Slashdot's 10 Most-Visited Stories of 2017 (slashdot.org) 35
Slashdot's most-visited story of 2017 was Google Has Demonstrated a Successful Practical Attack Against SHA-1, which was visited more than 212,000 times since it was published in Feburary.
And our second- and third-most popular stories also came in February -- both just one week before.
FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone and IT Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree On Cyber Security Responsibility.
Keep reading for a complete list of Slashdot's 10 most-visited stories of 2017.
Here's a quick reminder for 2018. You can always find a list of Slashdot's ten most-visited stories for the preceding year in the Slashdot "Hall of Fame." It will also tell you which stories got the most comments during the preceding year, and also reveals the most active submitters and most active poll topics.And our second- and third-most popular stories also came in February -- both just one week before.
FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone and IT Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree On Cyber Security Responsibility.
Keep reading for a complete list of Slashdot's 10 most-visited stories of 2017.
Here's our most-visited stories for 2017.
Dumb metric (Score:5, Insightful)
"Most visited" means shit. A crap older story might be visited more than a very interesting story from last month.
Focus on "most commented" instead, because comments are disabled after a while.
Re:Dumb metric (Score:0)
also funny that it can be read as "Slashdot Readership has continued to slowly die off since February"
Re:Dumb metric (Score:0)
The real metric is that creimer with his 5000+ comments this years is the most prolific and read thus visited Slashdot revenue stream links ever read in 2917!
Happy New Year!
Re:Dumb metric (Score:2)
You anti-creimer trolls need to fuck off.
Re: Dumb metric (Score:3)
Re: Dumb metric (Score:2)
At least you know they raised interest.
Re: Dumb metric (Score:2)
I would guess that the ten most-commented stories on Slashdot this year all involve Trump and/or members of his administration.
Re: Dumb metric (Score:0)
Or the same people arguing back and forth about a climate change related topic.
A few stories about Trump (Score:0)
Suggestion: Copy and send the links below to other people. Don't include anything about me, of course.
In 298 days, President Trump has made 1,628 false and misleading claims [washingtonpost.com] (Nov. 13, 2017, Washington Post)
In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims. [washingtonpost.com] (Dec. 29, 2017, Washington Post)
President Trump's Lies, the Definitive List [nytimes.com] (Dec. 14, 2017, The New York Times)
Trump has now spent more than a 3rd of his presidency at his properties... [businessinsider.com] (Dec. 26, 2017, Business Insider) "I'm gonna be working for you; I'm not going to have time to go play golf. Believe me." -- Donald Trump, Aug. 8, 2016. YouTube video of Trump saying that. [youtube.com]
Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. [nytimes.com] (Dec. 22, 2017, New York Times)
10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times [nytimes.com] (Dec. 29, 2017, New York Times)
How Trump and the Nazis Stole Christmas To Promote White Nationalism [newsweek.com] (Dec. 24, 2017, Newsweek)
How Trump Is Ending the American Era [theatlantic.com] (Oct. 2017 Issue, The Atlantic magazine) Quote:
"For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation's global standing, things are much worse below the surface." Another quote: "Foreign leaders have begun to reshape alliances, bypassing and diminishing the United States."
Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump's New York Times interview is a scary read. [cnbc.com] (Dec. 30, CNBC) Quotes:
"President Donald Trump tells a string of falsehoods in his recent New York Times interview that make it difficult to tell whether he is lying or delusional."
"Trump appears to suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect, which holds that the least competent people often believe they are the most competent."
"Trump's comments are, by turns, incoherent, incorrect, conspiratorial, delusional, self-aggrandizing, and underinformed."
Bizarro Cartoon: Santa Claus has limits. [arcamax.com] (Dec. 22, 2017, Bizarro)
Re: A few stories about Trump (Score:0)
Nothing like a butthurt slashdot user to spend their time curating a list of negative stories from mainstream publications who've done nothing, nothing more than dedicated their time to crafting negative stories for their mindless base. When I read what you posted I can see exactly why Slashdot viewers are falling off. Enjoy it, as soon there will be too much good to deny.
Re: Dumb metric (Score:2)
Anything about diversity or Trump brings the snowflakes out... So I'd guess the Damore debacle.
Use both (Score:2)
Different metrics measure things, and both are worth considering: most commented, and most visited.
Some other possible metrics of potential interest: most unique commenters, most heavily moderated, most linked to, ....
Re:Use both (Score:2)
- Most unique commenters: I suppose it's somewhat doable but only if you log the IP addresses or eliminate all AC comments from the pool.
- Most heavily moderated: directly related to amount of comments and views.
- Most linked to: maybe - how do you reliably measure that?
News for Trump? (Score:2)
I'm surprised my submission on Donald Trump winning isn't higher on the list, honestly, given that it has the unfair advantage of somehow being a related story for damned near every story on here for the past year. Some of the stories it sorta makes sense, but I know there were more than a few stories where I wondered how it could possibly be related.
LIARS!!! (Score:0)
The comment section tells the REAL story.
The three most visited stories were obviously something about foreigners taking jobs, which riles up Slashdotters like nothing else.
Of course, Slashdot doesn't want to promote that.
Trend line (Score:1)
2016: Wow! That was kind of crazy, huh?
