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  1. Re:Why would they mention it? on Why Google Stadia Will Be a Major Problem For Many American Players · · Score: 1

    Yes, they do in fact need to point that out for stupid people, lol.

    But on the other hand, if i were using this service, I wouldn't be streaming 4k games as I don't have a 4k tv or computer monitor. I would imagine streaming 1080 stuff works quite nicely and will be a lot closer to average usage cases.

  2. Rub some dirt on it! on Bacteria Discovered In Irish Soil Kills Four Drug-Resistant Superbugs (msn.com) · · Score: 2

    So, the macho 'rub some dirt on it' thing actually works if you have special dirt... #themoreyouknow

  3. Has noone seen the great cautionary on You Will Soon Be Able To Pay Your Subway Fare With Your Face in China (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    tail 'Face Off'? This will never work!

  4. Re:Nothing new... on A Worry For Some Pilots: Their Hands-On Flying Skills Are Lacking (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    You would think that reasonable training would be required before you hand someone the keys to a 150mil airliner... But I guess not.

    Seriously, if pilots can't actually fly the planes during an emergency anymore, why have the pilots at all? Completely automate it and I bet the planes would do just fine.

  5. Re:Salvia? on What It's Like To Smoke Salvia For Science (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, we're talking about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum

  6. Re:Great news! on Microsoft's Chromium-Based Edge Browser Looks Just Like Chrome (neowin.net) · · Score: 2

    This won't make any difference for those sites. If they require IE, then they won't work in edge or edge chromium.

  7. Re:Why do I get the feeling... on Welding Glass To Metal Is Now Possible Using An Ultrafast Laser System, Researchers Report (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Will make it easier to sneak into prison I guess...

  8. While lighting the homeless on fire is of course reprehensible, I would imagine that developing alzheimers is low on the list of worries for the homeless.

  9. Re:fucking idiots on The Washington Post Decries 'Toxicity' in Videogames (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 2

    The ultimate problem with all of this is people suck. If you choose to interact with a bunch of random dicks on the internet, you're gonna get trolled from time to time. Don't wanna/can't handle getting trolled but still like video games? Play one that has no social component since you can't handle that.

    As everyone should know by now, don't feed the trolls unless you like trolling trolls.

  10. Re:Empty Dragon on Computer Servers 'Stranded' in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This.

  11. To patent the origami phone? Little cube you keep on your keychain folds out to a 24in screen when you hit the button. And I'm sure I can sell it for at least 10k!

  12. Just some schmo they are using to patent reverse engineered alien tech... Guy probably doesn't even exist, lol

  13. Re:So it has come to this on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    You also have to be careful not to cut your JTAG off your new pillows and mattress or you might not be able to update their fluffiness properly...

  14. Shall we play a game? on Ask Slashdot: What Could Go Wrong In Tech That Hasn't Already Gone Wrong? · · Score: 1

    The soviet doomsday switch hasn't ever accidentally launched a retaliatory strike by itself (yet)...

  15. Re:So much venom on The Apple Mac Turns 35 Years Old (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I feel shame, did mean to write xerox instead of nextstep...

  16. Re:So much venom on The Apple Mac Turns 35 Years Old (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    NeXTSTEP was probably the revolutionary there... The mac just brought those concepts to a wider audience really.

  17. Yeah, like we need yet another group to say what is real and what isn't. Maybe if critical thinking was taught in schools again then people could make their own decisions. I know it does suck having to read stuff from many different sites (from diverse viewpoints of course) and forming your own opinion from all the "facts", but better than relying on somebody else making that value call.

  18. Big brother on Bioacoustic Devices Could Help Save Rainforests (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Is now listening to all the birds and monkeys... At least we may be able to determine with scientific precision if a tree makes noise falling in the woods when nobody is around.

  19. Does Google not do street view around there? Their cars log absolutely everything any of their sensors can grab anytime. So maybe start there or other similar mapping services?

  20. Re:Press F to pay respects on The EU is Banning Almost All Coal Mining on Jan 1 (futurism.com) · · Score: 0

    While I agree that science isn't religion, it is treated as such by most. The scientists are the prophets and the masses have faith that they did their math right.

    How many people have the math chops to prove or disprove higher level physics? So in all actuality, it's just a matter of faith that the people who say the math is right are in fact right.

  21. Re: A Nerd on Slashdot is on A Woman on Twitter is Abused Every 30 Seconds (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah overall studies like this perpetuate inequality. They say women can't possibly protect themselves so must be helped at all costs.

    So now we are teaching victim mentality and inequality. Seems like this is counter to the stated goals of femenism but maybe not counter to the actual goals?

    What ever happened to the ol sticks and stones can hurt but words never can? Anyone who cares enough about what some random jackass says on the internet deserves all the consternation they can think up.

  22. Red Rising series on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Good Books You Read This Year? · · Score: 2

    By Pierce Brown was a good read. One of the few books out there that actually kept me guessing on stuff.

  23. Yeah, any tool that was capable of doing this on DRM'd sources would be sued to oblivion and back.

  24. Yeah, just put my phone in microwave, it didn't lose either cell or wifi signal. Signal strength went down some, but still played youtube for a couple minutes just fine.

  25. Re: Wasted helium on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure you need a helium net... Who wants to catch butterflys?