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  1. Re:Wha? on New Hack Shrinks Docker Containers (www.iron.io) · · Score: 1

    >> Isn't the attack surface governed by the ports you open up on the Docker containers?

    I believe they are talking about the ease with which someone could slip malware into a large container image vs. a small container image and have it go undetected.

  2. You sure they "released the code"? on Torrents Time Lets Anyone Launch Their Own Web Version of Popcorn Time · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On the "Torrents Time" github location all I see is an "embed" project that's essentially a JS snippet.
    https://github.com/torrentsTim...
    https://github.com/torrentsTim...

    Where's the source code for:
    https://cdn.torrents-time.com/...
    https://cdn.torrents-time.com/...
    ?

  3. If Obama is all about "alternative energy" then... on MIT Inches Closer To ARC Reactor Despite Losing Federal Funding (computerworld.com) · · Score: 0

    If Obama is all about "alternative energy" then how did this lose federal funding? Are we seriously going to pin our hopes on wind and solar as primary sources?

  4. >> nobody wants to actually implement the solution

    Can you elaborate? Whether it's fast breeder reactors or long term storage, there's still an issue around the transport of waste from hundreds of sites to the disposal sites. (As we've seen with our current oil pipeline and oil train discussions, there's a lot of problems "in the middle" of the endpoint solutions.)

  5. In other words, quit buying Red Hat Linux on Open Source Pioneer Michael Tiemann On the Myth of the Average · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >> Red Hat VP: IT leaders who think that playing it safe means being as average as possible in order to avoid risks (i.e. "Buy what others are buying. Deploy what others are deploying.")

    Why isn't this article entitled "Red Hat Linux executive tells the sheeple to quit buying Red Hat Linux - there are plenty of identical and cheaper alternatives available?"

  6. BitCoin vs. Global Warming on Utility Targets Bitcoin Miners With Power Rate Hike (datacenterfrontier.com) · · Score: 2

    Someone please tell me why we don't hear from the climate change crowd whenever there's another BitCoin mining story posted. If anything would seem to be a needless waste of energy, BitCoins would seem to top the list...

  7. Re:environmental impact on World's First Robotic Farm To Produce 11 Million Heads of Lettuce Per Year (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    >> Now 50% of our population are farmers; another 0.5% are busy building information super highways and rocket ships.

    FTFY
    http://www.globalagriculture.o...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    But I'd bet the number of paper-shufflers and bureaucrats is close to double-digits now.

  8. Re:Only in America... on AnonSec Attempts To Crash $222m Drone, Releases Secret Flight Videos (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    >> $220M per drone is not the fly-away cost that is the total cost of the project

    So if someone downs one, we're not actually out $220M, right? (The replacement cost should be much, much less...)

  9. >> The new 47,300 square feet Vegetable Factory will also reduce construction costs by 25 percent and energy demand by 30 percent.

    Over what? Are you comparing this to "constructing" a field of lettuce from cultivatable land or energy from the sun? Or is this compared to other greenhouse operations? Or hydroponics? (TFA is pretty useless - I tried.)

  10. Re:1 title slashdoters will hate on 7 Swift 2 Enhancements iOS Devs Will Love · · Score: 1

    I might click on that.

  11. Re:Next year on 7 Swift 2 Enhancements iOS Devs Will Love · · Score: 1

    >> Can someone explain to me why recruiters will demand five years of [brandnewtech]?

    In recruiter speak, "experienced" translates directly into "5 or more year of experience with..." and many recruiters don't know how to describe technologies without including the version number. Certainly very few understand how long a technology has been around (and whether 5 years of experience is realistic). And a lot more gets lost in the translation chain from lead team who needs the resources -> manager -> HR -> recruiter.

  12. This looks intentionally proprietary, Apple on 7 Swift 2 Enhancements iOS Devs Will Love · · Score: 2

    >> The do/while loop is now the repeat/while loop...it goes against the convention of established languages like Objective-C, JavaScript, C++, and Java.
    >> The do keyword has been repurposed to create new scope, unlike every other popular language that uses it for loops.

    The only rational reason I can see for these kinds of hostile changes would be to DECREASE the ability of programmers to port code between Apple and non-Apple platforms.

