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  1. Re:you are too stupid for words, literally on Learn To Code, It's More Important Than English as a Second Language, Says Apple CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Frenchmen spotted :)
    Your english is quite good.
    PS: https://everything2.com/title/...

  2. Code using what ? on Learn To Code, It's More Important Than English as a Second Language, Says Apple CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Code using what programming language ?
    Swift ?
    Whose keywords are english words ? And most of the documentation is in english ?

    The french should sue Apple for not releasing the programming language "Rapide" - where all the keywords are in french. And it understands the following:

    laisser a=quatre-vingt-dix-huit

  3. Re:Safehold on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    If you like David Weber's work and Science Fiction in gereral, you could download a sample of (*cough* *cough* ... almost all *cough*) books from the Baen Library from ebooks dot thefifthimperium dot com
    Do buy the physical books / eBooks if you like them.

  4. Safehold on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    Safehold series by David Weber

    Post-apocalyptic science fiction novel series (9 books so far).

    Wikipedia Link (with spoilers): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    It has Science-Fiction, technology discovery, war-tactics. Be sure to have the maps handy for each book: http://www.davidweber.net/down...

  5. Re:Part new technology, part lower quality on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep.
    I have a radio in my car that i sometimes turn on during my daily commute. If it's in the middle of a "commercial-free hour of music offered by X" - it stays on. As soon as the 10-minute ad breaks start playing - off it goes - i'd rather listen to the engine hum...
    Thank you X for that commercial free hour of music - i might check your products. But no sale from me for the other ones.

  6. Why a face photo to unlock ? on iPhone 8's 3D Face Scanner Will Work In 'Millionths of a Second' (phonearena.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't we use images of other body parts to unlock the iPhone ? Like boys could unlock their iPhone with a snap of their pe...ctoral muscles. :-P

  7. Re:Fantastic Voyage circa 1966 on Tiny Robots Crawl Through Mouse's Stomach To Release Antibiotics (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    No, no, no ... you have to RTFM.
    The new method is revolutionary - it has metallic containers with ROUNDED CORNERS !
    We could call this new wave of medicine the iHealth. Starting at $1099 ($17.99/month iPill subscription required).

  8. Article has already "Nazi" in the title. What are we supposed to further trol^H^H^H^Hsay about Cloudflare ?

  9. Read https://linkedin.com/robots.tx...

    Especially at the end

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /
     
    # Notice: If you would like to crawl LinkedIn,
    # please email whitelistcrawl@linkedin.com to apply
    # for white listing.

  10. "For too long, courts around the country have ruled that Backpage can continue..."

    So ... multiple judges and juries have decided that it's nothing wrong with it but and they want to change that ?

    So, after this law is passed, if a AC posts an unlawful comment to a story on /. - will the editors be sent to prison ?

  11. Re: Pre-check is worth it on Travelers' Electronics At US Airports To Get Enhanced Screening, TSA Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    TSA Pre only is $85 / 5 years.

    But wait, that's not all !

    For just $15 more you can upgrade to "Global Entry" - which allows you to skip the immigration/passport check line when coming to US and exit the airport through a separate, shorter, customs control line.
    Global Entry also includes:
    - TSA Pre
    - SENTRI (Mexico land border expedited entry)
    - NEXUS (Canada land border expedited entry)

    https://www.cbp.gov/travel/tru...

    Worth every penny if you need to fly in and out of the US.

  12. Re:This isn't new at some airports. on Travelers' Electronics At US Airports To Get Enhanced Screening, TSA Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Examples:

    LHR (London - Heathow) international terminals.

    All electronics containing batteries including phones must be placed separate on a tray. Shoes off, belt off, wrist watch & any bracelets off. Coats off. Any spot shows up on the milimmeter wave machines - you get a pattin'. Soap bars or candles in your carry-on ? Baggage off the belt and onto the swab station.

    OTP (Bucharest - Henri Coada).

    Any solid object not resembling clothes in the carry-on luggage better be in a separate tray. Else you get all the carry-on contents unceremoniously dumped in multiple trays, rummaged through, asked about each one then ran through the X-Ray again. Any blunt object might be restricted to fly (had 2 stone statues a bit larger than a fist rejected as dangerous).

