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  1. Seriously? on Trump Administration Officially Delays 'Startup Visa' Rule (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Startup Visa idea was also part of Rule of Law. I think you didn't mean "the rule of law" but "the end of immigration," and are just too inured in 4chan/pol/ talking points to speak plainly.

  2. In a few years, there will be a major motion picture about these jerks, like they're Robin Hood or something.

  3. Re: Protectionist state on Mozilla Employee Denied Entry To the United States (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Protectionist state on Mozilla Employee Denied Entry To the United States (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't imagine Congress is going to let this go on forever.

    What exactly do we expect for Congress to do? Let's be clear here: I despise Trump, but in all likelihood, this is INS bullshit unrelated to the Trump executive order. The EO only covers six countries; Sweden isn't one of them. Even if Sweden was one of them, Stenberg has a clear relationship with a US Company. So the real question is, does Stenberg have a valid work visa? Most of the people I hear being denied entry into the US are denied because they had a paying US gig and got the wrong kind of visa. The other possibility is that Stenberg made political remarks that the US government doesn't like, and, unfortunately, the US government has denied entry to persons for that reason for decades.

  5. Re: Prediction on Fidget Spinners Are Over (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember "state of the art" double floppy drives?

  6. Prediction on Fidget Spinners Are Over (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fidget Spinners will see a massive, nostalgia-fueled comeback in the late 2030s.

  7. Amazon bought a company and are now trying to completely change that company's branding. This does not smell like a success story.

  8. Re:Blue Consortium on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've heard rumblings about states like California and New York entering a multi-state compact towards meeting the Paris climate goals. IANAL but AFAIK this sort of agreement is perfectly constitutional.

  9. Does this matter? on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Between California regulations, consumer-driven conservation, the increasing market for electric cars, and the price drop in renewable energy, aren't Americans on track to seriously cut CO2 emissions anyway?

  10. IOW, the FCC site can't take a good Slashdotting. on FCC Says It Was Victim of Cyberattack After John Oliver Show (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Remember when people used to call this phenomenon Slashdot Effect?

    On a more serious note, is the Trump Administration now going to call Slashdot Effect an "attack," and if so, how is this not a sign of them ramping up the authoritarianism?

  11. Electric cars are as clean as the electricity used on India Aims To Make Every Car Electric By 2030 In Bid To Tackle Pollution (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Electric cars are fine and dandy, but we still need to produce electricity to power them. Where will that come from? Solar and wind would be the best source as they pollute the least; nuclear is a good option if you're using more modern plant designs. Natural gas might actually be worse in terms of CO2 emissions. Coal would be the worst case scenario; the smoke contains all sorts of pollutants not emitted by modern gasoline engines.

  12. To modernize Federal IT, one must first find money to modernize Federal IT, then one must make broad, sweeping changes to Federal procurement rules.

    I don't see either of those happening. If they do, I don't see the second ending at all well.

  13. Turns out Saturn also harbors a microbe ecosystem in a layer of its atmosphere..........and here come the water bears!!!!!!

  14. I will see more movies in the theater if Hollywood makes movies that are worth paying $10 to see once. Frankly, in the last year, there haven't been a lot of those. Rogue One

    and Get Out are the only ones that come to mind.

    Otherwise, my wife and I can watch Netflix or Amazon Prime on our big screen TV, in our pajamas, and have a more comfortable experience. Plus my homemade popcorn recipe is cheaper and tastes better than theater popcorn.

  15. Let's not forget Northern Ireland on 'No Turning Back' on Brexit as Article 50 Triggered (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    UK out of the EU....Ireland in....what to do, what to do?

  16. Simpler way on 'No Turning Back' on Brexit as Article 50 Triggered (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    One could, you know, vote for their MPs in the European Parliament...

  17. Re:PasswordSafe on Ask Slashdot: Should You Use Password Managers? · · Score: 1

    Correction: that's 6^40 or 2^103.3 possible combinations. Darn HTML....

  18. Re:PasswordSafe on Ask Slashdot: Should You Use Password Managers? · · Score: 1

    Such passphrases are EXTREMELY weak

    They're actually not. Assuming you know the dictionary (and there are a bunch out there, so that's a heck of an assumption), if they do it according to the algorithm (using ACTUAL DICE), there are 6^5*W possible combinations where W = the number of words in the passphrase. Use W = 8 if you like. That's 640 or about 2103.3 possible combinations, assuming you do it right.

    Any half way good password manager will copy them for you. Keepass on Windows and Android does, for example, and it's implemented in a secure way. You don't even have to display the password on screen, so no danger of shoulder surfing.

    The point of the diceware passphrase is that one uses it as a password on one's KeePass (or Password Safe) database. Since it's all lower case, it's easier to type on a phone.

  19. <div class="pedantic">"DVD Sales" is plural. The proper conjugation for the verb is "Decline."</div>

  20. True dat on Consumer Reports Updates Its MacBook Pro Review (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple: "Consumers don't want a touch screen or ports; they'll settle for a touch bar and dongles."

    Every other laptop maker: "TOUCHSCREENS! PORTS! FRACTION OF THE PRICE!"

  21. Would that include the "David Cameron?" on UK Plans To Censor Online Videos Of 'Non-Conventional' Sex Acts (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is to say, would "non-conventional sex acts" include intercourse with a pig, as allegedly committed by the former and disgraced Prime Minister?

  22. Prediction on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Putin, as part of his promise to Donald Trump that he will not interfere in the internal affairs of the United States, will deport Snowden to the US within a year of Trump taking office.

  23. "Give Trump a chance" on Steve Bannon Suggests Having Too Many Asian Tech CEOs Undermines 'Civic Society' (theverge.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Steve Bannon is a racist; this is pretty much proof. Why should I presume Trump isn't aware of this? Why shouldn't one presume that Trump appointed Bannon his Chief Strategist because Bannon's a racist?

  24. Competition....from Oracle? on Larry Ellison Says 'Amazon's Lead is Over' As Oracle Unveils New Cloud Infrastructure (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oracle is going to beat Amazon? Not Google, not Microsoft? Oracle? That strikes me as VERY unlikely. They might have the tech, but they're not going to have the customer base.

    • No touch screen on next model
    • No headphone jack on next model
    • Power cord insulation on current model starts flaking off two years in

    Not feeling the love.