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  1. I can't wait!! on Minecraft Movie To Compete With Avengers and Star Wars In 2019 (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    We can only hope the film is as exciting as watching my nephew spend 12 hours building a gigantic castle, filling it with goats, then burning it to the ground.

  2. Another astonishing advance on Instagram Launches Account Switching On iOS and Android (google.com) · · Score: 1

    Every time you hear about a groundbreaking new technology from Instagram, it just reinforces their billion dollar valuation. Multiple user accounts ON THE SAME APP?? If you told me this a week ago, I'd have laughed and asked for a jetpack while you're at it.

  3. Torvalds on systemd: on Will You Be Able To Run a Modern Desktop Environment In 2016 Without Systemd? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Systemd is the reason Linus is now using FreeBSD at home.

  4. SHOCKER!!! on The Internet Falls For Rumblr, a Fake "Tinder For Fighting" App · · Score: 1

    "a marketing stunt, a prank or (best case!) an unsubtle parody." How is this different from the rest of the internet?

  5. It's a problem of motivation on Google's Robotics Group Lacks Leadership (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.

  6. The end is near on Y Combinator, the X Factor of Tech (economist.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The only reason there's so much venture capital is that interest rates are near zero and investors are willing to gamble on a better return. Once the Fed returns rates to historically normal levels, money for these dumbass startups will disappear. Same with insane real estate prices. A monthly payment on a million dollar mortgage at 3% interest is a bit over 4 grand, but at historically average rates of 8 to 10% that monthly payment will more than double.

  7. An abacus on What's the Oldest Technology You've Used In a Production Environment? · · Score: 0

    I use an abacus to mine bitcoin. Slow, but still works.

  8. The best features! on A Month With a Ubuntu Phone · · Score: 2

    Fans of the Ubuntu desktop OS will be glad to know that Whoopsie, Geoclue, and Zeitgeist were among the first apps ported to the Ubuntu phone.

  9. Another agile methodology success! on 65,000+ Land Rovers Recalled Due To Software Bug · · Score: 2

    Pure genius! Turns out that 65,000 Land Rovers make an excellent continuous integration server. BTW the build is broken.

  10. Misleading headline on How To Make Moonshots · · Score: 2

    It should be "How to Make Segways"

  11. This is why I use Ubuntu. on Lenovo Allegedly Installing "Superfish" Proxy Adware On New Computers · · Score: 1

    The best spyware comes from Canonical and unlike Windows you can get it for FREE!

  12. Sony Segway competitor? on Sony To Release Google Glass Competitor · · Score: 1

    If Sony could also come up with a viable alternative to the Segway, they could really lock up the mall cop market.

  13. Snap-On vs Fisher-Price on Java Vs. Node.js: Epic Battle For Dev Mindshare · · Score: 1

    In a related story, experts agree that a professional mechanic's rollaway tool chest is much heavier than a children's toolbox with a plastic hammer.

  14. poetry (noun) on The Poem That Passed the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    "literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm." This is not a poem, it is a collection of words assembled according to the algorithm. It may resemble a poem but it is definitely not an expression of feelings or ideas.
    Virtual monkeys with typewriters reproduced the complete works of Shakespeare. Does that pass the Turing test?

  15. Unbelievable fakery! on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    At least the music industry still has some integrity.

  16. I'll wager on Jim Blasko Explains BitCoin Spinoff 'Unbreakable Coin' (Video 1 of 2) · · Score: 3, Funny

    200 quatloos on the newcomer!

  17. I've seen this a million times. on NASA's Robonaut 2 Can't Use Its Space Legs Upgrade · · Score: 1

    It's a Ruby app running on Ubuntu, and Puppet overwrote the new configs.

  18. Docker is dead on Docker Image Insecurity · · Score: 1

    Long live Rocket!

  19. I'll wager on Will Ripple Eclipse Bitcoin? · · Score: 3, Funny

    200 quatloos on the newcomer.

  20. List of startups with moral compass on Is a Moral Compass a Hindrance Or a Help For Startups? · · Score: 1

    1.
    2.
    ...
    4. PROFIT!

  21. Re:The bigger the lie on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 1

    Oh God. That's a pretty remarkable claim considering that no one at Canonical had anything to do with the discovery or the patching of the bug. Let's have a quick look at the actual sequence of events:
    1. Shellshock was discovered by Stéphane Chazelas, who reported it to bash maintainer Chet Ramey and a few others, and assigned CVE identifier CVE-2014-6271.
    2. "CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash" by Florian Weimer of Red Hat (2014-09-24) was one of the first public disclosures of the problem.
    3. Florian Weimer (Debian contributor and Red Hat employee) posts a patch for bash that counters the attack.
    4. Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, Oracle Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu adopt Weimer’s patch. Apple’s later OS X bash update 1.0 includes it as well.
    5. Chet Ramey posts bash43-027 at 2014-09-27 22:50:07, accepting Weimer's patch into the upstream mainline.
    Remember, it's always good to cite your sources (if you have any).
    http://www.dwheeler.com/essays...
    And now, it's been fun but good night!

  22. Re:The bigger the lie on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 1

    Funny enough, that's exactly what happens! As I outlined earlier, they take Debian Unstable, add their own stuff like Unity and Mir which no other distro will ever use, and that's Ubuntu Feisty Fanboi. Not a drop of fear, uncertainty, or doubt here. It's on the Ubuntu wiki:
    "Most source packages in all Ubuntu components are copied unmodified from Debian."
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu...

  23. Re:The bigger the lie on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we could make a comparison with the upstream source of Ubuntu? Let me see...
    Oh NOES right on the Debian wiki it says that Unstable might have horrible bugs! And if you run it on a server you are insane!
    And... it says Debian's security team only covers Stable. Maybe this is why the Ubuntu forums got hacked and every user account, password and email address was stolen?
    https://wiki.debian.org/Debian...

  24. The bigger the lie on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Haha! A stable update in a stable series? Ubuntu starts off from Debian Unstable and then Canonical adds their own bug-ridden spyware, init process, Unity desktop, etc. Ubuntu is by far the buggiest distribution in history, at last count there are are 115,000 open bugs in the distro. Well, to be fair, that number does seem to be pretty stable.

  25. Re:What can possibly go wrong? on Paypal Jumps Into Bitcoin With Both Feet · · Score: 1

    Hey, I've got a mint condition e-meter for sale. You tech guys would love it. I'll take bitcoin or quatloos for it but the shipping and handling charge is 19.95 USD.