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  1. Finding People... on Linus: '2016 Will Be the Year of the ARM Laptop' (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    "He also explained that one of the problems now is actually finding people to maintain Linux"

    Gee, if only you weren't such an asshole, Linus, that problem would've been a non-issue TEN YEARS AGO.

  2. Re:Too little, too late on Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Assembly and Test is a step in fabrication.

    Or are you unaware that 80% of Intel's procs since the 4th gen i-series has been manufactured in that plant?

  3. Re:Too little, too late on Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You are wrong. Intel has a fab in Ho Chi Minh and the fucking job advertisements are posted directly on Intel's career page.

    Only a fool uses wikipedia instead of going straight to the source.

    Or, Oh, I dunno, read on the internet where this plant has been known of FOR FIVE FUCKING YEARS http://www.computerworld.com/a...

  4. Re:Too little, too late on Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Knowing Intel's fucking coding system like a real systems engineer.

    "BX80662I76700K"

    The first Character always denotes fab plant.

    0 = San Jose, Costa Rica
    1 = Cavite, Philippines
    3 = Costa Rica
    6 = Chandler, Arizona
    7 = Philippines
    8 = Leixlip, Ireland
    9 = Penang, Malaysia
    B = Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
    L = Malaysia
    Q = Malaysia
    R = Manila, Philippines
    Y = Leixlip, Ireland

  5. Re:Too little, too late on Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com) · · Score: 2

    "Really? Which plant made this processor? [newegg.com] Can you tell me?"

    Intel Vietnam made that one.

    Learn how to read part numbers.

  6. Re:Is he saying keeping tracks of inventory on Marijuana Growers Need Software, Too (Video) · · Score: 2

    "What market fluctuations, were not talking about the black market where is changes all the time but a stable legal market."

    You obviously don't live in a state where marijuana has any form of legality, because the prices can be $5/g one day and $20/g the next.

    You didn't hit a nerve, you proved how stupid and thoughtless you truly are.

  7. Re:Too complicated/expensive of a solution. on Sensor Network Makes Life Easier For Japan's Aging Rice Farmers · · Score: 1

    ".A solar powered electronic device is not only easily replaced, but most importantly, can be put anywhere and give feedback while you're sitting on your couch"

    And very easily stolen, too.

  8. As an upside of getting the plague on The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death · · Score: 3, Informative

    Survivors of the Back Death seem to acquire part of a beneficial genetic mutation that gets passed on in full if they breed with another Black Death survivor - resistance to most known forms of HIV.

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_...

  9. Re:Cheap you say? on Why Is RAM Suddenly So Cheap? It Might Be Windows · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Since when is harddrive I/O the limiting factor when it comes to frame rates?"

    Since the days of live-streaming the fucking world from the disk - e.g. GTA V

  10. Re:Any monitor would crack at 510 PPI on Japan Display Squeezes 8K Resolution Into 17-inch LCD, Cracks 510 PPI At 120Hz · · Score: 1

    Also, pounds and inches aren't metric, so there is NO SI SYMBOL in the first place.

    But engineers use the Greek letter Psi for air pressure. At least those with any classical education.

  11. Re:this is what the 2nd amendment is for on Space Travel For the 1%: Virgin Galactic's $250,000 Tickets Haunt New Mexico Town · · Score: 1

    I beg to differ on this being an unfortunate thing. This effectively means that business and life can continue as per usual for the most part, at least long enough for the new leaders to have some appreciable amount of time to rebuild basic global economic links.

  12. Re:this is what the 2nd amendment is for on Space Travel For the 1%: Virgin Galactic's $250,000 Tickets Haunt New Mexico Town · · Score: 1

    Most people are too stupid to know there's a functional difference so it really won't matter at all.

  13. Too complicated/expensive of a solution. on Sensor Network Makes Life Easier For Japan's Aging Rice Farmers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Toilets have held the answer for at least a century - float ball and fill valve. They don't require any specialized electronics, nor do they require power to run. Water levels get low enough, the float ball will trip the fill valve open and the paddy will get filled until the float ball raises up enough to close the fill valve.

  14. Wired to wired+wireless headphones. on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Most Awesome Hardware Hack? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First, the pictures - http://i.imgur.com/moKxZEU.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/XCtxuqg.jpg

    Old, cheap $3 pair of Cube headphones found at Big Lots. Had them for years, cabling finally gave out. Came across a broken Polaroid PBT598 bluetooth speaker set, literally the only thing intact was the gumstick amp/bluetooth board, and even then it had damage, it having fried a couple of SMT capacitors, the battery and speaker trace pads were missing.

