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  1. Those of us that bought the original sony google TVs and were abandoned by both sony and google have never forgotten. Pretty sure none of us will buy Sony again - definitely not TVs at least.

  2. Looking for good gopher client on Devuan.org Now Points To 'Pwned' Page With Gopher URLs (devuan.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where can I find a good gopher client to joint the revolution? I'm looking for one that is free with lots of ads so I feel comfortable.

  3. sort it out with a judge, bring a lawyer. Counter sue. Profit.

    not accepting cash for a hair job and taking someone to court for it will end badly for that business.

  4. Re: Is EditorDavid an actual editor? on Are Touchscreens Robbing a Generation of Surgeons of Their Dexterity? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I've seen him on TV with Dr. Slim Goodbody MD.

  5. Olympics of poop on Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope they looked for more than just plastics. The international scope of this study could finally allow us to complete a poop olympics of sorts. Whose poop had the highest amount of micro gold? What about the highest amount of bitcoin (is that in poop?) Which country had the runniest poop? The highest tensile strength? And finally, are the Russians doping their poop?

  6. Re:I heard somewhere that... on Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I heard that too. I'll quote it here so you know what "that" is that I am referring to:

    "In a pilot study with a small sample size, researchers looked for microplastics in stool samples of eight people from Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and Austria. To their surprise, every single sample tested positive for the presence of a variety of microplastics."

  7. No it won't. You will still watch. Netflix owns you. Remember when they stopped shipping DVDs but had almost no streamable content? No one left. Remember when they jacked their prices up (again, and again, and again) - you didn't leave. Remember when they launched a God-awful interface that auto-streamed clips everytime you hovered over something? You didn't leave.

    You won't leave when they force this upon you either.

  8. Re: wait, what? on Guy Robs Someone At Gunpoint For Domain Name, Gets 20 Years In Jail (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you been living under a rock? Corporations are people you caveman.

  9. this guy doesnt fuck on 'Biohacker' Who Injected Himself With DIY Herpes Treatment Found Dead (livescience.com) · · Score: 2

    Biohacking sounds like the worst possible way to get herpes.

  10. Apps accounts? on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Like the New Gmail UI? (vortex.com) · · Score: 2

    It doesn't seem to be pushed to apps accounts / G Suite unfortunately.

  11. Re: 6.3 billion dollars lost on Pirate Music Site's Owner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably about 6.29 BILLION dollars.

  12. Re:What sort of swear is it? on A Chatbot Can Now Offer You Protection Against Volatile Airline Prices (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No matter what kind of swear it is I will not agree / trust it unless I see a picture of his face and he looks like a really sweet guy.

  13. Let's not over-complicate this. The main alternative to DST is standard time (no DST). Arizona does it and it works just fine. It's not worse, it's better.

  14. Uber on Ask Slashdot: Which Tech Company Do You Respect Most? · · Score: 1

    They can do whatever they want and get away with it. They are the NFL of tech.

  15. Re:Less Talk, Have a Safe and Consistent Record on Alphabet's Waymo and Intel Are Launching Public Campaigns To Build Trust In Self-Driving Cars (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Dude it's Lebron James - this guy turned his back on fans and they still fawn over him. Lebron could be sitting in a self driving car on fire and programmed to run over kittens and people would still trust self driving cars if he endorses them.

  16. Can't believe it took this long for a babelfish reference - and then you go and muck it up.

  17. Bring back Clippy! on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With An Old Windows Phone? · · Score: 1

    Reverse engineer Cortana, rename her Clippy, bring back Clippy's animation library and tada, you've revived your phone with what would be the world's best AI system ever.

  18. Hooli Clowns can't get streaming right.

  19. Re:Since you wear a spacesuit... on Elon Musk Posts First Photo of SpaceX's New Spacesuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    eh, I'd mainly want to live. And to poop in it.

  20. reveal = creepy on Wading Through AccuWeather's Response (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    That reveal website looks like an independent criticism of their company's MO, but it's just THEM saying what they do plainface. It's like if the state lotto had a website titled "how to profit off the poor and stupid. "

  21. Re:"Failures" on Microsoft Blamed Intel For Its Own Bad Surface Drivers (thurrott.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have two surfaces, one lost touch ability completely at a hardware level, the other will not hold calibration. I had not heard of it being such a common problem until now though.

                Pity, Microsoft used to make good hardware. Looks like they've already given up with the Surface 5 and based on how expensive that model is, they must be expecting a high return rate once again. Also, when you are on your fifth iteration of a system where each release has had angry mobs asking for the damn keyboard to be included, perhaps you shouldn't piss feverently on your fan base by not only ignoring that, but now also charging extra for a stylus?

  22. Re:its not on Ask Slashdot: How Safe, Really, Is Paying For Things Online? · · Score: 0

    "the girl working at customer service was downright gorgeous"

        Whoa, cautious. The best buy relativity effect is an order of magnitude more powerful than that of your standard beer goggles.

    Gorgeous in that store can look like a toadstool in the sunlight.

  23. Re:Uber lost a customer when I upgraded phones on The Size of iPhone's Top Apps Has Increased by 1,000% in Four Years (sensortower.com) · · Score: 2

    How recently? Why in the world was uber your first go to anyway? You are aware Uber's primary MO is to track you until they can corner you in a dark ally and steal your kidney right?

  24. Re:Slim laptops on Asus Goes Big On Slim Laptops at Computex (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Dammit - I knew you guys in Portland had figured out time travel. Everyone thinks people there are so weird, but probably half them are just from the future and are misunderstood - am I right?

  25. Which other products are you referring to? While their software is second rate garbage, I've always been pretty impressed with Microsoft branded hardware and haven't had the experiences with falling apart shortly after purchasing that you describe.