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  1. Re:"suffer" from 8 bits? on ARM Processor On a Breadboard (hackaday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    8 bit hardly dead in the manufacturing world, it's over 25% of mcu's sold each year (and percentage RISING!) and plenty of heavy duty IDE support them

  2. Re:Debian Spiral on Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net) · · Score: 1

    Mint doesn't have that systemd shit yet, though it may soon

  3. Re: Debian Spiral on Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net) · · Score: 1

    Except Linux Mint does NOT have systemd. wise.

  4. Re: Debian Spiral on Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net) · · Score: 1

    No, systemd serves no purpose nor is it necessary for systems" out of easy reach". In fact, systemd may cause your remote system to never come back as it stupidly reverses the whole boot process and winds it way backwards over some trivial thing.

    Experienced sysadmins don't want it and don't need it; bloated pointless complexity is not something you want to battle during unplanned production downtime

  5. Re:NetWho? on NetBSD 7.0 Released (netbsd.org) · · Score: 1

    author of that is behind the times, major cleanup and consolidation of smtpd just done, for those that use it. Or course, OpenBSD runs the other heavyweights

  6. Re:But, will it be the year for SystemD Alternativ on Linus: '2016 Will Be the Year of the ARM Laptop' (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using SystemD alternatives for 35 years; sorry you've only seen fucked up Unix-like things

  7. Re:"...for marijuana people..." on Marijuana Growers Need Software, Too (Video) · · Score: 1

    I have a couple as relatives too; getting a little butt-hurt about my observations are you, bong brain? Maybe it's time for you to toke up

  8. "suffer" from 8 bits? on ARM Processor On a Breadboard (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    8 bit processors are simple, functional and a joy to program; what moron thinks one "suffers" from using the proper sized tool for a job?

  9. Re:"...for marijuana people..." on Marijuana Growers Need Software, Too (Video) · · Score: 0

    are those similar to potheads? There has always been a pothead or two at each place I've worked over the years; potheads are not big on accuracy when performing data entry, nor do they seem to have much conscience about stealing for some reason. Perhaps doobage dulls that? Ah well, at least they're relaxed and not stressed out.

  10. Re:Umm on Boarding Pass Barcodes Can Reveal Personal Data, Future Flights · · Score: 1

    Most recycling places don't want shredded paper, the fiber length is far too short for adequate strength in cardboard and quality paper. Shredded paper would be fine for tissue and toilet paper.

  11. Re:That'll be popular on Jimmy Wales and Former NSA Chief Ridicule Government Plans To Ban Encryption · · Score: 1

    It depends which level of PCI compliance your organization was seeking at the time, earlier in the year you could get by with older

  12. Re:how pathetic on Making Your Graphing Calculator a Musical Instrument · · Score: 1

    but the TI models have the 1990s display and processor

  13. Re:Usage changes meaning on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 1

    Every time the word "decimate" appears properly used according to modern usage, a bunch of barking seals sound off about the archaic meaning without once consulting a dictionary.

    The modern meaning of "decimated" is NOT colloquial, it is the educated usage of the word. On the other hand, your use of "literally" instead of "veritably" is indeed a colloquialism that is incorrect.

  14. Re:how pathetic on Making Your Graphing Calculator a Musical Instrument · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Suburban has modern engine and accessories, nothing like the 1933 one

      TI-82 and 83 still REQUIRED by many schools, still SOLD by major chains (go to amazon.com and enlighten yourself)
    The TI-83+ you mention is 1999 tech and list price is $149, look it up

  15. Re:That'll be popular on Jimmy Wales and Former NSA Chief Ridicule Government Plans To Ban Encryption · · Score: 1

    I just checked a bunch of big banks and credit card companies, plenty still support TLS 1 and 1.1 which will be pci non-compliant next June. chase, discover, BMO harris....

  16. telegram from one M. Ardan on Privately Funded Lunar Mission Set a Launch Date For 2017 · · Score: 1

    Substitute for your rover a cylindro-conical projectile. I shall go inside.

  17. Re:sigh on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 1

    It is not pedantry when they are wrong. It is just ignorance coupled with ineducability.

  18. Re:Ugh on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 2

    But in the case of the "decimate" you'd be wrong. It absolutely does NOT mean killing a tenth of anything.

    Meriam-Webster says:
    Decimate: v

    : to destroy a large number of (plants, animals, people, etc.)

    : to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)

  19. Re:Usage changes meaning on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 1

    No, educate your stupid ignorant self before spewing. We have plenty of words with latin syllables that have completely different meaning than denotative one.

    Decimate: v

    : to destroy a large number of (plants, animals, people, etc.)

    : to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)

      -- Meriam-Webster

  20. how pathetic on Making Your Graphing Calculator a Musical Instrument · · Score: 5, Insightful

    TI-82 introduced in 1993, TI-83 in 1996. Twenty fucking year old tech and they have the gall to ask $150 list for those pieces of shit, and moreover get schools to require them. Fuck you TI, die in a fire

  21. Re:Utah on Researchers Create 'Habitability Index' For Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    There is thriving (non-sentient) life there already, they're called mormons

  22. Re:How about the QA index? on Researchers Create 'Habitability Index' For Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    It is certainly within the ability of current human scientific and engineering ability to send an unmanned probe to the nearest three stars in less than two centuries with nuclear fission power alone

  23. Re:We already had one on Researchers Create 'Habitability Index' For Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    I note you link to a biased source rather than the peer reviewed truth of the timecube website

  24. Re:Don't Forget Class Z on Researchers Create 'Habitability Index' For Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    That's fine, it implies suitable for humans or similar advanced life as necessary zombie-fodder. It implies a level of non-human sentience too for zombies to vocally express the longing for braaaaaaaiiiiiinnnssssss. Finding a class Z is a win-win

  25. Re:100% BULLSHIT on Wind Power Now Cheapest Energy In UK and Germany; No Subsidies Needed · · Score: 1

    Your engineering facts will confused most greenies, except the pro-nuclear ones