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  1. Re:my fork of linux doesn't have a CoC on Linux 5.0 Released (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    You lost me at GNU. Linux is not a GNU project.

    You must be GNU here.

  2. Re:Stay away? Why? on AT&T's Silence on 5G Speeds Screams 'Stay Away For Now' (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    $70 for 15GB on the other hand is extortion. That needs to come down at least an order of magnitude.

    So you want it for $7 a month or less? Good luck with that.

  3. Re:It was not available on Windows 7 and 8 on Microsoft is Building a Chromium-powered Web Browser That Will Replace Edge on Windows 10: Report (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm dumbfounded by this news still. A very bad news it means Google Chrome dictating the web.

    You seem to be confusing Chrome with Chromium.

  4. Re:Fancy that on Google is Killing Its 4-Yr-Old Inbox Email App (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I had never heard of it until today.

    Did you hear about airplane?

  5. Re:The latest 5 year plan from the Cali politburo on California Governor Says 100 Percent Clean Electricity Not Enough, State Must Go Carbon Neutral (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you iterate much?

    You so funny...

  6. Re:And this is a "problem" because ... on Most Organizations Are Not Fully Embracing DevOps (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    ... a developer should be modifying production code?

    Who do you think develops production code?

  7. Does the NYC subway still use 25Hz power for lighting in some stations ? I remember when I use to take the subway to school that I could see the incandescent lights flicker due to the 25Hz power being supplied to them.

    More like 25 HURTS

  8. Re:Is this even English at this point? on Ubuntu 18.04 Focuses On Security and AI Improvements (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect he's talking about having multiple Kubernetes clusters available on the CLI, e.g. one local minikube cluster (virtualized through e.g. a headless Virtualbox or KVM), plus multiple cloud clusters (e.g. one for integration-testing, and one for production) via Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS.

    Just an FYI, the A in AWS stands for Amazon.

  9. and that PWAs are hosted on the developer's server, so can be updated directly from there

    I can't imagine any way that these apps would be compromised by hackers... not a single one!

    How is that different to any website or webapp?

    They're progressive?

  10. Re:slot machines make it hard to open with out set on First 'Jackpotting' Attacks Hit US ATMs (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    slot machines make it hard to open with out setting off an alert so why do AMT have less of that stuff?

    The story I read earlier said that they're somehow able to replace the hard drive on some NCR ATMs without opening the device. However, the system doesn't just boot back up with the new HDD after that. They actually use an industrial endoscope to find a button inside of the device that lets it reset without opening it up. So it sounds like the device will alarm if you open it, but is poorly designed and you can replace key components and reset it without having to actually open it.

    porously designed

  11. If a robot can do it.... on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    If we can design a robot to do a job properly, that is a job that a human shouldn't do anymore. We have better things to do with our time.

  12. Re:It isn't the BT 5 that Counts, it's the AAC on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    The reason why Apple (and Beats, and some other Mfgs) BT earbuds/headphones are superior is not dependent on Bluetooth 5.0; it is because they support a far-superior CODEC, namely AAC, than typical shitbox BT 'phones/'buds.

    Mind you, stuff like Apple's W1/W2 chips helps; but the main improvement is due to AAC.

    And no, the proprietary aptX is NOT an equivalent. And did I mention "proprietary" (owned by Qualcomm)?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    By contrast, AAC is an industry-standard (not Apple-proprietary, as many believe).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Look into it.

    By the time the music starts its path across Bluetooth (or a headphone jack) it's already decoded.

  13. LOL I read the headline as "Microsoft Launches Fembots...."

  14. Re:Dear AT&T.... on AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I would LOVE uverse... But your refuse to build out the fiber to cover the city. Instead you stopped 5 years ago just outside of town and have done nothing at all since.

    If you want more Uverse subscribers, freaking build it out so that people can actually have it as a choice.

