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  1. Re: Where is the void on 'Windows 10 Is Failing Us' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    .... And it's not as fall over simple to use and maintain as ChromeOS either.

  2. Hahahaha on We Need To Reboot the Culture of View Source (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Those of us who are really "old guard" laugh at the notion that anyone who cut their programming teeth in the age of the web browser would consider themselves "old guard". Let them eat core dumps.

  3. No need to qualify that on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not buying the iPhone 8 at any price.

  4. I call bullshit on Google Home Ends A Domestic Dispute By Calling The Police (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google Home cannot yet make phone calls. I'd like to see some proof that this was a Google Home at work. Isn't anyone at all skeptical anymore about news stories?

  5. Pull Requests on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 1

    Unit tests and pull requests. Use them.

  6. This is terrible.... on Google's Allo App Can Reveal To Your Friends What You've Searched (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the ten people who use Allo to chat with other people.

  7. .. Or.... on LG's Latest Battery Is Also a Phone (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    But a phone that doesn't die after less than a days use. My Moto Z Play gets me 2 days or 3 if I attach a Moto mod battery. I have no patience anymore for phones that can't get 2 days of use.

  8. Re:Well that's a hell of a security hole. on TV News Broadcast Accidentally Activates Alexa, Initiates Orders (cw6sandiego.com) · · Score: 1

    It's Amazon. It is designed to do exactly this. Amazon doesn't make any hardware that isn't designed to sell you stuff from their store.

  9. Only as safe as dumb people... on U2F Security Keys May Be the World's Best Hope Against Account Takeovers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "Hi, I'm from your company's tech support team. I'm here to test your 2FA key to see if it needs to be replaced by this fake-o virus carrying USB key I'm carrying, mind if I check things out? I'll be needing that key...."

  10. The Cape Cod one has been opposed by the Kennedy Family, lest we imagine that only conservatives come in against this. http://sweetness-light.com/arc...

  11. Re:Without their needed displays Pebble was doomed on Pebble Gets Acquired By Fitbit - Ends Production and Ceases Support Of Its Existing Lineup of Smartwatches (getpebble.com) · · Score: 1

    They were using LCD e-paper, not e-ink. There's a bit of a difference in power usage.

  12. Re:The Lesson? Kickstarter money is for entertainm on Pebble Gets Acquired By Fitbit - Ends Production and Ceases Support Of Its Existing Lineup of Smartwatches (getpebble.com) · · Score: 1

    A solid company would have found *some* buyer at some price point before it came to this

    Like, maybe, Citizen?

  13. Re:Just like Golf or other "business-oriented" hob on 'Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is that Golf generally had a better chance to put you in touch with the class of people who would likely improve your monetary standing, as they generally could afford hobbies like golf.

  14. Re:Dumb title on 'Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Which makes it about as successful as your average pyramid scheme.

  15. This is not too far from the truth. The real money in the PC business is businesses. Generally they have the bucks to buy rather than upgrade. Apple doesn't really care too much about individual buyers anymore. That market has already raced to the bottom with low end Windows and Chromebooks being more than enough for Grandma, Grandpa and students who only use Facebook, Google, Google Docs or Office365 and TurnitIn for schoolwork.

  16. Begun the fart app wars have.

  17. Um, no.

    AIs are largely programmed through something called Machine Learning. Guess where the data comes from that provides the machine learning?

    People. Papers, blog posts, databases, written by people.

    People who have prejudices.

  18. Uh, no. They don't on Facebook Knows Your Political Preferences (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    They got me dead wrong on a lot of things on the Ad preferences page.

    Google on the other hand, is much better at this and I find using their stuff to be much less intrusive somehow.

    https://www.google.com/setting...

  19. You probably are using Linux and don't know it. on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think a lot of people use Linux based Operating Systems and don't know it.

    Android is, at least sorta Linux.

    A lot of your set top boxes and routers are running Linux. There's a lot of embedded stuff running Linux too like your Nest thermostat and possibly that new refrigerator you bought.

    Chances are those websites you visit everyday are running Linux too.

  20. Apple too.

    Just try to get Siri to work with your favorite Music or GPS Mapping program by default....

  21. No. You won't. That's only if you sign up for the Music part of it. I just signed up and still see the $7.99 because I didn't extend music sharing to my family.

  22. Everyday on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Switch Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    Full stack coding switching between Java, JavaScript. There's a lot of markup (HTML, XML) and SQL in there too.

  23. Posting jobs is so 2000 on Tech Job Postings Are Down 40% On Popular Job Boards (medium.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm a senior level developers and it seems to me that recruiters are going straight to the source instead of posting.

    I get at least 5 to 10 emails or linked in posts per week pumping my ego and trying to get me to join the latest hot startup!!! Bean bag chairs!!! On site dry cleaning!!! Ping pong!!! Stock options that may actually be worth something.... Or not!!!!

  24. Google Keep on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Note-Taking App? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google Keep - works everywhere, it's free, has decent search, does everything I need.

  25. 14th and 9th isn't the West Village.... on New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones (pix11.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's in Chelsea or maybe the Meatpacking District (if you read some of the signs in the area), but it definitely isn't West Village.