Not quite true. Police are choosing to partner with Ring because they obviously consider it a useful tool. So those taxpayer dollars are actually spent increasing the effectiveness of their tools through increasing the user base. Whether Amazon benefits is wholly irrelevant.

YouTube is free to make sweeping changes to their monetization program, or even eliminate it completely and it would not violate European law.

Only 2 likes on a Hitchhiker’s reference.  What is this world coming to?

I understand their wish, I am just telling you how that wish is likely to be fulfilled.

It is not nationalism, it is basic military strategy. If you are in an open field with a sniper tower on it, what do you do? Ideally you take control of it, but if you cannot, you at least have to deny the enemy from gaining control by whatever means necessary, otherwise it would end in a tactical disaster.

The *current lack of financial incentive. Las Vegas is a good example here. Relative to other Earth locations, it is a fairly inhospitable place. Awful temperatures, no water, etc. There is no reason for a large city to exist where it does, and yet 2 million people live in metro area of Vegas. A single difference in…

Not at all. The weapons are meant as a deterrent. Satellites breaking up and taking out other satellites only adds to that deterrent. It is a form of mutually assured destruction.

“content creators should constitute YouTube employees under the law “

It isn’t about feelings, it is about SJWs exerting undue control over others. For example, in this case they are banning user created mods. Mods that affect only a person’s personal copy of the game. If you don’t like scantily clad game portraits don’t use them, but to ban them?  That is not about feelings, that is…

So in an article about a gamer girl being affected by stereotypes, your goto is to throw out a stereotype about gamers being hot pocket eating basement dwelling dudes? Ah sweet irony.

Cooling a small area can make a big difference to perceived comfort. If I am in bed and start to get hot under heavy covers, just poking one foot out can be enough.  

I know, right? What’s next, a portable communication device with a large battery that most people will keep in their pocket sitting close to their genitals?

The only difference is women whine about it more. Women are just as judgemental and superficial towards men, (though are somewhat more tactful about it). Studies of online dating sites have proven that to be true.

This article has too many words written by a man.

Well, idiots like to say ‘racism = prejudice + power’, so by that logic, she cannot be racist.

“You ok?” she texted back two hours later. “You should tweet at the fire department if you’re in danger.”- the daughter

Easy. Your right hand does all the complex motions, while your left arm is just extended towards the target like you would use a real bow. Your left hand isn’t really doing much, so you simply use your left thumb to control a thumbstick or trackpad. This gives you moving/strafing. Turning can be handled by your right…

The minimum performance requirements for mainstream VR has a pretty high bar and technology just wasn’t there yet. It is now getting very close. The Valve Index is very close, but we still need one more resolution bump for it to not feel like you are making a tradeoff of immersion for clarity. Prototype displays exist…

Motion gaming was always going to be a small niche because all it adds is physicality at the cost of very limited control options, relegating it to dancing games and not much else. 3D movies, on average (some better some worse), only add slightly to immersion at the cost of comfort.

When in doubt, call someone racist/sexist for no reason. It sure beats having to come up with an intelligent retort.