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  1. Re:2757 days on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Feel About the End Of Google+ ? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure for how long I been on Google+ but I'm planning to do my last post on April 2nd, and that will be my symbolic divorce with Google. I enjoyed Google+ and how you could meet people there in a way I don't think you do on Facebook. But that's not what's most important. With this I feel I've lost the trust I had in Google. I want stable technology and things that work not just today but also tomorrow and next year, and I don't feel Google is the right partner for that anymore.

  2. They used to censor all pornhub links on messenger. I see no reason why I can't send links with legal material in messages to my friends. Google might read your emails, but they at least don't remove things they find naughty.

  3. I assume they'll charge a percentage for it. Great way to earn money from other people's misfortune.

  4. She/hers on Stylebooks Finally Embrace the Single 'They' (cjr.org) · · Score: 1

    Just use "she" and "hers", no guy will seriously feel excluded and we're not going to stay away from computers or STEM jobs because of it.

  5. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    1) The Founding Fathers, almost all of whom were British subjects, saw firsthand what happens when only the government has firearms. They can use those weapons to quell public outcry over anything, claiming the people were "rioting" or were "a threat to peace and order" because the people can't effectively fight back.

    When was the last time American citizens had to use firearms to defend themselves from the government?

  6. Series of tubes on Are Psychiatric Medications Hurting More Patients Than They Help? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know when a non techie talk about the Internet as a series of tubes? This is one of those times but about psychiatric meds.

    First off, of course it's wrong if you take meds so you can handle the stress of two full time jobs or assume you can just take a couple of pills and your depression will be gone.

    But for most people out there with a psychiatric condition meds and therapy (and some more therapy) is a life saver. The meds will remove some of the symptoms so you can live an almost normal life while therapy helps with the cause for them. A depression is nothing like feeling a bit under the weather, a panic disorder does not go away with a gluten free diet, and grave OCD is as easy to just hold in as Ipecac

  7. Re:Self esteem issue on Women Interviewing For Tech Jobs Actually Did Worse When Their Voices Were Masked As Men's (fusion.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We can do a lot to encourage girls as they are growing up, and to remove some of the gendered put-downs like describing them as "bossy" when we say boys who do the exact same thing are leaders.

    No we don't. A kid who orders the other kids what to do and how to play is called bossy no matter what gender. A kid who ask the other kids what they want to do and lets everyone get involved with the game is a leader. These are two very different behaviours.

  8. Who would've thunk on Dark Web Mapping Reveals That Half of the Content Is Legal (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    So when government agencies says they need to be able to decrypt the dark web because there's only terrorists and paedophiles there... they lied? Who would've thunk. But hey, I guess it sounds better than "So we can prevent the next Snowden."

  9. I like smaller phones on Ask Slashdot: Are You Excited About Upcoming 4-inch iPhone or 9.7-inch iPad Pro? · · Score: 1

    I won't buy either but I wish there where a larger market for smaller mobile phones. I have quite small hands and prefer to use just one hand on the phone so for me something like 3.5" screen would be perfect. Even the Nokia N9's 3.9" display is a bit too big for me.

  10. As a great American philosopher once said

    "Comedy should provoke!
    It should blast through prejudices, challenge preconceptions!
    Comedy should always leave you different than when it found you.
    Sure, humor can hurt, even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative: a steady diet of innocuous, child-proof, flavorless mush!
    Demand to be challenged. To be offended. To be treated like thinking, reasoning adults.
    And raise your children to be the same.
    Don't let a comedian, a network, a Congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want."

    -Duckman

  11. Facebook censoring private messages on Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind if it was just in public messages they blocked stuff. But since they censor private messages I don't even see it useful as a internet messenger.

  12. Re:Honestly Linux on Steam Has Brought 1,600 Games To Linux In the Past Three Years (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Think it says "SteamOS + Linux" in most places now.

  13. Left on Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand? · · Score: 1

    Sweden here and it seems like I press the 6 key with left hand. Looking at finger charts it looks like right is slightly more common

  14. The name is a bit funny on Lennart Poettering Announces the First Systemd Conference · · Score: 3, Funny

    I admit I enjoy wordplay like systemd.conf, but since systemd uses binary log files shouldn't the conference be called systemd.bin?

  15. They really want to see your junk on Senate Passes USA Freedom Act · · Score: 1

    https://cantheyseemydick.com/ And it's just silly to count the votes. If it had been a republican president the votes had been switched. There's way too much politics in politics. You guys (The USA) need some politicians who's representing the people not the party or the money.

  16. Noobs blame it on the lag.

  17. Sandra Bullock on Space Station's 'Cubesat Cannon' Has Gone Rogue · · Score: 1

    Dammit! Not again?

  18. Meh... on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 1

    I'll skip jOBS and wait for the more interesting wOZ. (If I haven't nuked Hollywood in an OCD induced rage before that.)

  19. Romantically apocalyptic on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? · · Score: 2

    Romantically apocalyptic is beautyfully drawn using both photos and paintings http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/ Goblins has to be mentioned because of the action and movement in the pictures http://goblinscomic.com/ Scandinavia and the World because of the spot on description of the Scandinavian countries http://satwcomic.com/

  20. Not likely on Are Teachers Headed For Obsolescence? · · Score: 1

    Sure the information is out there in books, wikipedia, and in online courses. But teachers help you understand the information and what parts that are important for your understanding. It may seem really easy to learn things when you already know it but getting to that point takes longer than you think. Teachers will go away just the day after all support desks are automated and changed to Microsoft help pages.

  21. Re:Robust, huh? on How Facebook Can Out Your Most Personal Secrets · · Score: 1

    I was just toying with the idea of adding all my friends to Cottaging United or similar group.

  22. Masters of illusions on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 1

    I still think they removed Google maps from the iPhone 5 so people would talk about that instead of looking for any hardware flaws that are a lot harder to fix.

  23. Re:Good luck with those new map service. on iOS 6 Adoption Tops 25% After Just 48 Hours · · Score: 1

    The crappy map is just a trick so people don't take a good look at the other features.