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  1. That's up to individuals on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Culture is always evolving, and with the web and social media it's doing so faster than ever, and in an online melting pot. I find it odd that the summary is using the word "careful" as if this is a precarious situation. There isn't any real danger here. Sounds like an old man yelling at a cloud. I'm happy people are finding things in common and sharing from afar. We're all learning a lot from each other and trying things we never tried before. And it's ok.

  2. They've already made one on Nintendo Is Making An Animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, Says Report (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    There have already been animated Mario features such as this one:

    https://www.mariowiki.com/Supe...!

    Nintendo was right to protect their franchises after the North American live movie as well as the Philips CDi Mario and Zelda games. They do partner with others on games such as Mario + Rabbids, but they have more oversight and communicate often. That seems fair.

  3. If every TV needs internet on Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Then they'd better pay for my internet, we're not going to be setting up WiFi hotspots and switching the TV to the phone of whoever's home at any given time

    This also cements internet as a utility

  4. I don't see any ads on TV at all. I record OTA programming with ads stripped out via script, rip my media and strip ads, and do same with content I borrow to watch.

  5. ...and "refocused"* the only story-based star wars game on console that people were going to care about, the one Amy Hennig of Uncharted 1-3 was working on

    http://www.ign.com/articles/20...

    * read: more grinding, loot boxes, with the goal of having the player spend more time and money on the game rather than resell it even with less people doing that as more buy digital

  6. Costing them 90M to switch back to Windows on Munich Council: To Hell With Linux, We're Going Full Windows in 2020 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    They've saved millions of euros only to now switch apparently just for political reasons, costing them 90M to switch to Windows: https://itsfoss.com/munich-lin...

  7. Re:They're still useful... on Payphones Still Make Millions of Dollars (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll have to pay a lot more than 10 cents if you want me to feel you

  8. I like 'em on Payphones Still Make Millions of Dollars (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't want a cell phone but I still want to make the odd call

  9. Or words on Not Every Article Needs a Picture (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    On Slashdot you don't even need words. Just a topical headline and it's an instant 200 comments

  10. Titanfall 2 was excellent, thanks. Good luck to all employees.

  11. Books'... on Ask Slashdot: How Many Books Do You Read a Month? · · Score: 2

    ...worth of forum posts surely?

  12. As always don't put anything important on internet on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "what about cases where people are using electronic media to commit crimes? "

    Don't put anything important on electronic media. If it's that sensitive, do it the old fashioned way. That way encryption is a non-issue. It's the only way to go forward.

    Encryption can be impossible to break at times, or fall apart completely in other times. It is not completely reliable, so you shouldn't rely on it for something crucial. Don't use electronic media or transfer methods for anything important. That way, anything important won't be on electronic media waiting for criminals to take advantage of it.

  13. I have been seeing this for a while on Google To Add Restaurant Wait Times To Google Search, Maps (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Am I living in the future?

  14. Wow, those guys sure know a lot. on Nearly All of Wikipedia Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Somehow that figure seems a bit low. Perhaps they are responsible for edits but I doubt they've done all of the submissions.

  15. Re:No, some use human actors on 'Something Is Wrong On the Internet' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the content but the sorting of content into autoplay lists and categorized as appropriate for YouTube Kids app, not curated by humans

    Yes besides that there is some auto generated content but not the one from the NYTimes link with the human kid with a razor scrape on their forehead

  16. No, some use human actors on 'Something Is Wrong On the Internet' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    The videos containing human actors are definitely not auto generated.

  17. Hopefully on 'Something Is Wrong On the Internet' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what I've been doing so far. In fact I don't even let my kid on the internet, his tablet doesn't have access, is in airplane mode, and anything I want him to see I preview and download for offline viewing.

  18. Monitors will become more popular on Ask Slashdot: Can Smart TVs Insert Ads Into Your Movies? (gigaom.com) · · Score: 1

    They're the same thing but without the built-in bullshit

  19. Re:Mine is on 9.6% of Facebook's Users 'May Be Fakes' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah it just takes minutes a day, and it's de-stressing to me to invent some silly mundane stories, exercise my imagination a bit and at the same time satirize some of daily life. My Facebook character does a lot of things I find funny IRL.

  20. Re:Firmware updates on Ask Slashdot: Should I Allow A 'Smart TV' To Connect To The Internet? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why even get firmware updates? My TV worked fine out of the box so I've never updated it. I've heard some that did got bricked TVs, and some had ransomware. F that S.

  21. I've already abandoned it on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't switch my clocks, I just switch my work hours. I'll keep my afternoon sunshine thanks.

  22. Re:Imagine on Peter Thiel Could End Up Owning Gawker (pagesix.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not to mention myopic. Article authors don't look beyond their own nose for opinions or anecdotes. Everyone there is living in a bubble. It's in effect a self centered blog that attracts like and rejects anything incongruous.

    Completely useless at best, but most likely harmful overall.

  23. Mine is on 9.6% of Facebook's Users 'May Be Fakes' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have a profile with my real name, but everything on there is false info, fake friends, fake pictures, fake likes, fake affiliations, fake posts. But it's all consistent. I just want to see what happens.

  24. I'm skipping these. Developers aren't bothering to enhance enough games. When the PS4 Pro came out, gamers expected every new game coming out to support enhanced graphics and features, but the truth is only certain major games are bothering to use the additional horsepower, because it puts an additional burden on the developer and publisher.

    They see that 90% of people own the base consoles and optimize for that, guaranteeing a good experience. Then if there's budget/time left over, they consider enhancements for the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. But the base console (PS4 and Xbox One) experience will always be good. The developer wants to please the biggest user base.

    I'll wait to upgrade when the next generation of systems come and there is a new base target spec that developers will use.

  25. Yes, and several new games coming out that have no enhancements at all. So not all new games will have enhancements.