I sincerely hope it is not *still* with a mouse and keyboard. For me it is the least sucky way to interact with my pc, I wish something existed that would allow me to be more productive, I spend too much time moving the mouse around and typing.

This this a thousand times this

"A website with no moral compass will not act morally." Maybe their *advertised* purpose was affairs, but everyone really knows that the internet is just a bunch of dudes.

Water pistols are insufficient, maybe water cannons ... Although I am now seeing a true purpose of those powerful green lasers the morons are always shining at aircraft. A nice green laser built into a rifle configuration with a powerful scope. Burning out the optics of any threatening drones seems like a reasonable defense.

"how much RAM you need for regular desktop computing"

The word "regular" is probably the key. I have 32 gig of ram in my home machine because I like to spin up multiple VM's and leave them running. Windows will happily gobble up 2 gig of your ram, and if it's 32bit windows you really only have 3.5 gig to access. So that leaves your typical user with ~1.5 gig of ram for programs. Probably fine for "regular" computing but woefully inadequate for any serious use of a pc.

Does this also apply to people who would like to sell cakes or pizzas for a living?

I wish this opinion was more widely adopted, and expanded to my television set.

Attempting to download software from SF is such a disgusting process, it's similar to negotiating with a car salesman. You will be taken advantage of at every opportunity, and if you don't have your guard up at all times you will be hurt. I'm forever done with SF. I nearly exclusively use Chrome as my browser of choice so 2 browser plugins make sure I never visit that site again. "Personal Blocklist (by Google)" will makes sure that no SF results get returned in a Google search, and "Block site" will make sure that I cant navigate there by manually typing in a url.

Why do you give a flying **** what the NSA are doing with your data?

Because government entities are being used to punish those of differing political beliefs than those in power. It will only get worse, and it matters not what "side" the current rulers are. The current administrations favorite punishment tool seems to be the IRS. Can't wait to find out how bad it gets with the next administration.

because lying is not itself illegal
It depends on the context. Here in the US, you can be charged for lying to Congress in certain circumstances, but it is not true the other way around. Congressmen enjoy "freedom of speech" when lying to the public.

There has got to be something wrong with me, the term "astronaut pudding" made me hungry.

All five of your comments would be decried as "racist!". It doesn't even matter anymore if that is a logical retort, it is the default accusation.

I keep trying to submerge New York with that map but it takes 60m until I'm really happy with the results.

... old 13 or 14" NEC tube monitor

HA! I read the article thinking about such monumental waste of taxpayer money, but after I saw the old 50lb crt I felt empathy for their technology rage. I enjoy a good smashing of cheap electronic crap as much as the next guy.

Imagine how our world would be today if that comet did not explode over a relatively unpopulated area, but instead exploded over a major metropolitan area.