Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror

Comment Re:Lack of Google Device Commitment (Score 1) 23

Perfect case in point - the Nest Cameras. I have several Nest cameras in my house, and one died. I bought a new Nest Cam (Floodlight) and had it installed. It had to be set up through the Google Home app, not the Nest App. And it won't show in the Nest App. The other Nest cameras show as devices in the Google Home app, but won't show the "all videos page" because Home doesn't have that feature. Terribly frustrating that a camera labeled Nest Cam won't freaking work with the Nest App like all the OTHER Nest cameras.

Comment Re: This is the problem (Score 1) 91

I wonder if we could get lawmakers to have all stock transactions to go through a fund that they directly (or if they choose, indirectly) run. This would enable them to buy individual stocks, similar to what the do today, but with the major exception being that others could buy into those funds and benefit in the same way. While it wouldn't address the corruption, it would make it so that they aren't the only ones benefiting from it, and would limit the upside since many others would have a similar position in the stock.

I'm sure there are many reasons why this is worse than the current situation, but I can't see any at the moment.

Comment Re:Cinch it down (Score 1) 42

You're complaining that Google's objective is to prevent leaking information that should be secured, and that you had to use an app-specific password ( https://support.google.com/acc...) to allow a third party app to fetch data?

They are literally doing security correctly, and STILL allowing you to get to your data. This is precisely what they should be doing.

Comment I still use it (Score 4, Insightful) 125

The DVD/BD catalog is vastly superior to the streaming catalog. About once a year, I get onto a chat with Netflix and we go through my queue (of around 15 to 20 movies) to see what is available in the streaming catalog, and typically there's only 1 or 2 titles available on streaming out of my queue. Until Netflix can offer up a statistically significant number (is 80% too much to ask for?) of movies in my queue via streaming, I'll stick with the DVD/BD subscription thanks.

Comment Re:Dumber (Score 1) 315

Additionally, police (including SWAT) go through quite a bit of training. The cop who shot Andrew Finch should go to jail. Period. I don't care if it's a "heightened situation" or not. The police need to learn to de-escalate, and should only be allowed to shoot when there's clearly a gun pointed at them or they've been shot at. Just thinking a possible perp MIGHT be going for a weapon is no excuse to shoot. Period.

Slashdot Top Deals

Pie are not square. Pie are round. Cornbread are square.

Working...