Support for hardware decoding is still pretty new but it will get there eventually. Nobody will notice the changeover except for obsessive nerds.

Insurance is a parasite. It was never necessary for capitalism to succeed. The burden of insurance distorts the market so much, it would be a great relief if it were to fail. Of course, it would destroy our economy as we know it, but capitalism would persist.

I still remember when Emmanuel Goldstein crowned himself King of the Internet on WBAI. Not sure if he still wants that title...

Good idea, perhaps we should hard-throttle your bananas.

Yes, they tell you about this. You can opt out. Buyer beware.

Did you install it or did you let some monkey install it for you?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it... unless you can directly profit from its destruction.

How many completely unknown branches of life have been burned and bulldozed into obliviojn? Who knows, who cares... as long as the GDP keeps going up.

Google doesn't actually verify anything, they'd rather just crowdsource it to bored people in exchange for "points." Their solution will probably be to crowdsource the sanity checks.

Sure, there's an element of that, but I think it's more a reflection of Amazon's algorithm and the low volume of book sales than anything. Let me know how it is, maybe leave a review if you can still think critically.

Really? A "bestseller" with zero reviews on Amazon? This all seems very suspicious. Is this just part of an advertising campaign?

Because if it's buried in a bag of clothes it's more likely to overheat, smoulder, and make things a lot worse. At least if you have it nearby you can react and put it in an explosion containment pie dish.

What if I'm allergic to salt, you insensitive clod!

Hey man, math is hard!

I recently changed ISPs and they provided me with a TP-Link router. It's actually pretty nice, good range and reliable, although it's infuriating that management capabilities all have to be done a phone app... that you have to create a cloud account for. There is a web interface but it's very basic. I think I'm going to have to buy a replacement but the landscape seems bleak. TP-Link fills the top lists, and I don't want a "mesh pod," thank you very much...