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    Fortnite puts an end to random loot boxes purchases

    One step forward...
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    Epic Games Store snags Metro Exodus away from Steam

    I will *never* understand why a publisher will purposely close avenues of revenue, turn around and blame piracy, then do it again when the next title is released. It's 2019. There's no such thing as "exclusive". What do they intend to do with this move, sell more PCs?
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    Nintendo throws out Metroid Prime 4 work, restarts with Retro Studios

    It's been 12 years since we saw a release of Metroid Prime*. I can wait 2 more years. One of the greatest franchises ever made, in my opinion, and I still recall to this day Metroid Prime 3 proved the Wii controller had value if done right. *BOOM* *NO! NO! NO! We never speak of the garbage...
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    Google planning changes to Chrome that could break ad blockers

    There might even be more good news for browser and phone users. A few months ago, I was approached by a friend who told me he's working with a growing team to develop a system similar to the ContentID system by Google, which will compare digital fingerprints of ads and block the "most annoying"...
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    Hulu will make its basic plan cheaper as Netflix gets pricier

    Hulu is the perfect representation of everything wrong in entertainment. On one side, you have the distributors who put ads into a subscription based service. On the other, you have people who pay to play ads. Blocker or not, this model is broken, and it's going to get worse. As companies are...
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    Social media can predict what you’ll say, even if you don’t participate

    😂 EDIT: The downvotes indicate the loss of irony with my post. Win some, lose some.
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    E-scooter startups, city of San Diego sued by local disabled plaintiffs

    These scooters haven't plagued our area (yet), so I'm curious about something: When it's stated "scooters are left on sidewalks", does this mean scooters don't need to be returned to a station? If not... well, I think we found the real problem.
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    Uber wants bicycles and scooters that can drive themselves to recharge

    Digital ads on the carts! To the article: I'm wiping my keyboard off. I spit my Coke Zero out.
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    Microsoft: Windows 10 Mobile support to end, so use Android or iOS instead

    This only speaks of the users. What the company did to the app developers was worse. I should know: I was one of them. I will never support Microsoft again. If they put out the call for developers, I'm going to link them to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/a ... dows-phone and politely...
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    Here’s the action-packed first trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum

    Getting old fucking sucks, people. I watched this video twice yesterday, and just now before I read the article. I'm dead inside. The younger me would have been all over this movie, ticket already purchased. Now, I just see it as "meh, been there, done that". Please don't take this as a...
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    The Motorola Razr is coming back as a smartphone

    Brace ourselves? Has the author not seen the cost of Samsung and Apple phones lately? Motorola is just beating the two company's next price jump ahead of schedule.
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    Bethesda confirms bans for visiting hidden Fallout 76 “developer room”

    This "room" has been a staple of every released product in Bethesda Softworks arsenal for nearly 20 years. A quick google search will show how to access them in every game including it. When Skyrim and Fallout 4 modding came to the XBox One, one of the first mods to be made available were to...
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    On GMO safety, the fiercest opponents understand the least

    Monsanto. Single-handedly ruined "GMO" discussions forever.
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    Intel reported to have a new 5GHz chip that’s literally priceless

    But can it run Crysis? I couldn't resist the old meme. I'm sorry.
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    Psychologists defend linking masculinity to violence, sexism, homophobia

    This article sponsored by Gillette.
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    A new Ghostbusters film is in the works, set in the original universe

    I noticed you said "vision", not "film". Thank goodness. For a second, I thought I was going to have to rip on you for setting a bar so low as to think it was okay for a movie like this to be released in the future. I also had no issues with the female cast (and I stand by my words every...
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    The digital hermitage: How “remote work” has changed over 20 years

    Reading about those who can work from home rubs me the wrong way. Not because I deem their choice as negative. It's just I have a boss who still lives by the creed "If I have to be here, so do you" despite all the technology which can prove I am working from home. Alas, I sit here in my...
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    New hospital price lists are massive spreadsheets full of gibberish

    Hospitals may use their own codes internally, but through the claim system, they must use the ICD code system, which is an alpha-numeric system which is even worse. ICD is federally mandated. ICD10 has over 70k codes, many of them so narrow in definition, the wrong one used can result in a...
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    Windows 7 enters its final year of free support

    No worries. Our Windows Server 2019 box just came in last week, waiting to set up. We took the extreme measure to keep control of our system by electing to bypass Windows 10 completely. Like a bazooka to a fly, but at least we can ensure updates on our schedule so we don't lose data. A risk...
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    AccuWeather says it has created its own hurricane scale, but why?

    AccuWeather's apprehension to release the algorithms should be a deal killer instantly. The entire reason it's using the "1 to 5" scale is to literally introduce confusion to both the government and public, as changing the current system would cost more money to implement. NOAA should provide...