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  1. Re: Anytime on A 14-Year-Old Asks: When Should I Get a VPN? · · Score: 3, Informative

    He was offering to pay her bus ticket to travel across state lines. I only sporadically perused her IMs. I'm glad I caught that one. Now, you can eat a dick. Kids are stupid.

  2. Re:Really? on Microsoft Chastises Google Over Chrome Security (pcmag.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would actually prefer that the major players all try to keep each other honest.

    Being honest is one thing, which I do appreciate.

    That said, Microsoft doesn't have the right to bash a garage-band IoT maker about security flaws response.

    Everyone, from the lone user to a mega-corporation, has the right to call out security flaws on anyone who exposes others to risk.

  3. Anytime on A 14-Year-Old Asks: When Should I Get a VPN? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as the parents have man in the middle access it is not a bad idea. Before the kids all flame me for saying that, I saved my daughter from a potential predator because I monitored her Internet use when she was 14.

    At that age one is still a child and still tends to have poor judgement. I know I did back then.

  4. Re:Really? on Microsoft Chastises Google Over Chrome Security (pcmag.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would actually prefer that the major players all try to keep each other honest.

  5. Re:Actually, moderation IS censorship on Android Oreo Helps Google's Pixel 2 Smartphones Outperform Other Android Flagships (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Try reading a dictionary at least once in your life. Informally, sure you can use that term, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with a private entity 'censoring' your speech.

  6. Re:Builders vs Buyers on Traditional PC Sales Continue To Slide (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A huge portion of performance parts are sold to smaller shops such as CyberPower PC, etc. They build them and people buy them. I'd welcome any statistics you have that show that end users are increasingly building their own.

  7. Re:Actually, moderation IS censorship on Android Oreo Helps Google's Pixel 2 Smartphones Outperform Other Android Flagships (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    You really don't know what censorship means, do you? It does not apply to private entities. It applies to Goverment only. If you do not like /.'s moderation system then don't load the page. Pretty easy to do.

  8. Re:Builders vs Buyers on Traditional PC Sales Continue To Slide (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The number of people who build their own computers is a tiny, tiny fraction of the market. Your sample data is skewed by the types of people you know.

    It also used to be cheaper to build. It's really not anymore. I still do because I've been building my own, barring laptops of course, for over 30 years and it's fun.

    Very few people in the market build their own though. You are mistaken.

  9. Re:Confirmed: Jack Ma is a lucky moron on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    Not yet. Like I said 'at first'.

  10. Re:Umm I live in the frozen north. on Apple To Ditch Touch ID Altogether For All of Next Year's iPhones (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Touch, face, whatever. They are all insecure and able to be spoofed. Two factor is still the way to go, but most people do not have the patience for it.

  11. Re:I don't know who's spying who on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Snowden would have been a patriot had he limited his disclosure to the illegal spying on US citizens. He crossed a line and should pay for it. Don't even get me started on Bush.

  12. Re:One of the reasons on Comcast Pressures Local Cable Firms to Curb Low-Cost TV Packages (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    We stopped bothering with FIOS for TV and Phone because of the costs and the fact that we didn't watch 90% of the channels. Now we have an antenna, Roku, Ooma, and SlingTV. We haven't regretted it for a moment and our monthly costs dropped to less than half, which is just to pay for Internet.

    I could probably do without the Ooma but it works well and my wife wanted to keep our land line in place, so to speak. No big deal. I like having blinky things in my closet.

  13. Re:Confirmed: Jack Ma is a lucky moron on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they won't get rid of us right away. At first they'll need us to hit the console port and debug when one of them fails.

  14. Re:Clark's 1st Law on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    Hardly. He was only 45.

  15. Re:I don't know who's spying who on Israeli Spies 'Watched Russian Agents Breach Kaspersky Software' (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    It's kind of like that time that particularly famous traitor aired our own dirty laundry and it turned out that we spy on all of our allies.

    That is exactly when he became a traitor and not a patriot. I hope someone managed to nail him one day.

  16. Re:I'm a bit of an AMD Fanboi, but... on Intel's Just Launched 8th Gen 'Coffee Lake' Processors Bring the Heat To AMD's Ryzen · · Score: 1

    Nobody is under an obligation to buy any CPU from any company. If you think AMD is llilly white then you are naive. Personally, I buy what works best for my use case at the time of purchase. I try to leave imaginary ethical stuff aside. If AMD had an edge then they would 'sandbag' too. It is sound corporate strategy.

  17. Re:No true Scotsman on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No person without a mental illness doesn't have one either.

  18. Re:Maybe a way forward? on Equifax Will Offer Free Credit Locks for Life, New CEO Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I am in the process of eliminating all credit. My wife and I just paid cash for a new home in a rural area and plan on just using cash. When we travel we will just get a pre-paid card for the convenience. I am done with banks and credit agencies.

    I noticed your name. I have many knives and various other blades. Nice to meet you.

  19. My Pixel XL was not cheap and blows the doors off the iPhone 7 it replaced. Smoother and more useful. That's just my particular opinion and of course anecdotal, but you are in error if you think all Android phones are 'cheap toys'.

  20. Here I thought he was talking about a bundle of firewood.

  21. Re:So along with the new sensors on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dude, nobody cares about the headphone jack except slashdot whiners.

    Or people who actually use their phones.

  22. Re:Underwhelmed. I was expecting something more. on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are looking for a phone to change your life in a meaningful way then you need serious psychological help.

  23. Re:Use a good browser... on AskSlashdot: How Do You See Your Life After Firefox 52 ESR? (mozilla.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Some people like cross platform browsers because they, you know, use more than one platform.

  24. Re:Use less firefox on AskSlashdot: How Do You See Your Life After Firefox 52 ESR? (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    Firefox user here. I have never heard of pulseaudio
    through I must say that throat based audio tastes intriguing

    You might like this, then.

  25. Re:Will anybody actually get that patch? on Android Oreo Bug Eats Up Mobile Data Even When On Wi-Fi (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Seeing as Oreo is basically only available right now on Google devices (Nexus, Pixel), I suspect that carriers who provide it later on will get the patch.