Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Slashdot » O'Reilly Gives Away Free Programming Ebooks
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: There's now a section on OReilly.com offering free ebooks about computer programming. There's four free Java ebooks and seven about Python, as well as an "Other" section which contains ebooks like C++ Today, Swift Pocket Reference, and Why Rust? But there's also some broader categories for Open Source and Software Architecture ebooks, as well as … [Link]
Mashable » AT&T ends Samsung Note7 replacement program after reports of more explosions
The recent reports of Samsung Galaxy Note7 replacement devices exploding, just like the first version, have prompted AT&T to immediately suspend its replacement program. SEE ALSO: Man claims Samsung Galaxy Note7 replacement sent him to the hospital "We're no longer exchanging new Note 7s at this time, pending further investigation of these reported incidents," the company said in a statement on … [Link]
Mashable » Man claims Samsung Galaxy Note7 replacement sent him to the hospital
After reports of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices, the company promised that replacement units should allay any safety concerns. But now, with yet another report of a replacement Galaxy Note7 unit exploding, it's becoming clear that Samsung will have trouble winning the public's trust regarding the problematic smartphone. SEE ALSO: It's time for Samsung to explain what the hell is wrong … [Link]
Slashdot » A Spotify Ad Slipped Malware Onto PCs and Macs
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes TechHive: Spotify's ads crossed from nuisance over to outright nasty this week, after the music service's advertising started serving up malware to users on Wednesday. The malware was able to automatically launch browser tabs on Windows and Mac PCs, according to complaints that surfaced online…the ads directed users' browsers to other malware-containing sites in the … [Link]
Mashable » President Obama slams Trump for his 'demeaning' comments about women
Speaking in Illinois at a fundraiser, President Barack Obama weighed in on the lewd comments made by Donald Trump in a 2005 tape that was leaked on Friday afternoon. SEE ALSO: Here's what happens if Donald Trump raises Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct at the debate Obama, who has not held back in expressing his ire for Trump, lamented the "disturbing" nature … [Link]
Slashdot » Why Linus Torvalds Prefers x86 Over ARM
Linus Torvalds answered a question about his favorite chip architecture at the Linaro Connect conference. An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes PCWorld: People are too fixated with the instruction set and the CPU core, Torvalds said. But ultimately "what matters is all the infrastructure around the instruction set, and x86 has all that infrastructure… at a lot of different levels. It's … [Link]
Mashable » FX's 'Legion' will connect to the X-Men movies (but there's a twist)
Much is still a mystery when it comes to FX's Legion, the ambitious new X-Men series being produced in collaboration with Marvel Television, but creator Noah Hawley just offered a few hints about how his mind-bending drama ties into the larger X-Men cinematic universe. He was joined Sunday at New York Comic Con by the cast, executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner … [Link]
Mashable » Action figures clash in this cheap shot-for-shot remake of ‘Superman’
Did you think Man of Steel was too heavy on visual effects? Here's a classic scene from Superman: The Movie without any visual effects at all, that will still make you believe a man (okay, an action figure) can fly. Our CineFix series, Homemade Movies, serves up creative remakes of your favorite trailers and movie scenes. All videos are shot-for-shot remakes … [Link]
Slashdot » Germany Calls For a Ban On Combustion Engine Cars By 2030
Germany gave the world the internal combustion engine, and now it is prepping to ban the amazing invention in the country. The country's federal council has passed a resolution to ban the ICE starting in 2030. From an Engadget report:The country's Bundesrat (federal council) has passed a resolution calling for a ban on new internal combustion engine cars by 2030. … [Link]
Mashable » Here's what happens if Donald Trump raises Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct at the debate
This story was updated at 8:50 p.m. ET to include Trump's pre-debate press conference. Donald J. Trump appears to relish nothing more than taunting his opponents. Whether he's calling them loser, neurotic, ugly or dopey, no insult is too low if it might wound his adversary. Well in advance of Sunday night's presidential debate against Hillary Clinton, Trump had already threatened … [Link]
Mashable » Rudy Giuliani stumped when attempting to defend Donald Trump on 'Meet The Press'
It’s almost impossible to defend the leaked video that surfaced Friday in which Donald Trump makes repulsive comments about groping women — but Rudy Giuliani is going to try. The former New York City mayor appeared on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday morning when host Chuck Todd delivered a question which left Giuliani speechless. "One thing he's not is what … [Link]
Slashdot » Melinda Gates Was Encouraged To Use an Apple and BASIC. Her Daughters Were Not.
