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  1. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Google To Nix All Tech Support Provider Ads (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Great! Now they should also remove ads for all of the other categories experiencing an influx of scammers... which are like... everything under the sun!
    Want a depressing example? Look up "florist scam google maps". They are doing nothing about it.

  2. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on 'Electric Buses Now Cheaper Than Their Diesel or CNG Counterpart, Could Dominate the Market Within 10 Years' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Never forget the General Motors streetcar conspiracy
    Don't let history repeat itself.

  3. Re:Google management is now often sloppy. on 'Here's Where Google Hid Chrome's SSL Certificate Information' (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    Google "management"?
    Think about the state of google's messaging platform(s). Then every other fuckup will be clear.

  4. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Security Experts Rebut The Guardian's Report That Claimed WhatsApp Has a Backdoor (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrongly worded: nothing *prevents* MiTM. The problem is the missing warning by default and a fail-safe.

  5. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Security Experts Rebut The Guardian's Report That Claimed WhatsApp Has a Backdoor (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Whatsapp's defaults do not prevent MiTM and do not even warn you something's afoot.
    That's doubleplus bad.
    I think we can leave it at that without the drama.

  6. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on South Korea To Kill the Coin in Path Towards 'Cashless Society' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    South Korea is a neoliberal nightmare and this is just another step in that direction.
    Go check out how fucked up their society is (especially concerning their elders for example).

  7. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on CloudFlare Can Be Ordered To Disclose Science Piracy Website Owner Details (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Somebody mirror those sites! Can't risk to lose it all.

  8. Answers like these explain how the dying empire ended up with such 'choices' in a two party system. Arrogant and gleefully willful ignorance exacerbated by blind chauvinism, sectarianism.

  9. The US is transportation system is engineered to offer no viable alternative, mr. desperate binary apologist of a dying empire.

  10. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on WikiLeaks Publishes Cryptic UFO Emails Sent To Clinton Campaign From Former Blink 182 Singer (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Note to self: spike your sensitive documents trove with fake news about very exciting topics to steer the reporting away from sensitive matters.

  11. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Facebook Is Talking To the White House About Giving You 'Free' Internet (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

  12. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell that to my HDMI hole.

  13. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 2

    Corporations needed another way to overcharge customers and push DRM to please media moguls, ostensibly.
    Headphones are the easiest target.

  14. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Multiple Linux Distributions Affected By Crippling Bug In Systemd (agwa.name) · · Score: 1

    The problem is best outlined here:
    https://twitter.com/systemdsuc...
    Just the basic facts...

  15. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 0

    Escuse me while i go start a crowdfunding campaign for my exclusive wireless never-lose-your-earbuds ligation device.
    My target demographic is ripe.

  16. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Microsoft Patents A User-Monitoring AI That Improves Search Results (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Bob 2.0!

  17. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation: Reports · · Score: 1

    Oh look, the worst case scenario is unfolding.
    God i hate being always right.

  18. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Google Allo Messaging App Launches For iOS and Android (phonedog.com) · · Score: 2

    Ok so hangouts (which currently does both) is the one getting phased out?
    But then again... why separate?
    Who the hell is making such a mess at google? A typewriting chimp?

  19. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Google Allo Messaging App Launches For iOS and Android (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    Looking for Allo i also found "Google Duo".
    What the fuck is that all about? It looks like a clone of hangouts.
    Which one should i use? And by that i also mean which one is NOT gonna get discontinued next month so that i can suggest it to my friends and relatives?

  20. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the fucking surprise here?
    Good luck preventing Play Store or Play Services from doing the same to 'your' phone.
    Yes, it is a bad thing nonetheless.

  21. Re:It's about time... on Twitter Will Extend Its 140 Character Limit On September 19th (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    A-MEN to that!

  22. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This is why i don't have the slightest problem with dowloading and sharing.
    Mind you: if i like something then i go buy it. But that's not always possible because of artificial scarcity.
    So yeah, fuck them.

  23. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Microsoft Fixes Bugs in Skype for Linux (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Too little too late.
    Bye Skype. If the US govt. really wanted my trade secrets they should have done a better job at catering to the most savvy and thus valuable user base.

  24. SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on Elon Musk Says Tesla New Autopilot Features Would Have Prevented Recent Death (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Elon Musk implies next autopilot version would have prevented death(s) caused by current autopilot version.

  25. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupidCauseTheSubjectIsTFA on This Company Has Built a Profile On Every American Adult (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    U jelly american? Definitely yes!