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  1. Re:Umm... how's this possible? on GitHub Accidentally Exposes Some Plaintext Passwords In Its Internal Logs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This is github, so when I'm using HTTP auth via git, does git need to implement a javascript engine?

  2. Re:If that claim is true,.. on Nearly 1 In 10 Americans Have Deleted Their Facebook Account Over Privacy Concerns, Survey Claims (bgr.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I did delete mine. It wasn't due to privacy concerns, but the privacy concerns did cause me to review my social media use. I discovered social media in my life was mostly one way (I posted and never read anyones comments). This was because reading the comments caused me to dislike most every human on social media. So I decided to simplify my life and remove facebook from it (and a few other social media profiles).

  3. Re:How many attempts are this now? on Intel Reportedly Designing Arctic Sound Discrete GPU For Gaming, Pro Graphics (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Meh, they just need to make sure it puts out a good hash rate on some random cryptocurrency and they will sell every single one they make.

  4. Re:And Still Pay the Windows Tax? No Thanks on Linux Computer Maker System76 To Move Manufacturing To the US (opensource.com) · · Score: 2

    You do not pay the windows tax. In fact, selecting Ubuntu lowers the cost of the laptop by around $100.

  5. Re:Still Too Expensive on Linux Computer Maker System76 To Move Manufacturing To the US (opensource.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or buy a dell with ubuntu pre-installed.

  6. Re:Fair Weather Federalists on Oregon Becomes Second State To Pass a Net Neutrality Law (katu.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That makes perfect sense! Water is a public utility so my neighbors pool is a public pool!

  7. The company I work for is already moving to linux. Dell has a nice line of Ubuntu supported notebooks and many of our devs and engineers have requested them. I think our office will be Mac free in 2 years.

  8. Re:windows vs linux servers on Windows Server 2019 Will Feature Linux and Kubernetes Support (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I get that, my point is given the option (unless the poster here works for a cloud provider) why the hell would you bother running and managing your own servers? Next you will tell me that serverless apps still have servers behind it.

  9. Re:windows vs linux servers on Windows Server 2019 Will Feature Linux and Kubernetes Support (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    AWS fargate, lambda (if I'm not even interested in managing the container), etc.

  10. Re:windows vs linux servers on Windows Server 2019 Will Feature Linux and Kubernetes Support (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't imagine running a server, who manages at that level? Give me just let me host my containers or hell manage the container for me and just run my code. No reason to waste my time doing silly things like patching host operating systems.

  11. I have comcast and it's no where near that bad.

    I pay $130 a month for 1gbps internet.

    If I added on TV, my bill would be higher, but cheaper than buying each separately.

    So it's more like:

    Internet : $125
    TV: $50
    Internet and TV: $150

    My other option is uverse, I tried that, 1/3 the speed is all they offer and that's at 3/4 the price. It was down weekly and their mandatory router/modem is garbage. Comcast is the best internet service we can have. It's stable, I can bring my own modem, its' fast (always at least 60% of the speed advertised during peak load), and their support is helpful some of the time.

  12. Existing tech, how would they know? on 51 Percent of Financial Services Companies Believe Existing Tech is Holding Them Back (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    How would they know. I still can't find a bank using proper MFA, good password rules, a solid web and mobile app UI, etc. Most of them are stuck in 2005 or 1998!

  13. Re:You tube video shows how to sharpen knives on YouTube Kids App Still Showing Disturbing Videos (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I learned how to use a knife around age 7. I also learned to shoot around then. I whittle with my grandfather and later was basicaly a prep cook at dinner time.

  14. No worries. I have a phone on my wrist, a phone on my pocket, and a backup phone in my wife's purse. Good luck with putting the throw away phone in a bag.

  15. Re:$30+ fees? on Bitcoin Conference Stops Accepting BTC Due To High Fees (bitcoin.com) · · Score: 2

    I can't understand how this works at all if it's not a viable currency. If bitcoin is not currency, what is the driving force behind owning it?

  16. Re:Ahhh, there's the grift. on Trump Pushes To Expand High-Speed Internet In Rural America (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, I remember reading years ago that the last time we funded verizon and comcast to expand in rural america they managed to convince the government that the south side of Chicago was rural.

  17. Re:a case for frameworks on 'The State of JavaScript Frameworks, 2017' (npmjs.com) · · Score: 0

    What does your website read to the blind? How does it work for the visually impaired?

  18. This is why people who are seriously worried about economic collapse that falls back on gold would hoard ammo and not 'caps' (gold). Ammo has tangible value outside of money and of course can be used to take anything that starts to develop value.

  19. Re:unix commands strung together on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    I think you need to pipe them all together...

  20. All consumer internet traffic is unbalanced! If it was balanced Comcast wouldn't be giving me 1gbps down and 75mbps up!

  21. Wait a second. Netflix doesn't pay for their own internet access?

    See I see it as this, I pay for a connection to the internet, Netflix pays for a connection to the internet. Nobody else should be charging either of us extra to talk to each other as fast as any other website on the internet.

  22. Re: Not a surprise. on Trump Administration Calls For Government IT To Adopt Cloud Services (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize you can go cloud without shared virtualization. You can ensure only your assets on are the hosts. Hell you can even go cloud with bare metal servers. It's nearly impossible to come up with a design AWS will not support. (although costs...)

  23. Re:For crying out loud on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Retrain Old IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    I once worked for a manager who insisted that no work could be performed until after hours, but also insisted I had to be in the office 8-5. It was only about 20 days once that policy was in place that I had found a new position elsewhere. I wasn't be paid enough to watch 8 hours of TV at work and then do 8 hours of work before I can go home.

  24. Re:Circumstances on The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This is basically the medical pot argument. You can go to a pain clinic, get hard core pain drugs that slowly destroy your body or you could smoke some pot.

    True story, a friend of mine told the pain clinic she was using a THC creme on her knee to help with the pain and that it was working great, the pain clinic said that by self treating they could no longer prescribe her pain meds. So now she can't get legal meds and is relegated to only the 'illegal' ones.

  25. Re:words mean things on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If there is a master key that can be exploited, lost, found, or accidentally just the word 'password'. It is not secure.