  13. Re:This isn't new at some airports. on Travelers' Electronics At US Airports To Get Enhanced Screening, TSA Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Compared to the standard security controls at most airports in the EU, the TSA is very permissive.

  14. Re:The ads are really starting to suck on How Jony Ive Masterminded Apple's New Headquarters (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Ads on /. ?
    Hand in your nerd card.
    You either:
    - Pay for the /. subscription (broken at the moment)
    - AdBlock all add iframes

  15. Re:Let's admit open source isn't about freedom on 15 Devices (Including 6 Laptops) Awarded FSF's 'Respects Your Freedom' Certification (fsf.org) · · Score: 1
  16. ... that Chinese proverb, you know the one ... on The Age of Distributed Truth (eugenewei.com) · · Score: 1

    I do not know "that Chinese proverb". Anyone here knows-it ?

  17. Hope their installer has a option for choosing the init software suite. ...
    Systemd vs. Launchd :)

  18. So this means that every airport with US-bound flights needs to have a 2nd security checkpoint just for the US-bound gates ?

  19. Beard or no beard. on Facial Recognition Is Coming To US Airports (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do you have a beard and you want to shave-it ?
    Are-you planing to get a nice healthy tan for your white skin ?
    Considering another hair colour or coloured contact lenses ?
    If you need to fly, better reconsider until the software comparing the before & after photos gets at least a couple of updates :)

  20. Re:HLR codes on any Standard GSM network on Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    I personally almost never leave voicemails. I will call again later if i really need to talk to that person.
    I find-it degrading to basically be told: "yeah - we don't feel like talking to you, speak to this machine instead and maybe we'll consider listening later". I'm calling a person because i want to speak at that moment with that person. Else i would send a text message or email.

  21. Re:HLR codes on any Standard GSM network on Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The phone is not your master - your family is now - they know you will waste your time listening to whatever idea they have at any moment.

    If you cannot respond NOW, you reject the call. If they call again, then it's something important and you answer. Or they can send a text. Or they can respect you and wait until you have time to call them back.

  22. Re:HLR codes on any Standard GSM network on Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    If i get ANY call with "private" or "withheld" i reject the call right away. 99% chance it's a telemarketer or scammer, 1% chance is a bozo friend that discovered how to hide his caller-id and wants to prank you. Why lose your time listening to the messages ? And also paying for that (listening to VMs is usually not free)

  23. HLR codes on any Standard GSM network on Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Informative

    *#61# (call) - Shows if Voice Mail (voice forwarding) is enabled and your Voice Mail number.
    #004# (call) - Disable all Voice Mail forwards.

    If your network is non-standard (or your network operator is a prick) those don't work, call customer support and ask them to disable Voice Mail completely and remove your Voice Mail mailbox from the HLR.

    VoiceMail is useless anyways. If someone really needs to get hold of you, they will call again.

  24. The original Itanium1 had i386 compatibility.
    Worked at a telecom at the time who were big HP customers so we were given a Itanium1 box as a demo.
    We tried on it:
    - A beta version of HP-UX (11.16) who could not run any PA-RISC code and nothing was available for it.
    - Itanium RedHat
    - i386 RedHat

    That Itanium1 was as fast^H^H^H^Hslow as a Pentium1 in i386 Compatibility mode. Also it was slower than a PA-RISC with the same clock.

    We gave it back and ordered more PA-RISC machines.

    The Intaniums on the marked today are the so-called Itanium2 CPUs, totally different from Itianium1s. Itanium2 lost i386 compatibility, but gained PA-RISC one (down to CPU pinout). But they still were shitty compared to PA-RISC.

    When the latest PA-RISC cpus were released, HP had anyone buying them sign an NDA that they won't release any performance benchmarks. Because they were MUCH faster than the Itaniums2 of the time.

  25. Contracts on Blocked From US Tech Investing, China Goes To Israel Instead (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have dealt with Israeli companies before. Everything is fine as long as you pay very carefully attention to the wordings in the contracts. You need both legal and technical teams to go over each revision.
    Both their legal and technical teams are usually very good, and once the contract is signed, they keep their part of the agreement. To the letter.
    I wish the Chinese good luck.