Comment Re: safe? (Score 1) 154
Wow - what a civil and polite conversation - for a moment there it was Slashdot of old
Be thankful they are just deleting them. A few months ago they completely changed a story and reposted it to the top but left all the comments intact. At that point anyone visiting the site would have thought the commentators on Slashdot are all a bunch of psychos who can't read,
Phew - I thought it was just me going mad (again)... Quoted you in case you disappear!.
It feels like Dice are regretting purchasing this place - I bet CmdrTaco could buy it back for half the price - it only went for 15m or something anyway
Just my 2 cents
Hehe I was going to mod you up - then I checked your previous comments - and they all sign off "Just my two cents"
While I didn't really check too much into your comments; you lost the mod up by repeating that sign off
But that is just my 2 cents
I would pay someone to review my Tweets before they actually got posted...
Hey Elon! If you are reading, I have an idea for you - I can even write you the app! It should like save you loads of money...
Some people can afford to have a personal safety net for when bad things happen... most people can't.
Even if you have some savings, they will only last so long, and with unknown prospects - wtf do we all do?
So in summary, 100% of use of PIN is vastly weaker from a practical standpoint than true biometric unlock mechanisms.
I agree here too - so just use fingerprint if your phone has it.
The point for me is, we don't want to establish a new normal, should the world ever get back to the old normal.... We spent quite a while figuring out the old normal so let's not be reactionary.
Just use a pin and turn off facial recognition damnit, it wasn't even a thing you could have a few years ago.
Let's keep our heads during a crisis please... everything we give away now will be harder to win back.
Didn't know he had a history for it - link please? I agree though, if I had some revelation about physics, I wouldn't announce it like this...
I have looked at the linked paper - and yes - it is a PDF with numbers and stuff in it - beyond that I can't comment.....
So math/physics people.... is this rubbish or cool?
It's $400m - which is small change compared to the half a trillion spent on defense... Those F-35s aren't much good against COVID-19
This is another classic Trump big gesture to look tough, unfortunately the US is a dying power and doesn't realize it yet. Although it is true Europe hasn't realized it is dying either and the UK, is just stupid
The WHO will play a tiny violin for the loss of that funding - which I imagine will cost the US more to get out of the contractual agreements - and lawyers will make money as usual
I will be glad when we can automate lawyers out of a job
America is the WHO's biggest single funder, providing $400m (£316m) last year - just under 15% of its total budget.
I don't know if I am more shocked by how low their budget is, or, this stunt Trump is pulling.
Americas contribution is less than Larry Ellison's annual dividend. We just have to make good friends with Larry then sorted.
What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.
