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  1. If only we had some sort of device ... on Mystery of Sonic Weapon Attacks At US Embassy In Cuba Deepens (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    ... which could record sound-waves.

  2. Re: Cultural values? on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Here in Sweden it's simply been the world which is view as less acceptable than "a black person." We haven't had black slaves, beat, raped or murdered them. It's definitely black people and for at-least some time both neger and bög as in gay was used for insulting purposes. It definitely has that degrading/negative value when used for swearing purposes but if I just use it in a sentence then my meaning is nothing but "I use the word you don't want me to use for a black person."

    Also our marketing has used black and Asian stereotypes for stuff like licorice, chocolate and rice products. Nothing evil intended by that just connecting the product with a character.

  3. Re: Not advocating hate speech, but... on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Primary? Worst? Source?

    Slavery, murder, rape, war, theft has happened everywhere.

    GB and friends outlawed it.

  4. Re:Ever noticed how on Facebook Enabled Advertisers To Reach 'Jew Haters' (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    Because it's definitely not a thing? ..

  5. Anti-whites mean-while are just fine on Facebook Enabled Advertisers To Reach 'Jew Haters' (propublica.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I assume anti-white movements such as Black lives matter, Immigration, refugee and asylum advocates, Jewish people pushing for the destruction of all white societies, globalist socialist and capitalism, un-democratic hating anti-freedom-of-speech groups who don't want any white people to have a saying about their own lands and societies destinies and such are all fine to just carry on.

  6. Re:Why did we get this discount? on Moving Every Half Hour Could Help Limit Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If it weren't for cigarettes, what excuse would I have to go get fresh air?

    My higher pulse of looking at girls make me work better and a happier employee?

  7. Why did we get this discount? on Moving Every Half Hour Could Help Limit Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I kinda read parts of the summery but it doesn't seem like once every 30 minutes isn't enough at all?

    More like once every ~5? ..

    And for how long? Is it enough to fetch a cup of tea in the room beside or ..

  8. Re: EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe if we had a wall to all the poorer people wanting to get in.

    But we don't.

  9. Re:How is it different from Red Hat's distros? on Linux Pioneer SUSE Marks 25 Years In the Field (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    How is use a different package format a possible advantage for Debian but not for Fedora/SUSE? They are both different to each other.

    I preferred SUSE but I don't remember all that much about why, but:
    1) Didn't the default desktop used to be KDE for SUSE? Or neither/pick what you want? Is the default Gnome now?
    2) SUSE normal media used an actual configurable installer I think where you get to pick what you wanted whereas Fedora just threw in whatever crap they thought you should have and that was that. (There's some net installer for Fedora which I think give you more options.)
    3) Fedora by default used some patching-crap to fetch package upgrades which was much slower on my machine rather than just fetching the new packages in their full. Of course is may be a trade-off between network and CPU capacity and is definitely configurable.
    4) I think less stuff may work by default in Fedora because it's locked down harder as far as audio and video and such goes. Which may be positive or negative. Of course one can still use both in Fedora.
    5) Both seem to run sshd and have remote root login enabled by default which are both shitty stupid settings if you ask me. I used to run the BSDs so I wasn't used to that and once upon a time had sat the root password to simply "ok" because I wanted something simple I assume and no-one else was using my machine anyway. Not the best with such a setup .. :D

    For me Fedora was basically nothing but annoyances. Dumb installer, more work to get a desktop running, slow updating of packages, the stupid SSH defaults. The Ubuntu installer was graphical and never managed to actually launch it's graphical shit on my machine either. So that too were junk. Both SUSE I think and Debian had actual installers with options and in the case of Debian non-graphical and in the case of something like OpenBSD fitting on one floppy disc so that's what I prefer. I guess offering a live image to test it out or use sometimes and being able to install from that is also fine but I hate when auto"magical" stuff is trying to do shit for you and then they fail. Back in Archlinux beta Archlinux broke the audiomixer and USB devices. I don't want upgrading my OS to break stuff .. With FreeBSD you'd get documentation which cover the upgrade and changes you need to do to make things work again if anything. That's acceptable.

  10. Re:Package dependencies: SuSE used to shine... on Linux Pioneer SUSE Marks 25 Years In the Field (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    To "resolve" them, I often used to "force install" them, ruining my system in the process. I understand things have since changed [for the better], right?

    Yeah. Now we use Windows 10!

  11. Re: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.. on AI Can Detect Sexual Orientation Based On Person's Photo (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Run his face in that gay detecting AI (ANN?)

