Comment Android 5 is broken (Score 2) 167
Android developer here. Samsung has good reason for not pushing an update: The update breaks a lot of stuff.
Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture 1134
ideonexus writes: 2490 gamers, developers and journalists have signed an open letter supporting inclusiveness in the gaming community after indie game developer Zoe Quinn received backlash and harassment when her ex-boyfriend posted false accusations that she traded sex for favorable reviews of her game and feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian was driven from her home after receiving death and rape threats for her videos illustrating the way some mainstream games encourage the commoditization of and violence against women. The harassment has prompted geek-dating advice columnist Harris O'Malley to declare the backlash the "Extinction Burst of Gaming Culture," the last reactionary gasp before the culture shifts to become more inclusive.
Comment Re:real vs pretend (Score 1) 353
> The government scares me less because they don't want to maximize the money they get from me.
Really?
Comment You don't bite the hand that feeds you (Score 4, Insightful) 305
Who purchases the services of economists? Who consumes their work product?
A lot of economists are paid by central banks one way or another:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
One useful tactic for managing the economy is manipulating public opinion. Especially the opinion of those members of the public who manage huge quantities of other people's money. The job of the economist then is not necessarily to discover the true state of the economy, but to convince others that is it in a certain state in order to influence their behavior.
Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 76
It sure does. No access to incoming SMS. I also can't get GCM working properly. Their docs are bad and their developer forums are a wasteland.
Comment All Uber in endangering... (Score 4, Insightful) 314
is the revenue of competing services.
Comment We need reform (Score 1) 205
Asserting a patent that turns out to be invalid or not applicable should cost the accuser big time. All of the defendants legal costs plus 5% of annual worldwide gross revenue would be a good start.
Comment Here's their spam filter (Score 1) 21
Note - Analysts are to refrain from generating IOI reports that:
1) Include any form of unauthorized PII
2) Include public reaction to DHS programs, policies and procedures unless they are operationally relevant (e.g., long wait times at TSA checkpoints)
3) Focus on individuals' First Amendment-protected activities unless they are operationally relevant (e.g., protest shuts down I-95 - in which case the report should focus on impact to operations and not the subject of the protest)
4) Overview proposed legislation or legal challenges on enacted legislation
5) Have an obvious political bias or agenda
6) Are predictive or futuristic
Comment Thanks for posting (Score 1) 6
Great videos. Shame this didn't get more attention.
Comment Re:Confiscated electronics (Score 1) 141
TSA forces passengers to surrender electronics? Under what circumstances? I've never heard of that.
Comment In the grand scheme of things (Score 4, Insightful) 266
The DEA are the real criminals.
Comment Post the pastebin link (Score 1) 152
Will someone just post the pastebin link so we can look at judge for ourselves?
Comment Let's all discuss (Score 5, Interesting) 166
What the pirates over at TPB are saying. Find those comments here:
Comment Re:Very surprised that it took this long (Score 3, Insightful) 232
And how exactly do you get the OS and compilers to build the source code with?
Comment Re: Open Source? (Score 1) 156
Really? It's not safe if you're using any common software such as Linux, Windows or OS X. Nor is it secure if you're running it on any modern hardware with a CPU from Intel or AMD. And forget about any arm based mobile!
Secure, real time communication is difficult right now.
What do you think you can run that is secure from the likes of the NSA?
