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  1. Tired of this whole security/privacy mess! on Your Battery Status Is Being Used To Track You Online (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    WHY ON EARTH a browser need to expose the status of my laptop battery!! Why?!?! Can we have a browser that JUST display text, images and basic please! Can we go back to HTML 3.2 and flush everything made after this!

  2. Re:Same as S7 Edge on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Launched, Features Curved Display, Iris Scanner (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly! I'm one of those hating curved screens for the reasons you described. I have a Galaxy Note 4 but I'm done with Samsung Note X because of this (curved screen). My next phone will be a Nexus (and I will have OS updates a LOT quicker).

  3. Nothing is free on Spotify Is Now Selling Your Information To Advertisers (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Period.

  4. Java != Java EE on Oracle May Have Stopped Funding and Developing Java EE (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Java ecosystem will continue to live pretty well without Java EE specs.

  5. Re:Good Start... on .NET Core 1.0 Released, Now Officially Supported By Red Hat (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Do we really need more and more and more .. features? And after that, everyone will complain that it's too bloated. Tired of this nonsense.

  6. Re:Nobody wants thinner and lighter. on Apple To Launch Thinner, Lighter MacBook Pro Models With OLED Touch Bar, Touch ID In Fall (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why a got a Dell Precision M4800 (end of 2014) to replace my 17" MBP (for almost the same price) and never looked back :

        - Intel® Core i7-4940MX (Quad-core Extreme 3.10GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo)
        - 32 GB of RAM
        - 1 SSD (256GB)
        - 1 HD (1 TB , Hybrid)
        - NVIDIA Quadro K2100M (2Go)
        - 15.6" UltraSharp QHD+ (3200x1800)
        - ...

    This bad ass machine weight 6.4 pound but I have the horsepower/space I need for long time. Ho and I can replace any part myself! Nothing soldered on the board. I'm a software engineer and I can run many VMs, Dockers, IDE (Java), Emacs, ... without much trouble.

  7. Re:Next WH advance will be to not use printers at on The White House Finally Got Color Printers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    "The paperless office is as about as realistic as the paperless toilet!" - Keith Davidson

  8. What's next? on 9 Open Source Alternatives To Picasa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    10 steps to build your own ...
    21 days to learn ...
    15 easy ways to ...
    9 alternative to ...

    Come on!

  9. Re:js crapware fad of the month on Google Says Angular 2 Will Support Python, Java (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's called HTML.

  10. Bye Netflix... on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    Hello The Pirate Bay... I'm back! ;)

  11. No on Consumers Expect Their Cars To Become Mini Data Centers (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Tired of all this "everything must be connected". I have to reboot my entertainment system in my car couple of times a week because Bluetooth stop working, XMRadio is no more able to connect to satellite, ... And they want to let my car take decisions for me? No thanks! I simply need a car to go from A to B : 4 wheels, steering wheel, radio, ...

  12. Here is my number... on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    0 hour.

  13. When you'll know enough about statistics... on Ask Slashdot: Resources For Explaining Statistics For the Very First Time? (thejuliagroup.com) · · Score: 2

    ... here is the next book you need : How to Lie with Statistics ;) http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-...

  14. Done on Scientists Begin Another Attempt To Drill Through the Earth's Crust · · Score: 1

    The Core : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt02... ;)