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  1. Re:Good example of why to avoid the GPL. on Bruce Perens Warns Grsecurity Breaches the Linux Kernel's GPL License (perens.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The definition of insanity is misquoting the same thing over and over and expecting different attributions."
    - President Benjamin Franklin

  2. Re:CentOS/RHEL on the desktop? on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    You could simply "setenforce 0" and be done with it, or find which app is causing problems and use a permissive domain, or use audit2allow. Either way you end up at worst with the same thing as a distro that has no SELinux.

    For instance I have long given up on getting logrotate to work with SELinux, I always set logrotate_t as permissive otherwise by the time I need to check logs I realize the app has failed to write logs because it's using a weird combination of copytruncate and others. I don't find added value in spending too much time dealing with this stuff.

  3. Re: CentOS/RHEL on the desktop? on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Been there before. CentOS "works" for stuff certified for RHEL but if the vendor finds out you're f*cked.

    There are a few interesting differences. For instance while you get the same patches (a few days late for CentOS), with RHEL you can do a bit of cherry picking and decide to only apply security patches. On CentOS you can't do that, it's just "updates" without nuances. If the vendor certifies his app for a specific RHEL release you can bet they're not gonna support it if you have conflicting libraries following a CentOS update.

  4. I don't know how much time they should spend optimizing it for AMD GPUs, maybe first they should make it work on computers that have high resolution monitors. Every time I launch Calc by mistake (because I type "Calc" in the Gnome search box and press enter too quickly) I chuckle when I see how LibreOffice looks on my 32 inch high-dpi display.

  5. Re:CentOS/RHEL on the desktop? on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't have to point out what an idiot you are, all I have to do is provide this link.

    https://www.intel.com/content/...

    Now go buy a new laptop at Best Buy that has a 3168 or 7260 wifi chip (which is fairly common) and come back to tell us all about the fun you had getting it to work with CentOS/RHEL. Since you probably don't even know: those distros ship at best with a 3.10 kernel.

  6. Re:The best thing about living on a landfill... on Silicon Valley's Latest Desperate Housing Idea: On A Landfill (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    And if you dig because you want a pool, you can end up with free Atari videogames or maybe find the sunglasses I threw away by mistake in '06. None of that can happen on normal land.

  7. Cuesta Verde, the sequel on Silicon Valley's Latest Desperate Housing Idea: On A Landfill (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    I know of several housing developments that were built there over former landfills

    I know of one housing development that was built on an old cemetery. They, too, thought it would work well.

  8. Re: Better suggestion on Silicon Valley's Latest Desperate Housing Idea: On A Landfill (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    We can't just keep making things that only exist to sell so humans can acquire other things. A society of things...

    It has worked pretty well so far. What's your alternative? Going naked to the beach and writing poetry in the sand so it vanishes with the next high tide? Creating community gardens and trading organic tomatoes for soybeans and goat milk? It has been tried before, and most of the people involved in that lifestyle ended up selling real estate in Malibu and driving convertible BMWs.

    Jeez even in videogames like Fallout the fun is in collecting stuff and building nice settlements that generate income so you can buy more stuff. Why don't you join the talibans or the Amish if modern life bugs you.

  9. Re:What could go wrong on Silicon Valley's Latest Desperate Housing Idea: On A Landfill (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    you creimer stalker/trolls are just mad because your lives are boring and unfulfilling

    creimer has bragged about his life in Silicon Valley on a 5-figure income. Making that kind of money in IT in Silicon Valley is like going to Walmart and not finding something cheap to buy. The guy brings a whole new depth to the concept of being boring.

  10. Re:CentOS/RHEL on the desktop? on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe my thinking is biased because I don't keep laptops or desktops long enough (I usually buy new ones every year, I'm like those women who have 20 pairs of shoes except in my case it's laptops I no longer use).

    But the way I see it, there's been no point in time when CentOS/RHEL or Debian stable was in sync with whatever modern computing offered, which means that unless one buys computers second-hand, one has to restrict themselves to antiquated software if they install those distributions. I don't see the value. It's like buying a Samsung S8 and installing Android Jelly Bean.

  11. Re:Linux on the Laptop on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you make your decisions based on what the masses want, you must have a tedious life.

    Linux on the desktop today is excellent. Sometimes there's problems (for instance I found out that Wayland still has some kinks especially with Java GUIs) but overall, the user experience on a recent Fedora or Mint is vastly superior to the user experience on Windows 10. Or install OpenSUSE and see how futuristic bleeding-edge KDE has become, it's like using a computer in a Hollywood sci-fi movie.

    Is the Linux desktop ready for the enterprise? Maybe not, and that's because a vital part of computing at work revolves around spreadsheets, and LibreOffice is just not there yet. Until browser spreadsheets improve an order of magnitude or until Microsoft release Office for Linux it's going to be a tough sell. But apart from that, the stability and quality of the Linux desktop is definitely better than that of Windows or OSX.

  12. CentOS/RHEL on the desktop? on Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    I can understand CentOS/RHEL on servers, but on desktops, who would choose that? While Fedora is bleeding edge and ships with 10-minute old kernels, CentOS/RHEL are possibly even more conservative than the Debian "stale" branch.

