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  1. Re:Notepad Next on Windows 10 Calculator Will Soon Be Able To Graph Math Equations (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd like better line break handling. Nothing more

  2. Re:British press on Computer Servers 'Stranded' in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    nO. eVERYTHING iS fINE oVER hERE

  3. Re:Why recover on Computer Servers 'Stranded' in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "Well!", said the PHB, "the wings didn't fall off the plane on the first flight, let's not look any closer for stress fractures. Guys, make 10k more of these now"

  4. Why this post? It was funded in 2017. Delivery started 2018+
    Mass manufacture? some new features? what?

  5. "Facebook Exec Admits Zuckerberg Not Appearing Before UK Parliament Doesn't Look Great (CNBC);"
    The link is broken

  6. Re:Beer and soda I understand on A CO2 Shortage is Causing a Beer and Meat Crisis in Britain (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    it's used as part of the packaging. Modified Atmosphere Packaging is a process where CO2 is pushed into the package removing all "air" before sealing. It stops nasty organisms growing in there.
    it's common to see Nitrogen and CO2 as the gas. I don't know much more than the above, but I would imagine there is a wiki article to explain further. Oh, and i'm likely wrong about all of the above but the community will put me right

  7. Zombie on Microsoft Is Talking About Acquiring GitHub, Says Report (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A few years ago I would have said it is the end of GitHub. Now it is most likely to be turned into a zombie

  8. Re:what about elevator / lift phones? on End of the Landline: BT Aims To Move All UK Customers To VoIP by 2025 (siliconrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    this doesn't affect last leg, it's the core network. The inter-exchange network. Have three PSTN cables to the lift if you want, that hasn't changed.
    I appreciate you thinking up a scenario I hadn't considered (considering the hard time you seem to be getting). At work we are going voip, and having a massive PSTN tear out. I'd better check some regs on power continuity.

  9. Where do you live? The expensive fuel just cuts into your "nice to have budget". The roads are still crammed to the hilt, slow and frustrating. It's just that it's really expensive to sit there in traffic. Also the public transport is mostly crap outside of the capital (and even then...) I tried commuting. I really did. But 1 huor is shit traffic is still preferable to 2 hours on a bus that goes through every frigging estate in the city before offloading you miles from where you actually need to be.

  10. It often tells me I should walk through a deep wooded valley (yes, I live next to it). In the dark. For 2 hours. Then get on the bus. I'll take the 20 minute drive thanks

  11. That charitable donation was a tax write-down. Keeping staff happy is a cost of doing business. It's factored into the budget under "buying just enough pizza for staff to reduce hiring and training costs"

  12. Shazam is a startup? on Apple Buys Shazam To Boost Apple Music (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How is it a startup if it was founded in 1999? I remember using it on my Nokia phone (dial 2580) back in the early 2000's

  13. I have. I do. I worked in a company where the boss' wife was the accountant. I worked where the other dev guy was the son. My current employer is nepotism central. Sons, daughters friends all come and go.
    That's small family businesses for you. SME sector is full of this. But you know I'll go half way with you on your point.

    If the person doing the job is doing a good job, their pay and bonus structure is none of my business. It is my business to make sure that I am remunerated appropriately for my skillset and deliver what is contractually asked.
    I'm also pretty sure all standard employment contracts say something along the lines of not talking about your pay.

    Here's the halfway I'll go with you....
    Theres always the niggling thought they are getting an easier time. Or maybe let off being late. Or a break. Or they get to go and do personal things on work time. That stuff is a shitter sometimes, but I have never worked somewhere where even the incompetence of a family member is stood for. If anything there is more criticism as there is a higher expectation to set a good ethic.
    But I have to refer to my first point, keep my head down and be glad I am employed, glad I earn enough to get by and happy to do the job my contract asks of me

  14. Re:Bad product manager / bad product on In Defense of Project Management For Software Teams (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    Grr: "because a new hire decided to swap X out for a " ... inappropriate tech

  15. Bad product manager / bad product on In Defense of Project Management For Software Teams (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've seen a bad project manager deliver bad products.
    I've seen the other end of the spectrum where the PM worked with the devs, and was an all round good project manager.
    Strangely, when a team works together, yo get a better result. When the PM is a dictator, you get an entirely different result.
    The worst is when there is no project management. Things never get done, or you later find out that 6Month late project was because a new hire decided to swap X out for a
    Actually I take it back. The worst is when the Shouty boss decides that shouting is project managing. Then the devs will deliver a mish-mash of shite built on a foundation of bitterness
    YMMV

  16. I see what you did there. I hope they don't write the Tesla auto in Java/c#

    In reality, most companies adhere to very strict guidelines. Anyone who has had to write MISRA spec code will tell you it's a) a pain in the arse b) incredibly well controlled by spec and process.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    If you told me that a bug like the above got through Q&A at a car company, I might be tempted to never buy from them

  17. Re: When it's not an open platform, it'll probably on Intel Quietly Discontinues Galileo, Joule, and Edison Development Boards (intel.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This sums up my experience.
    http://hackaday.com/2017/06/19...

  18. Re:"Neural lace" is a term invented by Iain M. Ban on Neuroscientists Weigh In On Elon Musk's Mysterious 'Neural Lace' Company (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    * Alastair Reynolds

  19. Re:"Neural lace" is a term invented by Iain M. Ban on Neuroscientists Weigh In On Elon Musk's Mysterious 'Neural Lace' Company (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Alison Reynold writes great kids books. My daughter loves them.
    She's not really much into Alistair Reynolds, I guess hard Sci-fi is a but too advanced yet. I love it though. I especially like Revelation Space.

  20. Re: He'll need to go deep & fast on Next Big Thing From Elon Musk? It Could Be 'Boring' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't know the terrain is like where musk is boring, but cross rail bored through silt and stiff clay. London is a river city and sits on lots of clay. Great for boring through. The channel tunnel got only a couple of meters per day because it was solid rock.
    http://www.tunneltalk.com/Cros...

  21. I concede that they don't have to release, that wasn't really my thinking. AC didn't say they had to release because of license, for all I know it may be some corporate charter or warm fuzzies that compels them. I genuinely don't know.
    I guess I am trying to say I don't know why this is news. As far as I am aware, they have released all previous versions, like AC said. The page https://opensource.apple.com/ seems to imply such.

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    Shit-filled@retard-idiot.com

  22. Thanks AC. Came here to say this.

  23. Re:Yakkety Sux on Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    It's enough for limited internal testing. Who do you think the real QA team is here? Yup everyone who updates. I'll wait a while.

  24. Re:Solution going forward on Smartphone Reseller Cheated Customers Out of Millions, Feds Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Does this sort of lock prevent re-flashing or factory reset? I'm genuinely interested!

  25. Re:What does WSL stand for? on New Project Lets You Install Arch Linux In the Windows Subsystem For Linux · · Score: 1

    sure why not. They could qualify it however they want. Either way makes sense.
    I feel personally WSL is the more correct.
    They have a subsystem for their Windows operating system for hosting Linux [clients]

    vs

    There is a Linux subsystem for Windows [Hosts]

    Ahh semantics.