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  1. Re:No you shouldn't: (GNU/)Linux is not centralise on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Dream on. RH/MS controls Linux.

    Why do you think Debian is using that systemd crap? It is not because Debian loves it, it's because Debian felt they no choice. Read the email lists. Systemd was forced on Linux, by the powers that really control Linux.

    The only Linux distros that do not use systemd are bit players, stuff for hobbyists. Industry and government is all systemd, or soon will be. Systemd was forced on the community by Redhat, nobody wanted it.

  2. > And anyway, Red Hat already have a huge head start.

    Redhat and MS are partners now, so they are working together to ruin Linux as we know it - or used to know it.

  3. MS + RedHat + Systemd == EEE on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Not hard to figure out.

    MS/Redhat now own Linux. Everybody else is just hobbyist bit player.

  4. Twitter is fine with leftist hate and threats on Twitter Asks For Help Fixing Its Toxicity Problem (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    But censors even the most moderate conservatives.

    Conservatives have been banned for opinions, and facts. Even when done so in perfectly polite manner.

    Tweets promoting killing Trump, killing all police, and killing all whites, are all over twitter.

  5. Typical libtard on Twitter Asks For Help Fixing Its Toxicity Problem (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Too stupid to have any real thoughts. So just parrots memes.

  6. Users can block those they don't like on Twitter Asks For Help Fixing Its Toxicity Problem (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    No need for all of Twitter's abusive censorship.

  7. Google's laughable manipulation of search results on YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Look up the following on images.google.com

    American inventors
    white inventors
    white couples
    white women with children
    white man and white woman
    European history people

    If you think the search results are coincidental, try searching "Asian couples" or "black inventors" or something.

  8. SPLC is in charge on YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=O-LXSbgzgBo

  9. Re:Incompetence on YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny how the "mistakes" all go one way.

    Funny how it is always conservatives, even very moderate conservatives, who get demonetized and/or censored.

  10. Why use Apple TV? Expensive and inferior. on Apple To Suspend iTunes Store Support For 'Obsolete' First-Gen Apple TV (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Roku or Kodi or Firesticks are less expensive in every way. Also more supported.

    I don't hate Apple. Apple makes some great stuff, if you don't mind paying 4X as much as similar tech from competitors.

    But I see no good reason to use Apple TV.

    Maybe I'm missing something?

  11. Why was parent post voted down? on Dart 2: Google's Language Rebooted For Web and Mobile Developers (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if you don't entirely agree, you have to admit, the guy has some valid points.

  12. How long has this predicted? How often correct? on 'Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I can remember this sort of thing being predicted in movies, and twilight zone episodes, from the 1950s.

    Technology is going replace humans! They took our jobs!

    It is hard for me to take this threat serious, when the alarmists have been wrong for so many decades.

    BTW: direct dialing increased the need for telephone operators.

  13. Old episode of South Park - ladder to heaven on Tokyo To Build 350m Tower Made of Wood (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    This has already been done.

  14. Isn't Russia responsible for everything? on UK Blames Russia For Cyber Attack, Says Won't Tolerate Disruption (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Russia, Russia, Russia!

    Two years ago, Russia was just another country, with a GDP about the same as Italy's.

    Now, if you get a flat tire, it's Russia's fault.

    And Russia is siding with right? When did that happen?

    No actual evidence of course, that would be silly.

  15. Re:Always to "improve product" on Ubuntu Wants To Collect Data About Your System -- Starting With 18.04 LTS (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    > If they really care why is there no way to ask end users? Why does there appear to not be software to facilitate any kind of feedback? If it is so important why does it appear to not exis

    As Fleetwood Mac said: "don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to."

  16. Re:Your advice please... on Ubuntu Wants To Collect Data About Your System -- Starting With 18.04 LTS (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not use Devuan?

    Devuan GNU Linux 1.0 overview : software freedom, your wayy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2_hz3beqw

  17. Devuan GNU Linux 1.0 overview : software freedom, your way
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2_hz3beqw

  18. Re:Where are the #GoVegan comments on Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe because the subject has nothing to do with veganism?

    Vegan food can be just as processed as non-vegan food.

  19. Re:Sounds like those Organic Libtards... on Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Organic != not preprocessed.

    Organic food can be processed. Unprocessed food need not be organic.

  20. The course would be taught by a commie instructors. They would teach students that commie propaganda, and censoring dissenting opinions, are the only ethical things to do.

  21. When conservatives accuse CNN of fake news, they mean CNN caught red-handed deliberately lying.

    When liberals speak of "fake news" they mean anything that does not fit their agenda.

    Don't believe me? Care to explain why PragerU videos are being restricted by Google?

    Who Will Google Silence Next
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giNJwXiktZ0

  22. Re:Several things off the top of my head on Ask Slashdot: What Is Missing In Tech Today? · · Score: 1

    > Software engineers make nearly double the median household income, so it's hard to feel sorry for y'all

    Because it's not as if they have any more training or ability than a Walmart greeter.

  23. Better tech for disabled & safety on Ask Slashdot: What Is Missing In Tech Today? · · Score: 1

    We are almost there.

    For example, if voice controls were a little better people who don't have good use of their hands, or maybe visually impaired, could send emails, or more easily operate the television. We have tech now that will manage some of this, but not all of it.

    Controls in cars that could be used without having to take hands off the wheel, or eyes off the road, would be helpful.

    Maybe tech for elderly that would automatically turn off the stove, or turn off water, or lock doors and windows, in case they forget.

    All of this stuff seems easily feasible without any technological breakthroughs.

  24. Will Disney take over & make it awful? on Firefly Canon To Expand With Series of Original Books (ew.com) · · Score: 0

    I think that's the way these things go.

    I think Disney would like to see a more feminized SJW Firefly.

  25. By "offensive" they include moderate conservatives on YouTube Will Remove Ads, Downgrade Discoverability of Channels Posting Offensive Videos (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    PragerU - think of them what you will - creates videos that are certainly not offensive, or inappropriate for any age.

    Yet PragerU has had many videos put into restricted mode.

    Who Will Google Silence Next?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giNJwXiktZ0