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  1. Re: malware block plus is what I want on Adblock Plus Blocked From Attending Online Ad Industry's Big Annual Conference (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    On Linux, you install software from a trusted package repository.

    On Windows, you install random crap from the Internet. The closest thing to a repository in the proprietary world is an app store. I believe Windows 10 might have one, though it's probably not well furnished at all due to it being initially designed for Metro apps exclusively.

  2. Re: Open source discussion often isn't any better. on Adblock Plus Blocked From Attending Online Ad Industry's Big Annual Conference (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There are also plenty of things you can say on Slashdot which will instantly convert your 10-year excellent karma into bad karma.
    The problem is with technology providing bad modding and reputation systems.

  3. Re: Telegram on Whatsapp Will Become Free, Companies Can Pay To Reach Users (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you install yet another chat system?
    There is Jabber/XMPP, yet it stopped being supported by Google and Facebook. Now people are using the proprietary Google and Facebook apps instead.
    You use the software that connects you to people. Everyone's on Facebook. It won.

  4. Re: Need to replace Asians with everyone else? on Apple Releases 2015 EEO-1 Diversity Data Over Weekend (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    When hiring, whites (jews excluded) will attempt to not discriminate based on race, but will still have a slight bias to prefer other whites.
    Other races, however, will outright prefer hiring the same race as them.

  5. Re: Need to replace Asians with everyone else? on Apple Releases 2015 EEO-1 Diversity Data Over Weekend (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Why don't female teachers recommend SSDs instead? Much more efficient!

  6. Re: I'm somehow not surprised. on Opel Dealers Accused of Modyfing the Software of Polluting Cars (deredactie.be) · · Score: 0

    Because meeting specifications in test conditions wasn't considered cheating until some sensationalist journalists said it was.

  7. Re: invite more people in? on More People In Europe Are Dying Than Are Being Born (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Given integration and multiculturalism are opposed things, I'm not sure what your point is.

    Some people think that immigrants should give up on their own culture and strive to be like the people of the country they immigrated to.
    Others think that those immigrants should be accepted as they are, and that their different culture should be accepted as just as valid as that of the natives.

    The ideal immigration policy is a mix of both, yet usually politicians are extremists so it doesn't work.

  8. Re:Just use MATE on GNOME Settings Area Getting a Refurbishment (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    There is no reason to use MATE when standard gnome-panel does the same thing but in gtk3 with better compatibility with everything else.

  9. The main reason is that people are unhappy about the immigration policies, but no "normal" party even acknowledges that there is a problem.
    I've read that in Germany, Angela Merkel, who let 1 million refugees in her country, even said there is no room in her government to even criticize immigration policy. When you can't even criticize policies, there is something fundamentally fucked up about your government.
    Meanwhile women get raped and the police does nothing, leading to citizens organizing themselves as militias.
    It's gonna blow up eventually. All those crazy progressive and permissive policies will just lead to more fascism down the line.

  10. Re: I have 2 problems with this post on Tech Professionals' Aggravations Rise, But So Do Salaries (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    London, Europe's biggest location for software developers, is very expensive too.

  11. Re: The Force Awakens?!?! on Quantifying How Much the Force Is Used In Star Wars (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what "awesome" movie are you speaking of? All I'm aware of is JJ Abrams' farce.

  12. Re: Respect for the law for everyone, not just the on Uber In Retreat Across Europe · · Score: 1

    When I ask my grandfather, he says America was built by the descendants of the poor and misfits from Europe who went to the New World in the hope they could have a second chance at life.

  13. Re: Meh. on North Korea Claims It Detonated Its First Hydrogen Bomb (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ever heard of the concept of sovereignty?

  14. Re: Yeah yeah on George Lucas Criticizes the Force Awakens (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't want to do a shitty movie, yet apparently this is what audiences wanted. He had no choice but to sell abd let others tuin his work rather than do it himself.

  15. Re: "helpful" hackers point out security bugs on The Paradox of Grey Hat Hackers (windowsitpro.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then it would just be ignored. I speak from experience.
    People need to be hacked to act on vulnerabilities, especially the less tech-savvy.

  16. Re: only for the nostalgia on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 3

    The prequels were good movies. The introduced a big and rich world, a large backstory, and they were very epic. Sure the actual story and acting were a bit weak, but the setting and art direction were very creative and interesting.

    This movie has nothing but fanservice for the die-hard fans of the 1977 movie. They even ruined their own evil character 30 minutes into the movie by revealing things way too early.

  17. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    He did manage to make a worse job than the prequels, though he does pander a lot to the original-only fans in pretending those episodes never happened.

  18. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The presuels were much better than this farce.

  19. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I've found UK cinemas to provide a much higher quality than other countries (enough slope so that everyone can see, more legroom, reserved seats), though it is also much more expensive.

  20. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They pretty much ignored all the lore, it's just based on Episode IV, with a few bits from episodes V and VI thrown in.

  21. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    If you think it was true to the franchise then clearly you haven't understood the essence of the series.

    It's just a retro remake with no substance. Don't expect a sci-fi epic with a large backstory and world building.

  22. Re: Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You probably have seen Episode IV already; there is little point in wadting money to see a weird kind of retelling tribute without substance.

  23. that requires money, which modest people do not have.

  24. Re: the new slow dummies in the left lane on The Humans Crashing Into Driverless Cars are Exposing a Key Flaw (bloomberg.com) · · Score: -1

    I once got pulled over in France because I was on the left lane, despite there not be anyone behind me. I think that's stupid.

  25. Re: Sounds like an MBA plan! on No More QA: Yahoo's Tech Leaders Say Engineers Are Better Off Coding With No Net (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    They replaced manual by automatic testing, you dofus.