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  1. Re:Stop using cars at all. on Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City Will Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025 (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Funnily enough the article is talking about cities with millions of people. I haven't visited the other 3 but it certainly is possible to live without a car in Madrid.

  2. And, sadly, if anyone could have fixed the Stargate before the army's budget was cut, it was Aldrin.

  3. Re:Corner the market on Apple's Next iPhone Could Have a Curved Screen, Says WSJ (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Donald.
    Onshore curved screen factory.

  4. Re:Good riddance! on Fidel Castro Is Dead (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Let's not forget the "good guys" from the UK and the USA overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mosaddegh back in 1953.

  5. In other fake news... on Russian Propaganda Effort Helped Spread 'Fake News' During Election, Experts Say (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Russian fake news deemed more credible than American fake news!

  6. The summary suggests carrying a secondary burner phone to connect to the mobile network via wifi tethering.

    But can't the benevolent folks at the 5-Eyes then still track a suspect by the location of the wifi hotspot?

  7. Re:Need to focus on priorities here! on One Third of California's Trees Are Dead (sfgate.com) · · Score: 3, Funny
    Corn, I mean seriously?

    Any self-respecting enviro-foodie would only eat seaweed-flavoured beef

  8. Re:Price? on Feeding Seaweed To Cows Eliminates Methane Emissions (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the seaweed can be made into pellets for similar nutritional benefit, to be fed to grain-fed livestock..

    The article doesn't state whether it's the process of chewing or the chemical composition of the food that causes the reduction. Maybe grass-fed animals can also benefit by taking a dietary supplement of seaweed-juice added to their water supply?

  9. Re:Quick Charge? on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 is Its First 10-Nanometer SoC (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I would settle for a phone that didn't explode!

  10. Re:Dupe on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio For Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Firefox user, myself.

    But you're the one advocating support for Internet Explorer, a discontinued browser on a discontinued OS revision.

  11. Re: Making the switch! on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio For Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1
    The next step is for Microsoft to release Visual Studio for iOS.

    I mean what is the point of an iPad Pro if you can't even run Xcode on it? Crazy talk that a thousand dollar 4GB 64bit computer with a 2048 x 2732 pixel screen requires another 64bit computer to develop software for it.

  12. Re:Dupe on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio For Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    sudo apt-get install microsoft-edge?

  13. That's no comfort to where I live where rainfall has followed a downward trend from 40 years ago, statistically according to the city's rain gage - less frequent rains in summer and drier winters.

    Now maybe that's "cyclical", or part of a long term scenario where the rain falls elsewhere.

    Either way, I'm developing a green thumb and wondering if a wetter location would better suit my vegie patch in retirement!

  14. No, I haven't, the landscape has shifted over the past decade. While it may be true that the 'progressives' are left of Hillary, the other mob are a different story.

    The Federal government is now controlled by the Catholic right from New South Wales, who would make Pope Francis weep. They firmly align themselves with your GOP. Lower taxes, marginalise the poor, incarcerate 'illegal' asylum seekers, deny climate change - all the while brainwashed by a free-market think-tank which Naomi Klein savaged during the week. And ably supported by Rupert Murdoch, who honed his skills here long before becoming a US citizen.

    The cross-bench are a different story. There's Pauline, who blames everything on Asians and Muslims, Malcolm R, a flat-earther who wants 'proof' of climate change, David L, a libertarian gun nut and a guy named Bob, a nice 'Christian' chap who was forced to resign after his business empire lost a few hundred million.

  15. Sorry to burst your bubble but our right wing government headed by Turnbull isn't that much of an improvement on Trump, with lefties threatening to move to Trudeau-land.

    I would have thought Chile would be natural choice for Californians - Spanish speaking, a long Pacific coastline, centre-left government with a woman president and even earthquakes. And no need to build a wall, there's a mountain range. (just kidding, Argentina!)

  16. Have web pages emailed to you... on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Browse the Web Anonymously? · · Score: 1, Funny

    bill@clintonemail.com

  17. Re:Weighs about as much as a volleyball on Intel Wants To Replace Fireworks With Drones (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Volleyballs could give one a nasty concussion at a certain velocity.

  18. It just means everyone will dust off their 4-port USB hubs they have in a drawer and connect them via a USB-C-to-A cable.

    Naturally they'll need a USB-C-to-Lightning adapter if they want to share peripherals with their iPhone 7 :)

  19. Re:SSIDs are great anonymous billboards on Man Who Named His Wi-Fi SSID 'Daesh 21' Prosecuted Under French Anti-Terror Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah like people wearing those Female Body Inspector t-shirts, I mean how would you know they're not undercover federal agents hiding in plain sight?

  20. Calling the emergency fire service on a phone to say your phone has caught fire?

  21. On a device that has had a worldwide product recall?

    Tinfoil hats and all but perspective...

  22. *whoosh*

    I'm pretty sure, amid election fervour, you missed a poutine gag in the grandparent post.

  23. Re:No decent new Android tablet in the last year on Tablet Shipments Decline For Eighth Straight Quarter, No Company Surpassed 10 Million Units (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's sad that my venerable Nexus 10 is still pressganged into service (with CyanogenMod on it of course, like all my tablets) - it was the last decent large tablet Google sold.

    Pixel C, released Dec 8 2015?

  24. Re:Thinkpad X220 on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Cheap Linux-Friendly Netbook? · · Score: 2

    Sure they have recycling but why recycle something that still has a working life?

    The beauty of the 3 month warranty is I could have taken the product back if it failed to work. And work it does.

    As for shortened lifespans, it's still working after 16 months and even after purchasing a replacement battery, I've still paid well less than half the cost of a shiny low-end netbook.

  25. Re:Thinkpad X220 on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Cheap Linux-Friendly Netbook? · · Score: 1

    landfill. These old Lenovos already exist.

    I'd certainly investigate the second hand market than encourage manufacturers like HP reaching a price point for products that have worse specs in a laptop than a 2016 mid-range phone!

    I myself bought a Toshiba laptop for around a quarter of the asking price of that Stream, from a pawn shop. It came with a 3 month warranty but is still going strong over a year later.