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  1. Looking at the Splatoon 2 community, I'm not sure letting the people who actually play Nintendo games online into the general population is the best decision.

  2. So nice of them to give us a feature the Dreamcast had.

  3. But there are 3rd party devices that just require you to plug in a XBO or PS4 controller into them so they can authenticate. They when let you use a keyboard and mouse along with setting up macros.

    https://www.amazon.com/CronusMax-Cross-Cover-Gaming-Adapter-Windows/dp/B013E2KD5M/

  4. Ya, we have great stuff like Rocket League instead. Where PC players can play against PS4 or XBO players.

  5. Re:Imagine war against a major power on Thousands of ATMs Go Down in Indonesia After Satellite Problems (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    There are already government sponsored hacking attacks from both China and Russia against the US. I'm also unconvinced that it played no roll in the East Coast blackout of 2004.

    If things escalated to firing nukes at one another. Having them air burst over the major cities would cause EMPs that would knock out the digital infrastructure and cause the issues you describe while leaving physical structures untouched.

  6. Re:Worry worry worry on Scientists Discover 91 Volcanoes Below Antarctic Ice Sheet (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Until the white walkers turn one of the dragons. I wonder if the zombie dragon will breath ice?

  7. Re:Simple explanation for this on Why Amazon's UK Tax Bill Has Dropped 50% (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Better go warn the people of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Havasu_City,_Arizona

  8. Re:Shame on Disney Ditching Netflix Keeps Piracy Relevant (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Hulu has both a "limited" commercial version and a commercial free version.

    https://www.hulu.com/nocommercials

  9. Re:Shame on Disney Ditching Netflix Keeps Piracy Relevant (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Hulu has a commercial free tier. It's an extra $4/month. But that's still less than HBO Go or 4K Netflix's subscription price.

  10. Re:Progress of the Arts and Sciences on Disney To Pull Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Is a pay-per-view really needed? Looking at pricing on Amazon Video a movie (1.5-2 hours) rental for anything recent is $5-6. TV series can be purchased for around $15-25.

    Netflix costs $10/month and the whole season is released all at once. Just figure out what you are interested in watching and hop your subscription between the difference services. You'll end up paying $10-15/month and be able to watch anything. I can't see piece meal pricing being any less expensive than that.

  11. Re: "...they are not pretty." on New Data On H-1B Visas Prove That IT Outsourcers Hire a Lot But Pay Very Little (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    It lets the interviewer know who they are talking to. I've heard stories of Skype interviews where a different H1B Indian guy shows up after getting hired.

  12. Nah, they'll just leave after being unable to find intelligent life.

  13. Re:It's Michigan on The US Is Becoming a Hot Spot For Outsourcing (bendbulletin.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, he's right. Nothing of value here.

    Stay in SillyConValley. Michigan is a horrible place with snow, and you get attacked daily by a roving pack of wolverines.

  14. Is this all direct connections to your motherboard's USB ports or is there possibly a USB 1.1 hub in the middle. All ports on a motherboard are not created equal either. Boards will have a mixure of USB 2.0 and 1.1 ports on older hardware, just like a mix of 3.0 and 2.0 ports on current hardware.

    There's no way a 1024x768 camera is saturating a USB 2.0 bus, unless it's a high speed camera running at 10,000fps. Something is wrong in your setup.

  15. I've used flash drives on USB 2.0 that would cap around 35MBps, so 280Mbps. Only just over half of the theoretical limit, but much higher than your observation.

  16. Re:Replacing a PlayStation with a personal compute on Sony Using Copyright Requests To Remove Leaked PS4 SDK From the Web (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    GPD WIN

  17. Re: If the PS4 gets truly hacked on Sony Using Copyright Requests To Remove Leaked PS4 SDK From the Web (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    PS4 at launch was $400. The new Pro which supports some games in 4K is currently $400, the Slim with equal performance to launch is $300 but has been on sale for $250 and less.

  18. A pound of muscle takes more calories to maintain than a pound of fat. I think it's something like 3 calories versus 5 calories. This causes a shift in your base metabolic rate.

    Weight training is seen as a great way to lose weight versus just cardio alone.

    And lets be honest, someone weighting 300 pounds isn't going to be converting all that fat into muscle.

  19. Re:What do YOU want? on Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits -- Until They're Not (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd favor streaming where you get exactly what you want to watch, even if the price is per show.

    Well then, has Amazon got a service for you.

    https://www.amazon.com/rent-or-buy-amazon-video/b/ref=sd_allcat_aiv_shop?ie=UTF8&node=7589478011

  20. Re:It's just a video game on Netflix Launches New 'Interactive Shows' That Let Viewers Dictate the Story (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of Telltale Games. Most of their stuff is aimed at adults, and have good stories.

    Besides Borderlands they've done The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Fables, and a really good Batman adventure.

  21. This sounds like it lets make your own choice and immediately see what happens.

    There have been other shows that have had the voting gimmick

    I even remember reading a story years ago about doing this with a movie where the audience voted and changed what happened.

    All this really is, is a video version of the choose your own adventure book. I enjoyed a few of those as a kid, and this new version seems to be targeting kids as well.

  22. Where does the source file reside? I have symmetric 1Gbps fiber to my home.

    Running speed tests I can hit 960-970Mbps. But on actual real downloads the numbers are much lower. Multiple connection download can hit close to limit, but a single connection will rarely hit over 100Mbps.

    The connection to the local corporate office is usually at the specified speed unless it's a cable network that is massively oversubscribed.

    But the ISPs are placing cache servers on their local network so things like Netflix, and downloads from Akamai are quick. But general access can be slower. What do you use for your measurement in these cases?

  23. Re:Amazon's no checkout will be stopped by liquor on Amazon To Buy Whole Foods Market For $13.7 Billion (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The whole foods near you don't let you self serve growlers of beer?

  24. Re:Gamers will forgive and forget anything on Konami Reportedly Blacklisting Ex-Employees Across Japanese Video Game Industry (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You forgot the flying whale.

    The story and missions aren't the point of the game. The MGS game have always had disjointed WTF stories. Kojima has a major hard-on for 80s US action movies and loves to reference the hell out of them.

    The reason the games are popular are because of the gameplay. You have a large set different systems in the game that you can utilize and play how you want. MGSV is seen as a great game because it actually allows you to play it however you want.

    Want a stealthy game? Spend the game crawling while distracting the guards to sneak by to get to the objective. Or hide in a box in the back of a transport truck which will drive you into the enemy base as it's making deliveries.

    Want something more run and gun? Load up the ballistic armor, equip an AR, missile launcher, and the robot vehicle. Zoom around blasting everything to bits while you call in additional mortar strikes and have a helicopter rain in hellfire missiles as it blares Flight of the Valkyries.

    Or maybe you don't want either extreme. Play with the sniper sidekick and play it as a tactical shooter where you are calling out targets as you sneak around.

  25. Re:Bitcoin valuation on What the Hell Is Happening To Cryptocurrency Valuations? (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Since you are requiring the Internet. Why not send someone encrypted pictures of the check then? They could just use automated check deposit in their bank's app. The only cost then would be any possible data charges.