Now if they didn't work on black people, you'd have a story, but nobody said the Watch would work over tattoos, and nobody asked either.
Actually, since you mention it, they were talking about just that issue not long ago (early last week, maybe?) before this "Tattoogate" bullshit started. Can't seem to find a link now, since it's all "tattoos" now and apparently you can't do "-keyword" in search engines anymore
Except they did deliver and the only reason for the price increase was that Craig refused to file suit against the circuit company for destroying all those boards.
Fair enough, but in the long run, you still ended up with a weak business plan (and unwillingness to engage in the unpleasant sides of business) resulting in underpowered hardware at an extremely uncompetitive price.
What's the slashdot equivalent of "shitpost?" You might have at least mentioned that it's going to have a new renderer and support for extensions, rather than just farting out a 3 sentence blurb about the name.
However, only Edge will use Microsoft’s new rendering engine of the same name.... Developers will be able to take their Chrome extensions or Firefox add-ons and, with “just a few changes,” bring them to Microsoft Edge. Belfiore demoed a Reddit extension originally built for Chrome, running on Microsoft Edge.
And yeah, the "Reddit extension" in question is RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite).
It wasn't powerful, so no competition with the real consoles. It wasn't open, so developers and freetards didn't want it. It was also way too expensive and had a stupid name.
Going from fatty to not fatty requires precisely one thing: reducing the amount of calories in versus the amount of calories out.
Until someone develops a convenient cybernetic gauge that someone can plug into his neck and see how much energy is being used, I really wish people would stop spouting this canard like it's actually that simple.
The BMR calculation is just like the BMI calculation: it was developed as a function on aggregate data, and can be (very very very) inaccurate to apply to an individual person.
In my experience, they ALL have a strong, nasty aftertaste. Even sucralose ("Splenda", e.g.) which people still flog as "almost actual sugar" has a bitterness that I can identify after one sip. Most of the time, I can even catch it if it's been used in cooking - I don't know if I'm just sensitive to it or what, but it's bad enough that I opted to learn to take my coffee without sweetener rather than add that junk.
Without federal regulation, yes. Without local government involvement, no. Without easement access (which is granted by the municipal government), the company running the fiber to the house needs to negotiate a separate land usage deal with every property owner between the house and the connection point.
Last time I checked, the Internet was an Information Service. That designation was created by Congress for some reason... You can't have it both ways.
Are you still throwing that bullshit around? The last time you checked, it was an "Information Service" because the FCC reclassified it as an Information Service in 2003. It was under Title II before that, and moved OUT of that classification by the FCC.
It's only libel/slander/defamation if it's false information about a person. There are plenty of lies one can spread that don't fall under that umbrella.
I agree with you that it's not "trolling" though, and it wouldn't be caught by this simplistic bot, anyway.
I went through the same thing growing up. Bullying was real, not bullshit "mean words on a screen," and deciding not to bow down and take that shit anymore was a major turning point for me.
But somehow I survived. Maybe its because I'm made of better stuff than other people, but that sounds. I ike self-aggrandizing bullshit to me. Rather, I believe it's because I realized that I was only a victim of my own self-loathing, and upon that realization learned how to have the confidence to stand up for myself in the face of, for lack of a better term, typical human dickishness.
I suspect a sort of emotional antibacterial soap effect - thirty years of well-intentioned idiots, coddling and sanitizing reality for their precious little snowflakes makes sure they can't deal with (and this is, in fact, a great term) "typical human dickishness."
Only if you set it that way (if it even still has that setting). Otherwise it (and most of the other ad blocking extensions) prevent the connection from being made in the first place, which is what makes them worthwhile for users on metered data connections.
The proof is in how many different kinds of games are being made. That we have games which are massive franchises, that have been homogenized and distilled to appeal to the masses, yet we have games that are filling niche wants for gamers of certain types. We have games for people who are extremely hard core games, and games for those that are extremely casual. We have games targeting all skill levels, all types of play, and so on.
If that's your metric, then by your own definition of "golden age", your "objective proof" fails to support your assertion. The time period I spoke of elsewhere (mid-90s to early-naughties) was still more deserving of the title than what we have now. Both eras had their share of shovel-ware that made up the majority of the "variety" (Sturgeon's Law and all) but we haven't gotten any new "types" of games since the rise of the MMO with Everquest, other than perhaps the "non-game" art-games which DO legitimately fit GPs complaint about being (barely) interactive movies (Journey, Dear Ester, e.g.). The games we do get are either the homogenized, "safe" crap with some production value from the ever-consolidating established studios, warmed-over rehashes or navel-gazing self-indulgence from the independents, and cynical shovelware from mobile ad companies which come close to (or surpass) most objective definitions of "malware."
