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  1. binary-repository on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Cloud Backup Solutions That You Recommend? · · Score: 1

    I spotted that there are no good solutions for this currently in Linux land so I'm tackling this issue right now via a NodeJS Streams / GPG / AWS S3 project that is [open source on GitHub](https://github.com/forbesmyester/binary-repository). It's not complete yet by any means but it has good test coverage and is getting close to having a functioning command line app.

    It is primarily designed for MP3 / Photo collections and similar use cases.

  2. Don't think you should be interrogating people... on Finnish Police: If You See Uber Car, Call 911 · · Score: 1

    Don't think you should be interrogating people... before you decide if it's illegal or not (presumably under existing laws).

  3. Too complicated for an init system on Lennart Poettering Announces the First Systemd Conference · · Score: 1

    So Systemd is so complicated it needs a conference... That should be a point of shame for an init system not something to be proud of...

  4. Sony MW-600 Clip Fix on Ask Slashdot: Your Most Unusual Hardware Hack? · · Score: 1

    It's a mini bluetooth headset which you can plug normal headphones into, I'm surprised it's not more popular but it's weekness is the clip, where it's faaaar to easy to loose the spring... Found that mini pegs are perfect...

    http://keyboardwritescode.blog...

  5. Re: Poor delusional old man on Japanese Nobel Laureate Blasts His Country's Treatment of Inventors · · Score: 1

    I have worked for big and small companies in the UK and in all situations I have had no issues getting these clauses removed from contracts. These are all UK/EU based companies however.

  6. Always struggling with a Dodgy NVS mobile... on AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Catching Up To and Beating Windows · · Score: 2

    ... So with OSS drivers this will almost certainly be my next graphics card / chipset.

  7. git-annex on Ask Slashdot: What To Do After Digitizing VHS Tapes? · · Score: 1

    Git Annex ( http://git-annex.branchable.co... ) (if you're a geek) is the perfect answer to maintaining multiple copies of digital data.

  8. git-annex on Ask Slashdot: Distributed Online Storage For Families? · · Score: 1

    It's not __quite__ there yet (needs a bit more time to get fully stable on Windows), but Git Annex is designed for this job and if you use direct mode it works wonderfully well. It automatically moves binaries around between repositories and because it's Git based you can get any file that was stored in the repository, at any time.

  9. Might be like a functional language on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    I think you'd end up creating a graphical functional language, at least all the "primatives" would be similar, map, filter, let decomposition etc.

  10. Re:*erior on Why Bitcoin Is Doomed To Fail, In One Economist's Eyes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    True BitCoins are very volatile at the moment... But the only reason you think USD is stable is because you are inside the USA. All currencies are very volatile. The big point you are missing is that a currency is worth what people will sell for it as much as an item is worth what people will pay for it.

  11. Git Annex on Ask Slashdot: Simple Backups To a Neighbor? · · Score: 1

    Git Annex ( http://git-annex.branchable.com/ ) is awesome at doing it's syncing when it's possible and has a somewhat nice web UI over great CLI tools. It can also do encrypted backups which may be important if you don't fully trust your neighbour.

  12. Ironically Bill Gates could code quite well on Larry Page and Sergey Brin Are Lousy Coders · · Score: 1

    I find it amusing that Google has a good reputation for code quality and Microsoft is perhaps questionable, yet their founders have the opposite reputation.

  13. I wonder what that means for Steam on Intel Rejects Supporting Ubuntu's XMir · · Score: 1

    This needless display system might put the fledgling Linux gaming industry on the back foot. Games need good drivers quite often. Steam only runs on Ubuntu (officially) and this silly bullying may cause them much more harm then the benefits they may get (and what are they after all!)

  14. They can't make 'em big... on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the E-Ink Dashboards? · · Score: 1

    I don't think they can make them big, at least not cheaply and big.

  15. Simulators (GTR/iRacing etc) might very well do. on Are Gamers Safer Drivers? · · Score: 1

    Simulators (GTR/iRacing etc) might very well do, in a car without ABS I managed to get round a corner of black ice without an issue, as I knew what to do past the level of grip, to regain it, while the car infront went into a ditch, funny really (nobody was hurt) as I was the early 20's driver and the other guy was very middle age.

  16. If I were holding a gun in real life... on Iraq Game Sparks Outrage, Soldiers Have Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    If I were holding a gun in real life, I'd want something better than mixed reactions, I want reactions of a 12yr old FPS player!

  17. Yes... on Dealing With a Copyright Takedown Request? · · Score: 1

    But 75 seems excessive to prove a point, particularly for test questions, that's getting on for 10% of the score. The fuzziness would end you up in a situation arguing that that amount is fair use. If you had an article and had 3 or 4, I would say it'd be pretty clear cut.

  18. Fake Stadium Extra's on Did NBC Alter the Olympics' Opening Ceremony? · · Score: 1

    Anybody seen those huge mechanized billboards on NASCAR (or the French F1 race) used to advertise the network. They aint there either.

  19. Certified on NVIDIA's Drivers Caused 28.8% Of Vista Crashes In 2007 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Did MS certify they drivers? If so, it's still _their_ fault

  20. We're all very tech savvy, on Why Aren't More Linux Users Gamers? · · Score: 1

    So we probably also have multiple computers, and with multiple copies of Linux and Windows, so why would they want to?

  21. ISPs on BBC iPlayer Bandwidth Explosion Bodes Ill For ISPs · · Score: 1

    We have unlimited usage like most countries, but like most countries it's not unlimited. Now that's fair enough in a way when one person is downloading 1TB a month, but if everyone is downloading 5GB per month using iPlayer that is "fair usage" because it's normal usage.

  22. Can she remember one? on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Revelation is a superb password manager for GNOME

  23. Re:Legislating against bullying is ridiculous on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 1

    The purpose of such a finding is, after all, to take private vengeance and mob violence out of the picture. No violence was commited. There can be no forgiveness for misconduct where there are no consequences for misconduct. We should punish so other can forgive?

  24. Poor on In-Home Wireless Vs. Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    A friend has 3g data, it's useless, he bitched about it constantly

  25. Legislating against bullying is ridulous on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You can't hold someone responsible for what somebody does in response to anothers actions that's utter stark raving bonkers.

    It's for the individual to take responsibility for _their_own_ actions.