Wow, "PragerU" as your sources and Pragar still has the audacity to call themselves a University when really they are nothing more than a shill for anyone who will pay them.

Yes, I can debunk each one of these videos but what is the point since people who think they are right without corroborating evidence are IMHO a lost cause.

Now onto Alex Epstein who has as his credentials a B.A., Philosophy, Duke University (2002) and He is the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank located in San Diego, California. Sounds legit, I guess he must know more than those dumb Climate scientists who only have peer-reviewed papers and PhD's in their relevant fields even though he has not published any peer-reviewed papers.

Yes, I do know that Alex Epstein has published two books but without peer-reviewed papers, those books are so much fluff and not taken seriously by the scientific community.

You are quite right the Game Boy had a tiny display of 4.7x4.3 cm with 160x144 pixels and if you had reasonable eyesight you could definitely see the pixels. It really is a wonder what gamers put up with it for so long especially when the Sega Game Gear was released which had a colour screen although the resolution was 160x144 pixels.

If you look at standard definition TV's in hindsight resolutions were quite woeful even compared to their screen sizes. Of course, we have advanced considerably since then starting with 720p than 1080p (HD standards), then to 4K and now 8K.

What has always amazed me with Nintendo is how they managed to get considerable market share with woefully underperforming consoles when compared to competing consoles and handhelds. The main reason IMHO was the sheer number of games available for each device, however, this changed with the release of the PS1 although they did claw back market share with the Wii but lost it again with the WiiU. Now with the Switch, Nintendo is slowly clawing back market share but very soon the PS5 and the next Microsoft console will appear on the market and that should be interesting.

It must be noted that I have owned and enjoyed every single Nintendo console from the NES through to the Gamecube but the Wii was too much of a gimmick for me especially since it was standard-definition and the PS3 could display up to 1080p.

A good rule of thumb when choosing any display is if you can see the pixels when viewing at a "comfortable" distance then you should consider a smaller display or a higher resolution display which could be 4K and even 8K depending on screen size. As for High Dynamic Range (HDR) that is dependent on the content being viewed.

As an example, I have a 4K HDR monitor and a standard PS4 which supports HDR (all PS4's support HDR) although its maximum resolution is 1080p (the XB1slim also supports HDR) and providing the game I am playing supports HDR then my display will select HDR (sometimes you need to select HDR in the game settings). In addition, my monitor will upscale 1080p to full screen (assuming 16:9 aspect ratio).

Currently 8K displays while available are very expensive compared to 4K and 1080p displays but in time they will come down in price. Also, there are more than two types of dynamic range scalings with HDR10 (non-proprietory) and Dolby Vision (proprietary) being the most common. So far HDR10 is by far the most common in many displays since it is non-proprietary (ie. TV's and monitors) although that may change in the future depending on how much Dolby Laboratories charges per seat.

Err no! When the ice caps melt (ie. global warming) you can expect higher temperatures in Northern Africa ie. Sahara and the Middle East. Contrary to popular belief 50-degree Celsius temperatures are not associated with jungle conditions.

Actually Methane is also a very good greenhouse gas which is much more effective than carbon dioxide. Also the result of burning Methane results in water (not an issue there) and Carbon Dioxide (ouch!).

For those that are interested, the definition of "Athiest" is as follows "a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods". That is it, no other embellishments.

It never ceases to amaze me how Theists love to bring up Communists such as Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot to denigrate Atheists (it used to be Hitler but Germany during his reign was a Christian country so that's out). You should look up what Communism is and if you are a Christian you should also be aware of Thomas More who wrote the book called "Utopia" which is uncomfortably close to ideal Communism which as you should know cannot work because of human selfishness and greed.

Ah yes, the "No true Scotsman" fallacy.

As for Christmas. You should know that the ancient Romans had the feast of Saturnalia which was from the 17th Dec to the 23rd Dec. In addition, other pagan festivals also occurred around the same time and it was usurped as the birth of Jesus by the Christians. In fact, many Christian holy days had pagan roots.

