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  1. Stop getting shit Lightning cables then.

    Yes, that includes OEM cables.

  2. If x86 to x64 counts, then so does '000 to '020/030 (when apps had problems with not being 32-bit clean).

  3. Re:They did it to themselves on The Videogame Industry Is Fighting 'Right To Repair' Laws (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, it's piss easy to fully backup a jailed iOS device, and not much harder to backup one's jailbreak setup if they are jailbroken. In fact, if you send an iOS device to Apple without resetting it, you're kinda not really thinking smart.

  4. Not all jurisdictions consider slightly being over the speed limit to be a violation.

  5. Re: I dont know what all the hate is for on Bad Reviews For Super Mario Run Are Sending Nintendo's Stock Tumbling (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds an awful lot like you're saying the whole idea of a Mario game is outdated. What, you'd rather have more CoD and similar? *retch*

  6. RCA was once a stalwart. They were influential in the development of radio technology as used in the US, and they were the first in the US with NTSC color televisions. Now they've been reduced to a budget brand. Sad, really.

  7. Re: So? Learn to read on iPhone 7 Home Button Now Requires Skin Contact To Work (todaysiphone.com) · · Score: 1

    "The report notes that Carl Hancock on Twitter was able to activate the Home button using gloves made to work specifically with touch screens."

  8. Re: So? Learn to read on iPhone 7 Home Button Now Requires Skin Contact To Work (todaysiphone.com) · · Score: 1

    But then there's this:

    "The report notes that Carl Hancock on Twitter was able to activate the Home button using gloves made to work specifically with touch screens."

  9. Re: Before the reboot on Today Marks The 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    TNG was shot on 35mm. CGI was done on video however.

  10. Re: They want 600k on Grumpy Cat Wants $600K From 'Pirating' Coffee Maker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice strawman, 10/10

  11. Re: play the fixed rom that has no kill screen on New "Perfect Game" Donkey Kong Record May Be Unbeatable (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    So burn it to EPROMs and play it on a real cabinet. It still wouldn't be a "Donkey Kong" WR, but it would be a "Donkey Kong with fixed kill screen" WR. Same way that exporting song charts from one Guitar Hero game to another to, say, FC GH1 songs on an engine with easier hammer-ons, doesn't count as a GH1 FC.

  12. Re: Expected different on Blizzard Shuts Down Popular Fan-run 'Pirate' Server For Classic WoW (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the spirit of the law was to provide a limited period of exclusivity in order to entice people to create, with the ultimate goal being to enrich the public domain. We all know how well that's working out...

  13. Re:Oh it's another one of those on Petya Ransomware Uses DOS-Level Lock Screen, Prevents OS Boot Up (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    That's as much a misconception than "text mode = DOS".

    This is neither. This is malware that installs code to the MBR that loads before any OS. In fact, it's sort of it's own OS, running on bare metal.

  14. They still win over their competitors on How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If Apple sucks so bad, what does that say about their competition? Windows is ugly as fuck, Android is ugly as fuck, and don't even get me started on the hodgepodge of ugly as fuck UI under the Linux banner.

    Maybe what they mean to say is "40 years into the personal computer revolution, design still sucks all around" but everyone just likes to hate on Apple. Aroundhere, it's almost like they're the new Microsoft.

  15. Re: Let me get this right. on Sony Quietly Adds PS2 Emulation To the PS4 (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Not as much of a trend as you think. Atari 7800 was compatible with 2600 games. Sega broke that trend as well. Mega Drive was backcompat with Master System, and 32x was also backcompat with Mega Drive by way of being an addon (as you could put your MD cats on top of the 32x and they would generally work).

    Also Nintend broke that trend in handheld - all GBA systems but the GB Micro could play original B&W GB games. Each successive handheld has at least supported one previous generation of consoles.

  16. Re: Virtualize? on Windows 3.1 Glitch Causes Problems At French Airport -- Wait, 3.1? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not your bub, guy.

  17. Re: Rank On the 'Good Idea Scale' on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    There can be only one.

  18. Re: Home-screen advantage? on FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" · · Score: 1

    Yes, there is. Any app that is present after a factory reset generally can't be uninstalled, only disabled.

  19. Re: Apple does the same thing on FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" · · Score: 1

    The only thing I'd like to see Apple be forced to do is alow installation of arbitrary firmware versions from the past (as long as they are compatible with the hardware, so no iOS 1 on an iPhone 6S+).

  20. Re: Non-removable apps on FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" · · Score: 1

    There are multiple browsers available for iOS. Yes, they all have to use Apple's WebKit, but outside of that they are free to include features that Safari doesn't. There is also the capability to sideload if you jailbreak, but that of course comes with restrictions depending on which version of iOS you are currently on.

    No OS is perfect. Use what you like, and let others use what they like. I myself use both iOS and Android, and both systems have things I greatly dislike.

  21. Re:Can anyone explain in actual meaningful terms? on Apple Admits iCloud Problem Has Killed iOS 9 'App Slicing' · · Score: 2

    I'm confused about all this.

    iCloud Backup doesn't actually back up the app bundles themselves. It only backs up purchase history. When you restore a backup from iCloud, you are essentially redownloading the app bundles from the App Store in the process. This makes me wonder why they can't implement the app slicing functionality in that situation. Unless it has to do with data created by an app that may be missing resources for other devices? Not sure how that would be the case, but I'm not an iOS expert, just a seasoned user.

    Source: iCloud storage and backup overview

    Your iCloud backup includes information about the content you have purchased, but not the purchased content itself. When you restore from an iCloud backup, your purchased content is automatically downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store.

  22. Re: The Microsoft key!!!! I've never used it...eve on Ask Slashdot: Why Is the Caps Lock Key Still So Prominent On Keyboards? · · Score: 1

    You don't need the R part of that anymore. Tap Windows, then start typing. This has been the case since 7 for sure, and probably Vista too (although I never really used Vista on my own machines).

  23. Re:He's got a right on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    That type of compression is not directly comparable to lossy digital compression, either. People who don't have even a base understanding of audio see the word "compression" and conflate the two.

  24. Neil Young is full of shit on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution

    Guess he doesn't remember AM radio. Or, for that matter, FM. Arguably, 256kbps AAC is much better quality than either of those.

  25. Must not be in Firefox 42 on New Default: Mozilla Temporarily Disables Flash In Firefox · · Score: 1

    I run Nightly, and have the latest Flash installed (just updated it to make sure). Flash content seems to load fine, I get no blocking message.