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Comment Re:And all the consumers will lose (Score 1) 63

I don't know if you're obtuse on purpose or not, but I'll explain in any case: if a person wants to be able to take advantage of adaptive vsync, but they have an NVIDIA GPU their only choices are to buy into NVIDIA's lock-in or buy a new GPU *and* a new display. Both situations are anything but ideal.

Or buy a monitor without adaptive sync and live without it.
Or buy a monitor with adaptive sync (freesync) and wait for Nvidia to support it in newer drivers.
Or buy a monitor with adaptive sync (freesync) and buy a new gpu that supports open standards.
Buying a new monitor or gpu? Sell the old one.

Comment Re:a bid to foil the NSA, John Stewart says (Score 1) 296

That would be "Both Johns Stewart..." if you want to be grammatically correct.

"John Stewart" is the noun. "John Stewarts" is the plural form of the noun.
"Johns Stewart" is a colloquial (slang, grammatically wrong) way of saying "All Johns with a last name of Stewart". It is not the same as pluralizing the proper noun "John Stewart".
(And I believe one of the "John Stewarts" they're referring to is actually "Jon Stewart".)

Comment Because This Worked Out So Well for the 3DS/Wii U (Score 1, Insightful) 15

Using an NVIDIA Tegra K1-powered Project Tango dev tablet, you're able to aim your weapon by moving the tablet around in front of you, which provides for a more immersive experience than just tapping/swiping away on the screen alone to move.

This shit was a 5-minute throwaway novelty when it came packed in with the 3DS over 4 years ago.
It met a similar rush of disinterest when the Wii U was unveiled and launched.

People don't like gyro controls. They fucking suck.

Comment Ridiculous (Score 4, Interesting) 112

This is ridiculous, upbeat bullshit intended to convince people that Google is a positive, dynamic, agile, bleeding-edge, open, otherbuzzwords place to work.

You learn no more from failure than you learn from success. There are many ways to fail and few ways to succeed, thus it is better to learn what to do than what not to do. Failure simply slaps people upside the head and makes them think before trying again. Failure is a learning experience if you didn't plan ahead in the first place. Further, there are many scenarios where failing is not an option (e.g., medical, military, and space ventures). Failure in these areas is seen as a shameful mark worthy of criticism, lawsuits, retaliation, etc. more than it is a learning experience.

If Google wants to drive people's cars around or float massive objects above their heads they better not be prancing about on Unicorn Rainbow "Failure is Okay" Island.

Comment Re:Waste of time (Score 5, Insightful) 253

Dear Slashdot, I have a 1 and a 3 and I need add them and make 5. How can I add them together to get 5? Please don't tell me 1+3=4. I need it to be 5.

There's zero fucking reason to put an HTPC in a crawl space. Get a small machine and stick it by/behind the TV. Minimal power / video / network cabling, minimal worry of dust / moisture / temperature, minimal issues with connecting to a keyboard / mouse / remote, minimal issues with access when it needs to be physically powered on off (and it will), minimal cost, etc. They even have cases small enough that you can mount them on the TV's VESA mounting holes.

Comment Re:Twitter Anti-Cyberbully CYA Technique #43 (Score 2) 79

Woosh. The button would delete the account of the person clicking it.
The only thing you need to do in response to trolls is ignore them.

If you're getting a lot of shit from a lot of "trolls" you may want to stop and think about what you're doing that makes you such a big fat target - odds are you're the troll.

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