will not-only stabilize prices, it'll stabilize communication and end kill-switch scenarios.
    - Then eventually there's no ISP to kick you off of. Sharing will be standard exposing strict copyright for the farce it is.

    Before you say corruption & special-interests stop progress, look how horse-stable monopolies lost to Ford's combustion-engine workshop. Technology enables progress. There are still laws forcing car drivers have carrots for horses, but nobody cares anymore.

  9. Re:Never got how Electric Cars Made Sence on Scientists: Electric Vehicles Produce As Many Toxins As Dirty Diesels (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    4) Scrub Towers can be as tall, heavy, and complex as necessary to meet emissions guidelines since they're not driving down the road.

    Since line loss is estimated 8%-15% and AC-to-DC happens at a charge station and (if it's like my PC power brick) should be 97% efficient. Battery efficiency is a measure of storage, so it's uninteresting unless considering vehicle weight. There is some loss in charging, but I'd imagine it compares to the evaporation losses in gasoline. This about-20% loss (slightly-more weight-considered) turns-out to be much less loss than gasoline's 85% loss in just its final step. And considering the electric motor doesn't need to "keep up" when not providing force (instant torque), it's even better.

  10. Re: Humanity needs a Wealth Tax on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    When 98% of wealth is in the Rich's bank accounts and everything stores sell comes from their automated factories, money stops flowing because those who have it won't spend it on anything.

  11. Humanity needs a Wealth Tax on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Middle-class doesn't stockpile money anymore, much like the poor.
    Only wealthy individuals and corporations do, and it's a huge detriment to society.

    Assets stockpiled (held in excess) anywhere should be taxed to prevent an economy from drying up when a handful of The Rich have everything.

    It's called a Wealth Tax. France has it. America needs it.

    Without it, humanity cannot survive a fully-automated economy. Since 2008 America experienced a "Jobless Economic Recovery" via automation. This isn't Science Fiction, it's today. Humanity needs wealth taxed.

  12. Out of touch on Half Of Teens Think They're Addicted To Their Smartphones (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Gaming indoors is the modern teen camaraderie:
      - Invites communication & collaborative strategy
      - Experiencing win/lose attitudes

    Movies are the epitome of anti-social:
      - sit silently in the dark, opposing all who talk, to be indoctrinated.

    Driving age is over 18 in many areas, or over 19 with passengers, so how are the "teens" supposed to get to this burger place?

  13. Layoffs aplenty, yet they still won't learn & are stuck to x86 and media lock-in (DRM) tech.

    Bluetooth's the superior multi-interface (including digital audio). My $60 headphones have it.

  14. Features They Should Try on Slashdot Asks: Does It Matter That We've Reached Peak Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    Hyperspectral cameras
    3d / dual / depth-sensing cameras:
        - combine with WiDi to get an air-keyboard, air-mouse instant connection to a bigscreen = PC
    P2P network topologies
    Medical Sensors
    Completely-Sealed (zero port) GoPro "survive anything" design: Bluetooth, wireless charging, etc
    Wireless USB: just be connected
    Hub of an IoT home

  15. Re:Why disconnect? on MPAA Wants ISPs to Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Losing this basic human right of communication is akin to home imprisonment.

    So they're lobbying for home imprisonment without due process due to a household member's actions that may-or-may-not have reduced an entertainment provider's profits!

    Then what? Do rent-homes & apartments permanently stay disconnected? Or does the restrictions follow anyone with the same name? Either is insane.

  16. Re:A question I keep asking that no one ever answe on US Anti-Encryption Law Is So 'Braindead' It Will Outlaw File Compression (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's like the ban on exporting encryption software or source files which had the simple workaround of a bound book of source code being sent overseas to legitimately write compatible software.

    If passed, workarounds would be found.

    Worst-Case: Tech Industry leaves America for saner shores (it's not like these companies are all that patriotic).
    All to prevent fundamentalists from destroying America, well, wait what?

  17. Comprehension Issue on Dark Web Mapping Reveals That Half of the Content Is Legal (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: -1

    There's no Dark Web as there's no Intellectual Property. These are scare terms not codified into science or law.
    They're broken analogies because they don't want you thinking:
      - Where's intellectual property taxes paid to?
      - In a morass of login-walled, encrypted connections, who deems which are dark?

  18. Re:USB authorization on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Awesome! These are the kinds of innovations that prove that Linux is ahead of the pack.

    BUT

    Without major distros enabling & UI prompting on connect, I would only know about it from your post.
    So I gamble I'm safe & ignore the whole thing.

    What Linux Desktops need is a UI that offers 10% of the greatness the Kernel added in the past decade.

  19. Re:I tried to tell you! on Confirmed: Microsoft and Canonical Partner To Bring Ubuntu To Windows 10 (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    MS is a haven of badly-documented code whose developers left long ago. Even if they wanted to do good like opening-up the Office codebase, they cannot because they've forgotten how many pieces are third-party licensed. Integrations are easy to do, but often ugly to maintain, so this will only last for a short while. In-fact MS did this before with OS/2 Warp.

    This is about the same as Ubuntu integrating with Palm OS: Past its prime, Old/Buggy, but with lots of dying black-and-white apps. The only significant difference is userbase size. I'd rather see them partner with Chrome OS to get into the hardware/vendor channels.

  20. How about this process? on DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code (idownloadblog.com) · · Score: 2
  21. Re:Routine except for the one thing... on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, one-way relationships are bad: personal, business, etc.

    As many 20-somethings tell me: Never work for a place where your boss cannot influence the company's direction.

    The whole "corporations should not be people" effort isn't enough. We need laws that are pro-small-business (America's real corporate tax base), and anti-big-business.

  22. It is time to get more real about parallel code. I've been using GoLang allowing me to spin-off a logical "thread" for every action (disregarding context switching limits for OS threads).

    The Raspberry Pi has seen considerable development toward optimizing existing software for it, so the desktop went from unworkable to something they pushed as available. I suspect similar efforts will need to be undertaken everywhere, and it'll call into quesiton the 100+ layers of abstraction current business software development practices expect.

  23. Re:Golang, golang, golang! on Java Named Top Programming Language of 2015 (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Seconded! People claim nothing's faster than a concerted effort in C, but even then you're suffering event-loop-style development. Go makes concurrency feel natural and therefore faster algorithms can be implemented more easily.

    Though algorithm reuse is discouraged somewhat due to lack of Generics, Interfaces allow it somewhat.

    But mostly what's great is its simplicity. Everyone can be a language expert, unlike the C++ "ivory tower" or similar. And unlike Java's or Python's simplicity that requires vast frameworks to become manageable, this simplicity stays with advanced applications due to high modularity and integrated testing & tooling.

  24. or Raspberry Pi on Google To Drop Chrome Support For 32-bit Linux · · Score: 1

    This is also a blow to the low-cost computing push (RaspberryPi, etc). Virtually all the ARM SBCs are 32-bit today, and their claim-to-fame is having a real browser (Chrome). If they stop 32-bit compatibility, that will greatly harm lightweight browser consumers from smart TVs to 3rd-world computing.

    Oh well, there's always Firefox.

  25. Re:Stop making super thin phones you idiots! on Pursuit of Slenderness May Mean No More Headphone Jack In iPhone 7 (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    And Durability!
    If they want average people holding thinner phones, they would build-in the protective case themselves. It will be thicker than without it, but thinner than third-party wrappers (which is the common case nowadays anyway).