nasredin

Do we really need an update to a web browser every 6 weeks?

A web browser should display information FULL STOP. When the new HTML standard comes out, implement it. Until then just provide security fixes.

It's really not that hard or expensive (500 Million USD should be enough).

Stop changing the UI, adding crap that should be addons (that's why there's addons), adding adverts, adding spyware ("telemetry"), etc.

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Curiously all the Mozilla developers and apologists who are so enthusiastic about defending Firefox (and down voting critical comments) have taken the day off...

The documentary ("Wiener" IIRC) about his run for mayor is pretty good.

Like a train crash in slow motion - good.

Where does "MSN" and "Passport" fit in this orgy?

Hotmail->Live->Outlook

Hotmail - young rebellious teenager with 2 MB of storage

Live - "experimenting" phase, "monopoly conviction? I do not recall!"

Outlook - Older YUP, approaching middle age, quite cynical, but still might change, albeit with reluctance and complete lack of enthusiasm

Just plugging Tox.

https://tox.chat/

Decentralized, DHT-like, no phone numbers.

I've researched all others and Tox is the best choice ATM if you want YOUR data to belong to YOU.

@aol.com is popular with the "hipster" / "techbro" crowd here.

I was quite proud of my 7-digit (in ICQ world, the SMALLER the UIN (why do I still remember these acronyms!) the BIGGER your penis was) ICQ number that started with 404.

404. Quite clever, eh? I guess there was a lot more HTTP 404 errors back then.

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Yes, I too remember my ICQ number but not the birthdays of... I PLEAD THE FIFTH YOUR HONOR!

Hmmm.

I thought they were both instant messengers, just AIM was more popular in US and ICQ was more popular in Israel and Eastern Europe.

One distinct feature AIM had were the IRC-like chat rooms.

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You may be confused WRT an ICQ "offline messaging" feature, which IIRC allowed one to send messages to offline contacts, who would see the message when they signed in.

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Also in case you didn't know: ICQ is a (too lazy) of "I Seek You".

Winamp 2 or 5?

Version 5 kinda sucks.

>A part of me can't wait to see the President whose entire life can be cherry-picked from various servers and datacenters.

So we can add porn preferences (Hi Senator Cruz!) to list of non-issues people use when choosing the leader of the free world!

Hold on, hold on, let me put on my robe and wizard hat!

Roy Moore?

Sorry, couldn't resist ;)

You won this thread.

It's not really "computer ethics" but rather, just "ethics".

Well, like TFA says hopefully we won't have any new videos of above-ground nuke "tests".

Putin's approval rating is in the 80s.

That should be enough to tell you what they think of you without looking at polls.

(IIRC they were trying to shut down the one independent poll firm recently)

>For all their posturing, Russia just lacks the means to be as dangerous as the US is.

Probably the best one line summary of Russia one can make.

Yes.

Also IMHO...

Critical thinking (it's a real philosophical discipline with textbooks and etc.) should be taught in every school.

Recognizing fallacies and bad claims is frankly much more useful to me everyday than almost everything else I learned.

LMFTFY:

The average customer just goes to their cable company (coax cable) or their telephone company (DSL).

(And the kicker is... they both suck!)

BLM?

Black Lives Matter or that Bureau of Land Management standoff?

I wouldn't categorize BLM (Black Lives) as NOT peaceful (or at least in the same category as Vietnam protests). If you mean riots, IMHO it's a separate issue.

Stay away from Orwell's 1984.

You will be pissed.

Interesting intersection of traditions.

Usually Russians watch Ironiya Sudby on December 31, since Christmas is not celebrated.

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Another one that everybody watches is Briliantovaya Ruka.

>but how some were fighting tearing them down because of nostalgia.

No.

Alexey Kovalev (of Moscow Times IIRC) is your guy if you wanna know more. But I am sure these people are not going to protests for "nostalgia".

OT.

Thanks for being pro-freedom (pro-privacy), but you are selling a privacy-respecting system and your name is "Adtac"?

For privacy-conscious out there, anything with "ad" in its name screams "acceptable ads"/shady advertising corp masquerading as a privacy company.

They are not really "custom".

Maximum quality is usually via

Video editor:

VirtualDub

MKVToolNix

(cut a scene and convert to uncompressed video)

GIF editor (they are still around):

Jasc Animation Shop

Ulead Gif Animator

(open uncompressed video and convert to GIF)

And there are a ton of noob-friendly tools that combine the two.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Isn't he an "unlawful enemy combatant" (does not wear an uniform and carry arms openly, so Geneva does not apply) and not a "traitor"?

OT. There's a famous Vietnam photo of a South Vietnamese executing a man in civilian clothes who is actually a North Vietnamese spy. IIRC that was completely legal.

Do you think Mueller indictments and guilty pleas contradict you?

These are powerful people who had to go to court just like an average person.

You are holding them wrong.

What the hell is this???

A hammer analogy?

If it ain't broke don't "fix" it.

Car analogies only please.

(Ironically "if it ain't broke..." doesn't apply to Apple)

>Sixteen different options, and I honestly don't know anybody in my circle of friends who couldn't pull off at least three of them.

Not everybody is so lucky unfortunately.

The local school board members cannot invade other countries, or lower taxes without paying for them (essentially raising taxes on my children).

If local elections really "mattered", I'm sure the two party system would have found a way for the people of Florida and or Ohio to "elect" them for me.

Local election seem to matter to RWA/"conservative" types who want to include intelligent design, anti climate change in their school books or put 10 Commandments monuments in public spaces.

(Insert an observation about Alabama here)

>The apathy, desperation, political violence/polarization, filter bubbles, poor economy for the average person, rise of the new alt-right, antifa, and resurgence of the extreme/alt-left all make me feel like a collapse is coming.

There's no such thing as the "alt-left".