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  1. The Makers Rule on Should Parents End 'Screen Time' For Children? (indianexpress.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Children should not be allowed to use computers of any sort until they are able to build their own.

  2. Use a Fast Remote Desktop on What To Do If the Laptop Ban Goes Global (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll just use a generic, low end laptop with maybe Arch or Ubuntu and one of our fast remote desktops. Works great and I don't need anything special on the client since it runs in the browser. You do have to trust Amazon or Azure and Frame to some extent, but that's better than trusting random baggage handlers and the TSA.

    You could do something similar with a phone, but would need a keyboard and monitor and maybe a dock like the HP X3. I'd love to just have a generic deck that could cast to a TV and use a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad combo. I'm sure that's coming with the direction phones are going.

    But I agree the real fix would be to elect leaders that can solve real problems instead of knee-jerk grandstanding. I'd rather fly with no security at all than give up my freedom. (Disclaimer, I work for Frame, but my opnions are my own)

  3. Attack of "The Cyber" on Ukraine's Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack, Says Power Supplier (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    They're going to need to call in a real expert for this one: http://www.gocomics.com/tomthe...

  4. I crossed the Uncanny Valley at Pong on Game Developers' Quest To Cross the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    That left paddle was hot!

  5. Google Docs is Open Source? on UK Government May Switch from MS Office to Open Source · · Score: 1

    > could be cut by switching to free 'open-source' software, such as OpenOffice, or Google Docs.

    Where is the source for Google Docs?

  6. They couldn't name it after the Sky cloud offering on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    So they named it after the Canoncial cloud offering, which is also called "One"? What's next "Dropship" maybe "MineCloud"? It's like they hired some clickbait spammer to name projects.

  7. What I've Learned From My Own Experience on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Improve My Memory For Study? · · Score: 2

    I suffered a brain injury at the age of five due to head trauma. I've had several issues over the years including memory and other cognitive problems.
    Over the years, I've developed various coping strategies (lists, mnemonic tricks, remapping tasks to take advantage of strengths and minimize weaknesses).
    The most useful thing I've learned is that most people have to make up for deficits, and you are not at all unusual.

    The advice on exercise and healthy eating make sense in general, but you will also need to create some unfair advantages for yourself. Rather than depending on your own, natural memory, spend some focused time on mnemonic gimmicks. They aren't the same as learning, but they will allow you to carry lists around in your head like the world's most ingenious cheat sheet.

    I've had good results with an old copy of You Can Remember By Dr. Bruno Furst. There may be better courses I don't know about, but this one gave me a bag of tricks I use every day to function almost as if I had a normal to exceptional memory.

    It's just a bag of tricks though, and only a doctor specializing in cognitive issues related to sleep disorders is likely to be able to help you with the root cause.

  8. Re:Perjury? on Warner Bros. Admits To Issuing Bogus Takedowns · · Score: 1

    ...
    Isn't making a false statement under the DMCA essentially like perjury? And if it is, why isn't someone being charged criminally?
    ...
    And don't tell me it's a civil matter, because the *AAs have gotten enforcement of this ramped up to a federal crime.
     

    The only crime that matters is annoying someone with power.
    Who with power was annoyed by WB lying?
    See? No crime.

  9. Not the main Chinese exchange on Chinese Bitcoin Exchange Vanishes, Taking £2.5m of Coins With It · · Score: 2

    I've never heard of GBL.

    The big Chinese exchange is BTC China.

  10. Re:Morning Workout to a Video and Treadmill Desk on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    > Thanks for the no-duh moment, googling 'treadmill desk' was so obvious.

    I actually gave you quite a few specifics. No links, because I didn't intend to promote any particular brand. Normally, I would be happy to give you more detail about the treadmill desk I've used for several years now and how well it's worked out and the issues raised and resolved at work, that sort of thing. Over that time, walking 8 hours a day had a small positive impact on my cardio fitness and a big positive impact on skeletal/muscle resilience and comfort. But your attitude actually makes me enjoy whatever small suffering your life may bring.

    You really need to learn how to interact with humans who haven't been paid to pretend they like you.

  11. Morning Workout to a Video and Treadmill Desk on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 2

    I do the Power90 workout with my wife six mornings a week before going to work, then I have a treadmill desk at work where I walk all day as I code, read, surf, post on /. If we have a really early or hectic day ahead we move the workout to before dinner. If we're sick or injured in some way we modify the workout a bit. The big secret is not to push hard, just show up and keep moving. The workout is for cardio and strength, the treadmill desk wiped out any aches and pains and bad posture from hunching over and typing for 20 odd years.

    Give yourself three months of drill instructor attitude to get in the habit and aim at 3 years to measure your results, just to avoid any short-term thinking. That worked great for us, and now it's just natural to get up and do it.

    That's pretty much all you need.

  12. Companies that might build an Ubuntu Phone on Who Would Actually Build an Ubuntu Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    But which company would actually build such a device?

    Amazon is a possibility if they don't want to have all of their eggs in the Android basket. They've proven they can manage manufacturing, and no one does distribution better.

  13. I'll Shop Locally Online on Ask Slashdot: Will You Shop Local Like President Obama, Or Online? · · Score: 1

    My wife and I actually run two websites, one for local artists, artisans and crafters and another for local service businesses, so people in our county can gift shop locally online.

  14. Re:Cue the hatred of hip hop artists on Brain Scans of Rappers and Jazz Musicians Shed Light On Creativity · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm sure this thread will have lots of blather about how hip hop lyrics are (not) valid artistic expressions.

