http://www.marketwatch.com/story/southwest-airlines-to-stop-overbooking-flights-2017-04-27

Time to fly SouthWest! Woot.

Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, according to regulators

‘Their privacy framework was empty,’ the report said
Privacy regulators in Canada have determined that Facebook broke local privacy laws by mishandling user data.

Happy Birthday to @bsouder

Password1, Password2, Password3 no more: Microsoft drops password expiration rec

For years, Microsoft's baseline security policy has expired passwords after 60 days.
For many years, Microsoft has published a security baseline configuration: a set of system policies that are a reasonable default for a typical organization.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/speed-of-poop-big-or-small-mammals-drop-a-deuce-in-12-secs-study-finds/

Google Inbox’s co-creator wants to fix Gmail with a new Chrome extension

‘It’s pure ego, pure bullshit. Drop the logo. Give me a break.’
The co-creator of Google’s beloved-yet-discontinued Inbox app, and former lead designer for Gmail, has released a new Chrome extension that considerably simplifies Gmail’s web interface.

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Buying more containers for moving. We need at least 10 more. Ugh.

Docker? LXC?

Freight at this point

Raid all the local beer joints.

That's RAIB. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Beer.

Feren OS: An Almost Flawless Linux Computing Platform

Feren OS might well be the Linux computing game-changer that lures you away from your current operating system.

Feren OS is based on Linux Mint 19 and the Cinnamon desktop environment that Linux Mint devs developed.

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Buying more containers for moving. We need at least 10 more. Ugh.

Docker? LXC?

Freight at this point

Raid all the local beer joints.

That's RAID. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Beer.

RAIB

Someone interrupted me while I was typing. That's what I was putting.

Awk utility in Fedora

Fedora provides awk as part of its default installation, including all its editions, including the immutable ones like Silverblue.
But you may be asking, what is awk and why would you need it?

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/when-it-comes-to-password-security-greyhound-com-is-truly-awful/

Report: Tesla to slash solar panel prices by 38% to stymie market share loss

Soft costs are a major part of solar installation, and Tesla hopes to cut them down.
In Tesla's first-quarter financial statement last week, the company said that it would revitalize sluggish solar panel sales by streamlining the purchase process.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/san-francisco-cops-should-get-autonomous-car-data-without-a-warrant/

How to ticket self parking cars?

HIGH-WATTAGE USB-C BATTERIES CAN KEEP YOUR LAPTOP CHARGED ON THE GO

These batteries can nearly do it all
Portable batteries have become more stylish, cheaper, smaller, and faster at charging your tech.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/02/german_data_protection_escort/

Alaska will connect to the continental US via a 100-terabit fiber optic network

That’s a lot of cable
Late last year, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr got an “earful” from remote Alaskan residents who were concerned with how poor their access to the internet is — and they weren’t wrong.

Only in Florida...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/02/arresy_weed_pipe/

AMD to launch new 7nm Navi GPU, Rome CPU in 3rd quarter

No mention yet of when the Zen 2 Ryzen 3000s will arrive.
In its earnings call, AMD offered a little more detail about the launch of its next-generation processors, built using the Zen 2 architecture and TSMC's 7nm manufacturing process, and new GPU architecture, Navi, again built on 7nm.

I actually need one of these...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/jelly-the-world-s-smallest-4g-smartphone-runs-android-7-0-nougat-515357.shtml

Putin reportedly approves creation of an independent internet

He decides to take his internet ball and go home.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly signed a law to create an independent internet for security reasons.