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  1. I only say Star Trek Discovery on Netflix Executives Say 'Bright' Success Proves Film Critics Are 'Disconnected From Mass Appeal' (indiewire.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    praised by critics, not loved by trekkies, fans, the audience: https://www.rottentomatoes.com... 82% vs. 55%

  2. I don't subscribe on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software? · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to subscribe to any software. If I want to use it I buy it. If I use it regularly I will update, if not than I'm fine using years, if not decade old software. Simple as that.

  3. It's disgusting how this multi billion dollar companies behave.

  4. yeah, wanted to write exactly the same. I expect zero, yes 0, null, nil, absolute no unexploded reboots from my CPU, ..!

  5. Thanks god my Sgi Octane is finally stable on Red Hat Reverts Spectre Patches to Address Boot Issues (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    so I do not need to worry about Intel's f*ckups anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... ;-)

  6. I prefer good old TRRS on Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Works everywhere, even on old reel-to-reel and such, also easier to repair / solder on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  7. I don't want my nephew use a smartphone on Tim Cook: 'I Don't Want My Nephew on a Social Network' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    and dump down and learn noting early on.

  8. Then I need some new subscribers :-! on YouTube Toughens Advert Payment Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    For my new, raw tech channel: http://youtube.com/renerebe anyone? ;-)

  9. May I suggest simply "téléphone" on France Says 'Au Revoir' to the Word 'Smartphone' (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    After all they are the new norm, and despite various attempts not yet that "smart" after all,

  10. with higher SSD i/o load it can easily reach 50%, and on pre-Haswell or so CPUs it can also be more, well done. get an AMD today ;-)

  11. April 1st already? on Kodak Announces Its Own Cryptocurrency, Watches Stock Price Skyrocket (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, do this companies not have any serious business to attend?

  12. the current fragile iPhones are a joke on Some Smartphone Salesmen Aren't Sold on the iPhone X (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    what helps ultra thin and glass fluff when you need to make it thicker and ugly with a case? Better get a real phone, that is less fragile, and use the extra mm for prolonged battery life, ..!

  13. 40MHz SPARCstation 2, 16 MB RAM on Can You Install Linux On a 1993 PC? (yeokhengmeng.com) · · Score: 0

    I have similar projects ongoing, e.g. 40MHz SPARCstation 2, 16 MB RAM: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd... I wonder about the 486 boot time, the vintage SPARC needs a minute or two to text login. maybe theirs include X, ... or systemd, ... Video and such next: https://youtube.com/renerebe

  14. C, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, C++ on Which Programming Languages Are Most Prone to Bugs? (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    $subject says all, in that order, Not counting auto* script clusterf*ck ;-)

  15. We need to stop on Ubuntu 17.10 Temporarily Pulled Due To A BIOS Corrupting Problem (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    designing overcomplicated systems that are unmaintainable spaghetti code and get back to "keep it stupid simple" and things that just work, and not try to right the user, ...

  16. Open Source Hypervisor on Can Intel's 'Management Engine' Be Repurposed? · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I was thinking. Could be used for an Open Source hypervisor at the base of the very system. Maybe it could even make Qemu/KVM details more efficient, ... Could be a auxiliary, deep sleep co-processor for your Un*x OS, ... ;_)

  17. No shit Sherlock on Former Facebook Exec Says Social Media is Ripping Apart Society (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Did someone already call Caption Obvious? In other new: our future society can not live by selling ads to each other, , Just saying.

  18. Thanks to Intel ME on HP Laptops Found To Have Hidden Keylogger (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Each and every recent Intel Core-i with ME can have a very hidden key logger running in the ME the whole day, and even sending them out on the NIC. Say NO to hidden "security" backdoor processors, and "military grade" *lol* trust zones, ....

  19. Agreed, systemd is complicated junk on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    There is a reason we do not have have packaged it in #t2sde: https://t2sde.org/, our various init script and systems work since 1998 or so. No need to hijack the boot process with another emacs like complex operating system that is systemd. One days it replaces the whole Linux kernel ;-) This overcomplicated hidden layer of bullshit is exactly what we did not want to maintain and analyse in Windows systems, and there is no good reason why one would such crap on Linux.

  20. I'm avoiding all travels to the US on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since Trump's election I intentionally avoid al business (or holiday) travel to the US. At least we Europeans got to vote with our wallet. No need to support corrupt politicians, and their hateful followers. Many other pretty places in the world to visit and make friends.

  21. yeah exactly, finally at least some consumers are getting that. We really need to start producing better products, and not this planned obsolescence cloud spying nonsense that stoops working in a year or two anyways, ...

  22. yep, and I'm ready for this or AMD Rzyen mobile. This sub-par Intel graphics really is a PITA for professional work on the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  23. Re:There it is on Arch-rivals Intel and AMD Team Up on PC Chips To Battle Nvidia (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    maybe that is what Apple _demanded_, ..! ;-)

  24. Must be really crapy software architecture on Apple Watches Were Crashing When Asked About the Weather (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    No matter what, if the virtual assistant Siri, or the Calendar is crashing (sigh), it should not crash and reboot the "whole" OS. Must be really crappy, insecure integration if something as "simple" as this causes a reboot! #peakbugs https://youtube.com/renerebe

  25. I really wonder how they develop software on Apple Watches Were Crashing When Asked About the Weather (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    No matter what, if the virtual assistant Siri, or the Calendar is crashing (sigh), it should not crash and reboot the "whole" OS. Must be really crappy, insecure integration if something as "simple" as this causes a reboot! #peakbugs https://www.youtube.com/user/r...