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  1. Re:The market can handle this on Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I landscaped our front yard from a lawn with rose bushes, to a stone path with succulents and rose bushes. The yard needs about 1/4 or less as much water now, and no pesticides nor herbicides. A little bit of miracle grow (nitrogen mostly) used in water pots for quicker rooting for succulent cuts.

  2. Re:Translation on Opera Kills Off Its Free Data-Saving App, Opera Max (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    No more roaming in the EU for data charges...

  3. You think there's anyone intelligent enough in that group to figure out the dark web?

  4. Re:the last of the classic masters on The 2017 Hugo Awards (thehugoawards.org) · · Score: 1

    Stephen R. Donaldson is still at it.

  5. Re:My God, the humanity on Safari Should Display Favicons in Its Tabs (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 2

    Desktop Chrome wont allow you to have a title bar, unlike every other program, and every other browser prior to Chrome|Blink.

    Fuck that, even Mobile Chrome is allowed to have a title bar.

  6. Re:I hope he pounds the shit out of google on Fired Google Engineer Says Company Execs Shamed and Smeared Him (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Like he stood for the truth when he lied about having a PHD?

    Like he stood up for the truth when he was offending women at Harvard?

    Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, 'Sexist' Skit While at Harvard for Which Administration Issued Formal Apology

    Damore participated in the writing of the skit, along with other program students, but according to two sources, Damore was the primary performer during the skit when it was performed. The source noted that in the “particular year in which James played a role organizing, [the skit] was particularly offensive to women.”

    Three sources allege that Damore told what they characterized as a masturbation-related joke during the course of the performance, which fell flat and offended some in the audience. However, two sources attributed the backlash to the performance not to any malice on the part of Damore, but instead to his awkward delivery.

    Multiple sources also allege that the skit was viewed as problematic among many individuals in the department and that a number of people were offended by the specific masturbation joke. The administration later issued the formal apology to the group for the skit overall.

  7. Re:Enlightenment values on Google May Be In Trouble For Firing James Damore (inc.com) · · Score: 0

    No. He just wants to spam the thread with the same post ad-nauseum.

    Do you work for Google? Are you lying for Google right now? Why are you lying?

    And fucktwits keep upvoting them.

  8. Re:Craig Ferguson on David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Craig was awesome. I imagine if he was on today, he'd have "Geoff Peterson" doing 'Trump' bits.

  9. Re:Progress of the Arts and Sciences on Disney To Pull Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bullshit. This Disney "announcement" was a side-note in their last quarters earnings result.

    Disney isn't concerned about a bunch of B-comics like Jupiters Circle.

  10. Re:Progress of the Arts and Sciences on Disney To Pull Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Netflix doesn't solve anything anymore. In the last 4 years they've lost most of their content. Most of the Martial Arts movies, Mash, most non-B movies.

    What you think Netflix has, is what you thought it had years ago. Thats gone. Example, March, 24 2016: Netflix lost 32% of its content in ~2 years.

  11. Re:Jobs wasn't the kind of genius people thought. on Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, and if Apples products were actually made in America, they would be almost worth the price. As is, it's the same or worse China-exports that everyone else sells for less.

    So the modern snake-oil salesman, convincing the weak-minded that the new shiny is worth 2-3 times it's actual market value.

    Not really something to brag about.

  12. Re:Jobs wasn't the kind of genius people thought. on Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs didn't figure out how to make things successful, He shoved advertising down everyone's throat. Every other MP3 player was either feature-compatible and cheaper, or better in almost every way and potentially more expensive.

    3+ years ago, a FiiO X1 was ~$99, a refurb Sandisk Sansa MP3 player for $25-$50, and both were only limited by the size of the micro-SD card you put in them.

  13. I switched to EnPass, which runs locally on your machine (encrypted) and a browser addon uses a websocket to connect the two. Which means it doesn't inject itself into every page like Lastpass. Also LastPass tends to cause Firefox to take fits.

    EnPass runs on pretty much any platform:

    iOS, Android, Blackberry, macOS, Windows, Linux, USB-Stick, Chromebook

  14. Re:Firefox 57 on Inside Mozilla's Fight To Make Firefox Relevant Again (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    AFAICT FF 57 should still run "Legacy Extensions" via the various flavours of Firefox Nightly.

