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    Apple Stock Downgraded Following iPhone Sales Predictions

    Yes, but how is their profit margin per phone? Is that still going up. Increasing profits on flat sales is still growth. And the price of iphones sure isn't falling these days.
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    Epic Games CEO Getting Lifetime Achievement Award

    I got confused and thought that they meant Epyx. Ah the days of playing Jumpman, Summer Games, and Winter Games on the C64. Yes I am that old...
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    The 30 Best Video Games of All Time

    When I see these lists, I just scroll through to make sure that Tie Fighter is there and quite high. #7 seems a but low to me. It will always be my #1.
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    Tracking Data Use And Choosing The Right Smartphone Plan

    I work from home most of the time so I'm usually on Wifi. When I am at a client's place I can usually go on their Wifi. When I had an expensive plan I found that I used 50-150 MB a month. When my contract was up and my phone was paid off I moved to a prepaid plan. I pay $15 a month for...
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    Why People Are Giving Up On The Apple Watch

    When smartwatches first appeared I was intrigued. I figured that a great device would be worth about $150 Canadian, an okay device maybe $100. I picked up an all steel Moto 360 with steel link band on ebay for $135 in September and I really do like it. It looks good on my (large) wrist...
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    Cord-Cutters Are Not All Young Hipsters

    Cut the cord 2 years ago. We are a family of 5 in a tiny Canadian town. Cable rates kept going up while there was nothing worth watching. Netflix (CDN version) + Crunchyroll (Premium) means there's always something to watch and no useless ads.
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    ASUS H81M-A Motherboard

    Wow, what a useless review. It is just an eight page list of specs. I tend to use Asus boards like this because they have a good track record for being stable and long lived, but this review doesn't do anything to convince me to use (or not use) this model.
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    Chase Bank Now Issuing Microchip Debit Cards

    Actually the chip in my main credit card is starting to give me problems. It works all the time at most places, but some machines are fiddly. I have to push it in just right for the chip to be read. I don't know if it my card or dirty machines. Back in the dinosaur age of magnetic stripes...
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    Intel Announces New Paid Bonding Leave Program for Parents

    Wow, and that's supposed to be good, eh? Here in Canada, all (employed) mothers get 15 weeks maternity, and the parents can split an additional 35 weeks parental between them as they wish. There are guarantees that they will have a job to come back to (if they were full time permanent...
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    Nobody Needs a New TV Anymore

    Wrong! I really need a new TV, I just have to justify it to my wife. My 27" Sylvania CRT that I bought from Kijiji is the only TV in the house, and it is starting to look a little small. Sometimes I can't read small text on the screen. Shots that feature SMS messages containing critical...
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    Internet Tax Proposal Up For Vote This Week

    I don't see how this is that big a deal. Just tax any online sale at the rate of the buyers jurisdiction. It doesn't seem fair to put physical stores at an artificial disadvantage. They have enough real disadvantages already. We do it in Canada and it works just fine. We also charge the...
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    Facebook Creep of the Day

    Even if the kid was 18, the teacher was abusing his position of authority and deserves to be severely punished. Castrate the scum.
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    NASA Beams Image to Moon Orbiter Using Laser

    As the lawyer for the estate of Leonardi da Vinci and various other interests, I hereby order you to cease and desist using this copyrighted image for your own purposes. We have just bribed, sorry, make that convinced, various governments including the USA to extend copyright back 650 years...
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    Google Street View Driverless Cars Kill Animals!

    Maybe we should just DROP it.
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    Why Data Caps Suck

    My ISP (Eastlink Cable in eastern Canada) does caps more like the video suggested. Any plan up to and including 20 Mbps has no cap at all. All higher speed plans (40 Mbps and up) get a 250 GB cap. It's a bit of a disincentive to get the faster plans. The good thing is I actually get...
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