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  1. Re:Neither on Which do You Prefer: Mobile Web Apps or Mobile Websites? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much this, there are a few things that touch devices can't properly handle like hovering menus but otherwise the website should be the same.

  2. Re:Why is everyone wearing headphones? on Which do You Prefer: Mobile Web Apps or Mobile Websites? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Because of echo, sound comes out your speakers and back into your microphone. Skype and other software can attempt to mute your microphone to avoid it but this causes issues when you're trying to talk.

    I imagine the hidden in-ear headphones aren't cheap and they aren't going to send them out to every person they interview.

  3. Never Deleted Then? on Panasonic To Commercialize Facebook's Blu-Ray Cold Storage Systems (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    So I guess when a user decides to delete photos they effectively live on in Facebook storage indefinitely?

  4. Re:I wanna help. on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Eh, VWs are generally considered good looking. I remember watching a video of a car show from Drive/Jalopnik/someone where they couldn't get close to the Gulf because the competitors were all over it with a measuring tape.

    I'm not a huge VW fan, but to me the lines generally appear more refined than other manufacturers.

  5. Re:Ah, cry me a protectionist river on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    You could also make the reverse argument that Europe 'protected' their car industry by focusing on displacement. The reality is that both regions tailored their regulation over time to fix what they felt were problems. In North America we had a smog problem, part of our regulations were tailored to fix that and were pretty successful, hence we haven't had to introduce alternate-day driving bans as they have had to at times in Paris.

  6. Nitrogen Oxides aren't Green House Gases on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So how is reducing them going to help meet the Paris climate deal?

    It should also be noted that standard gasoline cars also emit much more than tests indicate, and as any driver knows seldom match the stated mpg claims.

  7. Re:So, fuck readability, user opinions, human fact on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 1

    The parts that borrow from Javascript, but what they've added is usually weird.

  8. Re:Without online terrorists... who is there to fi on BBC Taken Offline By 'Anti-IS' Group (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It isn't like a ddos even affects online hackers. They aren't using their website as a their point of attack.

  9. Re:DDOS = Cyberattack?!? on BBC Taken Offline By 'Anti-IS' Group (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Probably not even a true DDOS, rather an amplification attack using public servers.

  10. Re:So, fuck readability, user opinions, human fact on The Swift Programming Language's Most Commonly Rejected Changes (github.com) · · Score: 1

    Virtually every developer in the past 40-years knows the C-syntax, deviating from it (e.g. python, typescript, etc) is what causes readability problems.

  11. I think there are two categories of projects, paid developer open source (e.g. Linux, Eclipse, etc.) and spare time open source. In the latter developers are largely scratching their own itch and generally won't be interested in spending a large chunk of their time effectively pushing pixels around, particularly when they could be adding a new feature.

    We need less back-seat coders in open source (people with an opinion but aren't actually writing code, e.g. all the anti-systemd whiners) and more people willing to jump in and write code if they are having issues.

  12. Update Software on Ask Slashdot: Keeping My Data Mine? (2015 Edition) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you really want to keep your data yours, you better be on top of all software updates. i.e. ownCloud has had 24 CVEs this year alone.

  13. Re:Permanently disabling? on The Ups and Downs of AMD (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if its still the case but at one point Intel's compiler was considered far and away the best. So unfortunately making people aware of that the problem existed and convincing people to give up on the compiler license they paid for.... Maybe AMD knew about the issue, but Intel didn't publicize they were doing it so it probably took years before it was announced.

  14. Re:AMD settled on The Ups and Downs of AMD (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    Its not remotely enough money given the benefits Intel has had as a result of AMD's decline.

  15. Target Scalper Sites (e.g. Ticketmaster) on Congress Joins Battle Against Ticket Bots (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think bots are the issue, eliminate the sites which allow scalpers to sell for more than face value. Unless something has changed Ticketmaster famously operated one and would redirect unsuspecting buyers to it.

  16. Re:Any real tangible merits to using Windows Serve on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Moving To Per-Core Licensing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Thats funny, I thought the only reason you used a .NET application was because you were using a Windows server. Maybe its circular :)

  17. Re: Will the cooler manufacturers pay? on Intel Skylake CPUs Are Warping Under Mounting Pressure From Third-Party Coolers (hothardware.com) · · Score: 0

    At this point we don't know if it is Intels changes..... Though one also imagines that the force used to install the had is often higher than the resting pressure so..... Overall though hsf companies have to push the limit to get the performance people demand, and afaik Intel still ships one with the CPU so one imagines they'll tell people to get stuffed.

  18. Nope, systemd developers are writing software and people are choosing to use it. If you don't want to, then you need to step up and contribute to the alternatives otherwise you're just another asshole with an opinion.

  19. Re:Torvalds on systemd: on Will You Be Able To Run a Modern Desktop Environment In 2016 Without Systemd? · · Score: 1

    Hey, don't let facts get in the way of made up anecdotes.

  20. Maybe the existing interfaces don't provide the flexibility required.

  21. Needs Ethernet on Raspberry Pi Unveils New $5 Mini-computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Its cool but, the lack of ethernet for most uses means people will also need to buy a USB network adapter bringing the price back up to $20 or so.

  22. Re:Easy solution on Why Car Salesmen Don't Want To Sell Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    I agree, I'm a programmer in my 30s and the main reason I don't own a car is I can't be bothered to deal with dealer bullshit.

  23. To fork or write your own desktop environment if you don't like it, that is the point of open source; not the ability to force other people to kowtow your arbitrary system choices.

  24. Re:FUD at least sort of. on Green Light Or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Watching (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like they decided their customers would rather have instant on /shrug

  25. Re:FUD at least sort of. on Green Light Or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Watching (securityledger.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't think i tend towards excessive paranoia, but having a camera attached to the internet with a power switch which doesn't actually power it down seems a bit sketchy to me. Even if Nest/Google the corporation has fully honorable intentions the situation still seems liable to potential abuse.

    Note its an off button in an app. In order for the user to be able to turn it back 'on' from an app the camera cannot power down. Personally I wouldn't use a cloud connected camera for a variety of reasons but this sounds as if its working exactly as one would expect.