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  1. My certs expire every 30 days... on Let's Encrypt Hits New Milestone: Over 100,000,000 Certificates Issued (letsencrypt.org) · · Score: 1

    The Let's Encrypt certs that I have for my websites automatically expire and renew every 30 days. That's 360+ per year.

  2. Re:Who Cares? on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    The OP was not talking about BBQs in French Canada though, was he?

    I quoted the person who wrote that "que" wasn't an English word. A quick Google search proved that premise false.

  3. Re:Who Cares? on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    No, that doesn't make "que" an English word.

    Let's check that... Que... chiefly Californian for barbeque... Que... abbreviation for Quebec... Looks like an English word to me.

    http://www.dictionary.com/browse/que

    It means no such thing since like your sex life, it doesn't exist.

    Not sure how my sexuality (or lack thereof) is relevant to this discussion.

  4. Re:The market was already moving in this direction on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    There were "smart phones" before the iPhone.

    I had one before I got an iPhone. It was always butt calling my boss whenever I got underneath a desk to disconnect/reconnect PCs on a PC refresh project. Never had that problem with the iPhone.

  5. Re:Who Cares? on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 0

    That's "que" as in "queue" on one software application I use at my job. My Spanish-speaking coworkers always snicker when they see that word in the status bar. Alternatively, it could also mean "what's next in line.".

  6. Saw the iPhone @ MacWorld Expo 2007 on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 2

    I took the train up to San Francisco to see the iPhone under the domed glass after Steve Jobs gave his keynote address at the MacWorld Expo 2007. I wouldn't get an iPhone for another seven years as the Great Recession came and went, picking up an iPhone 5C and later an iPhone 6s. Thinking about upgrading to the Red iPhone 7 in the near future.

  7. Re:What was old becomes new again... on Researchers Create New Probiotic Beer That Boosts Immunity (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    DRANK, you hairy-fingered simian! Why do you have such a hard time getting tenses correct?

    This is Slashdot, not a literary magazine.

  8. Re:People still buy O'Reilly door stoppers... on O'Reilly No Longer Selling Individual Books, Videos Online · · Score: 2

    FOREWORD, you fucking moon-faced mongoloid cretin. For such a prolific "author", you sure write like s a MONG!!!!

    I did that on purpose. I like to keep my audience ribbited.

  9. What was old becomes new again... on Researchers Create New Probiotic Beer That Boosts Immunity (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Before scientists figured out that clean water was safer to drink, people drink alcohol all the time because the fermentation process killed most bacteria.

  10. People still buy O'Reilly door stoppers... on O'Reilly No Longer Selling Individual Books, Videos Online · · Score: 2

    These days I only have three O'Reilly dead tree books on my shelf: "Learning The Bash" by Cameron Newham, "Mastering Algorithms with C" by Kyle Loudon, and "Revolution In The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How The Mac Was Made" by Andy Hertzfeld.

    Two out of three books are still useful. When I go to Silicon Valley Comic Con next year, I'll have Steve Wozniak sign the Revolution book (he wrote the forward). I couldn't afford this year since he was raising money for a dog park charity by charging $100+ for his signature.

  11. ...you only need that problem *once*, you simian.

    A problem that I've beaten "once" 30 years ago.

    Get a checkup and tell us again about your wonderful health!

    And get called a liar because the numbers aren't worse than your expectations? I'm well familiar with that game.

  12. It's called the SILENT KILLER for a reason!

    Oh, that. I haven't had that problem in 30 years.

  13. Re:I remember skill tests.... on A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ... his Fat Bot is even more repetitive than than he is.

    Fat Bot isn't a script. Every time I got an email notification from Slashdot, I copied and pasted the same response about how shameful masturbation is in the public square. I didn't get a single dick pic last night.

  14. Sure, except for the hypertension and cholesterol and high triglycerides.

    Symptoms that I don't have since I take care of myself.

  15. In other words, he pays less per month for the insurance, but will be paying out-of-pocket for most medical expenses.

