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  1. Cryptocurreny has ruined too many lives on Bitcoin Falls Below $5,000 For First Time Since October 2017 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    From buying drugs and child abuse to wrecking the planet. Satoshi disappeared because he knew he would be sentenced for crimes against humanity eventually. I’d say cryptocurrencies and Wikipedia are two worst inventions this century. The price coming down will not be enough because even hyperinflation curencies get novelty value among collectors.

  2. Is this related to the cryptocurrency crash? on Popular Dark Web Hosting Provider Got Hacked, 6,500 Sites Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering how linked the two are, I expect people are cashing out their ill gotten coins as fast as possible.

  3. Bitcoin crashed below $5000 today on Blockchain Gaming Is Coming to the PS4 (sludgefeed.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And the Ethereum genesis block cashed out. There';s no more hype for blockchain in gaming, anymore than a fidget spinner mmo.

  4. Market it to people on Windows 7 on Mark Shuttleworth Reveals Ubuntu 18.04 Will Get a 10-Year Support Lifespan (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As an alternative to he madness of Windows as a Servce. Improve virtualization/Wine and give people an exit fom reboot hell.

  5. Will they accept Firefox and LibreOffice? on Microsoft Store Starts Accepting Windows 10 on ARM Apps (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Or is WinARM S mode in disguise?

  6. And stay down on Bitcoin Plummets Under $6,000 To a New Low For the Year (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I like my planet cool and not roasted for monopoly money.

  7. But the miners keep running on Corporate America's Blockchain and Bitcoin Fever is Over (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    Until every last miner is shut down and graphics cards are cheap commodoties then the blockchain is still commiting the planet serious damage. Miners should be fined for every kilowatt they wasted on mining.

  8. Remmber Microsoft Palladium? on Apple Confirms Its T2 Security Chip Blocks Some Third-Party Repairs of New Macs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This sounds like all the fears of Palladium come true.

  9. Why is it so hard? on There Are Way Too Many Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    A universal streaming service, available world wide, usable on Linux/BSD.

  10. Most of their editors got there ten years ago. on A Third of Wikipedia Discussions Are Stuck in Forever Beefs (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you look at Wikipedia’s admin history, most admins were elected over 10 years ago. This provides a substanial old guard that locks out newer viewpoints. What we need is a new generaton of edtiors who arent revert happy and allows more articles about Women in science. I notice that Wikipedia is very deletionist now days especially after they restricted article creation to autoconfirmed accounts. Remember to repay the favor and be deletionist with your donation money.

  11. Reminder that ReactOS dosen't have activation. on Some Windows 10 Pro Users Say Their PCs Are No Longer Activated And Are Been Prompted To Downgrade To Windows 10 Home (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If more people volunteered for ReactOS we could have a viable Windows Compatible OS.

  12. This negatively impacts alternative browsers on Google Won't Let You Sign In If You Disabled JavaScript In Your Browser (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Especially text browsers that don't support javascript often used by people with disabilities.

  13. Child abuse on Kids' Apps Are Flooded With Ads (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Call it what it is.

  14. Microsoft wants to kill Chrome just as much as Netscape, I woudnkt be surprised if some of Bing’s employees were in on the scam, in order to bypass security checks for ads.

  15. Re:Flatpak Snap on Canonical Releases Statistics Showing Adoption of Snap Packages (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    And another fad packaging format will replace that. Linux has enough packaging formats, but not enough pro media apps and games without WINE.

  16. Still dependent on X after all these years. on Trivial Bug In X.Org Server Gives Root Permissions On Linux, BSD Systems (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Xouvert, Wayland, Y, DirectFB, SVGAlib, Fbdev, Mir, NeWS and so many others have failed to break the X curse on Linux.

  17. Meanwhile Waterfox 5.2.4 has been released on Firefox 63 Arrives With Enhanced Tracking Protection, Search Shortcuts, and Picture-in-Picture on Android (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those of you who need real extensions.

  18. Will be as successful as the horse and cart club on Sentimental Humans Launch A Movement to Save (Human) Driving (freep.com) · · Score: 1

    Most people will embrace self driving cars as they can Slashdot on the go.

  19. My guess that it is lower OEM costs. If I was samsung id print instructions how to switch out of s mode on the box so people can install their real apps right away.

  20. Needs a blockchain, AI and hashtag. on Driverless Car Hype Gives Way To E-Scooter Mania Among Technorati (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to forget an emoji based authentication system.

  21. Problems for legacy OSes on Microsoft To Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 Support in Edge and Internet Explorer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Internet Explorer on Windows XP still only supports TLS 1.0, and now even Firefox has left Windows XP the remaining 3% of people still using Windows XP are screwed. I expect even Windows 7 will be under fire when more and more TLS versions get disabled. This is all part of Microsoft’s scheme to get people to use Spydows 10.

  22. I'm your browser on Intel To Support 128GB of DDR4 on Core 9th Gen Desktop Processors (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    And I'm confiscating your 128GB ram for telemetry purposes.

  23. Linux packaging standards on Plex for Linux Now Available as a Snap (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    TAR.gz RPM Deb PPA flatpak Snap AUR ebuild tar.bz2. configure make make install. It's all fun in the Linux packaging factory.

  24. Miners need to be seized on The Cryptocurrency Industry is 'On the Brink of an Implosion', Research Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, governments should make it illegal to blatantly waste electricity. People cry about net neutrality, but electricity neutrality should be discussed too. In any other industry, wasting resources for no reason but to print electronic tokens would be cracked down on. It's is coming up to the 10th anniversary of the bailouts of the financial crisis that was caused by funny money mortgages, we need to arrest the designers of asics for environmental terrorism. I hope 100 years from now when our great grandchildren have to suffer in a climate changed world to ask that why didn't our generation stop the bitminers.

  25. Not trusting it with a mile long pole on Microsoft Rereleases Windows 10 October 2018 Update, Fixes Data Deletion Bug (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can't just release a fix to such a disastrous update with just three days testing. Microsoft needs to go back to the drawing board, formally revoke 1809 and focus on fixing bugs properly and release after a few months proper testing. This also affected the LTSC and Server versions of Windows, which are now officially not fit for purpose. Deletiongate means Microsoft will have a lot people and companies (especially mission critical ones) on Windows 7 well into the 2020s.