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  1. that's why they are so popular on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    I posted this from my Lisp((()))) phone.

  2. 1. You find that being 5 takes all your concentration right not, so you don't know what people are referring to either by "30 something" or "parent's basement"

    2. You can't wait to get away from your parent's basement but at least you aren't thirty.

    3. You get your first job and make jokes about dweebs you meet who are 30 and in their parents basement

    4. Your not sure how it work out this way, but somehow it's your 30th birthday and your bed is in your parent's basement.

    5. You finally are free of your parent's basement.

    6. You finally understand your parents! and would give anything to be 30 again or living with your parents again

  3. Gnu may not be unix but it's foundational idea lies in the simple command tool paradigm. It's why GNU was so popular and it's why people even think that Linux is unix. That idea is the character of linux. if you want an marvelously smooth, efficient, consistent integrated system that then after a decade of revisions feels like a knotted tangle of twine in your junk drawer, try Windows.

  4. Unix was founded on the ideas of lots os simple command line tools that do one job well and don't depend on system idiosyncracies. If you make the tool have to know the lower layers of the system to exploit them then you break the encapsulation. Polling proc has worked across eons of linux flavors without breaking. when you make everthing integrated it creates paralysis to change down the road for backward compatibility. small speed game now for massive fragility and no portability later.

  5. one weird trick on AI-Enhanced Weed-Killing Robots Frighten Pesticide Industry (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    have a headline like "see the new gadget that terrifies the pesticide industry", mention magnets maybe and the investment opportunity. click bait on slashdot

  6. Re:Betteridge Law: No on Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? (globalnews.ca) · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many cockroaches are needed for a grande latte?

    One dustpan's worth.

  7. The company samsung has a long history of being an unethical fast follower. Finally someone calls their bluff.

  8. Be vewy vewy quiet, were hunting... on Uber's Self-Driving Car Saw Pedestrian 6 Seconds Before Fatal Strike, Says Report (tucson.com) · · Score: 1

    humans. What's up Doc?

  9. Nipples on Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? (globalnews.ca) · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can milk anything with nipples other than robert De Niro

  10. Re:But did they know it would blend? on Internal Documents Show Apple Knew the iPhone 6 Would Bend (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Well they knew the iphone 5 would blend. So the question is would it blend "significantly more"?

  11. "significantly more" means nada on Internal Documents Show Apple Knew the iPhone 6 Would Bend (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are significantly more likely to be hit by lightning than win the lottery. But that doesn't mean lightning is a significant worry. It just means the effect is measurable.

  12. Dave, I've noticed your bowel movements are growing in time, so I told the google telephone assistant AI schedule a visit to your doctor.

    Dave, I've noticed your shower runs for more than 5 minutes, and that's a waste of water. I posted this shameful habit to your Baidu page and lowered your Beijing social credit score.

  13. State of the art mediocrity? on Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 710 Platform For Midrange Android Phones (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    So were reading announcements that there's a new mid rangeprocessor? is it excpetionally mid range, never before reaching such middleness before? the absolute middleness on all specs and price? Wow. that must have been hard to achieve

  14. Jokes on you, we have Net Neutrality to protect us on Comcast Confirms Plan To Buy 21st Century Fox and Control of Hulu (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thing we have net neutrality or this would be a major problem. Whew! crisis avoided!

  15. Router found on backdoor on Backdoor Account Found in D-Link DIR-620 Routers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    At this point, I think it's fair to say that it was a backdoor that also had a router. Indeed I suspect the router was probably found left on the backdoor.

  16. It's a cover story on Legend of Loch Ness Monster Will Be Tested With DNA Samples (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    In reality University of Otago professor Neil Gemmell is a Hydra agent and he's introducing a catfish virus that produces the super-soldier serum into the lake to breed an army of land locked weaponized catfish and to destabilize the Louisiana Gumbo hegemony. Otago is a secret country similar to Wakanda, that is the headquarters of Hydra. Neil Gemmell is professor of the Dark Arts at the university.

  17. Re:Absolutization of one's domain on The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The answer is Quills people, Quills.

  18. That was SUN's slogan, Nutella on The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many people got your post. That was SUN's slogan. The Network is the computer. They were still using that up until they ceased.

    I wonder if Nutella knows that?

  19. I think you may be wrong on German Test Reveals That Magnetic Fields Are Pushing the EM Drive (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes there is an electodynamic tether. But I think it may work differently than this case. I'm not an expert but the tether's work by using a DC current travelling in one direction but not returning along the same path. To complete the circuit the two sattelites have to eject or abosrb electrons from free space.
    here I think they are using wires in both directions. SO it's different, and not working on the same principle as the tethers do.

    I don't fully understant it yet so If I'm wrong please do correct me on this

  20. Re:Thrust is coming from interactions with the Ear on German Test Reveals That Magnetic Fields Are Pushing the EM Drive (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No problem... we will just have to take the Earth with us.

    or some big magnets.

    One thing this explanation hasn't explained clearlyis if the EM drive would still be useful in orbit for thrust maneuvers even if it won't work in deep space. I think that from this explanation it only can create torque relative to an anchored pivot point. It probably can not create momentum in orbital space even if there is a magnetic field there. But I can't quite tell from the explanation if I'm right on that.

    if it can still be used for reactionless drives in orbit it's a huge gain still.

  21. Whats a flawsâ"big flawsâ" on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that like Upgraadde with a Double D for the Double Dose of Pimping. This one has a double Acent Grave for the Double Dose of Awesome

  22. The benchmark sites need to start using or disclosing speeds with the "feature" turned on.

  23. monetization on MoviePass' Days Look Limited (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see the math as simple. That's because none of us can see what their path to monetizing this was/is. Sure it's simple that if you give out tickets for a cost less than their price you lose money and can't make that up "on volume". But I suspect that the long term plans included things like striking deals with movies theaters for a slice of the concessions (arguing increased traffic), advertising for pre-movie dinners or parking lots, and perhaps tie-ins to netflix or hulu sunscriptions. Then steadily increasing the price once people get hooked regular movie visits (since you already paid for it).

    I kinda doubt this was a viable model. They would need some way to be exclusive with movie theaters to leverage them to share concessions, but they would also need to avoid annoying their customers with limited selections. Perhaps in big cities there is more competition on where you go to see Starwars, not so much is small cities. It's hard to see how they could extract enough to pay for the full price ticket itself.

    Still I would assume they do have some plan even if I can't figure out what it is.

  24. Re:yes. on Did Octopuses Come From Outer Space? · · Score: 1

    that would be the possessive Octopus's Garden not Octopuses

  25. 8 core Rasberry Pi. on Did Octopuses Come From Outer Space? · · Score: 1

    The OctoPi. It's out of this world.