  12. Re: Table Tennis players know about this. on Spinning Metal Sails Could Slash Fuel Consumption, Emissions On Cargo Ships (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Isn't the effect on the bounce still the same just on a grippier media than air?

  13. Re:Greater Fool Theory on Bitcoin Prices Surge Past $5,000 Three Weeks After Passing $4,000 (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Currently, it's Bitcoin, Tesla, and Amazon flying to new highs for no reason.

    That's of course false.

    Bitcoin as money may be used for more and more transactions and if nothing else people obviously are more interesting in keeping that as money rather than something else, the former is a reason for a price increase.

    People are getting more and more into the electrical car, however other companies are too which could mean faster competition so .. not necessarily great for Tesla, trust in them and their capability to deliver though likely increase over time. I assume they already may have had a very high valuation based on expectations and when they actually deliver results too rather than just being expectations ..

    I've at-least seen one article mention how Amazon outcome other retailers, the more that happen and the more people notice that of course they will be more interested in Amazon.

    So there are real reasons for all three. Maybe you don't think that justify the costs but there's definitely reasons.

  14. Re: A Keyboard? Pfftt. Luxury on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Navigate Your Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    I just wiggle my magical probing stick until I find the right one.

  15. A lot better for multi-threaded tasks.

    What will be more interesting though is how the i7 8700K will do vs the Ryzen 7 1700(OC) or 1700X though.

    The i7 8700K will still be somewhat better in single-thread performance than the 7700K but will also have 6 cores so general multi-tasking performance will become closer to the Ryzen 7 though it doesn't seem to really catch up, it's very close to the Ryzen 7 1700 but that's a lower clocked low TDP variant, under similar settings as a 1700X or 1800X it can give similar performance so that's likely what it should be compared with anyway because I guess that's how those who need the performance will use it anyway.

    The 7700K I would keep away from since the 8700K is so close and Ryzen offer so much better multi-core performance.

  16. Re:With Mattermost and Rocket.Chat being free on Billionaire Brothers Want to Build a Cheaper Rival to Slack (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Hoarding the money?

  17. Re:They'll be losing most favorite nation status on China Orders Internet Comments Linked To Real Identities (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Aliens? ;D

  18. Name him A. Tough Thorough Trough Thought.

  19. We already know who are the real criminals on Germany Tests Facial-Recognition Surveillance On 300 Citizens (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Regardless of what their laws say:
    Our leaders.

    Just throw up their pictures and decide it's free hunting season and the situation can be dealt with.

  20. Re:Emulation? on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Xbox One.
    Not Xbox.

  21. Re:My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Since I just play on PC:

    The way Microsoft nickel and dimes you for everything on that platform really turned me off to it.

    What you mean with this? Playing for online game access?

  22. After watching cat videos I still/rather even more want to pet my cat.

    (There may be like two videos of porn which do the same but mostly I'm very done with it afterwards .. one is asian girl in lingerie on schafold(?)/whatever and another one of those college teens videos. Good stuff.) This second part isn't necessary.

  23. "Welcome to the US cyber command. How can I help you?
    Bomb? _"

  24. Re: And then, we could just have an expiry date... on Scientists Create Smart Labels To Tell You When To Throw Away Expired Food and Makeup (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    When food is going bad, its taste will be different from what it used to be (or its original taste). If it starts going that way, dump it, period. If you keep eating it, then be ready to run to the bathroom more often and may end up in a hospital. Though, I found some people who can't distinguish between what the normal taste and what not...

    Yeah. That's what I figure and how I'd feel "safe", then again I've eaten it even though it has tasted or smelled weird (and been out in the open for 24-48 hours) and I may not have noticed any actual problems from doing so later but that of course doesn't necessarily mean it's been just fine because of that ..

    I guess what I mean was whatever it had to taste HORRIBLE or just "wrong", but yeah, if "wrong" is the answer then I've of course noticed it up "stomached" it.. which may have been stupid, but also throwing away food seem pretty stupid, then again throwing away stale (or whatever word) food maybe is smart ;D

  25. The difference of Swedish media and other media on Facebook Makes Safety Check a Permanent Feature (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    /:

    "where a vehicle was driven into a crowd"

    Swedish media:
    "a vehicle drove through a crowd."

    Or vehicles don't have drivers. They are simply vehicles driving over people. (and only racists think it's terrorists attacks committed by Muslims and even if they are it haven't got anything to do with Islam. And that only make sense, because where in the Quran and Hadiths may you find any example whatsoever of hatred of non-Muslims, orders to fight enemies of Islam and capital punishment for breaking its laws?!)