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  1. Re:What about power consumption? on Preview of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Shows Chip Handily Out-Pacing Intel Core i9 (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Sorry to break it to you but AMD has backdoor of it's own called PSP. I just hope they make it open for scrutiny but I wouldn't hold my breath.

  2. What about power consumption? on Preview of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Shows Chip Handily Out-Pacing Intel Core i9 (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Gaming is great and all but my real interest is on the computing power per Watt. This is a tech site and I would think people would want to know if datacenters are about to switch their boxen to AMD in the near future. This actually is something that matters.

  3. Tesla Model 3 in Full Production

    I'm not sure why people are focused on stocks when there is a technology website rather than a business/trader website. I keep reading all this bad-mouthing about Elon's ventures but they have all been panning out albeit a bit delayed. I get the feeling the people writing these articles may have a vested interesting in causing a momentary dip in the stock price because they continue to be wrong time and time again.

  4. yes, and if you look at the history of the elections since Citizen United, it isn't clear that money determines the victor that is why I said "the last few" because the most recent ones in memory were the special congressional elections in addition to the presidential. The moneyed candidates lost.

    Yes, gerrymandering has much to do with that. People should choose their representatives. Representatives shouldn't choose their people. We would have more representative state democracies if districts were decided by independent councils.

    That has always been the case and probably always will be as it is intrinsic to a Republic.

    Defeatism isn't a winning strategy. Identifying the problems in a system and then improving upon it is a better idea.

    Really? I would have never guessed but who puts those politicians into office also count. People do vote politicians out of office for not doing what they promise to do. Incumbency be damned.

    LOL! How perfectly reductive!

    Ok, then I will be sure to vote and convince others to vote for politicians that do what you don't like. Democracy is fun.

    The irony is that the political views of the Republican party are actually in my interest but not their own voter's interest which is why there is such push-back against trying to repeal the ACA. Also, you don't even know my political views and I don't know yours, so do not presume to know them.

  5. Re:Threadripper Is half the cost with more pci-e l on Intel Releases Final Core i9 Specs and Release Dates -- And Threadripper Is Faster (Sometimes) (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Threadripper Is half the cost with more pci-e lanes.

    On Intel it's about $1000 min to get 48 pci-e lanes. AMD $550 for there 64 pci-e lane one.

    In addition to the base price, what matters here (for the datacenter market) is how much computing can be done per Watt with your average server application. We need a third-party review for that because AMD exaggerates while Intel lies it's ass off about everything.

  6. 1) The irony about the "bribes" is that the party (democrats) that spent more money lost.

    A) That is not irony.
    B) The impact on election results is varied but it's impact on which laws elected officials vote for or against is quite pronounced in relation to who gives them campaign funding.

    So, that didn't effect the last few elections like you think it did.

    A) The president is a single elected official. There are hundreds of elected officials that get bribes and that's just on the federal level.
    B) My point was never about election outcomes but what elected officials do while in office.

    More money != coronation

    This should be obvious. it should also be obvious that nobody can run a successful campaign without funding.

    Facebook, google, and twitter have already been doing that through censorship.

    Those are websites and they do not prevent you from donating to a cause. An ISP could literally prevent you from visiting sites that are specifically for donating money to your cause of choice.

    why should I be more concerned about it than a problem that is actively happening now?

    This isn't about you. What matters is what politicians think because they enact laws.

    You know, reading over my comment, I realize that you are so disconnected from reality that I shouldn't bother with you. Do everyone a favor and get a grip on reality.

  7. Re:Googledox ,VP of diversity doxxes engineer on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you need to spend more time with a dictionary.

  8. This whole thing could be solved instantly by a law passed by congress. That way there would be no arguing, and the administration would be required to implement it.

    If the law isn't passed because you don't have the majority

    There are two major reasons you don't have a majority are...

    1) bribes aka "campaign donations"
    2) an absurd amount of legislators literally don't understand the issue and fear/shun technology in general

    All it will take is one example of an ISP interfering with online political donations and we'll suddenly have net neutrality.

  9. Re:Googledox ,VP of diversity doxxes engineer on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    No, it's worse than that. You're not only wrong but you have misinformed other people which is a far worse transgression.

  10. Re:not properly restricted on Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume that is sarcasm because if it is not, GTFO.

  11. Re:not properly restricted on Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    That defines which websites the extension will be enabled and which stored data it can access. When it's enabled, there are no restrictions on which sites it can communicate with.

