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  1. Expectation of good behaviour ... on Study Finds That Banning Trolls Works, To Some Degree (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ... results is good behaviour.

    This should not be surprising, the majority of people will follow the community leaders, and the social standards they espouse.

  2. Governance failure is root cause on Equifax Blames Open-Source Software For Its Record-Breaking Security Breach (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The exploit is not the root cause, the exploit only became possible in a live environment because they failed to properly follow governance processes during development.

  3. Re:Nature vs Nurture on AI Can Detect Sexual Orientation Based On Person's Photo (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    * Unless this is picking up on subtle cues like gay men wearing eyeliner and gay women not wearing makeup. (Similar to lots of how gay men speak with an "affliction" and drive Saabs, while gay women drive Subarus.)

    That is by far the most plausible explanation, the net has been trained to spot differences in gay and straight culture.

    There is evidence that maternal stress is a significant factor. Therefore from a natural selection viewpoint there must be an evolutionary survival advantage that outweighs the obvious numerical dis-advantage. A stressful environment leading to more gay siblings is natural.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. Information does want to be free on AI Can Detect Sexual Orientation Based On Person's Photo (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... that makes guarantee that it is correct.

  5. I work in IT on European Court Rules Companies Must Tell Employees of Email Checks (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So I'm going to assume they can and will read anything I do at work and act accordingly.

  6. Occam's razor say the majority of these offers are scams.

  7. South Sea Bubble on Bitcoin Prices Surge Past $5,000 Three Weeks After Passing $4,000 (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The original pyramid investment scheme takes it's name from this phenomena.

    http://www.historic-uk.com/His...

    http://www.investopedia.com/fe...

  8. Three year old photo on Police Allegedly Arrest UK News Photographer For Standing In A Field (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    The proof he is a news photographer appear to be a three year old photo of the Northern lights public in a small regional newspaper.

  9. To receive a Police caution, you must first admit the offence, if you do not confess, a caution cannot be issued. It has to be proven in the normal way.

    https://www.gov.uk/caution-war...

  10. Most certainly not on Do Code Bootcamps Work? (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    In my experience code camp and competitive coders need to be heavily coached to remove bad habits. Those promote absolutely the wrong habits to be effective members of agile development teams.

  11. Psilocybin also proving effective for anxiety on FDA Designates MDMA As 'Breakthrough Therapy' For PTSD (futurism.com) · · Score: 1
  12. Weak network graphs on Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, And It Won't Tell Me How (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Weak network graphs populated through the wisdom of the crowds.

    Inevitable.

  13. This is good for Java and good for Oracle.

    Java has become mired in bureaucracy under Oracle.
    Java is not a core produce for Oracle, but a cost.

  14. Reasonable doubt on Marcus Hutchins' Code Used In Malware May Have Come From GitHub (itwire.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the code existed before on a public resource, it clearly raises a reasonable doubt.

  15. Pretty much every time he wrote "I'm not X but ..."

  16. libertarian hypocrisy on Cloudflare Stops Supporting Neo-Nazi Site The Daily Stormer (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So the self-styled libertarians are throwing hissy fits about private businesses choosing not to host their material, for the very valid reason, that it is harmful to their business.

    The irony is massive, this is a textbook example of what they claim to to want, the market regulating itself. Cloudflare do not want the bad publicity of hosting these knuckleheads who can't provide the cash needed to make this a worthwhile business decision.

    And before you blurt out 'censorship and what about free speech', this expectation only applies to the government you loathe so much.

    Let the Nazi shits scuttle off to the dark web with the paedos, no one will stop them from posting their drivel, because nobody will have to read it.

  17. Not uncommon now on Syrian Open Source Developer Bassel Khartabil Believed Executed (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    ... for stories to sit in the firehose for days.

    It used to be Slashdot breaking these kind of stories.

  18. Re:No Extradition on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    He can only be extradited from the UK to US if he has been charged.

    He cannot be extradited from the UK as a material witness or just a suspect just to face a grand jury. That would be considered an abuse of process.

  19. Re:More from the Register on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The original offer for sale of Kronos was in Russian natural language so not machine translated. There is no evidence that Marcus speaks or writes Russian. Miss-direction is possible, but that doesn't fit with the relative lack of sophistication of Kronos.

  20. Language evolves on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The modern usage has evolved and clearly understood by most. Those complaining on that basis are demonstrating an inability to adapt.

  21. More from the Register on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The Register reporting that asking for a sample of Kronos on twitter is the smoking gun for this grand jury indictment.

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/...

  22. No, it should be moderated as rhetorical bullshit.

    The American healthcare system is the worst in the developed world, the most expensive and the worst outcomes.

    https://www.quora.com/topic/Un...

  23. Sepsis not managed in first place on World's First Double Hand Transplant Involving a Child Declared a Success (ctvnews.ca) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The unasked question here is why was the Sepsis not managed in first place. It is well understood condition and early intervention is the key to successful outcomes, was he denied early healthcare cover, people should be told.

    https://www.nice.org.uk/guidan...

  24. Educated masses can see past the establishment narrative.

  25. Better sources on Insider Trader Arrested After He Googled 'Insider Trading,' Authorities Allege · · Score: 1