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  1. Re:Istanbul taxi drivers are theives on Uber Facing Ban In Turkey After Erdogan Backs Taxis (sbs.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, I haven't been to the US in a decade.

  2. Microsoft turdifies everything. on Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B (microsoft.com) · · Score: 2

    Remember what happened with Hotmail (well, if you're old like me), Skype, Nokia etc.

  3. Re:Istanbul taxi drivers are theives on Uber Facing Ban In Turkey After Erdogan Backs Taxis (sbs.com.au) · · Score: 0

    Thee is also the question of why would anyone visit that Islamic dictatorship of a shithole.

    I've been to Turkey before Erdogan came to power, stayed almost a month travelling around, and saw the backwardness in the part of the country that most tourists don't see. I was not surprised in the least when Erdogan came to power - and held onto power.

  4. Musk doesn't have a conscience. It's that simple. No sign that he understands the consequences of his actions whatsoever.

    This statement is obtuse and you are an obtuse person.

  5. Browse around a bit. I am subscribed to the BitChute channels that I used to follow on YouTube, and there is a lot of those. So no, I don't think there is no original content on BitChute, for the simple reason that a lot of YouTube channels have now copied their stuff to BitChute.

    So you could search on BitChute for your favourite YT channel.

    However.... I do have to admit that there are fewer science-related channels on BitChute than on YT, in relative (and of course, in absolute) terms.

    You might want to check out this channel: https://www.bitchute.com/chann...

  6. Re:This has got to be a Planet USA shit. on Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    In Europe caller pays, always.
    Also, in Europe we (usually, but depends on the country) have a no-spam-call list service, and whoever calls a number on that list gets fiercely fined.

  7. This has got to be a Planet USA shit. on Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    You guys are still paying for incoming calls, right? Here in Europe everyone picks up their phone, all the time, always. If we don't want to be called by a certain number we just add it to the blocking list.

  8. My channel is exclusively dedicated to experimental science (materials science), but I have seen what happened to Cody's Lab and decided that I don't want to risk my channel being deleted by a company run by people with thin skin and capricious bots.

    I am not the only one like this on BitChute, but I appreciate that the ones most worried of deletion on YouTube have flocked there. They're the canaries in the coal mine.

  9. BitChute on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've copied two thirds of my YouTube videos to BitChute (going to copy the rest during the weekend). I like it because it's the 2nd home of many controversial/non-SJW channels that are feeling the squeeze on YT, so I am hopeful that they are OK with such content. I also really like the BitChute player.

    It's not perfect: it relies on Torrent to alleviate the burden of the servers, but it's growing rapidly.

  10. I am not surprised the "hero" of that story is a BMW driver.

  11. Re:It's a huge bag of don't want. on Google Chrome 67 Released for Windows, Mac, and Linux (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    but this isn't the browser solely made for blind baker.

    Did you misspell my handle on purpose? Or is blindness contagious via Slashdot posts?

  12. It's a huge bag of don't want. on Google Chrome 67 Released for Windows, Mac, and Linux (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Where are the features that would make the browser immune to malware? Defend from pop-under, javascript exploits, malware of all ilk. THOSE are the priorities that everybody and their dog cares about. VR, generic sensor API... it's just bloatware we didn't ask for.

  13. Re:Why only 30 seconds? on Imgur Launches Video · · Score: 1

    I agree (as I have commented below). My guess is that they want to start with baby steps and increase their platform and resources as they go.

  14. It makes sense, as a YouTube competitor. on Imgur Launches Video · · Score: 1

    There have been rumblings among YouTube creators about the issues with demonetization, subscribers not getting notifications, random shut-downs of channels, and a host of other problems. Many have moved to alternative platforms such as BitChute. But BitChute is little whereas Imgur has the hardware necessary to handle a significant creator and user exodus from YouTube.

    Most importantly, Imgur has the mindshare (the brand).

  15. Re:They may say they're lab grown... on De Beers To Sell Diamonds Made In a Lab (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Most likely they will simply start liquidating their massive stocks of real diamonds as "lab grown" because they're running out of vault space.

    "Out of vault space"? Just what kind of nonsensical comments will you allow yourself to write? A multibillion corporation - their yearly revenue in 2016 was 6.1 billion USD - will not run out of space to store fucking diamonds. This is not a statement of morality of their business or lack thereof, this is just very basic, common sense fact.

  16. The most mediocre smartphone brand. on Huawei Will No Longer Allow Bootloader Unlocking On Its Android Handsets (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 2

    Huawei has been positioning itself as a higher quality smartphone brand than the rest of the Chinese competition, but fails at it entirely. It is, however, worse value than all other Chinese brands.

    I don't care one way or the other as I have standardized our family on the same model Samsung Galaxy phones (so we can swap batteries and other accessories among us), but from time to time I look into the Chinese brands like OnePlus, Alcatel/TCL, Oppo, Lenovo (though this is partly a Taiwanese brand from a technological POV). Huawei makes just OK phones which have an incredibly uninspiring value.

    I guess they have even more delusions of greatness now, as they think they should stop people from using their phones as they like (like Apple).

  17. My non-PC thought: on Coastal Megacity Karachi Is Running Out of Water (earther.com) · · Score: 0

    Fuck 'em.

  18. Re:That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 2

    Crap tools written by morons with huge egos and rather mediocre skills.

    ...with the backing of companies with a large clout in the Linux community... like Pottering. Without Red Hat, Pottering would be a forgotten, ridiculed developer nobody would pay attention to.

  19. Since SystemD, I felt that the *BSDs have been kicking so much Linux ass. So much that it's starting to be humorous (unless you have an interest in Linux, in which case it's a bit painful/pathetic).

    I like Linus. He's smart and he is a great coding leader. If he decides to put his foot down (even though his ingerence, in principle, is only the kernel) maybe Linux can be salvaged. Otherwise, it's just another shitty Windows wannabe, just with smaller usage share.

  20. Re:High Cost of Damaging the Brand on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    It was no longer a sci-fi universe,

    Star Wars was never sci-fi, not even remotely. Wishful thinking doesn't make it so. It was, and it remains, family-friendly space opera.

  21. Re:I hope the world survives this madman . . . on Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    From a game theory point of view, a madman is the best player vs. Un, if you want to reach a productive agreement. A player that the other side does not trust to be rational, is one that can force the other side's hand.

  22. Re:All politians have no respect for security on Trump Ignores 'Inconvenient' Security Rules To Keep Tweeting On His iPhone, Says Report (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you read the fucking article?

  23. Re:What happens when... on Scientists Transfer Memory Between Snails (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Brilliant.

  24. Thanks for your account about Norway's switch to digital-only radio. I wonder if there is any rumor of rolling back this decision? I love my old FM equipment.

  25. COMSOL Multyphisics, and here's why: on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Sophisticated Piece of Software Ever Written? (quora.com) · · Score: 2

    COMSOL is a physics and chemistry finite element simulation package. it's a huge, monstrously big package comprised of an encompassing (and respectably well done) UI, a programming interface, and a large number of interlocking modules (interlocking done through the physical models the user creates). So it's rather challenging and sophisticated purely from a software point of view. But then you have to consider the fact that each module implements some very sophisticated computational math for solving some very sophisticated set of physical or chemical/physical equations.