And you can still go read unsecured websites. Your browser lets you know of the risks, but it's not straight up blocked, and if it were, it'd be easy to use another browser if you need access to those unsecured websites.

HTTP allows those changes to occur through MITM-type attacks, whereas HTTPS requires the client or server to be compromised. Considering the number of governments with the means and interests to perform MITM attacks, I'd say it's an absolutely valid concern.

If all you want is to be able to browse the latest graphics research papers in a convenient fashion, the #1 site to go to is Ke-Sen Huang's page. Every paper released at every major conference from the past 10 to 20 years is there, with links to everything you'd want: ACM reference page, free access preprint if available, website for the paper if available, etc. It's an amazing resource and something you just have to have bookmarked.

If you want something more curated, it becomes trickier, but a fun way of doing it is to look for the "technical papers preview" videos online for SIGGRAPH. A fairly long-standing tradition of that particular conference is to kick off the whole thing with a very short, usually humorous blurb of every technical paper being presented that year, done by the authors of each paper, in one giant marathon session on the first day. Each paper gets like 30 seconds to pitch its idea and show it off visually, and while you can't find the full 2-3 hour presentation that contains all of them, there's usually a shortened version online with some interesting/promising examples.

Shor's algorithm allows factorization of numbers large enough that the keys would become uselessly big. It'd be much more efficient to just move to a new encryption scheme which isn't vulnerable.

Problem with that logic is that you won't be able to transition to the new encryption scheme smoothly. There's invariably going to be a gap period where quantum computers able to break current encryption are available but quantum encryption isn't yet widespread. Knowing the industry and how many people will readily skimp on IT for a few bucks more profit, I expect it'd take years to make such a transition.

Uh, you must've missed the proof of concept quantum computers which used Shor's algorithm to factor large numbers, which is the only requisite step to break traditional asymmetrical encryption like RSA. The proof worked with 21 as a "large" number, but since it's been shown to work, the rest is just scaling up.

The scaling up is probably going to take longer than five years, but on the other hand we are not aware of what the NSA is doing in secret. Funding is the big deal there and that's one thing they're not short on.

Addressing AGW and pollution go hand in hand. Unfortunately for your argumentation, very few problems we have currently exhibit runaway buildup patterns, whereas AGW does. If we do not address global warming quickly and decisively, we flat out won't be able to fix it before a large portion of humanity is affected in a severe fashion. Yes, we should also help the poor and the hungry, cure diseases and many more things besides, but none of those have a harsh deadline attached to them. Moreover, none of this is a zero-sum game: people working on AGW wouldn't be working on cancer no matter what your desires and funding priorities are.

The perfect is the enemy of the good. As it is, the US has shown that it is not willing, as a nation, to do anything to address AGW or even just harmful pollution, usually under the pretense that other nations aren't doing their part or that the accords don't go far enough. The latter is especially hypocritical considering the focus is on killing attempts at monitoring emissions and trying to restart antiquated, dirty forms of power production.

Uh, you realize unlocking it will unlock the USB right back, right? If the inconvenience of putting in a PIN or touching your finger on the reader once after a week is too much, then just don't use any kind of authentication and the phone won't ever go in restricted mode.

I'm sure we're both reading the same Wikipedia page rather than the actual Act, which conveniently summarizes activities which are allowed and disallowed depending on their level of restriction. Your quoted exemption is only for additional restrictions. All federal employees are still affected by the Hatch Act, the only difference is to which extent. Specifically, even employees not covered by the more restrictive policies still may not:

Both of these points are applicable to the statement O'Reilly made. Funny how the office tasked with enforcing the Act would know more about it than a random Slashdotter, eh?

Make the notch more round, like the Essential's. Then emphasize the camera a bit more, perhaps with a gray ring around it. Then make the phone talk with a male voice and add a red LED in the camera assembly. Yeah, I think there's no way this could possibly go wrong.

Nvidia has a huge amount of expertise in machine learning, makes some of the best machine learning hardware out there, and designs the hardware for many higher end car entertainment/smart systems. Their research division has been branching out into machine learning for years by now and puts them at the forefront of the wave, they're just less outspoken about it outside of the industry. Self-driving cars are an obvious application of machine learning and thus prime territory for Nvidia to investigate.

The headline is obviously sensationalized, but Intel's always been pretty forward looking in their planning. They have to act now if they want to face challenges 5 years down the line as ARM takes more and more marketshare. When you're dealing with CPU designs and fabs, you can't turn on a dime.

If you think Intel's demise is at the hands of AMD, you're deluding yourself. Intel's scared because the entire x86 market is shrinking and they don't have a presence in other markets. AMD is in the exact same spot while being substantially smaller and dragging along a seriously hurt GPU division. I'd be delighted to see more competition in the x86 space and Ryzen will certainly help, but that's not what Intel's concerned about here.

Shouldn't the so-called "conservative" judges be in favor of personal privacy, against governmental overreach, and pro-business? The definition of conservative seems to get twisted more and more every day.