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  1. Design by committee on Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox and Wants Your Feedback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Always a recipe for success and greatness...

  2. Re: As usual, they are decades late on Microsoft Is Making the Windows Command Line a Lot Better (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, terminology. Mac OS is the new name given to the 8th version of what was hitherto known as simply System 6/7. Then came Rhapsody (a Mac OS themed OPENSTEP), then Mac OS X. Then Tim Cooke decided to rename Mac OS X into macOS (mind the missing space and the lower/uppercase mix). So when I said macOS I didn't mean Mac OS. Also Mac OS X has only been a certified UNIX since 10.5 I believe. Before that it was only a UNIX derivative.

  3. Re: I can't remove pre-installed apps on Google Warns Android Might Not Remain Free Because of EU Decision (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You're aware that Opera is owned by a Chinese consortium, right? I'd rather stick with Safari and 1Blocker then...

  4. Re: Important - Govts control Market Access on Apple iCloud Data in China is Being Stored By a State-Run Telco (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Heartbleed 2.5 years undetected gaping security hole, Shellshock 25 years... Security by obscurity is just as unreliable as open-source, more eyes only makes bugs shallow, if those eyes are competent and actually looking

  5. Apple is providing services and tools to sell their hardware. If you haven't noticed, that's their main business. They don't need to make any money on their messages platform as l long as it keeps users tied to their platform and makes new users buy and enjoy their hardware. It's a marketing tool to sell Apple devices, not to sell ads, you tool.

  6. Re: And there's always the possibility... on Why Startups Aren't Pushing the Feds To Break Up Big Tech (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Not merely a possibility, that'ss the end game of startups these days: getting bought out by someone. Nobody is even trying to launch a sustainable business anymore that could run itself. Investors want a quick return on their investment, after all.

    As long as you create enough buzz to be relevant for a while, chances are someone will buy you out to get your tech (and bury it maybe) and to get your customer DB.

  7. Re: I still won't use Windows 10 on Microsoft Is Making the Windows Command Line a Lot Better (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll get a sore neck having to tilt your head every time you see a text smiley!

  8. Re: As usual, they are decades late on Microsoft Is Making the Windows Command Line a Lot Better (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    macOS is a full blown UNIX. How is their CLI an afterthought? There's actually a lot of stuff you can do in Terminal that you can't do via the GUI. Like creating bootable USB stick installers for macOS. Also lots of admin only settings available there.

  9. Re: Luckily, he's not in Germany ... on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So Hitler is like Santa, because he's got a list and he's checking it twice. And Trump isn't literally Hitler. See? I always knew Slashdot is the place for stuff that matters!

  10. Re: Luckily, he's not in Germany ... on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Japan mortgage loans comes with a life (actually death) insurance, so if I die before my loan is paid back, my wife gets the house, without paying a penny back. And no, she has no plans of killing me. The house isn't that great.

  11. Re: Human Error on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was cosmic rays? Then computers could make mistakes. It had to happen one day...

  12. Re: Human Error on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Itâ(TM)s a bit like husbands and wives. Husbands might do what their wives say, but the wives want them to do what they think...

  13. From all his arguments and analogies, he seems to think that the internet is just like cable TV. Good to know that the Internet is in proficient hands...

  14. Re: Linus on Finally, It's the Year of the Linux... Supercomputer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's "waifu" you culturally insensitive clod.

  15. Re: The real issue: on WHO Gaming Disorder Listing a 'Moral Panic', Say Experts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The real issue is the assumption that every pastime must teach you about real life. Well, it doesnâ(TM)t. Sometimes you want that escapism, or you just want to chill and goof around.

  16. Author Should Be Retired on 'The Word Hack is Meaningless and Should Be Retired' (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the author's a hack.

  17. - audio latency
    - editing of several 4k video streams, and exporting to h.265
    Try those and see macOS winning hands down.

  18. So, how is this not spam? on The World Isn't Prepared for Retirement (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I work for an investment bank. Dudes this is pure PR. Slashdot - news from banks, advertising that pays out. WTF?

  19. Yeah the downside is that they shave the clit away along with it. Can't have women enjoying sex, can we?

  20. We should start selling bridges to Brazil.

  21. No, no, no. The left also wants to ban sexuality for the large part because itâ(TM)s objectifying the wahmens. Humiliation of male sexuality, cheap puns and physical assault on male genitalia is fine, though.

  22. I played this game on the Amiga. It was brilliant. Is it still around on other platforms?

  23. Let the Exodus Commence on Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So whereâ(TM)s everybody going to go? GitLab? Sourceforge (second coming....)

  24. Try to live and work in Tokyo at 39C with 85%–90% humidity. At least during working hours you need AC. I never use AC at home though, ventilators work fine for me, but if I had to do 8h of focussed work at home, I’d be using the AC there, too, I'm sure.

  25. Even sooner to come: wrongthink, doubting the propaganda, not being a good citizen, dissentient thinking