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Preparing your kids for the future does not require letting them use touch screen/mobile devices on the daily. Also, kids do not get taken away fro playing outside WTF??!! My son is 5 plays outside constantly, has several friends down the block and they go back and forth from our house to theirs...

Sure, China is worse in many ways. But it is advancing at a much faster pace than the US. Being a much larger country they face some much bigger challenges yet are still moving at a faster pace. But that goes against the anti-China narrative, so people prefer not to look at those things.

Hey look everyone, China is worse than we are! Nothing to see here, look at how bad China is!

Took me several months to get one, but I finally did. Part of me thinks it might be at least partially intentional. Honestly, I was very close to just giving up and going with a different product, the only reason I didnt is that it was my wifes intended xmas present to me (she got me a gift card...

Thats the problem with stupid click-bait headlines such as this though. Most people will just see this as an attack on technology and smart-phones rather than a parenting issue. It would have been more effective with a title such as "Are too many parents allowing unfettered access to...

Good thing for your vendors your organization cares not for security. ;) Depending on how things go I can see a lot of companies moving to Windows 10 but certainly not in droves.

Oh and forgot to add that didnt include HBO or any of the premium channels.

I agree, for the old cable package I had it was 80 a month for just the TV portion.

I think a lot of people are missing the point, including Cuban. Those huge valuations and companies being bought out for tons of money have nothing to do with the hope of monetizing the user base. It has to do with self preservation and the fact that if the tech giants dont buy up the these...

If the only you want it for is Game of Thrones than yeah probably not a great deal. But even your example, sure for the price of 2 months of the HBO now service you get rental of 1 season of Game of Thrones vs 2 months of watching whatever HBO has to offer which is way more than a season of 1 show.

Honestly, I dont understand why she thinks developers have any responsibility in catering to these kinds of demands. If the kinds of games people want to buy are the kind she hates, then too bad. She should have her opinion and express it and sure even try to sway peoples opinions but none of...

This is a pretty black and white perception. I dont consider my card defective at all, it still works and performs well. I do however feel I was mislead when I made my purchase as to the specs of the card, which warrants some of my money back as I did not get what I paid for. Quite simple...

Well I just contacted Amazon and was only able to get 20% refund even after pushing hard for 30%. So I think he got lucky somehow getting the 30%.

Pretty sure the target demographic for this technology do not watch the tonight show.

Exactly this. I can't even remember the last time I bought something off ebay, though I used to purchase things from there pretty regularly.

What problems are there with Far Cry 4? I've been playing it since it came out (got it free with my gtx970) and I've only noticed a few minor issues. No crashing, runs great etc..

Yeah thats back when games had a life span of at least several years. Now games are just being churned out.

I agree with this. Really it just comes down to what you assign value to. The best way to avoid being bothered by any of this is to not assign so much value to money and assign more value to happiness. While money matters there are diminishing returns when it comes to happiness. I mostly...

Well, with Witcher 2 much of the DLC came after the game had been out for awhile, and added not just cosmetic changes but added a new game mode, new areas to explore etc... Sure you could say "it was just part of the game" so is any DLC. The difference is this stuff came out months after the...

Yep, not working here either.

This was me until I bought a house. And while I still do not have a traditional credit card, I do buy a lot of things on credit. Need new carpet? Oh you have 24 months no interest? Sign me up! I sure as hell would rather have money in the bank and make payments with 0% interest than shell it out...

There are still quality appliances, but there is a lot disguised as quality which are garbage. Had a whirlpool dishwasher need fixing after 1 year, second year the entire pump assembly needed to be replaced all because a single gasket broke (which you cannot buy individually go figure). After...

Somehow I doubt this will ever be the future of computing. Its not just efficient. People will still be using mouse + keyboard until you can just put on a headset and control shit with your thoughts.

I regret my WP8 purchase, mostly because the 8.1 update for has yet to be pushed out on tmobile. When I bought it was with the idea that 8.1 was coming soon, now who knows if it ever will. The 8.1 update actually makes it a viable alternative (besides the app store not being super great) but...

Personally, I think active video games are mostly fun to do as a family or with friends. I dont really see them as a "phase" or just a current trend, we all enjoy them on the WiiU but they also are not a replacement for either games or actual activity.

I agree, I've been pretty annoyed with Prime lately as well. Another thing I've noticed is more and more movies that are only available for purchase but not rent. Also, movies that were once prime suddenly only being available for purchase. What makes me think if I purchase it I will own it...

The biggest thing for me will be how this service is delivered. If its a channel available on Roku, or will content be available through Amazon (perhaps they will expand their deal with Amazon?) or if it will only be available through a browser? If theres no app for my TV or Wii U or Roku then I...

Its laughable to me that people think a consumer rejection of Windows 8 has anything to do with MS changing their tune with the next release. Its the enterprise that they care about, and those people would have voiced their concerns no matter what and MS would of course listen since that is...

I agree. Its pretty silly really. Were those who only played solitaire gamers? No, no one ever considered them gamers so why now are people who play casual games considered gamers? So stupid.

To me it seems quite likely that humans are having a large effect on the climate. What bothers me most about this topic though is that it seems largely placed upon the shoulders of the public to drive the change. What I mean, is the average every day citizen is essentially blamed to a large...

Hey thanks for this, that was a really interesting article. I've heard of Gobekli Tepe but had not heard of the Yazidi people at all.

Yeah its pretty obvious that biology dictates a lot about how male/females act, especially when you are raising kids. Its funny to me that people still dont get how much influence basic biology has, I mean if it was all nurture and society than are some people gay? Why do some boys raised by...

And just to add since I cannot edit: You are specifically complaining about people being assholes and harassing others, and your examples are videos showcasing people being assholes with thousands of views on said videos. I'm sure that will completely deter people looking for attention, right?

But the logic works in reverse right? Gaming communities and gamers as whole and the gaming industry its self its complete abhorrent and filled with misogynistic assholes who swat peoples houses, harass people constantly and are generally terrible people. This is as much what you are...

None of this seems completely random to me. Its quite apparent that the people doing this are receiving plenty of attention as well. So I hardly see any point in giving them more attention, which leads me back to my original point about ignoring it. Every example you've shown, the ones doing the...

And they are just doing this to random people for no reason, they are not retaliating in anyway to anything that may have been said/done? I don't disbelieve that people are randomly assholes, but please show me an example of someone being harassed in IRL completely randomly. That part I find...

The problem though, is with the assertion (made by many) that attitudes such as what you describe are somehow limited to gamers or 'gaming communities'. Yet, you can go literally ANYWHERE on the internet and find the same or worse behavior from people. This is what bothers me most about...

The difference though is that it used to be that those who wrote articles about games were actually very passionate about games and gaming. These days, thats few and far between when it comes to game journalists.

What I find most interesting about this, is that he found writing that column about something he felt was a time waster, was worth his time to write. Seems a bit odd to me.

You do realize that most of the raids on TOR sites took a fair amount of effort right? And the Silk Road for example, that guy was busted because they were able to identify him because posting personal information elsewhere. If they could just see all TOR traffic without having to implement...