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  1. Re: Maybe stop showing off? on Ask Slashdot: Should I Ditch PHP? · · Score: 1

    Your programming experience is leverage, not a liability. I'm reacting to the sense of your question, to drop php for something else. My answer is no, do not drop php, and yes, work to use something else. Always yes to something else. There is no programmers oracle to tell you your future. Dont bother with slashdot. Utilize your own experience and skill to answer your question. You'll have to take time to work out the answer, as you likely already know: what is the cost/benefit of ....?

  2. Re: I love the idea on Montana To FCC: You Can't Stop Us From Protecting Net Neutrality (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    State contracts may be big but big enough? Montana? Maybe Montana's network contract are already too small for national providers. This contract restriction further drives down incentive. Overtime, Montana will be stuck with a single regional provider. No contract competition. And costs for the state go up. Good luck with that.

  3. No competitors on Can Docker Survive Google? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Google sells data. Docker, inc sells software support service. They are not competitors.

  4. Re:Free TV? Who knew? on Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna (wsj.com) · · Score: 1
    Try the tvfool.com to find the distance from the sources in your area to your antenna's mount. Then, find an antenna which is rated for that distance. Sometimes a powered amplifier is needed to boost signal. In some installations, a rotor mount is useful. A directional antennas can support longer distances. Some locations can be in range of sources from multiple directions.

    For the 29% who don't know OTA TV is free, you should also know there is no such thing as an 'High Definition Antenna'

  5. Free TV? Who knew? on Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The anecdotes in this article are quite funny.

  6. Re:Author! Author! on Microsoft Introduces GVFS (Git Virtual File System) (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Linus Torvalds, creator of git, recommends linux, exclusively, I think. He probably would request Windows based developers never used git at all. Historically, if I remember correctly, Windows was not ever target platform for the core developer team led by Torvalds. It runs on Windows only for the efforts of those who did not 'create' it. When git came out, how much crying there was over the absence of a gui. What horror, command line interface ONLY!

  7. Re:Why won't Democrats support the outcome? on Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The scientist does not believe he has evidence. See his blog. He basically has nothing: "Were this year’s deviations from pre-election polls the results of a cyberattack? Probably not. I believe the most likely explanation is that the polls were systematically wrong, rather than that the election was hacked. But I don’t believe that either one of these seemingly unlikely explanations is overwhelmingly more likely than the other."

  8. A large corporation backed by millionaires and billionaires pre-exists Citizens United.....Large corporations like the New York Times! NYT Company has an annual revenue of $1.5B! The NYT Company SHOUTS support for its political position. Why can't opposing point of view also get published with the same intensity? Clinton's position against Citizen United is self-serving. You are a patsy.

  9. I expect a poor job from Government. Hillary Clinton plans to propose a change to the First Amendment of the US Constitution. If this regulation were in place, it would have suppressed speech against her. Isn't suppressing negative opinions the act of a repressive, despotic government? She is likely to win, and make good her promise. Bad. (The NY Times is not a 'person', either). Reference: Citizens United. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/...

  10. A wedge to keep my desktop machine from rocking on my un-level desktop. Technically, it was a shim, which is only a slight innovation over a wedge. I wonder if the inventor of the wedge held a patent and sued the inventor of the shim.

  11. Battlefield Earth on Ask Slashdot: What Books Should An Aspiring Coder Read? · · Score: 2

    Jonnie Goodboy Tyler is the engineers hero. With his bare hands, ingenuity and scraps of knowledge, he takes down a power empire. Great read.

  12. Video doesn't exculpate the pilot on New Video Shows Shot Down Drone Hovered For Only 22 Seconds · · Score: 1

    In addition to what's stated above, the homeowner maybe doesn't even know the limitation of the drone. How close does it have to get? Where is the camera pointing? What power is the zoom?
    I served a few weeks in grand jury in Monmouth County, New Jersey. I'm not an expert, but to indict for terrorist threat, it was enough to show that the victim felt threatened. It doesn't really matter, like in this case, that technically due to limitation of the device, he was not ever in danger. The owner just publicized the evidence that can be used against him.

  13. But, I didn't get cars or uncles, as the upper-poster complained....I did learn something new: furuncles. I had those. I got better. Now, I KNOW what those things were. Thanks Google, thanks upper-poster, thanks to the Internet.

  14. It doesn't matter what language is used. Developers don't upgrade because a PHB doesn't like the risk-benefit ratio.

  15. TFA is not as interesting as.... on The New Struggles Facing Open Source · · Score: 1

    .... 'what if' NFL mock drafts.

  16. Re:And yet, no one understands Git. on 10 Years of Git: An Interview With Linus Torvalds · · Score: 0

    If you have to ask, you don't need to know.

  17. ask a neighbor on Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home · · Score: 2

    I wonder, if he had any doubt, why he didn't ask a neighbor? If he could not FIND a neighbor, well, that should have been some indication.

  18. Re:Meanwhile... on In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline In 2014, Even As Global Economy Grows · · Score: 1

    ...so the only organizations left with fuel would be the armies?

  19. I'm stodgy on Java Vs. Node.js: Epic Battle For Dev Mindshare · · Score: 1

    From the perspective of a stodgy enterprise java developer, I don't find the 'common language' argument compelling. The advantage is limited to common syntax and runtime model of the javascript/node environment. However, the problem space is quite different: on the client the task is user interaction, user interface design, translating user requests into backend data requests which can block and call back. On the server side, ACID data persistence and business logic including backend service integration. I think these problems create a greater separation of client and server developers than the programming language. Someone very good at user interface design may not have the chops for ACID data persistence, and vice versa, EVEN IF the programming language and runtime model are the same. After 15 years programming java, I picked up javascript rather quickly. I can do the transactional business logic development in jee with cross concerns of security and concurrency, but if I used javascript to write a user interface, I need more learning beyond javascript. I think 'full stack' developers are quite rare. Declaring oneself as such would be a mistake if one's ground to say so is only the programming language is common to both by happenstance.

  20. does anyone think on Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages · · Score: 1

    Really. The best way to avoid 'accidental' father hood is _________? If this wasn't slashdot, you'd get one guess.

  21. AI Experts are Really Stupid on AI Experts Sign Open Letter Pledging To Protect Mankind From Machines · · Score: 2

    Really.

  22. how does a motion sense avoid the problem on Super-Sensitive Motion Sensor Could Be Used To Hunt For Extraterrestrial Life · · Score: 1

    A motion sensor would find the motion that matches the motion of life on earth. Isn't that the same trap?

  23. Re:D'oh... on Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet · · Score: 1

    Dr. Evil, I am Catholic and go to mass everyday. I found your joke hilarious. Thanks.

  24. Re:Kind of disappointed in him. on Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet · · Score: 2
    In answer to answer your question, "What did Jesus give us other than death and intolerance".

    Please follow along: Jesus founded His Church. His Church founded centers of study and learning, and institutionalized these as colleges and universities. Among these were the colleges merged to form Trinity College where Newton studied.

    Ironic.

  25. Re:Yo, its 2014! on Is Ruby On Rails Losing Steam? · · Score: 1

    There is only one 10 year span with relevance to the context of this post: the 10 year span that ends now. Historians would care what the highest paid programming job is in 1978, or 2011. People planning a programming career, or evaluating opportunities TODAY won't care. Reading comprehension is hard, but contextual analysis is harder.