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  1. Re:There already was a snap for VSCode on Microsoft and Canonical Launch Visual Studio Code Snap For Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry about replying to myself but the snap that was up there was vscode by Snapcrafters. This one is code by vscode (really?) I uninstalled vscode and installed code and it kept all my extensions and settings. Even my recently loaded files were there. I don't see any difference and I don't really care personally that this one is the official version and the other was built by the community. I guess snapcrafters could insert malicious code in their snap but I don't have any reason to suspect that would happen so it really doesn't make a difference to me.

  2. There already was a snap for VSCode on Microsoft and Canonical Launch Visual Studio Code Snap For Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Was that not an officially packaged Snap? There's also a deb you can download and install. I don't see what the need for a snap is. Heck, there's a Flatpak but it's the open source version without telemetry so I'm sure Microsoft would prefer you not use that one.

  3. Re:Don't get, please explain on Here's What 2019 Holds For Paint.NET (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're using Windows? You think GMP's UI is terrible? You don't need all its features?

  4. Re:And on Here's What 2019 Holds For Paint.NET (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean you have to but this free application that you can download for free?

  5. Wow. on GNOME 3.28 'Chongqing' Linux Is Here (betanews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fonts and desktop backgrounds. I'm glad those items are top of the line there. Too bad Gnome is still unusable and weird.

  6. Re:Nobody said these people were smart... on Manafort Left an Incriminating Paper Trail Because He Couldn't Figure Out How to Convert PDFs to Word Files (slate.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The BEST people! The BEST!

  7. Re:Carter Page is a known Russian Agent on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    To renew a FISA warrant you have to show that the previous one bore fruit. The warrant was renewed 7 times. Check fucking mate, mate.

  8. Re:Good IT work on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Stupid Wordpress

  9. I needed a bunch of nerds who still hang around this obscure irrelevant tech site to tell me there's nothing to see here. Thank goodness you random people on the internet know more than the former head of the FBI and his team. It's good to know there will always be somewhere on the internet I can go to be reassured that Trump did nothing wrong and America is just as bad as the Russians anyway.

  10. Re: Why should JPEG be replaced? on Can A New Open Photo File Format Replace JPEGs? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently people don't surf on their phones.

  11. Re:its going to get worse on PC Market Still Showing Few Signs of Life (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    AMD silicon is the answer.

  12. Re:More bricking... on Meltdown and Spectre Patches Bricking Ubuntu 16.04 Computers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It was the same thing with Windows and AMD processors. The PC wouldn't boot the first time but after you hard power it off it boots right up and tells you there was a problem with the update. That's not bricking either.

  13. Re:In all fairness... on 'Kernel Memory Leaking' Intel Processor Design Flaw Forces Linux, Windows Redesign (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm saying that Intel tried to cripple all processors but the dude from AMD told him their products weren't vulnerable and didn't need to be slowed down.

  14. Re:This could be massive on 'Kernel Memory Leaking' Intel Processor Design Flaw Forces Linux, Windows Redesign (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Doesn't look like it's everybody. https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/...

  15. Re:In all fairness... on 'Kernel Memory Leaking' Intel Processor Design Flaw Forces Linux, Windows Redesign (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks like you missed this commit from Tom Lendacky at AMD.

  16. Re:Good grief on Gizmodo: Don't Buy Anyone an Amazon Echo Speaker (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Record audio, compress audio, transmit audio. Dead phone in an hour.

  17. If your living involves development it's actually a great operating system. Windows can't even do node.js correctly without WSL.

  18. The easy solution for this on Cloudflare's CEO Has a Plan To Never Censor Hate Speech Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    is to take your money elsewhere. Make Cloudflare the CDN of racists and use a different CDN that isn't friendly to Nazis. We got Cloudflare bundled with our subscription to something else and refused to use it. It's a huge bone of contention with our provider that they basically sneaked it in and we're not going to sign up with them if Cloudflare is a part of it.

  19. Re: Kill all Fascist and Nazi Supporters on Cloudflare's CEO Has a Plan To Never Censor Hate Speech Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is the level of discourse at Slashdot now.

  20. I don't. on Ask Slashdot: Why Do We Still Commute? (citylab.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Working at home is what has kept me at this job when I'd think of looking elsewhere. It's one of the main perks of the gig.

  21. Re:All together? on Dodging Russian Spies, Customers Are Ripping Out Kaspersky (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I really hate it when I see a story about Russia on Slashdot because all the apologists come out and remind me what a dumpster fire Slashdot has become. I remember back when it was actually a tech site that mattered rather than two day old stories and comments that are basically "I can't hear you la la la la la!"

  22. Re: Why install any? on Ask Slashdot: Should Users Uninstall Kaspersky's Antivirus Software? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Block ads, update regularly, don't download shit if you don't know what it does. I have never had an antivirus program on my personal computer and I've never had problems.

  23. Slashdot: It's like reading Reddit on delay! on PSA: Google Will Delete Your Android Backups If Your Device Is Inactive For Two Months (vernonchan.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is it that every story that's posted here has already been on Reddit for at least a couple days?

  24. Cross country trip on The No-GPS Road Trip (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    We drove about 6000 miles up and down the middle of the US this summer and it felt good to turn off the GPS and just follow the road signs every once in a while. It doesn't really feel like you're totally connected with the road when you're just waiting for Google to tell you when to turn next (or when to just stay on the road you're on which is does too frequently). The road signs really do a good job of getting you around but it might not the the absolute fastest route like Google does. Still, I prefer it every once in a while.

  25. Re:So it's not a 32 core chip on AMD Looks To 'Crush' Intel's Xeon With New Epyc Server Chips (extremetech.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not 32 core die but the CPU itself is 32 cores. The CPU is what goes into the socket. This whole conversation has been going back to the mid 2000s when Intel released their quad core CPU that was really two different dies glued together. Nobody cared that AMD had a "true quad core" where Intel just had a higher-performing part that had 4 cores spread among 2 dies.