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  1. Re:Is this a test? on Ask Slashdot: How Should I Replace My Netbook? · · Score: 2

    GPD Win. It comes with Windows 10 but I installed Arch Linux on it and it works perfectly fine. There's no Windows tax because screens small enough make Windows 10 starter free. Comes with gaming controls which work pretty well as a mouse actually, but you can switch it to a normal dinput joystick and Xbox360 input controller on the fly with the little dial and a touchscreen. The sequel GPD Win 2 isn't out yet but has more RAM, 8GB versus 4GB.

    https://bit.ly/2klXZlu

    There's also the GPD Pocket which is similar but with a much bigger and nicer keyboard and no gaming controls, and a little nub for a mouse with touchscreen.

  2. They're both full of bullet holes but AMD at least has less holes in short.

  3. Re:Many different vendors??? on Intel Responds To Alleged Chip Flaw, Claims Effects Won't Significantly Impact Average Users (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Some ARM64 chips are affected as well actually. Citation: https://lwn.net/Articles/74039...

    I don't see why they would name AMD since it's unaffected however. https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/...

  4. Can we get one for Slashdot too?

  5. Re:Browser speed is not the issue on Is Firefox 57 Faster Than Chrome? (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be called something like Optimize my Firefox not "refresh."

    Also all it probably does is delete urlsqlite (it's just the URL security checker, you automatically redownload it after) and vacuum all the other databases. Which means it remove all the holes in the database which can slow it down a lot. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Bleachbit can do this for you on just about every browser as well https://www.bleachbit.org/

  6. Re: Dear Electronic Arts: on EA Shuts Down Fan-Run Servers For Older Battlefield Games (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    https://i.imgur.com/nGFjzEs.pn...

    And now this. I see a pretty harsh trend and it's not a one off. I think it's good to teach them what the company has a LONG history of doing.

  7. Re:It doesn't help that modern Linux is a shitshow on Munich Plans New Vote on Dumping Linux For Windows 10 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://systemd-free.org/

    There's openRC if you really hate systemd that much. And I would just stick with XFCE and ALSA since that's all you need basically https://sourceforge.net/projec... here's a base installer if you think you have to install then remove systemd.

  8. Which basically means, unless you throw out some rules, a simulation of this universe is impossible because you may accidentally recurse into a (simulation of a)^Nth degree, because then you would be using infinite CPU cycles. Therefore simulating THIS universe is impossible. That's not to say we are not in a simulation: the parent simulation might have more dimensions and/or threw something out so that it was computationally feasible.

  9. Google will just keep the data that's useful/valuable to them

  10. Re:it was a scam on Juicero, Maker of the Infamous $400 Juicer, Is Shutting Down (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it costed around $1000.

    I wish I was kidding, but every part was overdesigned. There's WiFi in it, it has a camera (for the juice pack DRM), a stupidly powerful motor to apply tons of pressure over a large area (which is why it's easier to squeeze with your hands, less area for the pressure), the molds are ginormous for the plastic outside and inside, the parts are custom and almost NEVER off the shelf at all, etc.

    In short, no limit was set on what they wanted to do and it was crazily overengineered and way too high quality; depending on the product itself, this might be fine, but this JUST SQUEEZES JUICE.

    If you don't believe me, just watch this guy tear it down then. He's ogling the hardware itself because it's so fucking crazy how high quality the parts are.

    https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ

  11. Re:Follow the money on The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims To Run (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Improbable but not impossible: the first lightbulb is still running

  12. Re:Give us back Firefox then on Inside Mozilla's Fight To Make Firefox Relevant Again (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I went to your link and it is some... thing, an actual old 90s website still up, you meant http://palemoon.org/

  13. Re:it cannot logically work. sorry. on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    https://modarchive.org/

    So this site doesn't exist and isn't full of millions of songs?

    https://openmpt.org/download

    And this free software doesn't work that way?

    (very tongue in cheek, but it does make you think that if we already have the sound version out and long working, how much more crazy complicated the video version could be)

  14. Re:Exception to butterage on Should You Leave Google Chrome For the Opera Browser? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I have the solution right here, it's called a tab suspender:
    https://chrome.google.com/webs...

    Why this is not built in is another thing entirely

  15. Does it hurt me? Does it hurt themselves? Does it hurt other people/things? Are all involved able to consent?

    If the answer is no to all but the last of these, people should tolerate or at least ignore what goes on with their private practices. Nobody is a victim until they can't or don't consent, or serious injury occurs.

  16. Re:Surprising. on Hackers Unlock NES Classic, Upload New Games Via USB Cable (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's simply possible that Nintendo doesn't give a shit what happens after you buy it.

  17. I'm pretty sure that lawyers aren't cheap. Maybe I am wrong in saying that they could use their staff of coders to fix this problem, or if necessary buy a security audit and assistance, but I'm pretty sure either would be cheaper than lawyers. Data breaches are also far more expensive than all of those, pushing millions of dollars in recovery costs.

  18. Re:Energy input. on Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    I kinda want to know the total lifetime power output. This was not my field of study however so I must ask for someone who has this knowledge for the number crunching.

  19. Re:Black holes of pure evil merge on Google Joins Microsoft's .NET Foundation (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    The result can't be good.

    Microsoft, .NET, and Google? If they can somehow rope Oracle into the mix, they'd have the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,.

    The four horsemen of the apocalypse approach.

    War: Oracle, for suing nonstop.
    Famine: Google, for never being able to satisfy themselves by making/buying services (eating) then abandoning them.
    Pestilence: Microsoft, for being ubiquitous and spreading itself like a plague.
    Death: Adobe, for killing off it's suite and making it a yearly subscription, and for having a death cliff learning curve second only to Dwarf Fortress.

  20. I want money for liking a company too. LastPass is good, now where's my check LastPass?

  21. Re:Can someone post a fix? on Windows Telemetry Rolls Out · · Score: 1
  22. Get both computers on same local network on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 0

    Get both computers on local network and then use this: http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

  23. Re:Yes meanwhile.. on Google Quietly Unveils Android 5.1 Lollipop · · Score: 1

    Nexus 7 2012 and Lollipop don't mix. Don't update.

    2013 fares better.

  24. Re:Google's Paypal on Google Wallet API For Digital Goods Will Be Retired On March 2, 2015 · · Score: 1

    I can still request and receive money just fine from Gmail, unless you are talking about something else.

  25. Re:Application sandboxing on Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? · · Score: 1

    Try running ccleaner on your android phone. Yep its on android too but running it after it got really slow helped a lot.