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  1. Re:yes on Slashdot Asks: Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat? (dmarge.com) · · Score: 1

    But one thing I suggest ( if you don't mind "chemicals" ) is using sugar free cofee syrups with it.

  2. It's got to be said. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wish he would worry more about systemd and less about comments.

  3. Does that mean the Solar system is gonna have rain soon?

  4. Newer better tablets aren't important. on The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I would say my 10 inch Note is very much worth it. But replacing it with something bigger and better won't do more then this dinosaur.
    IOW, the inital market is gone and now the market is just replacement machines.

    I don't have a smartphone, so I use my tablet for many things. Scan documents. Take pictures of things I am repairing so I know how to put them back together ( :) ). Viewing videos while I'm eating ( amazing how many videos of learning things are out there ), plus putting it next to my desktop while working and using it to read documentation so I have more power on my machine for my development tools.

    I can't imagine a laptop doing many of these things. maybe a chromebook...

  5. So you think the federal government is going to use tanks and guided missiles to put down an armed revolt in the US?

    The US has used the military once before to put down an armed revolt.
    Just pointing it out.

  6. Even though you are joking, you come close to nailing it.

    People are saying that in the short term 50% of jobs are going away. More in the long term. Seems the way that society can deal with this is to have one person from each household not work.

    I don't see that this creates much of a problem except for those people who say that people have to work to be real people.

    The main problem I see is that the stay at home person would not have job experience in the event of a break up. Something society will have to deal with.

  7. Don't blame google. on Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    First I don't oppose arbitration ( BTW often the arbnitrators are ex-judges ) but I think some safeguards have to be added. The way it is now is too abusive. Maybe states could require licensing of arbitrators.

    As for Google, I don't particularly like it. but every other company does it. In particular there are people willing to put severed fingers in their chili so they can sue and companies do need a protection from that. If google didn't do it, then a judge would force them to if the shareholders decided to sue.

  8. The big question. on How ISIS Finally Hacked the Arkansas Library Association (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone want to hack the Arkansas library association?

  9. Re:Stupid thinking on Microsoft Mistakenly Sold Fallout 4 For Free On Xbox (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    If a US distributor gets a shipment of Russian vodka which he is supposed to sell for $10 a bottle and he accidentally sells it for $1 a bottle, then the distributor has to eat the loss. So does MS.

  10. Re:The courts on Microsoft Mistakenly Sold Fallout 4 For Free On Xbox (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect what will happen is that some people will complain to their State Attorney and some State Attorney will pick it up and run with it.
    Inm pretty sure this runs afoul of some consumer protection laws.

  11. Replacable battery on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Most Tablet Specs Suck? · · Score: 1

    I would settle for a tablet with a replacable battery.

  12. Like learning sex. on Slashdot Asks: How Did You Learn How To Code? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Learning about programming is like learning about sex. When people actually teach you, it's an anticlimax.

  13. Re:Don't be evil...Yeah, right! on YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Video Downloader (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not so much that Google is trying to be evil, as that they are trying to get you to do everything on the Internet.

  14. If you look there is tons of stuff. on YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Video Downloader (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    It's easier to download and watch, then it is to stream.
    Funny if you go beyond the junk they have on the surface, you can find tons of good good stuff.
    I picked up C++14 ( having known known C++98 ) from CppCon and from BoostCon.
    you an pick up information about languages and tools: Go,Groovy, Haskell, Clojure, Scala, emacs/vi/Eclipse/IntelliJ configurations and plugins, bigger libraries.

    Plus old shows nobody cares about. THe short lived series Probe ( the one that Asimov worked on ), The Early Kurt Russel Secret of Boyne Castle etc.

    Oh one that realy caught my eye Scott Adams on Bill Maher talking about Trump.

  15. I have problems with Video Download Helper. It works but sometimes it is awkward. Ever since I discover that you could use JDownloader I have used that.
    Much simpler more control.

    I have never even heard about NinjaTube.

  16. They always break the build. on Systemd Starts Killing Your Background Processes By Default (blog.fefe.de) · · Score: 1

    The systemD teams reminds me of "the team".

    You know the one that keeps submitting those changes Friday at the end of the day, so that everyone coming Monday discovers that the build has been broken. So you spend the next two days chasing around things that they broke. Meanwhile the managers are wondering why the project is falling so far behind.

    I think in the long run Linus is going to take it over and do something similar to git.

  17. How do we know, on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    there is not some colony of wild pigs, horses, or monkeys which are incubating the virus.

    Keep it around, you don't know if there is a time when you need it.

  18. Re:Wow, they really are stuck in the past on Al-Qaeda Calls For the Execution Of Bill Gates and Others To 'Damage the US Economy' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Napoleon

  19. Re:What I want to know is... on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    My thought exactly. No wonder the jury was confused.

  20. Simple answer shift masses. on NASA: Global Warming Is Now Changing How Earth Wobbles (go.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just setup massive garbage dumps and prisons on Greenland.

    Move all our garbage and prisoners there. The extra mass should rebalance things.

  21. Re:The world already burns on Researcher Measures Brain Reactions To Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. He must be confusing Trump with Ted Cruz.

  22. Re:American people should have a voice on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Or they can gamble that Obama won't pull the nomination and they can confirm him after Hillary is elected.

    I don't think Obama will pull the nomination in that case, because there is a lot of bad blood between him and Hillary and he'll take a SCOTUs appointment, even if it is a moderate one.

    But the scenario that I hear going around that I like the best. McConnell makes a deal with Obama. They confirm the guy and the DoJ indicts Hillary before the election.

  23. Re: American people should have a voice on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Astute but you missed something. Trump has had to battle against several people, whereas Hillary only had to battle one. That makes Trump a bit more successful.

  24. Re:The plot thickens... on Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    And Apple doesn't use SystemD. They use LaunchD. Duh.

    Of course not. If Apple had used systemD, then I am quite sure the government wouldn't need Apples help[ breaking in.

  25. Re:OS for the new "Microcontroller" on Meet Linux's Little Brother Zephyr, a Tiny Open Source IoT RTOS (linuxgizmos.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Raspberry Pi's are mode in Wales.

    Olimux devices are made in Bulgaria.