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  1. Re:Using politics as marketing on Burger King Makes the Case For Net Neutrality (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    So, Burger King wants to help you and your reaction is to boycott them? What's wrong with you?

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  2. WTi-Fi? on Burger King Makes the Case For Net Neutrality (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Poster on the wall says "Wi-Fi only for 6.33"

    Was that part of the fake ad, or is this real?!

    Here in Canada we get free wi-fi from McDonald's or Tim Horton as soon as we buy something. A lot of them don't even lock or change the password so as soon as you're a customer once, you have access.

  3. Re:What's a good browser for 2018? on Chrome 64 Released With Stronger Popup Blocker, Spectre Mitigations (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Except Edge on iOS is only a program wrapped around webkit.

    But I did forget Edge was also on Android, so +1 informative to you.

  4. Re:It also annoys Mac users on Apple's 'What's a Computer?' Ad is Annoying People: Business Insider (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes of course, adapters!

    I'll simply plug my USB-A flash drive into the only USB-C port of a MacBook and... oh wait, it's being used to charge the computer.

    That's alright, I bought a brand new USB-C flash drive for my MacBook, so I'll simply plug it into the only USB-C port of a MacBook and... oh wait, it's being used to charge the computer.

    So, people are supposed to be impressed by an ultra-thin laptop which requires them to bring adapters and a freakin' USB HUB to do anything?

  5. Re:32-Bit is like what 16-Bit was in the late 90s on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    As far as I understand it, the Core processors are more related to the Pentium M.

  6. Re:Apple compatibility is a joke on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's clearly from the future.

    Wait for Apple to unveil the MacBook Air and Mac mini replacements and you'll understand.

  7. That's nice, but what about ECCCM?

  8. How about not loading the videos, period? Why waste my bandwidth for something I don't want to see in the first place?

    Videos should be like Flash: click to play.

  9. It also annoys Mac users on Apple's 'What's a Computer?' Ad is Annoying People: Business Insider (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That pisses off a lot of Mac users. See the MacRumors forums if you don't believe me. Mac mini was last updated in 2012. It was downgraded in 2014. Apple is on the verge of killing the MacBook Air even if their new butterfly keyboards are crap, they're so obsessed with USB-C that they're dropping USB-A even though a lot of people still ASK for them. Don't like the overpriced MacBook? Buy an overpriced MacBook Pro instead! It's like they think everyone is as rich as americans. Mac Pro? They released a freakin' no-future-upgrade-path of a cylinder tower instead. Would have been cool for a Mac mini, pointless for pros.

    Tim Cook really does seem to think iPads can replace computers, including Macs.

    But most people with a Mac need to have it, just as PC users need their PC. Whatever your choice of OS, computers are tools to work with, not toys to consume data.

    If a stupid tablet was enough, we'd buy tablets!

  10. and that proves that most people didn't even understand the ads in the first place.

    They were not "Mac guy" and "PC guy", they were Mac and PC in human form.

  11. Re:Choke full of support? on Chrome 64 Released With Stronger Popup Blocker, Spectre Mitigations (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    *youâ(TM)re*

  12. Re:Choke full of support? on Chrome 64 Released With Stronger Popup Blocker, Spectre Mitigations (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like the lack of unicode support? For a nerds-oriented website, it's a shame this problem still hasnâ(TM)t been fixed after so long.

  13. Re:What's a good browser for 2018? on Chrome 64 Released With Stronger Popup Blocker, Spectre Mitigations (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    There's also Safari, but you'd have to buy a Mac, iPad or iPhone to be able to use it.

    If you think Safari is not a valid option because it requires macOS, then Edge is also not a valid option because it requires Windows.

  14. What about Yahoo! on Admiral Charges Hotmail Users More For Car Insurance (thetimes.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Did the insurance company dismiss applications made by users of Yahoo! email on account of being mentally unfit?

  15. Senator Ron Wyden: intelligent and well-informed
    FBI Director Christopher Wray: either imbecile and/or not to be trusted

  16. Re:The Veracity of Video is Dead on An AI-Powered App Has Resulted in an Explosion of Convincing Face-Swap Porn (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If these deepfakes can be done by one person with a desktop PC, what can an organization with deep pockets accomplish?

    ... deeperfakes?

  17. Re:No great loss on Apple Might Discontinue the MacBook Air (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Parent said a 13" screen was too small, your response was to use settings, i.e. lower the resolution which would make things bigger and easier to read, but still wouldn't increase the size of the display itself.

    My reply was that using a non-native resolution on an LCD panel would simply result in lower-resolution and blurry text which is also harder to read.

  18. Re:No great loss on Apple Might Discontinue the MacBook Air (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    And you should learn about native LCD resolutions.

  19. Re:Too Much Angst? Don't Worry. on Apple Might Discontinue the MacBook Air (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want to see thermal overload, use a MacBook. Since it's 100% passive cooling, you will hit the thermal limit sooner or later.

    The MacBook Air has active cooling, which means it can run at 100% all the time, unlike the MacBook.

  20. "If you are concerned about privacy and spying you don't want a smart anything"

    There, FTFY even more.

  21. Re:!Gravis Ultrasound on The Second Coming of Ultrasound (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I also thought this was about the Gravis soundcard.

  22. Let's see... on Coinbase Is Making $2.7 Million a Day (bitcoin.com) · · Score: 1

    2.7 million U.S. dollars equals 409 million Dogecoins.

    That's a lot!

  23. About damn time? on Apple Might Discontinue the MacBook Air (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apart from the 2015 MacBook Pro, it's the only laptop with a decent keyboard and enough ports for real-world use.

    The replacement cannot be the MacBook because the keyboard sucks, there's only one USB-C port that also happens to be the port for charging, it's slower because of thermal throttling and it's more expensive on top of that. The only thing better than the MacBook Air is the display.

  24. Re:Love it on Hackers Stole $172 Billion From People Last Year (symantec.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, there's your problem. Stop using Flash!

  25. Re:Custom editing on China, Unhampered by Rules, Races Ahead in Gene-Editing Trials (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Score: +1, Kawaii