Slashdot Mirror


User: Lumpio-

Lumpio-'s activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
134
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 134

  1. Apple's Biggest Achievement For *iOS/OS X* Coders on Swift: Apple's Biggest Achievement For Coders · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not exactly big unless you only care about iOS/OS X. I don't see a future for Swift outside that niche.

  2. Re:im not sure what to make of this on The Real Scars of Korean Gaming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is it any less of a sport than, say, chasing a ball around on a field?

  3. Anti:Game:ref on Game:ref's Hardware Solution To Cheating In eSports · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If this becomes popular somebody will make a cheat device that plugs into your Game:ref and simulates the mouse through it.

  4. Allows them to keep the blue "e" on Internet Explorer's Successor, Project Spartan, Is Called Microsoft Edge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So that the clueless people still using it don't have to buy a new computer when the Internet disappears.

  5. Re:Not searches. Ads. on How Google Searches Are Promoting Genocide Denial · · Score: 1

    Ad blockers are not plain "JavaScript blockers" and they block plenty of ads that aren't inserted via JavaScript, so that's not a problem.

  6. Re:Not searches. Ads. on How Google Searches Are Promoting Genocide Denial · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if people who can't be bothered to tell the difference between an ad and a search results are smart enough to be relevant in the struggle against... wait what was this about again? Something that happened a 100 years ago and is irrelevant to pretty much everybody living today anyways?

  7. Not searches. Ads. on How Google Searches Are Promoting Genocide Denial · · Score: 2

    There's a difference. Learn to know it. And if you seriously can't tell the difference between a paid link and an actual search result, get AdBlock.

  8. "Revolutionary!" on Microsoft and Miele Team Collaborate To Cook Up an IoT Revolution · · Score: 4, Funny

    - every company ever, when announcing their new product

  9. What do you mean "run out of cash"? on Has the Bitcoin Foundation Run Out of Cash? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't they just mine some more?

  10. Headless applications in Objectionable-C? on Ask Slashdot: Which Classic OOP Compiled Language: Objective-C Or C++? · · Score: 1

    Does anybody actually do that? Isn't the only reason that language isn't extinct the fact that you can do fancy OSX/iOS apps with it? C++ all the way.

  11. That'll stop the terrorists! on White House Drone Incident Exposes Key Security Gap · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because nobody with bad intentions defies FAA guidelines.

  12. Re:Sounds like a translation error in the article on Finland Dumps Handwriting In Favor of Typing · · Score: 2

    This. The title of this article and the text in TFA sounds like a translation error. Tekstaus vs. texting - same origin, different meaning.

  13. Somebody actually thought Slashdot readers on Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave · · Score: 1

    Somebody actually thought Slashdot readers would fall for this? What has the world come to... maybe Beta has made everybody dumb.

  14. Re:bringing in more H1Bs will solve this problem on IT Job Hiring Slumps · · Score: 2

    I said "how many". Not "what kind". There aren't that many jobs developing vehicle control units. Maybe in 20 years when self-driving cars fully take off.

  15. Re:bringing in more H1Bs will solve this problem on IT Job Hiring Slumps · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And how many jobs actually require you to get "close to the metal"? It's pretty few and far between in practice. Besides, only bad programmers are reliant on the first language they learn. Good ones can pick up the best one for the job at hand fast. Are you stuck using the first language you learned? I learned the ropes using BASIC but I haven't touched it since. It really doesn't matter.

  16. Re:Why do you want pieces of plastic on Netflix Reduces Physical-Disc Processing, Keeps Prices the Same · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wouldn't live in a place with inadequate bandwidth for a simple video stream. I also wouldn't use a service that does not provide a library at least on par with The Pirate Bay.

  17. Why do you want pieces of plastic on Netflix Reduces Physical-Disc Processing, Keeps Prices the Same · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For something that is after all, only data? Why would anybody want to wait for a day or two for a piece of plastic when they can access the data instantly online?

  18. Re:Cash Needs To Go Away on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    I love being able to order stuff from Germany without worrying about currency conversion rates.

  19. Re:Cash Needs To Go Away on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure this isn't limited to any particular country.

  20. Re:Cash Needs To Go Away on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    So get rid of mag stripes. You can't skim a smart card. At least not nearly as easily.

  21. Re:Cash Needs To Go Away on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    ...and the government passes on the costs of maintaining the cash system on to the people. Via taxes. The truth is that nothing is free and if you get something you will have to pay for it one way or another.

  22. Re:Jon Skeet doesn't belong on such a list on The World's Best Living Programmers · · Score: 1

    ...oops, forgot to check the anonymous coward checkbox. Ah well.

  23. Re:Jon Skeet doesn't belong on such a list on The World's Best Living Programmers · · Score: 1

    That feel when my answer gets one upvote and Skeet's almost identical answer gets eleventy thousand just because he has a higher reputation to begin with.

  24. Arm. Tired. Really fast. Not practical. on Intelligent Thimble Could Replace the Mouse In 3D Virtual Reality Worlds · · Score: 2

    That's the only thing I can think of every time something like this surfaces. Try holding your arm horizontally in the air for 15 minutes. Bet you get tired before you hit 5. And I use the computer for hours on end.

  25. Impossibru! on The Security Industry Is Failing Miserably At Fixing Underlying Dangers · · Score: 1

    Anti-virus is not a solution to the real problem!? Whaat? How can this be?