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  1. Two types of languages . . . on Perl is the Most Hated Programming Language, Developers Say (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those people like, and those people use.

  2. DR FlexOS 386 was similar on 30-Year-Old Operating System 'PC-MOS/386' Finally Open Sourced (github.com) · · Score: 1

    It was decent.

  3. Re:back in the day on 30-Year-Old Operating System 'PC-MOS/386' Finally Open Sourced (github.com) · · Score: 1

    You could do some impressive stuff with PICK, with just a knowledge of BASIC.

  4. Duh. Only dems are allowed to do that on US Government Has 'No Right To Rummage' Through Anti-Trump Protest Website Logs, Says Judge (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Nobody seemed to object to Obama spying on his enemies.

  5. Re:I can't even remember now... on Why Is 'Blade Runner' the Title of 'Blade Runner'? (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    But Nourse wrote an entirely different story. Why would the title of Nouse's story be used in the movie?

  6. You seem to be confused.

    CNN, and DNC, were caught manipulating the debates by giving Hillary the questions in advance.

    CNN and MSNBC have both been caught staging news stories.

    So who is the propagandist?

  7. More censorship of politically incorrect speech on YouTube Alters Algorithm To Promote News, Penalize Vegas Shooting Conspiracy Theories (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Social media companies have been doing quite a lot to censor any discussions that do not support the political view of said companies.

  8. Can the free market fix this? on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple and Google competitors. Just start buying from companies that don't suck as bad.

  9. Re:So is this called Terrorism? on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody with any sense is calling this terrorism.

    In deference to what many seem to think: not every act of violence is terrorism.

  10. Re:We need more guns on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Because if guns are illegal they would automatically disappear in a puff of smoke "poof." Just like that.

    The gun he used was already illegal.

  11. Batteries create way more CO2 on California Considers Banning Internal Combustion Engines To Meet Emissions Goals (sacbee.com) · · Score: 1

    At least, according to this:

    Tesla car battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/06/20/tesla-car-battery-production-releases-as-much-co2-as-8-years-of-gasoline-driving/

  12. 1997 - but used Coherent before that on Ask Slashdot: Whatever Happened To the 'Year of Linux on Desktop'? · · Score: 1

    Anybody remember Coherent?

  13. Facebook workers admit to surpressing conservites on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News

    https://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006

  14. Gizmodo on rigged Facebook news & discussion on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Gizmodo has a few articles about how Facebook rigs their service in order to push an agenda. Here are a few Gizmodo articles:

    Facebook Could Rig The General Election... And We Wouldn't Even Notice
    http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/facebook-could-rig-the-general-election-and-we-wouldnt-even-notice/

    Facebook Shruggingly Admits It's a Tool for Propagandists
    https://gizmodo.com/facebook-shruggingly-admits-its-a-tool-for-propagandist-1794722491

  15. Mark Dice made a great video about this on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Mark Dice gives several specific examples of how Facebook rigs their service to push a liberal agenda.

    Five minute video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMip89jp_E&t=0s

  16. SystemD might affect FreeBSD as well on Red Hat Pledges Patent Protection For 99 Percent of FOSS-ware (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If Linux applications are, eventually, made to only run on systemd; then those applications might not work with FreeBSD Linux compatibility layer.

    Or that is how I understand it.

  17. Re: EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Advanced?

    You think an advanced society has people arrested for criticizing Islam?

  18. Re:Who would win in a fight? on Hollywood is Suffering Its Worst-attended Summer Movie Season in 25 years (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be a draw, always is. When good-guy super-heroes fight, nobody wins.

    Although the obvious answer would be Superman.

  19. Crap movies. High prices. Rude patrons. on Hollywood is Suffering Its Worst-attended Summer Movie Season in 25 years (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Who needs it?

  20. Re:Google has their rights... on Google Explains Why It Banned the App For Gab, a Right-Wing Twitter Rival (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but I am not entirely certain Google does have the right to do this.

    Could Microsoft team up with Apple to keep Firefox and/or Chrome from running on Windows or MacOS?

  21. Google ok with advocating violence against right on Google Explains Why It Banned the App For Gab, a Right-Wing Twitter Rival (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Assassination threats against Trump are rampant on twitter. Both Google, and Twitter are fine with that.

    Hatred expressed by BLM, Antifa, or Muslims is also fine with Twitter, and Google.

  22. Censorship and Monopoly on Google Explains Why It Banned the App For Gab, a Right-Wing Twitter Rival (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That is what this is really about, and nothing more.

    I have seen what google censors. It would not be considered "hate speech" by anybody other than a far left loon.

  23. Re: As a vegan on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Cite your source?

  24. Re:As a vegan on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Also a vegan. I would not eat it. If it could be made cheaply enough, it might be good for pet food.

    If other people would eat it, that would be better than what we have now.

    I am perfectly happy with current vegan foods.

  25. What if you are in a room full of people all talking loudly? It would be awfully hard for a computer to isolate your voice.

    Or, what if you are in a place where you have to keep quite?

    Or what if you cannot speak, or speak very well.