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  1. So, DayZ? on Ultima Online Devs Building Player-Run MMORPG · · Score: 1

    This looks like DayZ, but with magic. Where as DayZ seems to have a love-it-or-hate-it vibe, this just looks lame.

  2. Pretty simple in theory on Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder why this hasn't been done sooner. We've known of the benefits of cooling the body before surgery, as outlined in the article. In fact, I'm pretty sure we've been doing it since the 50s. That being the case, why has it taken so long to get to this point?

  3. Why? on Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would anyone want to ask this dipshit anything? He's not even funny anymore.

  4. News? on Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins · · Score: 0

    Some random tool wants to do something. Is he doing it? No? Get back to us when it's not a non-event.

  5. Buzzfeed? on Twitter Turns 8; May Drop Hashtags and @replies · · Score: 5, Informative

    I almost clicked on the link, but then I saw it was buzzfeed. You can safely assume the whole "story" is clickbait nonsense.

  6. Simple on Getting Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia Out of Gaming · · Score: 1

    Make a sequel of Daikatana, loaded with all of those elements in abundance. They'll immediately stop being cool.

  7. Wow on MtGox Finds 200,000 Bitcoins In Old Wallet · · Score: 1

    Do they really not realize that this is actually way scarier than simply saying that they were hiding this wallet all along?

  8. Because that's cruel and unusual punishment, you fucking psychopath. This is the sort of shit serial killers come up with. I'm now considering starting a petition to compel psychiatric care for this ass clown.

  9. Not a bad price, but... on Unreal Engine 4 Launching With Full Source Code · · Score: 2

    $19/month honestly isn't that bad for what you're getting. I'm a member of a few indie dev communities, and I've seen what pre-release versions of the engine can do. It's very impressive, and one guy can do a whole hell of a lot more by himself in a month than he used to be able to, and make it look good in the process. However, I can't help but think they'd have a bigger market share if they used the old pricing model instead. It used to be free to play with, and free to sell games with unless you made over $50000usd. On the other hand, I doubt the decision was made arbitrarily. These guys watched the market, and saw how their engine was being used. I'm guessing a lot of indies had games that didn't make it to the $50k mark, so much so that a subscription cost is better.

  10. "Could this get any stranger? Probably!" on More Troubles For Authors of Controversial Acid-Bath Stem Cell Articles · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It was never strange to begin with. Also, you sound like a twat. Stop that.

  11. Better than skipping them on The Poor Neglected Gifted Child · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was in primary school, it was pretty evident that I was bored in class, simply because it was too basic. You know what they did? The just pushed me forward a year. And then another, and another, and another. This meant I was 10 when I started high school. You know what sucks about being 10 in high school? Everything. Other kids are assholes - even more than usual - because you make them look bad. Teachers expect more from you, but at the same time, they don't really want to put up with you. Even PE is bullshit at that point, because 10-year-olds suck at physically keeping up with 14-year-olds.

    I'm not sure about the numbers, so I don't know if this is a worthwhile endeavor, but here's what I always thought would be a better solution: gifted students should progress at a social pace similar to other kids. This means they would be in a class with other students their age who had also been placed in the gifted student program up until the age of 17 or 18, when they would normally graduate high school anyway. The major difference would be that these students, at a time deemed fit by qualified educators, would begin earning college credits. That way, they would have a running start upon entering college, and not be socially crippled.

  12. Random guy stops using popular service on Goodbye, Google Voice · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, I had hotdogs today. Though I suppose that would be on slashdot too if I had written a fucking dissertation about it. Who gives a fuck if some random jackass stops using one of Google's apps?

  13. Really? on Estimate: Academic Labs 11 Times More Dangerous Than Industrial Counterparts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Students less likely to follow safety procedures. News at 11.

  14. Not remotely the same on PC Game Prices — Valve Starts the Race To Zero · · Score: 2

    "I'm putting my game on sale for a couple weeks" is not even close to "I'm moving to a freemium model". Lovell is an idiot, and shouldn't be taken seriously.

  15. Re:Impersonating a bank is easy on New Attack Hijacks DNS Traffic From 300,000 Routers · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's forming a bank, not impersonating one.

  16. So why is this here? on Girl's Facebook Post Costs Her Dad $80,000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As near as I can tell, there's nothing especially tech related in this story. She screwed up in a way that many before her have screwed up, it's just that she happened to use facebook to do it. Nothing to see here.

  17. So, what page was it? on The Facebook Ads Teens Aren't Supposed To See · · Score: 1

    I need it. For research purposes.

  18. You don't say? on The Tech Industry Is Getting Ridiculous · · Score: 1

    "putting them together and trying to imagine them popping up a decade ago really illustrates how odd it has become"

    So news stories today wouldn't have made sense ten years ago, when we had different technology and expectations. That's some crack journalism right there.

  19. Re:Easily available loans on U.S. Students/Grads Carrying Over $1 Trillion In Debt · · Score: 2

    Serious question here: how do 18 year olds not understand compound interest? I'm pretty sure I understood at least the basic concept by the time I was 12.

  20. What do they expect it to say? on YouTube Ordered To Remove "Illegal" Copyright Blocking Notices · · Score: 1

    "We can't show you this video because we're super lame. Also GEMA is the shit. You should give them money."

  21. Why? on Meet the Developers Who Want To Build the Next Snapchat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let's reword the headline to say what was really meant:

    Attention whoring for an unoriginal idea.

  22. Yay, brain in a jar again on Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation? · · Score: 1

    This is just another iteration of the same pointless bullshit. By very nature, this hypothesis can't be proven right or wrong, and makes no difference either way. Stop fucking around and get back to work.

  23. Looks like a death trap. on Build an Open-Source Electric Car In About One Hour · · Score: 1

    There's no way that thing's street legal. And if it is, you'll die the first time someone gingerly taps the driver's side. If you're lucky, you might ding their bumper in the process, but I wouldn't count on it.

  24. Hilarious on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    Never have I been happier to be an independent contractor working at home. I know there are "solutions" to people like me already (like the oDesk spyware crap), but thusfar, I've been able to avoid them.

  25. Yeah... on First New Generic Top Level Domains Opening · · Score: 1

    I'm going to go ahead and assume that anything with an eight character TLD is a scam. It'll save time.