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Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
on Thursday May 02, 2019 @12:10AM (#19804636)
A couple of months ago they didn't even support regional pricing. Still doubt they support domestic cards. With so many news on hacks on epic account, I've never heard of abyone being thrilled to create an epic account
Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
on Thursday May 02, 2019 @12:06AM (#19804608)
Isn't steam the reason thousands of windows games work out of the box on mac and linux though? Wine wasn't as awesome as it is now without valve's involvement
Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
on Thursday May 02, 2019 @12:01AM (#19804584)
people have gone to ridiculous lengths to get the steam version of their games before.They treat it like a profile page. I don't think this thread realizes that
Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:53PM (#19804546)
probably the security flaws and lying about stopping exclusives. Tim Sweeney has caused a lot of outrage with his recent statements on press, which pretty much were lies. Can't link since don't have time, sorry
Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:51PM (#19804536)
wtf. epic "buys" exclusives. This is something steam has never done. If a developer has their game on steam, they're free to release it anywhere else. Epic has exclusivity contracts
Re:Oracle allegedly underpaid $400M in wages to underrepresented emplo...
on Thursday January 24, 2019 @01:02AM (#18986347)
wtf. I call bullshit. Source? I regularly see people of all sorts of skin tone as oracle has an office visible from my window. Maybe it's a US thing
Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist Algorithms
on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:24PM (#18985958)
Since it's a university I'd assume lots of students applied from their home countries and migrated later. That makes the 4x argument pointless
Re:Bungie departs from Activision
on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:35AM (#18882748)
there's no difference between blizzard and activision now, from an ideological perspective.
Re:PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 18...
on Sunday December 30, 2018 @07:32AM (#18788852)
Yeah, even now HN isn't a well known website in jhalwa
Re:Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles
on Saturday December 29, 2018 @01:45AM (#18782324)
can someone explain why my phone and laptop both produce an annoying noise in 3.5mm jack when connected to AC? Is the lack of a grounding pin in the charger or the source at fault
Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.
on Thursday December 27, 2018 @02:35AM (#18768079)
I like to see when title mentions the country. National news websites typically don't include the name of the country, which is a definite inconvenience on global communities like hn and some subreddits
Re:Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation
on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:43PM (#18738962)
Unlike slack, discord actually has a functional UI. I can see discord getting into slack's domain more easily than slack entering into discord's
Re:From macOS to Windows and WSL
on Friday December 07, 2018 @01:03PM (#18629941)
macOS is the buggiest os I've used in my life so I can't imagine how wsl can be worse. Unless the shell itself is clunky. macOS gui is a mess
Re:From macOS to Windows and WSL
on Friday December 07, 2018 @12:52PM (#18629834)
forget about it *nix has won. No matter hiw bad some of it's design might have been. The was some nix fanatics act makes me worry about open source in general
Re:Mozilla hit with takedown request for anti-paywall addons
on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:06AM (#18586894)
they should if it's even possible. They knowingly allow web crawlers to index their sites
Re:American Is Killed by Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island
on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:14PM (#18505669)
xenophobia? You're attributing 20th century concepts to a tribe with no hint of modern civilization. The history of humans is bloodier than you think.
Re:American Is Killed by Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island
on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:09PM (#18505624)
Misleading title. It's technically correct but conveys an erroneous message.
Re:American Is Killed by Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island
on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:04PM (#18505578)
Pretty sure he could wipe out the entire island because of their immune system
Re:Elementary OS – Fast, open, privacy-respecting replacement for Wind...
on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:22PM (#18495547)
well your's is a valid use case. I just didn't understand why OP was expecting it to be binary compatible. It's just a distro
Re:Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:16PM (#18495505)
I think fidgeting is a lot healthier than sitting in the same position for extended periods of time
Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley
on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @08:37AM (#18493668)
Either way, it's weird, and wrong. Honestly op sounds more racist lol
Re:Elementary OS – Fast, open, privacy-respecting replacement for Wind...
on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:48AM (#18474505)
the linux desktop landscape has really changed. Ubuntu is no longer the cool os for the newbies with the rise of manjaro,mint,solus,elementary
Re:Elementary OS – Fast, open, privacy-respecting replacement for Wind...
on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:46AM (#18474502)
wtf
Re:Google staff walk out over women's treatment
on Friday November 02, 2018 @03:58AM (#18361315)
you mean more honest people who don't fake it should be paid more? What about meek men then
Re:Walmart turns to Flipkart for tech
on Saturday October 13, 2018 @05:34AM (#18207197)
I work at walmart eCommerce and this article is just plain bs