    So, first order of business, get the SMT caps replaced. Easily done - just salvage components from various boards I've got around the house. Slightly trickier was exposing traces and fresh metal to solder to for battery and speaker connections. Making it fit required Dremel and hot glue work due to the shape of the headphones, and as a result the thing does look like a total hack job on the case itself.

    But if I want to drown the world out in its entirety, 2x3w strapped to my head certainly does it. I can't hear my garbage disposal, vacuum cleaner, or even the neighbor's loud rap music. Volume has to be kept at pretty much 25% as anything higher, while clear (up to about 60%, then the poor speakers begin to distort) simply hurts.

  15. Re:Any monitor would crack at 510 PPI on Japan Display Squeezes 8K Resolution Into 17-inch LCD, Cracks 510 PPI At 120Hz · · Score: 1

    Uh, no. Psi used in engineering and science is denoted with .

    I think you need to go back to fucking your sister - see I don't even have one, which shows your own utter retardation.

  16. Re:Any monitor would crack at 510 PPI on Japan Display Squeezes 8K Resolution Into 17-inch LCD, Cracks 510 PPI At 120Hz · · Score: 2

    "The symbol for "pounds per square inch" units is "psi" not "ppi". You dumb fuck."

    Those are letters and abbreviations, not symbols, you dumb fuck.

  17. Re:SolarCity = Liars on SolarCity Says It Has Produced the World's Highest Efficiency Solar Panel · · Score: 1

    No, about 33% is the theoretical limit for any single-junction cell for *a single wavelength*. We also have silicon and carbon pillar nanotech that allows capture of almost all wavelengths, it's been here in /. before. Single-junction cells will get far more efficient as we can harness wider bandgap ranges.

  18. Re:Military 'service' nothing but paid murder. on US Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital · · Score: 1

    Except I'm talking about a General that stopped a conspiracy by the Bush family way back when. I suggest you go read up so you understand why OP saying "US Mercenary Corps" is quite insightful.

  19. Re:Military 'service' nothing but paid murder. on US Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is insightful. Go learn about General Smedley Butler.

  20. Re:Does it matter? on Ask Slashdot: Is the Gap Between Data Access Speeds Widening Or Narrowing? · · Score: 2

    " The bus is more often the bottleneck than anything connected to it in modern computing systems."

    Not even close. Quite often it's the underlying architecture itself causing the bottlenecks.

    Example, Intel's latest and greatest Xeons FUCKING SUCK. Why? Because their internal architecture to deliver data across cores is gimped beyond belief. You can run 2 CPU x 4 GPU, 4 CPU x 2 GPU, but you can't do 4 CPU x 4 GPU. Meanwhile, I've got far older AMD systems that run 4 CPU x 4 GPU without a problem.

  21. SolarCity = Liars on SolarCity Says It Has Produced the World's Highest Efficiency Solar Panel · · Score: 1

    We've had FAR more efficient panels around.

    http://solarlove.org/sharp-sol...

    Solar City isn't even fucking CLOSE to most efficient.

  22. Re:Age discrimination is obvious on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 1

    "I interviewed with 2 companies last year that were very up front about my being mid-40's was a problem. In one company, 5 of the 7 people I talked to brought it up and a couple clearly had problems with it. The recruiter that flew me out congratulated me on putting up with it - what an asshat."

    That's entirely illegal age discrimination. Age is not a legal bona-fide occupational qualifier for IT work.

  23. Re:Patreon still hacked on Patreon Hacked, Personal Data Accessed · · Score: 1

    It's not even a bittorrent stream. It's a freaking website that's posting the stuff. And no need for me to download any of it when I make my own! I just know it's there through my channels.

  24. Re: have you tried telegram messenger? on Ask Slashdot: Simple, Cross-Platform Video Messaging? · · Score: 1

    I have it installed on both iPhone and desktop. There is no video.

    Try reading their own FAQ:

    "Q: Can I make calls or video calls via Telegram?

    We specialize in sending messages, large media and files — and we do this better than anyone out there.

    We may enable voice calls if we see significant demand in the future. The technology necessary for encrypted calls has indeed been created in our R&D dungeons.

    But for now we see many things that could still be revolutionized in messaging. And messaging is obviously trending at the moment, so our focus remains in that area for now."

    No, they do not do video.

  25. Patreon still hacked on Patreon Hacked, Personal Data Accessed · · Score: 1, Informative

    People with artwork happening through Patreon are almost certainly having it ripped and distributed.

    I know of hundreds of Patreon people having their stuff ripped and distributed right now.