Apparently phones have officially become fashion accessories and status symbols

Not that this isn’t scummy, but your last paragraph kind of nails it to an extent. I’m not sure if it’s changed since 2014-ish when I was still working for Radio Shack, but back then, retailers actually lost money when selling an iPhone outright. IIRC the store cost for a $699 iPhone would have been something like…

Originally, if you as a customer were willing to agree to a 2-year deal with a carrier, the trade-off was you got a savings toward the cost of your phone.

The providers found a way to transfer that benefit to the retailers by convincing you that the installment plan was the benefit, so now the retailers are pissed…

To understand how it will make money, you need to understand the complex Corporate Structure.

These things need to be banned until the long term health-effect of living near them can be properly studied and vetted. There’s strong evidence of negative side effects from the constant low frequency pulse of the turbine’s motion. They built one near a friend of mine’s uncles house. His wife suddenly got herpes out…

Interesting rational considering that there are more Asian Characters in Overwatch than any other Continent. But still, SUPER cool artwork. 

Looks like he touches right underneath the logo.

There’s a glaring error in this article. Michael Jordan is not a one-time NBA player. He’s a two-time NBA player. He did retire and come back, after all. MY PEDANTRY IS UNTETHERED AND KNOWS NO BOUNDS!

The FAA’s illegal drone registration scheme was struck down by the courts: https://www.wsj.com/articles/faa-rules-on-recreational-drone-registry-struck-down-1495223257

Not sure how you can argue MLB and Overwatch are similar enough to cause confusion. I mean Overwatch players are in far better physical condition.

“Oh no. Oh HELL NO. You DO NOT start ANYONE out with FLCL” —- My exact thoughts, if FLCL had been my first into into anime I likely would have lost interest immediately. I still don’t fully understand what I watched there, despite being an anime fangirl overall about entirely too many other series. 

Oh no. Oh HELL NO. You DO NOT start ANYONE out with FLCL. What the hell is wrong with you? That’s brain damage right there, and it’ll be on you. That show requires a strong, developed mental attitude and experience. Absolutely not for newbies unless you want to be reputed as a serial lobotomizer. 

Aren’t we currently on a dive meta where Winston/Dva are kings over Rein? From what you describe this can go well with that.

“We now know plenty of details about the Xbox One X, though there are still a few uncertainties as the console doesn’t go on sale until November. As with the PS4 Pro, it’s a stop-gap between the current generation and the next generation of gaming consoles, and it’s going to cost $400 just like its main rival.”

I guess it depends on the routing you’re doing. I’m working on a rollout multihomed ipv6 network. Definitely not routine for me.

I really like Destiny and would prefer to play it on the PC...

But the fact that it’s launching so much later on the PC than the consoles is just plain fucking stupid.

I guess they need time to port the fucking Xbox version to the PC so we get crippled fucking controls and GUI yet again.

I stand by the fact that Stargate Universe was good. It didn’t start good, it was tedious and drawn out but once it found it’s footing it was getting pretty dang good. The characters became more likeable, they started working together as a team, the story stopped being repetitive and actually had some meat to it.

Unless you’re having an extremely uncomfortable conversation with law enforcement, when\where\who doesn’t want to be compared to MJ?

Or, alternately, “The 8 onliest games for the Nintendo Switch”

Wanton slaughter of invasive species should be the primary task assigned to the heartless sociopaths of society, but instead, we let them run our financial system and run for political office.