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  1. ...and who really gives a rat's ass what he's doing? Are peoples' lives really that shallow now?

  2. Re:IPv6 is my preferred protocol now on Some Telcos and ISPs are Frustrating IPv6 Adoption (guardian.ng) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    >Comcast did it right

    Bullshit. They can't even set up a static address range.

    Don't confuse architectural design and their overall design with everyday low-level ineptness. Haven't you seen the ads for Comcast techs: "...no experience necessary?" You said it yourself, "...the installer who came" not "the network engineer who came....."
    Don't confuse the two.

  3. Re:IPv6 is my preferred protocol now on Some Telcos and ISPs are Frustrating IPv6 Adoption (guardian.ng) · · Score: 2

    Yep, Comcast did it right:

    Between me and Comcast, we're predominantly doing ipv6:

            Your IPv4 address on the public Internet appears to be 73.187.x.y

    Your IPv6 address on the public Internet appears to be 2601:982:8202:e17x:y:z:z

    Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) appears to be Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

    Since you have IPv6, we are including a tab that shows how well you can reach other IPv6 sites. [more info]

    HTTPS support is now available on this site. [more info]

    Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have IPv6 Internet access.
    Your readiness score
    10/10 for your IPv6 stability and readiness, when publishers are forced to go IPv6 only

    **********

    Dec 24 16:16:14 miniserv postfix/smtp[70877]: Untrusted TLS connection established to smtp.comcast.net[2001:558:fe21:2a::5]:587: TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)
    Dec 24 16:16:14 miniserv postfix/smtp[70877]: 290D24BA85FD: to=, relay=smtp.comcast.net[2001:558:fe21:2a::5]:587, delay=3.7, delays=0/0.08/3.3/0.36, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 TDcyeFggV3vQATDd0e9e13 mail accepted for delivery)

  4. Re:The short answer is no on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    I have excepted this fact and so should everyone else. .

    I except that you have acceptional spelling.

  5. Rewritten headline on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    "Could 20xx Be The Year of the Linux Desktop?"

  6. Bullshit on WhatsApp Ordered To Stop Sharing User Data With Facebook (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "After all, WhatsApp never told its users it was collecting data for business intelligence and there's no way to opt out without uninstalling the app. That violates "the fundamental freedoms of users," said the CNIL."

    No, that's the "trying to have your cake and it it, too" freedom. If it's free, you're the product. No way around that, short of opting out. If enough people do it, well, then the business model might change.

  7. The show.... on What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    ...that to me is most reflective of life in IT in a metaphorical way is The Wire.

  8. Re:The flat Earth lie.... on Flat Earther Now Wants To Launch His Homemade Rocket From a Balloon (themaineedge.com) · · Score: 2

    The Earth is not flat. This is a lie spread by fools and idiots. If the earth was flat, the water would run off the edge.

    No, more importantly, if the earth was flat the cats of the world would have pushed everything over the edge by now just for shits and grins.

  9. This guy.... on Flat Earther Now Wants To Launch His Homemade Rocket From a Balloon (themaineedge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...is just a world-class troll. Nothing more.

  10. What the fuck does "community standards and wishes" have to do with scientific evidence.

    It doesn't; they're in opposition to each other. For instance, if religious morons insist that the world is ~6,000 years old, science (aka "facts") isn't allowed to contradict that. Or global warming. Or anything else inconvenient to the non-thinking small-minded.

  11. CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes.

    I'm sure that's the same community that would wish for Pi to be 3.0 to make life easier...

  12. Mine... on Ask Slashdot: Biggest IT Management Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    ...was caving and hiring the the admin by boss, the CEO, wanted me to hire, not the one I wanted to hire. Badddddd mistake, but she did end up letting me fire him after a series of highly visible fuckups.

  13. Meaningless statistic on After Automating Order-Taking, Fast Food Chains Had to Hire More Workers (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Starbucks employed 8 percent more people in the U.S. in 2016 than it did in 2015, the year it launched the app..."