And there are some types which have been all but abandoned by both groups -- such as space combat simulators (XWing, Wing Commander, B5:IFH, e.g.) which belie that assertion, as well.
What we have now are the union of the manufactured mega-hits, console exclusives which might as well not exist for any player who can't/won't pay $1200 every five years, and indie developers putting out 9 turds for every diamond, all with the technology that the music and movie industries have been dreaming of for decades - the power to make every full-price purchase into a long-term rental, and our own version of the "loudness war"
What has happened is that various things have brought down barriers, so now small groups of people, or even single people, can create and compete in the games marketplace. The upshot is we get things for more interests, not just the mainstream.
That's hardly a new thing. That's the exact situation that caused the Atari crash.
The major paradigm shift has been smartphones, which opened up the "casual" market to people who might want to play games but not buy separate expensive equipment (consoles or a gaming-rated PC) and is largely dominated by the third group mentioned above. That doesn't make a "golden age" for anyone other than the people grubbing for money, and certainly not for the players.
I just hope it solves the weird issue of my phone's Wifi freaking out (bouncing around with "Certificate Error Er01") like the rep suggested it would. Hard to use WiFi calling in that situation.:)
You have one? I've still got to get mine set up when I get up there again.
How is it different from your basic off-the-shelf dual-band wifi router? I assume (hope?) they do something with the software to make the phone work better?
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And those that are labeling a score of 39/100 "not bad at all" should have their head checked.
They did, but only 39/100 of them found anything out of whack.
Now if they didn't work on black people, you'd have a story, but nobody said the Watch would work over tattoos, and nobody asked either.
Actually, since you mention it, they were talking about just that issue not long ago (early last week, maybe?) before this "Tattoogate" bullshit started. Can't seem to find a link now, since it's all "tattoos" now and apparently you can't do "-keyword" in search engines anymore
Damn it. In-store only and they don't have a store within 600 miles.
Except they did deliver and the only reason for the price increase was that Craig refused to file suit against the circuit company for destroying all those boards.
Fair enough, but in the long run, you still ended up with a weak business plan (and unwillingness to engage in the unpleasant sides of business) resulting in underpowered hardware at an extremely uncompetitive price.
What's the slashdot equivalent of "shitpost?" You might have at least mentioned that it's going to have a new renderer and support for extensions, rather than just farting out a 3 sentence blurb about the name.
However, only Edge will use Microsoft’s new rendering engine of the same name. ...
Developers will be able to take their Chrome extensions or Firefox add-ons and, with “just a few changes,” bring them to Microsoft Edge. Belfiore demoed a Reddit extension originally built for Chrome, running on Microsoft Edge.
And yeah, the "Reddit extension" in question is RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite).
Given my experience with the Razer Onza (PC/XB360 controller), I'd be dubious. The build quality was godawful.
It wasn't powerful, so no competition with the real consoles. It wasn't open, so developers and freetards didn't want it. It was also way too expensive and had a stupid name.
It was like OpenPandora all over again.
Where have you seen it for $100? Might be worth it to pick one up, but it's coming up $160 on Amazon.
No ODF support, chinese app dev, less space than a nomad. Lame.
Going from fatty to not fatty requires precisely one thing: reducing the amount of calories in versus the amount of calories out.
Until someone develops a convenient cybernetic gauge that someone can plug into his neck and see how much energy is being used, I really wish people would stop spouting this canard like it's actually that simple.
The BMR calculation is just like the BMI calculation: it was developed as a function on aggregate data, and can be (very very very) inaccurate to apply to an individual person.
In my experience, they ALL have a strong, nasty aftertaste. Even sucralose ("Splenda", e.g.) which people still flog as "almost actual sugar" has a bitterness that I can identify after one sip. Most of the time, I can even catch it if it's been used in cooking - I don't know if I'm just sensitive to it or what, but it's bad enough that I opted to learn to take my coffee without sweetener rather than add that junk.
This is widely known, in fact I use a small app in Android that filters the blue color in the screen after noon,
f.lux does a similar thing on Windows PCs, in case anyone was interested.
Just consider that the "god" in question is the one you're reading at the time, and you'll feel better.
Without federal regulation, yes. Without local government involvement, no. Without easement access (which is granted by the municipal government), the company running the fiber to the house needs to negotiate a separate land usage deal with every property owner between the house and the connection point.
