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  1. Kids these days... on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    Code in assembly, then you can come back to my lawn..

  2. All we have to do is observe this now coreless galaxy for the next 10 to 50 million years and see if it's rotation changes.

    I'll bring popcorn.

  3. Or is it Schrodinger's time? Oh, sweet entropy...

  4. Re:6 times closer than the moon? on Asteroid Whizzing By Earth 6 Times Closer Than the Moon (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot knows words. They are the best words. It's the best English. It's great. Believe me. Let's make /. great again.

  5. Reverse engineering on The US Border Patrol Is Checking Detainees' Facebook Profiles (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cynic in me says they are looking for someone who can be implicated as a terrorist supporter to be used to justify the ban.

  6. That's fucking bullshit on Study Finds Link Between Profanity and Honesty (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly, fuck the fucking fuckers.

  7. Re:Should already be habit on Windows 10 Will Soon Lock Your PC When You Step Away From It (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Over here it is normally "Hey, team.. Doughnuts for everyone at my desk tomorrow morning!"

  8. Re:Old innovation on Japanese City Tags Elderly Dementia Sufferers With Barcodes (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 1

    If my dog gets lost without his collar and tags, he can't tell anyone who he is, so the vet put an identification chip under his skin. Would you consider that a better solution for elderly demented people than a non-permanent tattoo? Or something else, perhaps?

  9. Shuttle breaks are parachutes... When I read the title, I wondered how did they train the squirrels to pack the parachute into the little backpack after it opened?

  10. Agile on Ask Slashdot: Has Your Team Ever Succumbed To Hype Driven Development? (daftcode.pl) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Although, it was due to a sustained level of hype, rather than an epiphany by the powers that be.

  11. Account access is being restored on Google Bans Hundreds Of Pixel Phone Resellers From Their Google Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
  12. Meanwhile in the U.S.A. on Russia Builds Microwave Weapon To Take Down Enemy Drones (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    a similar weapon built for use against humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  13. Re:How do you know? on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    I installed dd-wrt and the router throughput dropped by half. :(

  14. Re:How do you know? on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 2

    We'll wait and see how ISPs handle IPv6 when the time comes. There's no reason to believe it won't make matters worse.

    Except the time has come, and the devices do have public IP's (router has a DHCPv6 /64 address, and doles out addresses in the same /64 range to devices behind it using SLAAC; this is Rogers in Canada)

  15. Re:How do you know? on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 2

    "If it's connected to the internet directly" So, an infinitesimal fraction of them, since almost all would be behind a NAT router.

    IPv6 to the rescue! No NAT and even popular routers out there pass IPv6 without an SPI. (TP-Link Archer C7 would be one).
    Speaking of, recommendations for a good router, anyone?

  16. Dr. Peter Attia: The limits of scientific evidence and the ethics of dietary guidelines — 60 years of ambiguity
    https://vimeo.com/45485034

  17. Re:What the hell?! on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Just bonk and pay.

    That is illegal in most places.

  18. Re:Can't wait on New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    We are going to need new laws or a constitutional amendment to prevent companies from screwing over citizens to make a profit.

    LOL. See also: TPP.
    Goes like so:
    1. Country legalizes pot.
    2. You establish having lost profit because pot.
    3. Sue the country under TPP for lost profits.
    4. Profit!

  19. My pension plan is in even worse condition now...

  20. How much would an automated (offsite) backup cost them?

  21. Re:This will be fun on All-Female Ridesharing To Debut In Boston (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    By the same token, female police officers are 5 times more likely to resort to using their firearm, and their partner is twice as likely to be hurt on the job.

    Source?

  22. Re:Speed is mostly irrelevant on Paperless Statements Not Always Best Choice, Says New Report · · Score: 3, Funny

    For bank statements, or any other official correspondence, what I really need is a (a) complete, (b) permanent record that is (c) automatically and (d) reasonably securely moved to be (e) 100% under my control.

    So far, the only way that happens is if they mail me paper copies. It is remarkable that we have yet to solve this apparently simple problem with a more technologically sophisticated alternative, but until we do, I will continue to opt out of getting statements [only] electronically.

    If only someone invented a device that can be used to make a hardcopy of a document that is available online, your problem would have been solved.

  23. Just don't connect the TV to the network.

  24. Re:This could be really useful for docks and ferri on A New Technique Makes GPS Accurate To An Inch (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't the same level of 'automatic' be achieved with image recognition cameras at the doors, or other sensors to achieve the same result?

    Why would you want to do it in a simple way?