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Comment Re:May I suggest (Score 1) 334

this depends highly on what "synthetic" you mean.
some do just fine.

dunno why botherwith bolt action either, just get some kalashnikov clones. clones, as in better built but same action. with metal tube stock and synthetic barrel wrap/guard.

works just fine for canadian winters and summers.

though I guess USA makes them buy some old ar15's or something.

Comment Re:Depends on if you want to get calls... (Score 1) 107

but why wouldn't you just share the internet connection from the phone device?

even if you had a data only sim - why wouldn't you use it in the "smartphone" and share it with wifi/bluetooth/usb/whatever ? it's still more versatile on it's own than just a puck that you can't even see the time of day on.

that way you still only need just one sim. multiple sims are a hassle, but that has never made me feel like I would get yet another thing to carry around. if I need 3g/mobile internet and need to use tablet, second phone or whatever, I just connect them through the device that has the working sim. that device usually being the phone that I would receive any important calls or whatever with.

Comment Re:not reliable enough (Score 1) 107

yeah, it's not like you have to take 100000 minute plan.
actually, to get the data only hotspot, maybe you need.

the logical thing would be to use the phone as the hotspot. it's not like the hotspot is that much smaller than the phone in the first place.

the only reason I can think of is some trickery with the 'plan' pricing on behalf of the operator.

and I find it highly unlikely to be able to keep a voip call once you hit throttling..

Comment Re:As expected from google (Score 1) 113

Didn't give them much choice?

dude, that's not how the right to forgotten works.

GOOGLE HAS THE CHOICE. they reject about 50% of requests. it's not a court that makes the request, it's the who fuckingever individual that wants his stupid comment not to show up on google searches who makes the request.

indeed, you can send a request, provided that you live in the affected countries, to google to remove your previous comment from showing up on google search.

Comment Re:Court's judgement, not Google's. (Score 3, Insightful) 113

court? what fucking court? it doesn't work that way... unfortunately.

so kthxbai go here https://support.google.com/leg...

the law as it is is stupid.

also it's about 50% that google removes, it's ENTIRELY up to google to decide... so it's googles judgement. it would be better imho if they just offloaded it all to /dev/null . like, you can make the request but they could just default everything to denied.. good for bbc to provide the list.

and if you were wondering, yeah, you can request sites from bbc or whatever fucking site to be removed from search results. don't like something? post some info about you in the comments or make a stupid comment and then ask for the result to be removed! brilliant, eh?

Comment Re:Wizard of Oz reboot? (Score 1) 187

well it was from the golden age of sci fi movies.

rollerball, zardoz.. ridiculous outfits, yet they still managed to be serious hardcore science fiction. rollerball maybe not so much(it's more society story than scifi).

but yeah, why the fuck can't they manage to make films like that nowadays, films that say something while at it?

Comment Re:Linus vs. most of management (Score 1) 387

yeah mod up.

the community building hasn't been a total fail, evident by code submissions.

it would be a lot worse if bullshit got added in just for being nice and if the asswits trying to submit shit just for the sake of them being the asswit who got shit in then there would be a lot more shit in there - also if he just said "this doesn't look right for the linux corporate strategy so regretfully I will not include this" instead of "this algorithm is fucking stupid and here's why:" things would be a lot worse for other people who were trying to figure out how to really make it better.

Comment Re:Nobody Counts (Score 1, Insightful) 164

"Gamers" as in gamergate seem like "people who would like to make money off from games without making games".

the whole gamergate is stupid. it's about a stupid game, about stupid journalists writing for stupid online magazines and about stupid gamers.

goat simulator is stupid too - that and depression quest both underline how PUBLICITY matters more than the game being good in any way! and the problem is the "gamer" journalists who just latch on to everything they see other youtubers latch on to - so playing the indie game lottery has nothing to do with how good your game is! it's just lottery(or maybe you can effect said lottery by putting out).

I say bring back the shareware indie and get rid of the fucking media publicity indie "ooh I'm a hipster game developer uu give me money uu look at this movie of me developing this game give me money uu don't try my game just give me money uuuuu".

and goat simulator is stupid, this is from their own fucking webpage ffs:
"Goat Simulator is a small, broken and stupid game. It was made in a couple of weeks so donâ(TM)t expect a game in the size and scope of GTA with goats. In fact, youâ(TM)re better off not expecting anything at all actually. To be completely honest, it would be best if youâ(TM)d spend your $10 on a hula hoop, a pile of bricks, or maybe a real-life goat."

Comment Re:Sounds like a movie plot. (Score 2) 38

well why bother with finesse when the crimes were clearly of victimless, damageless nature.

how the fuck else could you turn 124 years into 12 months probationfuck? the crimes are of nature that nobody gives a fuck about really, so there's unbelievable range in the potential punishment.

for the record, that's like giving a mobster 6 months in jail for confessing to multiple crimes that would give life sentences each - while not disputing that he did those things.

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