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  1. Star Trek TNG did it first: on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Wes then says that from looking at the warp equations he thinks time and space and thought are all one thing. This surprises the assistant, who tells him never to say such a thing again "in a world that's not ready for it.""

    The last quote should really be: "Shut Up, Wesley!".

    http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/...

  2. Re:GPU shortage on PC Market Still Showing Few Signs of Life (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't believe you, who would pay $900 for a 1070!? Turns out, you're very correct and the world is a stupid place to live.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-08G-P4-5173-KR/product/B01KVZBNY0

  3. In a previous, misguided life, I had used windows, for almost a decade. After all the Windows Telemetry BS, I decided, Windows and me couldn't be friends anymore.

    For the last, almost two years now, I've been using Linux (Fedora) full time on both my Desktop and Laptop. Pretty much the only Windows applications that I couldn't find decent Linux replacements of were foobar2000, Password Safe (https://pwsafe.org/) (pwsafe has an open-source Linux version, it sucks donkey balls), and of course, photoshop. passwordsafe, and foobar2000 both run GREAT in wine. I didn't have to do any sort of tweaking to get them up and running. Photoshop CS5, was another story. I never could get it to run correctly without crashing or having graphical glitches, and in the end just gave up and installed a windows VM just for Photoshop.

  4. Mixed feelings on iOS 11 Passes 50 Percent Adoption In Under 2 Months (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    On one hand, updating my iPhone 6 to iOS11 added a feature I've been wanting for a LONG time. IMAP IDLE support! Happy to have that at last.

    On the other hand, now the phone is slow and unresponsive. Feels like an Android.

  5. Re:Not very sytemd like on In Which Linus Torvalds Makes An 'Init' Joke (lkml.org) · · Score: 1

    They've moved from setuid to posix capabilities on most major distros:

    # ls -l /bin/ping
    -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 62088 Nov 7 2016 /bin/ping

    # getcap /bin/ping /bin/ping = cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+p

    see: man 7 capabilities

  6. Re:Intel doubles down with VROC scam on Benchmarking Utility Shows AMD Ryzen Rapidly Stealing Market Share From Intel (hothardware.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I didn't fully believe you, so I had to Google it. And omfg, duck that noise.

    That really turns me off of future Intel products.

    http://www.pcworld.com/article...

  7. To be fair... on Volvo's Driverless Cars 'Confused' by Kangaroos (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm confused by kangaroos too.

  8. Palemoon and some addons solve all lifes problems. on A New Use For Browser Fingerprints: Defeating Spoofing (browserprint.info) · · Score: 1

    Palemoon + Addons:
    Cookie Monster - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
    RequestPolicy - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
    NoScript - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
    Secret Agent - https://www.dephormation.org.u...
    No java, no flash. Good luck finger printing that.

  9. Re:Ad Blocker Irony? on This Company Has Built a Profile On Every American Adult (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    With noscript, their stupid javascript can't detect the blocking of their malware, and the article is readable.

  10. Re:Unusually +ve but what's in it for refusniks? on Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the Best New Features (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    You're probably aware, but others reading your comment may not be. Microsoft back-ported all the fancy Windows 10 spying to Windows 7. To continue using Win7 without the spyware, you'll want to run a tool such as 'Destory Windows Spying' to cleanse the system.

    * http://dws.wzor.net/

  11. Pale Moon does work on linux on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also, I currently use PaleMoon fork of Firefox as my main browser, but there doesn't seem to be a Linux variant.

    Pale Moon does work on Linux, just fine a I might add. You can even copy over your profile from windows to Linux and everything will continue to work:

    http://linux.palemoon.org/download/installer/

  12. Re:They are stagnant on Tesla's Next Auto-Dealer Battleground State: Georgia · · Score: 3, Informative

    Other than the Tesla, only Nissan has a pure electric generally available on the market

    That's not entirely true, currently available full EVs include the:

    • Tesla Model S
    • Mitsubishi i-MiEV
    • Nissan Leaf
    • BMW i3
    • Ford Focus Electric
    • Volkswagen e-Up!

    That's not an exhaustive, but those are commonly available to buy today in the US.

