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  1. Re: No. on The Mobile Internet Is the Internet (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    causes you to fail to understand the very real cultural issues that have been developing since then and how tech interacts with it.

    And what does that cause?

    I think Jay Sherman has this one nailed.

  2. Re:Mobile internet still sucks on The Mobile Internet Is the Internet (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Good luck downloading a linux iso on a phone.

  3. Re:Case not proven on Jimmy Wales' WikiTribune is Already Biased (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    The point, fucktard, is that instead of getting your news second hand (from a reporter) you're getting it third hand because it passed through a translator as well. Plus you won't be able to check original sources.

  4. it may be the result of a glitch in the system Google uses to monitor Google Docs

    Don't be silly. That would have shown up in testing.

  5. It's hard enough keeping hold of all the dongles. on Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm no designer, but I'd have thought it was better if the components stayed in place.

  6. Re:The $50k spend on Facebook... on Facebook Says 126 Million Americans May Have Seen Russia-Linked Political Posts (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Would someone who inherited a billion-dollar fortune count as one of the elites?

  7. Netcraft on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Netcraft does not confirm it.

    Status: hoax.

  8. Re:Real value: $0. on Hewlett-Packard Historical Archive Destroyed In California Fires (pressdemocrat.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could no one at HP put their hands on a decent flatbed scanner?

    The problem was they they couldn't afford the ink.

  9. Re:My mom always told me... on Heathrow Airport Security Files Found on USB Stick In The Street (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Guy's homeless. He doesn't have a computer.

  10. Tits or GTFO!

  11. Re:Very userful on How Data Science Powered the Search for MH370 (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    400 x 700 square miles

    2800 quartic miles?

  12. Re:Maintenance? We don't need no steeking maintena on America's F-35s Can't Fly 22% of the Time, Repair Facilities Six Years Behind Schedule (indiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds like an outcome of European insistence on European depots.

    They must be almost as good at geography as you are, then.

  13. Re:Is the F-22 production line still up? on America's F-35s Can't Fly 22% of the Time, Repair Facilities Six Years Behind Schedule (indiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    He wasn't talking about the F22

    Yeah. The fact that it says "Is the P-51 production line still up?" in the subject is a dead giveaway.

  14. Re:Weak dollar on Did Amazon Really Lower Whole Foods' Prices? (bustle.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one of those things that everyone knows for sure. There were so many complaints about it in the UK that the OFT investigated and found it to be total bollocks.

    Of course, that's the kind of thing you'd expect from commies without guns. Probably staffed by the same people who run the death panels.

  15. 27 people have already pointed out that web devs are fucktards, so I won't. Remember that they took something designed for displaying static pages and shoehorned interaction & dynamic shit onto it. The whole thing is built on sand.

  16. Re:The real problems are... on Why Do Web Developers Keep Making The Same Mistakes? (hpe.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    But the latest version depends on another framework, Guava. Guava requires JavaX. JavaX requires Spring. Spring requires...good god, at this point I deleted Guice.

    Look on the bright side, it didn't need systemd or gnome.

  17. It's not strategic. Probably;y not webscale either.

  18. Obligatory: Natalie Portman on Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of 40 Old Galaxy S5s (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    not that too many people are mining bitcoin on their desktops these days

    It seems the trend these days is to use someone else's.

  19. Re:Alternatives to BF 2142? (no gore, fun action) on EA Shuts Down Fan-Run Servers For Older Battlefield Games (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    From the title I assume it's either like paintball or, well, you know...

  20. Re:Already on the way out. on First Extrasolar Object Observed Racing Through Our Solar System (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. If one hits us we'll definitely know about it.

  21. Now I can pay ten bucks for a pound of rice that was watered by the bollock sweat of buddhist monks and get it delivered to my door!

  22. Re:Que Randezvous with Rama on First Extrasolar Object Observed Racing Through Our Solar System (space.com) · · Score: 0

    Shove your eggcorn up your R soul.

  23. Re: clearly have no commercial angle on Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    True, but he has a point - how many niches/use cases are there?

    1) Lightweight.
    2) Easy - looks like Win XP so Aunt Mary doesn't get confused.
    3) OMG Shiny
    4) Construction toy for 733t h4xorz to tinker with.
    5) Shite for stoking developers' egos.

  24. Re:Please do not bring these form factors together on Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Using the same interface for a tablet and a desktop is like steering an oil-tanker with handlebars.

  25. Re:KDE vs GNOMElets on Linux Mint Is Killing the KDE Edition (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    they chose to drop the desktop for which they have inadequate skills and resources to maintain.

    That's better than trying and doing a half-assed job. Bonus point for honesty.