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Comment Counter-Strike 1.5 (Score 1) 66

The last CS game I played was 1.5, the last to have the iconic HL1-era orange menus and the specific menu sounds. The most you could customize were the sprays. So imagine my shock when I found out it now features ...loot boxes and cosmetics? I will never understand people who would pay for such things.

Comment Microsoft is a spam haven (Score 1) 43

I've been receiving spam from onmicrosoft subdomains for years. Every time I reported it to Microsoft's CERT, they replied that the report couldn't be verified. Microsoft and Google are the primary source of spam I get, and both platforms chose not to implement very simple measures to prevent their platforms from being used by spammers.

Comment Re:Why three people, though? (Score 1) 100

Most cell types in every human body, regardless of sex, contain mitochondria. They're what power the cells. It's true that with very few exceptions, people usually get them from their mother, but there have also been recorded cases where the father's mitochondria made it into the next generation, see the Wikipedia page "Paternal mtDNA transmission".

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