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  1. Kik released a version with group video chat last week.

  2. Re:Maybe it's people fleeing Oracle? on Is Microsoft 'Reaping the Rewards' From Open-Sourcing Its .NET Core? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Please hold your breath while you look for an example of MS making a development tool available and then charging a license fee for its use after the fact. Take a couple hours to be thorough. And make sure to hold your breath the entire time.

  3. Re:It worked for us... on Is Microsoft 'Reaping the Rewards' From Open-Sourcing Its .NET Core? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You're an idiot. No one doing server-side processing is running their code in a browser, even if there is output that might be viewed in a browser. I don't know that C# is quite ready for HPC, but you definitely aren't doing that in browser.

  4. Polygamy does not have to mean that the females have multiple male partners, and usually doesn't. It doesn't matter how many female partners a male has. He will be just as (un)sure of the parentage.

  5. Re:Audio on Bluetooth 5 Is Here (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends. Higher range requires higher transmission power. So, for the one using the BT device, you'll get less interference from other devices. Until they all upgrade to BT5, of course.

  6. And if no one shows up to answer your call, email or letter, or even just the doorbell? You can have a defunct company that has to honor a warranty, but you can't make any individual show up to help you. What are you going to do to the company to force compliance? Fine it? Dissolve it?

  7. Re:That's still just postscript (zipped) on Adobe Flash Responsible For Six of the Top 10 Bugs Used By Exploit Kits In 2016 (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Adobe didn't create Flash either. It was created by Macromedia, who was bought by Adobe.

  8. That's precisely why I carry one. And for those cases where it doesn't work, well, I have an umbrella.

  9. Re:New Apple spx: Donald Trump on Apple, Which Doesn't Reveal Watch Sales Data, Says Watch Sales Are Great (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know whether to commend you for missing the reference to the recent US Presidential campaign or to castigate you for missing obvious satire.

  10. Re:Get ready to lose your verified status again on Facebook Begins Asking Users To Rate Articles' Use of 'Misleading Language' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen a fair amount of misleading journalism from Slashdot lately.

    You must be new here.

  11. Re: Overpriced on Apple Says It Is Working On Self-Driving Cars (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    ... and then 'just happen' to catch fire?

    I believe that's Samsung's feature.

  12. Re:Yearly upgrades! on Apple Says It Is Working On Self-Driving Cars (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    one will need a heavy duty wench

    I'm afraid to ask...

  13. Re:Apple products.... on Apple Says It Is Working On Self-Driving Cars (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unfortunately, you do still breathe.

  14. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    A bakery should be able to choose not to provide service for an event of which they disapprove. There is no legal protection for discrimination against same-sex weddings, and anyone, even a business, should be free to not participate in any way.

    I happen to agree that discriminating based on the sexual preference of the customer should be illegal. If a homosexual is marrying someone of the opposite gender, the bakery should not be able to refuse service, as that doesn't violate the religious sensibilities of the baker.

  15. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    And so? The GP never claimed that he isn't any of those things. He only said that someone who believes so will be predisposed to taking every utterance of his negatively.

  16. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    You are conflating two uses of the word private. When we say Twitter is a private company, we mean it's not a government corporation. To contrast, the USPO is not a private company because Congress has direct control over its operation.

  17. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    A bakery should be able to refuse to support an activity or event of which they do not approve. If a gay man is marrying a woman (perfectly OK with Christians), they should not be able to refuse service just because the customer is gay. That's discrimination that has been deemed illegal. Refusing to cater (provide a cake for) a wedding between two men should be perfectly legal because private persons have a right of (dis)association.

  18. Re: Finally, the gloves will come off! on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A biological basis is irrelevant. Race is used as a way to group people. Humans love putting things in categories, and other humans are no exception. You can get over your whole "there's no such thing as race" crap, because it's totally irrelevant to the way the term is used.

  19. Re: Trump is love on Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    No. He's talking about Hillary's husband.

  20. Re:FB is a de facto monopoly, just like Microsoft on Facebook Cuts Off Competitor Prisma's API Access (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    ... in that he is specifically looking for what is best for the people

    You are correct that he's no conservative, but this is just bullshit. Trump is a Trumpist. He doesn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks or wants. He, like any politician, will tell you what you want to hear to get your vote, but he doesn't give a shit about saying the opposite to the guy standing next to you. He has no shame at all, and only cares about himself.

    Presidential elections have been a popularity contest since at least the advent of television. Trump, for all his intellectual failings, instinctively understands this, and he capitalized on it. Clinton, for all her skill and experience in politics, has none as an entertainer.

  21. Re:Umm, this is an anti-trust suit in the making on Facebook Cuts Off Competitor Prisma's API Access (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    You literally used literally incorrectly, you illiterate loser.

  22. Re:Nobody likes the Mac App Store on The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    The idea is great. If you're the type to purchase apps (I'm not), having one place with thousands of apps makes purchase really simple. I doubt there are many, besides the wing-nuts who hang out here, who would use MacOS and not trust Apple with payment details.

  23. Re:Citation needed on The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    You just cited it, you moron.

  24. Re:Just a sec - on The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all knockoffs are illegal.

  25. Re: He sounds like an idiot on Ask Slashdot: Has Your Team Ever Succumbed To Hype Driven Development? (daftcode.pl) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People around here hate C# (those that do) because it's from MS. When it comes to MS, there are no technical merits that can redeem the technology. They are not rational people. Most of them probably don't even program for a living.