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  1. Re: UGh. on Google Chrome Wants To Block Some HTTP File Downloads (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Thoughts and prayers to everyone using your internal development site.

  2. Re:Safer, simpler, more expressive on Most Popular Programming Languages: C++ Knocks Python Out of Top Three in New Study (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    In which case you get to pick one.

  3. Re:Technologists say? on Can We Stop AI Outsmarting Humanity? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    > The spectre of superintelligent machines doing us harm is not just science fiction, technologists say

    Okay, so what exactly is it if not just science fiction?

    Homeopathic fiction? I suggest that Superintelligent machines are doing harm to the extra 130% of our lives that homeopathy treats.

  4. You're forgetting the tag

  5. OS/9 is OS7/18 less awesome than OS/2

  6. This is traditionally referred to as the "Extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

  7. Re:I wonder what life would be without RMS on Stallman Suggests Install Fest 'Deals With Devil' Include Actual Man Dressed As Devil (gnu.org) · · Score: 1

    I suspect you're missing a few zeroes on the price per machine on a compiler without GCC as competition.

  8. Re:Aggregator on As 'Subscription Fatigue' Sets In, the OTT Reckoning May Be Upon Us (adweek.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    We could even give it a name that describes the procedure, and indicates what has traditionally happened when that power is granted to others. "Bundling".

  9. Re:All odd numbers are prime on Is Statistical Significance Significant? (npr.org) · · Score: 1
  10. Are you implying the notability standard is a higher bar on copyright encyclopedias that Wikipedia?

    I bet this made more sense in the original Chinese.

  11. Re:Believing in meritocracy is bad for you on Is Believing In Meritocracy Bad For You? (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Nepotism is favoring family members, typically in matters of business. Neither the above nor affirmative action are examples of nepotism...

    https://www.merriam-webster.co...

    https://dictionary.cambridge.o...

    http://www.businessdictionary....

  12. Re:Feedback after pressing the power-on button! on Prioritizing the MacBook Hierarchy of Needs (sixcolors.com) · · Score: 2

    Great, now I have to change my password.

  13. Re:More details on NSA Releases Ghidra, a Free Software Reverse Engineering Toolkit (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    It takes any compiled binary and reverse engineers it into Brainfuck.

  14. Re:What does the last sentence in the summary mean on Please Stop Using Internet Explorer, Microsoft Says (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I literally can't event you insensitive clod.

  15. Re:Hung hao , Gonxi gonxi on Kenya Will Start Teaching Chinese To Elementary School Students From 2020 (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    ni xiang ken ni ya ren hen cong ming ba. ni cuo bie zi le.

  16. Re:Only 9 lines of code? on Connecting Your Bank Account To an App is Now a $3-Billion Business (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    It continues until there's only a single line of code, containing one bug.

  17. Re:Only a puny 5G icon? on AT&T Misleads Customers by Updating Phones With Fake 5G Icon (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's just 3G, but in binary.

  18. Any battery manufacturer.

  19. Re:GIMP on 51st Known Mersenne Prime Number Found (mersenne.org) · · Score: 1

    no

  20. Re: No use for for cryptography but still interest on 51st Known Mersenne Prime Number Found (mersenne.org) · · Score: 1

    It is for me. Life is too short to spend on personal amusement.

    ... he says by posting on Slashdot.

  21. Re:Open LinkIn New Tab. Close Tab. on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So the next move is exploits that hijack opening a new tab. Several sites already interfere with ctrl-left mouse clicks that should open in a new tab. Bets on the availability to interfere with right click, open in new window/tab?

  22. Re:But I like "female-presenting" nipples on Tumblr Porn Vanishes Today · · Score: 1

    censorship: the ultimate aphrodisiac

  23. Re:One big lawsuit waiting to happen on Former NASA Engineer Designed Glitter Bomb Trap To Avenge Amazon Delivery Theft Victims (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In what jurisdiction is admitting to breaking and entering mitigated by admitting to public intoxication?

  24. It's in the code of conduct you agree to when you use the software. On the honor system, you have to throw your computer out a window if the value of Ethereum ever gets to 0.

  25. xkcd again... on 'Blockchain Developer' is the Fastest-Growing US Job (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Funny