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can we do one for the java + maven repository galaxy?

drofmijon Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

Wasn't windows 10 supposed to be the "last windows ever" ? Have been hearing about the subscription windows for 20+ years and it hasn't happened yet.

drofmijon How do I opt my access point out of Google Location services?

This is probably related to them getting in trouble for scanning networks while mapping. If I remember correctly they were doing a bit of port scanning and looking for share drives in an attempt to id which SSID was attached to which address. This is probably part of the wrist slap they got from FCC. "Oh well you can totally opt out now so it's ok"

drofmijon US government staff wildly oblivious to basic computer, info security safeguards

It’s better than fax -barely. I worked for a company that builds HR software for gov customers including digital versions of forms with encryption etc. Day one I was faxing all of my own HR forms to HQ in another state.

drofmijon Open-plan office is the worst. Why can't we kill it?

I can slack off just as easily in the office as I could at home. :D or work just as hard at home as in the office.

drofmijon Open-plan office is the worst. Why can't we kill it?

This. It's cheap and upper management doesn't care because they still get an office. Has there been any proper research on productivity loss / gains beyond the anecdotal? I have no idea and management doesn't read books anyway so we are stuck with open plans.

drofmijon 'Facebook baby ads taunted me after stillborn'

Users are not the customer - advertisers are. We don’t pay facebook to use it advertisers do.

drofmijon Mark – A simple and unified notation for both object and markup data

I was thinking this looked like YAML with {}

drofmijon Mark – A simple and unified notation for both object and markup data

Pros: At least its not JSONx :D

Cons: Not seeing any advantage over JSON. If you want a type for objects just add a type field and have your code read it. Then you can use any of the existing parsers.

drofmijon Meltdown and Spectre Linux Kernel Status

for ubuntu command check here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/992137/how-to-check-that-kpt...

Here is one of the commands recommended in that thread:

grep -q "cpu_insecure\|cpu_meltdown\|kaiser" /proc/cpuinfo && echo "patched :)" \ || echo "unpatched :("

drofmijon Meltdown and Spectre Linux Kernel Status

This command does not show anything on my ubuntu 16.04 lts machine.

grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*

is there an alternate command for ubuntu?

drofmijon House Republicans propose to scrap $7,500 electric vehicle credit

My fuel is already taxed - I pay about $0.59 tax per gallon in Virginia.

drofmijon Ask HN: Which scifi authors to interview about immortality?

Howard Tayler - http://howardtayler.com/ He has been writing a sci-fi comic for 17 years and has spent some considerable time investigating and exploring the concept of immortality in the last couple of years of comics.

drofmijon 42 as a Service

The real question is how many lines of code? and who can use less lines :D

drofmijon 42 as a Service

send http get -> service returns value "42"

drofmijon Nokia announces the X and X+, its first Android phones

I was hoping for nokia + android + 41 megapixel camera. But no they have 3 megapixel ones? what?

drofmijon In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars

Smaller countries / cities with better public transit make it viable to own bike instead of car. Not the case in most of US.

drofmijon Weapons made with 3-D printers could test gun-control efforts

You don't need 3-D printers to make guns. They can be quite easily made in any machine shop - albeit with varying degrees of success.

Zipguns / improvised firearms have been a thing for a long time -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm

Gunpowder is pretty easy to make as well.

Stop whining about 3-D printers it's not that big of a deal in regards to guns.