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  1. Re:Yikes on Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Is 'Quietly Spreading Across the Globe' (msn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really? H2O2 is said to cause cell walls to burst in bacteria and have good antifungal properties. Thats why it provides almost immediate relief for infected teeth. Don't post stuff like this if you have no clue what you're talking about.

  2. 40 microwatts doesn't sound like a lot of power. That's barely even enough to be called power imo. Lol!

  3. These can be flashed to LineageOS on Google Sends Final Software Update To Legacy Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Phones (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    https://wiki.lineageos.org/dev...

    I installed that on my 6p. Its extremely nice if I do say so myself. Had to flash the modem and vendor partitions so heads up.

  4. I *HATE* lavendar on Lavender's Soothing Scent Could Be More Than Just Folk Medicine (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    It makes me want to vomit. Its the worst scent/flavor ever. Not suitable for anything imo. Should be BANNED!

  5. Early Runequest was great! on RIP Greg Stafford, a Fundamental Personage of the RPG Industry (chaosium.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The game changed for the worst when Avalon Hill re-imagined it, but the 2nd Edition was excellent. Many weekends were spent with friends playing this game. Thanks Greg!

  6. LineageOS doesn't need this. on SuperSU, a Popular Root App For Android, Disappears From Google Play Store (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 2

    Instead, LineageOS https://lineageos.org/ provides a su option zip that can be flashed along with the main image and opengapps. After it is installed, you can toggle root access via the developer options and control which apps can get it.

    The list of devices officially supported is not huge, but there are some unofficial builds available now for select others. LineageOS is rather nice if you can run it.

  7. Necromancy on The Story of Starlite, the 'Blast Proof' Material (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely one of you adepts can pull his soul from the great beyond and bind it to an Alexa or something so we can recover this important lost secret!

  8. ... is about the dumbest fucking thing I have ever read.

  9. This is clearly the stupidest thing ever on Would You Pay $700, Plus a Monthly Fee, For a Digital License Plate? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Not only is it ridiculously expensive, but now the authorities can presumably turn your license plate into a flashing orange beacon at their whim. Good thinking! *facepalm*

  10. You need a semi-brain. Begone lest I taunt you some more.

  11. Yes this makes sense. on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    There is absolutely no reason a spork couldn't be made out of recycled horse shit, pressed, steamed, sterilized, and be better in every way than a crappy plastic version. Somebody is thinking.

  12. Interlingua is better on The Invented Language That Found a Second Life Online (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interlingua is one of Esperanto's competitors. It resembles a simplified modern spoken latin and is very useful for scientific communication. It is said that interlingua can be understood relatively well by most speakers of european languages, although the reverse is not necessarily true.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    It is a good language to study just to learn the word roots which have high cognates with other modern languages.

  13. Re:Thinkpads in general on Ask Slashdot: Which Laptop Has The Best Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    My Thinkpad 11e has the same keyboard as yours from the looks of it. I really like mine too.

  14. Re:I'm sold for better or for worse. on AMD Ryzen Game Patch Optimizations Show Significant Gains On Zen Architecture (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    We already bought two 1700 systems here.

  15. Re:Why shop at Walmart on Amazon and Walmart Are In An All-Out Price War That Is Terrifying Big Brands (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    It costs me five dollars (or more) to drive to Walmart and back. Plus I may spend more than I intend while I am there.

  16. I get this all the time! on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Aggressive Forum Users? · · Score: 1

    This happens on every forum. Something like this...

    Me: Hi, my game crashes with error code 0xF00.
    Mr Stickler: We need a full dxdiag report or we can't help. Read the rules.
    Me: Here you go. (posts 5 pages of garbage)
    Mr OneUp: I see you are running a R2999 graphics, you should buy a GT5000 like me.
    Me: Card is fine. Next?
    Mr Doofus: You need to reinstall windows. I do it every night.
    Me: Not gonna happen.

    And then the thread dies.

  17. Hosting Illegal Child Pornography is ILLEGAL on Windows DRM-Protected Files Used To Decloak Tor Browser Users (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3

    Law enforcement should be not allowed to host child porn, even if it is trapped. It is clearly entrapment. IMO this is clearly a serious breach of the laws. If the material is illegal, then law enforcement should not be allowed to present it to the public. It presents a danger to the casual web surfer that is artificially implanted. The material is illegal. Period. No honeypots should be allowed.

  18. I saved somebody 4 days ago with this. on RIP Dr. Henry Heimlich, Inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My friend started choking on a chili dog and I luckily knew what to do. I had to do the Heimlich three of four times, but she spit out an onion chunk and survived! Thanks Dr. Heimlich!

  19. NetBSD is my side OS project on NetBSD Project Releases NetBSD 7.0.2 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I mostly run Gentoo, but I like the correlations it has with NetBSD so I run it as my side OS. It is very well written and high quality.

  20. Thinkpad 11e AMD on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Cheap Linux-Friendly Netbook? · · Score: 1

    I picked up one of these with an A4-6210 APU and it is a phenomenal machine. Cost was $180 but I added a 8G RAM upgrade and a 256G SSD. Highly recommended, and the keyboard is amazing.

  21. Because of the SSE4a requirement, NMS didn't work on my Phenom2. I gave up after 5 minutes and asked for my refund from Steam. By that time the writing was already on the wall.

  22. Re:What problem does this solve? on Disposable Lasers Created Using Inkjet Printer (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I was imagining lighted blinking beer posters festooning the walls of every bar.

  23. Now that it has GTK widgets on GNU Emacs Now Has Native Support For GTK Widgets (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Emacs will be a much better web browser.

  24. OpenWRT is really good. I won't buy a router now unless its on the OpenWRT supported hardware list.

  25. ipv6 tunnels on ARIN IPv4 Addresses Run Out Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    I've had an ipv6 tunnel (mostly) up and running since 2010 just for experimentation. Now my router brings up the tunnel and enables stateless auto configuration for the entire LAN. Lazy ISP is no excuse.