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  1. Re: While this doesn't bother me....o on Slack Is Shutting Down Its IRC Gateway (slack.help) · · Score: 1

    The http-01 challenge needs to be able to connect to your server from random locations on the Internet. This is unacceptable for many servers internal to an organization. And the dns-01 challenge is a lot harder to automate, especially if your domains happen to currently be registered with a registrar whose bundled DNS zone hosting doesn't have an API that Dehydrated can use.

  2. Re:Amen. on Slack Is Shutting Down Its IRC Gateway (slack.help) · · Score: 1

    IRC, XMPP (depending on the server), nntp, etc could be set up quite quickly and easily if you didn't need federating support.

    What IRC server software handles persistence and attachments? And how big of a virtual machine is needed to run it?

  3. Who can afford to move to such a state? on Amazon Launches a Low-Cost Version of Prime For Medicaid Recipients (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    To get on Medicaid you have to either A. afford to move to a Medicaid-expansion state or B. spend down all your assets to practically nothing.

  4. Without cable, how do you connect to the Internet? on Amazon Launches a Low-Cost Version of Prime For Medicaid Recipients (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    At the same time the Prime owner gets free music, free TV shows/movies(so less money they "need" to spend on cable)

    Without cable, how does the Prime subscriber connect to the Internet in the first place, especially people who live outside the service footprint of fiber? If you meant a subscription to cable Internet without TV, consider that many pay TV subscribers subscribe to pay TV solely because the cable company charges less for a bundle of home Internet and basic TV service than for home Internet alone.

  5. Re:Free download of recording requires compliance on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    Because keeping it to oneself is unacceptable to many hobbyist musicians, let me narrow my question:

    Once I've written a song that I intend to share with others, how do I make sure it isn't substantially similar to any existing copyrighted song in order to avoid a lawsuit alleging accidental infringement?

  6. Where to draw the line for background info? on Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Understanding is not in a vacuum. Are readers expected to understand what an "operating system" is? If so, are they expected to understand what "Windows 10" is? If so, why specifically is the line drawn between "Windows 10" and "Windows 10 S"?

  7. Re:Closed Ecosystem on Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a disgrace Apple started this [walled garden] movement with iOS

    Apple started nothing. Walled garden started in 1985 with the lockout methods in the Nintendo Entertainment System and Atari 7800 ProSystem. Even in mobile phones, BREW had lockout before iOS.

  8. Re:What kind of news is this? WHAT IS THIS "S MODE on Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So what should someone buy if he wants the size and weight of a Chromebook but the ability to run applications whose developer has not found time to rewrite them from the ground up in JavaScript as a Progressive Web Application? I want something I can use offline while riding transit and carry in a bag that doesn't scream "this is a laptop; come steal it", and I'm willing to sacrifice raw speed, but I don't want to be restricted to PWAs nor run the risk of someone wiping the drive by turning it on and pressing Space as prompted and then Enter as prompted. Netbooks that run X11/Linux or Windows used to be the answer until December 2012.

  9. Older Surface tablets ran in S mode on Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    [S mode] should have been available since Windows 8 at the very least. This probably would have resulted in more software available on the Store.

    Surface RT and Surface 2 tablets ran the Windows RT operating system, which was locked into what is now called S mode. They couldn't run third-party Win32 desktop apps even if recompiled for ARM.

  10. Re:Obligatory Bad Car Analogy on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And I could put a Lamborghini body kit on a Fiero. But why would I do that if they are giving Aventadors away for free?

    Several reasons:

    Not being able to get fuel for your sports car (application compatilibity)
    Not being able to use it on the roads in your area (hardware compatibility, especially in laptop sizes that System76 doesn't offer)
    Not enough trunk space (no, an Android tablet can't always replace an X11/GNU/Linux laptop)

  11. I see Connection Info in Xubuntu on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu's configuration of GNOME may be at fault. My PC runs Xubuntu 16.04, and when I click Indicator Plugin's network widget in the Xfce panel, one of the last items on the menu is "Connection Information". Choosing it opens a window with a tab for the WLAN and a page for the wired connection.

  12. Can I apt install libandroid yet? on Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux? (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a native version of MS Office for Android (which is Linux).

    That'd be fine under two conditions:

    1. Microsoft makes Office for Android available in repositories other than Google's.
    2. Some major desktop Linux distribution packages a set of libraries based on AOSP for running Android applications that a user can install through the package manager the way the user installs GTK+, Qt, Wine, Mono, or any other set of libraries. Might the Treble HAL make item 2 easier?

