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Comment And lose Internet for the rest of the month (Score 3, Insightful) 110

20-30 MB of downloads happen in a flash on modern broadband anyways so I don't see this as a problem.

20 to 30 MB per page in a flash is a good way to blow through your monthly mobile Internet data transfer quota in a day, leaving you without mobile Internet access for 29 days until your cap resets.

Comment Then just block corporate websites (Score 1) 110

Since ads pay for the pages, I am not sure what we can really do.

Some hardliners on this site have recommended that viewers stop patronizing websites run as a business and start patronizing more websites run by the public sector, by charities, or by enthusiasts as a hobby out of said enthusiasts' own pocket. What makes this practical or impractical?

Comment Re:Plastic recycling has always been a scam (Score 1) 101

Only if you're recycling the plastic into more plastic. And that's worthless.

What you should be doing is recycling it back into fuel for electricity production- but nobody wants that even with all the scrubbers- they made it illegal to EVER open a 2nd garbage burning electric plant in Oregon.

Comment Non-Gmail Google Accounts on Android since 2012 (Score 1) 90

Google Play Services on Android required a Gmail account prior to about 2012. Logging in with a Google Account at a non-Gmail domain produced an error message "user@example.com does not use Gmail" with an offer to create a new Gmail account. Since Android Market was renamed to Google Play Store, any Google Account has been usable, even Google Accounts associated with a non-Gmail address.

Comment Re:They did a great job of shitting all over the p (Score 1) 74

Hello, fellow 5-digit Slashdotter. I, too, have also not moved on.

I do participate in Reddit a lot, but I think it's an absolute garbage company. However, there are some really good communities to be found if you dig a bit.

I can't imagine how it could possibly be a good investment.

Comment It's for portability (Score 1) 113

Nor do the alleged "lazy computer users of today" have to endure "Sorry, this application isn't available for your device's operating system yet" while waiting for the application to become popular enough for the application's publisher to make five different versions for five different operating systems.

In the alternative: How common is it for people to carry both an Android-powered phone to run native apps from Google Play Store and an iPhone to run native apps from Apple's App Store?

Comment Caregiver language references (Score 1) 86

One of the things adults do subconsciously when speaking to babies is regulate their talking pattern to a very specific way of speaking.

And your citation is where?

Follow citations from any article about "baby talk", "motherese", or "caregiver language". Start with this list of references.

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