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  1. Cyberpunk net? on How DIY Rebels Are Working To Replace Tech Giants (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this how the net worked in Neal's Stephenson or William Gibson's novels?

  2. Let me guess... on Intel: We've Found Severe Bugs in Secretive Management Engine, Affecting Millions (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...and very difficult to patch?

  3. About time. on Samsung To Let Proper Linux Distros Run on Galaxy Smartphones (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    About time. Why can't my phone be my PC? Plug in a monitor, wireless keyboard, and voila! Unless you are running seriously heavy software (Where you would probably use a desktop anyway) a smartphone could probably run 99% of your stuff. I am only talking as software developer here.

    My daily-driver laptop is an 8GB RAM 128GB SSD i7 8 core computer.
    I can get a, say, Samsung Galaxy Note8 with 6GB RAM and 128GB SSD ARM 8 core CPU. Definetly not fast as my laptop, but probably fast enough to compile some files and run a development environment.

  4. Re:Not a first post on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not so fast, alanw!

  5. Does it matter now for what purpose whoever buys ads?

  6. I thought this was about programming langues... on Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World's Oldest Continuously Run Libraries (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    ...I was sure of it.

  7. Ah, good old Ancient Aliens argument. That show is my guilty pleasure.

  8. Switched 18 months ago, "just to try". Now I'm still here, and could be happier. Of course, if you are a hard-core gamer...

  9. Just give me HD viewing in Linux! on Netflix Will Now Let Android Users Download Content Onto SD Storage (consumerist.com) · · Score: 2

    Why do I need gaddem Microsoft Edge to watch your stuff in 1080p?

  10. Probably using middle-out compression

  11. Re:Just another f***ing kludge to get around on Google Boosts Python By Turning It Into Go (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Iam sick of coders using 45 meg of modules to save 3 lines of code, as they cannot code anything more than 5 lines of complexity, so just use another lib.

    When I started looking into node.js.... the amounts of wtfs per minute increased exponentially...

  12. Can't install this on either my phone or car tablet.

    And why can't I see who's ringing and answer my phone from my tablet? They are both connected to my cars audio, and to each other...

  13. "It takes one million dollar to fire this weapon.... once"

  14. Good. on Scientists at De Beers Fight the Growing Threat of Man-Made Diamonds (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is all I have to say about this.

  15. Back to storing your own music. on Spotify Is Burying Tracks From Musicians Who Give Exclusives To Apple and Tidal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought the Spotify 'summer special' $.99/month offer, but I don't think I'll will renew at full price. I will be going back to keep my all my music on the device method. I mostly listen to music while driving, anyway...

  16. Can I please have better energy storage? on Eleven Reasons To Be Excited About The Future of Technology (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    For cars, phones, my camera....

    Where are my graphene nanotubes batteries?

  17. Re:This is the year of the Linux Desktop on Microsoft No Longer Allows Admins To Block Windows Store Access In Windows 10 Pro (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    > 3. has hardware/gpu acceleration for animations and vector art.

    Are you people writing games in powerpoint?

    "As you can see here in this Doom clone, quarter revenue is up by 5%..."

  18. Prime minister of Iceland sweating like a pig on Panama Papers: Data Leak Exposes Massive Official Corruption (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
  19. Gee... on Study: Ad Blocker Use Jumps 41 Percent · · Score: 1

    I wonder why.

    My latest ad hate: Play some Android game on silent in bed, level ends, game blasts video ad on full volume. Not sure who to hatemail.

  20. Lumia, the most expensive trademark buy in history on Behind the Microsoft Write-Off of Nokia · · Score: 1

    (NT)

  21. What demands on Why Apple and Google Made Their Own Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    "Similarly, Go was designed to make it easier to build complex systems. The old workhorses of the networked software programming industry, C++ and Python, just couldn't keep up with the demands that Google was placing on it."

    Is there an explanation of what those demands could be? C++ and Python are very different languages in every way

  22. I thought it would fry the computer or something on USBKill Transforms a Thumb Drive Into an "Anti-Forensic" Device · · Score: 1

    I read the introduction, and was expecting a Mission: Impossible-style "This computer will self-destruct in 5 seconds" with smoke and everything...

  23. So, just write C code in it? on Was Linus Torvalds Right About C++ Being So Wrong? · · Score: 1

    I was a total n00b when studying C++ in college, having only dabbled with BASIC, Pascal, C and ARM assembly before. But C++ surely felt way over the top.

  24. Haha... on MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters · · Score: 1

    I don't even spend my precious bandwidth on camera recorded movies... But if some MPAA lawyer want's make his job look more important, then kudos for him...

  25. Well... on Who Is Buried In the Largest Tomb Ever Found In Northern Greece? · · Score: 1

    OP's mom? /sorry