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Comment #22035631
This would have been great if it was introduced 15 years ago when pretty much each phone model had it's own special charger, but not so much know when they're almost all entirely s…
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Comment #22012239
More like 10 years at most.
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Comment #22011449
Obviously, we're still at very early stages with this tech. It's silly to compare it with smartphones and PCs, since it's a very different class of product. There are some barriers…
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Comment #22011302
"We've never fallen in love"? Really? This is he first time for me where an emergent new technology in the gaming world feels like a proper thing with actual potential, and not a j…
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Comment #21751487
But that's in the Netherlands.
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Comment #21723329
I'm interested in how will WebAssembly affect the functionality of browser addons such as ad and script blockers?
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Comment #21703886
Surely this is better suited for a blog post rather than a series of hard to follow twitter comments.
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Comment #21605151
My experience with this is very different. I used to know a few kazakh fellows and their views on Borat were resentful to say the least. They said Sacha Cohen is a universally hate…
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Comment #21575554
Despite once being my favorite game series and developer and I stopped caring about Half-Life and Valve sometime around when they made it obvious they only care about milking their…
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Comment #21574037
Where are you getting this data from? 2 years for a new CPU? My gaming pc from 2015 that cost just a little over $1k runs all recent games on ultra just fine.
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Comment #21504473
As a user I am not interested in YT's profits. However, what I am interested in is being able to access useful content. For all intents and purposes, YT has become the central plac…
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Comment #21504393
So let's say you have an old YT account that you don't use anymore tied you your gmail account and there a few dozen family holiday videos you uploaded years ago to show friends (w…
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Comment #21504283
How is this a good thing? Obscure and/or old archive footage which usually doesnt get that many views is one of the best things about YT.
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Comment #21321911
> I feel like facebookization killed many online communities. What used to be an independent phpbb board with a logical structure, room for customization and some tools for admins …
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Comment #21216109
Again, a very different situation. First of all, these numbers are still very minuscule compared to the total population and territory of the USA - for example the UK alone accepte…
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Comment #21215625
This is a very bad example. America is a completely different story as it is a stitched up nation (for lack of better words) from it's very inception and the societal and cultural …
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Comment #21215405
I can't tell if this is supposed to be sarcastic or just extremely naive wishful thinking. Could you provide at least one example of a successful such program?
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Comment #21182652
So you're saying people should stop making free software just so some guy can make a profit off of his overpriced basic utility app? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for people making a…
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Comment #21136987
That's a very far-fetched statement
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Comment #21082420
As I said, they're basically non-existent here, so they're definitely not an alternative for me.
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Comment #21082209
I get a bit bewildered every time I see someone complaining about open offices as it always begs the question - what kind of alternative do they demand exactly? I have addressed th…
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Comment #21050736
You're joking, right? I'm currently looking at the Mac Pro build page on Apple's site and literally every component upgrade costs nearly twice as much as if you got it individually…
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Comment #21027385
Might be just me, but parts of this song sound awfully similar to "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance.
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Comment #21004413
What if you don't really want any of the 3 dishes?
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Comment #20918409
Why is this being downvoted? It's a genuine question and I'm curious about it too.