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  1. Simple, on $500k "Energy-Harvesting" Kickstarter Scam Unfolding Right Now · · Score: 1

    Too many people in the world with far too much money to burn, and, no common sense.

    To begin with, iFind tag doesn’t have a battery. Instead, it uses our patent pending EM Harvesting technology and stores the energy in a uniquely designed power bank

    I smell BS. Unless, these guys have invented a new power source system unknown to NASA/Goverment and billion dollar tech companies? Yep, bullshit.

  2. Re:Python + Qt on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 1

    With Qt you can develop for desktop or mobile, with a GUI or not. Once you become familiar with Qt you can also fallback to C++ if you need the performance.

    Even with C++, Qt is an extremely bloated API before you even start coding.

    An empty window:
    - Qt = 50+mb memory usage
    - FLTK = 3+ mb memory usage
    - Windows API 1mb memory usage

    Dont get me wrong, Qt is extremely fast to create programs and a refreshing change of simplicity to work with.
    But it shouldn't be the platform of choice if you consider performance an important factor in your coding practices.

  3. Coffee in a Bag on How To Make Espresso In Space · · Score: 1

    I love space, i love tech, i love coffee. But lets not hide the fact this is just coffee in a bag.

    If this "space coffee" will assist in making the world a better place, i'am all for it. But honestly, i can think of a million other things that can use the 20kg space for scientific purposes.

  4. Link to Code on 545-Person Programming War Declares a Winner · · Score: 1
  5. New Marketing method, sell the screen? on Samsung Debuts Thin Galaxy Tab S With Super AMOLED 2560X1600 Display · · Score: 1

    Under the hood, the Galaxy Tab S features Android KitKat 4.4, 3GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of storage with a microSD slot that supports up to 128GB.

    But hey, at least we know what the screen size is!
    This hardware must be so hot, internal chip specs are not required.

  6. AMD Consistent framerate, since when? on $3000 GeForce GTX TITAN Z Tested, Less Performance Than $1500 R9 295X2 · · Score: 1

    the R9 295X2 offered higher and more consistent frame rates

    http://cdn.pcper.com/files/ima...

    But not "stable", "consistent" or "smooth". This is still a major issue with the core of all AMD cards which hasnt been fixed.
    You get what you pay for. Nvidia might be the "expensive" of the bunch, just wish i forked out a little more instead of getting my HD7770.

  7. And in Other News.... on NASA Beams Hi-Def Video From Space Via Laser · · Score: 0

    The US government has a battleship orbiting the moon, with a big frikking laser beam.

    Nasa is so behind.

  8. Re:Ye Gods, an Ad on Crucial Launches MX100 SSD At Well Under 50 Cents Per GiB · · Score: 1

    How an idea so simple could be so commonly misunderstood is beyond me. It's true that IOPS won't matter if you are streaming a single, large media file.

    You really need to consider fragmentation is a major issue on spindle drive performance.
    SSD's have no issue with fragmentation simply because their IOPS is so high and seek time is near 0ms~.
    IOPS does kind of matter :)

    Wonder how much of 2 minutes can be cut for loading up a VS2013 project, on one of these bad boy SSD's.

  9. This NSA nonsense needs to stop on NSA Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images · · Score: 0

    Honestly, let it die.

    The NSA are doing there job. You'd all very quickly turn the blame if there was another 9/11 attack.
    Yet, people are more than happy to give Facebook their life photos?

    Wake up to the real world.

  10. Not the best Demo for rift i've seen... on My Neighbor Totoro In Virtual Reality · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I couldn't help but notice:
    - Input delay for head tracking (most probably due to Unity)
    - Head tracking doesnt seem to match where he wants to look
    - He's having to "flick" his head many times to "fix" the headtracking.

    Back to basics and coding is whats needed here.

  11. Re:Now the real question is on Huawei Successfully Tests New 802.11ax WiFi Standard At 10.53Gbps · · Score: 1

    your you're

    You're You are

  12. Re:Hmmm. on YouTube Releases the Google Video Quality Report · · Score: 1

    Or ammunition for the net neutrality fight. Not sure exactly how this data does that but it feels like it. If so, go Google.

    Just dont forget the rest of world Google (eg: != USA || Canada). We do exist.

