User: samuel.progin

Dell does not want to sell me one...

On: PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com)

I was about to order a laptop from them. Their website for my country is bugged, so that I cannot order it. They did not answer the ticket I raised, and their call center give a middle finger. I will not fight further to spend 2k...

Re:Been happening in Switzerland for some time

On: All Belgians To Be Given Iodine Pills In Case Of Nuclear Accident (phys.org)

Some time is to be understand in decades. It dates back to the eighties at least.

Look ahead

On: Thanks For the Memories: Touring the Awesome Random Access of Old (hackaday.com)

Saying that a problem is solved is risky. Remember that the physics was solved shortly before Einstein et all! The future might reshape our perception, with for instance RAM and ROM convergence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

How is Bitcoin doing?

On: Incident Raises Concerns About a More Formal Spec For Bitcoin

Besides this issue, I recently read that the block size debate between 1 or 2 MB is heated. Is it just a small hiccup the the sign the Bitcoin is reaching it limits?

Streisand effect

On: The Net Routes Around Censorship In Turkey

I was not following up closely what was going on in Turkey... The move of trying to cover these allegations brought them up in the spotlight. Wonderful.

A Tumblr with fake UI

On: Movie and TV GUIs: Cracking the Code

wonderful http://fakeui.tumblr.com/

Red pill?

On: Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation?

Seems that http://it.slashdot.org/story/0... could be updated.

Pixelserv

On: Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered?

My router at home runs pixelserv, blocking creepy domain to leak anything on my LAN. It needs a little bit of work to setup and tune, but does a great job.