    My job provides free flu shots every year. Except for seasonal allergies, I haven't been sick in years. If I do go to the hospital, the deductible will be the least of my concerns.

  16. I remember skill tests.... on A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Whenever I applied at a fast food restaurant, grocery store or a move theater, the questionnaire/skill test always implied that EMPLOYEES will STEAL from their EMPLOYERS.

  17. Re:Third world country on A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Harsh words for white trailer trash.

  18. Re: She's a perfect fit for Uber... on Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Defends Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He picks stories based on if there is a book closely related.

    Every book I recommend is a book I've read. If I haven't read a book but I think is relevant to the discussion, I'll point that out.

    But I want to make money off of slashdot.

    Slashdot is my fishbowl for new marketing ideas. If something works, then I'll try it on my websites. For example, book recommendations. Non-fiction titles get more clicks than fiction titles. Obscure titles (print only or out of print) get more clicks than current titles.

    Fuck off creimer.

    After you spent three months convincing me that Slashdot was still relevant to the real world? No way, Jose.

  19. Re:If you think that's bad... on President Trump Attacks Amazon, Incorrectly Claiming That It Owns The Washington Post For Tax Purposes (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Informative

    There were taxes that funded obamacare?

    How else would the rich pay their fair share in helping the less fortunate?

    I thought it was just paid for by jacking up my premium by 3x what it was before obamacare.

    My policy decreased from $500 per month to $300 per month. Same coverage with a higher deductible. I don't qualify for tax subsidies.

  20. If you think that's bad... on President Trump Attacks Amazon, Incorrectly Claiming That It Owns The Washington Post For Tax Purposes (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Trump seems unaware that TrumpCare is a giant tax cut for the rich by repealing the taxes that funded ObamaCare.

    A senator who supports the bill left the meeting at the White House with a sense that the president did not have a grasp of some basic elements of the Senate plan — and seemed especially confused when a moderate Republican complained that opponents of the bill would cast it as a massive tax break for the wealthy, according to an aide who received a detailed readout of the exchange. Mr. Trump said he planned to tackle tax reform later, ignoring the repeal's tax implications, the staff member added.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/health-care-bill-trump-pence.html

  21. She's a perfect fit for Uber... on Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Defends Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The problem with Marissa Mayer, as mentioned in "I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59" by Douglas Edwards, employees will always find ways to work around her while appearing to do what she wanted. The jock culture at Uber may outwardly change if she became CEO but it would probably persist behind her back and cause other problems..

  22. Re:Media trust. on The Guardian Backtracks On WhatsApp 'Backdoor' Report (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine

    The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was — in the Commission's view — honest, equitable, and balanced. The FCC, which was believed to have been under pressure from then President Ronald Reagan, eliminated the Doctrine in 1987. The FCC formally removed the language that implemented the Doctrine, in August 2011.

  23. Re:Risking your job for fifty cents on Contractors Lose Jobs After Hacking CIA's In-House Vending Machines (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    So why did they get fired exactly?

    Stealing company property. They might have gotten away with it if they had scrubbed the hard drives, remove the asset tags and didn't post pictures with the Dell service tags. A recycler was supposed to pull the hard drive, create a disk image for the legal department, destroy the hard drive and provide a certificate of destruction.

  24. Re:Risking your job for fifty cents on Contractors Lose Jobs After Hacking CIA's In-House Vending Machines (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on where the company have their focus. I did a PC refresh project eBay and had to take a drug test before I got hired in 2011. Management was afraid that the contractors would steal their new Dell workstations. The funny thing was that management had no concern about employees stealing the old workstations. Unlike other PC refresh projects, we weren't required to pull the hard drives out. Security went ballistic when they found some of these old workstations with asset tags and hard drives on the eBay website for sale. A couple of engineers got fired and security got us a 40' storage container in the parking lot to lock up the old workstations.

  25. Re:Liars, Cheats and Criminals at the CIA? on Contractors Lose Jobs After Hacking CIA's In-House Vending Machines (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 2

    They were supposed to hack the vending machines inside the Russian embassy.