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  1. Re:Turned off by default in firefox on Several Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click-Tracking 'Hyperlink Auditing' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    What people that want to track click do today is bring you to their website and issue a 302 to redirect you to the destination website. What this feature allowed was to remove the necessary hop, and thus would make the web faster.

    But since Firefox did not activate it by default, everyone is still redirected through domains everytime they click a link.

    Not sure it's an actual win. Firefox do not remove a feature by disabling this, they forbid an optimization.

  2. Re:Urban heat? on Canada Warming At Twice the Global Rate, Report Finds (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    Average is (Tmax + Tmin) / 2 ??? Damn, you lost me there. That's one hell of a simplification, not mentionning 100% wrong.

  3. If it were just about technical superiority, Amiga, Netscape, and Wordperfect also would have won.

    Netscape 4 was a monumental piece of crap that had nothing at all to envy to IE4. Sorry, but on that one you got it reversed. IE4 brought the DOM and true dynamic content. Netscape was still on a staticly parsed page that you could do nothing with. Plus it crashed every other hour.

  4. You must be remembering wrong. Apple Mac switched CPU twice already, and it was after Jobs returned to the company so that was the rebirth of the Mac.

    They (almost) killed the Mac once before, while doing nothing with it.

  5. 2. asking interviewee for info is pretty prevalent in the Silicon Valley. for one, the company asking does not sign an NDA. it is the interviewee who has signed the NDA and hold the responsibility to guard such secrets.

    So let's ignore any legal implications for a moment. Would you hire someone who would so readily spill the trade secrets of their current/former employer? I sure wouldn't. Because if they'll do it to them they'll do it to you. That is a question that says more about the character of the interviewee than it does the hiring company. Assuming legal niceties are observed, this would be a question to determine NOT to hire someone if they answer anything other than saying they either do not know or cannot divulge.

    The point of such interviews isn't necessarily to hire someone. It may just be to get the trade secrets.

  6. Re: Apple and minimalist are mutually exclusive on Is the iPhone SE the 'Best Minimalist Phone' Right Now? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    iOS isn't robust enough for there to be driver support for anything but a small subset of the hardware Apple chooses. It's the same as with Mac OS. Apple isn't very good at developing software, so they target a narrow subsection of the hardware available.

    I call that being smart, not "isn't very good at developing software". You see in life you've got to choose your battles wisely. Why support all the hardware they don't sell? This makes no sense from a technological standpoint nor from an economical one.

  7. Re:More Like Crack on Google Says Data is More Like Sunlight Than Oil (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    whilst meanwhile we're seeing all sorts of problems caused by people's whose data is being harvested.

    What problems are you referring to ?

  8. Gosh is this one of those systems where they never asked the user for requirements. You know as a user I want to blah blah blah. Usually if you gertvthe user requirement it is easy to solve it. Also if your assistant is not doing what you want over and over then it probably is not your assistant

    You want a user requirement for life ? That's going to take quite a while. That's what those automatons thrive for.

  9. Re:If people are paying the price why will it go d on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    They still need some significant marketshare otherwise app developers are going to leave and never come back. That would be the end of the iOS platform.

  10. Re: demand elasticity on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    But it doesn't matter, you're outright lying about your battery drain.

    I haven't seen anyone that cocky in a loooong time. I got Apple to switch my iPhone 6s+ battery a month ago for €30. It was at about 70%.

    Maybe, just maybe, our usage and yours are not the same? And nobody is outright lying?

  11. Re: Selling phones because they are expensive on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    It didn't even have a full HD screen.

    What could you possibly gain from a full HD 6" screen? Trust me, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference except in battery consumption maybe.

  12. Re:No, it's good sense on Is a Lack of Data Holding Back Universal Basic Income Programs? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The urge to do something productive may be there or not, nevertheless hunger trumps all. I have 3 kids so I *need* money, and not just for myself.

    Mind you I could quit tomorrow and earn 50% more someplace else easily, so no, money isn't everything. But still, I'd probably quit in a heartbeat my current company if I didn't need to feed 5 people.

  13. Re:No, it's good sense on Is a Lack of Data Holding Back Universal Basic Income Programs? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The reason for my alarm clock every morning is my income. Not to say I hate my job or anything, but if the need for money wasn't there, the motivation would be much different. I'd be writing poems, painting, whatever.

  14. Re:No, it's good sense on Is a Lack of Data Holding Back Universal Basic Income Programs? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So you mean to say that, knowing the plan was temporary, participants didn't decide to ditch their money-rewarding incomes which would lead to unemployment the day after the program was closed? Count me surprised.

  15. Re:No, it's psychological on Is a Lack of Data Holding Back Universal Basic Income Programs? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the right is just better at Math than the left, who knows ?

  16. Re:4x1084 is a much larger number on Astronomers Measure Total Starlight Emitted Over 13.7 Billion Years (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    4^1084 is about 4.2*10^652

    So you meant to say that 4x1084 = 4^1084 ?

  17. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    Quote from my original post: "a Linux distro that still gets updated".

    I don't think you addressed my point at all.

  18. Re:The Grass Is Always Greener . . . on Bill Nye: We Are Not Going To Live on Mars, Let Alone Turn It Into Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Except his point is, there is no grass. And also, if you think we're going to do it, you're on grass. It's grass or no grass all the way down.

    During the cretaceous there was no grass on earth, and yet some mammals found their way to survive in there. Heck, they even outlast the dinosaurs!

    So... no, it's not grass all the way down :-)

  19. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    "Good luck finding a Linux distro that still gets updated and works on a 486 hardware."

    DSL works just fucking fine, n00b.

    Not on my 486SX, it doesn't.

  20. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    That fit the requirements although it doesn't run on a 486SX. Thanks for the link.

  21. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice to know. Thanks for the tip.

  22. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 1

    that is what backups are for...

    How do you restore a backup on a non-bootable Mac system ?

  23. Re:local-only siri won't happen on Apple's Siri May Soon Process Voice Locally On a Device, No Cloud Required (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You're confusing Apple and the rest of the Gafas. Apple doesn't care about your data, they don't display ads and don't sell them. Google, Facebook, Amazon and even Microsoft does that, but not Apple. And guess what? That's why their stuff is more expensive.

  24. Re:A regular hot key would do it better. on Apple's Siri May Soon Process Voice Locally On a Device, No Cloud Required (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    But you can say "Siri call %USERNAME%" no matter what the username as long as it's in your address book. So by your explanation you should add all your contacts to your home screen ?

  25. Re:You can do that with Apple hardware also on 'Windows Isn't a Service, It's an Operating System' (howtogeek.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have very old Apple laptops that still work perfectly well.

    With no updates, ever, unlike Linux.

    Good luck finding a Linux distro that still gets updated and works on a 486 hardware. Linux distros are generally better at retro-compatibility but they're not infinite either.