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    Psychologists defend linking masculinity to violence, sexism, homophobia

    Being masculine is fine, as long as you do it exactly as a feminist tells you to.
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    IoT garage door opener maker bricks customer’s product after bad review

    ... "only demonstrates your poor impulse control." says the man who immediately proceeded to brick the customer's product.
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    Four Bitcoin miners arrested in Venezuela for allegedly stealing electricity

    Don't know about the others, I'm indeed an expat
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    Four Bitcoin miners arrested in Venezuela for allegedly stealing electricity

    Venezuelan here, adding a bit of clarity. These are standard tactics for the Venezuelan government. The electrical supply is in really bad shape after two decades of mismanagement; like everything else, really. The government is always looking for scapegoats in order to absolve themselves...
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    Edge to follow Chrome’s lead, make Flash ads click-to-play

    I've been flash free for over a year now. These days you seldom notice it. Be a good web citizen, uninstall flash now and help it die.
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    Big-name sites hit by rash of malicious ads spreading crypto ransomware

    It just encrypts your files. They need you to be able to restore the files so they can extort money from you. If you want to be safe, keep offline backups as anything connected (including your backups) will get encrypted.
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    Big-name sites hit by rash of malicious ads spreading crypto ransomware

    As far as I know there is only one known mac ransomware, and is distributed with the torrent for Transmission. So no.
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    Cratering portable sales can’t prop up Nintendo’s business anymore

    This is as unavoidable as it is profoundly heartbreaking. Yes, mobile phones are likely to be Nintendo's demise. And to all those claiming that Nintendo "closed their eyes", and really think they could run their business better than Nintendo does, all I can do is laugh. Nintendo knows all...
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    Supreme Court to hear Microsoft Xbox 360 console-defect case

    I lost my limited edition Oblivion disk to this. The movement was minimal, just a small bump. Thanks to EB's scratch disk guarantee, I was able to exchange it albeit for a standard edition one (difference refunded). To this day I do lament I don't have the limited ed.
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    New Nintendo 3DS XL review: Return to the third dimension

    I love this console. I have the original 3DS and it was OK, but the bigger screen plus the stable 3D makes for a brilliant truly experience. Having Majora's Mask to play on it is just the icing on the cake. This combo has given me that child-at-christmas-eve feeling I haven't had in years. I...
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    Feminist Frequency to pivot toward combating “gendered online harassment”

    The success of unbelievably phony Sarkeesian (Thunderfoot has made a rock solid case debunking her) makes me think there is some real issue to be addressed. As it is, she isn't, she's just milking it for all its worth while it lasts. Hopefully somebody who's actually serious will pick it up.
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    Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been doing?

    Fair point, but the task would be nothing short of colossal. The office suite carries an unfathomable amount of backwards compatibility. For the most part, the relevance of Office these days is rendering fidelity for the innumerable amount of Office formatted documents that exists across all...
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    What's so great about <i>that</i>? Ars editors pick the most overrated games

    The choice of Halo is, well mandatory. But really, being the only FPS in a console guarantees success? I guess the folks that made Area 51 on the PS2 or Turok in the N64, or Resistance on the PS3 would like to have a word with you. The argument may be that the only reason for success was that it...
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    Wii, Kinect, Move organization problems? The TriMount has you covered

    I have all three, but only the Wii and PSEye are sharing a TV, whilst the Kinect is hooked to a separate set. I have always been uncomfortable with the look of the Playstation Eye, its just sticks out bad. This mount seems to make the problem worse. The wii bar sort of disapears and the Kinect...
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    Xcode 4 hands-on: be sure to RTFM first

    That's only true for trivial projects. Attempting any enterprise level development on a non-managed environment is a sure recipe for disaster. Not to mention loss of mental health.
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    Risk aversion, funding mistakes block gaming masterpieces

    @TheDissolver What? Bungie? That was the exact opposite. Under Microsoft they would have been mandated to create Halo games until the end of their natural lives. By leaving they can now create whatever they want.