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No, I'm fine; I haven't fallen on my head, or anything.
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Even a cranky monkey is uncranky twice a day 
TTFN - Kent
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The days of smartwatches as niche devices might be over, at least in the US. "Calling Dick Tracy!"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Calling me Dick Tracy!"
FTFY
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Calling Dick Tracy!"
No kidding! Mine does video calls!
I've given up wearing it, though, because it's pretty much Dick Tracy in size, too, and I like to wear slightly more refined stuff, that doesn't catch on every door jamb, lamp post, and desk.
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So many numbers making my skin crawl with possible misleading assertions.
Quote: determined that 16 percent of American adults, or about a sixth of the group
Suggestion seems to be based on a mix between sales and some group study.
But the sales indicate "smartwatch" - which might not be as clear cut as what people associate that with. Is a "dumb" fitbit grouped into that classification from the sales people to inflate numbers. What of people that replace after 1 or 2 years, potentially halfing the number of "American adults".
And what the hell is that kind of classification "American adults"? Is that American citizen adult of 18+. Which would be some amazing study to be able to separate out the sales figures of true blood Americans and that of foreign posted sales. Or do they mean "Americas" geo-location covering both north and south America? Cause that would be an impressive number.
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Researchers have found a way to run malicious code on systems with Intel processors in such a way that the malware can't be analyzed or identified by antivirus software, using the processor's own features to protect the bad code. And we're all ever so grateful
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Quote: In other words, as far as Intel is concerned, SGX is working as it should, protecting the enclave's contents from the rest of the system. If you run something nasty within the enclave, then the company makes no promises that bad things won't happen to your computer; SGX simply isn't designed to protect against that.
BIG FACEPALM
M.D.V. 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: And we're all ever so grateful
It's beginning to look like we don't need hackers with tech skills, any more; "researchers" are doing all the R&D and development for them.
Who has oversight on these activities? It seems completely ungoverned, with guys just "researching" ways to allow hackers into other people's computers.
They need to be strongly reminded that facilitation of a crime makes you party to the crime.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: They need to be strongly reminded that facilitation of a crime makes you party to the crime.
That would depend on whether their invention has any purpose other than criminal activities. Would the inventor of a new type of steak knife (e.g. one that cuts steak better than existing knives) be held responsible for the murders committed with the knives?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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A steak knife is designed to cut steak.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: A steak knife is designed to cut steak.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
So eunuchs are made of bread?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Well, David Gates did sing in a falsetto...
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So it won't cut a carrot?
A tool is a tool. It is up to the wielder how it is used.
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A steak knife is not designed to kill people.
These guys are, without any oversight whatsoever, creating tools to do harm.
I do not believe that you can't see the difference.
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Which guys? The researchers or Intel?
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Step 1: Get a commercial agreement with Intel to develop an enclave
All the malware writers are lining up at Intel's door right now.
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Smartphones also are a viable solution for health care in the developing world because they allow untrained users to collect and transmit data to medical professionals. I'm not vain, I'm just feeling a little under the weather
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But can it diagnose the 'Disease of Conceit'?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: But can it diagnose the 'Disease of Conceit'?
Maybe.
One of the primary symptoms is ownership of a selfie stick.
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Lemme guess, it's sponsored by a start-up called "Picanos", which is run by a Dr. E. Watson.
What could possibly go wrong?
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https://www.kare11.com/article/money/consumer/the-target-app-price-switch-what-you-need-to-know/89-9ef4106a-895d-4522-8a00-c15cff0a0514
Pity the developer who programmed the requirements....you want what?
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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abmv wrote: Pity the developer who programmed the requirements....you want what?
I imagine that's only the tip of the iceberg with how your GPS data is being tracked. I can just imagine the cocktail party conversation: "I write software that tracks your location and displays sale prices when you're at least 50 feet away from the store, but when you're in the store, it jacks up the price. I mean, you're in the store at this point, sucker, so you'll just dish out the extra cash, right???"
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The link is still borked for me but I found the same story elsewhere. And if you are bothered by such things you may want to block positioning data access from apps. Personally I have it blocked for ALL apps, even the maps. 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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