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  1. Re:Who's In Charge of Marketing at HP? on HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure using "Spectre" in a name this year is a good idea at all.

    I think they made the right choice. However, the other choice was "Meltdown Totum". ;)

  2. Leaving the choice up to the Internet, or even just Netflix subscribers isn't going to result in the best storylines, or even the storylines that necessarily reflect what actual people want to see.

    My favorite example of this is Imgur Let's play: Top comment decides what action Luke does next

  3. Opportunity wasted on How Microsoft Rewrote Its C# Compiler in C# and Made It Open Source (medium.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    If they wanted to actually contribute to the community then they would have made an LLVM frontend or submitted patches to Clang. Instead, they did what they always do, make a massive heap of code with nothing in common with anything.

    But hey, if you want bugs galore, this is the way to go.

  4. heavy requirements. on Open Source BeOS Successor Haiku Releases R1/beta 1 (haiku-os.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    MINIMUM (32-bit)
    Processor: Intel Pentium II; AMD Athlon
    Memory: 256MB
    Monitor: 800x600
    Storage: 3GB

    Frankly, those are some heavy requirements. That's even heavier than WinXP requirements! (233MHz/64MB/800x600/1.5GB)

    Developers are really spoiled by modern hardware.

  5. Re:Legitimate Kernel Developers Don't Want To Resc on Richard Stallman Says Linux Code Contributions Can't Be Rescinded (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    The fellow spreading this story that you can "rescind" code is more commonly known as MikeeUSA, a misogynist and general nutcase.

    This guy again? I've been told of him being banned from people on a different site, a mailing list and a couple freenode channels. This is literally the only person that I read about that is so obnoxious that other people keep mentioning that he had to be banned. Plenty of people get banned but nobody really talks about it afterward but this guy is an exception.

  6. the wind mill operators

    You have described "wind turbines."

    A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.

    As for windmills...

    Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain (gristmills),

  7. Re:Now Downloading Monetization, Pls Wait For Toas on Satellite Company Partners With Jeff Bezos' AWS To Bring Internet To 'Whole Planet' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Great, more bandwidth for my fridge. And once they run out of repositioning fuel there'll be 75 more pieces of space junk in orbit.

    Actually, Iridium's NEXT constellation is for a lot more than just IoT, they are for L-band (up to 1.5 Mbit/s) and K-band (up to 8 Mbit/s) communications. These are extremely desirable and will only go out of use if they enter an uncontrolled orbit. Each satellite has a deorbitting system. "From 2017, several first-generation Iridium satellites have been deliberately de-orbited after being replaced by operational Iridium NEXT satellites"

    I wonder how many 'dark satellites' there are in orbit that are technically functional yet have been abandoned because they're no longer able to maintain the desired orbit. I bet enthusiasts could do some interesting things if given access to those.

    Communication satellites like this? I can answer that: Zero.

  8. The difference. on Panasonic Completing 3 New Cell Production Lines At Tesla's Gigafactory (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most everything (for a long time) used/uses 18650 battery cells which are 18mm in diameter and 65mm in height. 21700 battery cells (AKA "2170") are 21mm in diameter, 70mm in height and only made specifically for electric vehicles.

    TL;DR: image comparison.

  9. Re:Scooped Up Information cough cough on Ex-NSA Employee Gets 5 Years In Prison For Taking Home Top Secret Files (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Basically the kaspersky anti-virus tool picked up on hacking software by it's coding signature.

    Actually, some antivirus programs like kaspersky double as a RAT. From what I've read, when it detects files from a state-sponsored APT (in this case the NSA) it will open a line of communications and send a notification back to HQ. At that time they simply told the antivirus to send back all the files in the same directory. This is how they got a hold of all the tools.

    The primary use of heuristic analysis in file scanning is to identify new versions/variants of an existing virus as it commonly generates false positives.

  10. I want to see ALL the possible websites, not just the ones Apple of Microsoft or Google thinks is "safe" for my consumption.

    Then you should start your own search engine, not just use the one Apple, Microsoft or Google provides for you.

  11. Re:AI is different, and getting better every year on Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    I disagree with this reckless approach..

    Congratulations on having an opinion.

