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  1. Re:sing for your supper on Programming Interview Questions Are Too Hard and Too Short (triplebyte.com) · · Score: 1

    This isn't quite read it all in and write it out, it is smarter than that. Fault in page at a time into the filesystem page cache. Read byte at a time and write out (faulting in page at a time for the output file if not using stdout). The difference between this and the read it all in approach is that here you allow the kernel memory management code to maintain what parts of the file(s) need to be kept in memory versus what parts can be reclaimed.

  2. Re:Everything is shit on Microsoft PowerShell Core For Linux Now Available as a Snap (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    So you are proposing that the best solution is to bundle all your dependencies into a single package with your target program and avoid getting the security updates that the distro provides for those dependencies. A snap requires that the user trust _each_ snap provider to update their snap for every fix to every dependency.

  3. Re:Excellent news on Microsoft PowerShell Core For Linux Now Available as a Snap (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So what you want is xonsh then?

  4. Re: Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That isn't setting the bar particularly high.

  5. Says the anon troll who will never have its own kids...

  6. Re:A wish for more work on The Compelling Case For Working Less (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Your salary (IMO) is not there to cover the fact that things are running smoothly. It does cover some of that, but I suspect you are paid what you are because you and your group know what to do when everything goes pear shaped.

  7. Re:Don't let the $THREE_LETTER_GOV_ORG hoard explo on Cyberattacks From WannaCry Ransomware Slow But Fears Remain (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Good point, this probably as big a part as the failure to patch older systems.

  8. Don't let the $THREE_LETTER_GOV_ORG hoard exploits on Cyberattacks From WannaCry Ransomware Slow But Fears Remain (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Microsoft was whining about this earlier, and they are absolutely right to do so. There is no such thing as 'NOBUS'. There are far more smart people working outside $ORG than inside it and it is hubris to believe that $ORG is the only one smart enough to find any particular exploit.

    With that said, Microsoft made a part of this shit sandwich by refusing to patch older, but still active operating systems until their feet were to the fire. Sure, no one should be running XP any longer, but once on a vendor lock-in treadmill it can be very hard and expensive to get off.

  9. Re: blinker too? on BMW Says Self-Driving Car To Be Level 5 Capable In Five Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Challenge accepted sir. Seen exactly this too many times...

  10. Re:Nothing of value left to measure on Music Charts No Longer Make Sense (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Get off my lawn!

    Seriously though, I am sorry you feel that way but I disagree. There is still a lot of interesting music being produced if you know where to look. I agree that most everything listed on the Billboard top 200 will fit your description, but that list only covers music which a small group of record labels have defined to be appealing to the largest groups of people. It sounds like your tastes do not fit with that assumption (mine do not either) but all that means is that you have to work a little harder to find stuff you like.

  11. Interesting Headline on Google Discloses Yet Another New Unpatched Microsoft Vulnerability In Edge/IE (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not:

    Microsoft fails to patch yet another vulnerability for 90 days?

    Right, because isn't so much news as status quo.

  12. Citation needed
    Several Swedish friends confirm that this is bullshit.

  13. Re:Is google as bad as facebook? on Getting All Your News From Facebook Is Like Eating Only Potato Chips, Flipboard CEO Says (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    It is, google tailors what stories percolate to the top and what sources it highlights based on what it knows about you. It is the same informational echo chamber as a Facebook feed.

  14. Re:You just now started worrying? on Ask Slashdot: Can US Citizens Trust Government Data? (msn.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can also expect homelessness to be mentioned on the news again. Oh and the anti-war protestors who were mysteriously silent during Obama's non-stop drone wars will suddenly freak out because Trump bombs ISIS.

    We were never mysteriously silent. Just because you didn't see it covered on FOX or Breitbart, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

  15. Re:Develop a backbone. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Deal With A 'Gaslighting' Colleague? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This, I made the mistake once of letting a Gaslighting jerk slide and I ended up leaving when it became clear that the non-confrontational approach just fed his bullshit. You have to put a stop to it immediately or walk, there is no middle ground.

  16. Re:Nokia phones on Nokia Dials Back Time To Sell Mobile Phones Again (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This, I have very fond memories of my N900. It was a little rough around the edges when it launched, but the potential was there. I would take a Nokia handset with Android, but I really hope they have their sights set a little higher than that.

  17. There is no such thing as a comfy chair left in the US from which to observe the shit show.

  18. Re:No productivity gain here, move along on Not Using Smartphones Can Improve Productivity By 26%, Says Study (business-standard.com) · · Score: 2

    Didn't you know, that is how the authors of the study measured productivity.

  19. Man, for the days before Obama when people could assume the US government was generally on their side.

    I don't know if anyone actually believes that this changed with Obama... The US government was actively against its citizens long before 2008.

  20. But 'Merican or European made spyware is fine?

    Don't get me wrong, I won't touch Opera with a 10 foot pole either but the acquisition didn't change that.

  21. Re:What in the world is a snap? on Canonical To Release Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus' Tomorrow (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is what I had feared, Ubuntu is moving to the Windows version of "handling" the library dependency tree. Now that every damned application carries around all of its dependencies I will have to update all of them to fix what would have been a single new package install.

  22. What in the world is a snap? on Canonical To Release Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus' Tomorrow (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And how/why is it better than deb/rpm/tgz?

    I found this: https://insights.ubuntu.com/20... but is it full of marketing speak without any real information as to what a snap actually is and how it is better. Sounds kind of like Canonical doing the not-invented-here thing for packaging.

  23. IOW Oracle in Software business on Oracle Patches 136 Flaws In 49 Products · · Score: 1

    and not completely terrible at it, only moderately bad.

    I do like how they managed to call their customers idiots in the same announcement.

  24. Like they embrace CIA money on Data Center Management Darling Mesosphere Embraces Open Source (fiercecio.com) · · Score: 1
  25. If you can't open it, do you really own it? on Apple vs. the Right To Repair (bloombergview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, but this is the trade off people make when buying devices like the iphone/ipod. Clearly people value having the fashionable/trendy/"Just Works*" that Apple provide over being able to fix something that is broken. Until that trade off tilts harder against the consumer it will continue to be made.

    * - For some values of "Just Works"