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  1. We did it, slashdot!

  2. Re:Better option would be to turn it RED.... on Samsung's Latest Note 7 Battery Fix Violates Android Compatibility Docs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And 3 seconds later there'd be 50 more apps just like it. Prank your friends with an alert that the phone is going to explode! Use your phone on an airplane with this app that claims the battery is fine!

  3. Re:Wrong way to go about it on Samsung's Latest Note 7 Battery Fix Violates Android Compatibility Docs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you know if you have an unsafe phone if you don't read slashdot and don't know your battery indicator is supposed to turn green if you're OK?

  4. Wrong way to go about it on Samsung's Latest Note 7 Battery Fix Violates Android Compatibility Docs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Seriously, if they're going to push out an alert, it needs to go to the people with explodey batteries, and leave people with OK batteries out of it. A nice big popup reading "This device has been recalled due to exploding. Please return it to the store you purchased it from" that cycles through a few dozen languages and cannot be dismissed except to use the phone.

  5. Re:Maybe we're asking too much on Facebook Features 9/11 Conspiracy Theory as 'Trending' (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    If they didn't want it on facebook, they'd have put a naked kid on front.

  6. Re:So they didn't? on Costa Rica Has Gone 76 Straight Days Using 100% Renewable Electricity (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    And some people forget that fly ash is made by burning coal. It would be interesting to see if they simply wasted the heat from the coal though.

  7. Re:I got a Pi 3 recently. on Raspberry Pi Passes 10M Sales Mark (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If I wasn't replying, I'd give you a +1 for (B). Compact or not, it's a huge pain in the ass to have a bunch of those patch cables, not just for USB A but for the USB power and the HDMI as well. With points to soldier to, it'd be easy to cut cables to fit.

  8. Re:I'm calling bullshit on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you are confused. Intel and AMD are competitors. Intel's spokeperson says that their hardware will not work with the OS installed on almost half of the computers. AMD's spokesperson says they are not interested in that market either.

  9. Re:I'm calling bullshit on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wow, Microsoft must be paying a fuckton of money to AMD. Windows 7 is still 47% (down only about 5% from Q1 2016 and probably not moving any farther now that free upgrades are over). If my competitor stood up and said "we are walking away from half of the market" my response would be "We are committed to supporting the half of the market our competitor just abandoned."

    Is AMD independently wealthy enough to also ignore half of the market, or is Microsoft making them wealthy enough to do so? Stockholders ought to be asking that question right now, especially given the weak position that AMD is in.

  10. Re: battery? on Confirmed: In an Unprecedented Move, Samsung Recalls All Galaxy Note 7 (yna.co.kr) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article I read says that the battery cells are all made by Samsung, but the pack (and controller) was made by another company. The Note 7s in China all have their battery packs made from the same Samsung cells by a different company, and those haven't exploded yet.

  11. The argument was never about what button you push on your keyboard, it has always been about how fucked up your shit gets when someone else opens it in a different editor.

  12. Re:No they didn't. on FDA Finds Flaws In Theranos' Zika Tests (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    If the validation was done wrong, then the test isn't valid until the validation is done right.

    If the validation was done right but the patients' privacy was breached, fine them under HIPAA and if the company isn't bankrupt, let them do their testing.

  13. Re:VM, even games on How Security Experts Are Protecting Their Own Data (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    One of many guides for it that I've read using a second video card and monitor hookup with the card itself assigned to a VM using IOMMU with something like 97% benchmark performance of bare metal, but I don't have a second video card to try it with, so I'm stuck with playing 2D games in a window.

  14. Re:Never do anything on the actual computer on How Security Experts Are Protecting Their Own Data (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 2

    I did exactly this, using Qubes at home. It took a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it makes sense. It greatly reduces the risk of things like XSS and browser exploits leaking banking or other important information. I don't particularly consider myself the enemy of any state, but the increasing number of drive-by exploits targeting Joe Nobody for the purpose of extracting money (whether ransomware, stealing card numbers, whatever) makes this a reasonable course of action even for people not participating in espionage or whatever.

    Shame that trying to game in a VM sucks hard, but that's the tradeoff.

  15. Re:Never do anything on the actual computer on How Security Experts Are Protecting Their Own Data (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    If it costs 10 cents to run an ad that infects your computer and captures your bank account information, then as long as your bank account has 11 cents in it, they turned a profit.

  16. Re:Logic Says It Should Be Legal on US Patients Battle EpiPen Prices And Regulations By Shopping Online (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    When are drugs like flupirtine going to be available in the US?

    When the DEA can figure out the correct amount of Tylenol to require to be added to every pill to ensure that anyone taking enough to get high will die. Just because it's not an opioid doesn't mean it doesn't make people feel good, and our government cannot allow that under any circumstances.

  17. Re: IP law has nothing to do with logic. on US Patients Battle EpiPen Prices And Regulations By Shopping Online (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    hrcck... krrkk...

    Just a minute sir, I understand that you are in urgent need but we are still reviewing your account details.

    gkk... ackk...

    OK, we have determined you have a credit card with a $4000 limit and a current balance of $381.17. This brings your charge for our lifesaving drug to 3618.83. Do I have your permission to proceed?

    hkk...

    Ah, sorry, I charged this to your bank card and it was rejected with an overdraft fee. I've reprocessed it to your VISA and it was approved.

    ...

    Sir? Sir?

  18. Re:How many can get updates from carriers!? on Apple Fixes Three Zero Days Used In Targeted Attack (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't expect either group (Francisco/NSO) to be interested in quashing democracy in UAE.

    Does democracy pay as much as the alternative?

  19. Re:Good lord.... on iPhones and iPads Fail More Often Than Android Smartphones (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Based on how much advertising they purchased?

  20. Re:Turns out the algorithm was pretty simple on Researchers Create Algorithm That Diagnoses Depression From Your Instagram Feed (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    Slashdot's posting delay is doing its best to make sure everyone is happy.

  21. Re: But Backspace as Browser-Back really sucks. on Google Restores Backspace Functionality To Chrome With an Add-on (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    They added the notification pop up in the update to Chrome where they took away the backspace command. If you press backspace outside of a form several times it will pop up.

  22. Re: Why isn't this configurable? on Google Restores Backspace Functionality To Chrome With an Add-on (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Chrome DOES save the state of plain HTML forms when closing/reopening the window, but since the javascript/DOM state isn't saved, the comment box itself no longer exists when the page is reopened.

  23. Re: Why isn't this configurable? on Google Restores Backspace Functionality To Chrome With an Add-on (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I just wrote a comment to you and closed the window. Ctrl-shift-t restored the window, but did not restore the comment. It can be argued that Chrome ought to store the exact state of the window including all javascript junk, but it currently does not.

    This also annoys me when Chrome unloads a background tab and loses all the form data.

  24. Re:new meaning to "have you tried turning it off on RealDoll CEO Aims To Make Its Sex Dolls Love You Back Via AI App (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Well, I tried discussing the finer details of having anal sex with small reptiles and that turned her off, but nothing I do will turn her back on.

  25. But it's OK because it keeps the real estate values up (because who WOULDN'T want to pay more to live under the gestapo?)

    Why, without these rules, they'd have people parking busted up, rusted out Nissan Leafs on blocks in their yards.