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    Global Web standard for integrating DRM into browsers hits a snag

    Does anyone know if this new DRM mechanism can be used to deliver HTML/Javascript? i.e. can it lock up the whole web? No more view page source?
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    Google takes Symantec to the woodshed for mis-issuing 30,000 HTTPS certs

    Isn't that true of pretty much any corporation in the modern age?
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    ISPs won’t have to follow new rule that protects your data from theft

    It's a bit of a shame we cried wolf about Wheeler being a Dingo. Now the real Dingo is in charge.
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    Utilities vote to close largest coal plant in western US

    It's a bummer about the jobs, but I hope Navajo closes for 2 reasons: I live only a couple of hundred miles away as the crow flies and am no doubt breathing some of it's output as I type. The air quality and visibility in the grand canyon, and the entire four corners region will likely improve.
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    Trump signs executive action to push Keystone, Dakota Access pipelines

    The new era of ideology trumping facts.
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    Watch the Rimac’s electric hypercar demolish its rivals on the quarter-mile

    Mother f*cker jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Ni2gPo5Us New set of non-bald tires and running at sea level would see 9s.
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    Watch the Rimac’s electric hypercar demolish its rivals on the quarter-mile

    The LSx guys are right into the megasquirts: http://www.efisource.com/shop/ms3-lsx-plug-and-play/ $1300 for a plug and play ecu capable of managing a V8 in boost. Should work equally well on 4 & 6 cyl. There was a time when the it was open source and you can still find the code, but I think...
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    Watch the Rimac’s electric hypercar demolish its rivals on the quarter-mile

    Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgGgShB1iHQ More details of the build here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5k67A8tKto https://sites.google.com/site/sloppywik ... irmont-3-0 This recipe is pretty well worn now. https://sites.google.com/site/sloppywik ... ardturbols Go over...
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    Mike Huckabee pays $25,000 to resolve “Eye of the Tiger” copyright lawsuit

    Is $25k even a deterrent for these campaigns in the days of Super PACs and billionaire backers?
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    Linksys WRT routers won’t block open source firmware, despite FCC rules

    I wonder if this will have unintended consequences in the long term. Like a bunch of vulnerable routers that have been abandoned by the manufacturer and cannot be upgraded. Zombies spewing crap on the internet instead of the airwaves. Actually maybe this is planned. I'm sure the manufacturers...
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    POTUS advisors vote for Superbug Czar but go soft on farm antibiotic use

    “It’s a really, really complicated issue,” Translation: "The drug & farm lobbying groups are throwing a lot of money at us to make this go away."
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    Cable group: Net neutrality rules for Netflix! (But not for us)

    I would love to see Netflix throw a pop-up that says something like: "You have a shitty ISP with a low data cap to try to make their own video service compelling. Consider finding an ISP without this conflict of interest and ask the FCC why you are paying so much for this level of service when...
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    Video rental past due for 14 years leads to arrest of NC man

    But it's not April fools day yet.
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    Australia guts government climate research

    My bet is the conservative government leaned on the CSIRO CEO and got what it wanted.
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    Particle’s Electron is a “cellular Arduino” with a global data plan

    Does anyone know which GSM network they use in the US?
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    Net neutrality supporters optimistic after court arguments

    I guess they are crying for Congress to set the rules because they know that their lobbyist's dollars will speak louder than consumer's votes.
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    AT&T CEO confident Title II will be overturned by courts or Congress

    But we have already seen some drafts. And it doesn't. It has gaping loophole to allow business as usual for the telcos who sponsored it. http://meincmagazine.com/business/2015/03 ... eutrality/ Obama asked Wheeler for title II. Besides, Wheeler is Obama's appointee. I don't think it likely for...
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    AT&T CEO confident Title II will be overturned by courts or Congress

    So he's banking on a Republican controlled congress and senate gutting the FCC or at least passing some legislation around net neutrality -- but doesn't it still need the presidents signature? Obama is unlikely to sign it. Does he think the next president will be a Republican? Seems like a big...
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    Microsoft bringing Windows 10 to Arduino with open source libraries

    Interesting. I guess MS is worried about Android taking over the small device world. This news and the new code editor being based on Chromum: MS I hardly know you any more.
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    During Netflix money fight, Cogent’s other big customers suffered too

    The Medium write up on this was good not just for Crawford's quote. It had a bit of an illumination of the retail side Cogent customers. School districts not able to make payroll due to the packet loss caused by Comcast customers trying to watch Netflix. Remote workers not being able to VPN...