    Unless one has antiquated hardware, there's just no reason to pick antiquated libraries and kernels. I mean, if you buy a recent laptop, why would you want a kernel that was released 3-4 years before the hardware you bought was designed? Or who in their right mind would possible desire Java 7?

  13. Re:Tip #1: on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1

    It appears to me that life and the political system themselves are doing a good job of being ironic lately. It's very convenient, we merely have to bring things up and they're hilarious by themselves.

    For instance, to "fight sexism" there's groups, conferences, education programs and even hotel floors where only women are allowed. Or there's the "antifascists" who use violence and political pressure to silence people. White and Asian males are discriminated against in the workplace in order to fight against discrimination based on gender and race. Etc.

  14. Re:Tip #1: on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's like choosing between soft drinks and diet soft drinks. It comes down to a personal preference: do you want obesity/diabetes, or cancer.

  15. Re:Reducing Online Transaction Risk on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 2

    Limit your financial and inconvenience exposure by
    (1) Closing inactive (i.e., unused 6months) accounts
    (2) Initiating a freeze on new credit applications or existing credit reporting
    (3) Request a Personal Identification Number (PIN) from the IRS to prevent bad guys from filing a fraudulent tax return in your name
    (4) Request your bank to limit the amount of money which can be withdrawn electronically from checking and savings accounts
    (5) Don't use debit cards for electronic transactions
    (6) Always challenge organizations which request your SSN when establishing an account
    (7) Immediately validate/reconcile your financial statements/transaction reports
    (8) Use challenge questions with responses that few, if anyone, would know the answer
    (9) Take advantage of online businesses which give you the opportunity to receive a separate code on your smart phone, to complete a transaction
    (10) Never respond to an initial online request to provide your identifiers or authenticators

    I don't think you understand what "limiting inconvenience" really means.

  16. Re:My debit card got around... on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1, Funny

    A teenager in London got a hold off my debit card number, ordered makeup and bling

    I'm sure that's what you told your mom when she saw your bank statement, but you're not fooling anyone. It's 2017, just assume your crossdressing kink, nobody will judge you for that.

  17. FREELOADER ALERT on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only thing I do online with my actual bank accounts is pay off my credit cards and my mortgage

    How dare you! If everyone was doing like you, the credit card companies would make no money and we would still have to pay things with cash and debit cards, paying obscene transaction fees every time.

    People who pay their credit card on time are the modern equivalent of the tragedy of the commons. Start carrying your weight today! Just pay the minimum and slowly build a mountain of debt. That's the American way.

  18. Re:False assumption on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1

    Many thefts used compromised readers during a regular in person transaction, though newer cards make this less likely.

    Much MUCH less likely. Modern chip/NFC cards with modern readers do not provide anything to the reader which could be used to perform a subsequent payment without the card being inserted again.

    Good. That's why I always sign away a big tip when I get the receipt back from the waiter/waitress at those fancy restaurants. Since I have my card back I know they'll never be able to charge the tip.

  19. Re:Tip #1: on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 0

    Avoid trump.edu

    Come to think of it, avoid donaldjtrump.com as well. Total scam. Preys on the underemployed and under-educated

    That's why I only trust https://www.clintonfoundation..... They only prey on greedy CEOs and corrupt officials from foreign nations, they don't go after the small people.

  20. Re:How safe? on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1

    Wait a couple more decades when quantum computers will allow encryption to be broken in weeks.

    I'm sure by then the world will still rely on encryption that can be broken by quantum computers.

  21. Re:credit card, 2nd debit account, or prepaid card on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 1

    Seriously why would you use your main checking and savings account for online purchases?

    Cons:
    - You pay more banking fees
    - You have less protection against bad purchases and scams
    - You don't get cashback or other forms of rewards
    - You can't get detailed spending trends on mint.com and use it to optimize your budget

    Pros:
    - There's a rush of intrusions into electronic payment systems (whatever that means)
    - Mastercard can tell you spent $26 on toilet paper and USB sticks and they use that information to do evil things like ad campaigns for toilet paper and USB sticks

    I'm still on the fence.

  22. I don't think a lot of people outside of Fox News employees would say that Fox News is not as biased as CNN. It sure helped that they got rid of some of the nutcases but it's still obviously a conservative media. Overall I find them less smug than liberals but that doesn't mean they're being more neutral.

    There isn't really unbiased news out there anymore. Even third-party providers like Facebook are rigging the game. We're not much better informed than the citizens of North Korea, except at least we get to choose between two flavors of lies.

  23. Re:Only works if you've got all the leverage on Amazon Threatened To Kill Its Whole Foods Deal if the Grocer Started a Bidding War (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's been willing to challenge the big bully on the block.

    You mean: they've been willing to show everyone that they're basically a mouthpiece for the Democrats. If you want to hear biased things you already agree with, that's a good channel for you. Enjoy. But it's not news.

  24. having an office in an expensive city is the only way you can get mediocre leftover talent at minibar price.

  25. Re:Julian Assange condemned it on CNN Warns It May Expose An Anonymous Critic If He Ever Again Publishes Bad Content (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Assange exposes "public servants" who should be accountable to us, not private citizens goofing around on the web.

    Have you ever browsed the wikileaks site, or do you just make shit up based on your wet dreams about the guy? They released shittons of stuff about companies and individuals that have nothing to do with government. Scientology, climategate, bilderberg group, etc.