61703003
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itwbennett writes:
Google has launched a new site, CookieChoices.org, to help visitors of European sites learn more about the digital breadcrumbs they leave behind through cookies. The site, which includes code that publishers can use to incorporate notifications into their own sites and apps, is meant to address European laws that require that digital publishers give visitors to their sites and apps information about their use of cookies and other data. The notifications could take the form of pop-up alerts or a bar at the top of the screen, ostensibly to give details like the visitor's browsing history or profile information.
61686389
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Esther Schindler writes:
For a lot of slashdot denizens, the fashion choice for a job interview is, "What's clean?"
But still: Some of us give more thought to it than that. We know that how we dress conveys something, even if it's "proof that I'm a techie who is above such things." And — among women more than men, I think — some of us care about that image. And want to look pretty. (I do.)
So, in this article, with the help of a few brave volunteers, we examine how that dress or suit really comes across to the people who might ask, "When can you start?" You see six real-world people in real-world outfits, and hear what our esteemed judges think is the best choice for that IT job interview. Plus, you can vote on the outfits you think are best for each individual, and compare your opinion to those of the fashionistas and hiring managers. It's IT meets career meets fashion police – practical and, I hope, also fun.
61663635
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jfruh writes:
Many techies prefer to communicate by email, and many millenials find talking on the phone to be awkward and stressful. But sometimes in your job search you need to do job interviews by phone, and there are steps you can take to make them go better. Perhaps the most surprising: you should stand up when you talk and try to gesture with your hands as you would when talking in person.
61663429
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jfruh writes:
California governor Jerry Brown has signed a law repealing Section 107 of California's Corporations Code, which prohibited companies or individuals from issuing money other than U.S. dollars. Before the law was repealed, not only bitcoin but everything from Amazon Coin to Starbucks Stars were techinically illegal, the law was generally not enforced.
61588683
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jfruh writes:
In the early days of bitcoin, a lot of miners used specialized GPU rigs to crunch through the math needed to create more bitcoin. As the calculations grew more difficult, many miners moved to specialized ASICS — and the rumor spread that the shift was having an impact on the overall GPU market. But the extent has been greatly exaggerated.
61559943
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jfruh writes:
GitHub has become a sort of default repository to upload and open-source information, even info that isn't code, like music or proposed legislation. A few people have even open sourced their own DNA on the platform. But if you really want information on your genetic code to be useful to scientists and researchers, there are probably better places to do it.
61559865
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jfruh writes:
Intel's RealSense 3D cameras, coming tablets and PCs in the next year or so, can do a number of interesting things, like putting a fake background behind you in a video chat or making kids' books more interactive and fun. But one creepy-sounding feature is that they can analyze your mood based on your facial expression. No word yet on how exactly your computer will react to your anger or sadness.
61534615
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itwbennett writes:
Four years after a string of suicides brought unwanted attention to his company, Foxconn Technology Group's CEO said none of the deaths had to do with poor working conditions at its factories. 'It wasn't because the workers were tired,' Terry Gou said on Wednesday at the company's annual shareholders' meeting. 'Some of it was because the work is monotonous, but 90 percent of it had to do with personal relationships or because of family disputes.'
61525913
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jfruh writes:
Not everyone in the tech world is a flashy app-builder or a hip kid with a pile of VC money. I talked to a group of IT workers who agreed with the self-description of being "invisible" to bring stories to light of what their work lives are like — the joys and frustrations that are ultimately much more representative of what a career is like in this field than whatever Mark Zuckerberg is up to.
61525825
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itwbennett writes:
A group of researchers from Google, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Nebraska undertook a study of over 26 million builds by 18,000 Google engineers from November 2012 through July 2013 to better understand what causes software builds to fail and, by extension, to improve developer productivity. And, while Google isn't representative of every developer everywhere, there are a few findings that stand out: Build frequency and developer (in)experience don't affect failure rates, most build errors are dependency-related, and C++ generates more build errors than Java (but they’re easier to fix).
61525807
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jfruh writes:
Intel is developing a series of robot kits for hobbyists, ranging from 'Jimmy', a $1,500 'social robot,' to a more robust $16,000 model. The robots are powered by Intel x86 chips, are programmable, and can have exoskeletons parts produced at home by 3-D printers.
61483137
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jfruh writes:
Code-hosting and project management services provider Code Spaces boasted that its customers' data was safe because its hosting services had full redundancy, high availability, and performed real-time backups to multiple off-site locations. But once hackers managed to get access to Code Spaces' Amazon Web Services, it took them only a few hours to wipe out customer data permanently. The result is a cautionary tale about cloud storage and believeing promises.
61483011
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jfruh writes:
Many people assume that the long hours of working as the founder of a tech startup will hurt your family life. But what about those who make entrepreneurship part of that family life? Like Gabe Lozano, who at 14 saw his father's struggle to get a company off the ground and knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur too? Or the mother-daughter team of Susan Elliott and Elizabeth Niedringhaus, who started the managed services provider SSE? Sometimes the family that builds a company together stays together.
61476119
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itwbennett writes:
A browser add-on, dubbed 'Privacy Icons', from Disconnect and TRUSTe analyzes websites' privacy policies, and breaks them down into nine categories, including location tracking, do-not-track browser request compliance and data retention policies. The pay-what-you-want software is available now for recent versions of Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
61461737
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jfruh writes:
Congressional Democrats in the United States have proposed regulations to impose net neutrality on the U.S. internet. Republicans have a different take: they'd prefer that net neutrality be enforced by the Department of Justice's antitrust division. They argue that the DoJ has power under existing antitrust law to file lawsuits against network providers who their power to stifle Internet traffic, and that new laws and regulations will just make it harder to do business.
