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  1. Re:China has become more attractive on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Which Chinese? Which Indians? Which Hungarians? Which Swedes? You are aware that all these countries have many ethnic groups, and that the geographical distributions of the groups do not just magically follow national boundaries, right?

    And I noticed this trend in the USA also: when I was there in 2000 being illegals would have made you blacklisted for 10 years, but no more under Obama rule.

    False. Obama actually deported more illegals than any of his predecessors.

  2. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, that site's not slanted at all.

  3. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1
  4. Re:So, Google, Apple, MS, Facebook... on The Brutal Fight To Mine Your Data and Sell It To Your Boss (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  5. As I've said a dozen times already... on Consumers Are Holding Off On Buying Smart-Home Gadgets Due To Security, Privacy Fears (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've no interest whatsoever in coming come to a burnt-out shell that used to be my apartment because some script kiddy wants to show off his 1337 5k111z on my "smart" oven. None.

  6. It's also a thing that many employers are starting to expect if not outright require.

  7. Re:Partisan moderation on Russia Posts Video Game Screenshot As 'Irrefutable Proof' of US Helping IS (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When even McConnell and Ryan are signalling that they've had enough, you know something's rotten in the States of Trump.

  8. Re:Wrong thing to do on Twitter Bans, Removes Verified Status of White Supremacists (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    This, exactly.

  9. Re:Unfortunately yes and then back. on Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Firefox updated itself to 57 and made tabs impossible to see again.

    They broke that quite a while back, but before 57 you could use "classic theme restorer" to make them visible again. But 57 stopped it from working and there is apparently no fix.

    So had to switch back to 56.

    And then they also brag about a lie on their website "Set up Firefox your way. " when you cannot even set tab borders anymore.

    Ever since they inexplicably moved the tab bar away from the pane of the viewer and tried to make it impossible to put it back where it belongs, I've known this to be a lie.

  10. Re:Firefox was my tried-and-true browser... on Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57? · · Score: 1

    Who doesn't use a keyboard short cut for reload?

    *raises hand*

  11. Re:a matter of character(s) on China Says Foreign Firms Won't Be Forced To Turn Over Technology (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've visited China many times over the last decade, and I've always been treated extremely well there.

    Since AFAIK I'm not especially important, I suspect it has something to do with my attitude. Perhaps you might try adjusting yours.

    As for the announcement referenced in the story, I'm completely unsurprised--that's a negotiating tactic that is in no wise exclusive to China or the Chinese.

  12. Re:They'll just steal it like always instead on China Says Foreign Firms Won't Be Forced To Turn Over Technology (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's wrong with reverse engineering?

    Let me guess, it's not about that at all, is it?

  13. ~0.33 book/month (but wait...) on Ask Slashdot: How Many Books Do You Read a Month? · · Score: 1

    This is because I've been reading Journey To The West in dual translation/facing pages. It's in six volumes, and it takes me about 3 months to get through one of them reading the Chinese original and trying not to depend on the English version unless I really get stumped.

  14. Re:This is Why Geographic Income Concentration is on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Obvious FlyOverLander is obvious.

  15. Re:nasty situation on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Chapter 8: THE USSR--A FEDERAL STATE

    Article 70. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is an integral, federal, multinational state formed on the principle of socialist federalism as a result of the free self-determination of nations and the voluntary association of equal Soviet Socialist Republics. ...

    ...

    Article 72. Each Union Republic shall retain the right freely to secede from the USSR.

  16. Re:Russia has been doing this for decades on Russian Troll Factory Paid US Activists To Fund Protests During Election (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Calling a hot dog a sausage doesn't make any difference in the flavour.

  17. Re:Bulletin Board of Trump / Russia Treason on Russian Troll Factory Paid US Activists To Fund Protests During Election (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Al Franken used to be a fine comedian. Now he's a Senator, but I don't hold that against him.

  18. Re:Russian trollbots will be here to shout otherwi on Russian Troll Factory Paid US Activists To Fund Protests During Election (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Let both of these asses be set to grinding corn.

  19. Re:Whatever happened to that? on Ophelia Became a Major Hurricane Where No Storm Had Before (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    what are you smoking? Please don't pass it round.....

    TFTFY.

  20. Re:Whatever happened to that? on Ophelia Became a Major Hurricane Where No Storm Had Before (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be willing to make an exception for "Donald Trump is an utter failure as President".

  21. Re:Those were the days. on Ophelia Became a Major Hurricane Where No Storm Had Before (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Too bad this isn't one of those times, eh.

  22. Re:Can unpatched clients be blocked? on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Obviously we need to migrate directly to WPA10. Or WPAX. Or WPA52.4.0. Or... What were we talking about, again, please?

  23. Nice try, but that one's already been done to death.

  24. Re:Espressif's website on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Hate to disappoint you with facts, but lóngdông dàdáo means "East Dragon Highway". Lóng is "dragon", and dông is "East".

    I heard a rumour recently to the effect that this is the 21st Century.

    So why does Slashdot and Slashdot alone, of all the sites I visit, require me to use Pinyin instead of Hanzi? Even Ars Fucking Technica isn't afraid of legitimate uses for Unicode, but Slashdot...?

  25. Re:Linux Mint on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks like OpenSUSE also has updates for both issues now available.