  15. Re:Cry me a river... on Inside Mozilla's Fight To Make Firefox Relevant Again (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Use Nightly, or Firefox Developer Edition (Nightly 1 version back), which allows you to do numerous things that are blocked in Firefox|FF Beta, like install unsigned addons.

    ssl - Firefox 54 Stopped Trusting Self-Signed Certs

    To mimic the CA-chain requirements mandated by Firefox 54, the following is required:

            Keypair marked as a Root-CA, capable of generating an SSL certificate.
            Second keypair marked for SSL which obtains a chained certificate from Root-CA

    To illustrate how this is done with Java keytool including the steps to create private keystores:

    See link above. Cannot include instructions on how to use keytool, due to /.'s stupid fucking lameness filter.

    Once this is done, only the Root-CA certificate needs to be trusted by Firefox, and can be imported using the GUI or via AutoConfig script.

    The SSL server must be restarted using the new SSL private keystore, which will contain the chain of trust to work via SSL.

    Since my-ssl.jks contains the entire chain of trust my-ca.jks, my-ca.crt, my-ssl.crt and my-ssl.csr can all safely be deleted (assuming my-ca.crt has been imported properly)

  16. Re:Impacted Negatively but Not "Destroyed" on Slashdot Asks: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    My nephew (3yo) got my first phone recently. He uses Google Music, the Clock, Radio, Camera, and Recorder. Everything else is locked out.

  17. Re:Why not come out with it? on Verizon's New Rewards Program Lets It Track Your Browsing History (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are doing it wrong, its "Nice Shoes, Wanna Fuck?"

  18. Re:My first thought wasn't terrorism (for once).. on Mozilla's Send is Basically the Snapchat of File Sharing (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    If you get the Mozilla newsletter, or have read their official blog over the last years, this isn't "new" - Mozilla regularly touts privacy-facing features.

  19. Nvidia's GTX 1080 TI uses closer to 250W than 180W.

  20. Samsung has at least 3 Fabs on Samsung Ends Intel's 2-decade-plus Reign in Microchips (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    List of semiconductor fabrication plants::

    Company / YR........ Products.................. Location
    Samsung / 2011.......DRAM, VNAND....South Korea, Hwaseong
    Samsung / 2011.......Microprocessors......USA, TX, Austin
    Samsung / 2014.......VNAND..................China, Xian

  21. Walmart (or their resellers?) are selling on Amazon. I ordered a 5 pack of family size Honey Comb on Amazon [not prime], and it arrived in a day and was in a Walmart warehouse box.

  22. Re:Common connectors are a great thing on Upcoming USB 3.2 Specification Will Double Data Rates Using Existing Cables (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not that difficult. You pay more for the cable intended to be used as the power line cable, and you buy said cable from a respected vendor. Every USB C to USB C cable is at least USB 3.1.

    Google even sells one, it's a little expensive at $20, but they also sell an universal USB-C charger for $60 that can be used for everything from a Mac, PC, or Chromebook all the way down to a phone.

  23. Re:The Cheaper Assumption on Amazon Jacked Up Prime Day Prices, Misleading Consumers, Says Vendor (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    And the advantage to Sears, or even Costco today is that the company has vetted the products it wants to sell. Even Ebay does a better job of vetting the products on its platform.

    Case in point, Ebay forces similar products (that are clearly the same item) from different sellers to be grouped together. Compared to Amazon which obfuscates such things. For example, on Amazon do a search for portable fan, sort by price highest to lowest, the same fans will start to appear at the $100ish price point, and will continue to appear all the way down to $25 or less. On Ebay all of those clearly same listings would be grouped together and there would be no implied fake prices, as all the sellers are forced to compete.

  24. IrfanView with text-insert and a "paint dialog" is by far the easier tool to do quick image manipulations in or paste from the clipboard.

  25. Re:Prime day sucked this year on Amazon Jacked Up Prime Day Prices, Misleading Consumers, Says Vendor (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on what you were looking for. We got a California King Memory foam mattress for $450, a memory foam topper for $100. About a third the cost of an American name-brand mattress ($1500+), and about 25% discount on the mattress regular price. Suguru at half price, among other smaller ticket items.