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Comment Probably eventually (Score 1) 589

Firefox was always my "tried and true browser of choice", but it's been running continuously since before 57 came out so it hasn't updated yet.

When it does I'll lose some extensions I really quite liked, so I'm hanging on to see if they receive updates. I expect the more popular ones will in time, and the more obscure ones I wouldn't be able to replicate by switching browser anyway - so either way I expect to end up on Firefox 57, possibly with some switching to alternate or equivalent extensions in the process, possibly somewhat pissed off by the fact that I needed to.

Comment Re:Presumably... (Score 1) 326

I'm not sure that follows - self-awareness would require the computer to be running software that produces self-awareness. You can't just wire together an absurd amount of processing power and expect it to "wake up" of its own accord. Without the right algorithm to run it would still just be an inert lump of silicon.

Equally you could have the infinitely fast computer run some other program... if it were devoted to calculating digits of pi then it would hypothetically be able to calculate all infinitely-many of them in a finite period of time (because "infinitely fast" is a logical absurdity) but it still wouldn't ever need to contemplate its own existence in the process.

Comment Re:fast fashion (Score 1) 161

Meanwhile. My S5 has an "ugly" plastic back. I've dropped it several times and it still works. I don't even have a case on it except my hip case. I can change the battery (great for an instant charge since Anker provided me with a charger when I bought 2 batteries) and the micro SD card (recently put in a 64 GB because I was running out of space on my 32 GB). Fantastic.

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