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Comment Re: Only twice? Impossible. (Score 1) 252

That's a breed of cow, not one who spent its beautiful life eating grass in the Scottish Highlands.

Importing of beef to the US from the UK is still not much permitted, and it looks like Scotland is not yet on the "Our Cows Are Not Mad" list:

https://www.foodsafetynews.com...

Submission + - SPAM: Scientists connect human brain to computer wirelessly for first time ever

Submitted by Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm writes: The first wireless commands to a computer have been demonstrated in a breakthrough for people with paralysis.

The system is able to transmit brain signals at “single-neuron resolution and in full broadband fidelity”, say researchers at Brown University in the US.

A clinical trial of the BrainGate technology involved a small transmitter that connects to a person’s brain motor cortex.

The participants were able to achieve similar typing speeds and point-and-click accuracy as they could with wired systems.

John Simeral, an assistant professor of engineering at Brown University: “We’ve demonstrated that this wireless system is functionally equivalent to the wired systems that have been the gold standard.

“The signals are recorded and transmitted with appropriately similar fidelity, which means we can use the same decoding algorithms we used with wired equipment.

“The only difference is that people no longer need to be physically tethered to our equipment, which opens up new possibilities in terms of how the system can be used.”
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Submission + - Which is better - software RAID or hardware RAID? (wikipedia.org) 4

Submitted by RockDoctor
RockDoctor writes: I am building myself a NAS, unsurprising on this site.

My hardware pool is very shallow.

I eBay'd a desktop chassis, whose mobo claims (I discovered, on arrival) RAID capabilities. There, I have a significant choice — to use the on-board RAID, or do it entirely in software (e.g. OMV)?

I'm domestic — a handful of TB — but I expect the answer to change as one goes through the PB into the EB.

What do the dotters of the slash think?

Now, how does one Slashdot a poll — HW-RAID or SW-RAID?

Submission + - Uber must pay $1.1M for rides denied to blind person. (theguardian.com)

Submitted by whoever57
whoever57 writes: A blind person with a guide dog was denied rides and harassed because of her guide dog. She sued Uber, which tried to blame its contractors and deny liability. However an arbitrator has rejected that argument and found the company liable, awarding the blind passenger $1.1M.

The arbitrator found that Uber staffers coached drivers on how to deny rides to disabled passengers without it appearing to be a violation of the law. The staffers also advocated to keep problematic drivers on the platform.

Comment Re:Not much (Score 2) 48

The article (and summary) says "$1 billion", which presumably means USD 1 billion.

But it's possible that the senior government official who is not authorized to speak with media is not authorized for good reason (like maybe because they don't know what they're talking about). I suppose that we shall see, eventually.

Comment Re:Racist (Score 1) 56

One need not wholly trash one's native language to avoid racist speech. In this case "dark" simply means "absent of illumination", just as the term "black hole" is not racist but descriptive.

I'd suggest that the white power folks pick up the fight against the term "white dwarf" (also known as a "degenerate dwarf") to fully cement their claim to intelligent discourse.

Submission + - Sony Won't Back Down on $1,400.00 in Charges Made to Grandmothers's Credit Card (ctvnews.ca) 5

Submitted by theshowmecanuck
theshowmecanuck writes: A grandmother let her 13 year old grandson use her credit card to buy added content for one of his games for which she thought would be a $15 charge. After the account opened up because of the credit card on it, he started downloading other things not realizing they were adding substantial charges to her credit card. She asked Sony to refund the charges, it's not like they can't disable the added content if they wanted, but they told her basically too bad so sad.

Submission + - Best Secure Linux Distros for Enhanced Privacy & Security (linuxsecurity.com)

Submitted by b-dayyy
b-dayyy writes: As we transition to an increasingly digital society, privacy and security have become areas of central concern – not a day goes by that we aren’t bombarded with security news headlines about hacks, breaches and the increasingly common and worrisome practice of storing and monitoring sensitive personal information, often without users’ consent.

Luckily for us Linux users, the general consensus among experts is that Linux is a highly secure OS — arguably the most secure OS. While all Linux “distros” — or distributed versions of Linux software — are secure by design, certain distros go above and beyond when it comes to protecting users’ privacy and security. We’ve put together a list of our favorite specialized secure Linux distros and spoken with some of their lead developers to find out first-hand what makes these distros so great. This article aims to help you evaluate your options and select the distro that best meets your individual needs.

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