And such classifications are at the discretion of the FCC.
If after reading all four pages you can still say the anti-net-neutrality folks don't have a point, your brain is off / mind closed.
This coming from the same schmucks who tried to pass off "payola" as a positive thing.
Last time I checked, the Internet was an Information Service. That designation was created by Congress for some reason... You can't have it both ways.
Are you still throwing that bullshit around? The last time you checked, it was an "Information Service" because the FCC reclassified it as an Information Service in 2003. It was under Title II before that, and moved OUT of that classification by the FCC.
I support regulation free internet. IF You want to fix the "Comcast vs Netflix" problem, fix the last mile problem first.
Those two statements are contradictory. The last mile is a natural monopoly.
It's only libel/slander/defamation if it's false information about a person. There are plenty of lies one can spread that don't fall under that umbrella.
I agree with you that it's not "trolling" though, and it wouldn't be caught by this simplistic bot, anyway.
I went through the same thing growing up. Bullying was real, not bullshit "mean words on a screen," and deciding not to bow down and take that shit anymore was a major turning point for me.
But somehow I survived. Maybe its because I'm made of better stuff than other people, but that sounds. I ike self-aggrandizing bullshit to me. Rather, I believe it's because I realized that I was only a victim of my own self-loathing, and upon that realization learned how to have the confidence to stand up for myself in the face of, for lack of a better term, typical human dickishness.
I suspect a sort of emotional antibacterial soap effect - thirty years of well-intentioned idiots, coddling and sanitizing reality for their precious little snowflakes makes sure they can't deal with (and this is, in fact, a great term) "typical human dickishness."
Only if you set it that way (if it even still has that setting). Otherwise it (and most of the other ad blocking extensions) prevent the connection from being made in the first place, which is what makes them worthwhile for users on metered data connections.
The proof is in how many different kinds of games are being made. That we have games which are massive franchises, that have been homogenized and distilled to appeal to the masses, yet we have games that are filling niche wants for gamers of certain types. We have games for people who are extremely hard core games, and games for those that are extremely casual. We have games targeting all skill levels, all types of play, and so on.
If that's your metric, then by your own definition of "golden age", your "objective proof" fails to support your assertion. The time period I spoke of elsewhere (mid-90s to early-naughties) was still more deserving of the title than what we have now. Both eras had their share of shovel-ware that made up the majority of the "variety" (Sturgeon's Law and all) but we haven't gotten any new "types" of games since the rise of the MMO with Everquest, other than perhaps the "non-game" art-games which DO legitimately fit GPs complaint about being (barely) interactive movies (Journey, Dear Ester, e.g.). The games we do get are either the homogenized, "safe" crap with some production value from the ever-consolidating established studios, warmed-over rehashes or navel-gazing self-indulgence from the independents, and cynical shovelware from mobile ad companies which come close to (or surpass) most objective definitions of "malware."
And there are some types which have been all but abandoned by both groups -- such as space combat simulators (XWing, Wing Commander, B5:IFH, e.g.) which belie that assertion, as well.
What we have now are the union of the manufactured mega-hits, console exclusives which might as well not exist for any player who can't/won't pay $1200 every five years, and indie developers putting out 9 turds for every diamond, all with the technology that the music and movie industries have been dreaming of for decades - the power to make every full-price purchase into a long-term rental, and our own version of the "loudness war"
What has happened is that various things have brought down barriers, so now small groups of people, or even single people, can create and compete in the games marketplace. The upshot is we get things for more interests, not just the mainstream.
That's hardly a new thing. That's the exact situation that caused the Atari crash.
The major paradigm shift has been smartphones, which opened up the "casual" market to people who might want to play games but not buy separate expensive equipment (consoles or a gaming-rated PC) and is largely dominated by the third group mentioned above. That doesn't make a "golden age" for anyone other than the people grubbing for money, and certainly not for the players.
Actually, L90 Optimus. :P
I'll be able to test it over the weekend. Crossing my fingers, but I at least have a fallback in that I can forward calls to her house line for free.
Thanks, that's helpful to know.
I just hope it solves the weird issue of my phone's Wifi freaking out (bouncing around with "Certificate Error Er01") like the rep suggested it would. Hard to use WiFi calling in that situation. :)
You have one? I've still got to get mine set up when I get up there again.
How is it different from your basic off-the-shelf dual-band wifi router? I assume (hope?) they do something with the software to make the phone work better?