Bamfarooni - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Will be abandoned in 3 or 4 years (Score 2) 9

by Bamfarooni on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:41PM (#61978883) Attached to: Google Wants To Save the Planet With Satellite Images

Except... it's been running since 2010.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticl...

Comment Re:So if I ... (Score 1) 429

by Bamfarooni on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:49AM (#61743751) Attached to: Should Google Cut Salaries For Its Remote Workers?

Don't be ridiculous. There's no such thing.

Comment Still available elsewhere (Score 2) 63

by Bamfarooni on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:21AM (#58039734) Attached to: The Mystery Tracks Being 'Forced' on Spotify Users

For the curious, the songs/artists are still available in other places like deezer: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deezer.com%2Fus%2Falbu...

James Damore Sues Google For Allegedly Discriminating Against Conservative White Men (theverge.com) 1175

Posted by msmash on Monday January 08, 2018 @04:00PM from the next-up dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The author of the controversial memo that upended Google in August is suing the company, alleging that white, male conservatives are systematically discriminated against by Google. James Damore was fired as an engineer after a manifesto questioning the benefits of diversity programs was widely passed around the company. In a new lawsuit, he and another fired engineer claim that "employees who expressed views deviating from the majority view at Google on political subjects raised in the workplace and relevant to Google's employment policies and its business, such as 'diversity' hiring policies, 'bias sensitivity,' or 'social justice,' were/are singled out, mistreated, and systematically punished and terminated from Google, in violation of their legal rights."

Comment Re: not engage in coordinated activity to mislead. (Score 0) 151

by Bamfarooni on Saturday December 16, 2017 @07:05PM (#55752915) Attached to: Google News Will Purge Sites Masking Their Country of Origin

You guys bitch when Google doesn't do anything about the fake news and political hacking, and then bitch more about when they do. I'm beginning to think you just like bitching about things.

FCC Chairman Keeps Up Assault on Social Media (axios.com) 193

Posted by msmash on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:32PM from the no-turning-back dept.

Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is doubling down on his critique of tech companies, asking whether social media is "a net benefit to American society" in remarks at the Media Institute on Wednesday. "Now, I will tell you upfront that I don't have an answer." From a report: What he said: Pai made the case that social media has been key to the politicization of many aspects of American life. "Everything nowadays is political. Everything. ... This view that politics-is-all is often made worse by social media," he said, per his prepared remarks.

Comment Re:An unpopular opinion (Score 1) 279

by Bamfarooni on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:53PM (#55607033) Attached to: Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed

You mean like NYC having the lowest violent crime rate of any major city in the US? (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amny.com%2Fopinion%2Fhomicide-rate-still-at-historic-lows-in-new-york-1.11210870). Yeah, that'd be horrible if they managed to do that everywhere.

Comment Re:An unpopular opinion (Score 1) 279

by Bamfarooni on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:46PM (#55606985) Attached to: Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed

Well, for starters, I used this website (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Ffederal-register%2Felectoral-college%2Fallocation.html), which explicitly states:

"Every state is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its members in the U. S. House of Representatives."

However, since the number of house representatives per state is determined by the census, I can see how you might get confused.

Comment Re:An unpopular opinion (Score 1) 279

by Bamfarooni on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:59PM (#55606573) Attached to: Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed

Actually, the electoral college is exactly like Congress. Each state gets 1 vote for each member of Congress. So I'm not sure I follow your argument that's somehow different.

Comment Re:An unpopular opinion (Score 1) 279

by Bamfarooni on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:42PM (#55606413) Attached to: Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed

What about the electoral college do you like? I don't see any redeeming features.

Comment Re:I don't see shorelines changing at all. (Score 2) 85

by Bamfarooni on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:45PM (#53403567) Attached to: Google Earth's Timelapses Offer a 32-Year Look At Earth's Changing Surface

Look harder?

Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) 418

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @09:00AM from the rough-draft dept.

New submitter troublemaker_23 writes: Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google's parent company Alphabet, submitted a detailed draft to a key Clinton aide on April 15, 2014, outlining his ideas for a possible run for the presidency and stressing that "The key is the development of a single record for a voter that aggregates all that is known about them." The ideas, in an email released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, were sent to Cheryl Mills, former deputy White House counsel to Bill Clinton. Mills forwarded it to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, campaign manager Robby Mook and Barack Obama's 2012 campaign manager David Plouffe. The email is one of a trove from Podesta's gmail account that was obtained by WikiLeaks. About two weeks prior to this, Podesta wrote to Mook that he had met Schmidt and that he (Schmidt) was keen to be the "top outside adviser." In the April 15, 2014 email, Schmidt emphasized that what he was putting forward was a draft, writing, "Here are some comments and observations based on what we saw in the 2012 campaign. If we get started soon, we will be in a very strong position to execute well for 2016." It was titled "Notes for a 2016 Democratic campaign." He divided his comments into categories such as size, structure and timing; location; the pieces of a campaign; the rules; and what he called the key things. With regard to size, structure and timing, Schmidt wrote: "Let's assume a total budget of about US$1.5 billion, with more than 5000 paid employees and million(s) of volunteers. The entire start-up ceases operation four days after 8 November 2016." As to location, he did not like the idea of using Washington DC as a base and was keen on low-paid workers. "The campaign headquarters will have about a thousand people, mostly young and hard-working and enthusiastic. It's important to have a very large hiring pool (such as Chicago or NYC) from which to choose enthusiastic, smart and low-paid permanent employees," he wrote. "DC is a poor choice as it's full of distractions and interruptions. Moving the location from DC elsewhere guarantees visitors have taken the time to travel and to help."

Comment I'm speechless. (Score 4, Funny) 294

by Bamfarooni on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:20AM (#53030263) Attached to: Prominent Pro-Patent Judge Issues Opinion Declaring All Software Patents Bad

I'm speechless. Is that patentable?

Report: Apple Watch 2 Coming Late 2016 With GPS, Faster Processor and Better Waterproofing (9to5mac.com) 159

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @06:00AM from the new-personality dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Apple analyst KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says the Apple Watch 2 is right around the corner. The analyst says the Watch will arrive in late 2016 and will likely be announced alongside the iPhone 7 in September. It will reportedly feature a GPS, barometer, better waterproofing, as well as a new internal SoC for faster performance. Those looking for a fresh new design may be disappointed as KGI does not expect the physical design of the watch to change at all. The Apple Watch 2 will essentially be an 'iPhone S' update, where it keeps the same physical design with improved internal specifications. In addition to the updated Apple Watch 2, Apple is expected to update the original Apple Watch with a new SoC to improve CPU and GPU performance. The price of the Apple Watch in general should be cut even further than it already has. The original Apple Watch could receive more than a $50 reduction in its pricing, possibly pushing it below the $200 mark. We should know more in early September when Apple unveils the iPhone 7.

Comment It's the body scanners (Score 5, Informative) 382

by Bamfarooni on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @10:09PM (#51812055) Attached to: TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines

I fly a lot, and routinely notice that the body scanners take about 5x as long as the metal detectors (and probably cause cancer). I regularly watch the TSA agents clear their backed-up lines by opening the metal detector for 30 seconds, sending 10 people through, and then closing it again (making the value of the scanner clearly questionable).

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