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  1. Stubbornness is way worse on Fighting the Flu May Hurt Those Around You · · Score: 1

    People who go to work sick (even with stuff like flu) because they are stubborn are way more dangerous than just the meds (though the meds helps these people with their stubbornness)

  2. All about the community on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Convince an ISP To Bury Cable In Your Neighborhood? · · Score: 1

    Get your community to set up an ISP. Its probably both cheaper and offers better QOS at the end of the day.

  3. Re:Question is very ambiguous on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    ack, see glibc's version here, and that has a bunch of macros in it... http://fossies.org/dox/glibc-2.18/string_2memcpy_8c_source.html

  4. There is no nobel prize for economy on Nobel Prize Winning Economist: Legalize Sale of Human Organs · · Score: 1

    only a price with an unwieldy name that tries to profit from the official price.

  5. Question is very ambiguous on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    There is a bunch of problems with the question, esp. how you define your minimum code junk. If we really define as "any piece of code" then I'd go with some system functionality.

    General search criteria:
    - runs on many machines
    - runs all the time
    - execution time is extremely low
    - runs already for a long time

    My personal guess would be a version of memcpy, because
    - it is used for virtually everything and everywhere
    - the functionality is there since forever (so one can assume a stable code base with little changes, which is important to extend #4)
    - its fast, so it can run lots of times in a small timeframe
    - BAD: it might be actually written in assembler (doh!)

  6. Like Java on Chrome Is the New C Runtime · · Score: 2

    > "Out of necessity, the Chrome team has created cross-platform abstractions for many low-level platform features.
    like java
    > We use this source as the core API on which we build our business logic,
    > and it's made the bulk of our app cross-platform with little effort.
    like java
    > Most importantly -- Chrome code has been battle-tested like almost nothing else,
    > with an installed base in the hundreds of millions.
    like java

    so I kind of dont see a difference to just using what would be considered a higher-level language.

  7. Wow, pagefair you are so innovative! on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 1

    I know sites that do this literally since ages, simply by putting a simple message below the ad -> if the user blocks the ad he sees the appeal message. No javascript required.

  8. Re:If that wasn't crueal and unreasonable... on Controversial Execution In Ohio Uses New Lethal Drug Combination · · Score: 1

    executions in general?

  9. Re:Quality? on Tesla Sending New Wall-Charger Adapters After Garage Fire · · Score: 1

    well, I am pretty sure they are not replicated atom-by-atom but manufactured, so there is a chance to screw up. Could be something simple like a screw not being tightened 100% in some rare cases (there could literally be a thousand reasons for causing this) -> does not show up during testing, but in bad circumstances it could happen that the connection heats up (because the contact point is small).

    Actually I had a case like that, eventhough the socket was securely fixed in the wall with no wiggle room or anything and installed to the specs (I remember that I screwed everything in place extremely tightly and had it checked by a pro). Anyhow, I suddenly lost power on that one outlet. Upon investigating I discovered that the neutral wire had slipped out of the screwmount and I was like "dafuq? how could that happen?". I think the reason was that I run the outlet at high currents at times (toaster -> draw full / idle / repeat) which could have caused heat/cold cycles in turn loosening the screw (though that should only happen if the connection was bad in the first place - eg. because dirty contacts), which would also work out with the time of failure (15 minutes after using toaster).

  10. Re:Quality? on Tesla Sending New Wall-Charger Adapters After Garage Fire · · Score: 1

    ... and this is why 230V is better ;)

  11. Psycho Pass? on Weapons Systems That Kill According To Algorithms Are Coming. What To Do? · · Score: 1

    so where is my awesome precog-network powered by extracted criminal brains?

  12. Why transport them in the cargo hold? on US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" · · Score: 1

    I mean, seriously, I would never give stuff like that away to be handled by packet tossers (not only because of customs, but also because of accidential damage). I would always carry it in my hand luggage.

  13. ... and 100% proprietary connectors on Apple's New Mac Pro Gets High Repairability Score · · Score: 1

    being able to disassemble it does not mean you can fix it ... if you cant find a replacement part (like the graphics unit) which is a highly customized component with proprietary connectors, being able to easily take it out does not help.

  14. Re: "Slashmirrored" on Kernel DBus Now Boots With Systemd On Fedora · · Score: 1

    > Btw: Why is KDBUS code full with 'goto' calls ?

    checking https://github.com/gregkh/kdbus/blob/master/bus.c
    because it makes more sense than a huge nested if/else structure. if it was oop you'd also do "if(bla) throw ex1; if(b) throw ex2; ..." and then handle the common exit operations in the finally block. Nothing else going on there.

  15. Same reason 90s sites sucked on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Mobile Versions of Websites Suck? · · Score: 1

    because its new and people do not yet have the experience and tools.

  16. Re:Remember TEMPEST? on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    I know a similar behaviour from my old laptop ... when something caused the screen to repaint (eg. scrolling in the browser was a prime candidate), the audio-channel would get an oh-so-slight buzz for that time

  17. its NOT the same on GM's CEO Rejects Repaying Feds for Bailout Losses · · Score: 2

    Some banker investing in a company does so because he expects profit, the money the state invested was to save the company which was done in turn to save work places (which is part of the job of a state). So they did not have the same choice as a banker but are now expected to play by the same rules? Sounds a little unfair to me ...

  18. MORE DRUGS FOR OUR KIDS! on The Business of Attention Deficit Disorder · · Score: 1

    Because TV is not working any more to keep them busy while we don't want to care for them!

  19. Re:Why not batteries on Six Electric Cars Can Power an Office Building · · Score: 1

    also in the case the cars are company-owned it is probably cheaper to have the batteries work for you both for bridging the power gaps _and_ driving people to and from work instead of just one of the two.

  20. Ever heard of Logo? on Excite Kids To Code By Focusing Less On Coding · · Score: 1

    Awesome language for kids imo.

  21. Bounce back on Diet Drugs Work: Why Won't Doctors Prescribe Them? · · Score: 1

    because medicine is not a long-term solution (as much as some people like to believe that). As soon as you stop taking it you pretty surely will get a bounce back effect. Its much more sustainable to educate the people to eat healthy (and less).

  22. "can stop you" cant stop me ... on Microsoft's New Smart Bra Could Stop You From Over Eating · · Score: 1

    because I am a man

  23. "secret" program on Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google · · Score: 1

    which is the reason that everyone knows about that they have one ...

  24. Re:Premise is wrong on The Challenge of Cross-Language Interoperability · · Score: 1

    weeell ... I would not really consider linking a library which is precompiled and has bindings in your language (even if it is written in a different language) as "writing a program in multiple languages". You might as well argue that writing in any language that runs on a runtime is "in multiple languages" as the runtime itself is (very probably) not written in the language that it executes but rather C/C++ or something similar low-level.

  25. The desktop is not dead on The Desktop Is Dead, Long Live the Desktop! · · Score: 1

    dropping sales does not mean that something is dead but simply that people already have what they need. Lets be serious, the average joe is perfectly happy with a three to four year old pc (maybe even *grasp* second hand), so why buy a new one?