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  1. Re:Stopped reading at WASP on Inside Elizabeth Holmes's Chilling Final Months at Theranos (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    What exactly is racist about calling someone a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?

  2. Facebook should be removable on Samsung Phone Users Perturbed To Find They Can't Delete Facebook (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Assuming you're ok with using adb, someone with a Galaxy S8 should be able to remove Facebook (or any other bloatware) even if they don't have root. You'll just need to follow these steps from xda. Only issue with this is anything you remove will come back if you do a factory reset.

  3. Re: What's the verdict on Lineage? on Google Sends Final Software Update To Legacy Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Phones (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using the Lineage OS nightlies for about 1 year. So far I haven't had any issues. But I should note I haven't really done anything too unusual with the system. It just runs some common apps from the Google Play Store. I haven't even enabled root on it.

    Speaking of Google Play Store the installation process is still the same as it was last year. Go to https://opengapps.org/ pick the version you want/need and install/sideload it with TWRP (or similar program). Just remember to install the Play Store immediately after you install Lineage on the system. Like, don't reboot into the newly installed OS without installing Google Play Store. Otherwise there may be crashes.

  4. Re:Nice non-answer GOOG on US Lawmakers Want Google To Reconsider Links To China's Huawei (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a long winded way of saying "no, fuck off."

  5. Re:Good of them, I suppose. on Apple Will Soon Let Users Turn Off its iPhone-slowing Software (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If Apple makes the throttling the CPU an opt-out feature and warns people of the system stability issues before they can opt out I doubt there will be too many people bitching. And the people who do bitch will probably drowned out by the Apple fanatics I guess that works out.

  6. Re:You shouldn't have to depend on hackers. on Hackers Seem Close To Publicly Unlocking the Nintendo Switch (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This seems unlikely. If opening up the Switch is anything like the 3DS then the device owner will have to go out of there way to run/install programs to make the device do what they want. No reason to sell games to the small demographic who'd do that imo.

  7. Re:Did extent of damage finally sink into CEO's mi on Equifax CEO Steps Down Amid Hacking Scandal (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, as weird as it may seem, the way to raise your credit score in the US is to have the potential to borrow money, but not use it. For example, lets say two people have a credit card with a max limit of $10,000. The person who only borrows $100 each month will have a higher credit score than someone who borrowers $10,000 every month.

  8. Re:Fake apologies on Amazon Takes Counterfeit Sellers To Court For First Time (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering all the copyright lawsuits Asian companies like Samsung and Huawei file where on earth are you getting this idea?

  9. Re:someone probably died for this mistake on Reddit Brings Down North Korea's Entire Internet (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but I think it isn't likely. The internet is such a minor part of North Korea that taking it out probably didn't do much of anything in terms of productivity or entertainment. I can see people getting yelled at, having to do self criticism sessions, or get fired. But the internet simply isn't important enough for executions. And hell, infrastructure breaks or doesn't work properly there all the time. If they executed people for every mistake the only person alive would be the Dear Leader (who's infallible of course).

  10. Heathen. They are but insects compared to our true Lord and Savior Q. He who weaved His name into the fabric of our very speech.

  11. Re:Is it leaked or is it not yet leaked? on 2 Million-Person Terror Database Leaked Online (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's one of the problem with our two party system. it makes it so that very few people can be part of a party they truly believe in. Democrats seem to care more about LGBT rights so that's what the demographic tends to support. I guess it helps that persecuting the LBGT group involves outing them instead of quietly restricting them with secret lists. Conversely, I know Christians who are Republicans even though their faith & morals makes them support stronger social safety nets and looser restrictions on immigration.

  12. Re:Dweeb Culture is not Nerd Culture. on RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    Yea, but don't you see? This mean he's a better, more pure geek/nerd than the rest of us posers.

  13. Re:I have no debt and a hefty savings account on Saying "Wasted" On Facebook Can Affect Your Credit Score (ajc.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel like this is one area we may need the government to come in and save people from themselves by restricting how much credit a person can hold based on income or something.

    Funny thing is, the government already does this to a limited extent. Folks who got home loans/are trying to get a home loan may have heard of something called Debt-to-Income Ratio (though debt to income percentage may be more accurate). This is the ratio between the all the monthly payments someone pays for borrowing money (Loans, Line of Credits, Credit Cards, etc) and their monthly income. If a bank wants to give you a loan that's backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, they must make sure that with the new loan, the borrower's DTI will be within a certain percentage. Typically it's around 43% to 49% depending on a lot of factors.

  14. Re:Weakness on Downtown Project Suicides Shock High Tech Community · · Score: 1

    I baited you (again) for saying that I'm not here for an argument (not "out to get you")? Only way you can call that me baiting you is if you think I'm lying. And yea dude (or dudette), that's being defensive.

    There's really two choices available here. You understand their situation and you're judging them. Or, you don't understand their situation and your're judging them. You know, or you don't know. How exactly are these "appalling choices?"

