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  1. Re: Wrong way around on Will You Be Able To Run a Modern Desktop Environment In 2016 Without Systemd? · · Score: 1

    Gentoo has their gentoo-originated OpenRC init system. Systemd will be a 2nd class citizen for a long time.

    I use Gentoo (well, Funtoo) exclusively on my own machines. OpenRC works, and works well with plenty of room for flexibility. I don't see any need to use anything else.

  2. Ouch.

    I was laid off a week before the due date of my second child.

    I am Canadian. Birthing a child in a hospital doesn't cost anything.

    We ate into most of our savings due to newborn costs (diapers, formula, etc). On the plus side we received plenty of free mildly used clothes from my neices.

    From there I focussed my time into my side business and made it my full time job. I was so put off by dedicating years of my life to a business then when I needed the employment most, they let me go.

    Looking back it was probably the best thing to ever happen to us because now, 5 years later, my kids are both in school, my wife is working part time while I manage the business full time from home. Lots of leisure time available for the family. It's nice.

  3. Even then, this is voluntary. Chances of every Model S owner bringing their car in is simply not going to happen. Half, maybe.

  4. Re: Iceweasel for Windows? on Mozilla Has 'No Plans' To Offer Firefox Without Pocket (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Sync in Palemoon is based on the old Sync 1.1 in Firefox. Everything is encrypted client-side and your key is never transmitted. Sync 1.5 is what is currently included in recent Firefox builds. It does transmit your key.

    You run your own Sync 1.1 server, and configure Pale Moon to use it instead if that tickles your fancy. See here: https://docs.services.mozilla....

  5. Re: browser.pocket.enabled = false on Mozilla Has 'No Plans' To Offer Firefox Without Pocket (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been playing with Pale Moon on Android and i feel it is more stable than Firefox so far.

    I also havd Pale Moon on my Funtoi workstation. Anyone on Funtoo/Gentoo there is an official Pale Moon overlay in layman. Simply run:
    # layman -S
    # layman -a palemoon
    # emerge palemoon

    Replace palemoon with palemoon-bin on the last one if you would prefer a prebuilt binary, though that kind of negates the point of Gentoo/Funtoo.

  6. Re: Storm in a glas of water on Mozilla Plans To Remove Support For Firefox Complete Themes · · Score: 1

    Try Pale Moon if that is what you are looking for. I think the Fork started in the early v20s of Firefox. It doesn't have the new UI crap in it.

  7. Thunderbird Local Folder on Ask Slashdot: Secure, Yet Accessible E-mail Archive Storage? · · Score: 2

    I personally store archives emails in a local folder in Thunderbird on my primary workstation.

    I then have it backup regularly to a secondary ("backup") drive installed in the system.

    From there I have the backup drive encrypt and sync to a backup server (in a vm on a dedicated box) I have in a datacenter for disaster recovery.

    Thunderbird automatically creates an Archives folder, with sub-folders of each year, when you use the "Archive" button.

    Works for me. YMMV.

  8. Funtoo Linux on Ask Slashdot: Innovative Operating Systems/Distros In 2015? · · Score: 2

    For anyone looking to get their hands dirty, I always recommend to try out Funtoo Linux.

    Try out various kernels (even BSD kernels), choice between 3 init systems, and all the customization you want.

    Seriously. Try it. www.funtoo.org

  9. Re: Obviously... on $70k Salaries Didn't 'Backfire'; Gravity Payments' Profits Have Doubled (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    Still a drop in the bucket compared to most CC companies advertising budgets.

  10. Re: That editorial summary tho on 15-Year-Old Boy Arrested In Connection With TalkTalk Hack (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I once had someone go digging through my car. Nothing was damaged and the only thing missing was a broken ipod touch.
    Not exactly worried about it. Didn't file a police report because nothing of value was lost.
    Personally i always am ssure to lock the vehicle (my wife would say obsessive). It is entirely possible my toddler had gotten ahold of the key fob and unintentionally unlocked the car. Shit happens. I'm just more careful about where I put my keys and the kids are older now and know not to push the buttons on the key fob.

  11. Re: Remember - Apple is a hardware company. on Apple Tells US Judge It's 'Impossible' To Break Through Locks On New iPhones (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Which version of the Moto X? I've got a shiney new (released end of Aug. 2015) Moto X Play (not available in US)... I have been following an XDA Developers thread where they are putting together a CM12 build for it. Seems they were able to root and replace the bootloader quite easily.

  12. Re: This is it! on Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You mention nano early on in your post, then go on about learning vi.

    As a 10+ year user of Linux, I can say I have successfully made it this far without learning vi or emacs, as nano works for what I need it for (typically just editing config files over ssh).

  13. This x 1000.

    There are a few forum's i am a member of that I haven't even needed to disable Adblock, because the ads are straight <img> wrapped in an <a> served directly from the same top-level domain I am visiting.

    I think the biggest banner they have is 250x250px. A few are animated GIF's, most are static images.

    I have zero problems with this. If only more sites operated like this. Slapping in a bunch of ad network's javascript code is a very easy way to get the ads blocked before anyone can even see them.

