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  1. Re:AirBNB is a bit bullshit, in my opinion on Airbnb To Start Collecting Hotel Tax On Rentals In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Just curious, how much a night is a room at the hilton, including your membership?

  2. Re:Simple set of pipelined utilties! on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 1

    Those who do not learn Hurd are doomed to reimplement it, poorly. - as systemd ? :-)

  3. Re:Yes, pipelined utilities, like the logs on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 1

    Then the issue isn't systemd adoption but creating minimalist logind equivalent?

  4. Re:edison? on SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video) · · Score: 1

    Elephants, too. Edison, you sadistic bastard!

    RIP Topsy.

  5. Re:intel atom systems keep 32 bit systems around on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    Give Apple time, they have ARMv8 hardware shipping since late last year.

    They'll soon enough release versions of iOS that only run on their A7 or higher.

  6. Re:It did? on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    Never trust anything that can't spit out a Makefile, or equivalent.

  7. Re:NPAPI plugins won't work at all in Chrome anywa on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    Good Riddance!

    Chrome is handy for 'legacy' content but for flash's main deployment - videos, for day to day use, the HTML5 player in Firefox on Linux works well enough.

  8. Re:Android on Chrome OS Can Now Run Android Apps With No Porting Required · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The cynic in me suggests this is a pre-emptive strike against alternative open-source OSes Tizen and Firefox OS.

    By utilizing a Chrome-only technology (NaCl), by value-adding, Google kills off Gecko and Webkit competitors running a pure HTML5 platform.

    (Also stifling adoption of BB and Sailfish, which both include Android compatibility)

  9. Heavy users? on BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    If one sits inside all day watching pirated content instead of getting out in the sunshine and exercising, one is bound to put on a few kilograms!

  10. Re:So if I... on BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    As long as they keep showing Doctor Who on ABC1 within 24 hours of its UK release, all's well.

    It'd be nice if the ABC did a deal with BBC online to mirror some of its geoblocked educational content such as foreign language learning. I'm not interested in streaming TV shows but learning a language for my next trip to Europe would be great.

  11. Re:And all movies MUST be subtitled in French on Ontario Government Wants To Regulate the Internet · · Score: 1

    Ontario, *not* Quebec.

  12. Re:Switching to AMD on NVIDIA Sues Qualcomm and Samsung Seeking To Ban Import of Samsung Phones · · Score: 1

    +5 Informative???

    We're talking about mobile device SoCs here, where AMD don't even compete.

  13. Re:Probably just never stopped growing. on Giant Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina · · Score: 1

    The same geniuses who decided that Brontosaurus, "thunder lizard" should be discarded for the bland terminology, Apatosaurus "deceptive lizard".

  14. Re:Still having misery with Firefox. on Firefox 32 Arrives With New HTTP Cache, Public Key Pinning Support · · Score: 1

    Try a nightly desktop build with electrolysis enabled.

    It's supposed to isolate each tab.

  15. Re:Intel on Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Desktop x86 Motherboard Manufacturers? · · Score: 1

    Caveat that Atoms with PowerVR graphics are to be avoided. We knew that.

    But since the summary is about Haswell, one can assume Intel HD/Iris graphics.

  16. here on fxOS on Post-Microsoft Nokia Offering Mapping Services To Samsung · · Score: 1

    It didn't come bundled on the Flame but Nokia have made it available on Firefox Marketplace.

    Which makes sense if it's all HTML 5 like Tizen.

  17. Re:33 Bucks?!? on $33 Firefox Phone Launched In India · · Score: 1

    Alcatel also makes a range of 'One Touch Fire' models that run Firefox OS.

    The hardware is likely 99% identical to the Android models.

  18. Re:1 Billion Mobile Users? on $33 Firefox Phone Launched In India · · Score: 1

    I'd be skeptical in correlating the number of phones vs the number of users.

    A number of countries on that list have more phones that people. I'm not sure the %age of folks that have more than 1 active handset...

  19. Re:Is it total shit like earlier Firefox OS phones on $33 Firefox Phone Launched In India · · Score: 1

    Maybe 'condemn' is the wrong word, then.

    But they're complicit in bowing to 'the whims of the actual device manufacturers'. The device may run in 128MB in its Tarako config but the phone won't deliver an optimal experience.

    I'm just reflecting that I can't imagine the difference in price between 128 and 256MB modules would be that huge in 2014. Even the $25 Rpi model A shipped with 256MB back in 2012.

    Would a $38 phone sell any worse if a 256MB module were $5 extra?

  20. Re:Is it total shit like earlier Firefox OS phones on $33 Firefox Phone Launched In India · · Score: 1

    The Flame developer device is snappy enough but with way better specs.

    Mozilla want to condemn the 'developing world' into using 128MB of RAM, which will obviously throttle performance.

    I'd be curious to know how much half a gig would add to the price.

  21. Have they on Facebook Cleans Up News Feed By Reducing Click-Bait Headlines · · Score: 1

    turned off Top Stories yet?

    It's bullshit that one has to reset a boolean preference every few days for something no one wants.

  22. Obligatory on Latest Wikipedia Uproar Over 'Superprotection' · · Score: 1
    Malamanteau, and the edit war that ensued.

    Wiktionary is just as bad. They have a whole category devoted to words that exist but seemingly don't. If you want to put the kangamangus on those dotnoses, ozay; head to urban dictionary instead.

  23. Re:Misleading on Operating Systems Still Matter In a Containerized World · · Score: 1

    I was expecting a discussion about Fremantle's win over Hawthorn on the weekend. :)

  24. Re:Dot Thirty on ICANN Offers Fix For Domain Name Collisions · · Score: 1

    If you are going to use Roman numerals why not just host in the virgin islands?

    Of course you might have users searching for info about their favourite text editor. :)

  25. Re:linux on Project Aims To Build a Fully Open SoC and Dev Board · · Score: 1

    which probably says more about a JS-based emulator in a browser than the platform itself.

    No qemu support yet?