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  1. Remember when.... on Ex-Google Employee Warns of 'Disturbing' China Plans (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Googleâ(TM)s motto was âoeDo No Evilâ and then they quietly swept it under the rug? Pepperidge Farms remembers....

  2. No FT employees so no benefits... on Walmart Offers To Foot College Tuition Bills for US Employees (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But tuition reimbursement?

  3. Facebook donated to 46 of 55 members of the comtte on Zuckerberg Gets a Crash Course in Charm. Will Congress Care? (bgr.com) · · Score: 1
  4. That is why the ad sucks. It's like saying if you use an Ipad you are computer illiterate.

  5. Not The First Time on Laid-Off IT Workers Worry US Is Losing Tech Jobs To Outsourcing (www.cio.in) · · Score: 1

    Disney and Transamerica both did it. They forced their employees to train their replacements under threat of lost severance.

  6. Apple wants everyone to collaborate a technology that will sit above metal, Direct3D, and Vulcan that talks down to those disparate technologies. They provided a sample to show possibilities that they said they don't expect to be the standard. https://webkit.org/blog/7380/n... Relevant quotes to dispel the paranoid ramblings posted by others. "In order to expose a modern, low-level technology that can accelerate graphics and computation, we need to design an API that can be implemented on top of many systems, including those mentioned above." "We don’t expect this to become the actual API that ends up in the standard, and maybe not even the one that the Community Group decides to start with, but we think there is a lot of value in working code."

  7. Mackeeper = Malware on 154 Million Voter Records Exposed Due To Database Error (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    Mackeeper is the number 1 source of adware and malware on the Mac. This "security researcher" works for a company that is evil as f*ck. I'm guessing he hacked and shared the database and then claimed white hat glory for finding the breach. SMH.

  8. Too lazy didn't Google. Is there a great benefit over command line apt-get install? apt is so crazy easy that I decided to battle brew and fink on the mac in a quest for the same goodness on my Mac only to be sorely disappointed.

  9. Transamerica too on IT Layoffs At Insurance Firm Are A 'Never-Ending Funeral' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Transamerica has hired H1B visa employees to replace US workers too. US employees have had to train their H1B replacements under threat of withholding severance just like at Disney.

  10. Since all encryption is breakable given enough time and compute (might take a few years), technically all are automatically in compliance with no change.

  11. Next step.... on BBC Radio Drops WMA For MPEG-DASH · · Score: 1

    Now BBC.co.uk and bbc.com need to drop Flash video for HTML5.

  12. Nice Pun dad! on Proposed Disk Array With 99.999% Availablity For 4 Years, Sans Maintenance · · Score: 1

    Disk Array, "Sans" maintenance.

  13. Sharepoint? on Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? · · Score: 1

    My guess is this is largely driven by the push to use Sharepoint.

  14. Whore Ally on Apple Devices To Reach Parity With Windows PCs In 2014 · · Score: 1

    I will let you folks argue Windows Vs Apple Vs Android. I just want to know who tagged the article as whore ally, why, and how does one become a whore ally?

  15. I always preferred.. on David Pogue and Yahoo's "Normals" Problem · · Score: 1

    I always preferred Andy Ihnatko and Don Crabb to Pogue.

  16. Re:And, who has the Obamacare ID validation contra on Experian Sold Social Security Numbers To ID Theft Service · · Score: 2

    Which makes you wonder why they are using Experian for validation.

  17. Cost is more than first six years of Facebook! on Obamacare Website Fixes Could Take Two Weeks Or Two Months · · Score: 2
  18. Re:democrites vs repugnicants on Are Shuttered Gov't Sites Actually Saving Money? · · Score: 0

    You don't have to go that far. Just furlough the White House chefs. If Michelle has to cook her own meal she will put an end to this nonsense.

  19. Ubuntu Server on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 2

    My guess is this is mostly about a decline in Ubuntu desktop users? I'm running Ubuntu server without a desktop environment and haven't had any issues or reason to switch. I love apt as a package manager. That is all.

  20. Re:More importantly on Why Are Some Hell-Bent On Teaching Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    This is easy. Man has free will and the Chinese government has a policy of one child per couple. In a society that treasures men over women and promotes abortion, isn't this the process of natural selection playing itself out.

  21. Re:Who leaves money in a paypal account. on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    It's poor form to use a referral link that will personally benefit you in this sort of context. It diminishes your point, making you look like any other spammer or paid shill.

    Despite using a referral url, I will back them up in that Dwolla is much better for this. Also it can be set to auto deposit each transaction into your account as payments come in.

  22. The AIM alliance is back! on IBM Opens Up POWER Architecture For Licensing · · Score: 2

    I can't wait for the return of Motorola Starmax, Umax Supermac and Power Computing's Power Tower Pro. I remember my Power Tower Pro was upgradeable to 1 GB of ram in 1997! Shut up and take my money!

  23. why do we need a password? on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 2

    If I didn't have an expectation of privacy, I wouldn't password protect it.

  24. Re:Feinstein calls for spoon ban on Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control · · Score: 1

    True. Same party and same thought process. The entire populace is not to be trusted based on the actions of a few. We must be saved from ourselves. Bring on the nanny state.

  25. Feinstein calls for spoon ban on Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control · · Score: 1

    Congress has learned that spoons make people fat. Senator Feinstein is now announcing legislation in conjunction with a PR push by Michelle Obama calling for a ban or at minimum a tax on all spoons to put an end to obesity.