Aah, Slashdot, we had some fun times, didn't we?

But now you're just that rss feed that shows me articles I already read a week ago on some other, better site, and that I have to log into via TOR if I want to comment because the people running one of the world's larger tech websites can't figure out how to unblock an IP address, even after 2+ years and like a hundred emails back and forth.

I'd say that I'm going to miss you, but that wouldn't be true - I already did the mourning and adjusting 18 months ago when it became
obvious that somehow unblocking an IP address was a difficult ask. I should have removed you from my rss then, but I held out hope.

Bye

(P.S: If someone from slashdot ever does figure out how to unban an IP, let me know and I'll think about whether I want to come back)

Rian Johnson is an "internet rube" now?

They have a bunch of other hollywood people subscribed to them too, but I can't be bothered looking for the proof to impress some random slashdotter.

And no, it's more like saying that because McDonald's is the world's most successful restaurant because they sold billions of hamburgers.

It's not Shit Trek, that's giving it too much credit. It doesn't deserve to have the word "Trek" associated with it in any way.

It's a nonsensically dumb, hugely generic action show that betrays everything Star Trek is supposed to be about, with a Star Trek label slapped on the it in the hope that idiots will buy it.

This would be cool, except that CBS has committed itself to never making any more Star Trek ever again. Episode 1 of Picard was confirmation of this fact.

Which is a pity, new Star Trek would be awesome, there hasn't been any in well over a decade. Imagine modern VFX with a great Star Trek story! I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. I'd be all like "shut up and take my money, Seth MacFarlane".

A free month of CBS to watch Picard? I'm afraid that's too expensive: I'd still be paying for the bandwidth.And I'd need to be reimbursed for my time. If you offered me $5000 per episode I might consider watching it.

If I was really bored.

And if I was really really strapped for cash, unable to afford food, and the cops had already busted me sucking dick for $2 each at the local truck stop.

Then I might consider it.

I already paid good money for actual physical discs of The Orville. I'll just watch that again instead.

Good luck with your dumpster fires, CBS.

I'm just glad that Firefox dropped XUL support in FF57 in favour of webextensions, because they're so much more secure. So what if had to either switch to waterfox or lose crucial functionality? At least this kind of thing is now impossible.

Chrome should totally move to webextensions like FF did. It would totally prevent this from happ...uh...wait a minute...

I mean, yeah, this ruling is absurd, and the practice of not refunding preorders is a joke, and Nintendo are scum for not doing it (and for a bunch of other reasons we don't need to get into)...
 
...But if you're preordering games in 2020 I don't have a lot of sympathy for you. If you're old enough and capable enough to preorder something then you're old and capable enough to know better.

Because "respecting these mild constraints" would give you a false sense of security. Including these "controls" does not prevent the actions that it purports to prevent, you can still copy portions of the text, take screenshots, etc, because having these protections actually work is not something that's technically possible.

Chrome "respecting" these controls encourages non-technical and unknowing users to think that the document is "protected" and can't be copied or whatever, leading them to make mistakes like publishing them publicly when they really shouldn't.

You're better off having software that enables features like this so that you're not deluding yourself. Not to mention the fact that it's nice to be able to use copy and paste.

It always makes me chuckle when these people go on about "safe" fission power. Where they use some strange definition of "safe" that means "the radioactive waste will 'only' be deadly for 1000 years rather than 10,000".

I also love the "all but guarantees" bit. That's some nice use of weasel words there. Then when it melts down and irradiates a huge area making it uninhabitable for as long as there has been human civilization these people will say "oh we never actually guaranteed anything".

There are two places where it's acceptable to use fission power: in space, and on mars. And note that I said acceptable, not that it was a good idea.

Or you could install Blokada or any of a hundred other android adblockers and keep using whatever browser you prefer. It might even manage to block the ads in the youtube app.

This. Newpipe is my go-to player on mobile, but I also keep skytube handy. Each has features that the other doesn't. Neither has ads. both have background play and the ability to download videos.

I wouldn't quite say "ever". That's a bit unfair. Particularly when we're talking about blind hatred.

If they were to open source some stuff we might actually give a crap about, like DirectX and Windows and Skype, and they were generally nice and good and kind and didn't screw anyone over, and they kept all that up for...say...35 years, then I'd start thinking about trusting them. A little bit. Maybe even enough that I'd consider running some of their non-critical software on actual physical hardware.

If they wanted to make an actual meaningful step towards building some trust and goodwill from the people they've burned in the past, my suggestions would be to release the Windows XP source under a BSD license, and open source the current version of DirectX..

Microsoft, I wish you luck in this endeavour. Let's talk in 2054.

In other news, Microsoft has just announced an ambitious plan to outfit the navy's submarines with screen doors.

still you refuse to engage or debate on the actual issues or respond to or refute anything I say, just as I predicted days ago

still you refuse to engage or debate on the actual issues or respond to or refute anything I say, just as I predicted days ago.

Still you refuse to engage or debate on the actual issues or respond to or refute anything I say. just as I predicted days ago.