I build a new PC only every 3-5 years with only a few parts upgrades now and then during that time. Yeah, it takes a few hours to research and purchase parts and then a few hours to assemble it all but you end up with something far better than any console. It takes no effort to stay up to specs for new games. I'm still on a 4770K and it still plays games just fine.

I gotta say ... This is one of the dumbest posts I've ever seen on slashdot. The two universes are different because they are FICTION and they were written differently by different people for different reasons. Analyzing sociological factors in a work of fiction is pointless

For years I used Mezzmo in combination with my Samsung smart TV DLNA streaming. More recently I've started using a Plex server with the Plex app on a 4th gen Apple TV.

I assumed this was happening all along. This example, https://tech.slashdot.org/stor... A man found his mugger because they were both in the same place at the same time. I doubt they had any other friends in common. Lessson here is, if you want to be anonymous, disable location services and/or data services.

The number of Ads and the annoyance of bad or distracting Ads created a need for Ad blocking software. If they want to stop use of Ad blockers, they already know what to do.

My company still passes around a pager even though we all have cell phones. The reasoning is that the pager will reach areas that don't have good cellular coverage. I don't like carrying the extra item around, but I do find that without it I would miss most text messages or emails on my phone since the pager is much louder.

I ain't exactly made up my mind yet, but given a choice between Dark Matter and "Some other explanation" I think that some other explanation is much more likely. What angers me is articles like this that accept Dark Matter as a given. The article mater of factly states that Dark Matter is present in these Galaxy formations when in fact there is no way for them to know that since there is no way to detect dark matter.

The most amazing part of this article is not the formation of these galaxies but that the existence of Dark Matter has finally been proven. Oh wait,maybe the person who wrote this is lying and doesn't realize that Dark matter doesn't really exist.

I have no guilt about using Ad Blockers. Advertisements have become so pervasive and invasive that they are literally ruining any experience they touch. I got a TiVo so I could avoid spending a quarter of my TV time watching Ads I got an Ad blocker when web Ads started becoming obnoxious and distracting. I for one would rather not have any Ad supported services. I'd rather pay for services like YouTube and Facebook than have to put up with the Ads. If web services lose revenue over Ad blockers, they should offer users a way to Pay for the service in exchange for an Ad free experience. IMO "Ad supported" might as well be "supported by clubbing baby seals". Both are evil and should be stopped. Elon Musk would seem to agree with me. "he refuses to advertise for Tesla, something most startup car companies wouldn’t think twice about—because he sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest."

It occurs to me that if you use a good passcode to lock your phone, a law enforcement or intelligence agency cannot compel you to give up the passcode if you don't want to. But they can take your fingerprint or use your finger to unlock it by force if necessary. All without violating your rights or the 5th amendment. I would prefer a fingerprint AND a passcode required together.

Commodore 64 vs 16GB Ram 17,179,869,184 / 65,536 = 262,144 times the memory