  14. Re: EBike on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Most Awesome Hardware Hack? · · Score: 1

    What did you use for the drive motor, and where did you attach it to the wheel? On the chain?
    Sounds like a fun project.

  15. Re: "More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    Strict gun control, or abolish them completely, is the only answer.

    It worked for Canada. It worked for Australia. It worked for many other countries.

    Unfortunately I don't think it will work for the United States, because the threat of taking guns away will cause the people to revolt and kill even more people. Nobody wants that.

    The United States is too far gone. You're in a situation where there is no winning outcome. Eventually everyone will kill eachother. Seems to be the American way, I guess.

    With all of that said, my point still stands. The solution is never more guns. When someone decides to shoot up a place, the second they have killed 1 person, they have accomplished their mission. They have struck fear into peoples lives and taken a life. It is exactly the same as a terrorist's mission. They've already won the game, before anyone has a chance to retaliate.

    It is funny you bring up freedom and jail at the end of your post. Last I checked the United States incarcerates more people over petty things than any other country. Are you really free? Can you walk around a college campus with your head held high, knowing you are safe? Probably not. I certainly would not in the United States. Living in fear is not freedom, despite what your politicians would like you to believe.

    I hear the phrase "America is the greatest Country in the world" touted a lot by Americans. Americans who are completelt ignorant to what life is like in other countries. Believe it or jo

  16. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    Please cite to me any situation where a civilian has stepped in and stopped a mass shooting.

    Fact is it never happens. Every situation I am aware of has resulted in police taking out the shooter.

  17. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    Well, in my country we do not have a war on drugs. We don't spend billions of dollars a year on incarcerating drug addicts.

    We help each other in my country. We rehabilitate drug addicts when they ask for help. They then turn around and contribute back to society, and pay taxes because it goes right back into helping more people.

    The logic of every single person carrying a firearm will only result in more deaths. It will not prevent it. Not now, not ever.

  18. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    With responses like this, I am starting to believe WhatHump's response might be best for your country.

    You do not understand what empathy, compassion, or even what logic is in your country. Best of luck with your future, as everyone kills eachother over petty bullshit.

  19. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    I live in Canada. We are working to prevent shooting sprees by regulating guns, and providing support to mentally unstable people.

    We have gun violence, but it is VERY RARE. It seems it is a weekly occurrence when someone shoots up a school in the United States.

    Frankly, I am glad we do not have widespread access to firearms. We don't need them. Period. But then again, my country teaches and encourages compassion, empathy, and understanding towards one another. The United States is backwards.

  20. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    I am Canadian. Not a yank. But thanks for trying.

  21. Re:"More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    I am Canadian also. I have never even held a gun in my entire life.

    I nearly spit my coffee all over my desk while reading this. Thank you for that!

  22. "More Guns" is flawed on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know this is an unpopular opinion on this mostly US-centric userbase here, but I just have to say this.

    The NRA's "more guns is the answer" is inherently flawed for this single, simple reason: Before any good samaritan carrying a firearm can even react to a murderer, one or more people have already been shot and/or killed. How will everyone owning a gun prevent this from happening? It won't. It cannot. You're trying to divide by zero, here.

    Preventing the situation from ever happening is the only sane logic.

    Some people may believe that everyone owning a gun will at least minimize the impact. While it is possible that not as many people will die in these situations if everyone were carrying a gun, I fucking gaurantee you will care if it is your loved one who was killed.

    Death is absolute. A single death in the hands of a psycho is one too many. It needs to be prevented, not stopped part way through a killing-spree, after one or more people have died. Taking the shooter out will not bring his victims back from the dead. He has already acheived his satisfaction.

    I like to believe there are some intelligent people here, but when the gun subject comes up on this site you all turn into backwoods hillbilly NRA-cocksucking drooling morons. /end rant

  23. Re:Good and bad about 5X on Google Shows Off 2 New Nexus Phones, a New Pixel, and More · · Score: 1

    Yes I would have preferred the X Pure, but it's not available in Canada.

    I got my Moto X Play for $260 CAD. Regular price was $410 from Koodo. They have a continuous promo of $50 off if you buy the phone "On the Tab" (ie. finance it). But I got in on an additional launch promo where I could choose a free Moto 360 or $100 Visa Gift Card. I turned around and used the gift card to pay down the tab another $100, effectively getting the phone for $260 out of pocket.

  24. Re:Good and bad about 5X on Google Shows Off 2 New Nexus Phones, a New Pixel, and More · · Score: 2

    Honestly that is a poor argument, and poor analogy.

    Proper optimization of the build can/will curtail any negative effect on the usage of RAM. I assume Marshmallow is going to be better optimized.

    Nobody here knows because nobody here is actually using either of these devices.

    My new phone is running 64bit Android, with only 2GB of RAM. It performs fine.

  25. Re:Good and bad about 5X on Google Shows Off 2 New Nexus Phones, a New Pixel, and More · · Score: 1

    As stated I used my 3 year old Nexus 4 with 2GB of RAM up until 1 month ago. I have it stuffed in a drawer as a backup. It still works perfectly.

    I only upgraded because I simply wanted a larger battery.