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  1. The big problem with Notepad++ is that it is not installed by default. I'm not downloading a package on someone else's machine just so I can edit a file. Updates to the default apps are a big deal for me, because I often don't have anything else.

  2. Re:Better DVD rental service? on Netflix Is Ending Reviews July 30th · · Score: 1

    They've been letting the DVD rental part attrition over the past few years. It's really sad. I've been getting lots of broken or badly scratched disks too.

  3. 1 star, didn't watch on Netflix Is Ending Reviews July 30th · · Score: 2

    My first thought was that this is a net loss for Netflix, but in practice the reviews have a disappointingly low signal to noise ratio. So many "Only watched 5 minutes before I turned this garbage off, worst movie ever!" in between the blatant shills calling it some kind of masterpiece and downvoting anyone who dared to point out that it's garbage. There is nothing so bad in the Netflix catalog that its first 10 reviews aren't all 5 stars and talking about how brave the director is for putting up 90 minutes of white noise interspersed with some irrelevant stock footage and how it got a standing ovation at their film festival.

  4. Wait, nevermind, it's 15%. Still surprisingly low.

  5. From the link in the post above mine. Scroll down to the video card section and click to expand it.

  6. Wow, less than 1% of Steam users have AMD cards? That seems hard to believe given how much OEMs love AMD.

  7. Day late and a dollar short on Shady ICO Issuers Are Taking 'Bags of Cash' To Border, US Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4

    So the regulators are just now waking up to the fact that this ICO explosion is almost entirely scams and money laundering? Are they going to take another two years to actually start prosecuting? This whole situation is completely ridiculous and the government has been sitting on the sidelines going "this is fine".

  8. Re: Why not just include an emulator? on Apple Brings iOS Apps Into Mac, But Won't Merge Platforms (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with that emulator is that it emulates an entire phone screen, not just one app. There's no OS integration which makes for a terrible experience.

  9. Party line on Nvidia Says New GPUs Won't Be Available For a 'Long Time' (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    Please continue to buy our 10xx series cards. Do not wait for the next generation, and definitely don't wait for AMD's next release.

  10. Why not just include an emulator? on Apple Brings iOS Apps Into Mac, But Won't Merge Platforms (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    How hard would it be for Apple to include an iOS emulator for the Mac that could run regular iOS apps? Sure it's a different instruction set, but that's a long solved problem. They even have the big multitouch trackpad so you don't have to work too hard to emulate gestures. I'm pretty sure they already have this for developers, so it shouldn't be that hard, although I'd prefer it if they put in a little effort to make it seamless on the desktop. You could install an iOS app just the same as a regular Mac app and launch them with double clicks just like you would with any app. I bet it would see a reasonable amount of usage.

  11. Re: Constant change and an unsure future are stres on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Demonitization hits way more than just the game streamers and PewDiePie clones. Slingshot Channel, AvE, and many others have been hit. Most end up creating Patreon pages to try to compensate, but that's only half a solution.

  12. Re:Constant change and an unsure future are stress on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which they are totally doing, even if the company won't admit it for legal reasons.

    It's really no wonder these people are stressed, they've been watching the demonetization line creep up and up over the past couple of years and know that it's only a matter of time until theyr'e effectively out of a job. They've been working themselves to death to try to keep the subscriber and hour counts up but it's literally killing them.

  13. Re: When you get your whores at 5 for a dollar on Most MoviePass Subscribers Have Gone To a Movie They Normally Would've Ignored (exstreamist.com) · · Score: 1

    So the message to the theatre chains and studios is clear: more gimmicks and higher prices.

  14. Re:Gorsuch is doing exactly what SCOTUS should do on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You're basically arguing the same thing I am. A strict constructionist court would find all of that to be true.

  15. Re:Gorsuch is doing exactly what SCOTUS should do on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a very broad view of the 14th.

  16. Re:Gorsuch is doing exactly what SCOTUS should do on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought he was nominated to reverse Roe v. Wade?

  17. Re:That only applies if the law itself on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, I'm sure this Congress or Supreme Court is going to rule against arbitration...

  18. Re:Gorsuch is doing exactly what SCOTUS should do on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's questionable that laws against mixed race marriages would be unconstitutional. The Constitution doesn't talk about marriage at all. It's not clear that today's Supreme Court would rule in the same way.

  19. Re:Stop Judicial Activisim on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Checks and balances is such an outdated system that we can just forget it exists. Whatever Congress or the President decrees is the law, no exceptions.

  20. Re:Where would this apply? on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because your gripe is sent to the arbitration "court", paid for by the company you have a complaint against. Shockingly they find against you.

  21. Re:It should be pointed out... on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Neil Gorsuch: Fuck checks and balances. Not our job.

  22. Re:One more reason to love unions... on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    What's the alternative though? It's clear that when unions aren't present then employees get shit on. Government is an unreliable partner in this, especially as companies are growing larger than governments and work on a worldwide basis. The US government won't do anything about Nike running sweatshops in Malaysia, and this gives them the power to shop around for governments with the most permissive labor laws and restrictive union laws. People don't exist to enrich corporations.

    Without unions the balance of power between workers and management is strongly tilted in favor of management, and this inevitably leads to worker abuse. Of all of the things that investors reward on the market, treating workers fairly is not one of them. In fact they will punish companies that don't make every effort to control costs.

    The irony is that this sort of feedback loop is how capitalism collapses. Money constantly moves upward until the majority of the people have no money and the economy grinds to a halt. Money needs to flow against the stream back down to the bottom to keep the economy running.

  23. Re:One more reason to love unions... on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Aren't the German automakers highly unionized as well? Blaming GMs woes exclusively on the UAW seems a bit narrow sighted.

  24. Re:This is very very welcome...but... on Microsoft Adds Support For JavaScript Functions in Excel (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Excel macros are a bit of a minefield, but you can try enabling them in OpenOffice if you are feeling brave.

  25. Re:This is very very welcome...but... on Microsoft Adds Support For JavaScript Functions in Excel (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I take it OpenOffice Data Pivots are insufficient?