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  1. Rich clients are OS-specific on Will Chromebooks Someday Threaten Windows? (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe in a decade or so a new generation will get tired of javascript black holes and unresponsive, lag ridden cloud-based "software" and actually think about going back to the idea of a PC as a fast, responsive, personal computer on which powerful software can actually be run.

    Does this also imply a return to development that is specific to one desktop or mobile operating system, probably the primary operating system of the lead developer's device? Because right now, to reach all users, a developer of a native application must build, test, and distribute at least six different binary packages, one each for Windows, macOS, X11/Linux (.deb), X11/Linux (.rpm), iOS, and Android. This is true even if the application's source code uses a portability layer such that all six applications are built from the same source tree.

  2. Because US stores carry no Linux laptops on Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October Update (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Laptop PCs sold in Walmart and Best Buy stores come with Windows, not X11/Linux. The only thing like to change this is the release of more Chromebooks that support Crostini, the container for running X11 applications on verified Chrome OS.

  3. Microsoft tax is negative on Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October Update (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If PC makers pay Microsoft a substantial royalty for OEM Windows licenses, then what makes Linux laptops from System76 so much more expensive than entry-level laptops from bigger names? And why does the exact same laptop from Dell cost more with Ubuntu than with Windows?

  4. Re: Welcome to PCMR on Nintendo Plans New Version of Switch Next Year (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    For a PC user seeking an alternative to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I've read good things about SEGA's Sonic racing games on PC.

  5. Welcome to PCMR on Nintendo Plans New Version of Switch Next Year (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    But if I can't hack into my computer, it isn't my computer.

    Sorry, Nintendo, thanks for the time, and good riddance.

    Welcome to PC. You'll come to enjoy being your own master.

    Wanna race?

  6. No longer supported with replacement parts on Microsoft Now Has the Best Device Lineup in the Industry (char.gd) · · Score: 1

    Uh, what reason do you have to throw away your "tech"?

    Manufacturer no longer making replacement battery packs for a device powered by a rechargeable battery is one reason. That's why I replaced a Dell laptop after about 7 years: its included battery, the first replacement battery, and the second replacement battery could no longer hold a charge. Or should end users be expected to learn how to replace the individual cells in a laptop's lithium battery pack?

  7. By length then alphabetical order on Wi-Fi Now Has Version Numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 Comes Out Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    With the exception of the obsolete "a" and "b", the rule is that a revision with 2 letters is newer than 1, then a later first letter (expected to change in Wi-Fi 7), then a later second letter. Thus "g" < "n" < "ac" < "ax". I don't see what's so illogical about it.

  8. This is the POTUS, and Hypnotoad is the pOnOs on Cellphones Across the US Will Receive a 'Presidential Alert' at 2:18 pm Eastern Today (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    PDT? That's the time zone for Redmond, Washington, right? If "Hypnotoad" is in any way related to Stormy Daniels' nickname for the President's intimate body part, then I can think of one company in Redmond that won't be impressed. And it isn't Microsoft.

  9. Re:And the message will read... on Cellphones Across the US Will Receive a 'Presidential Alert' at 2:18 pm Eastern Today (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "Our President is human. He occasionally mistypes words like 'coverage'."
    Would that have been a better way for Spicer to have handled it?

  10. Bundles of Internet and TV on The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of cable system operators jack up their Internet-only price such that a bundle of expanded basic TV and Internet isn't substantially more expensive than Internet alone.

  11. In addition to the antenna that AC mentioned:

    If you have Netflix, you probably already have World Wide Web as well. Weather programming on Weather.gov is convenient. I can get the current conditions, radar, 48 hour forecast, and 7 day forecast whenever I need. I can also read local and national news, which is faster than watching it.

  12. Exactly, where you could watch them on the time of someone elese's choosing

    Are you referring to live events, such as news, sports, or media award shows? Because just about everything else is on your own schedule with Xfinity On Demand.

    on a device that someone else chose

    Or any device that runs the Xfinity app.

    Also, the content will disappear after a time.

    to get the content you want, you need to purchase other crap content.

    Likewise with Netflix.

  13. Re:Because "64bit" is somehow inherently better? on Apple Watch Apps Instantly Went 64-Bit Thanks To Obscure Bitcode Option (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Next year macOS is dropping 32-bit application support altogether.

    Will Wine then have to become actually an emulator?

  14. Re:Simple answer: on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Almost Nothing Come With a Proper Printed Manual Anymore? · · Score: 1

    who reads manuals that cannot download one?

    Someone setting up for the first time the computer and Internet connection with which to download a manual.

  15. Re:Too Cheap, Need More Control on Netflix Eats Up 15% of All Internet Downstream Traffic Worldwide, Study Finds (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not discount those who don't need so much, like email users

    Because it costs the same to roll a truck to fix a last mile connectivity issue, no matter whether a particular subscriber's usage is heavy or light.

  16. Until the domain's new owner sets up a robots.txt, causing Wayback Machine to retrospectively block public access to the archived copy of a document. See debate about this a year and a half ago.

  17. It's up to Hasbro on For Now, at Least, the World Isn't Making Enough Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    When we switch to a pony based economy, we will go back to using whale oil.

    That largely depends on the relationship that Hasbro chooses to have with its fans.

  18. Re:Expansion of definition of CP on FBI Forced Suspect To Unlock His iPhone X Through Face ID (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm OK with any definition of child porn expanding as far as it can go.

    Let's say the legislature defines "child" as under 95 for the purpose of a porn ban. Now practically all the porn on most people's drives is illegal. Is that how far you want to expand it? Would you also want to ban The Bible and Nabokov's Lolita?

  19. Expansion of definition of CP on FBI Forced Suspect To Unlock His iPhone X Through Face ID (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, alternatively, don't be a murderer, child sex trafficker, or child pornographer.

    This sort of recommendation works to a point. This point is when the legislature expands the definition of child pornography to cover possession of things that were not previously illegal, such as non-photorealistic drawn porn.

  20. A warrant is a court order on FBI Forced Suspect To Unlock His iPhone X Through Face ID (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless the Court Order Demands that you Open your Eyes

    The US Constitution prohibits only unreasonable searches. If a police department has shown probable cause to a judge and obtained a warrant to search a particular device with a particular owner, and this device is subject to a biometric lock, one might reasonably construe the warrant as a court order for the owner to authenticate to the device in good faith.

  21. Re:We have to stop on Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery Nears Commercial Release (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    And sex in October causes cancer in babies.

  22. What dead writer was considered? on James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo Win Nobel Prize For Medicine (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    I saw "no literature prize" and wondered what dead writer the Norwegian Nobel Institute was considering. The Institute doesn't award posthumous prizes, which is why it withheld its Peace Prize in 1948 in memory of Mohandas Gandhi.

  23. Re:Client credentials for how many ID providers? on Tim Berners-Lee Announces Solid, an Open Source Project Which Would Aim To Decentralize the Web (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    In particular, the example workflow implies that dyn-reg support is mandatory, at least for RPs. (I'm assuming for the moment that "must" means "MUST" in the RFC 2119 sense.)

    If this is the first time a Provider and a Relying Party are encountering each other, the RP must perform Dynamic Client Registration. Note: This is an operation that happens under the hood, and does not involve the user. All compliant OIDC clients have this functionality built in.

    But it doesn't technically make dyn-reg mandatory for providers.

  24. How does this differ from when someone posts a photo to his or her own website using current technology and later deletes it?

  25. How is this any different from a Twitter user deleting his or her Tweets?