That particular episode had my entire family helpless with tears from laughing so hard.

CBC did a report on this, it seems that Zoosk has a deal with Facebook where they get all your info, so that creating a full profile (with picture) is a "one click" automated process. As soon as you agree to join Zoosk, you have a full profile.

So, applying Occam's razor to this story, the simplest explanation is that she accidentally clicked the "OK" or "Next" button instead of the "Cancel" or "Close" button, right?

I agree. The most popular ones may not all need the love and attention of the archivists anywhere near as much as some of the lesser-knowns.

No, they don't need a mouse. Maybe 20 years ago, when gamepads and the software written for them were clunky and awkward (remember playing FPS games with no response curve applied to the input?), but nowadays lots of folks who are comfortable with a dual-stick controller prefer playing PC shooters with a gamepad. Yes, I might be a tiny bit more accurate with a mouse, but I no longer care about being the world's best Quake player. I play games to have fun, and most shooters are more fun for me if I use a gamepad. BTW, I have a nice mechanical gaming keyboard and mouse...you know, for games that don't support gamepad input. Nowadays, though, few PC shooters are released that don't support gamepad input (off the top of my head, I can't think of any released lately that lack it); it would hurt sales too badly, as gamepads are extremely popular. I teach classes full of 18-25 year olds, and every year I ask them how many play PC games, and whether they prefer mouse or controller for input; the balance has swung from one side to the other steadily over the last 20 years, to the point where almost the whole group prefers controllers now (of course, 20 years ago it was joysticks, not twin-stick game controllers that I asked about, and they almost all preferred mouse and keyboard for Quake, although a few preferred joysticks for Descent).

I do think mice give you an edge in precision aiming, but unless you are a pro gamer it hardly matters, and of course it doesn't make any difference in a single-player game. There are lots of videos that show PC gamers using a controller and doing just fine against other PC gamers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

No, PC gamers don't hate joysticks; many of them love joysticks and gamepads.

That said, I have no interest in a nVidia Shield. It runs freaking Android. Android is great on my phone, where I also do not play games.

Satan? Daemon?
Monster drinks are go!

Seconded. I have only one choice of internet where I live: Bell. My speed is ridiculously low 0.5 Mbps download, and huge lag spikes are frequent. Welcome to Canada.

Touche. If I was a web developer working with all those nifty Java class libraries for doing webby things, I wouldn't want to use C++ either.

I wasn't aware of the Mennonite practice, but I know that hobos used to "mark" houses all over North America this way. If you gave one hobo a sandwich, others would eventually show up who had never actually met the first hobo or talked to anyone about it; they learned of your generosity by seeing the mark he had left at the start of your property. They used various chalk marks, piles of stones, bent branches etc. to designate "generous folks"/"work available"/"stay away, they are nuts"/"good for one meal" and so on. I always assumed this was the etymology of the phrase "they are an easy mark".

Or a pie filled with a vaguely meat-like substance? Best with LOTS of mustard.

He uses C++ and Python. Why in hell would he stoop to Java? You don't meet many experienced C++ programmers who want to spend their days using Java instead, now, do you?

Except that for larger tablets, holding them with two hands is far easier, especially for anything over a few minutes. So no, the reviewer is doing it right.

Yes, and there is Roku etc.Unfortunately, none of them play Vita games.. I have a slew of devices ar home that can run Netflix/Crunchyroll, but was considering a PlaystationTV because it would be a tiny, highly portable device to lug to the camp in the summer etc., and I have Vita games that I could enjoy on it (I don't actually enjoy playing them on a Vita near as much as I would on a TV).

If all I want is a small Netflix/Crunchyroll box, I can just go buy a Chromecast or Roku stick or something (Walmart sells several devices like that in the "under $40 range"), and stream from my laptop when on the road. It would have been worth the larger pricetag to be able to enjoy Vita games as well, but no Netflix is a deal breaker.

/thread with a Hermann Göring quote.

If so, they may have just lost a sale. I was considering a PlaystationTV, but I don't know if I want to pay that much just to play Vita games and watch Crunchyroll on my TV.