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  1. the next generation model of my phone on The Smartphone Sales Slowdown is Real (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    My Moto X pure has 5.7 inch screen, which is great for my old eyes. So the thing touted as the next generation model has

    1. same CPU
    2. same GPU
    3. same RAM
    4. smaller screen, 5.2 inches
    5. costs $100 more

    I'm just curious if Motorola is wondering why no one wants to "upgrade"

  2. Re:FFS on Ubuntu 18.04 Focuses On Security and AI Improvements (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    with Big Data I hope

  3. Re:Why does this need Internet on Ski Lift In Austria Left Control Panel Open On the Internet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it pisses me off enough that at work we have faucets in the washroom that need the fucking batteries changed before they will dispense water. now young "engineers" think everything has to be internet connected too. fucking 'ooo shiny gadget toy' syndrome run amok

  4. Re:FFS on Ubuntu 18.04 Focuses On Security and AI Improvements (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    mention some quantum computing shit in there and it's in the bag

  5. Re:experiment for glassholes and snatchchatspeccer on Snapchat Takes a Second Try at Spectacles (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    in plenty of countries you have to blur the faces of strangers in your pictures. You must be unaware of how life is in at least half the world, not like your little safe space between your ears. Those acting outside accepted norm will get beaten or worse.

  6. Re:experiment for glassholes and snatchchatspeccer on Snapchat Takes a Second Try at Spectacles (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    the police in large cities don't care if obnoxious people get beat up. guess again.

  7. ah but those future huge negative consequences are what that song was about (the opening theme song to TV show Baretta by Sammy Davis Jr.)

    Don't go to bed with no price on your head, no, no (Don't do it), no, no
    Don't do the crime if you can't do the time (Don't do it) (Hurry up)
    Keep your eye on the sparrow when the going gets narrow
    (Don't do it) Don't do it

    Don't roll the dice if you can't pay the price, no, no (Don't do it), don't do it
    Don't run your feet down no dead end street, no, no (Don't do it) (Hurry up)
    Just keep your eye on the sparrow when the going gets narrow
    (Don't do it) Don't do it

    Don't do me dirt or you're gonna get hurt (Don't do it)
    Don't run away 'till you hear what I say, no, no (Don't do it) (Hurry up)
    Keep your eye on the sparrow when the going gets narrow
    (Don't do it) Don't do it

    Ain't gonna fight with no thief in the night, oh no
    (Well, well, well, well, well)

  8. Re:Pure filth and evil on Researchers Are Keeping Pig Brains Alive Outside the Body (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    wrong, brains were from a slaughterhouse that transform pigs into that highest and most noble achievement of being bacon, ham, chops and pork tenderloin. Brains tacos are a thing in some places, but I doubt a couple hundred brains missing from the market inconvenienced any mexicans.

  9. Re:This is frightening on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "don't do the crime if you can't do the time..."

  10. experiment for glassholes and snatchchatspeccers on Snapchat Takes a Second Try at Spectacles (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Go around a large cities public transit system taking videos and pictures of fellow passengers, especially in high crime sudivisions. After you get the shit beat out of you, you will then no longer wonder why wearing glasses such as these will get you punched in the face in many places.

  11. Re:I don't get this on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I only had hilarious thought of someone saying how easy it would be to pry, impact hammer, saw, etc. into crate..... when of course the same thing is true of door and door frame.

  12. Re:Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    point is, if year known and calendar corrected, the year of birth would then be 1 A.D, even if day was December 31. the year before would be 1 B.C.

    if Jesus even existed at all, many historians without the poisonous influence of religion have doubts.

  13. Nonsense, a company running those multiple systems will have the PHP ones broken into early and often. Web application firewalls will have the most rules devoted to php flaws and exploits. It is the insecure malware ridden choice, and the low wage developers are the ones who work on it. in short, it panders to low watt bulbs and is an attack and malware magnet.

  14. Re:Hey Miss Mash... on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    not true, it was noted . https://slashdot.org/comments....

  15. Re:To what end? on More Than 1 Million Kids Had Their Identities Stolen in 2017 (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    wrong, a persons identity is first needed to commit the fraud.

  16. Re:The problem is obvious on Drupal Warns of New Remote-Code Bug, the Second in Four Weeks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    it does seem PHP panders to low-talent and lazy developers who make all manner of insecure platforms and modules. A developer who decides to go into PHP is much like a person who joins the band to play the triangle.

  17. Nonsense, don't pull rules out of your ass. Plenty of books have them at the top where they are more useful, so the eye can then read from the top down to find portion of interest.

  18. Re:Paleoclimatologists would have found it by now on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    indistinguishable from bacterial farts though, lots of living things make methane with stinky sulfides. now the fossilized burger turds with sodium nitrite and filler, that's a dead giveaway. also the ding dong wrappers and orange drink jugs from the crack whore class, a sure sign

  19. Re:The operative word being, "could". on Cow Could Soon Be Largest Land Mammal Left Due To Human Activity, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I extrapolated a population curve from the mid 1300s and found out the last human died when cowboyneal left slashdot. bastard, leaving us to die like that....

  20. Re:Inconceivable? on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, no earth like planet has been found. Zero. You're believing hype based only on being rocky in habitable zone, even if mass is many times the earth. We don't know atmospheric composition, state of greenhouse gas trapping, etc.

    your good-to-175 deg bacteria get toasted above that. not a good example of something that could exist outside of habitable zone of liquid water, they need it too!

      there are some events which could be unique to earth's history that haven't happened elsewhere. You can find reputable physicists on youtube discussing the issues.

    Could be we're doing the equivalent of believing enough monkeys with typewriters have one to produce the works of shakespeare in the case of other planets

  21. Re:To what end? on More Than 1 Million Kids Had Their Identities Stolen in 2017 (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    actually yes, children's SS numbers are in fact used to establish lines of credit by identity thieves. And to get utilities and rental contracts. Also identities are used to get government benefits

  22. Re:It was an interesting thought... up to this poi on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    yes, sea life fossils are common for interesting reason, we're talking about land fossils. I'm amused at people who have weird mental model of plate tectonics of continents vs. ocean

  23. Re:It was an interesting thought... up to this poi on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    yes, trilobytes are marine fossils and common. guess again, we're talking about land things and there is reason the marine ones are common

  24. Re:It's China... on Chinese Tech Companies Post Men-Only Job Listings, Report Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    we support them heavily with business and foreign aide

  25. Re:One word: Glass on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    as article points out, fossils are actually very rare. most living things don't get to be fossils, and most fossils on surface don't endure.