  13. With a webdesign that.... on Fotopedia Is Shutting Down; Data Avallable Until August 10 · · Score: 0

    Sucks. I can see why no one used them.

    black background, some random blue links.... Looks like something I designed when I was 12.

    http://f.xn0.org/sillywebdevs.PNG

  14. Enforcement Bureau - 2013 Orders on Chinese Vendor Could Pay $34.9M FCC Fine In Signal-Jammer Sting · · Score: 5, Interesting
    http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/

    To see others the FCC has gone after, check out their website. Some of them are really interest; such as:

    $49K for this guy: http://www.fcc.gov/document/48k-penalty-proposed-against-individual-cell-jammer-investigation-0

    http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2014/FCC-14-26A1.html Thiscompany got dinged 29K for operating a cell phone jammer in their warehouse.

  15. Re:plain short scripts on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Hah, you're right. However, with a slight modification it will do an "and" instead of "or" and it still gives you the ability to do 0 or more search criteria instead of one or three:

    grep -niE "$(echo ${@} | sed -r 's/ +/.*/g')" /media/truecrypt1/p

  16. Re:plain short scripts on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    In your p script you can actually remove the entire if-statement and replace it with a single line. Doing this will also give you the benefit of allowing you to pass any number of arguments.

    Replace:

    if [ -z "$2" ]; then
                    grep -ni "$1" /media/truecrypt1/p
    else
                    grep -ni "$1" /media/truecrypt1/p | grep -i "$2" | grep -i "$3"
    fi

    With:

    grep -niE "$(echo ${@} | sed -r 's/ +/|/g')" /media/truecrypt1/p

  17. Re:How? on Google Acquires Kite-Power Generator · · Score: 1
  18. Still on Firefox 8... on Firefox 21 Arrives · · Score: 2

    Since Firefox has started their crazy version numbering, I've given up on upgrading. I use 27 different addons and perfectly configured to make my web browser do what I want. It is near impossible to do an upgrade without spending hours reconfiguring the addons, some of which need to be manually downloaded and have their "MaxVersion" incremented so they will install. Maybe in 6 more months when we reach Firefox 50 I'll give it a try, but until then. Firefox 8 all the way!

    Application: Firefox 8.0 (20111104165243)
    Total number of items: 27

    - Active Stop Button 1.4.10
    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/active-stop-button/
    - Adblock Plus 1.3.10
    http://adblockplus.org/en/
    - BetterPrivacy 1.68
    http://nc.ddns.us/extensions.html
    - ColorfulTabs 7.1
    http://www.binaryturf.com/free-software/colorfultabs-for-firefox/
    - Cookie Monster 1.1.0
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-monster/?src=api
    - Copy Link Name 1.3.2
    http://www.captaincaveman.nl/
    - Download Statusbar 0.9.10
    http://downloadstatusbarapp.com/
    - DownloadHelper 4.9.14
    http://www.downloadhelper.net/
    - DownThemAll! 2.0.8
    http://downthemall.net/
    - Export Cookies 1.2
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/?src=api
    - Find Toolbar Tweaks 3.0.0
    http://homepage3.nifty.com/georgei/extension/ftt_en.html
    - Firebug 1.8.4
    http://www.getfirebug.com/
    - Greasemonkey 0.9.13
    http://www.greasespot.net/
    - HeaderControlRevived 1.1
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/headercontrolrevived/?src=api
    - Hide Caption Titlebar Plus 2.4.1
    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/13505/
    - Menu Editor 1.2.7
    http://menueditor.mozdev.org/
    - Movable Firefox Button 1.4
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/movable-firefox-button/
    - NoScript 2.1.7
    http://noscript.net/
    - OptimizeGoogle 0.78.2
    http://www.optimizegoogle.com/
    - RequestPolicy 0.5.27
    http://www.requestpolicy.com/
    - Screen Capture Elite 2.0.0.23
    http://www.grizzlyape.com/
    - Searchbastard 1.5.5
    http://searchbastard.rosell.dk/
    - SkipScreen 0.6.1.2

  19. Re:New Web Server on Software Development Predictions For 2009 · · Score: 1

    Something like this, perhaps? http://browsershots.org/

  20. Re:No, because ... on Myspace to Sell MP3s From Unsigned Bands · · Score: 1

    >Never underestimate the power of teen fanboy(|girl)ism.

    Regex Nazi says: /fan(boy|girl)ism\./