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  1. Chrome is meh on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure you can blame WebKit for JS issues unless it's tied directly to the Dom. But either way I left chrome because it is a bit shit actually. The two biggest things are how often tabs go sad faced and won't fix themselves on refresh and if something isn't perfect in the HTML it can render an obscene amount of elements trying to resolve it and performance is out the window. This has gone on for years and probably still does. So with that and being spied on it seemed going back to Firefox was the same choice. Firefox has been improving and chrome isn't really. It also still has some really dumb UI issues too.

  2. Re:No really, it's jQuery that's broken on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 2

    It only simplifies things by adding something that should be in the core language anyway but that doesn't include jqueryui. Which shouldn't be core functionality nor is it that nice to use unless you want a cookie cutter site appearance. Your right in that many professions don't abuse JS but a lot of people do use it unnecessarily and often ruining performance.

  3. It's no better on IE Standardization Fading Fast · · Score: 1

    Now it's all about bad devs working on a chrome monoculture. You get all the same problems plus a lack of privacy.

  4. Re:Sorry, no on Elon Musk Lays Out His Evidence That NYT Tesla Test Drive Was Staged · · Score: 2

    Neither to be honest but in this case I'll give the CEO my trust. By calling him out he'll have to make sure he's telling the truth or it could cause him serious problems. Where as nothing will happen to the journalist for lying.

  5. Re:Good News / Bad News on Elon Musk Lays Out His Evidence That NYT Tesla Test Drive Was Staged · · Score: 1

    As usual Clarkson was being a twat pushing his agenda rather than being truthful.

  6. Re:What can we DO? on Monsanto Takes Home $23m From Small Farmers According To Report · · Score: 3, Informative

    No doubt you're on a list now. Better watch out for drones. But you are correct.

  7. You could always offer to pay for the site instead of the advertisements. That and you don't have to click the dice link. I appreciated the forbes link even if it wasn't the best thing I've read today.

  8. Reddit AMAs are stupid on Bill Gates Answers Questions From Redditors · · Score: 0

    He picks and chooses what he answers so naturally he only answers the softball questions that he wants to answer. It's not a "ask me anything" it's a "let my fans circle around and ejaculate into their own mouths over my awesomeness".

  9. Re:Why would you need a web browser on a server? on RHEL 6 No Longer Supported By Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    How's this shit voted insightful? They sell a desktop version because corporations that will use linux on the desktop will want it from a company that offers support and not a community that might not be there tomorrow.

  10. This is a joke on Australian Govt Forces Apple, Adobe, Microsoft To Explain Price Hikes · · Score: 1

    The assuie government knows full well that US prices don't show tax where as their do so just on that alone their prices should always look 10% higher. I suspect Australian workers get better pay so for physical items at least the staff in the country would likely be more costly.

    I think companies use this knowledge to bump up prices in their favour sometimes and I think the government in this instance is passing the blame so people don't ask what they're getting for that 10%.

  11. Re:Sold out fast == Understocked? on Surface Pro Sold Out; Was It Just Understocked? · · Score: 1

    But if, for example, you only started out with 10 that's not a great accomplishment.

  12. Re:When the Billionaire makes a move... on Eric Schmidt To Sell Up To 42% of Stake In Google · · Score: 1

    Not if they're taken to court of unfair business practices in Europe or elsewhere. They can't really grow in search anymore and they won't have 100% of the smartphone market ever so they've possibly reached their limit there. Google glasses almost certainly won't be anything special. Where they can they go with maps or any of their other big products?

    Google has enough going for it to maintain their position but I'm not entirely sure they can grow much more.

  13. Re:Let's just set an official category definition. on Apple Now the Top PC Vendor, For Some Values of PC · · Score: 1

    It's still a step up from a terminal. The python code is local but in terms of web development if you're using a scripting language then you probably do work a lot more on a server. Fair enough Java and C# applications are too big and bulky for that but a good vim setup and python on a VM is just as good as doing it locally. It's better sometimes if I don't to muck around with Solr setups on my laptop.

  14. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    Freedom as well means having to freedom to choose safety over a completely open system. That said,Google could easily resolve the issue by not making you have to open your phone wide open to everyone and instead you add companies that you deem acceptable to a white list rather than an all or nothing policy. To be honest I think they did that purpose to give them the appearance of choice knowing full well most people will end up shit scared to open up their phone just so they can add Amazon.

  15. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    More people need to do that when they're not happy with something. Gamers in particular find this concept hard to grasp.

  16. Re:Open is only a name on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    You're clearly a fanboy mongoloid so I'm not even going to bother.

  17. Re:Where's the lie? on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    I signed up last night just to make sure I get the name I want. I do have to say it is nicely done but I'm already in the process of migrating off gmail to my own domain. I'm not sure I want another freebie that may disappear. I'll give them credit though, my early days pre-Microsoft hotmail address is 17 years old now.

  18. Re:It's Quite Disingenuous on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    How are you sure? I'm not defending MS but google both claims they can't alter search results and have altered search results to catch out Bing. So even if google says they can't why would you trust them?

  19. Re:Where's the lie? on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    It doesn't do it for the same reason. They'll both happily sift through your email for the gov.

  20. Re:Saw an ad on ABC last night with my wife on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's supposed to look that way. Some people will think it's more legitimate if it doesn't look like a big money production. Like it's coming from the little guy and not a competing mega corporation.

  21. Re:iOs is poor on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 0

    Then don't use iTunes. It's not been a requirement for ages. You may think it looks tired but at least it doesn't look tacky like android. I might be upset over flac if most of my music was flac but it's not and I can convert it to the open apple lossless format but in most cases I use spotify to save space. An iPhone isn't meant to be everything to everyone. You're free to use something else so if you want something more insecure and that rarely gets updated then use android.

  22. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    iTunes music is dorm free but not that it matters. None of my content comes from iTunes. The only real lock is apps which I could get elsewhere if I jail broke it but I can't be bothered just like I couldn't be bothered to flash android. It's a phone, not my desktop, and if they won't upgrade it then I'll go elsewhere and over all iOS does provide a better experience. Hopefully Ubuntu phone will be as good as it looks and then I can move to that but now I'll take the app limitation if it means a better level of quality and security.

  23. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 2

    Firefox and Ubuntu phones are coming and there's blackberry.

  24. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    I take it you have proof that Apple plants these stories. Otherwise you'd look like a tit.

  25. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Except android fucks it up and makes it so choosing your freedom is more dangerous. I can have any app I want too on iPhone by jail breaking my iPhone which requires some effort but then again some carriers lock down android.