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  1. What's the fuss? on Cities Struggling To Crack Down On Airbnb Renters (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    How is any different than renting out a beach house?

  2. Re:4.5 hours a day? That's really sad. on You Are Still Watching a Staggering Amount Of TV Every Day (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The complete lack of sunlight and exercise is normal?

  3. Is this actually meant to impress any one who cares?

  4. Or perhaps a sjw got her knickers on a twist.

  5. Canada population 35 mil and no military. Right...

  6. c++ needs to know its place on New C++ Features Voted In By C++17 Standards Committee (reddit.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Unmanaged code is inherently unsafe. C++ may be necessary in places but it doesn't belong in a line of business application

  7. Re:Depends on what you have on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 0

    Actually, yeah. You might want to think about that.

  8. Re:Depends on what you have on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 0

    I'm a little snowflake short and stout. Here see me crying now see me pout.

  9. Re:Depends on what you have on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Um, small tiles will let you have heaps of programs on your start menu. Something like 40. This is practically the best thing about W10, pinning something you run once a month or longer that W7 can never seem to remember (and who goes into All Apps anymore, seriously, browsing an app tree is a time sink) right where you'll never lose it.

  10. Re:I've seen more BSODs with W10 on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 2

    If we're going to be anecdotal, I've been on W10 since the early days, and have seen precisely two BSODs, both directly related to sleeping after suspending a VMWare VM. Other than updates, my restarts -- VM or otherwise -- are simply rare, and I hammer the hell out of my machine between developing and gaming.

  11. Would recommend on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    First off, telemetry and tracking are not the same thing. Many applications do telemetry, and it's primarily around improving quality. I know this because as a consultant I see a lot of codebases, and no, they rarely ask for permission. Railing against reality is a bit Quixotic; take a deep breath and move on.

    And yes I would recommend a Win 7 -> Win 10 upgrade. The Ctrl-Esc experience is simply superior overall, faster boot, storage spaces for the techies, better multi-monitor experience, and obviously my Surface Pro (8.1 -> 10 is a no-brainer) would be nigh unusable without touch support. Also, since I use a lot of VMs, I like my settings and and apps following me around. Given the imminent release of proper long file name support, the upgrade becomes even more compelling to the javascript crowd.

  12. Re: "simply right click" on Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    This will resolve a lot of pain in the npm ecosystem.

  13. Re:VoiceOfDoom, *FUCK YOU*!! on Smartphone Surveillance Tech Used To Target Anti-Abortion Ads At Pregnant Women (rewire.news) · · Score: 1

    The f bomb isn't necessary. Watch your tongue.

  14. Re:One thing you'll never see in a comic book on Does Free Comic Book Day Help Retailers? (freecomicbookday.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting. How does that look in smudged block case. ..

  15. One thing you'll never see in a comic book on Does Free Comic Book Day Help Retailers? (freecomicbookday.com) · · Score: 1

    A person named Clint.

  16. I was doing that today specifically, in Firefox, all day. You have no idea what you're talking about.

  17. Your comment is absolute bollocks. I use Chrome and Firefox with absolutely no issues. CRM Online is still quite IE-centric, but Sharepoint 2013 most decidedly is *NOT*.

  18. Look sir, droids! on Star Wars Buttons And Lights You May Have Missed (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I love the scene where a bearing has fallen off one of the droids and it didn't incapacitate them. The logical result should have been R2D2 spinning in circles.

  19. Also, we use it to run our business internally and it's quite excellent. On internal projects I work with it all day long and it almost never disrupts my flow. Co-authoring is cool, the workflow engine is good out of the box and excellent with a 3rd party automation product. Maybe opinions have been coloured by older versions? I know I used to detest 2007, but we're on 2013.

  20. Jesus such hate on Microsoft Overhauls SharePoint To Compete With Slack In The Mobile Era (theverge.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The consultancy I work at also has sharepoint consultants and I've seen massive operations use it very well especially after it's been setup properly.

  21. Not in AU on Slashdot Asks: Have You Experienced Ageism? (observer.com) · · Score: 1

    I know this is far from Silicon Valley, but I work with a significant amount of grey hair within my company and alongside our clients. It's not that hard to build a kick-ass profile, working within open source if the job is stagnant, and writing articles. You can't coast in a stagnant job and then jump jobs, not because of age, but because of stale skills. I'm over 50 and the date of my degree makes that obvious, but my skillset is in very high demand. Obviously, I have to continually retrain like a 22-yo or that will change in a couple years tops.

  22. Re:Oil Price Gluts on Fossil Fuels Could Be Phased Out Worldwide In a Decade, Says Study (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    The glut is primarily Saudi politics attempting to economically weaken Iran, coupled with Iran's exit from sanctions driving down futures. This is having the temporary effect of shutting down some oil production.

  23. you're

  24. Sweet on Over 80 Percent of China's Well Water Is Polluted (voanews.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    If a billion+ chinks die from water poisoning, the world would be in minutes a better place. RIP commie faggots.

  25. Re:In 1989, it was floppies on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Bollocks. Mounting a floppy never ever executed code. Stoned was a boot sector virus.