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Comment Re:Not such a terrible concept .... (Score 1) 368

For low-end laptops that come with 32GB eMMC storage and 2-4GB RAM, they almost always have an SD card slot that supports at least 128GB cards if not more. So stating that all these devices "aren't expandable" as if it were an absolute fact is bullshit. Seriously, go check laptops on Amazon in the £150 - £275 price range and actually check the hardware details. I'll wait.

Comment Re:He should have changed the scope or the game (Score 1) 141

Maybe you're not up on current events, but No Man's Sky has enjoyed something of a renaissance the past few months since the NEXT update. Hardly a failure, even in the beginning. It sold a lot - at full price. Not bad for an indie game. I know it's fashionable to bash on NMS, but it's changed a lot the past two years. Just sayin',

Comment Re: I am still using PS3 as a media player (Score 1) 69

Agreed. The PS4 Media Player app *used* to play all my DLNA media from my Linux server in the study just fine (you know, once it got DLNA support). A few updates back and it stopped recognising my media files completely and showed nothing. Whereas the good old Xbox 360 still plays all my media just fine through the same DLNA server. And the PS Vita media player never recognised any of my media from day one. Sony sucks at this.

Comment Re:Dmitry still doesn't get it. Rogozin is at faul (Score 1) 255

That's half the problem with Russia's economy long term right there. At any point as a private business person, your assets can be seized by Putin and his cronies. So citizens don't get to foster an attitude of entrepreneurism which might lead to the kinds of technological innovations that would allow Russia to compete globally long-term. Why bother starting a business or getting funding for a clever idea when your business and technologies can be taken away by the state at any time?

Comment Re:Galaxy S9 (Score 1) 79

I did! I bought my S8 to replace my aging Sony Compact Z3 when the S9 was released and consequently got it cheap for what it is. The Sony would actually still be fine if the battery still held a charge. That's the thing the phone makers have figured out with non-removable batteries. Eventually the thing is useless even if the specs are still fine for your needs and the phone is physically still in one piece. You'll still have to upgrade in three years no matter what because the battery is fucked. If mobile phones still had replacable batteries, I'm betting most people would keep their phones for 5+ years, assuming the OS updates keep going. Which is another calculated move by the phone makers.

Comment Re:Flagship phones are too darn expensive (Score 1) 79

While I understand the point you're attempting to make, that's nonsense. A modern smartphone is basically a PC in your pocket. Is your PC useless because you have nobody to email? No. There are any number of useful things that a smartphone can do that doesn't involve calling or texting anybody.

Comment Re:The time to nationalize Amazon draws closer... (Score 1) 75

Don't bother. It's the same sort of person who tells anybody willing to listen that they don't own a TV and we should all just, like, unplug from our devices and go for a walk outside and experience, like, what's really *important* in life instead. Technological Vegans, basically. And they're all dull as shit.

Comment Still super-useful at home! (Score 1) 83

I use NFS all over the place on my home network, purely because it's my home network and my good old residential router doesn't forward any ports from outside for NFS or open them on the firewall. My NFS server exports all my media so that my media clients around the house can mount the movies directory or whatever as if it were local. I also use it to mount my MAME ROMS directory for my RetroPie setup in the living room. Very handy. Since the NFS server won't talk to anything other than 192.168.1.* via it's own firewall it works very well. I'm not familiar with the history of NFS but did NFS used to be used from remote sites over the Internet or something? I suppose I can see a use for encrypted NFS over business networks if the LAN is huge and paranoid but wouldn't Samba or something be better in that situation? Honest questions.

Comment Re:At least they did something not evil on this on (Score 1) 90

Depends which ISP you're with. The big UK ISPs which have a vested interest in you not pirating the shit out of stuff because they have a hand in media like Virgin Media, Sky, BT, etc do indeed block. Smaller regional ISPs seem not to bother. Either way, it's trivial to bypass.

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