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  1. Re:Logitech has fallen... on Logitech is Relaunching the MX518 Gaming Mouse (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why I'm clinging to my G600, which Logitech of course has also discontinued by now - it has a mouse wheel, but also 3 regular sized buttons that I can rest my index, middle and ring finger on; never mind the other dozen or so buttons...

  2. Upcoming movies:
    32 movies to the end of feb, zero superhero movies.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com...

    Well, at least "Battle Angel Alita" should probably count as a sci-fi superhero movie...

  3. Tyop on Some Birds Are Excellent Tool-Makers (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    Should say "Veterinary scientists from Vienna", not "Viena"...

    (But at least it doesn't say "Austrian Broadcast Company".)

  4. Re:Millennial murder spree! on 'Americans Own Less Stuff, and That's Reason To Be Nervous' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Diamonds and Golf, among other things...

  5. Image Comics does another thing right on Comic Book Publishers, Faced With Flagging Sales, Look To Streaming (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    While the article mentioned Image Direct where you can subscribe to physical issues of their comics via mail, I'm actually more a fan of the fact that they will also sell DRM-free, high-res PDF, ePub, CBZ and CBR copies of their releases directly via their site, which for me is a much better offer than physical copies - I live in Europe so shipping would be killer, and since my fucking upstairs ex-neighbor managed to flood my home and especially the room I kept my books, comics, DVDs and CDs in twice I've gone almost all-digital for my entertainment.

    Also, it helps that Image - while having a few long-running superhero series (Spawn, Savage Dragon, the just ended Invinicible, ...) and some reboots (Cyberforce, Witchblade, Kick-Ass, ...) - also releases a variety of series in all kinds of genres, many also rather short instead of the endless same-y stream coming from Marvel and DC, like:

    Blood Stain, Chew, Curse Words, Death Or Glory, Death Vigil, Descender, Postal/Think Tank/The Tithe/Eden's Fall, Elsewhere, The Fix, The Fuse, I Hate Fairyland, Lazarus, Low, Monstress, Paper Girls, Rat Queens, Revival, Royal City, Saga, Scales & Scoundrels, Sex Criminals, Sunstone, Tokyo Ghost, Wayward and The Wicked + The Divine

  6. Dude, you're getting an Apple... on "Maybe It's a Piece of Dust" (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's just a piece of crap instead?

  7. DRM-free Comics from Image Comics on Ask Slashdot: What Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    "Kingsman: The Secret Service" by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons (differs quite a bit from the movie, but I guess Samuel L. Jackson as the baddie has more pull than some random 23 yo whiz kid...)
    "After Death" volume 1-3 by Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire (still haven't read volume 3)
    Probably "Black Magic" volume 1 by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott (after reading the next 2 issues a refresher after the long hiatus couldn't hurt)
    "Lazarus: Cull" by Greg Rucka, Michael Lark and Santi Arcas (plus what's been released of "Lazarus: X+66" by now)
    For the umpteenth time "Death Vigil" by Stjepan Sejic, because it's THAT good
    "Monstress" volumes 1 & 2 (I think I haven't read the last issue of #2 yet, so why not re-read the whole shebang?)

  8. Eh, while I enjoyed Torchlight 1 and 2 (played Diablo 2 till the cows came home way back when and skipped D3 for disliking their greedy auction house) I've enjoyed Grim Dawn even more than both Torchlights.

  9. Re:Because... on Why Are There So Many Knobs in Audio Software? (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Push down on the knob, then swipe left/right, or up/down (depending on your preference, really).

    You can watch the knob turn while not obscuring it with your fingers, and have it take up far less screen real-estate than a slider...

    Which, by the way, is also how you should be able to twiddle an on-screen knob with a mouse.

  10. Re:everybody's poking at their phones on PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, get your facts straight - it was the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 detonating, not the S7!

  11. Re:Frost piss. on PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Try running Elite: Dangerous on OS X - you literally cannot land on planets because Apple never bothered to implement OpenGL compute shaders on OS X, and there probably are not enough players to justify porting the game to Metal...

    (The workaround would be installing Windows, where compute shaders are supported just fine in DirectX - on the same hardware...)

  12. Re:Actual link to the letter on YouTube Stars Defend Net Neutrality In Open Letter To the FCC (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it has a link to a shitty article that's also not linking to the original letter.

    But I guess you already knew that...

  13. Actual link to the letter on YouTube Stars Defend Net Neutrality In Open Letter To the FCC (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    https://internetcreatorsguild.com/net-neutrality

    I know this is Slashdot, and I know I shouldn't have RTFA, but neither the summary nor the linked piece of clickbait fluff included a link to the actual freaking letter...

  14. Re:Ah yes, the good old standby... on Resident Evil Getting Rebooted Into a Six-Film Franchise (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh... the rights already reverted back to Marvel - that's why the upcoming next one might actually not suck for once...

  15. Re:Where's the bad-hair "It was aliens!" dude? on Could Giant Alien Structures Be Dimming a Far Away Star? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1
  16. At least the mails were obfuscated... on Days Before Election: Macron Campaign Says It Is the Victim of Massive, Coordinated Hacking Campaign (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...since they were in French...

  17. Kid Flash - duh.

  18. Re:Not impressed on No Man's Sky Under Investigation For False Advertising (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Or "Baby's First Elite Dangerous", according to Yahtzee...

  19. Obligatory non-xkcd on Microsoft Starts Testing Windows 10's Next Major Update (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Does anyone even use SO any more? on LibreOffice 5.2 Officially Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course it's not XML - it's a ZIP file full of XML, JPG, PNG and what-have-you files.

    The "PK" at the very beginning of the file should have been a huge hint...

  21. Ever think about keeping your mouth shut?

    Now they're going to close the tap for sure...

    On can only hope...

  22. Re: No take backs!! on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    I hope this serves as a warning for the ignorant people considering a vote for Donald or Hillery.

    There corrected that for you.

    I hope this serves as a warning for the ignorant people considering a vote for Donald or Hillary.

    There I corrected that for you.

    I hope this serves as a warning for the ignorant people considering a vote for Dolan or Killary.

    There I corrected that for you.

  23. Eh, fucking an Avocado might at least do something for your hair and skin...

  24. Re:My ass is ready on Get Ready To Be Bombarded With Ads When Using Google Maps (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I think you might be pointing out a part of the problem and not the solution - I'd rather have Google fire all their so-called designers and let the coders build the interfaces...

  25. Must be sponsored by Upgrades Sans Frontières...