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  1. Why maintain a product on Google Is Discontinuing Google+ Hangouts On Air On September 12 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    when you can just make something new that does exactly the same thing and annoy your users by forcing them to switch.

  2. Re: Verdict sound legitimate on Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware (itwire.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Obviously I'm not a lawyer but what about discovery? Shouldn't he have to opportunity to to grep their source code repository?

  3. Re: She needs some crowdfunding herself on Wild Abuse Allegations Taint Indiegogo Helmet Maker Skully (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    He's saying that people go to crowd funding when they can't attract traditional investment. I think there is a second group who realise they can avoid external control by not taking investors.

  4. Probably charge them with hacking because thats how the US government works.

  5. Re:How is this a breach of terms? on LinkedIn Suffers Huge Bot Attack That Steals Members' Personal Data (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, I don't know what to say my web browser was just pre-fetching the site so I could browse it more quickly.

  6. The suckers who use LinkedIn do so specifically to make this sort of information public so people can find them. They 'trust' LinkedIn to make it publicly available.

  7. Its less spending all your money at once, and more that at this rate he probably won't spend it before dying.

  8. Re:Doesn't this act ever get old for them? on Microsoft Acquires Beam Game Streaming Service, Embracing Alternative To Amazon's Twitch (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    The funny part is its a delayed reaction (much like Youtube Gaming), literally years after Twitch became massively popular the giants start paying attention. It seems like Facebook is the only tech company that quickly copies up and coming ideas.

  9. Re:Why is it hype? on Next Generation of Wireless -- 5G -- Is All Hype (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    The reason its hype is that it doesn't exist so people are basically making shit up to get people excited about it (and probably confused under the impression they're already getting it).

  10. Re:Microsoft: convenience over security on Annoying 'Open PDF In Edge' Default Option Puts Windows 10 Users At Risk (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    With sandboxing Chrome has proven to be significantly safer than any of the other PDF readers.

  11. Re:Any plans for a touch-friendly UI? on Ask VideoLAN President and Lead VLC Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf Your Questions · · Score: 2

    Don't put your greasy fingers on a laptop screen you disgusting animal ;)

  12. On Windows I believe it always opens a new window if you're opening the file from explorer. Maybe its the desktop environment configured to open with the current application?

  13. Mplayer has a much smaller user base than vlc, perhaps mplayer ought to copy vlc's shortcuts

  14. Chromecast Support on Ask VideoLAN President and Lead VLC Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf Your Questions · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I heard a very long time ago there was development effort to support Chromecast, any idea on the time frame before it's released?

  15. Re: Auction of bitcoin? on US To Auction $1.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Various Cases (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They go to all the sites and record values. How is this any different than when the US Government sold its GM shares?

  16. Re: Auction of bitcoin? on US To Auction $1.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Various Cases (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Clearly the one with the best value, but as you pointed out they aren't going to get more than 60-70% at auction because they are adding yet another middle man.

  17. Re:%%% HULU IS GAY ANYWAY %%% Use Kodi. on Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service, Moves Free Stuff To Yahoo View (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Kodi is a media center and is orthogonal to a content provider.

  18. Re:Auction of bitcoin? on US To Auction $1.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Various Cases (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Which seems like further reason for the Feds to liquidate it themselves rather than auctioning it off. Probably some arcane part of the law I guess, or just stupid bureaucracy.

  19. Re:The Yahoo name makes me avoid a service entirel on Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service, Moves Free Stuff To Yahoo View (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My question is - did anyone actually know that Yahoo previously offered ad supported network shows? I literally have never heard any reference to it prior to this story.

  20. Re: Yeah, but... on 8TB Drives Are Highly Reliable, Says Backblaze (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Jokes aside not all the 8tb drives are helium based iirc.

  21. Cost to Uninstall on Bar In UK Uses Faraday Cage To Block Mobile Phone Signals (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    For the next guy at that location?

  22. Re:Might be illegal on Bar In UK Uses Faraday Cage To Block Mobile Phone Signals (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Its only illegal because its usually accomplished jammers which would fall under FTC rules around spectrum use. A faraday cage is passive.

  23. Re: More on Mozilla To Remove Hello In Firefox 49 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    The safe browsing stuff makes sense for the average user

  24. Re: A step back towards sanity on Mozilla To Remove Hello In Firefox 49 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Press alt, real men don't use the mouse to open menus.

  25. Re:Stylish on Ask Slashdot: Best Browser Extensions -- 2016 Edition · · Score: 1

    Stylish is great, I've used it for a few years to make websites with stupid layout and text sizes (I'm looking at you Medium, Jira) render more reasonably. Further, just last night I was using it to make the IKEA kitchen planner user the full screen instead of 600x400px