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  1. Because linux sucks?! on Why Aren't People Abandoning Windows For Linux? (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    I would love to use it. But I'm sick of my laptop not powering down properly. I'm sick of patchy driver support. I'm sick of having no educational apps for my kids to use. I'm sick of every app that works on other platforms not running the same way, or as well, on linux.

  2. This is in the same newscycle as Google (the web's biggest advertiser) updating their API in a way that breaks most adblockers. Regardless of the reason they did it, Google won't make changes that don't favour Google. This lead inexorably to a Google-centric web and monopolization of power.

  3. Sea level rise on Sea Levels May Rise More Rapidly Due To Greenland Ice Melt · · Score: 0

    Remember that time that the climate scientists accurately predicted sea level rise? Me neither.

  4. It's a personal storage table. They're a problem with Athlon laptops because they really hug them up.

  5. Re:Meaningless on US is World's Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    If it were one off, yes. But because this is standardised over time and the parameters are fixed over time, the metric travels well.

  6. Re:Idiocracy on 'The Problem With Programming and How To Fix It' (alarmingdevelopment.org) · · Score: 2

    Not at all. You can pretty much use any modern language for any problem, but some are better at some tasks than others. Some are also more intuitive, easier to read and elegant, and often those things are sacrificed for the sake of flexibility. I think the person is trying to say that we can have both. For example (from the article) spreadsheets written in BASIC that were both easy to program with low barriers to entry, and powerful as well.

  7. Re:The OP is a retard. on 'RSS Has Already Won' (brianschrader.com) · · Score: 1

    So... you use both Outlook's reader and your own? Or did you code up Outlook? 0.o

  8. I found this... on 'RSS Has Already Won' (brianschrader.com) · · Score: 1

    I found this post using theoldreader.com.

  9. This isn't news on Linus Torvalds Slams CTS Labs Over AMD Vulnerability Report (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    The only thing that would make this news is if it read:

    "Linus reacts proportionally to something he doesn't like and actually has something new and insightful to contribute."

    I'm sick of hearing tech news about this idiot whinging about stuff. Linus, act like a normal person mate.

  10. Are you kidding me! on Microsoft Starts Selling Lumia Windows Phones Again (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So I finally replaced my WinPhone about 2 weeks ago. I loved my WinPhone - they're just so good. If I had known this a couple of weeks ago I would've waited.

  11. Why are we calling this bias? White males have the most range of unique identifying characteristics:

    * Beards

    * Moustaches

    * More tonal contrast

    * Difference in eye and hair colour

  12. Speaking for a friend: he used to religiously upgrade his software every two cycles. With the monthly subscription model he only downloads the software illegally.

  13. I tried Linux again on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    This year I did my first linux install for home use in about six-eight years. I was Lubuntu on an Acer laptop. OOB the trackpad wouldn't work without a change to grub and I still can't get it to suspend/wake properly.

    Linux is not ready. It needs manufacturer support.

  14. Re:Welp on Linux Journal Ceases Publication (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 2

    That's not exactly true. Firstly there is peripheral information like interviews with interesting people, or project overview articles. Second, Magazines are a repository for information - you don't need to google it, it comes to you. Thirdly, magazines are edited - tested for correctness, spelling, good prose, etc. I'm sure there are more reasons, but these are the few I can list off the top of my head.

  15. So in other words... on Russia Says It Will Ignore Any UN Ban of Killer Robots (ibtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Russia says, "STFU. We WILL build killer robots. Sooner the better!"

  16. This is always true on Elon Musk's 'Scientific Method' (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    I always find it ironic when scientists say they don't believe there is a God when there is an overwhelming amount of evidence from physics that there is one.

  17. Stupid Ask Slashdot question but here goes on Ask Slashdot: Which Software/Devices Are Unusable Without Connecting to the Internet? (techdirt.com) · · Score: 0

    Software:
    Chrome
    Opera
    Edge (but it is barely usable anyway)
    Play Store
    App Store

    Hardware:
    Modem
    Webcam

    Seriously though, this is a really stupid question.

  18. Re: So... what can the average prole do? on More Than 15,000 Scientists From 184 Countries Issue 'Warning To Humanity' (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    ... and the people of Africa, Asia and Latin America and a minute carbon footprint compared to the West. How do you think it is that the entire population of Africa has a smaller carbon footprint than the US?

  19. I've heard this befor on Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence? (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    This is echo some of the arguments made in this book - https://www.amazon.com/New-Pro... ... specifically that the fact that there are laws and they favour life is evidence that and advanced civilisation/god exists.

  20. Re:"Not possible to be fair" on The US Is Now the Only Country In the World To Reject the Paris Climate Deal · · Score: 1

    Because your cost/benefit analysis is faulty because it does not adjust after risk analysis.

  21. Cool on Tech Companies Pledge To Use Artificial Intelligence Responsibly (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    O! Well! That's that problem sorted then. They promised. Cool. No need to worry about this anymore. No chance it will be abused then, like my personal information is, like their advertising networks are, like my right via EULAs are, etc...

  22. So open it up!!! on Microsoft Exec Says Windows 10 Mobile is No Longer a 'Focus' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    This should be opened up to the community then. If you're worried about shared propriety code then strip that out and let people rewrite it.

    Windows Mobile (IMO) is/was a great OS, and could easily be a competitor to Android and iOS. Microsoft could easily put a dent in the dominance of the other two platforms by simply giving their OS (which they don't care about or value) away.

    But they won't. :(

  23. So I'm a PhD student. About half my dissertation will be taken up with examining jihadist norms, and that means downloading a metric tonne of terrorist materials. This sort of indiscriminate law will catch people who'e committed no crime. A lot of those people will be people who are just curious. Some will be people with a legitimate interest in those materials. And some will be people who might turn out to be terrorists (given enough time) but who are innocent until then.

    This is really a discussion about censorship. A such (history shows) it is very dangerous territory.

  24. What a crappy copter! on Civilian Drone Crashes Into a US Army Helicopter (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you need to replace a blade and window? Surely a militarised helicopter should be able to withstand a knock like this. Otherwise a large bird would put this out of action, as would any munitions strike.

  25. Re:I can attest to the didgeridoo on 2017 'Ig Nobel' Prizes Recognize Funny Research On Cats, Crocodiles, and Cheese (improbable.com) · · Score: 1

    Singing a lot will have the same effect. Join a choir.