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  1. Re:I don't like Trump, but on Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2
  2. Safari is the new IE6. RTFM it's not just ads on 'Apple's Refusal To Support Progressive Web Apps is a Detriment To Future of the Web' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Safari is consistently incompatible browser technologies like WebRTC and PWAs. This isn't for ads, it's for offline apps. It's for apps that don't need to be installed through the iTunes store.

    It's fine if Apple has $80trillion dollars in an overseas bank and doesn't want to make a decent browser, but let's not fanbois fantasy this is about push notifications. It's about centralized web, and that is good for Apple.

    PWAs are about building interesting offline web applications that don't have to go through someone's "store".

  3. Thanks! on Ask Slashdot: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey · · Score: 1

    (I currently use Ubuntu GNOME 16.04. Start there and quit screwing around. Support existing alt desktop projects)
    Web Browser: Chrome, Firefox
    Email Client: none
    Terminal: Gnome terminal + zsh
    IDE: Atom
    File manager: right-click -> new document. Why can't we have this? Zero fucks otherwise.
    Basic Text Editor: gnome default, nano
    IRC/Messaging Client: none
    PDF Reader: gnome default
    Office Suite: Libreoffice
    Calendar: none
    Video Player: VLC
    Music Player: VLC
    Photo Viewer: default Gnome
    Screen recording: RecordMyDesktop, Kazaam
    Always need better multi-monitor support. I use a USB DisplayLink adapter and it's a hot mess.

  4. WHERES MY FREE APP! 1 STAR RATING! on Popular Chrome Extension Sold To New Dev Who Immediately Turns It Into Adware (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We are a society that punishes poor people and their children with hunger. What did you expect?

  5. If Netflix is reading this: invest in writing on Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits -- Until They're Not (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Season 1 of The Last Kingdom was interesting but not great. Everything after that was content mill writing. No amount of money spent on production can exceed the value of the writing.

  6. Seems like drm should be a PLUGIN to me. on EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML (techdirt.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good for the EFF. Donated $50 because of this very issue. https://www.eff.org/issues/drm

  7. Why should we break up monopolies when instead we can create new ones?

  8. Which is harder? Cars or Music service? on Tesla Is Talking To the Music Labels About Creating Its Own Streaming Service (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Apple: Cars? We're innovating real soon now!
    Tesla: Yer adorable! Us too!

  9. Why not buy a DDOS for political reasons? on FCC Should Prove DDoS Attacks Stopped Net Neutrality Comments (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not hard to buy a DDOS. Why not do it for political reasons? Any foreign or domestic group could do this.

    It was a huge mistake to weaponize the free and open internet because so much of our society and democracy works on it. Our democracy is in an existential crisis as it becomes easy for a few people to censor the political process.

    It has become completely normalized that your vote doesn't matter.
    It is becoming normalized that your vote won't even be counted.
    It is becoming normalized that people can stop you from voting.

  10. Unsupervised Killing Machines on Robots Could Solve the Lionfish Ecological Disaster (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    What could possibly go wrong?

  11. Point and Laugh Journalism on Uber Manager Told Female Engineer That 'Sexism is Systemic in Tech' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Important shit was happening in the world today. Refugees drowned in the Mediterranean. Fascism rampaged across Europe. But someone wrote about Uber + Sexism, so we hired an intern to repost that and got clicks and ad revenue.

  12. I reported them for 2 months. They went away. on T-Mobile Kicks Off Industry Robocall War With Network-Level Blocking and ID Tools (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Dear Dell on Dell Doubles Down On High-End Ubuntu Linux Laptops (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't get why you make 13" Linux laptops. Linux isn't just "cheap". It's also what I work on. For me to be interested in a laptop from you it would have to have Linux and a 17+" screen.

  14. 2nd origin of life means we're surely not alone on NASA Scientist Revive 10,000-Year-Old Microorganisms (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is life on Earth a one-off? If we look at our survey of planets with life (1 planet Earth) and find life started *twice*, then that certainly means life started in other parts of the universe (N+1). Which would be an amazing discovery.

    Also, does every post need to be related with Donald Trump? Can you take your abusive relationship somewhere else?

  15. Pokemon what? Watch who? on Pokemon Go Arrives On the Apple Watch (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's like two people showed up late to the party, got drunk, hooked up, took a bunch of fake party photos and posted them on facebook as PR releases.

  16. This is absolutely stupid op-sec.

    Do you want to be held in custody until you release the keys? What if you don't have the keys?
    You'll end up in prison, in a country where you have no rights.
    Click the "Security Button" to "feel" secure. Because that's what you're asking for.

  17. Is there anything to back this up?

  18. ROUGE ENGINEER! on Some Within Yahoo Knew of Massive Breach in 2014 (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    ROUGE ENGINEER strikes again!

  19. Yes! Finally, we'll get rid of advertising on Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes! We can go back to simple product feature marketing.

  20. gist.github.com has browser DNS issue. pdfkit.org has a cloudflare dns issue. I'm in Austin TX on Time Warner Cable.

    gist.github.com’s server DNS address could not be found.
    DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

    and pdfkit.org

    Error 1001 Ray ID: 2f571286803458cd 2016-10-21 19:21:26 UTC
    DNS resolution error

  21. "Note: This issue has already been resolved and pushed to the Lastpass users."

    Yes, it's important, but the title's present tense is a lie: "LastPass Accounts Can Be 'Completely Compromised' When Users Visit Sites "

  22. If forced to choose between yes and no... on Suspect Required To Unlock iPhone Using Touch ID in Second Federal Case (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    ... how can it not be a case of the 5th amendment protections? If forced to choose between using the correct finger, or using a finger that will lock the phone, how can this not be a case of self-incrimination? This seems like extreme legal antics to ignore the fact this person has been accused of a crime, without sufficient evidence to prosecute on it's own merits.

  23. A null result is not failed science on Scientists' Biggest Search For Dark Matter To Date Just Turned Up Nothing (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A null result is only a "fail" if you're not actually interested in science.

  24. " it is very secure" - see case closed! on Is the 'Secret' Chip In Intel CPUs Really That Dangerous? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    An Intel spokesperson told the publication: "it is very secure"
    Well then, case closed!
    I guess we just need to *ask* these sites if they're secure, and we'll stop leaking everyone's password.

  25. They have their propoganda, we have ours on How ISIS Finally Hacked the Arkansas Library Association (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    They have their war machine, we have ours.
    They have their remote control death robots, we have ... wait.