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  1. Re: Good luck with that on In CEO Search, Intel Still Hasn't Found What It's Looking For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    AMD is AMD because of the AMD64 processor. Take that away, and AMD is nothing. What's your point?

  2. Re: I counter with Jim Keller on In CEO Search, Intel Still Hasn't Found What It's Looking For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That's like saying Woz was a fitting replacement for Jobs.

  3. At what point? on In CEO Search, Intel Still Hasn't Found What It's Looking For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Why Robert Swan (interim CEO) doesn't want the job is probably the more interesting story.

  4. Hollywood needs to move on from the bank heist genre. It's been overdone for decades.

    Hollywood needs to move on from the cops and robbers genre. It's been overdone for decades.

    Hollywood needs to move on from courtroom biopics. It's been overdone for decades.

    Hollywood needs to move on from vampire movies. It's been overdone for A CENTURY.

    Am I cool now, too, for not liking popular things?

  5. If it's not on Netflix, it will eventually be on Vudu for purchase. Everything else is super niche and I'm unlikely to care (e.g. Sesame Street is only available on HBO and PBS). I can't think of the last time I searched for something that isn't available on one of those two.

  6. Re:"EA's shitty business policies ... on Battlefield 5's Poor Sales Numbers Have Become a Disaster For Electronic Arts (seekingalpha.com) · · Score: 1

    After 20 years and billions of dollars of profit.

  7. Re:Not about training, but often about customers on Too Many Workers Are Trapped By Non-Competes (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You must be a service tech to hold such an unreasonably high opinion of their work.

  8. Re:Simple solution on Too Many Workers Are Trapped By Non-Competes (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In CA, courts have found that when companies use this strategy, they are usually trying to skirt the non-compete law on technicalities. Better to just make it illegal. It really should just fall under the same legal interpretation that forbids you from signing a contract of indentured servitude or slavery.

  9. Re:In this case, people who know the problems with on Google Reportedly Blacklists 'Ethereum' As a Google Ad Keyword, Startup Claims (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    That doesn't change the fact that likely more than 90% of ads submitted with the keyword "Ethereum" are scams. Google operates using automated systems. It's reasonable they are trying to protect their customers from the cesspool of crypto advertising.

  10. Re:Google is invested in Crypto Currency on Google Reportedly Blacklists 'Ethereum' As a Google Ad Keyword, Startup Claims (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    So, you think Google finds crypto so valuable to their business model, they are willing to undermine user trust in their flagship product, and potentially open themselves up to anti-trust?

  11. Single responsibility priniciple on USB Type-C Headphones Were Nowhere in Sight at CES 2019 (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    Playback controls? Microphone? WTF do either of those things have to do with headphones? Dipshits...

  12. Come to California on Too Many Workers Are Trapped By Non-Competes (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come to California, where it's always sunny, and non-competes are laughed at by the courts.

  13. Those are different strategies. My point is that if you have an ongoing, recurrent problem with this, then it's not the police, because the police would have been sued already; so anyone coming to the door now gets a gun to the face.

  14. Fucking stupid on GPU Accelerated Realtime Skin Smoothing Algorithms Make Actors Look Perfect · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the resolution of movies is so high that they are essentially applying a blur filter everywher, then maybe we should back off the higher resolutions. What's the point of high res capture if you're just going to muddy the image in post processing?

  15. From what I can tell, Unity is telling people, "yeah, the license changed, but we're giving you a gentlemen's agreement we're not going to sue". That's not what I would call professional.

  16. Re: Systemd: Conflict of interest? on Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the problem with analyzing systemd is with the person analyzing too. If you have problems troubleshooting systemd, you are probably too old and obstinate to learn new things and you should give up on this career path.

  17. Re: This should be illegal on NVIDIA Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit Tied To Cryptocurrency Implosion (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I asked for info; you provided the info; then you complain the info isn't good.

    Hmmm... Sounds like someone is making shit up as they go along...

  18. If law enforcement shows up to my door more than once for such specious shit, then I'm going to get a multi-million dollar settlement from the police for harassment.

  19. SoCal.

  20. Re: And that is why I don't have one ... on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The modern idea of a consumer is to buy things you don't understand because other people told you that you should.

  21. Re: What if you never connect it? on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you want to update the firmware? The included firmware is going to be the best tested, most stable firmware available, because if it fails, it leads to returned products. Updating the firmware is more likely to force you into further firmware updates.

  22. Re: 6 percent margins on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    R&D? For televisions? TV manufacturers just buy components and cobble them together. There's very little R&D.

  23. You certainly would be able to if there were any truth to the article, but the article is specious bullshit.

  24. Re: As soon as i saw this: on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple doesn't receive kickbacks from installing garbage on your phone? Then what is Apple Music?

  25. Re: So how much? on Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Buy a TV. Plug it in. Turn it on. If it doesn't work now, return it for a full refund, and wait for the TV manufacturer to go out of business.