My Dell XPS 13 laptop is almost 5 years old. I really *want* to upgrade, but I just can't find any laptop that is good enough to replace it. I really want a laptop with a matte OLED screen, 120hz refresh rate and at least 700 nits of brightness so I can finally use it outside, AMD CPU & GPU, 32 gigs of ram while we're at it, a chassis that isn't too bulky, plastic-y or horribly ugly, a decent battery and preferably no realtek wifi card. The only thing I can consistently find are ones with OLED screens & high refresh rates, but all the other things are super rare.

I really love the idea behind Matrix! How it's a federated system, so you can run your own server but still seamlessly talk to people on other networks. Kind of like e-mail. The only downside is the client support. Element.io is trying to do *a lot* and doesn't really succeed at anything.

You're still using a note 3? I had one. Even with cyanogenmod that thing was slow as hell after 2 years. I'm on my third phone since then :/

Totally. Even though I speak (Flemish) Dutch, I always use the English subtitles because it's the literal transcript of what is said. Dutch subtitles often contain some minor errors, but those are enough to draw me out of the story. Another issue is that Dutch subtitles are often, well, very Dutch. This can be very annoying for someone from Flanders.

I got my first English class in school when I was 13 years old. I was already browsing the web, chatting on IRC, playing video games, ... in English long before this. Now, did I learn perfect English by just watching TV? Probably not. But the young version of me definitely thought so, though. That confidence + the hours and hours of consuming English content did a lot more than the measly 2 hours of English class every week.

I don't know if those apple products is actual product placement. (Some times the logo is even covered with a postit) Apple products jump into screen without you noticing it. that is something a Microsoft product never does, because they really focus on it and give it a lot of screen time.

Have you never noticed that nearly all computer product placement in television shows is by the hand of Microsoft? They've tried to push Windows 8, Windows Phone and the Surface tablet like this. And they still don't sell nearly as well as Android or iOS devices.

Yeah, exactly. When people bitch about JavaScript it's mostly about the DOM api or the browser inconsistencies. Or they're confused about the loose typing and prototypal inheritance.

How is it flaky? The DOM API might be a mess, but Javascript itself is a nifty little versatile language. Or are we bitching about the loose typing again?

It's the same in Belgium. For a topup of 15 euros I get 1gb of data, 1000 sms and 1 hour of calls to make. Belgium is actually one of the most expensive countries in the EU of mobile phone subscriptions, and this one I have is the cheapest of the lot. I always found it fascinating you have to pay to receive a message in the U.S. People would scream bloody murder over here. The EU has even made some laws as to how much a text message can cost.

What the hell are you talking about? Someone attacked you because you spoke with a Dutch accent in Flanders? Bad Flanders! You know, I was assaulted by a few Turkish kids once, too. Following your logic, I guess they're all bad, too.

I'm ashamed of Belgium, too. I'm proud to be from Flanders, though ;)

Indeed, it's stupid to think speaking the same language is enough to bind a country. The opposite does seam more likely, though. Anyway, as nice as Dutch people are, there are immense differences between us. And when Belgium finally does split I don't want to trade one monarchy for another...

Well said!

Exactly, they would have fallen flat on their face. Or at least, I would hope so. You never know these days. These stories make me miserable.