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  1. Re:This makes a lot of sense.. on Disc-Free Xbox One S Could Land on May 7 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    And cost 3 times as much

  2. Re:What to really expect on What To Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, if you want to run Kodi, there's 100 ways to do it.

  3. Re:Totally not the parents . . . on 'Fortnite' May be a Virtual Game, But It's Having Real-life, Dangerous Effects (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 2

    > And any competent kid will be able to set the parental controls on the TV, router, etc. to be able to hold HBO for ransom until the device is returned.

    This assumes (a) that the TV/Router/whatever in question isn't already properly secured, and (b) that the parents are too lazy to just call the cable provider (or whoever) to get it reset (if they can't just reset it themselves)

    If my kid tried this, they would lose whatever device they're addicted to *permanently*.

  4. Re:Am I missing something? on China Says it Cloned a Police Dog To Speed Up Training (xinhuanet.com) · · Score: 1

    but it may clone aptitude...

  5. Re:I already own the right to most of the content on Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would I pay Netflix for something I already own many times over?

    You're not. You're paying for convenience. If you don't want to pay netflix, your option (for a completely mobile offering like netflx) to setup a server, load a bunch of content on it, and deal with the networking implications of doing that. But you won't. because Netflix is easy.

  6. Re:Only a matter of time on Dry.io Wants To Democratize Software Development Using AI (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    if I should mulitply by 2 or add x+x

    Neither, you should shift left by one.

  7. Re:Insurance on Favourite Player's Injured? Get a Refund (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You do get more then you paid in. If Kevin Durant doesn't play, i still get to go to the game, but now my ticket is free
    So i went in with a $400 ticket, and i came out with a $400 ticket + $400

    Sounds like i won.

  8. Re:Nickeling and Diming on Nintendo Reportedly Plans Smaller and Cheaper Switch For This Year (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean "people who don't know how LiPo batteries work"?

  9. How does Elon Musk have anything to do with this?

  10. It would probably improve my score on Fortnite Bugs Gave Hackers Access To Millions of Player Accounts, Researchers Say (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I played a little bit of Fornite, and found it incredibly difficult. I hope my account gets stolen because whoever steals it is invariably better at Fortnite then me.

  11. Re:It's called a "laptop" on LG Will Launch a Phone With a Second Screen Attachment (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd love a laptop that fits in my pocket, but has a full size screen and keyboard somehow. Maybe i need bigger pockets.

  12. Re:This is how I "rent" electronics for free. on The Painful, Costly Journey of Returned Goods -- and How You End Up Purchasing Some of Them Again (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wow, you're a shitty person!

  13. Re:more uncomfortable truths of late stage capital on 'General Motors, Sears and Toys R Us: Layoffs Across America Highlight Our Shredding Financial Safety Net' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I think our actual unemployment is over 10% myself.

    Well I think it's 0%! see what happens when we make up numbers?

  14. But if the USA doesn't have social security....what have they been taking out of my paychecks? hmmm....

  15. Re:Not expensive enough on Elon Musk Renames Big Falcon Rocket To 'Starship' (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SpaceX (and Tesla for that matter) cut costs by cutting corners. The engineering community is full of whispers and rumors about how low the bar for safety and rigor is at Musk's companies. Everything they do seems to be hacked together on Elon's whims and never really proven.

  16. Re:Annoying on Elon Musk Renames Big Falcon Rocket To 'Starship' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah! Where's the big antenna?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  17. Re:90% gamers are poor. on Intel Cascade Lake-AP Xeon CPUs Embrace the Multi-Chip Module (techreport.com) · · Score: 1

    Xeons aren't for gamers. Most computer equipment isn't.

  18. That's what the old one had. The article is written terribly, the new one probably has a better display.

  19. Re:While I appreciate on You Can Play Over 2,600 Windows Games on Linux Via Steam Play (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 2

    There are lots of people who prefer linux to windows, but don't really have a problem with proprietary software.

  20. Re:Poor Bambi is eating Ferngully on One of the World's Largest Organisms is Shrinking (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, but accidentally modded "funny" when i meant "underrated". Commenting to remove the mod. MODS, FIX MY MISTAKE!

  21. $1000 sounds like a perfectly reasonable punishment. Being labelled a sex offender for an act that was entirely not sexual is not reasonable.

  22. Ok, let's try it this way, hypothetically:

    Your daughter comes home, and says "Mommy/Daddy, I've been sexually assaulted!".

    Do you want to know if they were Raped, Flashed, or photoshopped into an image? Are those three things really entirely equivalent to you? you have no more questions?

    I have two daughters myself. I'm not interested in yours. I also want words to have meaning, and not just use one scary phrase to describe any kind of harm that may come to a person.

  23. Re:Compression == Encryption on Will Compression Be Machine Learning's Killer App? (petewarden.com) · · Score: 1

    Theyr'e very much not the same thing.

  24. Different tools for different jobs -- most video compression is lossy.

  25. Re: Deep Fakes should be illegal on Someone Used a Deep Learning AI To Perfectly Insert Harrison Ford Into "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ok, here's the problem. I have a neighbor that's on the sex offender database. I asked him about it.

    Turns out, he was caught peeing an an alley next to a bar. Being a little gross, but harming nobody. The cop booked him for indecent exposure, and it snowballed from there.

    All of a sudden, there's no line between a rapist and a drunk kid. Do you see the problem with labeling everything as "Sexual Assault"?