I don't really care about any agenda, I don't play Battlefield for realism (there are plenty of games for that - ArmA, Insurgency, Squad, Project Reality, Post Scriptum in particular for realistic WW2 combat).

The game is just... not great. It's just not very fun. The maps don't feel balanced, honestly the maps just aren't that fun, and the guns don't feel satisfying. The gameplay loop just isn't there.

Sure, outrage over some of the game design decisions (women, minorities, omg) probably steered some people away, but coming from a group of people who play games together and really don't care about any of that - we've all practically stopped playing just because we aren't having fun.

My bill has started creeping back up to just a cable subscription again... I'm not proud of it, but I've set up a Plex server and it's *fantastic*. Better interface than any of the big players, works on every device I own, and I can be running 3 streams in the house simultaneously @ 1080p without having any internet slowdowns. I still pay for shows I enjoy and want to support (provided they're available to purchase as a season on some place like Amazon) but I keep copies on my Plex server for easier consumption.

While not a sophisticated attack, a mocked up login portal is much more targeted than the bots that scrape the internet to look for open ports.

This is something in between what the article implies (some sort of high-tech conspiracy hacking attack) and what you're saying (dumb vulnerability scanners in the wild).

I worked as the System Administrator/Software Developer for a smaller company (~35 employees). I architected and built out a multi-channel eCommerce solution that synced their ancient database (inventory, pricing, etc) to a modern SQL database that could be tied into Amazon, eBay, their own webstore (which I also built). Automatic repricing to stay competitive based on our inventory costs, custom pricing for custom sizes, bin packing problems, plenty of complex stuff.

Very very negative environment. Frequent company wide meetings where we were referred to as replaceable and disposable. Cost of living raises once every 24 months if we were lucky. Any time money came up, the company owner would go into a rant about how much each employee costs to employee.

Pay wasn't keeping up nearly enough with my increased responsibilities (even though my software was responsible for several million per year *profit*).

They haven't replaced me (have tried a few times, have a few friends who work there) and none of them worked out. Amazingly my software is still running after a couple years. The first major API change to any of the eCommerce channels will break it pretty bad.

Now I'm a Software Architect (with a heavy dose of DevOps) for a multi-billion dollar company making nearly 300% of what I did there.

tl;dr - Worked well beyond my job responsibilities, made the company a lot of money, they wouldn't pay me, so I left for a company that would pay me.

You mean local MILFs in my area that want to talk to me?

They should look into saving money (and being more environmentally friendly) by shipping more than 300 gallons per day. What if Tesla developed something that could hold gasoline that was not yet in use for an extended period of time? Sort of like their Powerpack, but for fossil fuels.

If you don't have one already, invest in a good mechanical keyboard. It's absolutely wonderful.

Usually they have a 'fall back' (and often slower) download that isn't peer-to-peer.

I'm one of those "idealists". But I don't view Hillary as "second best".

In my opinion, this loss should send a clear message to the DNC that we're fed up with anti-middle/working class corporatists running the country. Not that we want Trump, but that we don't want to be forced to choose between "complete shit, featuring some alignment with with my social views" and "complete shit, featuring less alignment with my social views".

So with any luck, and I'm still not incredibly hopeful, we'll get a Democratic candidate in 2020 who actually gives a shit about more than just pandering to a few specific demographics because they feel they have all of us "educated white folk" in the bag already. And preferably one that doesn't come in feeling like they deserve the position just because it's their turn.

I'm very unhappy with a Trump presidency. I'm also happy that the DNC failed in pushing Hillary down our throats. It sucks all around.

The J5 was released back in April, if it was having the same issue as the Note 7 (August), I'm pretty sure there would have been a lot more news on this.

Usually it's something like "Install our App to get X% off!". Legit sites do that all the time, if you purchase through their mobile app they'll give a discount.

Yeah, I played with a guy in FFXIV who played on console. He set up his laptop next to his TV so he could join Teamspeak with us.

League of Legends has been adding new champions consistently from 40 in 2009 to 133 today. That's a LOT of changes, and they've been quite successful. I don't play LoL anymore, but the games are still "okay" to watch. I wouldn't go out of my way. Same with CS:GO. Overwatch I'm actively playing, Diamond ranked, and I can't stand watching games. It's *too* chaotic, there's too much to watch and a caster can never get the full picture.

Hmmm, this Banana Bread recipe calls for dinitrotoluene... not sure what that is, but it sounds delicious!

Monarch? How dare you insult the future God-king!