“For years, Airbnb was the friendly foil to Uber, aiming to work with cities rather than against them,” writes Slashdot reader mirandakatz. “But as it grew and regulatory challenges mounted, the startup had to grow fangs.” She shares an excerpt…
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Aggressive Forum Users?
Slashdot reader dryriver writes: I’ve noticed a disturbing trend while trying to resolve a rather tricky tech issue by asking questions on a number of internet forums. The number of people who don’t help at all with problems but rather…
Massive Study Links IP Addresses Per Capita To GDP
Three researchers “decided to scan the entire IPv4 address range every 15 minutes between 2006-2012 to work out what insights they could gain from humanity’s mass connection to the internet,” reports ITnews. The study…analysed data from 411 large regions from…
Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval
mikeatTB quotes TechBeacon: Some things in the programming world are so easy to misuse that most people prefer to never use them at all. These are the programming equivalent of a flamethrower… [But] creative use of features such as goto,…
Reporter Pans Open Source Laptop Kit TERES-I
The Verge’s Paul Miller has some harsh words for the $242 open source DIY laptop kit TERES-I from Olimex. Instead of buying one hyper-integrated board that has all of the laptop’s brains and I/O on it, you buy several little…