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In August, Melinda Gates penned Computers Are For Girls, Too, in which she lamented that her daughters "are half as likely to major in computer science as I was 30 years ago." So, what's changed in the last 30 years? Well, at last week's DreamForce Conference, Gates credited access to Apple computers at school and … [Link]
Mashable » WWII vet receives his high school diploma 71 years after getting drated
Just a few months before his high school graduation in 1945, Abner Simon was drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces to fight in World War II. Finally, after 71 years, Simon has received his high school diploma. Simon, now 89 years old, stopped by the Orangefield Independent School District in Texas on Friday to get a copy of his transcript, which … [Link]
Slashdot » Dropbox, Google Drive, GitHub and Microsoft OneDrive Cloud Services Blocked In Turkey
An anonymous reader quotes the censorship-monitoring site Turkey Blocks: Turkey has blocked access to Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive and partially restricted Google Drive cloud file sharing services following the leak of a set of private emails allegedly belonging to Minister Albayrak by hacktivist group RedHack. Both Google Drive and Dropbox services were issuing SSL errors, indicating intercepted traffic at the national … [Link]
Mashable » Elon Musk teases 'unexpected' new Tesla product
Elon Musk is getting ready to announce a new product — but he's not giving many clues about what it might be. On Sunday morning, the Tesla CEO sent out a tweet about a "product unveiling" on Oct. 17. Tesla product unveiling on the 17th (unexpected by most), followed by Tesla/SolarCity on the 28th — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2016 … [Link]
Slashdot » Samsung Knew a Third Replacement Note 7 Caught Fire On Tuesday and Said Nothing
If you had started to feel sympathetic for Samsung, or safer with the Note 7, its latest flagship smartphone, don't be. Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire, making it three of such incident this week alone. Read how poorly Samsung has dealt with the situation, via The Verge: This one was owned by Michael Klering of Nicholasville, … [Link]
Mashable » The complete guide to watching Sunday's presidential debate
Ready for Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump, round two? The two candidates face off in the second presidential debate on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump's most vulgar comments yet caught on tape Not much has happened since the last deba … what's that? Trump said what? Well, that certainly changes … [Link]
Slashdot » Why Is Science Fiction Snubbed By Literary Awards?
Slashdot reader bowman9991 quotes an essay from GalacticBrain: Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space," mocked Margaret Atwood, … [Link]
Mashable » 'Saturday Night Live' finally reveals a major mystery from 'Stranger Things'
While it's universally accepted that Netflix's Stranger Things is simply incredible, many noted one incredibly obvious and probably racist oversight from the creators. While the show portrayed a few parents and their concern for their children's whereabouts, it never addresses the parents of Lucas Sinclair, who just happens to be the only black kid on the show. But a sneak … [Link]
Mashable » Superman catches Lois just in time in homemade movie recreation
Did you think Man of Steel was too heavy on visual effects? Here's a classic scene from Superman: The Movie—re-created without any visual effects at all— that will still make you believe a man (okay, an action figure) can fly. Our CineFix series, Homemade Movies, serves up creative DIY versions of your favorite trailers and movie scenes. All videos are shot-for-shot … [Link]
Slashdot » Are Tech Firms Liable For What Their Users Post?
