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  1. Let me get this straight.. on Google Permanently Disables Touch Function On All Home Minis Due To Privacy Concerns (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    So they removed the feature that would randomly trigger recording.. and instead implemented a feature that listens all the time?

  2. Re:Who gives a shit? on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    From what I've heard, he's from My Little Pony, specifically for being known as the retarded pony.

  3. People are just picking that up now? on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Beats headphones have always been absolutely crappy cans. People are just realizing that now?

  4. After Texas, Florida be like.. Hold my beer!

  5. Re:Fork, here we come on Mozilla Testing an Opt-Out System For Firefox Telemetry Collection (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The feature list doesn't need to be long, nor complicated.

    Render HTML5 and CSS properly, bookmark support, built in ad blocker and sandboxed from the OS. Everything else is unnecessary and simply bloatware.

  6. Sorry for the confusion between male/female. Instead of putting a picture of a man or woman on the door, put an illustration of a penis or vagina. Done deal.

    This isn't rocket science people.

  7. Re:Intel, what have you done? on Intel's Massive 18-core Core i9 Chip Starts a Bloody Battle For Enthusiast PCs (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Who are you kidding, when Star Citizen finally comes out the i900 will have one million cores, and you'll need them just to undock from the spaceport.

  8. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, the first brain donor will be Abby Normal.

  9. Anti-depressants on Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wouldn't be surprised if it's due to the over prescribing of anti-depressants. SSRI's are notorious for killing off your sex drive, and doctors prescribe them for everything under the sun.

  10. Less hassle for me.. on More Fast Food Restaurants Are Now Automating (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    At least the kiosks are in real english, and don't constantly fuck up placing my order.

  11. Re:What does the community make of this? on Father of Driver In Violent Tesla Crash Blames Sedan's 'Rocket-Ship' Acceleration (autoweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't care what country you live in.. 0.4 is the LD50 (kills 50% of people) for alcohol. Your country is more than likely 0.05, no effin way it's 0.5.

  12. Stop calling them apps! on Story of Two Developers Who Are Reporting Growth in Revenue After Leaving Apple's App Store (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, people are going to confuse this story with iOS 'apps', when in fact it's about full fledged computer applications on Mac OS.

  13. Mac OS Share Increase on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    The only way Apple is going to get an increase in Mac OS X mindshare is to release it for generic PC hardware. At this point, pushing out old hardware as a new product just isn't cutting it.

  14. It failed for the same reason(s) current gen VR on Ask Slashdot: Why Did 3D TVs and Stereoscopic 3D Television Broadcasting Fail? · · Score: 1

    It's overpriced, a substandard experience and no 'must have' application...

    Oh, and eye strain.

  15. I find it particularly confusing how a game rated "Mostly Negative" still had the highest sales revenue. At first I thought it was based on sales and didn't include refunds.. but apparently it's based on revenue, which should include refunds.

    At some point I read Steam stopped giving refunds on it, so perhaps there were a large populous that maybe didn't read the reviews before purchasing it.. or actually enjoyed the limited gameplay.

  16. That's easy.. on Slashdot Asks: Which Windows Laptop Could Replace a MacBook Pro? · · Score: 1

    Which Windows Laptop Could Replace a MacBook Pro?

    Ooo Ooo.. let me try this one! Ok, let's see.. which Windows Laptops run MacOS?

    Seriously though, people looking for a MacOS experience are generally looking to maintain that, so looking at Windows laptops don't even come close to fulfilling that requirement.

  17. Phone or explosives? on AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Evolv says the system can scan 800 people an hour, without anyone having to remove their keys, coins or cellphones.

    But does it know the difference between difference between exploding Samsung phones?

  18. Five years ago already? on Apple CEO Tim Cook Remembers Steve Jobs On Fifth Anniversary of His Death (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    That's almost as long ago as the last update to their high end Mac Pro.

    Of course I jest, the Mac Pro is only about 3 years old.

  19. Don't spoil it [for us] - Devs on Chased Off of YouTube, Leaked 'No Man's Sky' Footage Runs to Pornhub (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's been plenty of streaming of No Man's Sky on Twitch, in fact I watched 3 hours of it tonight on Steam.

    After said three hours I feel the devs are more concerned with people cancelling their pre-orders than they are with people spoiling it for themselves.

    Oh look, it's another planet that looks the same, but blue'ish grey instead of with more chicken looking critters with horns, but these ones have 3 three legs instead of 4.

    Yes, I did cancel my pre-order after watching said 3 hours.

  20. Thought they were already owned b Oracle. on Oracle To Buy Cloud-Software Provider NetSuite For $9.3 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    When we bought into NetSuite 8 years back, we were told they were owned by Oracle.

    I wonder if they got sold, and then now being bought back.

    Honestly though, NetSuite's service has been getting worse and worse every update. For the price they charge (not to mention nickle and dime you for most feature), who could not think they were already owned by Oracle.

  21. Trump will succeed because... on Donald Trump To Announce Mike Pence As Vice-Presidential Running Mate (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In my opinion, Trump will succeed not because of his political prowess, but because of who he resonates with.

    People are tired of the elite ruling, making decisions based on cronyism and who lines their pockets. Trump isn't afraid to call them out.

    The elite don't seem to understand that the non-elite vastly outnumber them, and are tired of their voices no being heard or making a difference.

    Will Trump being president be a disaster, probably.. but at least it would shake things up and make the elite take notice how easily they can be replaced by the unsatisfied masses when the option presents itself.

  22. Re:Well, that's just like, your opinion man. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Annnnd, once again /. fails the UTF-8 test.

  23. Well, that's just like, your opinion man. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

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  24. Re:Saturation on The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    Tell that to Google who'll eagerly down rank you if your website isn't 'Mobile Friendly'.

  25. Twice the crap, still smells like crap. on Avast Acquires AVG For $1.3 Billion To Create Security Software Giant (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously.. two of the worst AV programs I've ever used.. next to Panda which keeps false positiving on .NET apps.