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  1. Budgets on Why Do Web Developers Keep Making The Same Mistakes? (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    There is room in budgets to pay attention to some good practices or enforcement thereof by peer review. But often - especially with custom-made sites - it is simply not enough. I've seen plenty of projects where the design company was granted bigger fees for more hours than implementation, stereotypically also making everyone overly complicated. Even during scrum sessions where developer input is more present, doing it quickly is a much larger focus than doing it right. In the end, that simply leads to sloppy code. This is of course not true for every situation, but I've seen it happen far too often.

  2. Waiting on reviews on Mark Cerny, Chief PlayStation Architect, Explains the PS4 Pro (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Since I don't have a 4K HDR television (planned for next summer though), I'm not likely to pick up a Pro immediately. However, reviews can sway me, based on a very simple criterium: does it significantly improve PSVR. I've been extremely happy with my headset so far, but I do notice that some games look better in it than others, especially when it comes to anti-aliasing. I'm not expecting the Pro to improve upon the best experiences, but if it raises the median and average quality towards the best ones, it's day one after all.

  3. The bigger problem with this article though is that it really doesn't belong here. This is not a technology issue, or even a science issue. This is an economics issue, and a monetary issue.

    It fits "news for nerds, stuff that matters". Slashdot isn't strictly about technology.

  4. Developer previously stated numerous times that it would take "hundreds of hours" to reach the "center of the galaxy (he misspoke and said Universe earlier...)".

    Murray said that for typical players. This guy is by definition not the typical player and quite likely rushed towards the centre to reach the bragging rights of that particular goal, after all finding a planet isn't exactly a unique feat. Thereby skipping most of the discoveries, lore or sheer "it's just an interactive screensaver but damn it's pretty so I don't care" moments.

    Mind you, people watch train footage. I've built the same repetitive, mundane, boring mob farms and whatnots as everyone else in Minecraft and I enjoyed every single block of it. So I'm pretty sure I will love No Man's Sky.

  5. Re: Please report this. on Apartment In US Asks Tenants To 'Like' Facebook Page Or Face Action (business-standard.com) · · Score: 1

    Useless but obligatory my-ID-is-even-shorter post. That said, I also have a dummy in the 300s, so don't bother besting me from within the 400-5959 range.

  6. Re:Bad headline on Belgium Tops List Of Nations Most Vulnerable To Hacking (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Agreed. "Exposed ports" != "vulnerable ports".

    True, but unnecessary exposure is still an extra risk incase of a vulnerability.

    I wish I could stricten access to services such as IMAP, can't wait for my LTE provider to roll out IPv6 so I can open it up to just me and not the whole world (or everyone with the same provider).

  7. Re:Fuck him on Top FBI Attorney Worried About WhatsApp Encryption (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But he is correct? There _are_ costs, potentially involving people being killed.

    Except that in the real world terrorists use throw-away devices instead of relying on encryption.

  8. Re:Comparison chart on 107 Games Revealed Ahead of HTC Vive Preorder Launch · · Score: 1

    According to the same table, so is PSN. And Playstation VR will work with the Vita. So sure, why not!

  9. Captain Obvious on How Uber Profits Even When Its Drivers Aren't Earning Money (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Corporation makes a profit while employees struggle to make ends meet. What a shocker.

  10. Re:Trump just says stuff on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    Bernie Sanders, actually. Unless the flavour of the day has been the same for the past 40 years.

  11. Re: Trump just says stuff on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    His apparent success

    ... consists of being outperformed by the average market and the likes of Paris Hilton.

  12. Re:land of the the free ? on Go To Jail For Visiting a Web Site? Top Law Prof Talks Up the Idea (slate.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most of the anti gun crowd, has never seen or held a gun in their lives.

    And are happy to keep it that way.

    Disclaimer: I live in urban Europe, not rural US.

  13. Re:Private sector will always do it better. on Marco Rubio and Other Senators Move To Block Municipal Broadband (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    If we allow the government to socialize internet access, we'll wind up with a system that is constantly in need of repair, upgrades, and endless red tape to get even the slightest thing done, along with constant pressure to charge rich people more and give access away for free to poor people in the name of 'fairness...' We need to be stopping the relentless growth of big government, not find more things for them to get their paws into.

    So basically we'd end up with the same system corporations offer us, but (according to TFA) cheaper and faster. Sounds good.

  14. Re:Really? Then what are the HDDs for? on Ask Slashdot: Xbox One Or PlayStation 4? · · Score: 1

    That's a real pain, but I'm not willing to pay Sony $60 per year to solve a headache they created to get $60.

    To be fair, PS+ also gets you 10GB online storage plus 2 free games per month (some crap, some hidden gems) per platform. The scheduled updates are the least interesting of included benefits.

  15. Well, he's not entirely wrong on US Rep. Joe Barton Has a Plan To Stop Terrorists: Shut Down Websites (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Here in Europe many people are calling for closed borders as if radicalism only occurs through immigration, while a lot does indeed occur locally with the help of literature that is - what isn't? - spread through internet. Shutting down internet is foolish, as I hope most of Slashdot will agree with me, but it is hardly any more foolish than the cry for isolation through border controls and closures.

  16. Re:Pigs on App To Hold Police Instantly Accountable In Stop and Search (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would excercising a legal right be intimidating or antagonising to an officer?

  17. Re:Wow such future on G7 Vows To Phase Out Fossil Fuels By 2100 · · Score: 1

    Some forms of cancer are already treatable to the point where, like HIV, they are considered chronical instead of terminal. Getting there!

  18. Re:Presumably the bug count... on Fallout 4 Will Be Skipping Xbox 360 and PS3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't play games on a console, install bug fix packs on the PC. Problem solved.

    I don't own a PC, you insensitive clod. And don't intend to, either.

  19. 23 down, 77 to go on Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Subject says it all.

  20. Re:but I'll defend to the death your right to say on Google Knocks Explicit Adult Content On Blogger From Public View · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seem incongrous to impose speech limitations in the US, which actually has the right to free speech as part of their constitution.

    The US constitution limits powers of Congress, it does not regulate private entities. Your right to free speech does not depend on Google willing to host that speech on Blogger.

  21. Re:Support standard protocols! on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Modern IP Webcam That Lets the User Control the Output? · · Score: 1

    If the thing supports DropBox, then link to DropBox already (I'm sure their pro plans support deep linking).

    Or just monitor ~/Dropbox/uploadfolder from the web server. Is this really a problem of the camera or the website hosting/software setup?

  22. the whole things an editor if you're brave enough on Text Editor Created In Minecraft · · Score: 2

    Enderman only steal a limited amount of block types. Coal, ores and paper are not amongst those.

    Or so I guess. ;)

  23. Why only LGBT? on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why would LGBT members require more of an apology than heterosexual cisgenders who desire to use another name?

  24. Re:Americans are smart. on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 1

    Your non-government % of GDP says you trust yourselves. Like government, that works better in theory than practice.

  25. Re:the zombie apocalypse on Study: Multimedia Multitasking May Be Shrinking Human Brains · · Score: 1

    Why are the parents going to school?