1). Open PDF with Libre Office
    2). Export as PDF
3). Change extension on file from PDF to ZIP
3). Open Zip file with ZIP utility
4). Remove watermark image
5). Save new Zip file.
6). change extension back to PDF.
What watermark?

You left out "steal underpants".

While using N95 masks properly provides nearly 100% protection, doing a half-ass job only provides half the protection.

Half of 100% protection is 50% - cutting COVID cases in half.

Cloth masks are LESS effective than N95 masks.
Less doesn't mean zero. As demonstrated by this study, for anyone who forgot what "less' means.

It's much worse than 50%, though. According to TFS, the efficiency of cloth masks was measured at 37%, compared to surgical at 95%.

So this AI chip is going to be so good that instead of people downloading torrents it will author and render all of the new TV shows and movies people want to watch?

Is this "fixed" for everyone? I just tried it doesn't appeared to be censored right now. I'm in the US.

Two weeks ago I requested an Uber. The driver assigned to me was 35 minutes away, with traffic. I got a message from him saying that he was "too far" and that I should cancel the trip. I was deciding whether I wanted to do so (I needed to get to the airport) and apparently I took too long, so he canceled the trip himself and gave the reason "Rider was not wearing a mask". I called "diamond" customer support and they said, "Don't worry, the system already figured out that was not possible so you won't be flagged or anything, and here's a $10 credit." Seemed like the system worked well. But now whenever I order an Uber it makes me take a selfie of myself in my mask, to prove I'm wearing one.

The moral of the story is that Uber's blacklist (or *any* blacklist*) can be innacurate. What sort of appeals process do these accused people have? If what happened to me is any indicator, you could have proof positive that the accusation was false, and it wouldn't matter. I'm not saying my situation is as bad as someone who is denied their livelihood; only that flaws likely exist.

But again, watching the video it did indeed end in a landing that someone could have easily walked away from had they been inside.

Keep in mind that if this was a real flight there would have been 100 people aboard. So the supposition that one person could easily walk away is only somewhat interesting. Even that one person would be pretty far from safety at the start of those seven minutes, and I'm not even sure if they could really get there (not to mention the people blocking the exit while they get their luggage ;-) )

But of course this was a test flight, so we shouldn't even be measuring whether or not someone could have walked away at this point. Just learn and iterate/innovate. Go SpaceX!

I don't think it is a crime. However, the judge would assume that whatever is not provided contains evidence against the company. "We believe they did horrible fix X so we subpoena the database". "The database cannot be read, so now the judge takes this as evidence that they did X".

Mod parent up. This is a description of "spoliation" and the remedy of an "adverse inference". It happens often in a civil case.

I was having the problem today, but it was intermittant. I suspect that there was an SMTP server behind the load balancers that was misconfigured (maybe more than one). Based on the number of test e-mail messages I sent to myself that bounced, I would say that most of the servers were okay. I guess the good news is that some spammers likely removed me from their list :-)

It *was* the '80s. And knowing me back then, I probably turned optimization off (meaning I would have been smart enough to think about that back then -- maybe not anymore) :-)

In the 1980s I wrote a lottery simulator for my friends. After accepting their input, the code was:

if (0 == 1)
        printf("You win!\n");
else
        printf("You lose!\n");

I figured bit rot was just as likely as winning the lottery, so I claim it was a valid simulation.

I can't believe I'm on /. and reading people posting that we need to stick to paper, as opposed to something higher tech. Slashdot, I hardly knew ye.

I'll stick with FDIC-insured banks and investment houses with decades of integrity to back their word that my money won't evaporate overnight.

Not that I disagree with you necessarily, but FDIC-insured banks would insure .025% of this amount, and SIPC insured investment houses would insure at most twice that.

So, "We don't know which areas need it most, so nobody gets it" ??

Unlike the previous story, this is confirmation that the mission HAS captured a sample.

In reality, they don't know for sure they've collected anything. It won't be until Saturday until it's known how much (if any) they've collected. If they didn't get enough quantity, they have enough fuel for 2 more tries.

Palestine has a right to exist, and existed before Israel. The genocide going on this moment against Palestinians is well-documented, yet it is not stopped. It was not the Palestinians who put the jews in camps under WW2, so why should they suffer now?

Not only is this non-responsive to the post to which you replied (mine), but I'm not sure you realize that you've gone the extra step that's not normally needed to associate your claimed Israeli actions as those of Jews.