  13. If running WSL is good enough for most, will there be as much impetus to resolve these issues?

    I don't see how "running WSL is good enough for most," as WSL bundles neither an X server nor a Wayland server. The free version of Xming hasn't been updated in over a decade. Another concept that I've read about is allowing a Qt or GTK+ application running in WSL to use the DLLs from Qt or GTK+ for Win32 to display its GUI, but I don't see what sort of proxying would allow that.

  14. Free download of recording requires compliance on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    Once I've written a song, how do I make sure it isn't substantially similar to any existing copyrighted song

    No need. You need that only if you're going to sell recordings or perform for pay.

    According to 17 USC 106, a paywall is not the threshold for activity that meaningfully infringes exclusive rights in a copyrighted work; distributing or performing publicly is. Someone making a recording of a song available without charge through the Internet is still operating publicly and thus needs to either take a license or somehow certify originality.

  15. Re:Local iPhone synch on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 0

    Exactly. If I want to copy a several-dozen .MP3s from our PC into a playlist on my wife's phone, how do I do that if iTunes is gone?

    Buy your wife a phone not made by Apple as a gift.

  16. Re:Recurring charges on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    If you prefer, you can always write, record, and produce your own music to listen to. No one is stopping you.

    One might argue that the incumbent music publishers are stopping me. Once I've written a song, how do I make sure it isn't substantially similar to any existing copyrighted song in order to avoid a lawsuit alleging accidental infringement?

  17. Re:sessions on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Once I had access to server-side processing, like ASP and PHP, I found the use case for cookies to be really small. That would be, basically, using the cookie to keep track of sessions.

    Whether the cookie stores the raw data or a session ID matters little. It's common practice for each adtech provider to establish a long-lived session for each viewer who visits a site that uses that adtech provider. Viewing a single document might cause several dozen sessions to be automatically established, one for each adtech provider.

  18. Guardian paywall since when? on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Since when does The Guardian have a paywall? It offers an optional subscription to ad-free access for $84/year. Slashdot used to offer subscriptions, but this broke years ago.

  19. Re:I never saw the purpose of these on Apple To Release a Cheaper MacBook Air Later This Year (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    A development suite that encourages you to produce source code that will ONLY run on Apple products.

    Even if only binaries. Even if you build with a multi-platform framework like Qt or Xamarin, you still have to use Xcode to build and deploy for iOS. The only way to make your application usable by iOS users without using Xcode is to build a web application instead of a native application, and you still need Safari for Mac to use the JavaScript debugging tools for Safari for iOS.

  20. Re:I never saw the purpose of these on Apple To Release a Cheaper MacBook Air Later This Year (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    The only draw is the Apple name and OS at that point.

    In particular, the ability to run Xcode.

  21. Re:Nice to have it back on Slashdot Outage Update · · Score: 1

    Slashdot used to offer subscriptions years ago, but the option to purchase one has been broken for years.

  22. Re:WTF Slashdot. on 'Java EE' Has Been Renamed 'Jakarta EE' (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    Granted Slashdot still runs off crusty old Perl, surely its not THAT hard to update to modern unicofe handling.

    Ultimately, deprioritization of Unicode handling in Slash is related to the "erocS" incident from 2002, where vandals would use certain control characters to spoof moderation scores.

  23. Re:Wtf Oracle? on 'Java EE' Has Been Renamed 'Jakarta EE' (i-programmer.info) · · Score: 1

    True, the .NET brand was overused early on, but Microsoft cleaned that up fairly quickly. In addition, even from the beginning, Microsoft had distinct names for each component of the .NET Framework, such as CLR (Common Language Runtime) and C# (a Java-inspired language).

  24. CGNAT on Twitter Asks For Help Fixing Its Toxicity Problem (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Some countries have a disproportionately small allocation of IPv4 address space. Home ISPs in those countries may put hundreds of subscribers behind one IP address using so-called carrier-grade network address translation (CGNAT). Cellular ISPs worldwide use CGNAT as well.

  25. Re:My guess is they want to use the clips on MPAA Wants Filmmakers To Pay Licenses, Not Rip Blu-rays (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Why does film critique require displaying an excerpt of the original motion picture in a quality greater than that achievable by camcording a licensed TV connected to a licensed player? Reviews in newspapers get away with not displaying the motion picture at all.