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  1. Everything can happen in 23 years from now on New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Like leaving the Europe or reintroducing diesel engine vehicles! Meh!

  2. I think Mark is saying the same about Elon.
    And Bill about Jeff.
    And Sergei about Tim.

  3. It's not a problem yet on Top US General Warns Against Rogue Killer Robots (thehill.com) · · Score: 1
  4. Oh my God! on Microsoft Paint To Be Killed Off After 32 Years (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    One of my two favorite programs in Windows is set to go away.
    The other one being CMD.exe.

  5. Re: Never! on IEEE Spectrum Declares Python The #1 Programming Language (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    1. No machine code

    2. I am not a machine

    3. I am human

    4. Goto 1

  6. No easy way out on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    I have a very common name and surname in southern Italy.
    I have been using since 1998 a Yahoo mailbox exactly after that name. Later on, circa 2006, I also registered on Gmail.
    I still use both.

    I was getting once or twice a week messages aimed to some homonym of mine. Utility bills, service registration confirmations requests or acknowledgements, dating requests, social network notifications and the likes.

    I reached a peak of two messages a day.

    How I solved?

    1. Contact the originators asking to black list that email address as I don't want to be bothered.

    2. Unsubscribe from mailing lists.

    3. Mark those senders as spammers

    4. As last resort, recover and change the password, delete all emails, posts and services but don't delete the account.

    I am now at a few messages per month.

    The problem is with the disappearing of email verification process. Those pesky mobile applications let you enter any email address without checking.

  7. My religion asks me to use C.

    When I'll reach the enlightenment, then I'll move to assembler.

  8. You don't need to read the code! on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    You need to understand it, if you can.

  9. Start learning Chinese, first.
    99.999% of Chinese sites are in some Chinese language.
    Then move to China.
    Or ask a Chinese friend to install something like TeamViewer.

  10. Not even for USD 1.20 on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    That's it!

  11. The evis is two strokes on Hanoi Plan To Ban Motorbikes By 2030 To Combat Pollution (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all mbikes!
    Those burn lubricant oil along with the fuel.
    Four strokes engines are much cleaner and help keeping the traffic low, so also help against pollution.

  12. Standing during take off and landing? on Colombian Airline Wants To Make Passengers Stand (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Provided that someone is willing to stand for a couple of ours, Do they think it will be safe?

    Ah, they can cram a few more persons if they ditch the toilet!

  13. Say it! on Yelp's Six-Year Grudge Against Google (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We want to be bought by Google.
    That's it.

  14. Re:And someone thinks this is news? on While Chrome Dominates, Microsoft Edge Struggles To Attract New Users (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Is there anyone really using a Microsoft environment with a touch UI?

  15. And someone thinks this is news? on While Chrome Dominates, Microsoft Edge Struggles To Attract New Users (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft products can attract users only and only if they can create an "artificial" environment where that product is the only one to work.

    For example, can you tell me where and when a Microsoft browser is preferable to any other one?

  16. Maybe I am wrong, but it looks like Office has been an attack vector.
    Will it be in the party list of "allowed apps"?

  17. Specific apps? on Windows 10 Will Soon Protect Files and Folders From Ransomware (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    So it'd be enough for ransomware to impersonate those specific apps or just get into the party list. Shouldn't it?

  18. If so, those guys introduced a bug into a working package.
    If not, those guy introduced a buggy package in a working environment.
    Blame those guys!

  19. Re:... unwanted advances? on 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Good luck, then!

  20. Re:... unwanted advances? on 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Those weren't advances to me. She was there with her husband, welcoming some company and greatly enjoying the dances.

    Probably we come from different regions, different cultures and different ages.
    A woman approaches you, asks you to dance several times, hugs you more and more closely and for longer times.
    And offers you alcohol which helps relaxing any inhibition.
    All this, according to your tale, without any request by you.
    According to my locally-biased humble perceptions, If those were not advances, then nothing is an advance.
    Or you are making fun of either me or yourself.

  21. Re:... unwanted advances? on 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell me, would this married mother of three want an advance from me?

    Those were her proper advances to you.
    There's no such a thing as an advance request: advance requests (if any) are advances themselves!

  22. ... unwanted advances? on 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Advances are always unwanted.
    Advances are made in order to know whether the other party is available and willing to ... go on.
    Maybe you meant "unexpected", "unsolicited" or "unpleasant".
    But not "unwanted"!

  23. Simply you cannot on If You Can Decentralize the Internet, Mozilla Has $2 Million For You (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the internet, which is strongly polarized towards the connectivity providers. The "inter" part of internet mostly pertains the ISPs and the carriers. A decentralized solution would require the total kill of the concept of ISP. It would take seconds or even minutes to reach a site (or whatever you call it).

  24. It's the other way around! on The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact that a genius does something doesn't imply that if you do the same you are or become a genius.

  25. Piratebay on Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? · · Score: 2

    Of course!