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  1. Why are these ads so huge on 'I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse For a Week and It Was Amazing' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    These slashdot ads literally take up 40% of my screen, its 'hard to read and scroll.
    Is there a keyboard shortcut to close it so i can actually read or should i just stop coming here altogether.

    10 years and im ready to throw in the towel because of those absurdly sized ads. scrolling is too frustrating and its too hard to read.
    bye slashdot.

  2. my favs on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2018? · · Score: 1

    Impulse on youtube was the best series I saw from 2018

    I really liked the cbs show Star Trek discovery - it was a shameless rip off of sci-fi's Dark Matter but with higher production value and an improved 2.0 script.

    Sean William Scott (Stiffler) has been really entertaining on Lethal Weapon as a replacement for the lead in season 3.
    You can jump right into season 3 and don't need to watch the first two seasons. That dude is great, loved him in the film "before I go" too

    Okay so movies.. I haven't seen any movies this year that are good enough to go down in history

  3. Its the plot from dark matter on Star Trek Animated Comedy Series Is In the Works (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a rather shameless rip off of the plot from dark matter on sci-fi.
    Right down to the asian being a war leader in an alternate universe. So shameless it was funny.

  4. No GTA, No Harry Potter, No Iron Man on 'We Expected VR To Be Two To Three Times as Big', Says CCP Games CEO (roadtovr.com) · · Score: 1

    The list goes on, it's a chicken or egg problem... you need the NES as well as Mario.
    Blizzard doesn't want to invest in VR because the market demographic is too small and fragmented.

  5. When a omnidirectional treadmill for VR gets to a reasonable price range and functions seamlessly then VR will be amazing.
    Right now it's pretty stupid to stand in place and move your thumbs around.. it's uncomfortable to stand in one place without moving, but walking is awesome exercise and people will love it if they can walk and game.

  6. Yes the people with mouse and keyboard are superior in FPS if you go head to head, it's true.
    The people in VR would lose.

    But learning to kill people with a mouse is absolutely silly in comparison to learning to kill people in reality.
    the only head-to-head advantage in VR is that you can actually dual wield guns, you can shoot two pistols and two different targets at the same time.

  7. Re:VR for the Masses on Facebook Announces $399 Oculus Quest Standalone VR Headset (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    TV? Last night I was the captain of a star ship giving orders to other real people on my bridge. WTF TV are you talking about
    You sound like an ignoramus but then again you're an AC. so you probably are exactly as dumb as you sound.

  8. VR for the Masses on Facebook Announces $399 Oculus Quest Standalone VR Headset (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Finally we can get a user base in all of these empty multiplayer games!
    Too bad it's not out in time for christmas, this is something you can gift to someone without worrying about what kind of GPU their computer has.

    It's a great and necessary step forward.
    Get enough users that major creators like rockstar, blizzard, supercell, etc start to develop games for VR.

    Get these new people addicted to VR with the Quest and then they'll be lining up for the premium experience when generation 2 rift is released.

  9. What are you in jail for? on Man Who Uploaded Deadpool To Facebook May Get Six Months In Prison (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "What are you in jail for?" they ask. "I made a facebook post."

  10. Screw human treatments, please make dogs live as long as horses. Thanks.

  11. Re:"Thank God for Dead Soldiers" on The Consequences of Indecency (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    spending money on an activity is not a consequence, it's the way of the world.
    in fact people rack their brains trying to think of activities that don't cost money because costing money is such a common occurrence for activities.

    I don't think you can list that as a "consequence"
    as far as people assaulting them you could say the same for the internet, people can troll a troll right back.

    i'm talking about legal consequences because ... uhh.. that's the topic here isn't it?

  12. "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" on The Consequences of Indecency (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If Trolling people at funerals in real life is perfectly legal and without consequences then why the hell should the internet be any different?

  13. Re:similar concept applies more generally on OpenAI Is Beating Humans At 'Dota 2' Because It's Basically Cheating (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    i'll be impressed when this AI redefines the meta game.
    When people look at what it does and they say, oh damn i should be buying this item on that character.

    On that day I'll be impressed.

  14. Re:Simple REACTION TIME on OpenAI Is Beating Humans At 'Dota 2' Because It's Basically Cheating (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly it's such a nuanced game it's hard to say without watching a replay for myself on the hero selection process.
    I've heard there were no bans. IDK if the selection process was legitimate or if computers got to pick their entire team beforehand ?

