RAID is not backup. RAID is hardware resiliency, but it does nothing against either accidental / cryptolocker deletion. Nor does it help in case of fire.

I heard great things about backblaze. I don't use it, but only because it doesn't work well with my NAS setup.

Fragmentation is and always will be the largest barrier to mainstream linux desktop. Preventing that is very difficult (as the debacle with systemd shows).

The thing I love about windows configuration is discoverability.

I learned 3/4 of my windows administrator knowledge by clicking around in the configuration screen. Now, I am not in any way a professional windows administrator but for personal use (and family support) this is more than enough.

Compare that to a CLI, and things are totally terrible. --help and man kind of work, but they tend to presume a lot of knowledge. Furthermore, if you don't know what command you need, this ain't gonna get you there. The best option is tab-completion and guesswork. Configuration files are better in this regard, but they completely lack validation, making it possible to fuck up a system by a simple typo without any on-line verification.

This issue with implementing such a GUI is consistency. Even microsoft doesn't get this right, with many of the more advanced stuff remaining in old separate and archaic systems. Getting open source to agree on a standard for this, and then keeping that standard relevant and modern would be hard, even if you could get most people to agree this is needed.

The inbuilt text editor of Emacs is pretty shitty though. Really limits its potential as a desktop environment.

I stopped using uTorrent when the upgrade bundelled rootkit-like adware.

Sure, my fault for just clicking next and not un-checking that box, but when a wrong upgrade requires a complete wipe of windows, a product has lost my trust and support.

Make gambling against the rules, try and ban bots. Then, to give some credence to the rules, any items received from a gambling bot will be destroyed.

There is also the simple matter of diminishing returns. At 99,99% security, extra security matter a lot less than at 90%.

As it turns out, making a really good battery means putting a lot of energy into a small thing. Enough energy that failure induced rapid discharge is basically an explosion.

Combining this with low-weight requirements leads to little shielding, which makes the batteries more vulnerable. Finally, lets add some heat in usual use, and we get this.

Basically the same thing happened with the hoverboards. l-ion scares me.

That is a legal point, not an ethical one though. Breaking unjust laws is neigh the definition of civil disobedience.

Actually, the process youtube uses to takedown isn't actually a DMCA takedown process. The requirements for the claimant are essentially equivalent, but it is not an official DMCA takedown. This precludes YouTube from it's duty to perform due-dilligence, and shields YouTube from liability should they wrongly remove a video.

HOTS was a huge success, because it was almost entirely an accident. Very little actual investment, and a pretty good return.

There certainly is in the Netherlands. This is why the 'Flevopolder' was made.

My guess: "shit we aren't winning in public. How do we retract this without saving face."

You really think Netflix has the option to buy globally? I sure as shit don't see the networks agreeing to that deal. Furthermore, even if the networks wanted to, they probably have some preexisting exclusive licensing deals that prevent them from giving global deals.

This is not a move Netflix is making by choice. They are making it to keep the non-original content.

No where within site linked to with the text "mining as a necessary bug, but a bug nonetheless" is it stated that mining is a bug. In fact, the word mining is only used twice. It is mentioned only to explain what mining is in the most hand-wavy way possible. Very misleading