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  1. "deep integration between Windows and the silicon" on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Skin crawling.

  2. Your tax dollars at work. on US Unveils Charges Against KickassTorrents, Names Two More Defendants (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because we have solved crime and inequality in the U.S., our tax funded law enforcement and legal system can now focus its resources on foreign torrent sites, because they represent the next largest threat to everyday Americans.

  3. Except the burden of entry appears to be too high for the largest company in the world.

  4. Can I 'gift' one of these on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    to the guy in the adjoining cubicle? Billable to the taco truck.

  5. What will be Uber's unique angle? on 'We're Just Rentals': Uber Drivers Ask Where They Fit In a Self-Driving Future (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Doesn't this lower the barrier of entry for any competitor, even small local taxi services dispatching self-driving cars?

  6. Open source alternative to Steam etc? on Facebook Teams Up With Unity To Create a Gaming Platform To Rival Steam (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    In a perfect world, game developers would make the best games they could and sell directly to the player via open source software and hardware platforms. No Xbox/Sony gatekeeping, no Steam/Origin/FB middleman. Just the developers and the players.

    One can dream...

  7. voicereply on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain

  8. Well rounded individuals. on Billionaire Launches Free Code College in California (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Contextual problem solving skills.

    Big picture thinking.

    Or

    "sink or swim" program that begins with C. "Students spend 12 or more hours per day, six to seven days per week. If they do well, students are invited back to a three- to five-year program with increasing levels of specialty."

  9. Re:While It Sucks... on FCC Loses Court Battle To Let Cities Build their Own Broadband (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The one clear check and balance on Imperial Washington are the states.

    Then what is the check on state's imposing their will on municipalities?

  10. Re:While It Sucks... on FCC Loses Court Battle To Let Cities Build their Own Broadband (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    if you allow the state bureaucrats to bend the municipalities to their will on this, then the door is open to state impositions on many other issues that you may not like so much.

  11. Exhibit A on The World's First Web Site Celebrates 25 Years Online (info.cern.ch) · · Score: 1

    in the case for net neutrality.

  12. A reminder that the web was created on The World's First Web Site Celebrates 25 Years Online (info.cern.ch) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    to allow citizens to share information for the greater public good. It was not created as a means for private profit or spying on its users.

  13. What is the camera resolution? on Japan Starts 8K TV Broadcasts In Time For Rio Olympics (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Consumer photography has significantly diminishing returns at higher pixel density. Sensor signal to noise generally decreases with decreasing pixel size. Are the broadcast camera sensors capable of recording high quality images in 8K resolution?

  14. Works of art or entertainment on Chased Off of YouTube, Leaked 'No Man's Sky' Footage Runs to Pornhub (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    whose effectiveness relies on the element of secrecy or surprise tend, by design, not to have lasting value.

  15. I'm stoked. Just four of these cards in parallel on AMD Unveils Radeon Pro WX and Pro SSG Professional Graphics Cards (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    and I'll finally be able to run Crysis. On low settings.

  16. 'discredited notion that robotic space probes were adequate for convincing Americans to fund NASA on a grand scale.'

  17. Of course tech companies endorse Clinton. on 145 Tech Leaders Say 'Trump Would Be A Disaster For Innovation' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    She advocates everyone should buy a personal email server.

  18. for another fascinating episode of Commercial Real Estate Headlines?

  19. Can Nintendo use this to lure young people to polls on election day?

  20. Re:Not everyone should be a PC Gamer. on PC Gaming Is Still Way Too Hard (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    You forgot to groan "Lousy kids, get off my LAN"

  21. 6500 new votes on Seagate Fires 6,500, Or 14% of Workforce, Stock Soars (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    for your local nationalist party.

  22. The size of this comment is L/XL* on Amazon's Chinese Counterfeit Problem Is Getting Worse (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    U.S. S/M

  23. "Texas secession if Hillary becomes president." on In the Aftermath Of Brexit, Brits Google About Irish Passport, Meaning Of EU, and Why it All Happened · · Score: 1

    Hillary should make this her new slogan.

  24. The first impulse of every commercial venture is to monopolize the market. Competition is for other markets, not mine.

  25. Driver: "Autopilot, I need you to stop until the high speed cross traffic has cleared."
    Autopilot: "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."