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  1. Re:Just like now and like ten years ago on Ask Slashdot: How Will You Be Programming In a Decade? (cheney.net) · · Score: 1

    yeah, not too cynical now ... of course there is new tech, but there will be no "just plug these graphic elements together" programming.
    1) The interface sucks. Code is the same, but more concise.
    2) The real job while coding is logical thinking. Everybode can learn the syntax, not everybody will learn how to use it for something useful.

  2. Re:I can't disable auto updates bcos of vpn on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    turn updates on, start vpn, turn updates off before they start doing anything.

  3. I would not recommend distributions, where it's unclear how long they will be supported. elementary is a rather new small project, they may be gone next year. Debian will be there forever, Ubuntu seems to be here to stay as well.

  4. Re:why isn't that illegal on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It is. Easy reasoning: You have no right at all to use the system. The license grants you the right under certain conditions. If you do not agree to the license, it is illegal for you to use the software. So your click on "accept" either accepts it, or you can be sued for using the software without accepting.

  5. And you'll never be sure to catch all, when a sneaky update brings new spy urls.

  6. Re:Is there a downside to upgrading to 10? on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but this disables a lot, but there is a lot left over, which is not so easy to disable.

  7. Re:Is there a downside to upgrading to 10? on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    No chance. They use hardcoded ip addresses as part of their strategy to avoid being blocked.

  8. Re:Is there a downside to upgrading to 10? on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    1) Its different to prior versions. win7 is much better
    2) Because others do not do better, it does not make right what win10 does.
    3) There is competition, which does better.

  9. Re:Is there a downside to upgrading to 10? on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Its a privacy nightmare. Microsoft reserves every right to do with your data whatever they want and even to delete files / programs on your computer.

  10. Re: I understand the consternation on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    yes, i would.

  11. Just like now and like ten years ago on Ask Slashdot: How Will You Be Programming In a Decade? (cheney.net) · · Score: 1

    Some people think agile frameworks are the best and they need to couple javascript with .net and real java to generate ASP templates or other funky stuff. Other people just do real programming work, just like ten years ago. And they will do so in ten years from now. When node.js is forgotten for a long time, C will still be used with vi. Some stuff does not die. And this is not the hipster frameworks.

  12. Re:So who did it? on HTTP/2.0 Opens Every New Connection It Makes With the Word 'PRISM' (jgc.org) · · Score: 1

    It does. But it does not give you the right to redistribute the result (as long as its not fair use) and no right to demand change from the vendor.

  13. Re:it took 2 1/2 years... on HTTP/2.0 Opens Every New Connection It Makes With the Word 'PRISM' (jgc.org) · · Score: 1

    when it's so obvious, the NSA must be really stupid.

  14. Re:Just don't force me... on Google+ Redesigned (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    You do not want to comment on youtube and you do not want to read the comments there. It's the facebook type of people, who comment there.

  15. Re: Looking for a good one is hard on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    who cares about permissions? most systems have /tmp still on disk. So pull the power cord, boot with hdd read-only and you get all the screencaps from the terminals. use some undelete tool and get even more.

  16. Scam Site on Averaging Inanimate Objects Together Produces a Very Human Face · · Score: 1

    It got a real scam site ... "continue to article in 3 2 1 ...". Are we talking about a warez site or a news site? Would not click again.

  17. Re: browser.pocket.enabled = false on Mozilla Has 'No Plans' To Offer Firefox Without Pocket (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I would always live in fear with windows 10. Fear, that the next update brings tracking stuff, which is not blocked, yet.
    I do not want a cat & mice game, where i always need to hide. I want a system i can trust.

  18. Re:Looking for a good one is hard on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Terminals with libvte are no good idea, they write your screen to /tmp, which might contain private data.

  19. Re:Looking for a good one is hard on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    urxvt + perl-extension for tabs. You need to configure it via .Xresources.

  20. Stupid article on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Selecting between guake / yakuake / konsole / gnome-terminal is pretty pointless.
    if you like a "slide up from top" terminal it does not really matter if guake or yakuake.
    If you want something kde-based or gnome-based, the libraries of yakuake / konsole and guake / gnome-terminal are the same.
    Others like mrxvt, urxvt are completely missing.

  21. Re:Summary lesson: Physical access trumps all. on Self-Encrypting Drives Hardly Any Better Than Software-Based Encryption (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    > there is virtually zero loss of performance
    [citation needed]

  22. people who use the word toxic in such a sense are guaranteed bullshit.
    Toxic behaviour is like "i cannot say its bad, then i would have to prove it".

  23. Re:George Orwell lacked vision on UK Gov't Can Demand Backdoors, Give Prison Sentences For Disclosing Them (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's why it's called human rights. everyone has them, even murderer and nazis.

  24. No, it does not on The Internet Falls For Rumblr, a Fake "Tinder For Fighting" App · · Score: 2

    samzenpus fell for the app, we did not.

  25. Bullshit on The 'Trick' To Algorithmic Coding Interview Questions (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

    Look at his "get_repeat_number" example.
    He claims it to be O(n). But it's of course O(n log(n)), as the log(n) is both in the add as in the contains operation of the set. (if implemented efficiently).

    When i am allowed to just assume every builtin runs in O(1), i propably could solve some NP-hard problems in reasonable time as well.