    U-Verse is not necessarily fiber. I had it a couple of years ago and it was ADSL based. Got rid of it because AT&T thinks that they can do HD with 3.14 Mbps. It was horrible.

    They claim to have more HD channels than their competitors. In reality, the didn't have ANY HD channels.

  15. Re:Ugh on Ubuntu 15.10 'Wily Werewolf' Released (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    The single best feature of Ubuntu is apt-get and that's something that Ubuntu stole from Debian.

    They didn't "steal" anything. Ubuntu is based on Debian.

    You know, Open Source.

  16. It's not the cost I have the issue with. It is the 100 different interfaces. It's the "is this on Netflix? Hulu? HBO? Damn I can't remember."

    That's not 100, it's 3

  17. Re:Verified boot by who? on Google Makes Full-Disk Encryption Mandatory For Some Android 6.0 Devices (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Keys are generated on the fly, Go read the source code for fucks sakes. It's there.

    I'd feel better if the key was generated BY a fly, because they really know their shit!

  18. Re:what about git? on First Successful Collision Attack On the SHA-1 Hashing Algorithm (google.com) · · Score: 1
    Instead of panicking, maybe you should actually see if this is really a problem. Here is what Linus says:

    - The attacker kind of collision because somebody broke (or brute-forced) SHA1.

    This one is clearly a _lot_ more likely than the inadvertent kind, but by definition it's always a "remote" repository. If the attacker had access to the local repository, he'd have much easier ways to screw you up.

    So in this case, the collision is entirely a non-issue: you'll get a "bad" repository that is different from what the attacker intended, but since you'll never actually use his colliding object, it's _literally_ no different from the attacker just not having found a collision at all, but just using the object you already had (ie it's 100% equivalent to the "trivial" collision of the identical file generating the same SHA1).

  19. Re:No microSD slot, no replaceable battery? NO SAL on Hands On Samsung's New Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 At Unpacked New York · · Score: 1

    I have enjoyed previous Galaxy Notes, but my current will probably be my last. The upgradeable storage and removable battery were (for me and many others) key points of difference over the iPhone, but Samsung have decided that they don't want to be different.

    I don't want Cloud storage. Why would I waste my phone plan's data allowance when I should just have expandable local storage? Oh, I should pay for model with the largest capacity? No, not for the price per GB that they're selling.

    Sure, I may be able to charge in 90 minutes (with Samsung's charger only, of course), but what happens when my battery gets end of life? Planned obsolescence sucks.

    I also liked that the previous flip covers and smart covers, that clipped on instead of the battery cover, more or less became part of the phone. That was much more useful to me than a back plate of glass that will just be a crack magnet.

    Yes, this release was the standard fare of a processor/RAM bump and screen resolution bump, but for me this release is far more notable for the features that have been removed....

    The screen resolution is identical to the Note 4

  20. Re:Don't use an IDE on Ask Slashdot: A Development Environment Still Usable In 25 Years Time? · · Score: 1

    C, make, and vi/EMACS.

    It's actually: vi > EMACS

  21. Re:It depends on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was their paper peer reviewed?

    I believe that it may have been beer reviewed.

  22. Re:I'm sorry on 10 Years In, Mars Rover Opportunity Suffers From Flash Memory Degradation · · Score: 2

    Too bad you must pay the shipping...

    Both ways....

  23. Re:Galaxy Alpha - We Hardly Knew Ye on Samsung To Discontinue Galaxy Alpha For Cheaper Galaxy A5 · · Score: 1

    The Alpha only recently became available in the US, and it certainly had my eye, being not phablet sized but still a "flagship" class phone and very well built. I'd have been happy to pay the price, but I passed, for one simple reason:

    TouchWiz.

    No thanks Samsung. Not having it. Your TouchWiz crapped up A5 can sod off as well.

    You don't have to get your undies in a bunch.

    There are plenty of launchers that you can use instead of TouchWiz. I Use Nova Launcher Pro on my S4.