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  1. Re:Please give us 64-bit OS, too on Raspberry Pi 3 Rolls Out With Faster CPU, On-Board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    So why can't Broadcom release a VideoCore 5 that doesn't suck but is driver compatible with version 4? :)

  2. Re:Please give us 64-bit OS, too on Raspberry Pi 3 Rolls Out With Faster CPU, On-Board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    Yes, there's probably a small market for a $75 ARM PC.

    I have a NUC and think I'd hit the rPi's 1GB ceiling running Firefox/Chrome pretty quickly.

  3. Re:Please give us 64-bit OS, too on Raspberry Pi 3 Rolls Out With Faster CPU, On-Board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    Yeah it seems like they've made the architectural leap to ARMv8, which offers performance benefits over Cortex A7.

    But I would expect them to 'downgrade' to the Cortex A32 when it is available. It's basically the same as the A53 but without the 64bit capability - smaller, cheaper and more power efficient perhaps.

  4. Re:Insanely bad idea? on IoT Devices Are Secretly Phoning Home (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1
    Since you didn't get the meme, here 'tis.

    NetBSD has been running on toasters for over a decade.

  5. Re:No, not the only thing to criticize - RAM lack on Raspberry Pi 3 Brings Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    I guess that's one reason this new model includes Bluetooth - so you can throw away your perfectly functional USB peripherals such as keyboard and mouse and replace them with bt equivalents.

  6. Re:4 million years == 'not too distant' on Leap Days May Be Going Away In the Not Too Distant Future · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there are more pressing concerns such as fixing the Y2K38 bug.

  7. Re:Releasing the fixes won't make it less abandone on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Shelved OSS Project Fixes? · · Score: 1

    File bugs and attach unit tests that clearly demonstrate how the problem occurs.Then if anyone is interested in maintaining the software they can.

  8. Re:Pulling an Elop on Microsoft To Acquire Xamarin (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    So port ReactOS Explorer to run atop wine and run it under X11.

  9. Re:Should have used APPS, not HVAC! on Nissan Leaf HVAC-Hack Vulnerability Disclosed (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I preferred the pizza analogist.

  10. Re:WhipslashPleaseGetRidOfSubjectsInComments on Linux Mint Hack Is an Indicator of a Larger Problem (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm running mate on debian.

    So the point is why a desktop environment needs its own distro, rather than polishing debian/ubuntu upstream.

  11. Re:Pounds and ounces on Big Test Coming Up For Kilogram Redefinition (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Which itself is daft, considering the morpheme kilo-

  12. Re:Pounds and ounces on Big Test Coming Up For Kilogram Redefinition (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    That seems rather daft.

    Surely an ounce should be defined in terms of grams.

  13. Re:Ads == Malware Delivery and Nuisance Content on Google, Yahoo Cry About Ad-Blocking (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes those pricks that pop up "are you sure you want to leave this site?" are damned annoying.

  14. Re:Stop following me everywhere. on Google, Yahoo Cry About Ad-Blocking (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Search for something on Amazon? See the ads in Facebook and Google. Search for something on Google? See ads for that everywhere else.

    I don't mind that to be honest. If I am looking to purchase something, e.g. a new battery for my old laptop recently then passive research is better than the random crap they usually show.

  15. Re:Ads == Malware Delivery and Nuisance Content on Google, Yahoo Cry About Ad-Blocking (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    5. You shouldn't need a quad-core CPU to process a web page.

    If a site puts my computer in a death throttle for 10 seconds processing random JavaScript, I'll close the tab.

  16. Re:Bin ladens? on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    Good luck if you get robbed with 5000 euro on your person.

    ATMs aren't too bad. Not all machines accept all cards but I've found an ATM at a different bank in the same city will often work.

    A prepaid travel mastercard that converts to the local currency means you can top up online from your home bank and they generally give you 2 cards in case one is misplaced or wifey wants a card too.

  17. Re:Who cares about cash . . . ? on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    Can openers?

    Man, the northern hemisphere is backward. Down here cans have ring-pulls. It reminds me of the time I went to Europe and needed a corkscrew to open a bottle of wine or borrow someone's personal incendiary device, yes I can't believe people still smoke, to wrench the lid off a beer bottle.

  18. Re:Colour me unsurprised. on Airport Experiment Shows That People Recklessly Connect To Any Free Wi-Fi Spot (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Beware! It reminds me of a Doctor Who episode

  19. Re:HTTPS or SSL isn't enough? on Airport Experiment Shows That People Recklessly Connect To Any Free Wi-Fi Spot (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Neverthless, clickbaity summary is clickbaity. All the article mentioned was that traffic had analysed which sites users had visited, NOT that any of them had been compromised.

    Does one trust the findings of a paranoid article at face value pimping avast and various VPN services?

    That's not to say indiscriminate public wifi is legit but I don't think it's telling us anything we didn't already know.

  20. Re:More 4 Loco? on Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah yes but Little Creatures was founded by ex-staff of Matilda Bay.

  21. Re:So... on Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Well you'd think Seattle, SB's birthplace, would be overrun by sugary caffeinated milk. But it has a number of independent coffee shops where one can get a proper flat white or long mac.

    Vancouver, north of the border, seems to have imported the full bearded and tattooed hipster single origin experience, that would make Brunswick baristas blush.

  22. Re:More 4 Loco? on Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the best things to come out of Fremantle but now it's brewed in the east, I think.

  23. Re:More 4 Loco? on Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Matilda Bay used to brew a coffee beer named Crema.

  24. Re:I just can't on Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Two cups a day? Pffft.

    Try 5 or 6. I think my record is 8, when I had a ten hour day at work.

  25. Re:Cyanogen? on Cyanogen Tackles How Developers Interact With Mobile Devices (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah diversity goes out the window - it looks like either Android with Google services or Android with MS services.

    I'll stick with Firefox OS for the time being until my Flame handset dies.

    I did try Ubuntu Phone on a nexus 4 I got off ebay. UI seems novel but I couldn't get a data connection working, since instead of the Android service, Ubuntu/LuneOS/Sailfish all seem to use ofono telephony which seems broken with respect to something called MVNO.