Nillerz - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Sounds good to me (Score 1) 185

by Nillerz on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @09:12AM (#50346019) Attached to: Bitcoin Fork Divides Community

So two different ways that can go, either they are halved or more (in which case, hodl until one wins), or they are not halved (in which case sell sell sell sell sell, hodl the cash, wait for a winner, and buy buy buy, and simultaneously hope that the price doesn't go too high for the winning side in the meantime). Personally, I'm really shitty at timing, so I'm just going to hodl no matter what. I'm proud to do my part in ensuring the price of bitcoin remains relatively high.

Comment Man, the mid-2000s! (Score 1) 136

by Nillerz on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:28AM (#50345777) Attached to: Debian Founder: How I Came To Find Linux

I was a young adult about to head out in the world, and I had a machine running Windows XP, and it was terrible, so I put this thing called Slackware 1.0 on it. Just kiddin', it was Ubuntu. Turns out I'm new to the game.

Submission + - Patch management for offline customer systems?

Submitted by Nillerz on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @09:27AM

Nillerz writes: Hello, /.!

What, in your experience, is generally the best way to distribute patches in a way so customers can download them, considering that the machines are offline? Are there any software packages (open source preferred) that pretty much allow engineers to upload a patch with a description to a web server, and allow customers with credentials that are registered in LDAP to browse and download them quickly?

Thanks.

Comment Whenever anyone says "Sweden"... (Score 0) 346

by Nillerz on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @01:57PM (#48094371) Attached to: Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services

I just want to vomit. Seriously, it's a nation with a tiny population and a gigantic amount of crude petroleum wealth. Stop comparing them to us. That's like saying "Why can't we get the same efficiency that the Prius has in my diesel?"? It is a car analogy.

Comment What is this "Free Market" that you speak of? (Score 0) 291

by Nillerz on Monday July 21, 2014 @12:31PM (#47501397) Attached to: Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be

You mention a "free market". What is a "free market" and where exactly does one exist? I ask because there certainly isn't one in America, unless you're redefining the term.

Comment Definition of Algorithm: (Score 1) 1

by Nillerz on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @05:01PM (#47372009) Attached to: Brain-decoding chip, algorithms give quadriplegic movement again

Algorithm: A process that is too complicated to explain

Comment Why trust the internet? (Score 1) 191

by Nillerz on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @08:55AM (#47367721) Attached to: 30% of Americans Aren't Ready For the Next Generation of Technology

I used to do a lot of web development and e-mail security, I do not trust the internet. Good on anyone who doesn't.

Comment Re:10 bucks says it's being mined and recycled. (Score 1) 3

by Nillerz on Monday June 30, 2014 @04:37PM (#47353527) Attached to: Ninety-nine percent of the ocean's plastic is missing

yes, but as far as I know, plastic adheres to other plastic and they have a tendency to form giant plastic islands. Isn't it easier just to grab a bunch of it for some weird purposes?

Comment 10 bucks says it's being mined and recycled. (Score 1) 3

by Nillerz on Monday June 30, 2014 @04:31PM (#47353481) Attached to: Ninety-nine percent of the ocean's plastic is missing

10 bucks says it's being mined and recycled.

Submission + - Ninety-nine percent of the ocean's plastic is missing 3

Submitted by sciencehabit on Monday June 30, 2014 @03:50PM

sciencehabit writes: Millions of tons. That’s how much plastic should be floating in the world’s oceans, given our ubiquitous use of the stuff. But a new study finds that 99% of this plastic is missing. One disturbing possibility: Fish are eating it. If that’s the case, “there is potential for this plastic to enter the global ocean food web,” says Carlos Duarte, an oceanographer at the University of Western Australia, Crawley. “And we are part of this food web.”

Comment XFCE is normal. Normal is good (Score 1) 1

by Nillerz on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:24PM (#47307007) Attached to: Xfce: Choice Desktop environment for new Linux Users

All the other DEs for Linux seem to be focused on being cool or hip or trendy, but XFCE is just stable, normal, and mature software.

Comment Open is better, generally (Score 1) 1

by Nillerz on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:17PM (#47306949) Attached to: PHP vs. .NET: Which Should You Learn?

I know PHP is sorta sucky as a language, but it's getting a lot better. I think there are a lot more jobs out there for a PHP dev than there are for a .Net guy.

Comment Worst idea ever. Don't block based on browser. (Score 1) 512

by Nillerz on Thursday February 11, 2010 @11:59AM (#31100406) Attached to: Is Internet Explorer 6/7 Support Required Now?

It's good to see that I think "redirection" is a dick move. Seriously, I fucking hate that. When someone is at work and HAS to use IE, or if someone just doesn't feel like upgrading, or is running a computer that can't run modern browsers, asking them to upgrade is okay, but telling them that this site isn't accessible from their browser is just straight up pissy.

Comment That bit about Apple at the end... (Score 1) 594

by Nillerz on Friday September 12, 2008 @08:53AM (#24976643) Attached to: Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems

First off, I think personally that macs look stupid, but that's beside the point. A week ago I downloaded iTunes for the hell of it, was turned off by the advertisement all over the goddamn place, and uninstalled it. Since then, Apple hasn't shut the fuck up. Every day, a new e-mail is in my inbox going on about the new iPod. I marked them as spam, I've tried to get off the list. I haven't succeeded yet. Fuck you apple.

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