Comment Re:How do you know if a programmer is an extrovert (Score 0) 656
Cue: Hear about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil.
Was it a #2 pencil?
Comment Simple solution (Score 4, Insightful) 189
Make Firefox not suck.
I had a laundry list of issues with FF that culminated in my switching to Chrome, where everything "just works". I used FF for *years*, until I literally couldn't make myself keep fighting with the browser.
Comment I already left.. (Score 3, Interesting) 72
I migrated off Cyrus years ago (to Dovecot) because for my small installation needs, Cyrus was obscenely overcomplicated. I also hate Cyrus SASL with the heat of a thousand suns.
Comment Do I have a choice? (Score 4, Insightful) 103
I somehow suspect that Windows won't exactly give me the option to say 'no' to this update.
Comment Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. (Score 1) 410
What happened to the freedom of speech?
That (freedom of speech, ie. the 1st Amendment) only applies to the government.
Comment Re:please somebody murder flash (Score 2) 76
Maybe take another look at what this exciting new feature does before you try to disable it.
Comment Re:In general... (Score 1) 982
Run Windows Update before you leave the office. I do. I never take my laptop anywhere new without making sure it is all up to date, just one of those things you have to do.
Installing updates right before a presentation sounds like a recipe for trouble. It's not unheard of for updates to break things.
Comment Re:It's NOT a "third party" (Score 2) 147
Agreed, seems to me that the government/law enforcement would be the third party in all this.
Comment Re:Need? (Score 1) 70
There is no "need" for the IoT. We've been getting along fine w/o it and don't really see any point to 99% of it.
The only people who seem to want the IoT are the folks trying to sell it.
Comment Makes perfect sense.. (Score 5, Insightful) 201
Perhaps if they studied Islam a little more, they'd realize blowing shit up does not constitute religious devotion.
Comment So basically.. (Score 4, Insightful) 179
What I'm taking away from this is that anything David ever has made or will make in the future should not be trusted.
Comment Re:The money seems a bit over the top... (Score 1) 344
You have to ask for $50k to be sure you'll get $200 after the lawyers get paid.
Comment Go back?? WTF (Score 1) 211
Finish their terms? No. You let them out, they stay out. They're trying to rebuild their lives, don't fuck them over by making them lose jobs and go back to prison because you programmed a computer incorrectly.
Comment Re:I'm kinda torn (Score 2) 518
Even without a colander, I look like a dork on my driver's license...
Comment No links? (Score 1) 211
No link to the article or the actual typeface being discussed? I'd call this lazy reporting, but it isn't even news. It's just a blurb.
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