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  1. Isn't he the guy on Crypto Growth Nears 'Ceiling,' Ethereum Co-Founder Buterin Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    who traded most or all of his Etherium for a pizza or soerng? (Note - I haven't RTFA yet.)

  2. Re:C is not the problem on Microsoft Research Touts Its 'Checked C' Extension For 'Making C Safe' (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    About 30 years ago I once remarked to my boss that COBOL would have been a better choice than C for our application. He replied that was probably correct but he would then have to cut our pay in half.

  3. Some of us used to run lint on our code too. Is that still a thing?

  4. Re:It was suicide on Creator of TempleOS, Terry Davis, Has Passed Away (osnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly God smited him for that uninitialized pointer.

  5. Re:Jumped the shark a decade ago on 'The Big Bang Theory' Is Finally Ending (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I tried watching on Netflix a couple of years ago. Watched maybe two episodes and gave up. For one thing I couldn't stand the laugh track. I thought those went out in the 60s.

  6. Re:Canâ(TM)t trust Facebook anymore on Apple Removes Facebook's Onavo Security App From the App Store (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    You never could trust FarceBook and they were never relevant.

  7. WaterFox and PaleMoon are FF alternatives that support the old add-ons. I wonder if the add-ons will be available somewhere else?

  8. Re:Panini on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Same with salami/salame.

  9. It's worse with dollars on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As in " One million dollars was spent . . ." instead of "were spent".

  10. Re:It's all fuzzy. on Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much do you swallow?

  11. What does doing my banking through FB give me that the bank's website or app doesn't already give me?

    More exposure to hacking and data breaches?

  12. Re:Just use methanol instead on Bacteria Becoming Resistant To Hospital Disinfectants, Warn Scientists (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    How about ethanol? Then they might me too drunk to infect us. Or a combination to make them blind and drunk.

  13. Re:They're already doing this. on Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone's Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean that wasn't . . . Fuck. You bastard!.

  14. Re:Bamboozlement on Facebook Will Harass You Mercilessly If You Try To Break Up (slate.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just make a pro-Trump post and they will delete your account for you.

  15. "Hack" - 2018 definition: nobody even fucking knows anymore, and this word is used and abused by everyone to mean anything they want it to mean.

    So the word has been hacked?

  16. "I could continue but Iâ(TM)m tired of typing on my phone."

    Thâ(TM)at woâ(TM)rks ouâ(TM)t siâ(TM)nce Iâ(TM)m tiâ(TM)red oâ(TM)f râ(TM)eading iâ(TM)t.â(TM)

  17. Re:bad news for linux! on Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    And Linus won't see a dime from the purchase.

  18. Re:This makes no sense on Uber Facing Ban In Turkey After Erdogan Backs Taxis (sbs.com.au) · · Score: 2

    Same goes for the Armenian Genocide.

  19. Re:When did software geeks become the Mob? on Oracle's Aggressive Sales Tactics Are Backfiring With Customers (lightreading.com) · · Score: 4, Informative
  20. Re:Nope, it was boomers on Ask Slashdot: Did Baby Boomers Break America? (time.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The people who broke America were mostly Baby Boomers, but that is not to say that all Baby Boomers are responsible. It was mostly banksters, lawyers, politicians (see previous), etc who happened to be Boomers.

  21. Re:Most successful software ever written on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Sophisticated Piece of Software Ever Written? (quora.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually AIDS is a pretty sophisticated virus. Maybe Stuxnet was modeled on AIDS. Well, except for the gayness.

  22. Then they could hang a neon sign on the outside saying "Coldest beer in the universe".

  23. Re:Delete all the real accounts too on Facebook Deleted 583 Million Fake Accounts in the First Three Months of 2018 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I swelled immensely just thinking about it.

  24. Re:We don't want abortion in open source. on Richard Stallman Demands Return Of Abortion Joke To libc Documentation (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I would hate to see what the Fundies would do with creat().

  25. I think the point is - intent is meaningless if you don't actually break the law. In the post above yours, what if you do have criminal intent when you read the public road signs?