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  1. Frame of reference on Fermi Satellite Clocks Pulsar Going 2.5 Million Miles Per Hour (upi.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Its speed is relative to what?

  2. Use boltd on Thunderbolt Vulnerabilities Leave Computers Wide-Open, Researchers Find (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    On Linux we have a solution – using Thunderbolt security levels to authorize external devices:
    https://christian.kellner.me/2...

    This goes as far as blocking new devices connected while the screen is locked, so noone will connect spy device and exfiliate your data while you are away from your computer.

  3. Re: Is this a big problem? on Linux Users Are Unable To Manage Their Apple ID on Applecom (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe majority of Slashdot users are Linux users. And some of them may even used Apple devices.

  4. Re:Is this a big problem? on Linux Users Are Unable To Manage Their Apple ID on Applecom (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Deriding Linux users _on Slashdot_?

  5. Re:Efficiency on 'I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse For a Week and It Was Amazing' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you ever played RTS with touch-screen equipped laptop? Mouse is obsolete.

  6. You do what?! on Connecting Your Bank Account To an App is Now a $3-Billion Business (latimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You give your credentials to some third party and it tries them? Like, you break your contract with the bank and forgo all your rights to complain on fraudalent charges? Check the ToS of you bank – all of them make sharing your credentials a "game over" situation for account owner.
    Almost every single bank provide and API for external parties to initiate payments (in this situation authorisation is processed by Bank). Pay-by-link is standard in all banks, and OpenAPI (PSD2) will force rest of them to comply.
    But if you share you credentials, you are lost.

  7. Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic on Ask Slashdot: What Kind of Keyboard Do You Use With Your Computer and Why? · · Score: 1

    Madly comfortable. Too bad you can't buy one without numpad and mouse in kit. Mouse and numpad never left the cardboard they came in.

  8. Re:I don't get this on IBM To Buy Red Hat, the Top Linux Distributor, For $34 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    This is interesting, in a bad way. The only reason listed is that Red Hat develops OpenShift - a Kubernetes distribution with fancy Web UI.

  9. Re:Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. on Morocco Decides To Scrap Seasonal Time Changes (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They decided to cancel DST change a day before it was planned. Good luck getting your software updated to take into account new order.

  10. Get rid of trackers and see on Front-End Developer Decries 'Garbage' Design Choices on 'The Bullshit Web' (pxlnv.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Visit https://eu.usatoday.com/ and try not to blink, or you will miss page loading and rendering. They decided that getting rid of JS trackers is a better business decision than implementing all the consent gathering, required by EU law. Now USA Today page loads fast.

  11. Android did it first, with Essential phone.

  12. Gmail app redesign shows even less information than before. Years ago gmail app displayed about dozen emails on one screen. During the last redesign they limited it to 6-7 emails. This white redesign shows 3 (and a half) emails. This smells like a ploy to make people stop using it.

  13. Re:Solving the important problems. on Google Assistant Will Call Businesses For You Via 'Duplex' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Every minute saved from speaking with carbon-based meat person is a reason to celebrate!

  14. Re:It's still double-digit processor speeds, keep on Linux 4.17 Kernel Offers Better Intel Power-Savings While Dropping Old CPUs (phoronix.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Things like Unicore, Hexagon, S+core, OpenRISC, M32R, Cris i.e. stuff most people didn't even heard about.
    The long version at (as always) excellent LWN:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/74807... and
    https://lwn.net/Articles/74929...

  15. Found out the hard way by Ubuntu last year on Intel SPI Flash Flaw Lets Attackers Alter or Delete BIOS/UEFI Firmware (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem was uncovered by Ubuntu last year: https://linux.slashdot.org/sto...
    It was so grave they had to pull down released version and patch the workaround.

  16. but it's not clear if this deletes just contacts on Facebook Scraped Call, Text Message Data For Years From Android Phones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you are not sure what is deleted, just wait 2 months. Then GPDR will come into force and FB will have to DELETE everything upon request. Or cease functioning (the fines are gargantuan).
    This is of course if you live in civilised world where the regulation have force. If you live outside EU – tough luck, consider moving.

  17. Re: Good excuse on Elon Musk Slows Tesla Deliveries On 'Dangerous' Trucks (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    If 80% of trucks are being driven by foreign drivers, this is exactly the ratio you would expect in accidents.

  18. Re:y2k problem repeat on Daylight Saving Time Isn't Worth It, European Parliament Members Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nb. don't believe this happens often? See the example from one random distribution:
    https://koji.fedoraproject.org...
    Look into the changelog – how often governments change their minds and how few days are left to react.

  19. I'd really like getting rid of DST. But I expect quite a fallout caused by devices keeping time (and observing DST) but not getting updates. We have witnessed struggles with operating systems, when governments decide to move time change date and companies fail to apply upgraded tzdata package. With embedded devices this will be many times worse.

  20. Intel on Red Hat Reverts Spectre Patches to Address Boot Issues (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow, few paragraphs about Intel's fuckup and the culprit name isn't mentioned even once. It's Intel. Red Hat merely retracted updates developed and provided by Intel.

  21. Re:A bit late on Future Samsung Phones Will Have a Working FM Radio Chip (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually Norway was first, but there are dates set to sunset analog radio in most countries. IIRC around 2024 there would be no FM transmissions in Europe.
    Surprisingly, analog radio sunset is harder than move from analog to digital TV. TV switchover was much quicker, it was mostly done few years ago. But radio 1) is much easier and reliable to use in emergencies; 2) is used in many cars, and a car have about 15 years lifetime.

  22. Pretty useless to link articles without linking the actual top10: http://uj3wazyk5u4hnvtk.onion/...
    (alternate link may also work: https://thepiratebay.org/top/2... )

    It's at the 6th place at the moment.

  23. You seem to have missed Jolla phone. Systemd, btrfs, wayland, shipped couple years ago.

  24. Re:systemd networkmanager also does not do server on DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This is completely false:
    https://www.freedesktop.org/so...

    Why do you lie?

  25. Re:The problem is systemd breaking unexpectedly on DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the bug is not in libidn, but in libidn2. Or rather was – it got fixed rather quickly – https://gitlab.com/libidn/libi...
    As for systemd, it uses libidn by default. libidn2 support is marked as experimental – reasonable decision as this bug shows.
    The submitted article is pure flamebait - this is not a bug in systemd suite, but in 3rd party library; to experience this (already fixed) bug, distribution would have to have enabled experimental option. No sane distro does that.

    Nb. The Register articles with even a passing mentions of systemd are terribly misleading and often blatantly false.