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  1. With all those stupid advertisers leaving, youtube will no longer put ads of the same shampoo ads on unrelated videos over and over again! Our sanity had been saved!

  2. In case you didn't know, hard drives do have a life span "depend" on the operation of the hard drive (read, write, etc.)

    As we should all know (this is slashdot right?), the Windows 10 upgrade is an installation with a lot of data. It is technical hardware possible that a hard drive was reaching its end of life span with limited operation capacity remaining. So it is possible to break a hard drive during the Windows 10 upgrade just like any other read and write operation on the hard drive. There might have been some signs of hard drives about to fail, but it is unlikely the users know the differences.

    Then again, it is more common that the Windows 10 upgrade results in windows unable to boot rather than breaking the hard drive,which the users still see them as 'it's broken'.

  3. we are giving the benefit of the doubt to well-intentioned drivers while remaining focused on the most reckless behaviors.

    No shot first and ask question later? Is this fake news?

  4. Re:I don't have any you insensitive clod! on US Ordered 'Mandatory Social Media Check' For Visa Applicants Who Visited ISIS Territory (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ^ This + This v

    The problem is neither are the people issuing visa application, checking at the boundary control or making laws.

  5. Re:So, the gist of it is... on Feds: We're Pulling Data From 100 Phones Seized During Trump Inauguration (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, install the Selfie Swap App to ensure all your photos with a face are automatically replace with Trump's face when being arrested.

    Bonus points if the photos went to their collection and then get leaked.

  6. Re:Interesting how few controls there are on A Lithuanian Phisher Tricked Two Big US Tech Companies Into Wiring Him $100 Million (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Just order 100,000 mice.

    100,000 furry little animals will help give control? I can't play the flute and I surely can't control one without losing my boot.

  7. Making Senses on Nintendo Is Repairing Left Joy-Cons With ... a Piece of Foam? (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    People love Connecting Candies in a Row for some reason. I don't get it. It makes zero sense.

    People love Shooting Dead People and Yell on The Screen for some reason. I don't get it. It makes zero sense.

    People love to Run Around as a Goat and Lick Random Objects for some reason. I don't get it. It makes zero sense.

    Did you know Mario is a pumper who did everything except for fixing pumps? Welcome to not Planet Earth.

  8. ARE you afraid that AFTER waiting for 10 years, you will be TOO tempted to hit the DEL key on your macbook and WIPING everything you unknowingly uploaded to the Cloud?

    FEAR NOT. Introducing the keyboard exercise! By doing a daily keyboard exercise per week, you can ensure your key-smashing excitement is well satisfied. It will also enhance your bodily excitement for a health life.

    WHAT are you waiting for? Complete your daily keyboard exercise TODAY.

    Disclaimers: May cause pain, numbness and soreness on head, fingers, foots and other body parts that you use to hit the keyboard. Bodily excitement not guaranteed. One copy of backup tempted for deletion required. Backups are not included.

  9. Love the cloud

    There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer.

  10. Re:Don't they X-Ray these things? on UK Flight Ban On Devices To Be Announced (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Common sense is overrated. Better to apply stupidity.

  11. ban on laptops, tablets and DVD players on UK Flight Ban On Devices To Be Announced (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    At least they didn't ban the cassette player. let's hope it's not already in the museum.

  12. GPS Map: Turn Left,

    GPS Map: Then Turn Left,

    GPS Map: Turn Left again on the next intersection.

    Me: Wait... have I been here before? oh well, I sure hope it's right.

    GPS Map: Turn Left,

  13. Re:Really, Microsoft? on Windows 10 Will Download Some Updates Even Over a Metered Connection (winsupersite.com) · · Score: 1

    Sunk Cost Fallacy

    The Misconception: You make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments and experiences.

    The Truth: Your decisions are tainted by the emotional investments you accumulate, and the more you invest in something the harder it becomes to abandon it.

    It depends if the op is picking based on emotional investments rather than a business investment.

    As the op is "more then willing to switch" meaning he/she is not picking based on emotional investments, he/she surely do not fall under this fallacy. Usually those that do fall under this fallacy are fanboys/girls who pick based on emotion and thus apply emotional investments.

  14. Pro tip: If you value your production, either disconnect from internet or don't use Windows 10. There are plenty of alternatives including different OS, one click download turn off Windows 10 updates and manual instructions to turn off updates on the internet. If you can't find one, you're not looking hard enough.

  15. Re:You're the idiot who keeps using that software. on Windows 10 Will Download Some Updates Even Over a Metered Connection (winsupersite.com) · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, you could try getting a hundred balloons onto a beach chair and send your kids off to school. You'll save so much money, you'll be green inside and out.

    This crazy Canadian did it, so can you.

  16. but does not include smartphones? on Royal Jordanian Airlines Bans Use of Electronics After US Voices Security 'Concerns' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Out of all those electronics, they let smartphone go? If they're going to ban, they should've at least ban smartphone.

    At least doing so make us proud when we use Etch A Sketch on the plane... how to turn this thing off again?

  17. Just state you never knew your passwords from the start, because today's magic made it you never need to. You just face roll around the keyboard and Voila! It unlocks! It's just black magic.

    Tell them that even Microsoft has some weird dark magic that if you stare at the screen long enough it unlocks.

    The court will either believe you because they probably believe it's black magic too, or they will just write you off as insane. Both are win-win.

  18. The article is also wrong about Seattle. It's freezing over there and really cold. You wouldn't like the weather. Unlike the bay area, the squirrels wouldn't even come out to bite your nuts. Not to mention the heating bills, they are very expensive compare to the bay area. The housing in Seattle is so expensive that you'll feel empty from all those mountains in the background.

    No, you don't want to move to Seattle. And don't google about it either.

  19. Re:Tell me if you heard this before... on What If You Could Eat Chicken Without Killing a Chicken? (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait! There's no chicken in chicken nuggets!?!?

  20. Obligatory xkcd on Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down (variety.com) · · Score: 1
  21. Re:About time! on US Lawmakers Propose Minimum Seat Sizes For Airlines (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1
    Adding a slight different perspective

    just like the ADA individuals who got UC Berkeley's online course videos pulled off the web, everyone will be focused to pay larger business class seats as all smaller economy class seats are pulled due to this regulation. It will also cause flight seats to fill up faster due to the decrease in available seats.

  22. Re:Why stop at IT? on Ask Slashdot: How To Teach Generic Engineers Coding, Networking, and Computing? · · Score: 1

    "take an aspirin for a headache"

    What? Real engineers would have walked to the employee lounge where they have the "bang your head here" to relieve stress.

    To engineers, aspirins are for hangovers.

  23. Re:Human level processing power, NOT intelligence on Ray Kurzweil On How We'll End Up Merging With Our Technology (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The only problem is that there are a lot of people in this world, who use only "Human level processing power" with zero intelligence involved in their everyday life.

  24. Nonsense on America May Miss Out On the Next Industrial Revolution (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    We are already robots. We don't need other robots. Didn't you read the memo? You have to wake up by 6, get coffee by 8, push buttons until 5 and hibernate by midnight.

    Everything else is either a bug or a feature, including this comment which is a bug. Maybe someone hacked my coffee... I'll get the reset button.

  25. Now Imagine really hard about having a Chevy on the back of a Honda... this is so stupid that if someone kickstarter this, I'm getting one. #Logic