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It's not about making them outdated, it's about increasing the number and fallibility of components that will be impossible to source after the warranty period forcing you to buy a new one sooner.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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People need to keep these things in mind when they think that smart locks touted by Amazon for deliveries are a good idea.
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Thats all I need is a backdoor on my washer and dryer so the NSA can try to catch me money laundering. Besides how smart can these appliances be if they still have to be told what to do? Call me when they invent the refrigerator that knows when I'm thirsty and brings me an ice cold beverage while I'm on the couch watching football. Would be nice if it would stand in line at the grocery store and pay for me too.
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What if you could use a charm bracelet or a water bottle as your secret password? Researchers at the Florida International University and Bloomberg created a camera-based remote authentication solution to help you do just that on any mobile device. Because no one else could possibly own something similar
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Because no one else could possibly own something similar
Yeah, but the chance anyone else would wear this hat[^] is incredibly slim, so I'm safe! 
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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As long as you're not sharing a cube with Carmen Miranda, you should be fine. 
TTFN - Kent
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If there was no age difference and I was twenty again, that might be a risk worth taking!
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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How about a good old fashioned physical key?
Just put a lock on your computer.
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"Have been" replaced by physical objects; I got a random-reader, not just an object, but something that generates numbers that only I get to see. Very lightweight, cheap thingy.
What the researches "discovered" is that you can do the same with a picture, if the thingy in the item is a shared secret. The random-reader will want a picture too, of a QR-code of the bank. Somehow, that idea that is already in use sounds like it is way ahead of these "researchers".
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Well, this is really just a play on facial recognition. Nothing remotely new about it.
It would be much cooler if they used wearables that use NFC for PKI token passing 
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Earlier in the month, news emerged that Kaspersky software had been used by Russian hackers to identify and steal sensitive NSA files from a US computer. Following the revelation, Kaspersky Lab started an investigation, and now the company has published its findings. It just appeared there. "Yeah, that's the ticket."
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At its inception, the internet was a beautifully idealistic and equal place. But the world sucks and we’ve continuously made it more and more centralized, taking power away from users and handing it over to big companies. And the worst thing is that we can’t fix it — we can only make it slightly less awful. On the other hand: we have kittens!
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A developer’s wish-list for any job is going to be long. In addition to better pay and benefits, suitable work-life balance and the ability to work remotely are fast becoming must-have elements for many. A new study helps shed more light on what tech pros are seeking, and it has some interesting insights. Where is 'a cookie' on the list?
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Talk about irony. IT is one of those jobs where you're expected to not have a life... mainly because the industry was founded on people that had no life. Go figure. 
Jeremy Falcon
modified 26-Oct-17 16:38pm.
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I could be persuaded to settle for a work salary balance. Too many people think that with me, its all about the money, which is just not true. For me its about the amount of money.
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In the context of the software industry, "work-life balance" is an oxymoron.
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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"The criminals behind Bad Rabbit are tricking people into infecting themselves, by disguising the malware as an Adobe Flash installer and planting it on legitimate websites that have been compromised" The article contains a link that explains some "vaccination" that can prevent infection. Might cause some interesting discussions in the office as you explain the need to vaccinate the computers to prevent bad rabbits.
More info also here[^].
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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"But many pointed out that those same rights aren't afforded to many humans in the country.
The robot, named Sophia, was confirmed as a Saudi citizen during a business event in Riyadh, according to an official Saudi press release." That answers what happens to humans once the robots come for our jobs 
--edit;
The unveiling of Sophia can be seen here[^].
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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And the passport will have assembled and repaired dates 
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Assembly might have taken more than one day, but it is only presented once it is finished. I'd vote to call it an unveiling-day
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I think this citizenship was out of necessity. The robot can't go anywhere because it can't make it passed the metal detector at the airport.
AI robots are such a good idea, no criminal will ever think to hack into it and make it commit crimes, turn on its owner or ever do anything bad. Its all lollipops and beach lounging from here on out.
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j snooze wrote: The robot can't go anywhere because it can't make it passed the metal detector at the airport.
At most airports you can go around. More a publicity-stunt then necessity; giving rights to a toaster, while most humans there have less rights than that toaster now has.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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A successful IT career requires constant learning and proving knowledge through IT certifications. I didn't bother reading it, maybe you will
"For me, one of the most important differentiators are industry certifications."
Yeah. A differentiator. That's a good term for them.
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