    In either case, yes, in due time a hive mind will have much better reaction time in unison than five humans can ever hope to achieve.

  15. Re: All t his was covered, people don't listen on OpenAI Is Beating Humans At 'Dota 2' Because It's Basically Cheating (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    exactly. if we're talking about having the screen flash and you press a button then yeah a human can hit 200ms. but when you have the unexpected, rounding a corner and encounter one of 5 enemies and have to stop what you were doing, make a fight or flight decision based on teammate map positioning, move the mouse into the correct position for your decision, etc you might need a half a second to react appropriately.

    Even at that 200ms time the computer doesn't need to move a mouse right? Physical reactions are part of reaction time too.

  16. Re:All t his was covered, people don't listen on OpenAI Is Beating Humans At 'Dota 2' Because It's Basically Cheating (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    okay dude you honestly think 200ms is enough time for 5 people to coordinate and all attack the most optimized targets available in unison then i have nothing else to say to you

  17. Re:Someone needs to let Amazon know on Amazon Is Reportedly Working On a TiVo-Like DVR For Live TV (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    talk about shooting yourself in the foot, this is a terrible idea.
    tv lives because of ads and when people dont have any ads the tv content will stop being created.

  18. Simple REACTION TIME on OpenAI Is Beating Humans At 'Dota 2' Because It's Basically Cheating (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Dota is a complicated game but its a 5v5 and a hive mind will always be more organized than five individuals.
    More importantly there are items to Hex, Silence, Disarm and otherwise disable other characters and a fight can be decided on who gets disabled first.

    Human beings have mental reaction time and physical processing time of moving a mouse to the right coordinates.
    Computers have none of that and they will always click on you before you can click on them. That doesn't make them smart.

  19. Re:No Shortage of free games on Nintendo's Offensive, Tragic, and Totally Legal Erasure of ROM Sites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Direct quote from steam "The free games section consists of games that contain no microtransactions. You might be able to buy extra episodes or DLC packs, but you'll get the full core experience for your download in this category."

  20. No Shortage of free games on Nintendo's Offensive, Tragic, and Totally Legal Erasure of ROM Sites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Steam has so many free games... my favorite game DOTA is free and after thousands of hours only gets more fun.
    People get attached to free stuff and like the Buddhists say attachment is the source of all suffering. It sucks to lose but lets not blow things out of proportion.

    There are so many free games on pc and cell phone and tablet people dont need your childhood games.
    I get it I love mario too but the industry will survive without a new generation playing mario. its an old outdated game and id never be able to put a thousand hours into it. what it did influences what we see now and it will continue to do so without rom sites.

  21. look at this guy, getting mad at someone for trying to make money in america. are you not from around here?

  22. no. peak pricing is outta control on MoviePass Having Outage Issues Because It Couldn't Pay Its Bills (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    $6 surcharge every movie, any time of day

  23. I can't unsubscribe on MoviePass Having Outage Issues Because It Couldn't Pay Its Bills (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The unsubscribe button literally does nothing in the app.
    Online it says there's a bug and to use the chat service...

    If you ask the chat service to unsubscribe it says "MoviePass is currently aware of an issue affecting check-ins to non-eticketing theaters. Our team is working hard to identify the issue and find a solution." and then i get a message stating that the conversation is closed.

    Now i've been charged for another month because I can't cancel the subscription.
    Looks like I'll have to go to the bank to cut them off o_0

    p.s. Back in the day after I signed up for movie pass they never sent me a card and I had to go to the better business bureau just to get a response from them and a card mailed out.

  24. Flash had so much potential but was mismanaged to death.. quite literally apparently.
    Apple didn't want flash running on it's phones but that's a total non-issue because how many of us open a web browser on our phones to interface with rich content? Basically nobody - we all use apps! And Flash code can seamlessly port to ios or android as an app and many of the top games were made in flash for a long time. You probably didn't even know you were running flash code because it was ported.

    It's ridiculous and a little bit funny that this platform died bc adobe didn't understand it's utility.

  25. Too late nintendo!! on Nintendo To ROM Sites: Forget Cease-and-Desist, Now We're Suing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    People already played all the old games and downloaded all the roms.
    Now we want VR games.