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  1. The answer to your question is... on Ask Slashdot: Which Motherboard Manufacturer Provides the Best Support? · · Score: 1

    ASUS.

    They have the best support. You are unlikely to get better from someone else.

  2. Re: Whatever Palmer. on Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap, Says Oculus Cofounder (palmerluckey.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but his kit is similar to every other kit out there. Oculus didn't reinvent the wheel. They used existing tech and integrated it into a product. That is a stellar feat on its own I suppose, but not like reinventing the wheel.

    Magic Leap's product may be complete shit, but what they are trying to do is a lot harder.

  3. Whatever Palmer. on Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap, Says Oculus Cofounder (palmerluckey.com) · · Score: 0

    First, Palmer Luckey is a douche.

    Second, Magic Leap's tech is much different than existing AR/VR fare. They are having to build their entire graphics stack from scratch. No existing libraries will handle light field calculations. Hardware requirements are probably insane. They probably have bitten off more than they can chew and their first product reflects that.

    Oh, and Palmer Luckey is a douche.

  4. Check to see if they are using a proxy cache on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Prove My ISP Slows Certain Traffic? · · Score: 1

    My ISPs dirty little secret is that it routes all http(s) traffic through a proxy cache server, so most popular websites run load great but everything else is often slow.

  5. They should have franchised. on TechShop Announces Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; Closes All Locations · · Score: 1

    That was my suggestion early on. Bigger impact and less risk. Overseas techshops are staying open because they are, in essence, franchises.

  6. Helvetica is the New Helvetica. on IBM's Quest To Design The 'New Helvetica' (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    Helvetica Neue used to be the New Helvetica. Now Helvetica is the New Helvetica.

  7. The solution is simple on How Can Businesses Close 'The Cybersecurity Gap'? (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    1) Pay a good salary.

    2) Seriously consider remote workers.

    3) Hire more than one person.

    4) Consider people who are outside the "security" realm. A lot of sysadmins have to do security by default and know just as much about it as a person with the cert.

  8. The one announcement I want... on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    The person responsible for accelerometer activation of doodles in Messenger is no longer employed at Apple.

  9. Re: Confirmed - Customer Portal impacted on Red Hat Suffers Massive Data Center Network Outage · · Score: 1

    Oh we are on a daily basis.

  10. Re:Mac is cool but... on Apple Losing Out To Microsoft and Google in US Classrooms (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that you RMS?

  11. It depends on what you want to do. on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 1

    Different languages have different strengths and weaknesses.

    If you want to get into the nitty-gritty, then C is awesome.

    If you want to write code that leaks memory like a sieve then Java is the way to go.

    If curly braces somehow offend you, and you do not understand or care about what a global interpreter lock is, go for Python.

    If you want to wear your braces keys down to nubs, tcl is the language for you.

    FWIW, the language that excites me the most is Swift. YMMV.

  12. If pay is no object... on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Job For This Recent CS Grad? · · Score: 1

    Go to grad school.

  13. Rob McElhenney? on Minecraft Movie To Compete With Avengers and Star Wars In 2019 (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Having the creator of "It's always Sunny in Philadelphia" direct what ostensibly would be a kid's movie will probably result in a good movie.

    Good thing my kids already know what a crack pipe is.

  14. Re:Maybe. on Slashdot Asks: Have You Experienced Ageism? (observer.com) · · Score: 1

    No kidding!

  15. Every fucking day. on Slashdot Asks: Have You Experienced Ageism? (observer.com) · · Score: 1

    Ageism is huge in tech.

    What sucks is that most of these whippersnappers can't code their way out of box. They write some bullshit java app that leaks memory, counting on GC, and I could write the same thing in C in half the time, no leaks, and at least 10% faster. But do I even get the opportunity?

    Hell no.

    Or the sysadmin side... I've built some significant stuff in my career, but management always listens to the young guy- even though I have data and thorough analysis to support my arguments, while the youngsters only have buzzwords and double-speak.

    It is maddening.

  16. Answer on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Glare On Cellphones? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Turn your body so that the sun is directly behind you

  17. Who cares? on Hyperloop to Feature 'Augmented' and 'Interactive' Windows (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the kind of douchebag bullshit I expect from SXSW.

    Who cares about interactive screens? I have one that fits in the palm of my hand. Get the other shit done.

  18. I have a pager on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Have a Pager? Do You Find It Useful? · · Score: 1

    I'm cool with it. It is simple. All kinds of stuff goes wrong with my cell phone all of the time, but the pager is rock solid.

  19. These guys are gonna be rich. on Nanotech Could Make Incandescent Light Bulbs As Efficient As LEDs (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    EOM

  20. Apple Terminal on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Apple Terminal is my favorite. I use GNOME Terminal mostly, but if I had my druthers I'd use Apple Terminal all the time.

    Flame away!

  21. Cheap alternative on The $6,000 Computer Desk That Lets You Lie Down While You Work · · Score: 1
  22. Well said. on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 1

    I'd give you mod points if I had them.

  23. Re:Do your due dilligence... on The Hostile Email Landscape (liminality.xyz) · · Score: 1

    I bet they would if he was using Microsoft Exchange instead of postfix.

  24. And the connectome isn't even half of it. on Will You Ever Be Able To Upload Your Brain? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There is more to a brain than just it's connectome. It is going to be a long time before uploads are possible.

  25. Re:Open world city on Thanks To Valve, More Than 1,500 Games Are Now On Linux · · Score: 1

    If GTA V were available on Linux, I would have no reason to use Windows.