I try to remind myself of things like this all the time. For every time you see some awful story on the news about things getting worse and people being awful to each other, remember that humans are also capable of things like building at the atomic level, sending people to and bringing them home from other celestial bodies, eradicating diseases, and creating masterpieces like the Night Watch and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. We're an amazing species and everyone needs to remember that now and then.

I love that CDex looks basically exactly the same as when I first downloaded it 25 years ago.

We called them emoticons back then and we liked it!

This is one of the few times where Betteridge's Law doesn't work.

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Go read Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go", which is based on a very similar concept (and a very good book).

What the heck are you talking about? The Pixel's camera is widely considered one of the best on the market. We've had three of them in my family and the only point you make that I'd agree with is the subpar speakers.

Same here. There've been a few times where I heard something new on Spotify and then went out and bought the album so I can have my own copy.

That's a good point. I think I was too young and dumb to understand the RAMifications (sorry, dad-mode kicked in) of the extra bloat.

I have to give the developers credit, though - I'm listening to a 256kbps mp3 (Rush's YYZ) on Winamp 5.8 right now (only displaying the player and playlist with default skin) and it's using all of 8.2 MB RAM. Not too shabby by modern standards.

I've been running Winamp since the 90s and never understood this complaint. I remember the excitement around 3.0, and as soon as I installed it I disabled/removed the features I didn't like (which was, admittedly, most of them). In the end it acted and looked just like 2.x.

If you're seeking out apps from the "age five and under" category, you're an awful parent.

My kids are considerably younger, but I installed Doudou Linux on an old netbook for them to learn how to navigate and use the mouse and keyboard. They are 4 and 2 and love using TuxPaint and some of the puzzles in the GCompris Educational Suite.

It would be used as birth control. You wouldn't need condoms or the pill if you hook up after a night of partying when you're 22, but you'd still be able to have kids in the future. But it would never work from a technical standpoint.