  12. Re:The new America. on Facebook Is Not Protecting Content Moderators From Mental Trauma, Lawsuit Claims (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A country of weaklings. If you don't think you can handle that shit (and I'm sure it is horrible) don't take the fucking job. Butch the fuck up.

    And what if you do think you can handle it but end up with PTSD? Yes, it can cause PTSD. Also, how does your perspective align with soldiers? Are you going to tell the one's that saw their friends blown to pieces that they should "Butch the fuck up" when they are having a flashback?

    I for one would love to draft all the ACs like you into the being content moderators until you squeal at the very sight of a webpage loading.

  13. Re:for the naysayers on Implanted Device Helps Two People With Paralysis Walk Again (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    At some point in the future a very important question will arise, and that is, whether we care to continue using a broken spinal cord, or simply replace it altogether.

    We'll use the one that requires the least amount of retraining. However, the only realistic way (that my stupid brain can think of) is to replace these things is with synthetic biology. When we have synthetic biology mastered, very few things will be impossible.

  14. Re:AI is different, and getting better every year on Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    Ask yourself, when the computers can eventually program themselves, why would they want us around?

    We don't really understand cognition, so it stands to reason we're not going to accidentally create something fully cognizant before we understand what it is. We have a lot of time before we need to worry about what a machine "wants".

  15. Oh the humanity! on Implanted Device Helps Two People With Paralysis Walk Again (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Won't someone think of the wheelchair builders?! This is solar power all over again! ;)

  16. Suspicious. on Judge Orders Cloudflare To Turn Over Identifying Data In Copyright Case (techspot.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It seems exceptionally suspicious that they chose to take legal action in Hawaii (halfway around the world) especially when their very names indicate their location on the US mainland. Seems like they may have found their eastern Texas of copyrights.

    I'm not saying it's illegal but it's definitely not aboveboard.

  17. in discussing the role of "Han" their proposed definition ("shorthand for a character created by George Lucus") includes cover for having "shot second" which may be popular in "popular science-fiction," but is certainly not popular in technical discussions.

    NERDS! ;)

  18. The best solution would be to mandate data sharing and portability. If my friend wants to use Facebook and I want Bookface then they should talk to each other and we should be able to communicate.

    I am not 100% sure about mandating data sharing/portability but I do know that data sharing/portability would be superior to the current situation. You would also need rules about inter-social-network communication to avoid an onslaught of spam like we're seen happen with email.

    It's definitely an idea worth exploring.

  19. You can do both by looking at everything in front of you case by case objectively rather than painting it with the red or blue brush.

    I agree. With each decision a pattern of behavior emerges which is exactly why this sudden departure is completely inconsistent with past decisions.

    That is not hypocrisy, that is the government working, something that hasn't happen in a while.

    Based on their ideological rhetoric, it's obvious this is not the new normal but rather that is being exception made on the basis that it is inconvenient in a partisan manner. You can pretend that they have changed but it doesn't make it true.

  20. Seems pretty obvious. on Why Attackers Are Using C# For Post-PowerShell Attacks (forcepoint.com) · · Score: 1

    When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

    It is advisable to follow the conventions of the area you are in lest you draw attention to yourself... like from an antivirus application. This is an infiltration game on the binary level so it's best to look the part of an innocuous application.

  21. Re:No. on Should The US Government Break Up Google, Twitter, and Facebook? (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't disagree but a Republican congress did nothing to prevent any of this. Their objections are entirely new which seems to indicate sour grapes rather a genuine regulatory objection.

  22. Gab is just one of many alternatives. Nobody is stopping them from existing, they just aren't helping them to exist because they are violating their ToS for their various services. There are many other social networking apps in their app stores.

  23. You obviously don't realize just how complex these tractors are. At this point they are just short of being autonomous.

  24. Re:Editor changed post to sensationalist crap on NSA's 'Codebreaker Challenge' Features Exploiting Blockchain To Steal Ethereum (ltsnet.net) · · Score: 1

    Deep breath..... Ok. @EditorDave, I know that you meant well. Sorry. Didn't mean to yell at you.

    I don't think that was the reaction he's going to be complaining about.

  25. Re:I have the solution! on NSA's 'Codebreaker Challenge' Features Exploiting Blockchain To Steal Ethereum (ltsnet.net) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If your backups are also online then you have failed to make backups.