  13. WTF is "guard"? on 7 Swift 2 Enhancements iOS Devs Will Love · · Score: 1

    In the code example, the dude's using something called "guard" like an if statement (e.g., "if argument is shit, return null now, mofos" is written as "GUARD argument is shit, return NIL now, mofos").

  14. Only in America... on AnonSec Attempts To Crash $222m Drone, Releases Secret Flight Videos (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only in America does a drone cost $222M.

  15. Do smartphones actually break? on One Hoss Shay and Our Society of Obsolescence (hackaday.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    >> replaced your smart phone, was the entire thing shot or had just one part gone bad

    My family and I have owned about a dozen different phones now. None have ever broken. We really only get another phone because:
    1) Another kid is old enough
    2) I want more features
    3) "My phone's full/slow"

    Same thing with laptops/computers, etc. The side benefit is that a fresh new phone is new, non-gross and un-worn. Unless there was a regular and inexpensive "detailing" service for my phone, I'd still want to chuck my phone every couple of years just like I chuck running shoes.

  16. C'mon headline writers - wake up! on Xerox Splits Into Two Companies, Icahn Not Behind Move (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    And Then There Were Two - Xerox Copies Self ...with a lead of:

    Remember Xerox? Your parents probably did. But now there's two of them to make fun of now that...

  17. Re:We might as well break the new management in. on Ancient Babylonians Figured Out Forerunner of Calculus (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 0

    Dem murzlums beat ya to it.
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=isis+atta...

  18. Serious question on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The announcement implies there are 30 (thirty) people working at SlashDot. Given the poorly edited article summaries and near-daily front page dups, what do these thirty people actually DO?

  19. Re:Who is whipslash? on SpaceX Successfully Tests Crew Dragon Landing Parachutes · · Score: 2

    ...and yeah, their business model is to buy an ancient site with high organic SEO and infuse it with ads. With that in mind, here's what SlashDot will probably look like by this time next year: http://www.nyctourist.com/ (hint: look in the LEFT column - there's your forum!)

  20. Re:Who is whipslash? on SpaceX Successfully Tests Crew Dragon Landing Parachutes · · Score: 1

    Confirmed: http://sdbj.com/news/2016/jan/...

    The article implies that there are 30 people who work for SlashDot. Given the quality of this site, that seems about 29.5 people high to me.

  21. Just use the chutes from SW7's tie fighter on SpaceX Successfully Tests Crew Dragon Landing Parachutes · · Score: 1

    Why just use the parachutes from Star Wars 7's tie fighter - those seemed to work pretty well for 2 of the 3 members of our new multicultural good guys. (The last person we saw walk away from a crash like that was Starbuck, and that was never well explained.)

  22. $85/mo for cell service? on A Customer-Driven Business Model For Twitter (jeffreifman.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish the guy said he paid $85/mo for cell service up front - would have demonstrates his disconnect from reality right there.

    $10/mo for Twitter would be $10 too much. I've already quit reading any Twitter feeds (noise to signal makes it a poor use of time) and just use a free HootSuite account to schedule enough of my own tweets to keep my marketing folks off my back. (I wonder if Twitter's traffic would drop on half if it disappeared from job responsibilities.)

  23. Will this satellite need 'glasses' too? on The Future of Astronomy: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 0

    Will this satellite need 'glasses' too? https://news.google.com/newspa...

  24. Re:How do you plan on fighting... on Interview: Ask CEO Anant Agarwal About edX and the Future of Online Education · · Score: 2

    >> post-secondary

    I'll bite again then, using the same structure. If Republicans did get a chance to develop post-secondary education, it would look a lot like this. No wasted overhead (tenured professors, administrators, sports or clubs), optimized for people already working (so they can avoid the SJWs who hang around campuses and coffeeshops), and no socially-motivated mandates on curriculum (e.g., no SJW themed composition courses, etc.)

    If you doubt me, check out the demographics of the people who enroll in rural two-year and "commuter" four-year colleges today. :)

  25. Re:Future of learning == massive low-cost McJobs? on Interview: Ask CEO Anant Agarwal About edX and the Future of Online Education · · Score: 1

    >> As more people, who previously had very limited opportunities in education, are getting help from the likes of you

    Is this a serious question? Do you realize that there are books available for free from your local library that can provide much more of an education that any bunch of videos can? Or do you feel threatened by that too?

    (Long story short, if you need to watch a video to understand a topic...you're probably not really competing for my job.)