Unfortunately, I do agree with you on this one. Totalitarian governments want total control so I think the following words are true "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" Unknown although some attribute this to Thomas Jefferson. The problem you have here is that you need a strong "free" leader (can anyone name one?) to stand up to dictators and fascists but because money is now the defacto diety of worship all you will hear are "thoughts and prayers".

The Library of Alexandria was destroyed by the Romans under Julius Caesar in 48 BC. Unless the Christians had invented a time-machine they were not involved. I suppose you could say the Romans were pagans, however, they did worship multiple gods which is "polytheism". Jews being involved? I somehow doubt that since what is now the Middle East was under occupation by the Romans.

The last vestige of the library of Alexandria was destroyed when the then (4th Century AD - see my reference) "Emperor Theodosius I in his zeal to wipe out all vestiges of paganism issued a decree in 391 sanctioning the demolition of temples in Alexandria". Yes, you could say this was a (fanatical) Christian attack but there would have been very little resistance from the so-called pagans living in the city. There is no mention of Jews in this part of history.

You can use a halogen bulb in place of an incandescent bulb in an oven and while the halogen bulb is not as energy efficient compared to led bulbs at least it is more efficient and usually brighter than an incandescent one.

You can use led bulbs in a rangehood if the heat coming off the stove is not that high and a good indicator that you can do this is if the light fixture cover is made of plastic. If the cover is made of heat resistant glass then a halogen bulb can be used.

If you have to grind for a long time then you are doing something horribly wrong. It's time to "git gud"!! --- Looks around to make sure no one is looking and runs for cover. ;-)

The free MS Word app was installed on my Android phone by default and does not have an application date expiry. So saying over one billion downloads (you do have to download the full version to use it) is true from a certain point of view. Still, Microsoft can't count me installing their app since I don't use MS Word.

Really? Well, how about solar panels in the Arctic and the Antarctica Antarctica .

Granted that if a particular area has massive cloud cover for extended lengths of time solar energy efficiency will drop dramatically (of course you don't build there) however when designing for renewable energy you don't just look at solar arrays/panels you consider windmills, batteries as well as hydro and geothermal just to name a few. You would also locate the appropriate energy generators and storage facilities in appropriate places where the particular generator source is appropriate and connect them via a "power systems grid" which can cover over hundreds of square kilometres.

With Google Chrome you can turn many of their tracking features off although if you are feeling paranoid there are other web browsers you can use. It does get more difficult to control or stop information being sent to one or more interested parties if the operating system you are using is configured by default to do so and you can't blame Google Chrome for that.

Like it or not any site, you visit with a web browser will log your information as metadata. Under normal circumstances, metadata is only used for debugging purposes unless a court order is presented to the appropriate managers, (ah the good old days) however depending on the privacy policies of the company that metadata can be sold to interested parties.

It must be noted that most computers even from the 1950's onward logged metadata which as I have explained before is extremely useful for debugging purposes. Under normal circumstances, metadata was only kept for a few days or months (depends on company policy), however, it appears metadata can be used for other purposes and depending which country you live in there may be government policies in place that require retention of metadata for years.

BTW. I run Linux as my primary operating system and I have instant access to four web browsers, those are Google Chrome, Firefox, Konqueror and Qupzilla. There are other browsers I could install (takes about a minute or two) but I choose not to. No matter which browser I use any site I visit will log my activity as metadata even if I am using incognito settings. At least I don't have to worry that my operating system is sending data to interested parties.

I was only replying to his VLC comment, not Kodi.

For your interest, I only run Linux on my desktop and laptops (Fedora 27). Although I do have Kodi installed I don't really use the application and I am aware it does have plugins, some of which can be used to pirate certain content. Still, most of that content I am not interested in so I have not investigated it.

Bring up VLC then click on Media and select Open Network Stream. Enter the URL of the video you want to play.

In case you are interested the above does work with YouTube as well.

Basically, if you can see it and/or hear it you can pirate it.

Well, you could try "sea of" and get "Sea of Thieves" Microsoft's latest game.

Err isn't that about pirates? Yes, Microsoft is a good role model.