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  1. The Five Star Movementâ(TM)s leaders, who now run Italy, actually cracked jokes about warnings that this bridge might collapse at regular intervals since the first warnings in 2012 or 2013.

    Have you got a source for this?

  2. Excuse my Schadenfreude on Zuckerberg 'Sold More Stock Than Usual', Faces Lawsuit From Angry Investors (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    One millennial options trader lost $180,000 overnight

    That bit really made my day.

  3. Re:Rosy Retrospection on LambdaMOO, MUDs, and 'When the Internet Was Young' (undark.org) · · Score: 1

    When the Internet was young, it was difficult to access, difficult to use

    And that kept dumb people out.

  4. Re:In case anyone mentions python... on Ask Slashdot: Should I Ditch PHP? · · Score: 1

    "fail-at-runtime-only" language

    Did you mean interpreted?

  5. 2 things I don't like about Slackware on Slackware, Oldest Actively Maintained GNU/Linux Distribution, Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    I mostly like Slackware and have used it for many years. But 2 things eventually drove me away:

    1. Lack of binary packages for the add-ons at SlackBuilds.org. Building everything from source really makes no sense! Why not offer pre-built packages, at least for the popular architectures?
    2. Lack of any deadline whatsoever. When is the next version out? When it's ready! When will this version reach end of life? Who knows!

    Point 2 especially makes Slackware hard to take seriously (all the more in corporate environments). The name doesn't help either!

  6. PSP "security" co-processor? on China Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Do they come with the original American backdoors, or do they have their own Chinese version?

  7. If you don't see an operating system listed, you can rest assured that it's windows.

    It shouldn't be that way on Slashdot. And, yes, it should have been mentioned in the summary, but doing so would require real editors.

  8. Take the domain and run

  9. Welcome to the dumbed-down Internet on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Back when the Internet was mostly for nerds, the solution to this problem was a finger query away.

  10. Re:Linux' userland is UNSTABLE ! on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    Hello, dickhead! Iproute2's age has got nothing to do with breaking existing convention with new tools, so work on your substandard reading comprehension and go fuck yourself.

  11. Linux' userland is UNSTABLE ! on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 2

    I'm growing increasingly annoyed with Linux' userland instability. Seriously considering a switch to NetBSD because I'm SICK of having to learn new ways of doing old things.

    For those who are advocating the new tools as additions rather than replacements: Remember that this will lead to some scripts expecting the new tools and some other scripts expecting the old tools. You'll need to keep both flavors installed to do ONE thing. I don't know about you, but I HATE to waste disk space on redundant crap.

  12. Re:Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X on Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router? · · Score: 1

    Their device management system requires Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian 9+ or CoreOS... WTF is that??

  13. The key word was *automatically*

    And that key word makes me think that this might have something to do with passphrase caching.

  14. Security as a pretext for surveillance on Ask Slashdot: Is the World Better Or Worse Because of Security Tech? · · Score: 1

    The problem with security is that it's used as a pretext for surveillance and spying. We get backdoored CPUs so our data and devices are no longer under our control. All in the name of security.

    I'll choose freedom over security any day.

  15. Re:Direct link? on Incredible New Gif Shows Cosmic 'Snow' On the Surface of a Comet (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Perfect, thank you! You did what the Slashdot editors should have done.

  16. Re:Direct link? on Incredible New Gif Shows Cosmic 'Snow' On the Surface of a Comet (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you, but imgur.com doesn't work either. I could use a link to the GIF file itself.

  17. Stay out of jail: Use free software!

  18. Anyone got a direct link to the GIF?

    Stupid Twitter is unusable with w3m.

  19. Sure it is - if you (A) don't use the internet, or (B) always using private browsing mode how would Facebook be tracking anything about you?

    So you're basically arguing that Internet users who don't always use private browsing mode are consenting to being tracked?

  20. I think it's insane to say something like Facebook should not exist because they can know everything about us.

    The things that they know, ANYONE could know if they did what Facebook did.

    What's that supposed to mean? Just as well, the things the organized crime knows ANYONE could know if they did what the organized crime does.

  21. Can you imagine the world wide withdrawal epidemic ;)

    Sure I can, just by reading the Slashdot crowd's knee-jerk denialist reactions, every time studies like this one get published. Nice to see all the human guinea pigs always ready to stand up for their owners (i.e. the tech giants they pay for the privilege of being their lab rats).

  22. Re:Always thought this was the way to fight this s on Security Firm Creates Chatbot To Respond To Scam Emails On Your Behalf (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone's spam filter should reply to every spam email they get.

    No, it shouldn't. The From: address is almost always taken at random from the same database where the To: address came from!

  23. Re:Still got my old C64 from the early 80s on The Real Inside Story of How Commodore Failed (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    That would certainly explain my Commodore 16's amazingly short lifespan.

  24. Re:As someone who has to administer firewalls... on FTP Resources Will Be Marked Not Secure in Chrome Starting Later This Year (google.com) · · Score: 1

    HTTP is far simpler to implement than FTP

    Not for uploads. You'll need a server-side script for those.

  25. Re:Software Emulator on A New Amiga Will Go On Sale In Late 2017 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I think Fatboy Slim still has an atari ST for stuff. Sure he could use an emulator

    I wish he could. Unfortunately, he can't.

    There's no Atari ST emulator that will support MIDI ports on the host, and no way to emulate those secretive dongle cartridges that music software from way back used as copy protection.