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  1. Going full circle https://github.com/christophwi...

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  2. Re:As usual you have to determine cost/benefit on Can Japan Burn Flammable Ice For Energy? (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm probably being dumb here, but what does this mean, from the OP: "It is estimated that one cubic meter of frozen gas hydrate contains 164 cubic meters of methane". How does 1 contain 164?

  3. Re:Drop of $1000? $5000 - $4108 1000 ?? on Bitcoin Price Falls Again On Reports that China is Shutting Down Local Exchanges (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, it sank to $3940 during the 4th but finished the day a little over $4000, then reached $4600 over the next few days before falling to $4100 yesterday. Don't blink. So somewhere in there it lost $1000 although it gained half of it back along the way.

  4. Re:UPDATE: It worked! on Petition Asks the Developers of Phoenix OS to Open Source the Kernel (xda-developers.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  5. Re:Give me a break on OnePlus 5, 'The Best Sub-$500 Phone You Can Buy', Launched (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    Compare this to other Snapdragon 835 devices, like the $750 Galaxy S8 and the $650 HTC U11, and that $479 price still looks pretty good.

  6. And email too! on Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Needs An Edit Function (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    When is gmail going to get an edit function? Maybe twitter actually needs draft tweets? Seems better than allowing to change the history of a conversation, no?

    Seriously, if there's no edit but people are still clamouring for it, maybe a bit of education could go a long way helping them understand the difference between a blog and twitter. Oh, and reviewing up to 140 chars doesn't take that much effort.

  7. Canada Bylls.ca on Japanese To Pay Utility Bills Using Bitcoin (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using bylls.ca for a couple of years now to pay different bills. I'm in Québec, Canada.

  8. Actual link to the Odroid C2 vs Raspberri Pi 3 comparison:
    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...

  9. phone watch on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Dumb Phone? · · Score: 1

    I just bought the Exelvan MTK6260A phone watch (2G) and it's great! Battery lasts 4-5 days, 1-2 days when using bluetooth a lot.
    http://www.amazon.com/Excelvan...

  10. Re:Aurora Saurus on Most Powerful Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 24 Is Happening · · Score: 1

    Funny how discovery.com didn't accept my comment with the aurorasaurus link. Oh well, thank you /. :-)

  11. Aurora Saurus on Most Powerful Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 24 Is Happening · · Score: 4, Informative

    Reporting auraras from the ground up, contribute http://aurorasaurus.org/

  12. Brain games for kids & adults using Timex/Sinc on Ask Slashdot: Best Strategies For Teaching Kids CS Skills With Basic? · · Score: 2

    I think I owe everything to this book:
    http://www.amazon.com/Brain-ga...

    26 short (1-2K) games/puzzles - you have the source, can you solve the puzzles?

  13. shredder fax on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is attaching a FAX to a paper shredder considered prior art?

  14. Someone just killed my dog, why? on Europol Predicts First Online Murder By End of This Year · · Score: 0

    Someone just killed my dog, why?

  15. Re:Give a man to fish... on How the Critics of the Apollo Program Were Proven Wrong · · Score: 1

    Isn't a job just another sort of fish in this context?

  16. Plant-a-Lamp lover for 22 years on Disney Turns Plants Into Multi-Touch Sensors · · Score: 1

    I love inventors!

    It's 22 years since Plant-a-Lamp caused a sensation when it appeared on "Tomorrow's World" and since then it has made thousands of people smile all around the world.

  17. Hot lists on The Internet Archive Starts Seeding Over a Million Torrents · · Score: 4, Informative

    I had trouble getting to the hotlist, I was finally able to reach the page and Coral too. Here are the 2 cached pages:
    http://bt1.archive.org.nyud.net/hotlist.php
    http://bt2.archive.org.nyud.net/hotlist.php

  18. Device-free Passive Localization for Wireless on Researchers Turn Home Wi-Fi Router Into Spy Device · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of this 2008 Google Tech Talks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiMimSrP7A

  19. Reminded of Sveasoft and the GPL on The 'Everyone Gets the Source Code, Donations Get You Binaries' Software Model · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Sveasoft is a small company which makes its living by selling supported versions of Linux-based firmware for a number of wireless routers. Paying subscribers can download current versions of the firmware, which adds a number of features not normally found on those routers. They can grab updated versions as they become available, and participate in support forums as well.
    Sveasoft's products are based on free software - Linux in particular. The company's approach to GPL compliance has raised eyebrows for a couple of years now. One tactic employed by the company has been to terminate support accounts for any subscriber who further redistributes the Sveasoft binaries or source. The GPL says that customers are entitled to that code (for the GPL-licensed portions of Sveasoft's products, at least), and that they have the right to pass it on to others. Sveasoft has responded that, when this redistribution happens, it is no longer obligated to provide future versions of the software. The company has employed various schemes for determining which subscriber has redistributed any particular version, and has been quite aggressive at shutting down accounts.", quoted from http://lwn.net/Articles/178550/

  20. Re:So what? on Canadian Telcos Lobby Against Pick-and-Pay TV · · Score: 1

    BOATLOADS more profit? Why not save money and record a single hit song, then?

  21. Device-free Passive Localization on Ask Slashdot: Wireless Proximity Detection? · · Score: 1

    Check out this old google tech talk:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiMimSrP7A

  22. Re:A business, not an "activist" on Free Software Wins Court Battle in Quebec · · Score: 1

    It's also worth noting that Mr. Béraud, owner of SFL, was on the board of FACIL when that association sued the government for the same reason. That case was thrown out.

  23. Leading by example on Free Software To Save Us From Social Networks · · Score: 1
  24. Re:50-fold savings? on NZ School Goes Open Source Amid Microsoft Mandate · · Score: 1

    When a server breaks, like google, they can just throw another one in without having to discard the junk. If it's good enough for google, it must be good enough for a 250 student school.

  25. Re:That's funny... on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 1

    Another thing is if you visit google news a few times a day, the chance of a new story popping up is quite slim. That would explain a big chunk of that percentage too.