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  1. Re:Chrome and Android are Linux hosted ... on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    With a little posix support in Fuchsia a bunch of Android NDK based app might not care if the Linux kernel is replaced. Certainly the far more common pure Android/Java apps would not care.

    Except to the extent that whatever you replace it with will probably suck more... slower, have fewer network connectivity options, less hardware support, buggier, etc.

  2. Re:Chrome and Android are Linux hosted ... on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Is Android a GNU/Linux distribution? No, because it doesn't have the GNU userland, it has the Android userland. That makes it it's own Linux distribution separate from GNU/Linux, that we could theoretically call Android/Linux.

    What is theoretical about that?

  3. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    CNN just reports the news, and indeed, they report being shocked/outraged/horrified by it. Thanks for that, I'm shocked by it too. Think Hindenberg, humanity. To get away from it, you need to watch less Trump, but then, there's a risk with that strategy too.

    Did CNN report the fact that Hillary paid for the Trump dossier with the shock and outrage...

    Why, yes, they did. Trump isn't the only asshole in the crack house, big revelation. However, he is by far the most dangerous asshole in the history of the United States since the civil war.

    shock and outrage they show with all their anti-Trump propaganda?

    What you call "propaganda", an unbiased observer would call "easily verifiable facts". Conclusion: you are not an unbiased observer. Chances are, you are a Russian, but if you are not but are instead busily engaged in selling out your own people, then you are even more contemptible. Two words for you and your ilk: ankle bracelet.

  4. I have a real issue with this on Microsoft Quietly Announces End of Last Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a real issue with Microsoft calling this an "upgrade". Truth in advertising?

  5. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Same thing, different side.

    I will thank you not to claim a false equivalence between legitimate journalism and the likes of of Fox and Breitbart.

  6. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    CNN just reports the news

    And if they can't find any news that directly supports their chosen narrative, they simply make some up

    Excuse me, that would be Foxbart.

  7. Re:Give that (wo)man a medal! on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Give that (wo)man a medal! Hmm, actually, a gofundme. Really.

    Wow, the Ivans found this post too!

  8. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They're a window into the confusing mind of a very powerful man.

    More like, a window into his butt.

    Triggered, Ivan?

    Wow, the Ivans really don't like the association with Trump's butt. I totally understand, having to spend so much time licking out Vlad's butt and all.

  9. Re:Who gives a shit? on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Good point, Google has common carrier status, Twitter doesn't. Twitter will follow in Google's footsteps for the same reasons, as soon as they acquire the legal competence. So let's just say "future common carrier status" above.

  10. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Troll

    They're a window into the confusing mind of a very powerful man.

    More like, a window into his butt.

    Triggered, Ivan?

  11. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 0, Troll

    They're a window into the confusing mind of a very powerful man.

    More like, a window into his butt.

  12. Re:The REAL question is on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    maybe you should watch less CNN

    CNN just reports the news, and indeed, they report being shocked/outraged/horrified by it. Thanks for that, I'm shocked by it too. Think Hindenberg, humanity. To get away from it, you need to watch less Trump, but then, there's a risk with that strategy too.

  13. Re:What's wrong with that? on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It isn't an individual employee's place to judge who/what is appropriate.

    Let's vote on it, then. Popular vote, thank you.

  14. Re:Who gives a shit? on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    They're completely free to be as biased as they want to...

    No, they are not. Bias would jeopardize their common carrier status.

  15. Re:Who gives a shit? Everyone should... on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Twitter is probably considered a "Public" means of communications (or a public utility). Just like the telephone...

    Common carrier is the legal term you're looking for. Yes, megatechs guard that status jealously, it helps keep employee costs down.

  16. Give that (wo)man a medal! on Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President Donald Trump's Account (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    Give that (wo)man a medal! Hmm, actually, a gofundme. Really.

  17. Give that (wo)man a medal! on Ask Slashdot: Why Do We Still Commute? (citylab.com) · · Score: 0

    Give that (wo)man a medal! Hmm, actually, a gofundme. Really.

  18. Make every day a last day. on Ask Slashdot: Why Do We Still Commute? (citylab.com) · · Score: 0

    Make every day a last day, every hour a last hour, every minute a last minute. Blessed sanity.

  19. Re:That answers that on Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Google Docs has a big advantage over LibreOffice: sharing. If you want to do collaborative editing, you may find that Google Docs works better than sending LO files all over the place and trying to keep track of modifications.

    If you must, then do a quick round of collab for the draft then get your valuable document the hell off. That temporary convenience does not come close to outweighing the risk. In my experience, by far the largest amount of work on any given document is done exclusively by one person, and web collaboration comes off looking a lot like koolaid.

  20. Re:That answers that on Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This advice applies to Gmail and its ilk too,

    That doesn't help, because the send you send email to or from is (anymore) just about certain to be using gmail as well. So Google gets a copy of your mail no matter what you do locally.

    Most of the people I correspond with do not use Gmail, perhaps because they tend to be more technically literate than average. When corresponding with Gmailers, I take great care with the information content.

    Truth: sending serious email from a free webmail account makes you look bad. Never correspond with a prospective employer or client that way. Never use webmail for your business, just don't. Webmail is great for registering to sites you don't care about, and are probably going to spam you.

  21. Re:Supply-side problems... on Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's just wait and see if Apple's aversion to other people's silicon hastens its decline.

  22. Re:Supply-side problems... on Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I am skeptical that Apple can go solo on manufacturing, especially with their market share on the wane. As far as I can see, swearing off Qualcomm just means buying more Samsung.

    Wow, Apple spinmods really don't like other people's opinions. Color me not surprised, this is 100% typical of Apple culture, that once great company. What happened.

  23. Re:I call BS on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Toslink is being supplanted by HDMI and Bluetooth...

    Supplanted maybe, but superseded, no. As many have pointed out, HDMI does not support audio-only in any acceptable way, and basically forces you to put video equipment in the path, and get tormented by crappy/complex/fragile copyright crypto. Fortunately, there is an easy solution: USB digital out dongles are cheap and readily available, for basically whatever format you need.

  24. Re: Qualcomm deserve to die on Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The Applephone is the boomer phone.

    True, and Apple is dying about as fast as boomers are, iow, faster each year.

  25. Re:Supply-side problems... on Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    I am skeptical that Apple can go solo on manufacturing, especially with their market share on the wane. As far as I can see, swearing off Qualcomm just means buying more Samsung.