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  1. Re:7k preorders yielding 2.3 billion dollars on Nikola Motor Receives Over 7,000 Preorders Worth Over $2.3 Billion For Its Electric Truck (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    330K for the Truck sounds like a lot, except a standard 18 wheeler cab is ~130-180k, andif the fuel savings are correct, its a no-brainer.

  2. Re:Smaller = meh on Microsoft Announces Xbox One S, Project Scorpio Gaming Consoles (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Smaller XBox:
    * cheaper to manufacture (less materials);
    * cheaper to ship.
    * less heat generated.
    * cheaper to manufacture - silicon die shrinks.
    --> More processing units (CPUs|GPUs) from the same silcon wafer.

    What's not to understand?

  3. Re:Just one more question... on Interviews: Ask Perl Creator Larry Wall a Question · · Score: 1

    If variable prefixing variable types with $@% is true, why not an extension to Perl to use readable variable types?

  4. Re:Just one question on Interviews: Ask Perl Creator Larry Wall a Question · · Score: 1

    What othe languages? The tools and languages I use have regular expression as a first class citizen, and usually the PERL version of regex. Although I never saw a need for Perl itself for text transformation, as I learned regex first, then other "languages|tools" (like awk, egrep, AHK) with cleaner syntax to use regex with.

  5. Re:yet another nail in the coffin on Legacy Yahoo Messenger App Being Retired (pcmag.com) · · Score: 2

    AOL doesn't have enough market share to be a bully so I am guessing that will be my new primary chat network (until they go under or get bought out

    Verizon already acquired AOL.

  6. ProcessWire, Data Modelling Tool. on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best CMS? · · Score: 1

    Joomla: The Shit. No not good. Shit. Concepts and the way Joomla requires you to do things is ass-backwards.
    Wordpress: Convenient for users. Looks prettier. Shit.
    Drupal: Not familiar enough to say. Never read anything particularly good about it. Supposed steep learning curve; barebones out of the box.

    ProcessWire: If you like to code, enjoy power and security. This might be what you are looking for. V3 is shaping up interestingly.

  7. Re:makes no sense on DEA Wants Access To Medical Records Without Warrant (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    The pharmaceutical mega-corps wouldn't have anywhere near as much power if the DEA didn't exist.

  8. Re:And Googles moral responsibility is. on Google's Algorithm Displays Racist Results Because the Society Is Racist (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    The group that has guns?

  9. Re:Awesome! Just give me games that I want to play on Sony Confirms It's Making a 'High-End PlayStation 4' With 4K and Richer Graphics (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    I was thinking PS4 Neo might be more targeted towards the Japanese market which has been lackluster this generation. VR Anime.

  10. So when does Firefox get to go through "The Process."

  11. Millions of Apps that don't do much on Slashdot Asks: Is the App Boom Over? · · Score: 0

    And what is it that these Apps do?
    * How many Apps just wrap webpages up into a local mhtml type binary (that has native-like controls|ui), that I have to store on my device and allow insane permissions that not even the most trusted website in my browser has access to.
    * Feeds you advertising, cuz we can never have enough advertising.
    * Constantly runs in the background, even though you never use it anymore.

    So aside from a MP3 player, and PDF|e-book Reader, what is it we need?

    Unless you root your phone (SSH Tunnel), it certainly seems like these Apps have more rights to your own device than you do.

  12. Plugins aren't really "sandboxed" on Firefox Finally Confirms 'Largest Change Ever' Featuring Electrolysis In v48 (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Tabs and plugins run in the same process: plugin-container.exe

  13. You can setup Firefox to use whatever server you want for syncing. e.g. your local machine, or a $5 Digital Ocean droplet. It takes a little bit to set up - afterwards though, you could point all your various browsers to your own server for syncing any of your FF data.

  14. Re:How does the Synced Tabs sidebar work? on Firefox 47 Arrives With Synced Tabs Sidebar, Better YouTube Playback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I've tried Chrome Canary (repeatedly) and Opera Dev:
    Chrome: Can move Extension Icons to the Hamburger menu. Can reorganize Extension via drag&drop.
    Opera: Can Hide Extension icons. Cannot move them. Cannot reorganize Extension icons without hacking files.

    Chrome: Internal Pages are less useful than Opera's.
    Opera: Allows filter|find in many internal-pages that Chrome doesn't.

    Chrome: No Sidebar.
    All other Blink browsers have a sidebar. Except its underutilized, and all that is available for Opera are mostly duplicates of Opera's internal "NewTab|SpeedDial|Bookmarks|etc" -- which also tend to be missing the most basic context-menus.

    Among some other UI differences. c.f. Opera [b]wastes[/b] the whole TitleBar so its [Opera] menu can be on the left (instead of Hamburger on the address-bar). Except, the damned title-bar doesn't even show the current tab's title.

    Firefox, well except for questionable performance at times, it's the closest you can get to Opera 12.

  15. Re:About Time on Microsoft Could Turn Every PC Into an Xbox (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Mhmm, and all the consoles are AMD processors and GPU - e.g. A Gaming PC with custom controllers.

  16. About Time on Microsoft Could Turn Every PC Into an Xbox (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It will be interesting to see if those of us predicting the demise of dedicated consoles within the next 1-2 console iterations are correct or not.
    If so, then Sony, Nintendo, and MS will switch focus to peripherals (controllers, VR, etc) and become platforms that run on any capable computing device. Perhaps with something like a Ubi-key for their locked down DRM.

  17. So people that are "45" didn't grow up with the Internet? Fuck you. Clueless idiot. Learn history.

  18. Re:The MBA's mind on GE Considers Scrapping The Annual Raise (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting how that works out. Given ~260 Days of work; ~104 weekend-days (+1 day) : 5/260 == 1/52

  19. Re:Nest temperature display is backwards on Nest's Time At Alphabet: A 'Virtually Unlimited Budget' With No Results (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So pretty much like all non-Android software then. Zero options.

  20. Has the buying of ANY company EVER resulted in any benefit to the consumer whatsoever? Cheaper shittier products maybe. Better bonuses for execs. Restricted markets with less players. Competitors bought and shut down. Business as usual in the grand US of A.

  21. Re:This is what happens when you have on Nest's Time At Alphabet: A 'Virtually Unlimited Budget' With No Results (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Math much? 8 Thermostats would be $2000. Also, the Nest has a C-line for power.

  22. Re:BizX's Time Owning Slashdot on Nest's Time At Alphabet: A 'Virtually Unlimited Budget' With No Results (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Whatt'ya mean? It's 2016, and Slashdot almost supports ANSI.

  23. Re:Personal Password Generator on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password? (securitymagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Heh. Aye.

  24. Re:Personal Password Generator on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password? (securitymagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    With approx 225 characters in use for the generator, that gives us 1.86e+75 possible combinations.

    Normal typable passwords use ~95 characters, for 1.93e+63 possible combinations (with 32 characters).

    So basically, with 225 characters instead of 95, and a pass length of 32. We have approximately 1 trillion more possible combinations.

  25. Re:KB3035583 is Optional...not Recommended on Microsoft's Get Windows 10 App, KB 3035583, Reappears (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    9 Days later. KB3035583 is STILL an optional update.