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  1. Trust us on Delete Yourself From Many Internet Sites By Pressing This Button (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, send us your personal information and we SWEAR that we will try to help you delete stuff from other websites. Also free candy and puppies.

  2. Re:So much for compatibility on Microsoft Replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell in Latest Windows 10 Build (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    You get linux-like commands with Cygwin or Msys, so ls will still work from the command line.

    Unfortunately, creating any cygwin process adds over 1/3s of startup time, so commands called by scripts like ./configure that should be instantaneous are slow instead.

  3. So much for compatibility on Microsoft Replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell in Latest Windows 10 Build (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    So much for compatibility.
    In powershell, you can't type in "cd\directory".
    Not to mention that any shortcut to "CMD /C" or "CMD /K" will break overnight.

  4. Re:But what we need to know is.... on Thanks To the Princess, Han Wasn't Always Solo (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Get in there you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell!

  5. Re:Not "Secure" on User Forks FileZilla FTP Client After Getting Hacked (filezillasecure.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Filezilla is a client for FTP, SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), and FTP over TLS. Only one of those three uses cleartext passwords over the network.

  6. Re:Emulator on The NES Classic is a $60 Single Board Computer Running Linux · · Score: 1

    The emulators on the Wii come close. Turn on Wii, bootMii goes to Homebrew Channel automatically, pick NES emulator, pick game, run.
    You could even use SNES controllers if you have a SNES Gamecube adapter.

  7. Emulator on The NES Classic is a $60 Single Board Computer Running Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apparently, it's not even a good emulator.

  8. Well yeah, you generally can't upgrade a CPU, since they change the socket so frequently, or give you a BGA soldered onto the board.
    Maybe go from i3 to i7 within the same CPU generation, but that's about it.

  9. Sierra on macOS Sierra Is Now Available For Download (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Does this mean we now have a sadistically difficult operating system complete with 1-900 number to call for advice?

  10. Re:I rather wish.... on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No there's not. There only are penalties to those who say they are working on behalf of a content creator.

  11. The data IS lost if it was copy-pasted as text from such a formatted sheet into another formatted sheet.

  12. You need THIS one...

  13. Re:G+: The Social Network for Sociopaths on Google Is Discontinuing Google+ Hangouts On Air On September 12 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Making it INVITE ONLY killed it off before anyone could try it out.

  14. Re:going to test the older installer with a 7 key on PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Installers with clean 7 keys never worked. You need to install 7, then perform an upgrade to migrate the key.

  15. Stay away from Windows 10 insider builds on Slashdot Asks: Do You Install Preview Version Of An OS On Your Primary Device? · · Score: 1

    Stay away from Windows 10 insider builds.

    I was using an insider build that worked okay, then tried upgrading to the next build in the "slow" track, and it completely broke my wifi, then I reverted back to the earlier insider build. So far, no real problems.

    Then Microsoft decided that insider builds should expire, and become non-functional. You get a BSOD every 4 hours as a way of reminding you to not use old insider builds.

    The built-in Windows Update for insider builds was also broken since I had been messing with registry settings for telemetry, and it refused to check for insider build updates.

    So yeah, stay away unless you like broken wifi or BSODs every 4 hours.

  16. Re:Browser Enabled Child Protections on Wannabe Prime Minister Andrea Leadsom Thinks Websites Should Be Rated Like Films (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This was done a very long time ago, and went nowhere.

  17. No Ublock Origin == not using Edge.

  18. Bios embedded bloatware? on Microsoft Tests New Tool To Remove OEM Crapware (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I have heard that Lenovo has embedded bloatware into the BIOS of systems, and it uses official protocols so that Windows 8+ will automatically install that software. Will this step do anything against such software?

  19. You're going to get junk for every trivial program no matter what. It includes the CRT or runtime library into all statically linked programs, no matter how much of the CRT or runtime library it actually needs.
    The only way to not get junk is to turn on "ignore all default libraries", which is tough to do, but possible. You lose a lot of features of the compiler, such as the built-in standard library, converting floats to ints, etc.

    Here's a minimal Hello World program that includes no junk whatsoever:
    #include <windows.h>

    void PutText(const char *str)
    {
            HANDLE standardOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
            int len = lstrlenA(str);
            WriteFile(standardOutput, str, len, NULL, NULL);
    }

    int EntryPoint()
    {
            PutText("Hello World!\n");
            return 0;
    }

    You need to adjust linker settings, you turn on "Ignore Default Libraries", then change the entry point to EntryPoint.
    After doing this, you get a 2.5K EXE file, where each section (.text, .data, .rdata) contains nothing extraneous at all, except for the padding to 512 byte alignment.

  20. Re:That's why it's so important to clean up a new on Out-Of-the-Box Exploitation Possible On PCs From Top 5 OEMs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Then Windows 10 proceeds to install the OEM crapware automatically, since it is embedded in the system BIOS.

  21. No, a DMCA notice says that under perjury, the sender of the notice is authorized to act on behalf of the company. It says absolutely nothing about whether the content itself infringes or not.

  22. Obligatory 13 year-old Penny-Arcade comic on Live-Action Tetris Movie Secures $80 Million Funding, Plans To Be Part Of A Trilogy (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's the obligatory 13 year-old Penny-Arcade comic about this topic:
    https://www.penny-arcade.com/c...

  23. Re:Shame on Debian Dropping Support For Older CPUs (distrowatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Where's your pre-Pentium II machines that need support?

  24. Re:Not removing GWX on Microsoft To End Nagging Windows 10 Upgrade Notifications In July (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    No it doesn't work fine. It has happened several times on Windows 7 that installing certain automatic updates causes the computer to not complete the boot process, requiring System Restore, then going back, then trying all the updates one-by-one to see which one broke the OS.

  25. How about doing a "gap year" in community college instead? That way you establish a college track record, leading to easier acceptance, and scholarships. Plus community college is much cheaper than full college, and everything will transfer.