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  1. Re:Sounds like nazi germany how long before camps on China Bans 23 Million From Buying Travel Tickets as Part of 'Social Credit' System (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The sad truth is that it's already happening https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/China_hidden_camps

  2. Re:Sometimes they don't get in the way on Should Apps Replace Title Bars with Header Bars? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    How does window switching relate to draggability?

    What he means is a functionality existing in KDE where you can press Alt+`click anywwhere in a window` to be able to move it around.

    I use it so often that I always wonder why on earth is not a standard everywhere...

  3. Server side decorations and Wayland on Should Apps Replace Title Bars with Header Bars? (gnome.org) · · Score: 2

    This might be a relevant post from Kwin's main developer.

  4. Re:Containers != Container Orchestration on Can Docker Survive Google? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Kubernetes does so much more than simply "orchestrates containers" ( for example: service discovery via etcd if I am not mistaken). That is the reason why it's so COMPLEX to set-up and manage properly.

    In my company we did an analysis of different options and we settled with Mesos(handle resources)+Marathon(orchestrate based on Mesos)+Consul(service discovery)

    We are handling hundreds of containers this way and we are quite happy with the solution even though I must acknowledge that I see most of open source solutions that I discover are targeting Kubernetes

    Let's see what happens in the future...

  5. Re:Spanish Civil War, part 2 on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You mean that fascism that Spain didn't defeat?
    That one that caused 39 years of total isolation from the world? (besides the US)
    That fascism that *NO FREAKING BODY* was prosecuted for despite haven taken *active* part on it.
    That fascism that the Spanish govern wants to "forget" about because it only "removes old wounds"?

    Remember this: Spain did *NOT* defeat fascism: *Freaking Franco* is buried in an honorific place in "El Valle de los Caidos" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_los_Ca%C3%ADdos).

    And yes, you are right: my grandma has been worried sick for weeks because she *REMEMBERS*. And she is afraid, very afraid.

  6. Re:Well that is one way of ensuring a loss on Spain's Crackdown on Catalonia Includes Internet Censorship (internetsociety.org) · · Score: 2

    Catalan here, living in Berlin.

    I can give you the example of my mother: 62 years old, thinking of retiring she was leaning towards union (even though her struggles to speak Spanish might have indicated differently) but the latest actions by the Spanish government have totally changed her mind.

    I was there last week and I was very unsettled by the "tension" that I felt around: people are scared, very scared. It must be way worse by now...

    I barely know anybody that is against a referendum, even the ones that are hardcore "pro-Spain", I really don't understand the attitude from the central government :'(

    And remember: all this because people want to express their opinion (regardless of what the law says, that doesn't make it *right*)

  7. You're so full of shit its coming out your eyes. When people get sick in other countries they come HERE for help.

    Sometimes I am amazed how out of reality some USA citizens are.

    Which countries are you exactly talking about? Costa Rica? Venezuela? Colombia? Because I have barely seen anyone in Spain or in Germany ( I live here) going to the US to get treated because of "better health care" over there. For instance, many elite sportsmen that get injured choose to remain in Europe. Why would that be? They can certainly afford to be treated in the USA...

    America has the best health care on planet earth and because of that you pay a premium for it.

    Oh my...oh my! Are you seriously writing this? You mean that health care that most part of the population cannot access? That one that has people gluing wounds on their hands because they cannot afford some *stitches* ? That one that is the biggest cause of bankruptcy in the USA?

    Furthermore, both my parents are doctors and my mother was working in the Mayo Clinic ( yes, the one in Rochester, considered amongst the best in your country) and she was not at all impressed by the quality of the doctors in there. In fact, the only thing she could point that was better than the (4?) hospitals she's worked at in Spain were the resources/tools the doctors had at their disposal

    If you want reduced costs go to your shitty third world communist paradise, please.

    The key thing here is that health care is not about costs or money, it's about *HEALING*. And you know what? It's about healing the *people* and not only the *rich*.

    We have the best infrastructure on Earth too. I never understand what you fucking idiots mean by "crumbling infrastructure". Maybe in your ghetto Democrat run shit holes in LA and NY but the rest of the country is merrily enjoying the greatest infrastructure man kind has ever created. It's too bad your Democrat run cities are falling apart, maybe you should look into those idiotic policies to figure out why, though I suspect you're too busy blaming white males for it.

    I am not sure I even want to spend time replying to this. Comparing road and train systems between USA and Europe is so ridiculous that is not even funny.

    Please, get out of your bubble, wake up from your dream.

  8. Even with the use of *extremely* you are short at describing how popular whatsapp is around Europe.

    I am from Spain, living in Germany and visiting The Netherlands and France every two weeks ( for work and for my girlfriend) and I can assure you that whatsapp is *THE* thing around here.

    People look at you like if you were from another planet if you tell them that you don't use Whatsapp.

  9. Re:About Elementary on Elementary OS 0.3.2 "Freya" Released · · Score: 1
    Extracted from their webpage ( front page)

    Our code is available for review, scrutiny, modification, and redistribution by anyone. Learn More

    And:

    "We're built on Linux: the same software powering the U.S Department of Defense, the Bank of China, and more."

  10. Re:The Swift Army: an important demographic for Ap on Apple To Pay Musicians For Free Streams, After All · · Score: 1

    For the record, the unemployment rate in the EU is 9,6% on average.

    Source: Eurostat

  11. Re:There's no confirmation of the release date. on Windows 10 RTM In 6 Weeks · · Score: 1

    Release date July 29th 2015

  12. Re:You are underestimating it on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 1

    Greece is a warning to France or even spain, italy and other of the eurozone with ramping up debt : get your table cleaned or it might get burn down as a sanitisation process by others.

