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  1. Bezos laughs on his trilliion dollar money pile on 'Amazon Prime is Getting Worse' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Merry Christmas to me suckers.

  2. Now employ some professional administrators. on Facebook Donates $1 Million To Support Wikipedia (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Instead of the current ones who revert everything as "not notable" if it's not made by the clique. I'm a former contributor who has donated in the past, but have seen my money wasted, now I vandalize Wikipedia to spite them.

  3. Re:Remove all patents on Intel Attacks Qualcomm for Allegedly Stifling Competition (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    In a world where significant advances in Moore's law happens every 18 months, 20 years is far too long. Tech related patents need to be a lot shorter length. Imagine if Disney ran the patent office.

  4. Google intentionally breaks youtube in iOS on Google Denies Altering YouTube Code To Break Microsoft Edge (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    They intentionally disable full screen on youtube videos embedded on web pages in iOS, trying to make the aple experience worse.

  5. We need more than Mozilla on 'Google Isn't the Company That We Should Have Handed the Web Over To' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    We need multiple independent open source browser engines with large market share to keep the web open. Imagine the web if Mozilla was never developed, and then imagine if Chromium got to be the single engine of the web like IE6 almost did. We can prevent a Chromopoly but onl if we act now.

  6. Virgin Media in the UK did the same thing on CenturyLink Blocked Its Customers' Internet Access in Order To Show an Ad (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    It happened a while back, Interrupting my experence on the internet forcing me to make a decision if i wanted a porn block or not (fuck no).

  7. Can't profit on a trillion dollar market cap on Amazon Wants To Curb Selling 'CRaP' Items it Can't Profit On, Like Bottled Water and Snacks: Report (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the shipping cost of the words tiniest violin?

  8. They want to learn a real programming language on What Student Developers Want in a Job (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of memescript and meme basic.

  9. Remember when Firefox was "just a browser" on New Firefox Suggests Ways To Get More Out of the Web (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's hard to believe its been 16 years since Phoenix was first released, that promised to be just a browser. In these times of increasing chromization of browsers, we need a responsible Firefox, not a ad-infested one (suggestions = ads).

  10. And this is the only major Chrome alternative on Malicious Sites Abuse 11-Year-Old Firefox Bug That Mozilla Failed To Fix (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    This is just a glimpse of the epidemic of malware to come fueled by Mozilla not caring about their users. Just wait until a Pocket exploit gets developed. We need a real alternative to the Googzilla monoculture, and Goana/Servo are not enough to matter.

  11. The W3C or a non profit organization other than Googzilla needs to bring out a neutral web engine.

  12. What will happen to the old browsers? on Google, Mozilla, and Opera React To Microsoft's Embrace of Chromium (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    There will be a transition period where Microsoft will be supporting three different browsers and Internet Explorer is to get security updates until 2029 in LTSC versions. Will the old code be thrown away or will it be preserved some how? What will happen to enterprise web apps now edge is avalible on Windows 7?

  13. For the sake of browser diversity on Microsoft Is Embracing Chromium, Bringing Edge To Windows 7, Windows 8, and Mac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Microsoft needs to release the old edge source and keep it going as a back up in case Chromium goes evil. Plus we need to get Firefox to be a good browser again wih XUL support for extentsion diversity.

  14. We want less notches and more headphone jacks on We're No Longer in Smartphone Plateau. We're in the Smartphone Decline. (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus we need a viable third OS. KaiOS looks promising, but it needs to be on flagship phones.

  15. Followed by a 5G phone bill. on Qualcomm: 5G Android Flagship Phones Will Storm the 2019 Holidays (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    For your 1G data cap.

  16. Electric cars are not happening on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    See previous comment. We still have steam locomotives in use as an another example.

  17. It’s like nuclear fusion! on Amazon Promised Drone Delivery In Five Years Five Years Ago (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Always X years away, for X years. Self driving and electric cars too

  18. Microsoft is tied to Win32 Enterprise Apps on Microsoft is Working On a New Iteration of Windows To Take On ChromeOS, Report Says (petri.com) · · Score: 1

    Any Microsoft OS that fails to run them will not succeed. Microsoft has to stop making "Chromy" OSes and focus on their enterprise needs.

  19. They're really in a rock and hard place with IE.Enterprises with legacy apps will be using IE indefinitely. Even the latest LTSC ships with IE11 by default. And then there is the transition period where Microsoft is supporting hree different engines, not helped by the fact that hardware drivers stop some devices upgrading to the latest build of Windows 10. What a mess, Microsoft should just include a Firefox download link on Windows 10 atnd let Mozilla handle it.

  20. Will they block Wikipedia? on Starbucks Says It Will Start Blocking Porn On Its Stores' Wi-Fi In 2019 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1
  21. He has aged out of the advertiser friendly 18-34 range and must now embrace his old uncoolness.

  22. A show about Bitcoin on NBCUniversal Taps Machine Learning To Tie Ads To Relevant Moments on TV (adweek.com) · · Score: 3

    Should be accompanied by adverts for McDonalds careers.

  23. A trillion dollars in funbux lost on Microsoft Briefly Overtakes Apple as Most Valuable US Company (khaleejtimes.com) · · Score: 0

    See buttcoin isn't the only way to lose money.

  24. I use the XUL version of treestyletabs on Google Developer Says Chrome Team is Working on a Scrollable Tabstrip For the Browser (techdows.com) · · Score: 1

    You need a non quantum browser to use it but it gets my tab addiction fixed. Shame Google took so long as they were working on more trackibg mechanisms instead.