2017: Hold my beer!
2018: I see you have a line forming already, so where do you want me to offload the kegs?
Best -1 comment (Score:0, Troll)
suck my DAMN balls
tl;dr version (Score:0)
Instead of "Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n Roll", here we have "Politics and Apple and Sexual Abuse".
OT: Programming Question (Score:-1)
Hello,
I'm looking to develop a game for phones (Android and, if possible, iOS) and PCs (Linux first, with Windows & OS X support later). I expect to develop a different interface for different systems. However, I'd like to share the code that implements the gameplay (the map, characters, objects, etc...) between the platforms. I'll also need it to run pretty fast due to my desired complexity for the game. Therefore, a scripting language like Python probably isn't the best choice. Any recommendations for a language that would offer portability and speed?
Thanks!
Re:OT: Programming Question (Score:0)
C++ is the usual answer. Maybe Go if you want to be hip.
Re:OT: Programming Question (Score:2)
Re:OT: Programming Question (Score:0)
Javascript. "It's pretty fast" is its tagline (or should be anyway) since Google brought us V8.
Re:OT: Programming Question (Score:0)
It might get pulled b/c Campbell's is suing Google over the name 'V8'.
Re:OT: Programming Question (Score:0)
FORTRAN 66
Re: OT: Programming Question (Score:0)
C++ if you're gonna do the whole thing snout to butthole. Difficult but can be done if you nolife.
Unity and C# if you want to more easily develop for multiple platforms. Likely to perform a little slower unless you implement a custom update function with a professionally licensed version of Unity.
Use the language right and speed isn't a problem (Score:2)
>. I'll also need it to run pretty fast due to my desired complexity for the game. Therefore, a scripting language like Python probably isn't the best choice
The language has little impact on the speed. When using "a scripting language like Python", the few operations that take up most of the time should generally be done in the interpreter / library anyway. For example, sorting is a slow operation - a shell script can sort just about as fast as any language, because the actual sort is done by the "sort" program.
Profile your program to find out the two or three functions that need to run faster. Refactor them to be just a few lines, then profile to see which *lines* of code are slow. If those lines are being called thousands or millions of times, fix the algorithm. Then figure out how to leverage a thorough understanding of the language to make the few problem bits much faster. That may well involve figuring out how to have that bit done by the interpreter / library, which is written in a fast language like C. As an example, though "write quicksort" is a common interview question, you should almost never write sorting code. Every high-level language already *has* a fast sort already provided. Use it.
It's also not uncommon that the slow operations can be entirely removed by using a faster algorithm or pattern.
Several things can make a big impact on execution speed. Language choice isn't near the top of that list.
stories (Score:0)
Most visited stories of 2018:
1) trump's hair turns blue
2) Facebook bought by Yahoo
3) Comcast abducted by aliens
4) Putin loses election, retires to go into "the vodka business"
oh man.. (Score:0)
So,, /. has built recently. /. has gone to the crapper, /. why, it has shiny apple crap interwoven all in it..
considering the level of reputation
seriously, I think this whole thig is bullshit, I completely agree,, the metric is completely stupid..
but, i know its authentic
Stuupid!!!!
Number 11 (Score:0)
creimer's fall from being Slashdot's third most popular poster to being lower than used cat litter.
Re:Number 11 (Score:0)
C.D. Reimer is a renowned Slashdot collaborator, as he puts it himself; "Because of the quality of my posts and my article submissions, I'm a highly rated commentator and moderator."
But does anybody ever wondered what "C.D." stands for? Well, it stands for Creimy Dumpty of course!
Creimy Dumpty sat on the wall,
Creimy Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't put Creimy Dumpty
Together again.
Creimy's siblings video and theme song, very realistic, especially the pants, just like Creimy's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
With "Vice President Pence Vowing US Astronauts Will Return To the Moon", we are sure they will need miracle workers up there, here is what it would look like. Note that Creimy takes care of bringing a lot of food to the moon as depicted below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Creimy's real pictures:
Before the sex change:
https://ibb.co/cc7Ddw [ibb.co]
After the sex change:
https://ibb.co/gVad65 [ibb.co]
Creimy's "enterprise-level" chair, he talks about it all the time on slashdot:
http://www.keynamics.com/image... [keynamics.com]
Creimy's head, while his supervisor was talking to him, not with him, since it is impossible to do with Creimy:
http://ibb.co/mRVSaG [ibb.co]
Creimy acting in educational resource document, he actually confirmed himself on Slashdot that he was handled by Special Education for the Santa Clara County Office of Education! He is really a king Dumpty!:
http://www.sccoe.org/depts/stu... [sccoe.org]
sjames won't get this either (Score:2)
10? I swear I can see 20.
Re:sjames won't get this either (Score:2)
Well, it's true that I nearly didn't bother with this article. Ceretainly I didn't write it. Your beak is still over by that tree. Still smoking. Just clomp once if you understand.
What? (Score:2)
Nothing about Bitcoin, Arduino, Raspberry Pi or 3D printers?
Re:What? (Score:2)
Come on, the pi and 3d printers were last year. Actual last year, not soon-to-be last year.
Slashdot Effect (Score:0)
No longer is what is used to be