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  1. Re:Falling Between the Cracks on Universal Basic Income Programs Arrive (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    what do you do about people who squander their money on drugs or gambling?

    Hope that they kill themselves off quickly.

  2. I'm for it for women on Universal Basic Income Programs Arrive (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Having thought a lot about this, I can see it working out if we increase the Income earned tax credit for men, but just gave women a universal income, with some bumps for up to two kids. It would be nice for UBI to eliminate welfare programs, due to a reduction in complexity, but we know that's not how politicians work. They wouldn't be able to help themselves and would constantly twiddle with it, giving more money to the more 'deserving' etc.

  3. Univeristy on Slashdot Asks: How Did You Learn How To Code? · · Score: 1

    Intro to Computer Programming in University.

  4. It's because VisualStudio has a horrible system on Microsoft Declines To Make a 64-Bit Visual Studio (uservoice.com) · · Score: 1

    The Visual Studio engineering system is horrible. You can tell with how over the years Visual Studio is comprised of so many small iterations. Or a new feature is added, and then never worked on again. If they had a decent engineering system they certainly could afford to do a 32-bit and 64-bit build.

  5. Re:Dangerous precedent... on Police Are Filing Warrants For Android's Vast Store Of Location Data (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    So let's follow the rabbit a little bit further down this hole: If the police manage to set a precedent that cell phone location data can be used to establish the location of a given suspect to a particular crime, then what happens when the criminals start leaving their cell phones at home? Does that now qualify as an alibi?

    Is our legal system really ready to go that far down the hole?

    It just becomes one more data point. A witness can lie, and physical evidence can be deceiving. But a lot of good evidence can overwhelm a small piece of circumstantial evidence. The fact that the suspects cell phone places him at home, will probably have investigators look somewhere else for a period of time, but if all of the other evidence points to this being the true perpetrator of the crime, they'll still convict.

    The real rabbit hole will be when someone steals your phone, commits a crime, and then returns your phone.

  6. Re:You have to know how to secure a Windows 10 PC on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    The temporary account thing has been around in Windows for decades. It's very rarely hit. I've always been able to get it to undo by logging out and logging back in. In there in Windows 7 as much as it is in Windows 10.

  7. Re:It Stores More to the Cloud than You Might Thin on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 0

    So your complaint with Windows 10 is that it makes setting up a new computer too easy? Interesting.

  8. Re: Yes on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gee, you'd almost think there was a difference between the operating system on my computer and a third-party website I don't have to use.

    You think Google and Facebook only track when you're visiting their websites?

  9. Re: Yes on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Do you also tell these average persons about the data harvesting that Facebook, and Google do, and convince them to not use Android devices?

  10. Everything but the Media Center on Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10? · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 runs well on all of my Windows computers which aren't the Media Center. I'll have to revisit my options when that machine dies.

  11. Re:Does Microsoft even look at the microblogging s on Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that they've already done so at least twice in the last few months.

    It's what I have followed to keep my Win 7 machines on Win 7 and there has yet to be any attempt to update them to Windows 10.

  12. Re:Does Microsoft even look at the microblogging s on Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Silly rabbit, the next Windows critical security update will fix that registry error you just created.

    I doubt that Microsoft is going to break Microsofts How to manage Windows 10 notification and upgrade options documentation.

  13. Re:That only works until Microsoft... on Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt it, given that it's been the officially documented way to avoid this. And it's been my experience as well with non-domain joined machines.

  14. Does Microsoft even look at the microblogging site on Massive Backlash Building Over Windows 10 Upgrades (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft doesn't even look at the micro blogging site, what good does complaining on it do?

    Oh, and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v "DisableOSUpgrade" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1

  15. Re:What could possibly go wrong... on Microsoft May Ban Your Favorite Password (securityweek.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you propose should be done differently to keep accounts safe?

  16. Re:Same thing in Canada on Netflix and Amazon Could Face Content Quotas In Europe (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Your argument is that Ukraine deserved to be taken over because Ukrainians didn't have enough locally produced content. I disagree; that's a horrible reason for invasion.

  17. Re:Same thing in Canada on Netflix and Amazon Could Face Content Quotas In Europe (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    While I don't agree with the reasoning, I at least understand the argument for broadcast media. There's a limited amount of channels, the government licenses out the channels, and a certain amount of local content is desirable. But with pay-per-view, or subscription services, it makes no sense.

  18. Re:Give the option on Google Chrome To Disallow Backspace As a 'Back' Button (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Was that so hard?

    It's not that it's hard, it's that after so many years of having if() statements spread all through out the code to handle very minor use cases, code become unwieldy. Around the same time users complain that your program is "bloated", and having so many options is confusing. So when you have a situation that annoys 99% of your user base, but 1% like (but honestly can do without), you make the decision to remove the if() statement, so the code can be leaner and cleaner.

  19. Why do we have to suffer because some idiots can't manage to make sure their cursor is in a text box?

    You're not suffering, you still have a keyboard short cut. Sometimes the computer decides to change focus on you in the middle of typing. It's very annoying when a backspace is involved.

  20. I've hated backspace as a navigation option as well as space bar as page down. I have a page down button, I don't need the space bar to do it too. Use case, my toddler is perfectly happy to let me read the internet, so long as she can bang away on the biggest key on the keyboard (the space bar).

  21. Wouldn't a normal person realize that this is online, and that they can just walk away? It's not like this is your physical neighbors doing this, where it really would be reasonably difficult to solve the problem. Find something else to do online.
    This sounds like someone who wants more attention than what they're getting.

  22. If you want it unlocked on Campaign Demands Telecoms Unlock the FM Radio Found in Many Smartphones (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    If you want it unlocked get a Windows Phone. They don't bother to lock it on those.

  23. Re: Sleeper hit? on Google Chirp To Rival Amazon Echo · · Score: 1

    I really hate anything amazon for some reason, with the exeption of ordering items from their website.

    You're the type of consumer where once a company fits if your mind as doing "x" you only allow them to do "x". You don't want a company to be good at multiple things; it doesn't fit into the boxes in your brain where you store things.

  24. Re:The Day the Earth Stood Still on 'Technology Will Replace the Need For Big Government' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Original. Haven't seen the remake.

  25. Re:Problem is accountability on Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Why should Facebook be accountable to the government for issues which don't involve, taxation, and employment?