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  1. For me Kate has always felt pretty flakey, its like Notepad from Windows with a few more features but doesn't really have enough to be used regularly.

  2. Of course, Notepad++ is good enough for most simple C/C++ programs, or small bugfixes. Anyone recommend a decent Linux equivalent? And no, if I wanted VIM, I already have VIM, thanks.

    Notepad++ runs under wine fairly well, otherwise maybe textadept? Someone spent time making Notepad++ compilable with gcc though I don't know that they got to the point of building on Linux.

  3. Eclipse even with a lot of add-ons isn't "multi-gigabyte" its not even nearly a gig, maybe you're putting a bunch of weird shit in it but that isn't in any way normal.

  4. Re:I Know Where The 22,000 Went! on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1) Its a shame that we now have more unemployed people. While many of them are somewhat to blame in terms of not taking the initiative and updating their own skills having a post Hostess employment plan etc, I think we can agree there were challenges as well. Society has failed structurally to provide many with the opportunities and tools to keep a viable career path open for their working lifetime.

    What 'skills' do you think a factory worker needs to keep up to date precisely? How to become a robot in 3 easy steps? The only thing society has failed at is not punishing upper echelons of management for negligence, incompetence and illegal activities.

  5. Re:Ive said it before. on Bitcoin 'Miners' Face Fight For Survival As New Supply Halves (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've always said it was a pyramid scheme. For early miners it was very easy to mine and each score was bigger, but the system relied upon ever more people buying into the scheme to create value.

  6. Re:Why?? on Wendy's Says More Than 1,000 Restaurants Affected By Hack (go.com) · · Score: 1

    I said this back at the Home Depot breach, the real question is why do these PoS machines have the ability to talk to anything other than the payment server? There is literally zero reason for them to be contacted or to contact anything but the payment server.

  7. Re:No Judicial Oversight on Russian Leader Putin Signs Controversial 'Big Brother' Law (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure Putin's agents were already doing this, it just makes it more widely available.

  8. Re:Take the PCIe logo off the box on AMD Details Driver Fix For Radeon RX 480's Controversial, Spec-Exceeding Power Draw (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure Mr Coward, we believe you.

  9. Re:Take the PCIe logo off the box on AMD Details Driver Fix For Radeon RX 480's Controversial, Spec-Exceeding Power Draw (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I watched PCPerspectives video the other day and they mention this is actually the norm and all cards do it to varying degrees. They also spoke with motherboard vendors who didn't want to go officially on record who said that they didn't anticipate any issues with momentary draws higher than spec.

  10. Its actually highways with a median which is even more restrictive in terms of unexpected things scenarios.

    Listening to general car podcasts I've heard a few stories from reviewers that the autopilot will suddenly bail, say mid-corner which doesn't sound particularly safe to me.

  11. Re:Easily destroyed or disabled on Uber Hires a Robot To Patrol Its Parking Lot and It's Way Cheaper Than a Security Guard (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Assuming that a random thief actually knows how to disable a robot, it doesn't matter as robot suddenly going offline should immediately trigger a response.

  12. Re:The only problem with this is on Uber Hires a Robot To Patrol Its Parking Lot and It's Way Cheaper Than a Security Guard (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Security guards shouldn't be shooting anyone anyway unless a life is in danger.

  13. Ugh, FTC... I'm going to blame it on not being an american ;)

  14. Seems like the FCC Endorsement rules ought to apply? https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advic...

  15. Re:It's because people no longer follow Caveat Emp on Steam Warns Users Against Gambling Site After YouTube Stars Discovered As Owners · · Score: 1

    While true, the issue is that there are minors and addicts. Minors lack the life experience to understand whats going on and addicts are wired in such a way that they can't help themselves.

  16. Re:No money was won. on Steam Warns Users Against Gambling Site After YouTube Stars Discovered As Owners · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure Valve offers a marketplace where users can sell virtual items, so not that sketchy (other than the betting site of course)

  17. Re:Star Wars universe is "lived in" on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 1

    I think this is sorta it, in Trek they're still exploring the galaxy, in Wars its already been widely colonized and travel is cheap.

  18. Bizarre Conclusion on Apple Slams Spotify For Asking For 'Preferential Treatment' (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    And Spotify is the streaming service most at war with artists over their abysmal royalty rates. Read between the lines and the real message here is that Apple Music is kicking Spotify's ass.

    I read it as Apple being entirely irrelevant in the streaming market.

  19. Re:Fine for my servant's quarters, not for main ho on IMAX Will Build You a Home Theater -- Starting at $400K (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Not doing very well are you? Me and my billionaire friends just hire the actors to come to our private theatre and act it out.

  20. Re: And here is how it doesn't work on Here's How Pinterest Plans to Get You To Shop More (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Shane Google removed the block list for sites they used to have.

  21. Re: Pinterest? on Here's How Pinterest Plans to Get You To Shop More (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this is the case with Pinterest (or care) but with many sites deleting the bigger isn't enough and there will be server side restrictions these days.

  22. Re: warranty length on How Sony, Microsoft, and Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably came with a circuit diagram so you could repair it yourself

  23. Re: Snowden broke the law. Period on President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably the treatment of corporal Manning

  24. Re: like Clinton, he'll pardon a lot of people on President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why call out Clinton? Every president does this, the midst egregious being Ford pardoning Nixon. The real question is why do they even have the power to arbitrarily circumvent the law at all.

  25. Re: Why is Obama more like to pardon? on President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    He doesn't need to run for re-election and politically it can't be held against him by the house or senate. Basically every president does this.