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  1. Magenta on Google Pulls the Plug On Its Pixel Laptops (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    ChromeOS is still Gentoo underneath. Where is the justification for another generation of custom hardware platform to support that hack when Pink or Magenta or whatever is around the corner?

  2. Re:My 1989 high skool electronics class called on New Kit Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A Robot Arm (raspberrypi.org) · · Score: 1

    This thing makes the The Armatron look like *incredible* by comparison.

  3. Every board needs a racist mysogynist on Mark Zuckerberg Defends Peter Thiel's Trump Ties In Internal Memo (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    It helps if they are also xenophobic and a nationalistic fearmonger. Who could argue against such diversity?

  4. Leave the CFO in charge on Apple Rumored To Remove Old-School USB Ports On Next MacBook Pro (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is what you get. It should come as no surprise we see bullshit like the Watch Edition and a castrated Macbook and iPhone.

  5. Re: coreutils side by side on FreeBSD 11.0 Released (freebsdfoundation.org) · · Score: 1

    Opps!

  6. coreutils side by side on FreeBSD 11.0 Released (freebsdfoundation.org) · · Score: 1
    Kernel and Network stacks aside, I have found (some) enlightenment comparing BSD and GNU coreutils:

    cat, for example:
    • http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/plain/src/cat.c
    • https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/bin/cat/cat.c

    ls is interesting:

    • http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/plain/src/ls.c
    • https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/bin/cat/cat.c

    Then again, this comparison has also driven me closer to suckless.

    • http://git.suckless.org/sbase/tree/cat.c
    • http://git.suckless.org/sbase/tree/ls.c
  7. Re: Disappointing on 'Transformer' BMW Turns Into A Giant Robot (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, definately more of a GoBot.

  8. More Betanews bullshit from Manish on SolidRun x86 Braswell MicroSoM Runs Linux and Full Windows 10, Destroys Raspberry Pi (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't seem to block this tripe from the prolific manishs.

  9. Betanews - groan on Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    I might as well start submitting DistroWatch updates:


    Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 18 "KDE", an edition of the Mint family featuring the KDE Plasma 5.6 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' KDE edition. Linux Mint 18 is a long-term support release which will be supported until 2021. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. This edition of Linux Mint features the KDE Plasma 5.6 desktop environment. The default display manager is SDDM. The APT sources include the Kubuntu backports PPA, which provides updates to newer versions of the Plasma desktop. The update manager received many improvements, both visual and under the hood. The main screen and the preferences screen now use stack widgets and subtle animations, and better support was given to alternative themes." Here is the brief release announcement, with further details, screenshots and videos provided in the new features page as well as the release notes. Download: linuxmint-18-kde-64bit.iso (1,622MB, SHA256, signature, torrent).

  10. Linux binary compatibility, too on OpenBSD 6.0 Released (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Remove Linux emulation support.

  11. Betanews - groan on Fedora 25 Alpha Linux Distro Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Without timothy in my exclusions list, looks like I gotta check off manishs. This is the twelfth betanews.com submission from Manish this month.

  12. I miss the old days. on Ubuntu Linux 16.10 'Yakkety Yak' Beta 1 Now Available For Download (betanews.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why, oh why do you have to send clicks to that terrible site to make me wade through drivel about The Coasters to find out... well, basically nothing.
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Yakket...

  13. FDA Scheduling on New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    The Federal Drug Administration have classified this plant as a "Schedule 1" drug, the same as PCP, Cocaine, Heroin and other famous substances. While it is classified as such, research opportunities are extremely limited, and not applicable to Federal guidelines.
    States with an MMJ program can and do perform studies, but they are at odds with the Federal regulations.
    Until this changes (rumored to happen on August 1), cannabis derivatives, whether organic whole plant preparations or synthetics are still subject to Federal jurisdiction; minimum sentencing, etc.
    "Our hands are tied" remains a valid argument, and they're still able to capitalize on the addictive nature of their existing 'therapies'.
    For more: http://www.newsweek.com/big-ph...

  14. H1B requires specialized knowledge on Clinton: It's 'Heartbreaking' When IT Workers Must Train H-1B Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    ...which you obtain in a compressed timescale from the person you replace. Job done!

  15. "The emails were made available in the form of thousands of PDFs by the US State Department as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request.

  16. "Me too" at it's hypest. on Microsoft Wants To Power Self-Driving Cars With Software, Not Build One (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Gotta pursue that vertical, no matter what!
    Throw a few hundred H1-B workers at it, because it's essential, and the only ones who know Microsoft are the ones who slurped it up at Indian universities when Microsoft started shoveling it in.

  17. Conch = 'Konk' on Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    People xonshtantly mispronounce these things.
    Quay.io? It's not "kway", it's "key".
    "Conch" isn't fucking "konsh", it's "konk". Like the devs need on the fucking head.

  18. Re:Moderation, Editors, ditch the Firehose on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    Problem: Not enough content on the main page.
    Solution: Make everything be on the main page.

    Problem then becomes quality of submissions in the pipeline and how to filter at submission time (the lameness filter should be applied to this junk)
    Solution: Remove the artificial barrier between Firehose and Main content.

  19. Moderation, Editors, ditch the Firehose on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    Tweak the algorithms responsible for moderation point assignment. Give more points. Give them more frequently. Abandon the 5 point ceiling.

    The Firehose is a disgrace. Destroy it.

    Implement Have you Meta Edited lately?

    Hire Rob Malda as a Consultant. He's bored and unemployed.

  20. Who sits on the board, and whose thumbs are they gonna twist?

  21. Window Maker on KDE Plasma 5.5 Has Matured Past the Point of Plasma 4 (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    wmaker does. Saves your whole session if you like.

  22. Don't take my word for it on Linode Under DDoS Since Christmas (linode.com) · · Score: 1

    "It has become evident in the past two days that a bad actor is purchasing large amounts of botnet capacity in an attempt to significantly damage Linode’s business"

    RTFA?

  23. I know, right? A charge that serious is liable to wind up on his permanent record.

  24. Notable additions: on Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Terd Cruz and Don't McLeRoy!

  25. $150K is starting money on Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns? · · Score: 1

    Wanna live alone in an efficiency apartment? 3BR apartments are available, but not in MTV.

    I'd recommend Saratoga and a rate bump.