    To support your argument that Hip Hop follows a long tradtion:

    LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
    of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
    we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
    Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
    from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
    awing the earls. Since erst he lay
    friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
    for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
    till before him the folk, both far and near,
    who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
    gave him gifts: a good king he!

    Beowulf (Prologue)

    or

    Yo! I know you heard of the Scyldings already
    When battle went down, the kings were deadly, swords steady
    Each one did whatever he said he
    Would do, and to grab onto more glory was ready.
    Scyld started their line, looked mighty fine
    Just a baby found a-bobbin' in a boat
    Grew great so kings gave him silver and gold

    The Beowulf Rap

  15. Awesome on Jonathan Coulton Re-records 'Code Monkey' For Us · · Score: 1

    Loved the original, and this version is fun. The lights on the monome were a show all by themselves.

  16. Re:What if they are right? on Physicists Devise Test For Whether the Universe Is a Simulation · · Score: 1

    No, the "Chuck" in question is Chuck Moore, and the universe is thus written in Forth (aka "Toaster code", or "back to front lisp" [stacks instead of lists] if you wish.).

    I can , in fact, confirm that Chuck Moore is God.

    The strange and paradoxical puzzles of physics are nothing more than the universe expressing itself in Reverse Polish Notation.

    No discussion of creating simulated universes is complete without a reference to Forth. After all, what's the very first language you bootstrap on a new architecture so you can get right to work?

    And ColorForth changed my thinking about code in ways I can't begin to list. Interestingly, Chuck Moore lives a few minutes from me.

  17. Re:How about? on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 1

    Caveat Stultus.

    Even better.

  18. Carpe PAC on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 1

    A better name would be Carpe PAC.

  19. Woohoo! on Damn Small Linux Rises From the Dead With a 4.11 RC1 Release · · Score: 1

    Glad to see it back. I loved having DSL on a USB. I've been using Arch for that lately, but I have trouble remembering how to get it setup after long periods without using it. Hopefully this will also work on my old EEE PC netbook. I'm using Arch and E there too, but never did get around to making it autosense wifi and that sort of thing. As I recall DSL did that very well out of the box.

  20. Packaging is an Engineering and Design Problem on Apple Gets the Importance of Packaging; Why Doesn't Google? · · Score: 1

    That makes it at least somewhat interesting.

    I haven't received my Nexus 7 yet, but it surprises me that it's poorly packaged. My original ASUS eee had a box so nice (a very Apple-like white box with lid inside a slide-off sleeve) I mounted it on the wall and turned it into a cabinet.

    One other player that the summary didn't mention is Amazon. Their packaging for Kindle is awesome.

    For me the packaging says something about the thought that went into the product from the very top down. Sushi wouldn't be nearly as much fun if it were just slopped on a plate with an ice cream scoop.

  21. Hmm, Failed After One Question on Chatbot Eugene Wins Biggest Turing Test Ever · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Can a horse drive a car?" Still a fun chatbot though.
    Also failed on, "Could you restate my last question in your own words?"

    Those are going to continue to be tough for a chatbot for awhile longer, world knowledge and conversation context.

  22. Quite a Few Online IDEs to chose from. on Ask Slashdot: No-Install Programming At Work? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I take your question to mean that you want to program but aren't allowed to add anything to your work machine, including binary files that don't require an installer to run. That's typically how I've seen that sort of rule interpreted.

    You mentioned an interest in HTML/CSS and presumably javascript.

    You might enjoy JSFiddle

    If you would like to try other languages or other approaches, there are online IDEs for that too:

    ShiftEdit - Online IDE | ShiftEdit
    ECCO -Web-based IDE
    Cloud IDE
    WIODE
    CodeRun
    Cloud9 IDE
    http://www.codeanywhere.net

    And some more lists and reviews:
    http://speckyboy.com/2010/07/25/the-most-powerful-and-feature-rich-web-based-code-editors-ides/

    Another option would be to look at some of the free shell account vendors online, but you seemed mostly interested in GUI IDEs so that might not be your thing.

    If you want a fun, short read about why you might want to reconsider the command line, check out In the Beginning Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

  23. Passfault Is an Eye-Opener on LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked Online · · Score: 1

    I really hate to link xkcd but they are on the money with this one.
    http://xkcd.com/936/

    I'm getting tired of having to have ridiculous passwords, now I'm just either ALWAYS making the first character an uppercase because it's easier, or doing quick pattern based passwords for the ultra fussy systems.
    123qwe!@#QWE - that's surprisingly quick to input yet keeps those stupid systems quiet.

    They can have my linked-in hash. Based on a similar pattern is should take 11945132084526 centuries to crack according to passfault.

    For the lame systems that insist on bad passwords, I just generate something random in keepassX

  24. I have a treadmill desk at work on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Future of Standing/Walking Workstations? · · Score: 1

    I bought a treadmill that was designed to handle running slowly all day long and which has a low profile to slide under my engineering workstation.

    I run it at about 1.5 mph all day long and it's very easy to type at that speed after a few days of acclimation.
    I imagine a job with quite a bit of mouse work would be a little more difficult, but my trackpad/wrist rest works fine.

    It's much easier on my body walking all day as opposed to sitting or standing. The first week I wore my usual hiking boots and was in alot of pain, but switching to good running shoes that fit made all the difference.

    My whole setup is:
    An Anthro cart.
    A Treaddesk treadmill.
    A unicomp M4 keyboard.
    An IOne Libra 35-T wristpad trackpad.
    And Asics GT-2170 shoes.

    Works great for me.

  25. Re:You will never loose users on Startup Skips IE Support, Claims $100,000 Savings · · Score: 1

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

    Oops. I knew better.

    On the other hand it would be cool to be able to loose users like trained attack monkeys.