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Comment Re: One thing for sure (Score 2) 531

Also, if you read the religious books, it's amazing how many visions of god happened at high altitude or after days (months) wandering in the wilderness with no food, when the human brain isn't exactly working at its best and hallucinations are far from uncommon.

Submission + - Uber Offers Free Rides to Koreans, Hopes They Won't Report Illegal Drivers (itworld.com)

itwbennett writes: Uber Technologies is offering free rides on its uberX ride-sharing service in the South Korean capital of Seoul, after city authorities intensified their crackdown on illegal drivers by offering a reward to residents who report Uber drivers to police. South Korean law prohibits unregistered drivers from soliciting passengers using private or rented vehicles and carries a penalty of up to two years in prison or fines of up to 20 million won.

Submission + - Intel to rebrand Atom chips along lines of Core processors (computerworld.com.au)

angry tapir writes: Intel has announced that going forward it will use style of branding for its Atom chips that is similar to its branding for Core chips. Atom CPUs will have the X3, X5 and X7 designations, much like with the Core i3, i5 and i7 brands. An Atom X3 will deliver good performance, X5 will be better and X7 will be the best, an Intel spokeswoman said.

Submission + - Facebook's Colonies (vice.com)

sarahnaomi writes: That the internet is the most powerful tool humanity has ever created is old hat. I'm sure I could find the same thing written somewhere in a 1995 issue of Wired. And over those last 20 years, that knowledge has come with a simple imperative: we must increase access, close the digital divide, lest entire populations of people—who are likely already disadvantaged, as access trickles down with economic and geopolitical privilege—be left behind.

Facebook this week released a major report on global internet access, as part of the company's Internet.org campaign, which aims to bring cheap internet to new markets in partnership with seven mobile companies. Facebook says 1.39 billion people used its product in December 2014, and it's natural for the company to try to corral the other four-fifths of the planet.

But aside from ideals and growth markets, the report highlights a tension inherent to the question of access: When Facebook sets sail to disconnected markets, what version of the internet will it bring?

Comment Re:Exactamundo & easiest/best way (Score 2) 188

Luckily greasmonkey userscripts are great for that sort of thing:

// ==UserScript==
// @name noAPK
// @namespace noAPK
// @description Attempts to hide posts by APK on Slashdot
// @include http://slashdot.org/*
// @include http://.slashdot.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var posts = document.querySelectorAll('.commentBody');
var pattern = /apk-hosts-file/im;
Array.prototype.forEach.call(posts, function(el, i){
if(pattern.test(el.innerHTML)==true) {
el.style.display = 'none';
}
});

Submission + - ISIS is planning a free speech protest on Twitter tomorrow (dailydot.com) 2

Patrick O'Neill writes: Facing a wave of account suspensions on Twitter, ISIS's famously organized social media presence is preparing a "worldwide day of action" to protest what many of their supporters view as a violation of their free speech. Earlier this week, A U.S. Justice Department senior official said earlier this week that he would consider bringing criminal charges against anyone who spreads ISIS propaganda on social media.

Comment Re:flash blockers (Score 1) 188

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work for me, not on Slashdot at least. I went to this link the other day and I got a black box with the usual flashblock symbol but the video still autoplays in a layer behind the black box. I double checked and I do have "Block HTML 5 video as well" checked. Maybe it literally only works for video, not audio?

Submission + - Whiteboard subsitutes for distributed teams?

DoofusOfDeath writes: I work on a fully distributed software development team with 5-10 people. Normally it's great, but when we're doing heavy design work, we really need to all be standing in front of a whiteboard together. This is expensive and time consuming, because it involves airplanes and hotels. Conference calls, editing shared Google docs, etc. just don't seem to be the same. Have people found any good tools or practices to replace standing in front of a real whiteboard?

Comment Re:I've posted this 1312 times (Score 1) 147

Hmm, good point. I installed Firefox when I first got the tablet and have mostly used it ever since.

However last year I re-flashed to CM11 which must have come with the stock Android browser. I didn't noticed the change from Chrome to Android browser because I never really used either of them, I just installed FF again.

Anyway my original point, that FF mobile is more bloated than the Android browser, still stands but I now realise I shouldn't have referred to it as the 'default' Android browser, my bad...

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