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  1. Under what circumstances would you (gripers) then recommend to produce and release open source software, such that you would get some payback if a comparable windfall occurred partly based on your work?

    "Open source, but with strings attached?"
    What does Richard Stallman think about this?

  2. I bought an Epson XP-830 after reading it was a "best buy" in Consumer Reports.
    Maybe they should include this ink refill topic in their ratings?
    That said, I have no complaints and the operating costs seem reasonable.

  3. Re:U.S. only country really fighting climate chang on US Congress Passes Bill To Help Advanced Nuclear Power (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Yucca-killers don't like the idea of "waste" which must be isolated for many thousands of years. I don't like it either. Now, there's a lot of hand-waving missivls thrown about - like "don't worry about it" and "you're misinformed" - but at least some people have been talking about using Yucca for reprocessing this so-called waste, instead the throw-away cultural perspective.

    https://lasvegassun.com/news/2...

    https://www.reviewjournal.com/...

  4. Re:Works for people too on Australian Experiment Wipes Out Over 80% of Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was the other way around. Fox News replaces Fux News pornography, then suddenly all the new-Republican non-trophy wives can look up to Sarah Sanders for inspiration how to be servile.

  5. Re:Consipracy theories. on Investigators Claim They've Discovered D.B. Cooper's Identity (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    But in earlier days, "Deep Throat" was the ANTIDOTE to "Deep State".

  6. Re:Renewable needs baseline + storage to be effect on Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Starts Generating Power (world-nuclear-news.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's a big difference between "not adequate" and "useless".

    Eg, "sunshine is useless because you can't get a suntan at night" is effectively what you just said.

  7. Re:Wrong on so many levels on IBM Warns Quantum Computing Will Break Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So one preventative defense mechanism now is - have lots and lots of encrypted conversations, including many deceptive nonsense discussions, such that future decryptors still face the challenge of determining which ones were real in the first place.

  8. Re:"move to alternate forms of encryption now" on IBM Warns Quantum Computing Will Break Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes the test is simply whether you can simply stick to the topic and discuss accordingly, even if you have cause and preference to "go meta" and show that (to you), said topic is less relevant.

  9. Re: There is no Planet B on Earth's 'Bigger, Older Cousin' Maybe Doesn't Even Exist (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    Not strictly true, if cosmic inflation happens / heppened at a speed great than light - a popular hypothesis these days. Then the reason why the night sky isn't saturated with light is, most of the bright points are too far away to reach us, or are inflating away from us faster than their legs of light can run.

  10. Re:Software isn't sold to users on Time To Bring Back the Software User Conference (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    (But do you also make Firefox Quantum Plug-ins?)

  11. Re:Somehow attract serious attendees on Time To Bring Back the Software User Conference (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you're a prime candidate to lead the keynote on Wordpress Admin! When can I sign up to attend?

  12. Re:End of life? on Tokyo To Build 350m Tower Made of Wood (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Popular advice says that you shouldn't compost such wood chips. Small amounts go in the trash.

    Disposal is a good question, for which good answers are available. In "throw away" cultures, the question has implicit assumptions of "doing it cheaply" or engaging in landfill habits.

    In Japan and elsewhere, advanced incineration seems the preferred solution.
    http://www.bvsde.paho.org/bvsa...

  13. Re:Wars and Pollution come to mind on Renewable Energy Set To Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2020, Says Report (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    If the Navy is comfortable funding long-running energy projects, maybe they should join the hunt for fusion reactors too. They'll get another never-ending source of promotions and funding. Think of all the jobs for marketing types who can likewise extol the benefits if they ever get something that works.

    Deliverables, what's that? Are you trying to spoil the party or something?

  14. Re:Use their expertise on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Retrain Old IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    Tell us more! Did you go back? Was it worth it? Did you "nyah, nyah" the guys who kicked you out? Etc.

  15. Hope to see you again soon on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Retrain Old IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    Regardless of all this commentary, please come back to us in a month of so and let's us know what happened to these two guys. Did they stay? Go? Get kicked out? Get upgraded? Or maybe you, as a new manager, suddenly realized you somehow DID need them for exactly whatever it is they do?

    I'm also curious to find out the perspectives and follow-up from these two employees. It seems we have everyone-in-the-world's opinion here except theirs!

  16. Re:Why is any of this notable? on Almost All Bronze Age Artifacts Were Made From Meteorite Iron (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Aha, "He pulled a sword from the stone."
    Now it makes sense.

    Like quickly pulling something out of your hat:
    He pulled a "rapid" out of his hat!
    What a great magician!

  17. Would all that extra water give fish massive new homelands in which to replenish their dwindling stocks? Or maybe the melting freshwater glaciers would dilute the salt too much.

  18. Re:wrong diet on 46% of Americans Now Have High Blood Pressure (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Let me know when the panic hits beer.

  19. Re:There's already -a lot- of OSS in DoD on Pentagon To Make a Big Push Toward Open-Source Software Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Which OSS licenses did you find to be most DoD amenable, when all was said and done?

  20. Re:Oh God, this again? on Bitcoin Gold, the Latest Bitcoin Fork, Explained (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Just use a computational problem which raises the NP-Complete question?

  21. Re:Raise your child properly on Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Though it sounds like he being forced to, due to lack of Mac support. Hence my question.

  22. Maybe he's looking for a site to build one of his new reactor gadgets?

    http://terrapower.com/updates

  23. After reading this article, the next Slashdot in my feed describes a security bug with super-easy exploit, that can subtly control all your devices and read all your data regardless of encryption status. And "nobody important" (aka US gov't) seems to be up in arms about it.

    But I suppose the device has to be powered on and based on Intel CPU.

    https://it.slashdot.org/story/...

  24. Re:Not gonna happen on ESR Sees Three Viable Alternatives To C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 2

    s/Assembler gives you/Assembler potentially can give you/

    Assuming you can get the job done in the first place with it.

  25. Re:Not gonna happen on ESR Sees Three Viable Alternatives To C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    Perl 6 is hardly for amateurs, though it seems to be more for academics than practitioners.