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  1. Re:Chilly in here on Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty soon the Internet will be filled with the sound of crickets.

    ... and you had better click their "like" button!

  2. You have wifi disabled? They mapped all those SSID's for a reason...

  3. Re:Beginning of shield technology? on Humans Accidentally Made a Space Cocoon For Ourselves Out of Radio Waves (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Could we modulate the polarity?

    Two transmitters, same freq. but 180 degrees out of phase.
    It may cancel out or it might do something interesting...

  4. unjust enrichment? on ZeniMax Is Suing Samsung After Winning Its Case Against Oculus (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Are they raking in big wads of cash?

  5. Re:Will they have doomsday clock? on Nuclear Experts Form International 'Nuclear Crisis Group' (teenvogue.com) · · Score: 1

    Will they have doomsday clock like the other bunch?

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

    Maybe more like an egg timer at this point...
    http://westeastonpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Egg-timer.jpg

  6. Re:Tagalog rendering on Google's 'Project Treble' Could Lead To Faster Android Updates (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, I have the Tagalog language installed on my Android...

    I tried to install that repeatedly and all that happened was a girl scout brought a wagon load of cookies to my door and said I owed $1300...

    P.S.
    Now my phone has chocolate and peanut-butter all over it!

    P.P.S.
    Totally worth it though...

  7. Re:if we learned anything in the past on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this would be a demonstration that they are not aware of the limitations of their jurisdiction.

    Remember the last time an Austrian tried to dictate policy globally?

    Oh My Godwin!

  8. Re:So in other words... on Microsoft Tests a Secured Edge Browser For Business (techradar.com) · · Score: 2

    I like the way Qubes OS is handling it.
    https://www.qubes-os.org/video-tours/
    It's almost like MS watched some of the videos...

  9. Re:Kinda disappointed on Google Releases DIY Open Source Raspberry Pi Voice Kit Hardware (betanews.com) · · Score: 2
  10. Re:Oy, how to block this? on Over 200 Android Apps Are Currently Using Ultrasonic Beacons To Track Users (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    'yes', 'no', and 'fake it'.

    This is pure evil genius.

    Pretty sure it's also the foundation of some marriages...

  11. Re:Oy, how to block this? on Over 200 Android Apps Are Currently Using Ultrasonic Beacons To Track Users (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    See OnePlus 3(t) slider, which is three position for alerts, but similar to what you are asking for. As in "Doable".

    What I would like is a programmable slider, one that I could make it disable mic or camera.

    But if it's done in software it can be undone in software. I don't know any code that can bridge a physical gap in a circuit... a micro reed switch and a magnet on a flip phone or a slide on a smart phone... but it HAS to break the circuit(s) in question. Maybe a switch with micro jumpers to configure paths...

  12. Re:I mean I got this article through RSS on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    Right. When iGoogle went away I moved over to http://www.ighome.com/ and my top center feed is slashdot. I like having weather, headlines, slashdot, XKCD, and world headlines (i.e. not US media) all on one page along with top of page black bar links to network tools, gmail and other pages I load more than once a day.

  13. ...

    2. Connecting the brain is extremely complicated on its own. It's not like it's just one connection point as it's made to sound like.

    ...

    This looks like a job for the good old ZIF socket!
    Honey, please don't play with the lever sticking out of my spine...

  14. How about putting the iPhone in the microwave to speed up charging?
    You can use the microwaves secret built-in camera to alert you when your phone is done...
    Or you could just stand there a few seconds and wait for the bang...

  15. Re:Er...so it was about greed? on Mylan's Epic EpiPen Price Hike Wasn't About Greed -- It's Worse, Lawsuit Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Should be? How about is be?

    If we're going off the grammar rails I vote for...
    do be

  16. ... until they talk about Uber creating flying taxis, then the fascination turns to horror.

    New Frontiers in Surge Pricing!
    We can't help but notice from your profile data that you would most likely enjoy not plummeting to your death... Accordingly, a considerable fee has been added to the cost of this trip to cover the surge of electricity required to keep you airborne... Have a nice day!

  17. Someone needs to tell Google these things...
    https://www.google.com/search?q=Oreo+knockoff
    You are right, Oreo is the late comer to the party. I have still always liked the Oreo flavor better...
    http://www.cracked.com/article_20025_5-world-famous-products-that-are-shameless-rip-offs.html
    Thanks for the heads up.
    Now, do we need to get the cookies into the stratosphere or just leave open packages laying near methane sources?

  18. "Hydroxl" is just the American version of "hydro".

    I thought it was an Oreo knockoff...

  19. I wonder if this is part of the "reduce blue light at night" idea that somehow had a runaway...
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side

    Note: Check Blue Blocking Devs for color blindness.

  20. You haven't gotten a new wallet since the 1970's...
    Are ya loonie?

  21. I use Diaspora, which has the added advantage of being nice and quiet. Peace and quiet is so soothing...

    My friends and I all switched to Diaspora,
    but then we just went our separate ways...

  22. Don't you know, picking things up and putting them down is a great field to be in for any human...

    Seriously though, I wonder if a vacuum cleaner like device (what a pneumatic tube used to do) can be used for dealing with specific types of uses, how about picking fruits?

    Some fruits could be picked with a suction device but transporting things via pneumatic tubes comes with a "sudden stop issue" that is incompatible with fruits that must be picked ripe.
    http://food.unl.edu/fruits-continue-ripen-after-theyre-picked

    On an unrelated note I can come up for a few more things that can be automated by a 'right hand robot'...

    Paging Mr. Wolowitz...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb627xDlqBs

  23. Right? Because then we have a lucrative business opportunity for technically minded people to fix the smashed robots!

    You would think so but NO! For I have perfected the robot smashing robot!
    Humans could never keep up with this titian, only my smashed robot repairing robot will do!

    Note to self:
    Hide smashed robot repairing robot from robot smashing robot this time...

  24. Re:ATTN: Potential New Hires on Google Accused of 'Extreme' Gender Pay Discrimination By US Labor Department (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you are confusing mean with median.

    I think you are confusing the phrase "about half", especially in the context of what Google's N would be. P.S. The audience is not math/stat students.

    There could well be a few very well paid people that skew the mean...

    Except that the data being referred to is pay by position. Exceptionally talented people would have very different positions than what most applicants are applying for.

    Then I think you would want to go with the mode average for a given position...
    http://www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm

  25. No, 'growth hacking' is taking a razor knife to the new, strange lump growing on one's neck...
    Kidding aside, no one should do that, ever.