Recent content by BladeVenom

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    What kind of glass is on iphones?

    The lens cover is sapphire glass. The lenses themselves are just cheap plastic.
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    DARPA Derps

    Polka, kills Martians.
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    Plush Penguin Mirror Mimics Your Moves

    So now if I ever get 150 robotic penguin, I know what to do with them.
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    Intel Announces $125M Fund For Startups Run By Women, Minorities

    So Intel is going to discriminate against whites, Asians, and men. If they were honest, they'd call it the Discrimination Fund.
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    Tim Cook Says Lack Of Diversity In Tech Is 'Our Fault'

    I think it's to lower tech wages. If they can get more people into the field, they can lower their wages. It's when H1 visas were limited that all these companies started saying more women should be in tech. They want the supply of workers to exceed the demand, to keep wages down. Greed is...
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    Deleting Your Browser History Could Land You In Court

    Incognito mode should be the default.
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    Stanford Built Computer That Uses Water Drops

    "It's not about manipulating information faster, but it's about manipulating matter faster" They should have started with that. I can see it maybe useful for chemistry and biochemistry. It's not about making a better computer.
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    Don't Buy A Steam Machine

    Microsoft has spent the last two decades screwing Windows gamers in favor of the Xbox. The smart thing to do is to get as far away from Microsoft as possible. Then there's the economics. PCs keep getting cheaper, but Windows doesn't. Windows is now the most expensive component of a budget PC...
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    Google on Artificial-Intelligence Panic: Get a Grip

    AI is still so far away from being a threat. Robots are still for the most part clumsy, stupid, and uncoordinated. AI is still completely lacking in anything remotely resembling human intelligence, and has no free will. The best robot AI's in the world are still massively outperformed by simple...
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    Cant seem to find a laptop for my sister...

    A 5400 rpm hdd isn't that bad. The performance penalty is minor, and it uses less electricity and produces less heat.
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    DARPA Derps

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo
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    HTC RE Vive - SteamVR headset

    Cool. Hopefully these stay on schedule, and have a general release this year.
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    Total War: Warhammer

    Won't be any mod tools, because Games Workshop is a bunch of dicks.
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    First PC game that required online connection?

    MegaWars on Compuserve was even earlier than that. Or are we just talking fancy games that used graphics.
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