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  1. I looked at the Netflix top releases...and every single one looked like a chore. The movies looked as appealing to me as mopping floors. I'm only one person, but free was still to costly for me.

  2. None have been to my taste on Hollywood is Suffering Its Worst-attended Summer Movie Season in 25 years (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I will literally drive 50 minutes and pay 17 bucks for a ticket at my favorite theater, but I only go out to watch 3d animated films. Those can really suck me into another world and it's worth it for me. Oh the joys of living in a rural area. But this summer....aside from Cars 3 there haven't been any at all that I know of. Except the emoji movie. I think the next film coming out that meets my criteria is the Nijago movie.

  3. Not sure what movies you're seeing, but I literally bought sound reducing earplugs because of how agonizing it was to view Dr. Strange without hearing protection.

  4. I'm almost interested on PayPal Debuts a Credit Card That Offers 2% Cash Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    If you use a 2% card in the long haul, that's likely going to pay for an entire year of your life, just by selecting said form of payment.

    Yes, you can argue about how it gets passed on the stores and thus the consumers till you're blue in the face, but none of the places I shop at offer cash discounts, even though they're allowed to, so it's strictly a disadvantage to not do this.

    Thing is, I'm really unsure about this offering. If it excludes paypal purchases from the 2% back, then it'd seem to make little sense, since you can otherwise just use an existing 2% back card with paypal.

  5. Re: I too will now make a foolish purchase on Mayweather-McGregor Streaming Glitches Prompt Lawsuit Against Showtime (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's pretty hilarious you're angrily declaring you'll do more good than me while getting annoyed that I don't feel compassion for one percenter problems. I'd be angry if someone stole a nickel from a child. This...fails to measure up against a gas pump not charging properly.

  6. I too will now make a foolish purchase on Mayweather-McGregor Streaming Glitches Prompt Lawsuit Against Showtime (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm going to spend a hundred to buy a nice dinner and movie, enjoy a game of mini golf, give a few bucks to charity, and then go on Amazon to buy a miniature violin. Said violin should also prove useful when dealing with people who pay a thousand dollars for an "Ivery(TM)" plastic backscratcher.

  7. Re:Powershell is great! on Microsoft Claims PowerShell Now More Secure (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    If only there were some vast network of computers you could use to find out.

  8. Powershell is great! on Microsoft Claims PowerShell Now More Secure (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage

    Need I say more?

  9. Hey, pay me five bucks a day and I'll hash whatever the hell you want.

  10. Re:No such thing. on Ask Slashdot: What Modern PC Games Would You Recommend For An Old School Gamer? · · Score: 1

    Super hexagon gives lie to your sentiment.

  11. The spirit of the original Quake?

    Devil Daggers.

  12. Rokus are fine, and it's great they are provider agnostic, but how is this possible? They compete directly with the primary methods people use to research and buy these devices, and I've not observed any exciting capability or pricing to them. I own three, but that's simply because they're not google, apple, or amazon.

  13. Re: Is this something people want? on Samsung Says It's Working on an Amazon Echo Competitor (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In the past I've compared voice control to touchscreen desktops, gesture interfaces, and other gimmicky idiocy. But the truth is that this tech does have meaningful application for hands free or "glance free" situations, and also for the visually or manually impaired. The problem is its being developed as a sales platform, so the current crop sucks.

  14. I wish the list could be inverted on Energy Firm Slapped With $65,000 Fine For Making 1.5 Million Nuisance Calls (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can't speak for the UK, but here in the US Do Not Call lists allow calls from pollsters, """nonprofits""" and politicians. They're more like 100% free Do Rip Me Off lists. Here's some numbers we guarantee are real and the certainty you aren't competing with people who sell actual products.

    I bet if you asked people, they'd say they'd prefer an inverted list that allows telemarketers but forbids all the others. I mean, if a telemarketer tricks me into an extended vehicle warranty, I at least get some kind of extended vehicle warranty. I can't say I felt as good about subsidizing the latest Wounded Warrior rootbeer can pyramid party.

  15. Short answer no. Long answer N with 10^100 o's. on Supreme Court Asked To Nullify the Google Trademark (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    As a web service, the trademark also enjoys near perfect inherent trademark in protection. Imagne it being otherwise: You go to Sears "to buy something on Amazon." It would be simple idiocy to think this.

    If you go to google.com, you get either get Google or you are having a bad problem and you will not go to internet today.

  16. Re:You fish your bit, I'll fish mine on A Global Fish War is Coming, Warns US Coast Guard (usni.org) · · Score: 1

    How I mine for fish?

  17. Good time for a proxy war on A Global Fish War is Coming, Warns US Coast Guard (usni.org) · · Score: 2, Funny

    The US could give a fire and forget torpedo to every one person fishing rowboat in Malaysia and similar places. Something they can just point towards any Chinese trawler and dump overboard. That'll win via attrition and help solve China's habit of randomly scrawling lines all over the map and saying it's theirs.

  18. I'll bet you one hundred thousand dollars there are people who care about invading my privacy.

  19. Not surprised on Bing is 'Bigger Than You Think', Says Microsoft (onmsft.com) · · Score: 2

    Microsoft will literally pay you to use Bing. They'll give about a third of a cent per search in rewards. And I still don't use it.

    Bing is the default in a lot of corporate systems. It's like that where I work, and we can't even change the bookmarks.

    But I think the big thing is simply that it's the default to Siri.

  20. Re:I'm pretty sure nuclear beats them all on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Last time I dealt with a person who was afraid of ionizing radiation, she had a plastic screen magnifier in front of her lcd computer monitor to prevent exposure. I'm not inferring this, she explicitly said it to me and I saw it with my own two eyes. This woman had a PhD-MD.

    Oh, this is an anecdote sure, but nonetheless it still manages to be a better argument than "I know you are but what am I." Nuclear fears are about as smart as "Don't stand in front of your microwave oven."

  21. Re:"Baked into" on iOS 11 Has a Feature To Temporarily Disable Touch ID (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it should only be used for talking about hardware. Clearly it would be fitting in that context. You go inform the Internet. I'll wait here.

  22. Re:"Baked into" on iOS 11 Has a Feature To Temporarily Disable Touch ID (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Baked into" implies it's non-removable and non-optional. "Included with" implies it's optional. The terms are discrete and worth using.

  23. I see you on iOS 11 Has a Feature To Temporarily Disable Touch ID (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    Ain't it grand that with the 8, all someone will have to do is shove the phone in your face.

  24. Re:I'm pretty sure nuclear beats them all on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    If you oppose nuclear you are a wannabe environmentalist who doesn't understand how radiation works.

    Coal lovers hate nuclear to the extent it's a cliche? I've never even heard of this. You can freely substitute any fossil fuel coal in my example if it makes you happy.

  25. Re:I'm pretty sure nuclear beats them all on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Only in the sense people don't know how radiation works and think it's dangerous for a hundred thousand years and are afraid that subduction zone disposal mines would magically spew concentrated plutonium onto future babies.

    Thankfully we have nice safe coal and just dump all the waste right into the air and ocean.