Comment Microsoft has a Maps App? (Score 1) 15
I have never heard of it, I guess that is a good reason to kill it.
Comment Re:How many (Score 1) 64
And how many Android users even care to use iMessage? I highly doubt it will be enough to make them money.
Comment Google seems to hate 360 Photos (Score 4, Interesting) 9
They dropped the Street View App that could upload 360 photos in to Google Maps. That means no new blue circles on Google maps that I found so useful. I enjoyed uploading my own to help hikers on remote trails and camp sites.
Comment Next question is "Why is it a threat?" (Score 1) 118
Most will just stare at you and say "because some reporter said so". Just another example of news blowing something our of proportion to the size of the issue. Any why do they do it, because fear rules the media and sells!
Comment Epson HX-20 (Score 1) 288
I normally built my own but I did have a Epson HX-20 that I bought in 1987 and sold in 2018, yes it worked. So 31 years!
Comment Re:How they did it (Score 2, Funny) 9
That would be great because it would include the ones that act like they are 13.
Comment VAR! What is that? (Score 1) 21
Did any one pay attention in school? Introduce every acronym before using it in the text. The first time you use the term, put the acronym in parentheses after the full term.
Comment Re:Does it matter? (Score 1) 265
$1000 to build it, $1000 in labor and $98,000 in Putin's pocket...
Comment Re:Sue car makers because, trees. (Score 2) 215
Here, here!! Cars killed over 40,000 people last year in the US, they need to be outlawed!
Wizards of the Coast Is Addressing Racist Stereotypes In Dungeons & Dragons (polygon.com) 385
AmiMoJo shares a report from Polygon: Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has acknowledged the existence of racist stereotypes in its sourcebooks, and pledged to make changes to ameliorate the issue. In a blog post published on June 17 titled "Diversity and Dungeons & Dragons," Wizards of the Coast said that depicting a diverse array of human beings -- beyond "fantasy versions of northern Europeans" -- is "one of the explicit design goals of 5th edition D&D." The developers noted that while they want to feature characters "who represent an array of ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and beliefs," the game still contains problematic depictions of fantasy races.
Among these races are the orcs, who are often characterized as a savage horde of creatures who lust for battle, and the drow, an evil dark-skinned subrace of elves who dwell in a subterranean matriarchy. Wizards of the Coast specifically addressed these two groups in laying out recent and future changes to D&D products: "We present orcs and drow in a new light in two of our most recent books, Eberron: Rising from the Last War and Explorer's Guide to Wildemount. In those books, orcs and drow are just as morally and culturally complex as other peoples. We will continue that approach in future books, portraying all the peoples of D&D in relatable ways and making it clear that they are as free as humans to decide who they are and what they do." They add: "Later this year, we will release a product (not yet announced) that offers a way for a player to customize their character's origin, including the option to change the ability score increases that come from being an elf, a dwarf, or one of D&D's many other playable folk. This option emphasizes that each person in the game is an individual with capabilities all their own." The publisher also said "it's adjusting material that maligns or stereotypes real-world ethnic groups like the Roma," reports Polygon. "The company has revised the adventure Curse of Strahd, which includes a people known as the Vistani that 'echoes some stereotypes associated with the Romani people in the real world.'"
"In addition, the publisher said two future books will be written with a Romani consultant so as to characterize the Vistani 'in a way that doesn't rely on reductive tropes.'"
Among these races are the orcs, who are often characterized as a savage horde of creatures who lust for battle, and the drow, an evil dark-skinned subrace of elves who dwell in a subterranean matriarchy. Wizards of the Coast specifically addressed these two groups in laying out recent and future changes to D&D products: "We present orcs and drow in a new light in two of our most recent books, Eberron: Rising from the Last War and Explorer's Guide to Wildemount. In those books, orcs and drow are just as morally and culturally complex as other peoples. We will continue that approach in future books, portraying all the peoples of D&D in relatable ways and making it clear that they are as free as humans to decide who they are and what they do." They add: "Later this year, we will release a product (not yet announced) that offers a way for a player to customize their character's origin, including the option to change the ability score increases that come from being an elf, a dwarf, or one of D&D's many other playable folk. This option emphasizes that each person in the game is an individual with capabilities all their own." The publisher also said "it's adjusting material that maligns or stereotypes real-world ethnic groups like the Roma," reports Polygon. "The company has revised the adventure Curse of Strahd, which includes a people known as the Vistani that 'echoes some stereotypes associated with the Romani people in the real world.'"
"In addition, the publisher said two future books will be written with a Romani consultant so as to characterize the Vistani 'in a way that doesn't rely on reductive tropes.'"
Comment Fake News (Score 1, Insightful) 466
Don't mess with his Fake News! He want everyone to hear his Fake New first and straight from his orifice.
Comment Related story? (Score 1) 111
This is all in line with this story.
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...
Comment Micro-manager (Score 1) 670
Trump just can not stop micro-managing and looking for yes men. Let the experts work on this. They don't need someone tossing out random ideas, just because he read about it on one of his favorite fake news sites. Heck he is the biggest source of fake news. So the idea maybe one of his own dumb ideas he had yesterday and just forgot about.
Comment YouTube Not = News (Score 1) 35
Too many people already get their "news" from gossip sources. This is just going to make them more likely to believe/trust in those unreliable sources.
Comment Trump is the best source of Fake news (Score 3, Insightful) 382
Trump keeps working hard to be the top source of Fake news!
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