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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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    DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015 Finals

    Just the highlights, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo. Time to rename it the DERPA challenge.
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    Windows 10 to Lock Out Linux with Secure Boot That Can’t Be Disabled

    Or Android and Chromebooks. Now that that everyone has seen how much better Android Linux is than Windows, Microsoft is scared. Chromebooks are becoming very popular in the education sector.
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    Flying Cars By 2017

    Drones that can carry people are more likely than a car plane.
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    Cool Video of the Day

    That thing looked too big to fly.
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    Intel Science Talent Search 2015 Finalists Meet The President

    I'd rather meet the president of Intel.
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    Fahrenheit Is A Better Temperature Scale Than Celsius

    Rankine scale was the way to go. F and C both suffer the same problem by not starting at absolute zero. Could you imagine measuring anything else that way?
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    Apple's Top-Secret Electric Car Project

    *$10,000 iCar charging cable sold separately.
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    Billionaire Teams Up With NASA To Mine The Moon

    Cthulhu comes when the stars are right.
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    Apple Seeks Dismissal Of Battery Maker's Lawsuit

    Before the case is over A123 will be out of business.
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    Adding 'Smellovision' To Virtual Reality

    Being able to smell the pornstar's perfume doesn't sound bad.
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    Intel Named One of the World's Most Ethical Companies

    What does it say about large corporations when a company which engaged in illegal sales tactics for years, is still more ethical than almost all the rest?
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    Apple Shareholders Want Tim Cook To Buy Tesla

    If he refused a very profitable offer, the rest of the board would turn on him.
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    Which immersive experience would you prefer?

    So you want augmented reality. It can make a woman appear to you to look the way you want her to.
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    HTC RE Vive - SteamVR headset

    No. You just turn the details down a bit. A mid-range card will probably work.
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    Lockheed Laser Weapon Destroys Truck From a Mile Away

    I like the railgun better.
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    Comcast Blocking HBO Go App On PS4

    Comcast is the devil. Why isn't there a class action lawsuit against them?
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    DDoS Attacks On Xbox Live Were 'A Learning Experience'

    I would have thought that Microsoft would have experienced DDoS attacks before, or did they just not learn anything from previous experiences?
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    Which immersive experience would you prefer?

    Oculus, although it looks like it might be HTC Vive. Hololens is interesting, but I think it will still take a little longer before augmented reality is good enough. I think VR like Oculus has already reached the point where it's good enough.
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    Servo is a mech RTS with RPG progression from Age of Empire developers

    I like that you can customize your units
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    HTC RE Vive - SteamVR headset

    Like I said before, Oculus is taking too long to come to market. Now we have a definite competitor that might beat them to the punch.
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    “HBO Now” Coming This Spring For $15 Per Month

    Agreed. This beats getting HBO with a cable package by a huge margin.
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    Windows Phone market share keeps shrinking!

    I'd say it is. They are soon going to drop the Nokia name, that is going to hurt them. Nokia had high brand loyalty, well at least before they went to Windows. Also, only 2 out of 3 Lumia phones have even been activated. So when you don't consider phones sitting in warehouse and on store...
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    Should Journalists Expose Trolls?

    Should journalists expose journalists?
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    Toyota Begins Production of Its First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car

    Now that they can be piloted by computers, you don't need all that heavy radiation shielding.
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