    Employees per store is the only valid statistic to support their contention. Otherwise, it's factoring in new employees in new stores.

  14. Re:Bitcoin futures? LOL on Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading Crashes CBOE Site (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    What an original comment on Slashot ! always predicting 0 future price on bitcoin since 8 years ago.

    We just need to talk about Jon Katz writing an article about Bitcoin using emacs on his linux desktop, all while listening to Metallica MP3s on his Microsoft Zune.

  15. The smart money on Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading Crashes CBOE Site (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you short Bitcoin futures?

  16. Re:The gig economy has been about this since day 1 on Exhausted Amazon Drivers Are Working 11-Hour Shifts For Less Than Minimum Wage (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    side stepping minimum wage laws. Thing is, I'm guessing 99% of /.ers aren't in a position to worry about this. What we _are_ in a position to worry about is how 40 years of stagnant wages mean it's harder and harder for us to make ends meet. So we'll turn a blind eye. Thing is this will come around to bite us eventually, but when you're barely hanging on eventually doesn't really matter. Me? I'm just trying to get my kid through college and to hell with everything else. And that about sums it up. The working class is too busy surviving to band together and make a positive change. It's almost as if somebody designed it that way...

    Yeah, all the gig economy means is the guy at the bottom is guaranteed to get screwed.

  17. Re:Clocking out? on Emotion Recognition Systems Could Be Used In Job Interviews (techtarget.com) · · Score: 1

    If they're annoyed when clocking out, it's probably a sign of low job satisfaction...

    And if they're annoyed while clocking in they just might say fuck it and "rm -rf /."

  18. Clocking out? on Emotion Recognition Systems Could Be Used In Job Interviews (techtarget.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    "One company has already added face recognition into their iPad-based time clock, which the company's CEO thinks could be adapted to also detect an employee's mood when they're clocking out"

    Shouldn't they be a bit more concerned about their mood while clocking in?

  19. Re:De-aggregation of pledges; 3 suggested fixes on Patreon Hits Donors With New Fees, Angering Creators (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Like, someone does this ... once? Because if they do it routinely, presumably to access the same content, wouldn't it be easier to just terminate their account, rather than restructure your entire fee system?

    The claim, as I understand it, is that a substantial fraction of the user base has done this once.

    Then they shouldn't be whining.

  20. "Tulips...get your tulips here!"

  21. Couldn't the app use the deliverator's phone GPS to determine distance to target automagically without the deliverator entering data into a server directly?

    Only if they supply the "deliverator" a phone.

  22. ...if there isn't any investment in broadband, why am I not still using DSL and an Edge-network flip phone?

  23. Re:Counter with honeypots on North Korean Hackers Are Targeting US Defense Contractors (wpengine.com) · · Score: 1

    Filled with anti-NK propaganda, in the Korean language.

    No, seed the honeypot with "plans" and "manufacturing data" for the new American "quantum wormhole bomb" of infinitely powerful capabilities and that has already been deployed in DPRK territory using "microdrones." Start a snipe hunt that diverts Un's military in hilarious directions until it runs out of resources.

    I don't remember the details, but back in the Cold War US intelligence knew the Soviets were going to steal something in particular at a particular, so they put an altered version for them to steal. They built theirs according to the stolen specs...and it blew up on them as designed. I like your plan, too.

  24. Re:Trump/Bannon economic nationalism is anti-capit on H1-B Administrators Are Challenging An Unusually Large Number of Applications (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "Trump ran his campaign on putting Americans first, and the Dims can't manage to wrap their tiny brains around the fact that Trump is keeping his campaign promises, and putting Americans first, as demonstrated by a 70% reduction in approved H1B Visas according to the article."

    Trump puts Trump first, as also noted by Mar-A-Lago bringing in all H2B labor instead of hiring locally. Not to mention building Trump tower out of Chinese steel by a substantial illegal immigrant workforce.
    But that's different, right?

  25. Screw them on Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and their subscription model. I'm not going to pay them twice since I'm already paying them through my cable bill. No double dipping allowed.