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  1. Why? on Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF is so f***ing awesome about the notch? Can someone explain it to me, because I don't get why.

  2. Re:Don't get sick on Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    And this question had exactly WHAT relevance to his gastric distress?

  3. Re:Missing the Point of College on Ask Slashdot: How To Fix an Outdated College Tech Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    This.

    When I was at UCSC back in the early '80s, we students wanted to learn practical stuff... like VAX assembler. Yeah.

    What I still use is the "timeless" stuff -- the "basics", for lack of a better word -- that had been around "forever".

  4. Re:"well known and popular SSD drives" on Flaws in Self-Encrypting SSDs Let Attackers Bypass Disk Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Enter it into the ATM Machine's NIC Card using FOSS Software.

  5. Re:When I receive one of those notices... on Supreme Court Scrutinizing Class Action Settlements That Leave Consumers Empty-Handed (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why get my hopes up that I might, some day, receive a check for something on the order of $0.17?

    Or even better, a voucher for a discount on ${EVIL_COMPANY}'s product!!!

  6. Re:Who still uses Red Hat?!?? on IBM To Buy Red Hat, the Top Linux Distributor, For $34 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They just need to fire Poettering

  7. Re:Fix, not upgrade on Feds Say Hacking DRM To Fix Your Electronics Is Legal (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd argue this allows the user to restore the "Third Party OS" to the PS3. That WAS part of of the original specification.

  8. Isn't the easier method just to install the October release of Windows 10?

  9. Doesn't sound very intelligent to me.

    (disclaimer, I only RTFS)

  10. Re:The SJWs Are Already Attacking The Project on SQLite Adopts 'Monastic' Code of Conduct (sqlite.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    SJWs cannot abide mockery because it is a threat to their own self anointed moral authority.

    Q: How many SJWs does it take to change a lightbulb?
    A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

  11. Wake me up when they make telemetry removable on Microsoft Making More of the Windows 10 Built-In Apps Removable (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And automatic updates.

  12. Let's hope that they don't find the Trisolarans. on How Paul Allen Saved the American Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    That would not be good.

  13. Re:"Features" that are gone or almost gone.#1 Priv on Facebook Plans Camera-Equipped TV Device, Report Says (cheddar.com) · · Score: 1

    My phone has an option to turn off cellular data...

  14. Re:Nope on Facebook Plans Camera-Equipped TV Device, Report Says (cheddar.com) · · Score: 1

    Ooh! Hadn't thought of that! I'll have to remember that when it's time for a new tube.

  15. Re:Local electronics recycling says on Printer Makers Are Crippling Cheap Ink Cartridges Via Bogus 'Security Updates' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Brother printers. Inexpensive, but good. And they support PostScript.

  16. I remember thinking the same thing when the original Mac II came out, supporting 128MB.

    Never underestimate Parkinson's Law.

  17. For those who are curious on World's Fastest Camera Shoots 10 Trillion Frames a Second (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    1 ten trillionth of a second (100 fs or 0.1ps) is 29 microns at light speed.

  18. Re:He says it because he thinks he can on Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide 'Broad Benefits' (theintercept.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not California, it's corporations. Have you ever seen/heard testimony from Wall Street bankers?

  19. Re:Dismiss the telecom suit with prejudice on FCC Tells Court It Has No 'Legal Authority' To Impose Net Neutrality Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mod parent up. I came here to say the exact same thing.

  20. Re: Who is still alive to receive those royalties? on President Trump Signs Music Modernization Act Into Law (billboard.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Come on now.... if Elvis doesn't get paid for all those pre-'72 recordings, how will he ever write more songs?

  21. Re:You can get similar results elsewhere on The Long, Long History of Long, Long CVS Receipts (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think they exist.

  22. Re:Ummm ... yeah ... on Physics Holds the Key To Performing the Flipping Water Bottle Trick (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm shocked, SHOCKED! To find that physics holds the key to describing physical phenomena.

  23. Re:Next up on Slashdot on Physics Holds the Key To Performing the Flipping Water Bottle Trick (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Fidget Spinners: We review 10 the top ten fidget spinners of 2018!

    <obligatory>
    Number 7 will surprise you!
    </obligatory>

  24. Embracing... on Microsoft Is Embracing Android As the Mobile Version of Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You know what the other two "E"s are...

  25. Re:Slightly insulting on Wi-Fi Now Has Version Numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 Comes Out Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you're Yoda, in which case it's

    6, 7 ate.