babaloo - Slashdot User

Comment For a language I would call bash++ (Score 1) 62

by babaloo on Sunday October 29, 2023 @02:23PM (#63963754) Attached to: Experimental Project Attempts a Python Virtual Shell for Linux

This is a totally expected outcome.

Comment Who paid for the study? (Score 1) 115

by babaloo on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @08:34PM (#62057067) Attached to: Giant Study Finds Viagra Is Linked To Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

Pfizer already extended the patent once - is this just them doing it again?

Comment For 8 years private mode has been detectable (Score 1) 56

by babaloo on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:48PM (#60735296) Attached to: Firefox 83 Arrives With HTTPS-Only Mode and Faster Performance

For 8 years sites can sniff to see that you're in private mode - bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1506680 - and I'd like them to take that security seriously.

Comment Firefox has had this issue for at least 8 years (Score 1) 40

by babaloo on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:40PM (#60146796) Attached to: Incognito Mode Detection Still Works in Chrome Despite Promise To Fix

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781982 - it sounds like a variation on the Chrome issue.

Comment And yet for 7 years you can't trust private mode (Score 1) 40

by babaloo on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:46PM (#59335514) Attached to: Firefox 70 Arrives With Social Tracking Blocked By Default

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781982

Comment HTML 5 approval timeframe (Score 1) 175

by babaloo on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @08:16PM (#35352958) Attached to: Futureproofing Artifacts: Spacewar! 1962 In HTML5

HTML 5 may not be approved by 2025 so they won't have to re-write it!

Comment Re:so? (Score 0, Troll) 117

by babaloo on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @06:09PM (#30675738) Attached to: Fake "Bill Gates" Message Dupes Top Tools

I can't RTFA if I don't accept cookies.

Comment Now if only the kernel was stable (Score 0, Flamebait) 376

by babaloo on Monday December 28, 2009 @02:25PM (#30573760) Attached to: Happy Birthday, Linus

Maybe if he had started with something else I would be able to upgrade my machine and not have to recompile the video driver for a point.point.point-point.point release. Linux is the only operating system in my network (Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, Windows XP and Vista) that this is a problem for.

How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers? 551

Posted by kdawson on Friday December 12, 2008 @05:07PM from the just-don't-say-mmm-kay dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I have a technology background and worked as a programmer for a few years before slipping over to the dark side. I am now on the business side and have been given responsibility for a small team of Java programmers. While the technology aspect of what my team works on doesn't scare me, I need ideas to make sure the team stays motivated while reporting to me, a business-oriented guy. Perhaps I should mention I am in my early 30s while the majority of the team constitute an older, wiser generation. What advice should I follow to avoid turning into yet another Bill Lumbergh?"

Comment So now we have 25MB kernel patches? (Score 1) 380

by babaloo on Thursday October 02, 2008 @06:04PM (#25239357) Attached to: How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux

Since one of the main ideas is to put everything + kitchen sink drivers into the kernel that means that a patch to one of the 800 drivers that I don't need is a giant patch of the kernel. I'll wait a few extra seconds.

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