    Well, in any event, if you do wish to elaborate on your stance (besides the flippant "who in this life has not been judged") then I will read and try to be civil even if I end up not agreeing with you. But if you just want to throw more insults (ad hominem attacks since we're bringing out the fallacies) then that's cool too.

  15. Re:Weakness on Downtown Project Suicides Shock High Tech Community · · Score: 2

    Rather defensive. For what it's worth, I'm not out to get you. Though I could see why you'd think so since this is /. and all.

    My thought preliminary judgement of you was "I hope it's the former." I can kind of get people who look down on others for not doing emotionally as well as them in similar situations (soldiers who look down on other soldiers who have PTSD for exmaple). But if you're just judging someone without knowing their situation, or at least their emotioinal state? Yea, that's being a smug dick. Like a civilian calling a soldier with PTSD weak I suppose.

    I'll give you some advice as well. If you fail in a business venture of this magnitude, people WILL judge you as a failure no matter how much they care about you. This is especially true if you stressed your finances and your relationship for the sake of the business. Now those that do care will forgive and move on quickly, but you still hurt them. And finding a better class of people won't take away the sting that they're not the ones that made a mistake, you did.

    Now, I imagine you'll point out that no matter how bad one feels, they shouldn't kill themselves (that's weak as you say). All I can say to that is, unless you truly appreciate how depression and stress can erode the rational mind, then judge if you must. But at the same time, be aware that you're judging from ignorance.

  16. Re:Weakness on Downtown Project Suicides Shock High Tech Community · · Score: 1

    I'm a bit curious. Are you judging the suicides becuase you've been a similar situation? That is to say, worked absurdly hard to get a small business rolling, only to fail and be judged as a failure by many of the people you know (plus whatever contacts you have on social media). Or, are you just playing the "they can't handle that much negative stimilus, how pathetic" card?

  17. Re:Third option on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's bizarre, and it sounds self-delusional.

    Well, the rationale is that some folks want to have a protector on their phone no matter what since they want to keep them in the best condition possible. For them I can kind of see more thin being an asset (the protector + phone combo is less bulky). But yea in a general sense Apple is taking the "thin is in" mindset a bit too far.

  18. Re:Third option on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    As bizarre as it might seem, I do know some folks who got the iPhone because it's too small size made it so that once they put it into a case, it went from too small (and unprotected) to usable (and protected).

  19. Re:front pocket? on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    Many clothes for women also have no front pockets. But then since this IS slashdot, the choices you listed are probably more likely.

  20. Re:not sexist on How Red Hat Can Recapture Developer Interest · · Score: 1

    Since you aren't sexist, it's safe to say you don't believe there's anything better or worse about the two pronouns. In that case, does it really matter what pronoun someone uses to substitute a proper noun? We've used he as the default for years and the general consensus was mostly "meh." Why is "she" so bothersome? Is it aesthetic? Is it because the usage of "she" brings up images of shrill anti-male feminists? If it's because of the second reason... well think of it this way. That's like being the polar opposite of groups who cry "female oppression!" each time someone uses the masculine pronoun in a mixed gender setting. I don't think being on either camp is a good thing. Both sides are too sensitive and whatnot.

  21. Re:100 percent bullshit on Involuntary Eye Movement May Provide Definitive Diagnosis of ADHD · · Score: 1

    Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but from I know of human history the expectation of children was that they should be able to quietly observe their parents and learn from them. And of course early actions like hunting would require paying close attention for long periods of time. I suppose ADHD would've been ok when we were hunter gathers, but once we moved on to tool useage and planning on ways to procure food, it it would've become a liability.

  22. Re:Rapidly obsolete documentation on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of FOSS Documentation? · · Score: 1

    Patreon might fit the bill. In that crowdfunding site, people pledge to pay x amount of cash each time a product is released. I've seen this used for internet video producers, but there doesn't seem to be a reason this can't be used for regular documentation.

  23. Re:Non-compete agreements are BS. on Amazon Sues After Ex-Worker Takes Google Job · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As my pappy would say, there's a different between smart and diligent. Being able to calculate pi while masturbating? That's smart. Reading a contract cause you're concerned there might be dubious clauses? That's diligent.

  24. Re:RoK? Or PRoK? on Why The Korean Government Could Go Open Source By 2020 · · Score: 1

    It's always the RoK when people just say Korea. If a news organization is talking about North Korea they will specifically spell out that NORTH Korea did XYZ. It's analogous to having two Bobs in one house. One's an average dude, while the other locks himself in his room, stepping out every once in awhile to brag about how awesome his 2" penis is. In everyday conversions, they'll be Bob and crazy Bob.

  25. Re:Piracy on Sony Winding Down the PSP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    While userbase may be the number one reason to not develop for the PSP, it's likely the ease of piracy was another major concern. Cause lets fact it, free beats paid any day. Doesn't help that piracy was in many ways a superior option since it let you carry multiple games in 1 card and saved battery life by not utilizing the umd drive.