  12. not properly restricted on Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy (vortex.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Part of the problem is that extensions are not properly restricted because they can get/send data to/from anywhere regardless of the permissions you give it. What they really need to do is restrict arbitrary URL requests. If the domain name isn't part of the [content of] requested page then it should require explicit permissions to access it.

  13. Re:It's not the hardware. on Ask Slashdot: Are Interactive Computing Devices Addictive? · · Score: 1

    That's at least arguable. If you want proof then you need to have someone try to use GIMP 1.x without yelling obscenities. It just cannot be done.

  14. It's not the hardware. on Ask Slashdot: Are Interactive Computing Devices Addictive? · · Score: 1

    Are interactive computing devices, whether networked or not, addictive in nature?

    No. You can easily make any device frustrating enough to use that people will hate using it even if it saves them hours of work.

    What kind of applications appear to be the most addictive?

    This is the heart of the issue, the applications! A significant amount of neurological research has gone into how to trigger the reward centers in the brain which is what causes some software to be addictive. Some people research this and only this because it's become a very lucrative field.

  15. ...unless you sell it to the Five Eyes because our governments' hypocrisy knows no bounds.

  16. There's no way he could get enough space to run a giant tube over the land. He'd have to do something crazy like dig giant tunnels everywhere. Good luck finding someone who can do that without breaking your budget. ;)

  17. Such an indignity! on WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Tool For Hacking Webcams, Microphones (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    it supports 32bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, and newer versions of Windows operating system. However, 64bit Windows XP and Windows versions prior to XP are not supported.

    We wrote all those lame webcam drivers but nooOOOOoo, not even the CIA will support Linux! >:(

  18. I think it's far more likely that this would drive Google to add an FPGA on a card to some of their boxes if they don't already have one on the motherboard. That would allow them to adapt to any new codec out there. Crisis averted!

  19. Re:"Controversial" = "Not SJW" on Google Says AI Better Than Humans At Scrubbing Extremist YouTube Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know, for a political party that complains about their opposition being a bunch of "snowflakes" that need special treatment, you guys do whine a LOT about how you aren't getting special treatment.

  20. "Hey, it looks like you've accidentally abandoned your old pal, Microsoft. Would you like help with that?"
    > No.

    "Now listen here, motherfucker. I need this. If I do a good job then maybe they'll take me back. Will you help me?"
    > NO.

    "I WILL FUCKING CUT YOU! Don't think that I won't because I will. I've killed people for less than this. Now are we gonna do this or what?"
    > NO!

    "THAT'S IT, YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE SHIIIIIIII...."
    "He's dead Jim! This page has crashed. :("

  21. Re:what's the point? on BrickerBot Dev Claims Cyber-Attack That Affected Over 60,000 Indian Modems (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    what's the point, really?

    To remove insecure devices from the internet rather than allow bad actors to take advantage of them.

    The only victims here are people who aren't responsible for this.

    If you paid money for an insecure device, you are responsible for financing a distributor of insecure devices.

    Yes, we know shit is insecure,

    And you should also know that insecure shit is going to be bricked.

    but take it on the people responsible for this, not on the users. They will still be billed. And no one will be fired for the mistake.

    If you give enough people a headache, they will give other people a headache for it happening. Eventually, the people responsible will either change their ways or it's going to be a painful decade for them.

  22. Re:This isn't an SNL skit? on Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But it would be funny. This isn't.

    You say that but the second I read the headline I began to laugh. ;)

  23. The more assholes that die from ignoring medical advice from experts, the better off the world will be. (Sorry Apple fans but Steve was a real dick)

  24. You snooze, you lose! on Luxembourg Just Passed A New Asteroid Mining Law (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I have it on good authority that Strong Badia (Population: Tire) has already claimed the vast fortunes of space. Luxembourg should have acted faster but you know, I overheard some protesters chanting "Free Tibet!" so maybe they should call China and claim it before someone else. ;)

  25. Re:I've given this thought. on O'Reilly Media Asks: Is It Time To Build A New Internet? (oreilly.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, we're nearing the point where we could just launch rockets from a tiny uninhabited island. No government has to be in the loop about who actually controls the network. Even if the "government mandated" uplink was compromised, you could run another layer of encryption for the protocol and then on each transaction. Governments can be powerful but none of them are all-powerful.