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  1. Save $ and don't try to bring them back on Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap To Mars, To Send People There by the 2030s (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure we can find good enough astronauts who would be perfectly fine to not come back. That should reduce the cost of the project significantly. At least these guys can consciously decide that they're fine with the outcome, unlike Laika.

  2. With 10% of votes, representing 30 mil americans on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 2

    ..not good enough to be on the debate?
    10% is also 5 states
    In most of "free world", between 1% and 5% of votes will bring your party to the parliament.

  3. I have this 'ISP' on ISP To FCC: Using The Internet Is Like Eating Oreos (consumerist.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because only other alternative is 1.5mbps DSL. That's what Mediacom preys on: cities that have 0 choice.

    Moreover, they are fighting heavily for things to stay that way
    Mediacom readies lawsuit against Iowa City
    http://www.press-citizen.com/s...

  4. Re:Saves a step on Mozilla To Remove Hello In Firefox 49 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Classic theme restorer add-on takes care of the one-click search bar

  5. Re:Classic Theme Restorer on Ask Slashdot: Best Browser Extensions -- 2016 Edition · · Score: 1

    Yep, and it also fixes UI and has convenient buttons to disable non-browser functionality (Pocket, Reader, etc)

  6. Nikola Tesla didn't have middle name.

  7. Sweet ... just multiply version by 10! on Ubuntu 16.10 To Be Powered By Linux Kernel 4.8 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Multiply by 10 and then kernel.org can compete with likes of Chrome (v 51.0) and Mozilla (v.47.0)

  8. Seriously missed the deadline on Larry Page Is Secretly Working On a Flying Car (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be done this year according to Back To The Future Part II.

  9. Re:No shit sherlock on LinkedIn User? Your Data May Be Up For Sale (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    There's private portion of this "public" service, which is conversations between users. And that piece is "released" too.

  10. Oxymoron on Tech Layoffs More Than Double In Bay Area (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Real oxymoron here is "H1B layoff"

  11. It might need RTOS, not watchOS on Life's Too Short For Slow Computers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Embedded systems have worked well with far more restrictive environments. Looking at its specs, it does not seem impossible task to have responsive system with what they have.

  12. Did OP mean they are biggest employers in Ireland on Amazon Beats Microsoft In 'The Battle of Seattle' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Because their US divisions are making a loss year after year, and have no [taxable] income at all

  13. Proof that universe is not a simulation on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    Justin Bieber & Kim Kardashian

  14. Big Companies can inspire us to move forward on In the Age of Trump, Tech CEOs Cast Themselves As the New Statesmen (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    By paying their fair share of taxes, and not using tax havens.

  15. Re:Upheaval on Icelandic Prime Minister Resigns After Panama Data Leak (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, but westernmost point of Europe is in Portugal, as you can see for yourself here:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  16. So all these google apps are really just contained in chrome.exe and they don't even try to always use OS native window API. As end result, you get all kinds of visual artifacts with these crapps.

  17. That sounds awfully similar to Firefox ESR, which is also on 38

  18. Rejoice .. really? on Rumor: Broadcom Phasing Out Wi-Fi Chip Business (digitimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Guess what happens when consumer routers stop having Broadcom chips in them...

  19. Edge will never capture signifcant market share on Microsoft Working on Tool to Port Chrome Extensions to Edge · · Score: 1

    he people are used by now to different browsers and platforms (mobile being one), it is not 1999 anymore when only obvious way to internet was through windows 98 and IE shortcut on desktop. The crowd that did that is relatively old, and minority...

    So Microsoft has to be realistic and realize Edge is not going to have much market share. Ever. If they were trying to make healthy and safe browser with long-term plan, then be so. But this is not step in that direction. It more smells of defeat. And we all know how quick Microsoft is to abandon products.

  20. Use of heuristics on CFQ In Linux Gets BFQ Characteristics · · Score: 1

    Is that admission that original algorithm does not work (in some cases) ?

  21. So winner's solution overrides standard type on Winner of the 2015 Underhanded C Contest Announced (underhanded-c.org) · · Score: 1

    typedef double float_t;
    Nice solution, but I'm not sure it would not get detected with proper coding standard, peer reviews, and testing. But it would depend on a human factor. Plus compiler would likely give a warning for overriding a typedef.

  22. Hurd has been forked... on GNU Hurd Begins Supporting Sound, Still Working On 64-bit & USB Support (phoronix.com) · · Score: 0

    And fork is more successful, called Turd.

  23. Answer is not in the code on The Best Ways To Simplify Your Code? (dice.com) · · Score: 2

    It is in having detailed requirements and performing proper testing. Good requirements will lead to good tests which will detect most of code defects. Doing structural coverage will also find not needed code.

  24. so disappointing! on Microsoft Open-Sources Visual Studio Code (visualstudio.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They use tabs instead of spaces!

  25. Windows 8! on Ask Slashdot: Innovative Operating Systems/Distros In 2015? · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is very exciting to use! You'd want to destroy keyboard, screen, or the computer itself after you use it for a bit.