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Submission + - Slashdot creates beta site users express theirs dislike (slashdot.org) 4

who_stole_my_kidneys writes: Slashdot started redirecting users in February to its newly revamped webpage and received a huge backlash from users. The majority of comments dislike the new site while some do offer solutions to make it better. The question is will Slashdot force the unwanted change on its users that clearly do not want change?

Submission + - Once Slashdot beta has been foisted upon me, what site should I use instead? 2

somenickname writes: As a long time Slashdot reader, I'm wondering what website to transition to once the beta goes live. The new beta interface seems very well suited to tablets/phones but, it ignores the fact that the user base is, as one would expect, nerds sitting in front of very large LCD monitors and wasting their employers time. It's entirely possible that the browser ID information gathered by the site has indicated that they get far more hits on mobile devices where the new interface is reasonable but, I feel that no one has analyzed the browser ID (and screen resolution) against comments modded +5. I think you will find that most +5 comments are coming from devices (real fucking computers) that the new interface does not support well. Without an interface that invites the kind of users that post +5 comments, Slashdot is just a ho-hum news aggregation site that allows comments. So, my question is, once the beta is the default, where should Slashdot users go to?

Comment Re:Hire them at companies without experience (Score 1) 545

I mostly agree with you, but I don't think your personal anecdote is a good example of what you're trying to convey since apparently some boys started archery/self-defense, decided they didn't like it, and changed. The teachers were just conveying their experience (like you) that most boys play football/baseball and girls do the other stuff. Anyway, I would have been with you (and the girls :) doing the archery/self-defense. :)

Comment Re:Basic functionality of an OS is there (Score 2) 63

All that code developed by companies is then reviewed and tested by part timers

[[Citation Needed]] The linked article suggests the opposite and shows that signing off on code submissions is overwhelmingly corporate.

What, you don't browse the Linux repository's weekly commits every Saturday evening like me? People get paid for that?!

Comment Re:Never gonna happen, because of how OSS works. (Score 1) 299

If you want to use pro audio, you want to be able to mix the low latency, high sampling rate stream together with the regular OS/Desktop audio.

Why on earth would you want to mix your professionally sounding audio with every freaking app that goes "ding" or "boing" or "you've got mail"? To me, that sounds like the perfect way to ruin everything.

I WANT my music production app to grab the sound card for itself, so no "ding" or "boing" can touch it.

This. Maybe GP is talking way above my head but that just sounded like a very bizarre requirement.

Comment Re: Who cares (Score 2) 86

Another vote for vomit-inducing. DICE please take notice because it was strongly conveyed in comments of the beta announcement: I, and many like me, have had /. our homepage for 15+ yrs and read it several times a day. If you go with this godawful layout I expect you'll be lucky to have 10% of your current traffic. I will certainly not be one of those remaining... It makes me sad that a single company can singlehandedly kill a beloved site/brand like this... It now seems inevitable...

Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 465

a complete answer would be Python and C++, because numpy/scipy can't do everything and Python is still very slow for number-crunching.

That's why more people should check out Cython. It's basically it's own language modeled closely after Python but uses C-like language constructions when optimizations are helpful. I quite liked it when I checked it out, but I haven't been following it much recently.

Comment Re:This reminds me of... (Score 1) 1191

that "flat", pastel, square look. Like, Windows 8. Or new iOS.

There needs to be a word for this: eliminating functionality in the name of creating a "new" way of doing things.

"GNOMEing" something I propose. Kind of like I use "Borging" something up whenever some significant other rearranges the decor for no good reason like the Borg on Star Trek.

Comment Re:Probably a prank gone wrong. (Score 1) 413

Holy shit! From the article:

Witnesses told police that the car, a late-1990s or early 2000s model, slowed quickly and swerved before hitting Vidal and continuing north on Hillandale Road.

It certainly sounds like a sad "prank" as you said. WTF? I've never heard of this but I know Americans (as I am one) hate bicyclists with a passion, but this phenomenon (if generally true like you suggest) is fucking crazy...

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