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  1. Re:People use google+ ? on Google Is Dropping Its Google+ Requirement Across All Products Including YouTube · · Score: 1

    I hadn't heard much of it lately.

    That is to say, you and your mom doesn't use it - good on you.

    ca 1-2 times a week, I'm linked something that involves Facebook, usually due to some B-list celebrity put up a video someone else thinks I should watch.
    Daily, I get several messages/posts via Google+, and have "hangouts" (usually just text) via it.

    Obviously, most people on the planet use Google+

  2. Re:/system/lib/libstagefright* on 'Stagefright' Flaw: Compromise Android With Just a Text · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you can disable MMS with your carrier, do so, otherwise do not look at text messages from originators that you do not know - delete the conversations.

    While seems like generally prudent step, in this case...

    lets attackers compromise a device through a simple multimedia text — even before the recipient sees it.

  3. Re:Ant technology! on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 4, Funny

    A comma was missing:

    "[...] as a research ant, technology giant [..]“

  4. Re:The article should use "ridiculous" 0 times. on Georgia Lawmakers Sue Carl Malamud For Publishing Georgia Law · · Score: 2

    Can the US federal government, or any state level government force you to buy stuff? If not, the law + annotations must either be free, or ignorance is actually a valid excuse.

  5. Re:Gee, I'm really torn... on Smartphone Apps Fraudulently Collecting Revenue From Invisible Ads · · Score: 1

    There's a flaw somewhere here I think.
    The more fraudulent behaviour, the less valuable the individual ad/impression becomes, the bigger the need for fraudulent behaviour.

  6. Re:A big place, a wide range on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Europe > EU > EMU (size-wise) :)

  7. Re:You shouldn't have to pay to adopt a kid on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should give the dogs away for free, and then bilk you on the service&maintenance contract.

  8. Re:Free? Who said anything about free? on Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy' · · Score: 1

    But what marketprice do you prefer for your cab drivers?
    Higher rates, meaning more money out of pocket, or the occasional rapist (see: various stories about "pirate-taxis", or even Uber drivers).

    Government regulation of various products is there to avoid a race "through" the bottom, where things are so very cheap up front, but come with social/environmental costs.

  9. Re:divorce psudocode on Taking the Lawyers Out of the Loop · · Score: 2

    I'm no expert on goldmines, but I think you need the shaft going into the goldmine, to be able to access said goldmine - your code results in logistical problems for the wife.

  10. Re:Of course it hasn't gone too far on Amnesty International Seeks Explanation For 'Absolutely Shocking' Surveillance · · Score: 0

    I suspect the rate of defecation, and the required sheets, might be influenced by the amount of water (and other liquids) you consume, as well as your ability to properly cook chicken.

  11. Re:Seems a bit high on Adblock Plus Reduces University's Network Traffic By 25 Percent · · Score: 1

    Ever 3rd (ca) thing I hear on Spotify is an ad for Spotify Premium
    Ever 5-6 minutes on DI, I get an ad
    On Sony's music-video service I got 2 ads per song (Often the same twice)
    On YouTube I get a video-ad per video, easily as long as the video I'm watching in case of short "funny" vids (I've clocked youtube video-ads up to 3 minutes long)
    On Comedy Central, watching Daily Show and Colbert Report I get (got?) 1-3 video-ads per ca 6-minute segment

    The notion that stripping this could result in 25% reduction seems... high, but plausible, especially if the study went for ad-heavy traffic (it was funded by AdBlock Plus)

    Then on text/image sites, you get large anim-GIFs, multiple sizable javascripts, and flash elements, that together can take up more than half the data transferred... so averaging 25% becomes likely I think.

  12. Re:Fake news? on China's Stock Crash: $3.5 Trillion Wiped Out, $2.6 Trillion Frozen · · Score: 1

    I've seen it repeatedly for some days now on CNN, or you no longer consider that news?

  13. Re:Perhaps if they sold to the US... on Jolla Spins Off Hardware Business · · Score: 1

    ...this wouldn't be a problem. However, they insist on avoiding the US with an irrational passion.

    Don't know Jolla's reasoning for not going to the US, but I think that if I was making cellphones outside of Android/Windows, I'd avoid that market due to American's irrational passion for litigations.

  14. Re:printing more money on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 1

    You're missing the bits about the Greek PM's wife threatened to "turn off the hot water", if he agreed to anything sensible.

  15. Re:If you do go with C++ on Ask Slashdot: Is C++ the Right Tool For This Project? · · Score: 2

    Qt5 would abstract the bits that are platform specific, while still allowing low-level control where desired.
    Unless there is some specific reason not to use Qt, it would seem to match his requirements nicely.

  16. Re:His writings will be studied. Linus is legend. on Linus Torvalds Says Linux Can Move On Without Him · · Score: 1

    It is a joke that there isn't an HBO series about him already :P

    I've seen pictures of Linus, and I've seen HBO ... Not sure I'd enjoy the intersection of Linus Torvalds and Gratuitous Boobs.

  17. Re:This is good on Skype For Web Beta Goes Worldwide · · Score: 2

    I've banned customers(!) from conference-calls on projects, due to them using Skype - my experience is that Skype is horrible.
    That said, audio-quality on Google Talk is not exactly impressive either...t

  18. Re:This is an Opinion/Editorial piece on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't just "slap an RTG" on a probe and hope for the best. There are engineering, cost, and benefits considerations to make.

    I've tested this extensively in KSP - you can, in fact, just "slap an RTG" on probes quite trivially!

  19. Re:Install is not a noun on Solar Power Capacity Installs Surpass Wind and Coal For Second Year · · Score: 4, Funny

    The word "install" is not a noun.

    Any verb can be nouned.

    Stop verbing nouns!

  20. Re:competition is good but where does the money go on Spotify Raises $526 Million As Apple Charges Into Streaming · · Score: 1

    Merchandizing being the place bands get their money, has been true for as long as I can remember - Tours and live-gigs are simply a way to bring the merchandize to the buyers.

  21. Re:Slow news day on Xilinx and AMD: an Inevitable Match? · · Score: 2

    On-Die systemd should make everything faster, better....

  22. Re:Right arm on Man With the "Golden Arm" Has Saved Lives of 2 Million Babies · · Score: 2

    Dude - blood-flow!
    Goes up in the left arm, down in the right one. If you try to draw on the left one, all you'll see is air being sucked into the veins!

  23. Re:Piss-poor situation on Rare 9-way Kidney Swap a Success · · Score: 1

    Up next, remove all taxes on motorcycles, give away drivers-licenses and make organ-donation mandatory? That would solve the shortage-problem preeeetty quickly.

  24. URL works fine on G+ on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    Just tested it on G+ - not seeing any issue there

    (cue people saying no-one uses G+ because none of THEIR 3 friends uses it)

  25. "forbid any reverse-engineering" on Intel Skylake & Broxton Graphics Processors To Start Mandating Binary Blobs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "These firmware files are explicitly closed-source licensed and forbid any reverse-engineering."

    Forbidding any reverse-engineering? I guess Intel will not be released this in Europe then.