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  1. FreeBSD on Developer Claims 'PS4 Officially Jailbroken' (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    It's kind of funny to think how big gaming platform FreeBSD actually is.

  2. Re:Software is much broader than TM programs on Bruce Perens On Problems With the Open Hardware Model (arvideonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Fair enough.

  3. Re:Hardware is now just an instantiation of softwa on Bruce Perens On Problems With the Open Hardware Model (arvideonews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you take something like VHDL or Verilog, it looks like software but actually translates to digital circuitry elements instead of CPU instructions.

  4. Re:Hardware is now just an instantiation of softwa on Bruce Perens On Problems With the Open Hardware Model (arvideonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Google for SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL. All complex ASIC designs are developed in these languages and the design is called RTL (register-transfer level).

    Pah! I am well aware with those and they are hardware description languages, not software! For example, if you run some simulations in Quartus, it is emulating hardware, not running programs.

  5. Re:Hardware is now just an instantiation of softwa on Bruce Perens On Problems With the Open Hardware Model (arvideonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Huh? Can you show an example?

  6. Re:Kickstarter on Bruce Perens On Problems With the Open Hardware Model (arvideonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn man...just include a Collector's Edition with a specially themed bottle opener and a coffee mug, then I'm in.

  7. Re:Makes me feel like a grandpa ... on Microsoft To Open Source Chakra, the JavaScript Engine In Its Edge Browser (windows.com) · · Score: 1

    That's pretty mild compared to the tricks Microsoft played in the 90s.

  8. Re:I have no idea what you are smoking... on Microsoft To Open Source Chakra, the JavaScript Engine In Its Edge Browser (windows.com) · · Score: 1

    No one will need to pay royalties to use the code.

  9. Re:Mozilla is dying on Mozilla Ends the Advertisements In Firefox's New Tab Tiles (mozilla.org) · · Score: 2

    I can remember when Firefox was actually innovative, stable, and a refreshing choice in a browser. Maybe that was only because IE 5 and 6 was so bad?

    That's the reason. Now when Chrome and Edge have upped their game, Firefox starts to look quite crusty.

  10. Re:Well, stop requiring such high pressures on Intel Skylake CPUs Are Warping Under Mounting Pressure From Third-Party Coolers (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    How many Intel and how many AMD laptops?

  11. Re:man.. on Let's Encrypt Is Now In Public Beta (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Heh, "DOS-based garbage machines". That was pretty funny.

  12. Re:Lets run arbitrary code on Let's Encrypt Is Now In Public Beta (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    It has automated updates built in and is pretty much required to be fully automated to be useful. So I would have to disable those updates until they break it from working then re audit the code again and hope to catch that break before the SSL cert expires.

    So why must you audit the code? Can't you simply trust the guys to not deliver malicious code? Do you not think that they are at your side? Why be part of anything in the first place if you can't trust the makers?

  13. Re:What's the MTBF? on SSDs Approaching Price Parity With HDDs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    There's not much to worry. SSDs last just fine unless you write to them constantly with full speed. Remember Tech Report's SSD endurance test?

  14. Re:I still got some PII 450 Mhz on Hardware For a Cheap Linux Desktop (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Pentium II does not produce much heat. I think it has a TDP of only 35W.

  15. Re:...would smell as shitty as any browser on After Twenty Years of Flash, Adobe Kills the Name (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute. It is extremely rare to infected through JavaScript. If you believe otherwise, then please show me a realistic scenario of infecting a user via a modern browser by using JavaScript.

  16. Re:Ubuntu performed poorly on Hardware For a Cheap Linux Desktop (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you joking? A8-6410 should have plenty of power to run a full composited desktop.

  17. Re: But will unity suck any less? on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Ship With Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS · · Score: 1

    I don't mean gradients but a sense of depth.

  18. Re:WD Black the 3rd most broken item on Finnish IT Retailer Reveals Most Returned Products · · Score: 0

    Can confirm the AC. In Finland it is typical to have warranty returns handled through the retailer.

  19. Re:Extension cable Return - did not reach my toile on Finnish IT Retailer Reveals Most Returned Products · · Score: 1

    Yes, but a long cable can introduce power losses. That's why it implements the hub as well: to accommodate for signal degradation.

  20. Re:Extension cable Return - did not reach my toile on Finnish IT Retailer Reveals Most Returned Products · · Score: 1

    Here is the product in question: Fuj:tech 10 m aktiivinen USB-jatkokaapeli

    So from a technical standpoint it seems to indeed be a passive 1-port USB hub. Such solution probably improves the signal quality, but I believe that a true active cable would have an external power supply as well.

  21. Re:But will unity suck any less? on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Ship With Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS · · Score: 2

    But will unity suck any less?

    Unity is one of the rare remaining DEs that don't have the amateurish flat look. Windows 10, OS X, KDE, GNOME, all went with it.

  22. Amazing improvements on AMD's Crimson Radeon Driver For Linux Barely Changes Anything (phoronix.com) · · Score: 0

    a fix for glxgears stuttering and mouse cursor corruption.

    See? Now Linux is unstoppable when it comes to high-performance graphics.

  23. Re:Laptop stuff on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    Yep, those were pretty comfortable to use. Some mouse wheel -like thing could be used for digital volume control as well.

  24. Re:Laptop stuff on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Here's how Fujitsu does it. A small slot with a removable cover. Much better than having to disassemble large parts of the machine just to remove the dust which is bound to accumulate there anyway.

  25. Laptop stuff on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have many little ideas to improve laptops.

    - Allow disabling LEDs or have them all under the lid. I don't want my whole room blinking when the machine is in suspend.
    - Do not use eye-scorching low frequencies like 200 Hz for backlight PWM.
    - Make Macs with matte screens.
    - Put in place dedicated volume keys instead of clunky Fn buttons.
    - Have a small maintenance hatch in every machine for easy dust removal from the heatsink.
    - Include a trackball so I can play 3D games on couch without an external mouse.