Well, you can always pickup an old gameboy on the cheap, but I suppose the Switch is now BOTH the “home console” AND “pocket portable”, for definitions of “pocket” that only include cargo pants. I wish they made it more in a square dimension instead of rectangle-- you know, top half screen, bottom half controls. Maybe…

regarding “concern to astronomers”: I like astronomy, I like fundamental research into the natural of our solar system, galaxy, and universe, but cheap ubiquitous net access is a democratizing social good that outweighs mere inconvenience for future research into the stars. 

Okay, but in their defense, they really really wanted to have your money. So, there’s that.

Why such a small screen? 17" may have been about the size used in classic cocktail machines, but that same rig could easily have supported something like 23"

Why such a small screen? 17" may have been about the size used in classic cocktail machines, but that same rig could…

The Amazon card, which when used on Amazon, gives 5% cash back. (some older cards gave 3%, mine used to, but I clicked some link in the payment options area and converted it to 5%.) 1% on all other purchases, which, meh, okay.

The Amazon card, which when used on Amazon, gives 5% cash back. (some older cards gave 3%, mine used to, but I…

Counting all dead humans, there about been about 108 billion people. And about 7.5 Billion have never died. So you have roughly a 7% chance of not dying. Statistics!

It would still be a copy. And why would an AI want to think about you for the rest of eternity? (The “everyone” you, not you personally.)

I mean, isn’t the teacher looking at you and marking you as present also a facial recognition system? I don’t think the GDPR is all bad, but this seems like overreach. 

Unfortunately, Google has nearly always shit the bed on customer support. Unless you are a mid to high tier user of their ads platform, you are extremely lucky to get any direct help on any other issue or product, and most of the time get none at all. This hasn’t always been a complete disaster for them because they…

To those saying “Carrey is right, but not in this case”: He’s not right. He envisions an different situation in which creators fret & fritter over every fan criticism. That’s not what’s happening here. A poor design choice was recognized as such, with enough time to resolve it. Fans played a part. Carrey may see the…

It’s not just a coffee’s price per month. And there’s so many. NYT, WaPo and Medium are the tip of the iceberg. I’d happily pay a single netflix-ish type price for an aggregate subscription, but with so many sites (like Gizmodo & family) making their own money on the back of linking to paid content with some minimal…

I don’t care what she remembers. I can’t look at her without bringing to mind the fact that she’s an anti-vaxxer flake whose celebrity status has contributed to the anti-vaxxer movement and sells other snake-0il products to the public. F*** her and the hero-by-affiliation veneer she has from the Marvel franchise.

Yeah, they spent half a million bucks on this but could use a decent-looking wallet? I think that would have made a big difference in the overall return rate, though perhaps not in the general trend of money vs. no money.

Jesus’s sermon on blockchain technology, while one of the lesser known sermons, was quite moving in its descriptions of holy hashing algorithms. Meanwhile, the book of revelations had some terrifying predictions on the eschatological endpoint of burning ourselves up via the waste heat generated by mining hardware.

The only places Amazon doesn’t collect sales tax (at least in the US) are states that don’t actually have a sales tax. All other states lose nothing in tax revenue. As for revenue like property tax generated by small businesses, if the local county or township loses revenue for this reason they can raise the tax rate,…

If you’re making frequent purchased there anyway, there’s also the Amazon credit card, which automatically saves you 3% in cashback points (1% for non-amazon stuff). We buy so many staples (both food and daily life, christmas & bithrday presents etc) through amazon that it amounts to a decent chunk of change, more…

I don’t think the problems lay as much with the technology as they do with both the safety and logistics of this sort of thing. To truly make this economical would require a massive build out of infrastructure involving some type of mini airports at the same time that the pipeline for small craft pilots starts ramping…

This seems like a disaster waiting to happen. From what I recall, small aircraft accidents already have injury & fatality rates that exceed that of automobiles. (The “flying is safer than driving” stats are based on commercial airliners)

A little pricey clocking in at between $10.50/lb to $16.5/lb (choosing beef options skews it towards the higher end) Good quality meat at that price or cheaper isn’t hard to find at my local grocery stores, some of which have dedicated butchers. Not much in the way of a convenience factor either since you still need…

A little pricey clocking in at between $10.50/lb to $16.5/lb (choosing beef options skews it towards the higher end)…

It seems like it would add significantly to the device’s thickness though. Maybe not a big deal however, considering devices a few years ago were thicker and it was no big deal.