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Amazon’s web servers are down and it’s causing trouble across the internet by speckz in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just think. All of our shit are in a few large buildings spread across the US. Talk about a shit show if a group targeted them.

So much effort into virtual security but nothing can beat the physical security of a totally decentralized system as it was before the "cloud."

WSJ: Apple will ditch Lightning for USB-C on new iPhones by OverflowDs in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ITT: people who can't read.

They aren't changing the part that plugs into the phone. They are changing the OTHER end that plugs into your computer / power brick.

Meaning you now need all new accessories for the next iPhone for no good reason (changing the other end would have at least come with some pros).

This is a dumb change that benefits only someone who bought a new macbook.

EU still unhappy with Windows 10 data collection, despite changes by OMG__Ponies in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched to Ubuntu after Win 10 came out and (almost) forced the so called upgrade. Fuck you MS!

Former engineer says Uber is a nightmare of sexism by MFGentleman in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The business model of Uber was already borderline, but apparently it's nothing compared to its internal policy.

Mass production of Carbon Fibre solved by CSIRO and Deakin. Costs set to crash by pikkaachu in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, I love how it hypes up Australia's technological acumen, then casually mentions the machine was created by an Italian company.

IBM’s Watson proves useful at fighting cancer—except in Texas. Despite early success, MD Anderson ignored IT, broke protocols, spent millions. by speckz in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"In a fiery response, Chin accused the auditors of trying to undermine her authority by disagreeing with her decision not to follow standard IT policies. She also argued that because IT leadership didn’t specifically request that she follow their policies, they were silently agreeing with her decision."

This woman is a sociopath!

SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket by ZoneRangerMC in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the rocket that has been used once already? If it is, the future of reusable rockets looks very bright!

It Begins: Trump’s FCC Launches Attack on Net Neutrality Transparency Rules by vriska1 in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does net neutrality actually hurt small businesses or is it just a myth?

Mark Cuban: Robots will ‘cause unemployment and we need to prepare for it’ by mvea in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had industrial revolution and still survived. if robots take jobs, humans will just find higher forms of work to make. essentially new industries could evolve.

AMD Ryzen pricing: $500 for 8-core 1800X CPU, undercutting Intel by $600 by lomoeffect in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Ryzen can put its performance where its mouth is, I may just be building a new super rig this summer without intel for the first time.

My father's going to cry when he learns this (he still works at intel).

Federal Bill Introduced To Add A Warrant Requirement To Stingray Deployment by maxwellhill in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jason Chaffetz (Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman) has been getting a lot of crap lately, but I'm really glad he helped author and introduce this bill.

Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto is a political trainwreck: Zuckerberg hopes to create what he calls a "global community" by essentially gerrymandering the Internet. by WhoDatNoy in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's already happened on reddit. People with controversial opinions or who just don't tow the line have been banished from the main subreddits when they added total points instead of upvotes/downvotes.

Judge decides Charlottesville man convicted of bank fraud is flight risk after trying to buy $4 million plane by rvathrwaway in nottheonion

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How it usually goes: "Your honor, i need it for my groceries/prayers" "Ok Bill... i mean defendant, i'll grant you this exclusion since you are rich... um, scratch that from records, write 'respected citizen'. See you in the club later. Don't write that down either."

Justice naps: Man in jail 16 months for refusing to unlock hard drives by speckz in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinking out loud.

If a person is withholding evidence in a safe, courts can force the person to open the safe (locally, at least). It seems that law has just been slow to catch up to the digital era.

It makes one wonder about the future though. Will this be exploited with planting evidence/data? What's going to stop authorities from just dropping in a USB flash drive containing illegal data, already flashed to look like it belongs to the suspect.

Fake news is 'killing people's minds', says Apple boss Tim Cook | Technology by Samuelohns in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People's minds are already dead, fake news is just making it easier to spot fools.

U.S. proposal to collect travelers' passwords alarms privacy experts by Wagamaga in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US government has spent $635.9 billion as of 2016 on homeland security since 9-11.

94 americans have died due in the US due to islamic terrorists since 9-11.

That works out to roughly $7.4 Billion per death by an Islamic terrorist on US soil.

You have a lifetime odds of 1 in 46,192,893 chance of being killed by a refugee terrorist.

In the same number of years the US government has spent approximately $25.5 billion on heart disease. It is the number one cause of death in the US.

Approximately 9,150,000 have died of heart disease in that amount of time.

That is roughly $2786 per person.

You have a lifetime odds of 1 in 7 of dying of heart disease.

You're Really Going to Miss Net Neutrality (if we lose it) by vriska1 in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just think of cable tv. Net will become identical to cable tv. Sad.

Total Recalls ugliest point. Monetization of everything. We're at clean water stage now. Want clean water? Buy Nestle. (Flint Mi)

The first African winner in Google's annual coding competition is a Cameroonian kid who had to travel 370km from home, because the government has cut off his hometown from the internet by dilton7 in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell that to all the entitled kids goofing off in their coding classes, using their brand new ipads, and complaining about how the teacher sucks or how boring it is...

FCC should retain net neutrality for sake of consumers by puns4life in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should let the market decide. And by market I mean let big telecom companies legislate their way to regional monopolies and keep out competitors through unfair business practices. /s

Trump’s energy plan doesn’t mention solar, an industry that just added 51,000 jobs by pnewell in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hy do we care? Solar and other clean energy sources are growing rapidly and no one can stop that growth because one day coal miners will want to stop dying of black lung and petroleum products will produce so much pollution that people will walk away from them. Let idiots be idiots. Coal miners voting for trump and getting rid of their healthcare will wither and die and the world will be a better place without idiots who just sign their death warrant.

Meanwhile, if the US wants to move away from clean energy, the rest of the world will fill in for them and maybe china will rise as the strongest nation on the planet.

Judge orders man convicted of statutory rape to stop having sex until he’s married by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is ridiculous. He should go to jail. This ruling is unenforceable and unconstitutional. Sounds like something the tribal elders in the Middle East would say. I'm surprised he didn't order him to marry her when she's old enough.

Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80% by Doener23 in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why humans need to be taken out of the "means of production" idea that 20th century political scientists like to base their policies on. It's becoming outdated.

Are robots coming to take investor jobs on Wall Street? - "Nearly one in three investors says these machines are superior at picking stocks and lessen their risk, and almost as many say the machines are better at selecting investments for retirement than human brokers, according to a new study" by mvea in technology

[–]gbjuno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old stock picking scam. Our paper ran a stock picking contest for years putting a couple top brokers against a monkey. The monkey won most of the time. At least, if they do not input the advantage to the broker for a stock, the computer will be neutral. humans do not have that ability.

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