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  1. Chinese Calculator on Slashdot Asks: Did You Have a Shared Family Computer Growing Up? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Lazy loading is what? on Built-in Lazy Loading Lands in Google Chrome Canary (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    TFS is the place to provide enough reason to click TFL. A brief explanation, or a SFL (second fucking link) to a longer explanation would've sufficed. The target audience seems to be Google Chrome Canary users, current and potential. Not just "everyone who works in web design/development".

  3. ... the former has 24GB of GDDR6, while the latter doubles that to 96GB ...

    24 * 2 = ?

    I'm guessing it's more like Wayside School math. GDDR6 is the latter for some odd reason, so GDDR6 * 2 = 96GB.

  4. I'm holding out for TLS v1.5 with Optimus Prime curves.

  5. Re:Goodbye Arstechnica on US Invaded By Savage Tick That Sucks Animals Dry, Spawns Without Mating (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oddly, it also makes you think you live in New Zealand.

  6. Objections: Speculation and Citation Needed on Microfilm Lasts Half a Millennium (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1
    From the articles:

    The first micrographic experiments, in 1839, reduced a daguerreotype image down by a factor of 160.

    The problem was solved by the early 1990s, when Kodak introduced polyester-based microfilm, which promised to resist decay for at least 500 years.

    The math may be a bit fuzzy, but I'm about certain it hasn't yet been half a millennium since the earliest Microfilm, let alone the improved Kodak version claimed to last 500 years.

  7. Re:Instead of extending JavaScript... on Microsoft Announces TypeScript 3.0 (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    It was possible to use each browser's functions + CSS in 1996 to do mouse-over functionality. I'm not arguing that it was any better or worse. I'm just pointing out that it could be done, and mocking your limited time frame because it makes some wrong assumptions.

    Speaking of actually being there, you would remember almost ever page had a "works best in/designed for" type graphic somewhere on the page indicating which browser it was targeting. "Supported by Netscape 3 and Internet Explorer 3" makes me chuckle at the thought.

    Sincerely,
    Someone who was designing web pages in 1996 using HotDog for a school project, and can link to some of them in the wayback machine still.

  8. Re:Instead of extending JavaScript... on Microsoft Announces TypeScript 3.0 (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    How else were we supposed to do things like hover states on navigation buttons? Java or Flash? Because I've been there and those two things made things worst.

    CSS didn't exist at the time.

    CSS has been around since 1996, Java and Flash since 1995. You've really narrowed down the timeline for when your question is relevant...

  9. Bart Simpson had the only valid policy on shorts.

  10. I'm sure all of them fit. Just not more than one at a time.

  11. Re:In order of likelihood on A Fifth Undocumented Cisco Backdoor Has Been Discovered (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Theory 1 seems unlikely. Unless there's a good reason that inherited product lines had default user names of "cisco" either before or after acquisition that just beggars belief. I'm going with both 2 or 3 as more likely than option 1.

  12. Re:What will they invent next?? on Apple Partnered With Blackmagic On An External GPU For MacBooks (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Any sufficiently advanced sarcasm is indistinguishable from lying.

    Apple didn't invent any of the things on your list, but they did market them as "innovations".

  13. Re:If one wants to tax social media on Uganda Rolls Out a 5-Cent Daily Tax To Access Social Media (time.com) · · Score: 1

    One must first define social media.

    social media: websites/associated apps whose owners' primary purpose is microtransaction level identity theft.

  14. Re:2 ratings instead of 5 is a little less arbitra on Netflix Is Ending Reviews July 30th · · Score: 1

    And then you're limiting the rating's potential usefulness to people who have watched one of the two movies already, and is deciding whether to watch the second... Ratings should be about helping other people decide what to watch. I'd favor a version of the 5-star system that only includes an opt-in 2 degrees of separation system. Only include the number ratings from people who you know, by authorizing friend requests or some such, and the people they know.

  15. The fight against the free market continues. Can't be having people saying just anything over unused radio frequencies. Or the internet...

  16. I'll stick with Logitech, thanks on Microsoft Re-Launches Its Classic 'IntelliMouse' (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In an age of cheaper, cheaper, and cheaper, Microsoft seems to be the only maker of quality mice.

    You didn't put much effort into looking.

    Logitech's mice and trackball offerings have always been more comfortable and maintainable. In both the ball and optical versions, the design and function that the extra few pennies bought me was worth it.

  17. Re:The tally is up to 3 now... on Blogger Stabbed To Death After Internet Abuse Seminar (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming (may God have mercy on my soul) based on Slashdot's headline that the stabbing was related in some way to the blogging activity of the deceased. One mistaken "your" / "you're" in a blog post and suddenly the stabbing is practically self defense to the right jury.

  18. The tally is up to 3 now... on Blogger Stabbed To Death After Internet Abuse Seminar (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny
  19. Re:You keep using that word... on Gmail Proves That Some People Hate Smart Suggestions (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    'And only one for birthday presents, you know. There's glory for you!'
    'I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said.
    Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'
    'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected.
    'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
    'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
    'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

    Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

  20. It's Microsoft. Clearly it was a typo and he meant that Office is being rewritten in VBScript.

  21. Tie copyright duration to the benefit on Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Proposed 140-Year Copyright Protections (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Make copyright duration the average (mean) life expectancy in the country minus 15 years. Update the duration each census.
    If copyright provides a net positive, then society and content creators gain opportunities for mutual benefits.
    If there's no effect, or a detrimental effect... why the hell is copyright legally protected using tax dollars in the first place? Tax dollars shouldn't be spent on something worse than a placebo.
    Music, literature, movies, etc. should be rewarded copyright protection according to the quality of life, and consequently duration of life, improvements to society.

  22. Re:my router is not on that list, but on FBI Tells Router Users To Reboot Now To Kill Malware Infecting 500,000 Devices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    No UPS?:P

    Attaching a UPS to the squirrels is tempting, but I fail to see how it solves the original problem.

  23. Re: what how now on ACLU Sues ICE For License Plate Reader Contracts, Records (sfgate.com) · · Score: 2

    That seems the wrong way around... Why are ICE agents allowed to connect this to an illegal alien issue when the fourth amendment still exists?

  24. O R'lyeh? on Did Octopuses Come From Outer Space? · · Score: 2
  25. Re:Two models of Trump on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Write-in option C: Like Reagan demonstrated previously, an actor just has to be good at distracting attention from Congress. He doesn't need to be either particularly stupid nor brilliant. He just has to be entertaining.
    panem et circenses - Bread and Circuitry ( the "circus" has been phased out for the TV, gaming consoles, smart phones, etc. )