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  1. Re:No it began with Amazon on Windows 10 Now Showing Full Screen Ads On Lock Screen (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    The Gizmondo handheld console did that first.

  2. Play the hack instead on The Story Behind the Worst Computer Game In History (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a hacked version of ET that fixes most of the annoying design issues, check here -- or even play online.

    Another major issue is, you really need to RTFM. It's not a very intuitive game.

  3. Re:God this guy in an idiot on Kanye West Is Reportedly Considering Legal Action Against the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Looked it up and it appears to be club/rave-style breakbeats?

    Hmm... not quite, I think. It's closer to 80s pop. Check out: Information Society, Stevie B, Shannon, Lil Suzy, and Noel.

  4. Re:God this guy in an idiot on Kanye West Is Reportedly Considering Legal Action Against the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    This is what most people think of as "freestyle,"

    Well, if you asked about freestyle, without specifying freestyle rap, I'd think of freestyle music, aka Latin freestyle.

  5. Re:Nexus aren't satisfactory on Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones (droid-life.com) · · Score: 1

    The typical (not high end) phone's storage still seems to be 16GB or 32GB.

  6. Re:I can think of one way to make them better. on Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones (droid-life.com) · · Score: 1

    There should be a more optimized key arrangement.

  7. Nexus aren't satisfactory on Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones (droid-life.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would not buy a phone without a microSD slot, and the Nexus line fails by not including such an essential feature.

    But, more important than that: Google definitely should put more pressure on manufacturers and carriers to keep the phones' OS updated for longer.

  8. Re:I prefer the real thing versus a 2nd rate wanna on Asus ZenBook UX305CA Shows What Skylake Core M Is Capable Of (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? I'd rather get something compatible with a world of accessories already out there, instead of a still terribly limited range of new stuff.

  9. Re:No more Dr. Pepper on Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    There was a third competitor that actually had a chance. It was called MeeGo.

  10. Re:Need to make an X86-64 phone or ARM with full V on Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    And THAT is why the "tablet PC" model from the XP era went nowhere, but suddenly the iPad was a hit: Apple realized that different devices need different interfaces.

    Sounds so obvious in hindsight, no?

  11. Re:If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me on Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead (windows10update.com) · · Score: 2

    It's a shitty file manager, but I suppose it's better than having no file manager.

  12. Re:If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me on Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead (windows10update.com) · · Score: 2

    I often hear it's usually wiser to buy phones from independent stores or straight from the manufacturer for that reason. Also, paying upfront instead of "subsidized" (in installments) is ultimately cheaper, and you have more options.

  13. Waaah, I'm offended on The Empathy Gap and Why Women Are Treated So Badly In Open Source Projects (perens.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." -- Stephen Fry

  14. Like that scene from The Princess Bride... on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Offer me apps."
    "Yes!"
    "Accessories, too, promise me that."
    "All that I have and more. Please..."
    "Offer me everything I ask for."
    "Anything you want..."

    *stab*

    "I want MeeGo back, you son of a bitch!"

  15. Re:Fuck That! on Switzerland Moves Toward a Universal Phone Charger Standard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    USB-C is promising. But, it's not available on anything yet, so I can't say if it is the one to rule them all.

    It's not many yet, but some devices do use USB-C: MacBook, Chromebook Pixel, Nokia N1, Nexus 5X and 6P, OnePlus 2, Asus ZenPad S, LeTV's Le 1 and Le Max, Zuk Z1, Lumia 950 and 950 XL.

  16. Re:What a criminal on Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Case (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    He may be scum, but nothing is scummier than the MAFIAA.

  17. What a criminal on Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Case (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 4, Funny

    How dare he provide an useful service at a reasonable cost? He's a monster, I tell ya!

  18. Well, didn't the Death Star's contractors have it coming?

  19. No thanks. I meant what I said and I am not ashamed to say it. Disney is a cultural disease. Everyone who works for those criminals is a collaborator in the destruction of the public domain.

  20. Windows 10 is dead.

    Does Netcraft confirm it?

  21. Re:This is nothing new on Disney Is Making a Fortune and Safeguarding Its Future By Buying Childhood (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    One could argue that Disney destroyed the value of The Little Mermaid by changing the ending and the whole moral of the story...

  22. Fuck Disney on Disney Is Making a Fortune and Safeguarding Its Future By Buying Childhood (economist.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I hope everyone who works for Disney gets cancer in the ass.

  23. Re:Just what makes you a cyborg? on How Long Until the Cyborg Olympics Are Better Than the Traditional Games? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    He is the modren man.

  24. Re: Sad to see Kerry... on A Typo Almost Derailed Paris Climate Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Oh contrair!

    U wot m8?

  25. Re: Does it include systemd? on Elementary OS 0.3.2 "Freya" Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    That almost sounded like that old Apple ad...

    "Here’s to the crazy ones. The nerds. The malfaisants. The socially inept. The pedophiles and terrorist sympathizers. The ones who see things differently."