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They still need to be able to do what they are designed to do, for long periods of time, without adding ugly distortions, etc, while being reliable. Turns out, this is actually kind of expensive. The people in this thread talking about how they got their "used" amp for "cheap $100" are often...

Whenever somebody is making fun of something like an amplifier, I generally assume they have wooden ears and use those crappy free ear buds that came with their iPhone, speakers that are built-in to their TV, etc. I mean, yes, $6000 is a shitload for a mere amp, but comparing an amp to cables...

It is tough. Of course it is tough. For an obese person, I would put losing a lot of weight on the same order of difficulty as quitting nicotine. That's why I don't understand how people get so offended about these things. Saying it's just willpower isn't supposed to make it seem easy. That's...

Impatience is likely to be completely ingrained in the culture of Google/Alphabet. We're talking about a company that made its billions on internet marketing, a realm where you get payouts on a time frame of milliseconds. Probably they are more than a bit short sighted. It remains to be...

I think you are exaggerating the effect of Title II on these companies. Yes, I'm sure they wish they weren't classified as such, but check the tickers of these companies. A tiny dip in stock value at/around when the FCC made the decision. And within a few months, right back up to where they...

Is Ars now shilling for the big cable industry? Headline article: Tom Wheeler is a "nightmare" for the broadband industry. Article on side: Charter/TWC merger getting approved by FCC. Something does not add up here.

So much for Tom Wheeler being the "number one enemy" of these big players. In the end, this is the #1 thing they wanted, and they're getting it. Any and all "conditions" for the merger can and will be thoroughly ignored and with minimal consequences.

I agree. If somebody tells their toaster they are depressed, the toaster should redirect them to a hotline or tell them to talk to another human being about it. There are anonymous suicide/depression hotlines/chats for this kind of thing. A toaster, phone, lamp, or ceiling fan is not going to...

To be fair I would say that Siri/Cortana/etc are also interfaces. "System" is a bit too vague to describe their purpose.

This just in: Machines aren't alive. They definitely aren't people, and they very very definitely don't experience emotion. More news tonight. It doesn't sound like it would be too hard for them to just redirect you to call depression/suicide/etc hotlines, though.

Right, because in that post your logic was that it's OK to kill a species because species are killed all the time. That's not valid logic. ...In that post you presented a justification to kill species as a risk:reward assessment. That IS valid logic, but there's still the problem, as I...

It's not that I care about my own personal down/up/whatever votes, it's that it just makes the discussion forums look like a political shit hole rather than a place to discuss things rationally. I also find it extremely amusing that of all the things I said in the post, that is what you chose...

I disagree with this, I'm not talking in absolutes or extremes. You have a tendency to have a total lack of reading comprehension. I don't even think you read any of the posts I made in this thread, or at least not thoroughly enough to comprehend what I said and meant. Certainly this post of...

Pardon me if I don't mince words, but I fucking hate people like you. Somebody could be experiencing pain worse than you could even imagine, but because you're a social worker and deal with addicts regularly, you just assume they are lying. People and attitudes like your own are what give...

Wow, I'm super jealous. Doesn't this simply indicate that it's an incredibly good idea, if it is that popular? I wouldn't even really call it a down side per se, it just means they need to expand capacity for the service.

Yeah I'm not in or around a city, delivery would never happen in my instance. I just don't know why kitting groceries isn't a thing. It seems like employees would be able to go around and collect the items far quicker than I could, or anybody else who doesn't work there. It just seems like it...

I'm still waiting for grocery stores to kit up groceries for pickup. I'd pay a small premium for that any day. Walk into the grocery store and all my stuff is already perfectly bagged and waiting. That would be amazing. Of course, I'd still like to select my own produce, but if it saves me...

I agree with this mentality. There needs to be some end to the liability chain before you reach the evil person who wrote the malware. Without that, there's not much of an incentive to stop these attacks before they happen. The only real revenue loss that occurs is from lack of trust. Of...

This isn't valid logic. To understand why it isn't, just extend the reasoning to any other activity or conclusion. The premise is what fails, because it implies that just because something is happening, that means it's OK. It's not a good thing that a lot of species are dying. If anything...

The irony of this thread is shocking. People with an irrational fear of viruses are arguing against those who have an irrational fear of GMOs. Perhaps the intelligent thing to do is to not have an irrational fear of either of these things, that way our responses are appropriate and measured...