Thursday Texas police officers arrested the CEO of Backpage.com, a web site allowing escorts to post classified ads, on a felony charge accusing him of pimping. Slashdot reader whoever57 writes: It is likely that the charges will not stick because of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, under which publishers are protected from liability for the postings of their … [Link]
Mashable » Alec Baldwin and 'SNL' destroy Donald Trump over obscene comments
Saturday Night Live is probably extremely happy with its recent decision to hire Alec Baldwin to play the role of Donald Trump. In the cold open of last night's show, SNL began with Mikey Day as Tim Kaine and Beck Bennett playing the role of Mike Pence at the vice presidential debates. The skit opens with Pence defending Trump, much … [Link]
Slashdot » One U.S. Election-System Vendor Is Using Developers in Serbia
The Open Source Election Technology Foundation is trying to move U.S. voting machines from "proprietary, vendor-owned systems to ones that are owned 'by the people of the United States.'" But in the meantime, Slashdot reader dcblogs brings this report from ComputerWorld: One major election technology company, Dominion Voting Systems, develops its systems in the U.S. and Canada but also has … [Link]
Mashable » Taking a selfie while high-fiving yourself is the newest internet trend
On Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, history was made. Although many people have attempted the feat before, a man named Seth Schneider did the impossible, and snapped a photo of him high-fiving himself without the use of a tripod or some other tool to hold his camera steady. Today is the proudest day of my life. I successfully took a picture of … [Link]
Mashable » Man has the cutest reaction when his wife tells him she's pregnant
Finding out you're going to be a parent prompts reactions ranging from excited to downright terrified, but this dude just won the prize for cutest reaction ever. Tania Gutierrez wanted to capture her husband Ronald's reaction when she told him she was pregnant, so she set up a camera, laid the positive pregnancy test along with a copy of her ultrasound … [Link]
Popular Science » How To Watch The Second Presidential Debate If You Don't Have A TV
Technology Not that finding it will be hard… Wondering where to watch the presidential debates? We've got good news: it'll be hard to miss them. Pretty much every social media app, newtwork website, and news… [Link]
Slashdot » More Software Engineers Over Age 40 May Join a Lawsuit Against Google
More trouble for tech giants and how they are dealing with people. Google suffered a setback in an age discrimination suit this week. A judge ruled that other software engineers over age 40 who interviewed with the company but didn't get hired can step forward and join the lawsuit. From a Business Insider report: The suit was brought by two … [Link]
Mashable » How to help people impacted by Hurricane Matthew in the U.S.
After Hurricane Matthew barreled down on Haiti and parts of the Bahamas and Cuba, the storm turned its destructive attention to several states in the U.S. Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas have all been affected by the storm, which caused massive flooding in the region, uprooted trees and tore through homes. At least 10 people have died, and the toll is … [Link]
Slashdot » When Her Best Friend Died, She Rebuilt Him Using Artificial Intelligence
When Roman Mazurenko died, his friend Eugenia Kuyda created a digital monument to him: an artificial intelligent bot that could "speak" as Roman using thousands of lines of texts sent to friends and family. From the report: "It's pretty weird when you open the messenger and there's a bot of your deceased friend, who actually talks to you," Fayfer said. … [Link]
Mashable » Heartbreaking scenes of Japanese-Americans assembling for internment camps in 1942
A child looks at a soldier as he assembles for evacuation with his family.Image: Library of CongressShortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which granted the Secretary of War the power to designate certain areas of the country as military zones … [Link]
Mashable » Online dating FOMO is ruining my chances of finding a date
LONDON — Sitting in a packed Tube carriage on my way home from work, I swipe through my phone. SEE ALSO: This Snapchat feature can tell you if your crush is into you As I trawl through to find another track on Spotify, my eyes flit to the yellow Bumble icon"Oh god," I say internally. I'd not opened the app in … [Link]
Slashdot » After 22 Years, 386BSD Gets An Update
