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  1. Re:I'll just stand in the road, car yonder is tiny on Apple Maps Has Surpassed Google Maps in Detail in 3.1 Percent of the US (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, for 96.9% of the U.S. google is better...

    You really can't see the upcoming future on this one, eh?

    Now that Apple has got a system down why can they not scale it t quickly close the gap.

    Will you be singing the same tune I wonder when within a year Apple has 60%+ better coverage.

    It makes sense to me that Apple could easily surpass Google Maps in detail, as Google in recent years has really lost focus and does not spend much time improving long-standing services.

    and with a competitor (Apple) increasing coverage, I'm sure Google will just idly sit by and not do any updates or anything like that.

  2. Re:Worked for Ma Bell. Sounds like a good idea. on Tim Berners-Lee Says Tech Giants May Have To Be Split Up (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "Worked for Ma Bell"

    Did it though?
    Also note, that image is outdated as Qwest no longer exists, being bought by the CenturyLink.

  3. Meanwhile phones have gone in the other direction, 2x1, solving nothing.

  4. What? You're not foaming at the mouth with rage from the mere thought of MIKKKRO$OFT? You must be a SHILL!!!11

  5. Re:Xbox Failure - MS Exiting Console Market on Microsoft Announces Project Xcloud For Streaming Games To PCs, Consoles, and Mobile Devices (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Open source projects get abandoned all the time though?

  6. Re:Mario, Zelda, Pokemon? on Nintendo President: Our Future Is As an 'Entertainment' Company (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Inklings in Splatoon are new lead characters that represent new franchises.

  7. Where is my,

    Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Castlevaina, Megaman, live action, really invested films? The NCU?

    Funny you should ask.

  8. Re:Mario, Zelda, Pokemon? on Nintendo President: Our Future Is As an 'Entertainment' Company (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have an Inkling they're still able to create new characters....

  9. WOOSH

    Humor > you

  10. But they didn't that, did they. All they did was spout platitudes designed to placate the SJW crowd.

    In the current uber-politically-correct world, placating the SJW crowd is pretty much the only thing that matters anymore. Don't do that and you are automatically a racist, sexist, xenophobe, and other sassy words that end in "ist" and "phobe."

    Like scientist???

  11. Re:Why bother with climate science? on Trump Administration Sees a 7-Degree Rise in Global Temperatures By 2100 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    The climate scientists are the establishment? lololol

  12. Re: Linux has the most devices globally on Windows 10 Passes 700 Million Devices (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    WOOSH
    Exactly! You shouldn't have control over the rockets, ergo, Linux is bad for the server

  13. Re: Linux has the most devices globally on Windows 10 Passes 700 Million Devices (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    You have that much control over other people's devices? Sounds like Linux is a bad idea for the server!

  14. Every time there is a news article about Chrome. Firefox, etc, all the armchair developers come in to complain about how the browser does(n't) do X.
    Why, if they made a browser, it'd be the bestest thing and everyone would 100% love it.

    Yet, you all don't make one. I wonder why that is?

  15. Also, even if you do install Chrome, Firefox, etc., you're still stuck using Safari's Webkit rendering engine.

  16. Re:5 minute game on Myst, One of the Most Influential Games Ever, Turns 25 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That's like saying a Rubik's Cube, or even old-school cardboard puzzles, are bad because they could be brute forced.

  17. Re:5 minute game on Myst, One of the Most Influential Games Ever, Turns 25 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    The point of these games is figuring out the solutions, which would not take a mere 5 minutes.

  18. No suggestion is good enough on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Just comment/downvote/whatever any of the proposed alternatives

    "parent"
    I'm an orphan, I never had parents! I'm offended!
    I have fertility issues, I'll never be a parent! I'm offended!!

    "worker"
    I just got fired so I'm out of work! I'm offended!
    I can't work due to being differently-abled! I'm offended!

  19. Wow! Someone on Slashdot aware that their wants/needs aren't those of everyone, and may in fact be the minority?!

  20. Variable fonts is improved functionality. It's a Web Standard that Firefox now supports. You know, the whole point of web browser?

  21. Re:No such thing as "hate speech" on AI Still Useless at Catching Hate Speech, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why not? It's a perfectly cromulent word.

  22. I agree
    Pirating just continues its use as the de facto standard.

  23. Re:Making modern software for outdated platforms on Adobe's Next Major Creative Cloud Release Won't Support Older OSes (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe nothing yet for the very reason that they have to still support Windows 7.

  24. Re:8K content? on Samsung and LG Unveil 8K TVs (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I notice that these tv's are very large, 70+ inches, so that's not that impressive, since the pixels aren't that much smaller. Give me a 10 inch screen that's 8k and I'll be amazed.

    And unless you have it up to your face for VR, you will not notice a difference from 4K, except for price.

  25. Re:Preaching to the choir on Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results To Favor 'Bad' News About Him (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is basically preaching to the choir. That's why his ratings have bottomed out - his supporters don't care what he says and everyone else knows he's full of shit.

    But I thought Trump's approval ratings are going up.