    Spain must be doing something well as they advanced payments of their debt twice already (which the country is supposed to start paying back in 2022...) . Check here and here

    Even though the Spanish public debt is still increasing ( 1-2% this year) all the indicators point to a recovery in Spanish economy and we can expect a start of reduction on the public debt by 2017

    "The debt ratio will climb to 100.3% of GDP in 2015 and 101.5% a year after, before dropping to 98.5% in 2017. " extracted from here

  13. Re:They're bums, why keep them around on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 1

    Btw, all this mess started back to 2009 with greek external debt of 140% to GDP and after all those years of neoliberal policies it is closing to 180%.

    For the record: this is not because of an increase in debt but because of GDP shrinking

  14. Worth mentionining.... on Amazon Decides To Start Paying Tax In the UK · · Score: 1

    that UK Corporate Tax [CT] is 20%

  15. KBT Poker 2 on Ask Slashdot: Good Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    I bought this keyboard last summer and I am so damned happy about it.

    - It's very compact: no FX raw, no numpad, no arrow keys.
    - Mechanical
    - Backlit
    - Macros (up to 14 characters IIRC)

    Something that it really annoyed me at first but afterwards I have realized that is a very intelligent decision: the location of the "arrow keys" on the left side of the keyboard. I am an avid vim short cuts user ( vimperator extension on my Firefox, kwrite/kate with vi-compatibility, heavy user of vim ) and having my fingers on hjkl and not having to move my hand whenever I have to move around with the arrow keys ( when switching to a program withough vim-like behaveour) is fantastic :-)

    All in all: FANTASTIC keyboard

    PS: http://www.amazon.de/KBT-Poker...

  16. Vimperator on Ask Slashdot: Most Useful Browser Extensions? · · Score: 1

    It's the main reason why I am sticking to Firefox and not use any other browser (chromium, rekonq, arora, konqueror...)

  17. Re:Tailgating on Montana Lawmakers Propose 85 Mph Speed Limit On Interstates · · Score: 1

    "I can tell you that, by *FAR*, the best highways are in France and in Catalunya"

    And both of them are mostly toll-based and, at least in the Catalonian case, newer than average (I'd say it has more to do with the fact of being newer than being toll-based. My guest: A2 Zaragoza-Barcelona: toll based but older, therefore subpar. And lucky we are that most of the way is just a long straight, so not much of a problem).

    I wasn't doing distinction between toll-based and not toll-based. As per your example...

    1 - You are including the part that is not in Catalunya... Barcelona - Lleida is pretty good
    2 - I am talking in general, not an specific case.

    PS:if you go the way of examples... get the oldest (toll-based) highway in Spain: Badalona-Matarà (1969) and is a very good one:-)

  18. Re:Tailgating on Montana Lawmakers Propose 85 Mph Speed Limit On Interstates · · Score: 1

    "German driving laws are tough. But they have some of the best roads and drivers in the world."

    I have driven cars and motorbikes in different countries and continents: US: (California, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, Texas, Minessota, Kansas...) , Canada (from Vancouver to Toronto and thourout Quebec), Mexico, UK: from Brighton to Edinburg in Scotland, Spain: Malaga, Madrid, Valencia, Zaragoza San Sebastian, Barcelona..., France: across the south,east and north, Italy: all around the north until Rome, Austria: west, Switzerland: throughout the whole country, Germany: throughout the whole country, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Japan....

    I can tell you that, by *FAR*, the best highways are in France and in Catalunya (north east of Spain) getting to a close second place.

    German highways are ok, but not as good as in other countries (although I have to admin that for USA standards they look pretty dammed good)

  19. Question... -- ? on Exploiting Wildcards On Linux/Unix · · Score: 1

    After years of using command line programs daily I never heard of -- before today. It was never brought up in school, nor did I see any specific thread / blog post on the subject. So to answer your question, I don't. I've never heard about that before. Where did you learn about that ?

    man bash:
    "-- A -- signals the end of options and disables further option processing. Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and arguments."

  20. Re:Hey, great.... finally an AI... on Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's still 13 legally. What you are refering is a proposal to change it.

    If aproved, it can show up curious situations when you can legallyl get married at the age of 12 and you won't be able to have sex until you are 16? (in case you married an older and adult partner)

  21. Re:Kindle - publishers can allow lending on Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules · · Score: 1

    Using their software...which I can't use on my Linux system ;-)

  22. Re:Kindle - publishers can allow lending on Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules · · Score: 1

    I remember buying a Kindle ebook. I remember wanting to read it on my computer. And I remember not being able to read it (unless without some tricks).

    That's when I decided I wouldn't be buying any Kindle ebook again. If the same happens with Xbox I'm sure I won't be buying one

  23. Re:"UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects?" on UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects? · · Score: 1

    As do we, catalans. "Cargols a la llauna" is a declicious recipe :-)

  24. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 1

    $48k terrible? I really need to move to the US. Definitely Spain is a "third world" country

  25. Re:Depends on the source on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    Humans can usually listen to sounds from 20Hz to 20kHz but that doesn't mean than there might be some people that are able to listen to higher frequencies, say 22,5kHz for example

    Now, as per the Nyquist-Shannon theorem we need to sample at double the bandwidth ( f>2B ) in order to get *all* the information from the source. 22,5*=45 which is higher than 44,1... therefore, there are few people that *do* actually notice the difference between 44.1kHz sampling and 96kHz ( although that is very very rare).