>> CEO Tim Cook, he's unhappy with Apple's diversity numbers and says Apple is working to improve them

(Voice of Steve Jobs): Tim. Boobie. The secret of Apple is 50% product and 50% marketing, with minimal bullshit. Please don't fuck it up.

>> we're committed to being as innovative in advancing diversity as we are in developing our products.

(Voice of Steve Jobs): Ah shit. You fucked it up.

>> "Self-signed cert = At least the NSA cant sniff the traffic so easily"

I hope you're joking, but in case you're not, reread the part about the published "private RSA encryption key." That means that ANYONE who watches an SSL/TLS session get established with that key could decode the session's traffic. And more bad things...

Golly gee, with a name like the "USA Freedom Act," it must be good!

I wonder if anyone's every thought of writing up a "Patriot Act" - that would be doubleplus awesome!

>> The first feature that popped out to me: you can see I spend most mornings at a cafe.

Get a job, get a girlfriend or get a family and this "problem" will be solved for you.

>> reviews are finally hitting of the devices this morning

Anyone else read that as "...finally s***ting on the devices..."

From TFA:
>> merchants can be liable for charges if they override a credit or debit card denial in this fashion

>> In (another) case...after defrauding Victoria’s Secret, Banana Republic, and several other retailers out of $557,690 in the same manner, which is known as a “forced sale” or “forced code.”

I think the operational problem here is that store managers have the authority to override denials to boost their own sales numbers...while the risk for bad credit decisions may fall on the owners.

It's a neat project covering C, C++, and Java and a little Objective C and Javascript, but it doesn't cover C# or Windows yet. (https://continuousassurance.org/tool-selection/)

Unfortunately, in my world C#/Windows is where a lot of the business-facing open source action is, especially with the advent of NuGet.

Museum Director: "I'm supposed to pay some staffers or redirect some volunteers to do tedious data entry so I can submit my entries to Wikipedia's catalog, where Google will make money selling ads next to Wikipedia results on its search results page."

Wikipedia: "Basically, yes. So...are you gonna do it?"

Museum Director: "Let's see if you can get your Google buddies to write a $XXX,XXX check to our institution and then we'll talk."

Hmmm...a small-factor gaming device. My kids call that "one of dad's old phones." They no longer have cell service, but they pretty much all run Android or iOS and can still play a lot of games, including games that need the Internet. Plus, you can buy an entry-level Android phone new (from a pay-as-you-go service) for around $50. So...what's the market for this thing?

>> can tell-apart

You can't fool me...I'm not going to click any links on this craptacular "story."

Now if only they could find a source of cheap, expendable workers to mine the tunnel...

My point is that making it to Mars implies "ability to make it to the moon." Writing "the Moon and Mars" is like saying that my truck can pull "a string of beer cans and my 26-foot boat".

>> The earth doesn't have borders, only men do.

Dude, put down the clip and go upstairs. What's a river? What's an ocean? What's a mountain range?

>> to enable human flight to the vicinities of the Moon and Mars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29)

I hope someone realizes that there's an order of magnitude in there somewhere.

>> why the CVUSD is considering becoming its own ISP

Because they are in Palm Springs and money falls like leaves there?

>> Metrics are hard to come by after only a single school year

Don't they already have standardized tests? (http://www.gamutonline.net/district/coachellavalley/displayPolicy/244798/6)