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  1. You don't have to do self-marketing, just dare to pick the fights where you know you are right - even if it's uncomfortable.

    Just make sure you pick the right fights and in the correct way. Legal requirements always trumps company-internal politics.

  2. I run Android, and I try to be honest. But being humble isn't resulting in any progress or ability to gain recognition for your work.

  3. Re:Misleading much? on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Today you can never be sure which way it is.

    I just wait for someone to figure out how to adapt a Windows 10 driver to Windows 7.

  4. Re:Goodbye Windows. on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft will probably find a way to StrongARM you into Windows 10 even then.

  5. Re:Tabspaces? on 400,000 GitHub Repositories, 1 Billion Files, 14TB of Code: Spaces or Tabs? (medium.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's when it's time to run the code through a formatter an check it in again.

  6. And then you can use an auto-formatter in the editor that cleans up stuff for you and replaces any tabs for indentation with spaces.

    A tab is usually 8 spaces, but the editor may be configured otherwise. For small programs the 8 space tab is good enough, but as soon as stuff grows it has a tendency to cause the need for a very wide screen and refactoring help to break down things.

    So I imagine that if you look at the size of the program you will see that in small programs the tab is more common than spaces for indentation. Often because you can live with using notepad, edlin, vi or even "cat > src.c" for the small snippets.

  7. Re:Parallel construction, aka on FBI Director Says Prolific Default Encryption Hurting Government Spying Efforts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    It's hard to plant evidence on a device you don't have.

    The world starts to end up where it's hard to evade monitoring.

  8. Re:"Adult conversation next year?" on FBI Director Says Prolific Default Encryption Hurting Government Spying Efforts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why the customer gets variations of these answers:
      - "There are no spare parts for this device anymore"
      - "The oil used in these units is prohibited for environmental concerns since 1986"
      - "I can fix it but it will break down in a month"
      - "You need a permit from the town to run this"
      - "This device is known to catch fire now and then"

  9. Re:They seem to think they have a say in this on FBI Director Says Prolific Default Encryption Hurting Government Spying Efforts (go.com) · · Score: 1

    If the government introduces back doors only criminals and foreign forces will run backdoor-free stuff and a back door is an attack vector for criminals as well.

  10. It's one thing to have minor glitches in a game another to market stuff that isn't there.

    A minor glitch would be if a wolf shows up but is green instead of gray - or is missing teeth.

  11. A cron job will fix that.

  12. Or if you run Microsoft you use the command "xcopy /s/e/v a:*.* b:" (Tweak as needed)

  13. Re:Link to First Story with all Comments on Activists Call For General Strike On the Tor Network (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    And both are on the first page, new record in duplicate posts on Slashdot.

  14. Re: Just stop raising cows on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And live a lot more boring lives.

  15. Re:SystemD? on Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    It's more like an operating system that runs on top of Linux than anything else.

  16. Re:Distraction on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, it's something that is driven by green party fanatics that don't have a clue at all about reality. Humans have been farming for a long time, and we have a lot fewer wetlands today than we had a millennium ago. Wetlands are a primary source for methane. So it all evens out on that side.

  17. Re:Through a ... cannula? on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, it's a new vector for diseases and injuries. What happens when this is ripped out of the creature due to an accident?

  18. Re:Just stop raising cows on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Just stop raising humans, less humans would decrease the load on the planet even more.

    Cutting down to 1/4th of the population we have today would make a much larger impact.

  19. Re:Fuck you, Micro$hit on Microsoft Announces 'Cumulative' Updates Will Become Mandatory For Windows 7 and 8.1 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I really wonder if this would go well with major corporations since they usually pick only individual updates and exclude some that may cause interference with other systems.

  20. Re:Microsoft is pretty much just openly taunting on Microsoft Announces 'Cumulative' Updates Will Become Mandatory For Windows 7 and 8.1 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Sokoban please.

  21. Re: So glad I don't work with her on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you haven't heard some Indian dudes.

    Not only pronunciation but also grammar completely out of sequence.

  22. Re:So glad I don't work with her on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Where I work I have to deal with Japanese-English, Indian-English, French-English, Spanish-English, Swedish-English and American-English, sometimes in the same meeting - over phone.

  23. Re:So glad I don't work with her on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    I agree, I don't have a problem with a huge email flow.

    Only time I have a huge unread inbox is when I have had some extended vacation.

  24. Re:FBI should know solid state means no moving par on Solid-State Battery Could Extinguish Fire Risks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Solid state, which means that it's not liquid, gas or vacuum state.

    But vacuum state has a tendency to produce a nice comfortably glow when operating.

  25. Re:Energy density? on Solid-State Battery Could Extinguish Fire Risks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It's on the obscure Fahrenheit scale, so it's still below the boiling point for water. Unless it comes into contact with some highly volatile stuff it won't be a fire hazard, just uncomfortable to touch. Unless you are a finn and runs into that temperature on a daily basis in the sauna.