386BSD was last released back in 1994 with a series of articles in Dr. Dobb's Journal — but then developers for this BSD-based operating system started migrating to both FreeBSD and NetBSD. An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: The last known public release was version 0.1. Until Wednesday, when Lynne Jolitz, one of the co-authors of 386BSD, released the source code … [Link]
Mashable » Desert Trip: The Rolling Stones cover the Beatles, and other End Times signs
INDIO, Calif. — In a year when music icons of a certain age have been leaving us by the increasingly depressing handful, it's easy to get nostalgic — if not a little wistful — when the ones still here find cause to come together. And come together they did: The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan on Friday night, Neil Young and … [Link]
Mashable » Aussie police are already arresting creepy clowns after multiple sightings
The appearance of creepy clowns has been reported across the U.S. in recent months, starting in South Carolina, when children told police that a group of clowns had tried to lure them into the woods. Thanks to the law of the internet, it was only a matter of time before the phenomenon showed up Down Under. SEE ALSO: Creepy clowns are … [Link]
Mashable » Here's everyone and everything #MoreElectableThanTrump
It wasn't outright racism or tax troubles that finally caused Donald Trump's campaign to implode. Instead, it was a hot mic video, revealed by the Washington Post, which exposed the Republican presidential candidate talking crudely about sexual assault in 2005. Since the video emerged Friday, rumors have been flying about whether the GOP would dump Trump from the ticket. As Mashable … [Link]
Mashable » 'SNL' host Lin-Manuel Miranda taunts Trump: 'Never gonna be president'
Not to step on the joke too much here, but what Lin-Manuel Miranda is saying is that Donald Trump threw away his shot. After a Saturday Night Live opener ripped from the Saturday morning headlines — Alec Baldwin as Trump clumsily "apple-agized" for his hot-mic "locker-room talk" while Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton chugged champagne in celebration — the Hamilton creator … [Link]
Slashdot » Class Action Lawsuit Grows Over iPhone 6 Plus 'Touch Disease'
Nearly 10,000 people have joined a class action lawsuit against Apple over the screen-freezing "touch disease" afflicting many iPhone Six Plus phones. An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes Motherboard: Lawyers who filed a class action lawsuit against the company in California earlier this fall have signed on three additional law firms to support their case, and an additional class action lawsuit … [Link]
Mashable » Clinton and Trump face off superhero-style in 'Presidential Avengers'
The past 24 hours in America have been sufficiently insane that this Avengers-election mashup seems to come from a more innocent time. Airing on ABC's Insiders program Sunday, "Presidential Avengers: Civil War" shows Hillary Clinton as the upright and patriotic Captain Clinton. Donald Trump is Iron Trump, a guy who believes the Hulk has a worse temperament than him. … [Link]
Mashable » Everyone is very confused by Nicki Minaj's new fruit-inspired album rumor
It’s just all so stressful. The part of the internet that was not melting down about Donald Trump Saturday was instead melting down about rumors of a new Nicki Minaj album, tweeted by the star herself. After bantering with fans who were begging her to release scrapped tracks from The Pinkprint, her last studio album, Minaj teased that a whole new … [Link]
Slashdot » Emacs and Vim Combined In New 'Spacemacs' Distro
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino brings news of a new text editor offering what he calls "a modern, hipster-compliant makeover" of both Emacs and Vim: As a classic, perhaps the classic GNU project, Emacs has been marred by abysmal branding and marketing…that has improved slightly but might still leave some people unsatisfied [and] has also been engulfed in an eternal war … [Link]
Mashable » Find out who survived Negan's baseball bat in this brutal 'Walking Dead' sneak peek
The Walking Dead took a baseball bat straight to our hearts when it closed Season 6 with its most brutal cliffhanger yet. The villainous Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was mercilessly beating one of our lead characters to death without the show revealing who suffered the grisly fate. The Season 7 premiere will give us all the gory details, showrunner Scott Gimple … [Link]
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