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  1. Sticking with 7 until the end. on Windows 10 Continues To Close in On Windows 7 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I even still dual boot XP. Microsoft's "support" for 7 is so pathetic that it dosen't matter when it is "officially unsupported".

  2. 5g needs to be legally defined as net neutral on T-Mobile, Nokia Reach $3.5 Billion Agreement To Build Nationwide 5G Network (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    Otherwise it’s fancy 4g, which was fancy 3g, and so on.

  3. They could call it Phoenix again on Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox and Wants Your Feedback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    But some spyware android app is using the name now. But we want extensions and power user features. Stop removing them. There is going to be a lot of pain in September when 52ESR is finally stopped supported and Windows XP and XUL users get thrown out in the cold.

  4. Sending users back to Windows XP. on Ubuntu Linux-based Distro Lubuntu To No Longer Focus on Old Hardware (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Windows XP despite not being officially supported is still used widely in China and in enterprise with specialist software and hardware. Without giving people a Linux route for old hardware you send people back to proprietary software. I hope your happy "freedom advocates". Remember XP requires just a Pentium and 64MB RAM.

  5. Use that money to revive Presto on Opera Browser Raises $115 Million In Its Stock Market Debut (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We need a fourth browser engine outside of webkit/blink, gecko and edge. Use your money to put Presto back into prime time and reduce dependence on Google.

  6. You had your chance on Microsoft Says Price Increases Coming For Office 2019 and Windows 10 Enterprise Users (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Imagine back in the 90s you wrote Linux drivers and file converters for OpenOffice/LibreOffice. But no you decided to take the easy route and now your paying the Microsoft tax with added telemetry.

  7. The death of Firefox with version 57 was bad enough, now the corpse is decomposing as well. I don't think Waterfox amd Palemoon will be able to keep up with the surge in users they're getting from Firefox refugees. Can we take any sort of action to force Mozilla to stop removing features?

  8. Remove IE only pages too on Senator Asks US Agencies To Remove Flash From Government Websites (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    But don’t replace them with Chrome only ones.

  9. We neec to get Chrome away from Google on Google Has Made YouTube Slower on Edge and Firefox, Mozilla Alleges (neowin.net) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Development of Chrome should be sent off to an independent organization (perhaps forced to by anti trust courts). Chrome now has more market share than internet explorer used to and also owns phones and schools with chromebooks. We also need to force Google to code to standards and work on all of the competition’s browsers under interoperability laws. this includes minority browers like waterfox and falkon.

  10. You shouldn’t have given Chrome market share on In Encryption Push, Chrome Flags HTTP Sites as 'Not Secure' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now Chrome can do web controlling actions like security extortion. the next step will be making only google approved certificates complete with extortionate prices will be marked as secure. Join the resistance, get one of the xul trio of browsers Waterfox Pale Moon or Basilisk.

  11. Why pay for a Wiki education? on Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia (chronicle.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The whole point of higher education is that you are getting educated from a reliable source, and that the tuition you pay justifies it. If colleges are just going to tell you to read Wikipedia for four years then why bother going?

  12. Let me bing up a vrius on Bing Now Provides Exact Snippets of Code for Developers' Queries (searchenginejournal.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It won't be long before stuff like fork bombs and data deleters get "suggested" for common programming queries.

  13. Using the Wine is not an Emulator topic icon. on Fukushima's Nuclear Signature Found In California Wine (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Similar to how the "digital" icon gets reused a lot.

  14. break up the single points of failure on Why Startups Aren't Pushing the Feds To Break Up Big Tech (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Yesterday’s outage on google app engine proved my point. the big companies need breaking up and so do their ceos.

  15. Sunflowers, daisies added to the flower platform on Coinbase Says It's Exploring Adding 5 New Coins To Its Platform (bitcoinist.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If tulips can moon then so can these flowers. We're all going to be rich!

  16. An extension benchmark would be better. on Chrome Beats Edge and Firefox in 'Browser Benchmark Battle: July 2018' -- Sometimes (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 0

    And Waterfox would be the winner due to XUL and web extensions supported.

  17. Re:Windows XP, Vista, etc on PC Market Sees Its First Growth Quarter in Six Years (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    There will be the 2020 bump with the end of Windows 7 as well.

  18. iPad before Linux. on Adobe To Launch Photoshop for iPad in Strategy Shift (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How much money do we have to give to Adobe for a Linux version?

  19. Instead of making macbooks a few mm thicker on Apple Partnered With Blackmagic On An External GPU For MacBooks (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They now require a giant box on the side. I still repeat my suggestion for a fat macbook.

  20. Mac users will never be happy. on Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro Lineup (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The 32GB ram option is here now, but there is still so little options for a real pro portable mac. Make a "fat macbook" with USB-A, 17 inch screen and optical drive and long battery life and it will sell like hot cakes.

  21. Apple needs real hardware not rumors on Apple To Refresh Mac mini, MacBook Pro, iMac Lineups Later This Year, Report Says (macrumors.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We all know what hardware we want, but until Apple listens to its user base the best Mac is a Hackintosh.

  22. I repeat my proposal for an extension protection mechanism. The more popular an extension gets the bigger opportunity to profit of its compromise exists. It will take an "extension conficker" before security is taken seriously.

  23. Can't wait to see how many accounts get leaked by this.

  24. Wikipedia dosen’t even have most conspiracie on YouTube Is Fighting Conspiracy Theories With 'Authoritative' Context and Outside Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It deletes them as “undue weight” or “not notable”. You also have the reverting admins. Anyone who likes conspiracies don’t use Wikipedia as a source due to the “admin conspiracy”. When Wikipedia whines for donations, tell them your money is “not notable”.

  25. Bright pink? on Scientists Discover the World's Oldest Colors (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Looks like early Slashdot was OMG PONIES!!!