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  1. Re:Then you have two problemsScott on You Can Now Run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3 (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    "more of a dare (like scottish cuisine) "
    Somebody has been watching 'So I Married an Axe Murderer"....

  2. The consumption will go down rapidly on Decaf Tea Found In The Wild (asianscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Now that I've moved back to England... My six-pot-a-day habit will have a serious impact....

  3. Here's a recent hack I learned... on 'The Word Hack is Meaningless and Should Be Retired' (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1
  4. this is the idea of Qubes. I didn't think I'd be able to use it as my primary OS, but set myself a challenge to use it on a month-long trip to the UK, surprisingly it worked out pretty well and I use Qubes now as my main OS.

  5. Re:Xerox Alto on Are Widescreen Laptops Dumb? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the sickening crunch when the person in front of you on the plane reclines their seat...

  6. They spent so much on Coutinho that they had no money left for licensing fees...

  7. Trevor Dickinson. STFU. on The Real Inside Story of How Commodore Failed (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    All through that interview I just wanted that Trevor Dickinson guy to stfu. He didn't seem to add anything of any value to the conversation, and ended up just interrupting David Pleasance. Really irritating man.

  8. liquid lunches and late nights on Say Goodbye To Spain's Glorious Three-Hour Lunch Break (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    I worked in Spain many times when I was still living in England. We would typically turn up around 9AM and work till around 3PM, then take 2-3 hours for lunch, and then go back to work till about 10-10:30PM and then leave to go and have dinner.
    It was hard to adapt, especially if the previous week I had been working in Germany or something like that, where it's a 07:30-08:00 start, an hour for lunch, and then knock off no later than 6PM.
    One nice lunch I vaguely remember in Spain:
    3x beers
    Some meat on a plate that you cooked yourself over a little stove
    2x jugs of Sangria
    Some doughnuts that you dip in a chocolate
    3x shots of aguardiente (or some other liquor)
    a token espresso

  9. Still no 32GB option... on Apple Announces New iMacs With Better Screens And Modern Processors; Refreshes MacBook Lineup (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I already committed to a Dell XPS 32GB for my next laptop though, I didn't have any faith on Apple being "courageous" enough to compromise on making a model that's slightly thicker than a previous model.

  10. close my web browser on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work? · · Score: 1

    turn off chat apps...

  11. 6510 Assembly on Slashdot Asks: What Was Your First Programming Language? (stanforddaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Though I did dabble with a bit of BASIC to get the hang of things before that, but ditched it pretty quickly. I suppose my first real "language" was Turbo Pascal quite a bit later.

  12. Re:Without a doubt... on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 1

    Nice! I'll try and convince my wife and son to watch it with me. They both mock me when I suggest Dark Star (every time) they ask what we should watch...

  13. Re:A fascinating look on Internet Archive Adds Early Macintosh OS and App Emulators (macstories.net) · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure that the Woz is still alive, and actively posting to /. Mr. TheWoz, can you confirm????

  14. Re:Without a doubt... on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 1

    Not to my knowledge, I only replaced my VHS tape about six years ago with a DVD version of it, and that was hard enough to find at the time...

  15. Without a doubt... on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dark Star!

  16. and it didn't cost them a dime...

  17. Re:Some good news at last on Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies In Stockholm Attack (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    I suppose you would feel different about it if it was your mother that had died, especially as that would mean you would have to move out of her basement.

  18. Re: Hmm on Boy, 4, Uses Siri To Help Save Mum's Life (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    so, we're holding it wrong again?

  19. Re: Hmm on Boy, 4, Uses Siri To Help Save Mum's Life (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Time for the obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  20. I only ever run Windows as a VM anyway.

  21. Just provide the following details and we will search the leaked database to determine if your details are compromised.

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  22. Yep, my ID shows that...

  23. I don't know if I've ever seen comments so long that they require footnotes.

  24. Re: Good on The City of Munich Might Stick With Linux (fsfe.org) · · Score: 1

    Or a Linux-Linux?

  25. Just one more thing on EU Announces Deal To End All Wireless Roaming Charges (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    that we Brits will miss out on...