  13. Shame theres no Quality to Beats on Apple Confirms Purchase of Beats For $3 Billion · · Score: 1

    Clearly Apple doesnt care about quality.
    Beats are over eq'd, overpriced, over-marketed with a high profit margin, a gimmick sucked up by the masses, nothing else.

    Really not sure what Apple has planned for it, but dont expect affordable, high quality headphones with your next ipod anytime soon.
    If you want quality over gimmicks, get yourself some DT990 Pros (or 770 for closed).

  14. Re:Watch the whole thing, because... on Microsoft Demos Real-Time Translation Over Skype · · Score: 3, Funny

    MyCleanPC

    Clearly doesnt work. Since your ./ account has been compromised and your now spamming like a bot.

  15. Cats are better editors at least... on Organic Cat Litter May Have Caused Nuclear Waste Accident · · Score: 1

    The litter prevents it from reacting with the environment. And

    Seriously?

    In other news, Slashdot editors are so shit, we put "And" after a FULLSTOP!
    Go Slashdot, fuck everyone who went to English lessons and get paid for it in the process!

    Epic.

  16. PVP = 'problem video game playing.'? on This Is Your Brain While Videogaming Stoned · · Score: 1

    Take your new acronym, put it back on the shelf.
    PVP = Player vs Player.

  17. Re:Is this an ad ? on Is LG's New Ultra Widescreen Display Better Than "Normal" 4K? · · Score: 1

    More pixels is always better if you're coding.

    Strange, i prefer to code at 1280x720 with a dpi of 120.
    Probably due to old age, 15+ years of CRT radiation, or maybe i just like things big and clear.
    Each to their own i guess :)

  18. Re:Metacritic = free review on World's First Dedicated Gaming Magazine Is Facing Closure · · Score: 1

    Ah metacritic, where the reviews come from exactly the same websites that you say it's replaced.

    Take note, my post clearly states user reviews.

    And the user scores are easily trolled into oblivion.

    Which overall are more trustworthy than a paid for review by IGN/CVG.

  19. Re:NeonXSZ looks interesting. on It's Time For the Descent Games Return · · Score: 1

    Looks like a input stutter fest.

    Quaternion interpolation wouldnt go a miss.
    And whats with the vector location snapping back?

    Shame, visually looks stunning, but basic gameplay issues already. Probably using physx instead of custom coded vector/quat no doubt.

  20. Metacritic = free review on World's First Dedicated Gaming Magazine Is Facing Closure · · Score: 1

    For me, Metacritic replaces any "IGN, Gamespot, CVG" review.
    Metacritic might be full of "fake and childish" user scores, but overall, the user scores are alot more accurate than the "paid for" reviews most websites dish out.

    Welcome to the future, more honest and free.

  21. China's way of saying..... on China Bans Government Purchases of Windows 8 · · Score: 0

    "Windows 8 is shit, and they dont want the population to have to use shit."

    Go China, save your country from the worst OS ever created!
    If only other counties had that much balls, the world would be a better place (OS wise anyway).

  22. Re:Prison == New Free Cinema? on Ohio Prison Shows Pirated Movies To Inmates · · Score: 1

    That's how you keep them out of trouble and not going back to prison, just because they had to steal since they couldn't get a half decent job

    By having the prison system so "relaxed", Its also how you encourage them to go back into prison and have the easy life.
    All paid for by the tax payer (eg: me and you).

    8 in 10 released inmates return to Del. prisons
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/...

    Yeah, systems working great.... Keep the movies going, pirated if you can to save the tax payer some money.

  23. Prison == New Free Cinema? on Ohio Prison Shows Pirated Movies To Inmates · · Score: 1

    Commit a crime, go prison, watch movies. Good times!

    The issue here is:
    - should these guys actually be watching movies or entertainment of any type?
    - After all, they are in prison to reflect on their crimes and suffer for it.

    At the end of the day, a pirated movie shouldn't be the topic here. But yet again, we ignore what needs the true attention with simplicity.

  24. About bloody time... on Standards Group Adds Adaptive-Sync To DisplayPort · · Score: 2

    This tech has been a long time overdue, nothing else to say.

  25. Oil Man wants more money? on Oil Man Proposes Increase In Oklahoma Oil-and-Gas Tax · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not news, just greed.